单选题The passage was written in ______.

单选题Take the case of public education alone. The principal difficulty faced by the schools has been the tremendous increase in the number of pupils. This has been caused by the advance of the legal age for going into industry and the impossibility of finding a job even when the legal age has been reached. In view of the technological improvements in the last few years, business will require in the future proportionately fewer workers than ever before. The result will be still further raising of the legal age for going into employment, and still further difficulty in finding employment when that age has been attained. If we cannot put our children to work, we must put them in school. We may also be quite confident that the present trend toward a shorter day and a shorter week will be maintained. We have developed and shall continue to have a new leisure class. Already the public agencies for adult education are swamped by the tide that has swept over them since the depression began. They will be little better off when it is over. Their support must come from the taxpayer. It is surely too much to hope that these increases in the cost of public education can be borne by the local communities. They cannot care for the present restricted and inadequate system. The local communities have failed in their efforts to cope with unemployment. They cannot expect to cope with public education on the scale on which we must attempt it. The answer to the problem of unemployment has been Federal relief. The answer to the problem of public education may have to be much the same, and properly so. If there is one thing in which the citizens of all parts of the country have an interest, it is in the decent education of the citizens of all parts of the country. Our income tax now goes in part to keep our neighbors alive. It may have to go in part as well to make our neighbors intelligent. We are now attempting to preserve the present generation through Federal relief of the destitute (贫民). Only a people determined to ruin the next generation will refuse such Federal funds as public education may require. (378 words)

单选题The happy look on his face ______ that he had passed the final examination successfully. A. explained B. suggested C. expressed D. described

单选题When cocoa was first introduced to Europe ______, it soon became fashionable.

单选题My mother had to visit our aunt at the hospital and insisted that we ______ bread for dinner. A. eat B. ate C. would eat D. must eat

单选题Guests at this house are amazed by the flowers and a well-kept lawn Utraversed/U by concrete walks.

单选题I know nothing about him ______ he is a teacher.

单选题Kids all over the world wear the things related to Jordan except ______.

单选题Concerning population, China ranks high in the world, ______ some areas are sparsely settled. A. and yet B. so even C. if not D. except for

单选题James: Hi, there, Mike. Fancy meeting you here. It's... Allen: ______ James: Oh, I'm terribly sorry. A. Mind you, my name is Allen. B. Hi, nice to meet you. C. Sorry, but you must be mistaken. D. Who is Mike?

单选题{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}} There are four basic types of competition in business that form a continuum from pure competition through monopolistic competition and oligopoly (商品供应垄断) to monopoly. At one end of the continuum, pure competition results when every company has a similar product. Companies that deal in commodities such as wheat or corn are often involved in pure competition. In pure competition, it is often the ease and efficiency of distribution that influences purchase. In contrast, in monopolistic competition several companies may compete for the sale of items that may be substituted. The classic example of monopolistic competition is coffee and tea. If the price of one is perceived as too high, consumers may begin to purchase the other. Coupons and other discounts (折扣) are often used as part of a marketing strategy to influence sales. Oligopoly occurs when a few companies dominate the sales of a product or service. For example, only five airline carriers control more than 70 percent of all ticket sales in the United States. In oligopoly, serious competition is not considered desirable because it would result in reduced revenue for every company in the group. Although price wars do occur, in which all companies offer substantial savings to customers, a somewhat similar tendency to raise prices simultaneously is also usual. Finally, monopoly occurs when only one firm sells the product. Some monopolies have been tolerated for producers of goods and services that have been considered basic or essential, including electricity and water. In these cases, it is government control, rather than competition, that protects and influences sales.

单选题According to the passage, global warming and climate change might cause

单选题Gold used in jewelry is mixed with harder metals to add strength and durability. The metals added can also be used to change gold's color, giving it a fashionable rose or white tint, or to lighten or darken the natural yellow tone of pure gold. Mixtures like these, of less costly metals with more valuable ones, are called alloys. Copper and silver are the most common metals mixed with gold to make yellow gold jewelry. White gold is usually made with an alloy of gold and nickel. The measure of gold's purity is called a karat. The higher the karat rating, the higher the amount of pure gold: 24 karat is pure gold, 18 karat is 75% pure gold, 14 karat is 58.5% pure gold, and 9 karat is 37.5% pure gold. All other things being equal, the higher the percentage of pure gold used in the alloy, the more valuable and expensive the jewelry will be. Gold jewelry pieces are usually stamped with a marking to identify the karat amount. While gold that is 24K is too soft for jewelry, 18K, 14K and 9K gold are all appropriate for jewelry, and they all make pieces that look great and wear beautifully.

单选题Manner of articulation is the only way by which we tell whether a sound is a consonant or not.

单选题She was our distinguished guest and was treated as ______.

单选题He comes every Friday, ______ ?

单选题A: You are a college student. Tel1 me what you would like to do? B. ______ A. I like to take a taxi. B. I don't know, but I like to develop computer software. C. I will go and have fun with my classmates. D. I don't know. but I like to have a choice.

单选题Graham was not a little ______ because he drank too much last night.A. tiredB. tiringC. angryD. drunk

单选题{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}} One day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to New York and the girl in the ticket office said, "I'm sorry, I can't sell you a ticket. Our computer is down." "If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket." "I can't write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so." I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, "What do all you people do?' "We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not." "So when it goes down, you go down with it." "That's good, sir. ' "How long will the computer be down?" I wanted to know. "I have no idea. There's no way we can find out without asking the computer." After the girl told me they had no backup (备用) computer, I said. "Let's forget the computer. What about your planes? They're still flying, aren't they?" "I wouldn't know," she said, pointing at the dark screen. "Only 'IT'knows. 'It'can't tell me. By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The word soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.

单选题I hand been sitting by myself in my usual compartment for at least ten minutes, waiting 1 . The trains from Littlebury never seemed to start 2 and I often thought that I could have 3 in bed a little longer or had 4 cup of tea before 5 . Suddenly I heard someone shouting 6 the platform outside. A young girl was running towards the train. The man 7 put out his hand to stop her but she ran past him and opened the door of my compartment. Then the whistle blew and the train started. "I nearly missed it, 8 ?" the girl said. "How long does it take to 9 London?" "It depends on the 10 ." I said. "Some days it"s 11 others." "I"ll have to have my watch mended, 12 late again tomorrow," she said. "It"s my first day 13 with a new firm today and they told me that the man 14 is very strict. I 15 him yet so I don"t know 16 but he sounds a bit frightening." She talked about her new job 17 the way to London and before long, I realized that she was going to work for my firm. My 18 secretary had just left so I must be her new boss. 19 only fair to tell her. "Oh, dear," she said. " 20 mistake! I wish I had known." "Never mind," I said. "At least you"ll know when your train"s late that mine will be, too."