单选题What is true concerning the book Pride and Prejudice? A. It is the best book on marriage. B. It is a handbook of marriage. C. It gives quite some idea of English social life in the past. D. It provides a lot of information of former-time wealthy families.

单选题______, we'd better make some changes in the plan. A. That is the case B. That been the case C. That to be the case D. That being the case

单选题Put on more clothes. You ______ be feeling cold with only a shirt on． A．must B．can C．could D．would

单选题The chairman asked the members to______their votes for or against the proposal.

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单选题In the world of entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one varies in style and format. But no two shows are more profoundly opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows. Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of "trash talk (frigid)". The topics on his show are as shocking as shocking can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show themes of love, sex, cheating, guilt, hate, conflict and morality to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is a display and exploitation of society's moral catastrophes (灾难), yet people are willing to eat up the intriguing predicaments (困境) of other people's lives. Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its extreme, but Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show focuses on the improvement of society and an individual's quality of life. Topics range from teaching your children responsibility, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors. Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being dumped on society. Jerry ends every show with a "final word". He makes a small speech that sums up the entire moral of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable. Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show's main target audience are middle-class Americans. Most of these people have the time, money, and stability to deal with life's tougher problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of an association with the young adults of society. These are 18-to-21-year-olds whose main troubles in life involve love, relationship, sex, money and peers. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned underneath the show's exploitation. While the two shows are as different as night and day, both have ruled the talk show circuit for many years now. Each one caters to a different audience while both have a strong following from large groups of fans. Ironically, both could also be considered pioneers in the talk show world.

单选题{{B}}Text 1{{/B}} A cramped public-school test kitchen might seem an unlikely outpost for a food revolution. But Collazo, executive chef for the New York City public schools, and scores of others across the country -- celebrity chefs and lunch ladies, district superintendents and politicians -- say they're determined to improve what kids eat in school. Nearly everyone agrees something must be done. Most school cafeterias are staffed by poorly trained, badly equipped workers who churn out 4.8 billion hot lunches a year. Often the meals, produced for about $1 each, consist of breaded meat patties, French fries and overcooked vegetables. So the kids buy muffins, cookies and ice cream instead -- or they feast on fast food from McDonald's, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, which is available in more than half the schools in the nation. Vending machines packed with sodas and candy line the hall ways. "We're killing our kids" with the food we serve, says Texas Education Commissioner Susan Combs. As rates of childhood obesity and diabetes skyrocket, public-health officials say schools need to change the way kids eat. It won't be easy. Some kids and their parents don't know better. Home cooking is becoming a forgotten art. And fast-food companies now spend $ 3 billion a year on television ads aimed at children. Along with reading and writing, schools need to teach kids What to eat to stay healthy, says culinary innovator Alice Waters, who is introducing gardening and fresh produce to 16 schools in California. It's a golden opportunity, she says, "to affect the way children eat for the rest of their lives." Last year star English chef Jamie Oliver took over a school cafeteria in a working-class suburb of London. A documentary about his work shamed the British government into spending $ 500 million to revamp the nation's school-food program. Oliver says it's the United States' turn now. "If you can put a man on the moon," he says, "you can give kids the food they need to make them lighter, fitter and live longer." Changing school food will take money. Many schools administrators are hooked on the easy cash- up to $ 75,000 annually -- that soda and candy vending machines can bring in. Three years ago Gary Hirshberg of Concord, N. H., was appalled when his 13-year-old son described his daytime meal -- pizza, chocolate milk and a package of Skittles. "I wasn't aware Skittles was a food group," says Hirshberg, CEO of Stonyfield Farm, a yogurt company. So he devised a vending machine that stocks healthy snacks: yogurt smoothies, fruit leathers and whole-wheat pretzels. So far 41 schools in California, Illinois and Washington are using his machines -- and a thousand more have requested them. Hirshberg says, "schools have to make good food a priority." Some states are trying. California, New York and Texas have passed new laws that limit junk food sold on school grounds. Districts in California, New Mexico and Washington have begun buying produce from local farms. The soda and candy in the vending machines have been replaced by juice and beef jerky. "It's not perfect," says Jannison. But it's a cause worth fighting for, Even if she has to battle one chip at a time.

单选题Hos advertisement is______ to attract much attention.

单选题According to the latest population ______ the number of people in the world will go up an alarming 100 per cent. A. procedure B. proceeding C. process D. projection

单选题(Let's hurry up) and try to (get to) the railway station (in time), (can we)? A. Let's hurry up B. get to C. in time D. can we

单选题"The public ______ the best judge. " means "the public always ______ their thoughts correctly. "A. are; expressB. are; expressesC. is; expressD. is; express

单选题Writing stories and articles ______ I enjoy most.A. is thatB. are thatC. is whatD. have been what

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单选题As used in the second sentence of the third paragraph, the word "unique" means ______.

单选题It is hard to think of a major natural resource or pollution issue in North America today that does not affect rivers. Farm chemical runoff, industrial waste, urban storm sewers, sewage treatment, mining, logging, grazing, military bases, residential and business development, hydropower, loss of wetlands. The list goes on. Legislation like the Clear Water Act and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act have provided some protection, but threats continue. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported yesterday that an assessment of 642000 miles of rivers and streams showed 34 percent in less than good condition. In a major study of the Clean Water Act, the Natural Resources Defense Council last fall reported that poison runoff impairs more than 125000 miles of rivers. More recently, the NRDC and Izaak Walton League warned that pollution and loss of wetlands—made worse by last year's flooding—is degrading the Mississippi River ecosystem. On Tuesday, the conservation group American Rivers issued its annual list of 10 "endangered" and 20 "threatened" rivers in 32 states, the District of Columbia, and Canada. At the top of the list is the Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone River, where Canadian mining firms plan to build a 74-acre reservoir as part of a gold mine less than three miles from Yellowstone National Park. The reservoir would hold the runoff from the sulfuric acid used to extract gold from crushed rock. "In the event this tailings pond failed, the impact to the greater Yellowstone ecosystem would be cataclysmic and the damage irreversible. " Sen. Max Baucus (D) of Montana, chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, wrote to Noranda Minerals Inc. , an owner of the "New World Mine. " Last fall, an EPA official expressed concern about the mine and its potential impact, especially the plastic-lined storage reservoir. "I am unaware of any studies evaluating how a tailings pond could be maintained to ensure its structural integrity forever," said Stephen Hoffman, chief of the EPA's Mining Waste Section. "It is my opinion that underwater disposal of tailings at New World may present a potentially significant threat to human health and the environment. " The results of an environmental-impact statement, now being drafted by the forest Service and Montana Department of State Lands, could determine the mine's future... In its recent proposal to reauthorize the Clean Water Act, the Clinton administration noted "dramatically improved water quality since 1972," when the act was passed. But it also reported that 30 percent of rivers continue to be degraded, mainly by silt and nutrients from farm and urban runoff, combined sewer overflows, and municipal sewage. Bottom sediments are contaminated in more than 1000 waterways, the administration reported in releasing its proposal in January. Between 60 and 80 percent of riparian corridors (riverbank lands) have been degraded. As with endangered species and their habitats in forests and deserts, the complexity of ecosystems is seen in rivers and the effects of development—beyond the obvious threats of industrial pollution, municipal waters, and in-stream diversions to slake the thirst of new communities in dry regions like the Southwest... While there are many political hurdles ahead, reauthorization of the Clean Water Act this year holds promise for US fives. Rep. Norm Mineta (D) of California, who chairs the House committee overseeing the bill, calls it "probably the most important environmental legislation this congress will enact. /