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单选题An intelligent TV viewer may occasionally become enraged by the argumentation in ______ commercials. A. imperative B. fallacious C. persuasive D. fabulous

单选题Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems. For example, (21) many tourists can (22) public places that are also enjoyed (23) the inhabitants(居住者) of a country: If tourists (24) too much traffic, the inhabitants become annoyed and (25) . They begin to dislike tourists and to (26) them impolitely. They (27) how much tourism can help the country's economy. It is important to (28) about the people of a tourist attraction and how tourism affects it. Tourism should help a country (29) the customs and beauty that attract tourists. Too much tourism can be a problem. If tourism (30) too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry. This (31) that other parts of the country's economy can suffer. On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can (32) jobs. Business can also lose money. It (33) a great deal of money to build large hotels, airports, air terminal, first class roads, and other support facilities(设施) (34) by tourist attractions. For example, a major international-class tourism (35) can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build. If this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel lose money.

单选题If he ______ the doctor's advice, he would be quite all right now.

单选题Chinese translations which have been conveniently simplified and made easy are like wine diluted with water. "This famous remark about the quality of a translation is made by______.

单选题Melinda French designed Microsoft Bob which was to ease the misery of computer users by ______.

单选题Habits are a funny thing. We reach for them mindlessly, setting our brains on auto-pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine. "Net choice, but habit rules the unreflecting herd," William Wordsworth said in the 19th century. In the ever-changing 21st century, even the word "habit" carries a negative implication. So it seems paradoxical to talk about habits in the same context as creativity and innovation. But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel paths, and even entirely new brain cells, that can jump our trains of thought onto new, innovative tracks. Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits. In fact, the more new things we try—the more we step outside our comfort zone—the more inherently creative we become, both in the workplace and in our personal lives. But don't bother trying to kill off old habits; once those ruts of procedure are worn into the brain, they're there to stay. Instead, the new habits we deliberately press into ourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old reads. "The first thing needed for innovation is a fascination with wonder," says Dawna Markova, author of The Open Mind. "But we are taught instead to 'decide', just as our president calls himself 'the Decider'." She adds, however, that "to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one. A good innovational thinker is always exploring the many other possibilities." All of us work through problems in ways of which we're unaware, she says. Researchers in the late 1960a discovered that humans are born with the capacity to approach challenges in four primary ways: analytically, procedurally, relationally (or collaboratively) and innovatively. At the end of adolescence, however, the brain shuts down half of that capacity, preserving only those modes of thought that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life. The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of us inherently use our innovative and collaborative modes of thought. "This breaks the major rule in the American belief system — that anyone can do anything," explains M. J. Ryan, author of the 2006 book This Year I Will... and Ms. Markova's business partner. "That's a lie that we have perpetuated, and it fosters commonness. Knowing what you're good at and doing even more of it creates excellence." This is where developing new habits comes in.

单选题To the old people, the changes in society are ______.

单选题The goal is to make higher education available to everyone who is willing and capable ______ his financial situation. A. with respect to B. in accord with C. regardless of D. in terms of

单选题{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}} China's employment and re-employment situation remains tough with a surge this year in the number of graduates hitting the job market and in unemployment in general, a senior official said. The country's registered average unemployment rate in urban areas reached 4 percent last year and is expected to go higher this year, Labour and Social Security Minister Zheng Silin told Xinhua yesterday. There are nearly 14 million laid-off workers in urban areas so far. And more than 10 million new graduates are predicted to enter the work force, Zheng said. To make things worse, the nation's agricultural adjustment has forced more than 150 million rural workers to quit farming. Many of them will head to the cities to seek employment, posing uncertainties for the State, he said. Zheng, who was appointed as the minister during the first session of the 10th National People's Congress in March, has urged his departments nationwide to do more to assist laid-off workers to restart their lives.

单选题It was ______ that asked Maury for help in oceanographic studies. A. those who earned a living from the sea B. some early intercontinental travellers C. the American Navy D. the company which proposed to lay an undersea cable

单选题5 America will never again have as a nation the spirit of adventure as it ______ before the west was settled. A. had B. did C. was D. would

单选题He entered the office hurriedly, ______ the door open. A. leave B. leaving C. to leave D. left

单选题Sunshine is as necessary for flowers ______ water for fish.

单选题One of the world's (largest) salt mines (lie) directly (under) the (city) Detroit. A. largest B. lie C. under D. city

单选题If only I ______ not so nervous at the important interview.

单选题The Court of Auditors of the EU is an ______ body and acts independently from all other institutions.