单选题{{B}}Passage Four{{/B}} Still happily together, Mayer Solen and Joann Oakes credit Senior-Net for "introducing" them not only to each other but also to a world of computer-literate over-60 s. "Senior-Net offers a forum where senior citizens can talk freely, help each other, and even console each other,"Joann says. "Even though we are scattered across the country, we can share thoughts, opinions and concerns about issues that affect us. It's like a big family. When Mayer and I travel around the country, we make it a point to look up other Senior-Net members." Mary Furlong, founder of the 10-years-old network, says it is a painless way to socialize, especially for those recently widowed and reluctant to go out alone, and for the disabled. Senior-Net has more then 6 000 members across the United States. Joann Oakes and Mayer Solen fell for each other just before Christmas in 1991. She had been watching from a distance as Mr. Solen flitted from one group of friends to another. Finally, the two began a conversation. They discovered they were both widowed. They talked on and on. At midnight, they said good night, turned off their computers and went to bed, Mr. Solen in the south-western state of Nevada, and Mrs. Oakes in the north-western state of Washington. From then on they talked nearly every day via their computers until their marriage. Computers are playing Cupid for what seems to be an unlikely target—a generation that didn't know the difference between a mouse and a modem until they reached 60. Now, older adults are plugged in to exchange gardening tips, debate religion ,or try to recall the lines of old time popular songs. The marriage between seniors and computers is, in fact, perfectly natural. They grew up in a time when people wrote weekly letters to each other and kept journals and diaries. A computer is an easier way to do the same. With no risk of censure or rejection, grandfathers can let their hair down. Church-going people confess they are not really sure what they think about religion. People who always thought of themselves as conserved and "respectable" may be found flirting shamelessly with correspondents who live 500 miles away. If anyone dislikes the company or the discussion, they don't have to be polite. "Just hit the control button and you're gone," says Joann Oakes.

单选题The basic reason for the mistake Washington has committed is that

单选题Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man 1 it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something definitely. His purpose is settled and decided in 2 He knows what he wants, and his 3 is to find it and get it. Almost all men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for their needs if they are not in a supermarket. If the shop has them in 4 , the deal can be made in less than five minutes, with 5 any chat and to everyone"s satisfaction. For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop does not have 6 he wants. In that case, the salesman tries to sell the customer something 7 —he offers the nearest to the article required. Good salesman brings out such a substitute with 8 : "I know this is not the style you want, sir; but would you like to try it for size? It happens to 9 the color you told me." Few men 10 patience with this kind of treatment, and the usual response is: "This is the right color and maybe the right size, 11 I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it 12 ." For a woman, buying clothes is always clone in the opposite way. She goes 13 when she wants to wander on the streets. She has never been fully aware what she wants, and she is only "window shopping". She is always open 14 persuasion, willing to try on 15 number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding 16 that everyone thinks suits her. Most women have an excellent sense of value and are always on the look-out for the unexpected 17 . Faced with a roomful of 18 , a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. 19 is a tiresome process, but apparently an enjoyable one. Most dress shops 20 chairs for the waiting husbands.

单选题They have ____ most carefully the time and the materials needed to complete the Project.

单选题Being good-looking is useful in so many ways. In addition to whatever personal pleasure it gives you, being attractive also helps you earn more money, f"amd a higher-earning spouse and get better deals on mortgages . Each of these facts has been demonstrated over the past 20 years by many economists and other researchers, The effects are not small: one study showed that an American worker who was among the bottom one-seventh in looks, as assessed by randomly chosen observers, earned 10 to 15 percent less per year than a similar worker whose looks were assessed in the top one-third — a lifetime difference, in a typical case, of about $ 230, 000. Most of us, regardless of our professed attitudes, prefer as customers to buy from better-looking salespeople, as jurors to listen to better-looking attorneys , as voters to be led by better-looking politicians, as students to learn from better-looking professors. This is not a matter of evil employers" refusing to hire the ugly: in our roles as workers, customers and potential lovers we are all responsible for these effects. How could we remedy this injustice? A radical solution may be needed: why not offer legal protections to the ugly, as we do with racial , ethnic and religious minorities, women and handicapped individuals? We actually already do offer such protections in a few places, including in some jurisdictions in California, and in the District of Columbia, where discriminatory treatment based on looks in hiring, promotions, housing and other areas is prohibited. The mechanics of legislating this kind of protection are not as difficult as you might think. Ugliness could be protected generally in the United States by small extensions of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Ugly people could be allowed to seek help from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and other agencies in overcoming the effects of discrimination. You might argue that people can"t be classified by their looks — that beauty is in the eye of the beholder . In one study, more than half of a group of people were assessed identically by each of two observers using a five-point scale ; and very few assessments differed by more than one point. There are possible other objections. "Ugliness" is not a personal trait that many people choose to embrace; those whom we classify as protected might not be willing to admit that they are ugly. But with the chance of obtaining extra pay and promotions amounting to $ 230, 000 in lost lifetime earnings, there"s a large enough incentive to do so . Bringing antidiscrimination lawsuits is also costly, and few potential plaintiffs could afford to do so. But many attorneys would be willing to organize classes of plaintiffs to overcome these costs, just as they now do in racial-discrimination and other lawsuits. Economic arguments for protecting the ugly are as strong as those for protecting some groups currently covered by legislation. So why not go ahead and expand protection to the looks-challenged? There"s one legitimate concern. With increasingly tight limits on government resources, expanding rights to yet another protected group would reduce protection for groups that have commanded our legislative and other attention for over 50 years. You might reasonably disagree and argue for protecting all deserving groups. Either way, you shouldn"t be surprised to see the United States heading toward this new legal frontier.

单选题 Even plants can run a fever, especially when they are under attack by insects or disease. But{{U}} (1) {{/U}}humans, plants can have their temperature{{U}} (2) {{/U}}from 3,000 feet away—straight up. A decade ago,{{U}} (3) {{/U}}the infrared scanning technology developed for military purpose and other satellites, physicist Stephen Paley{{U}} (4) {{/U}}a quick way to take the temperature of crops to determine{{U}} (5) {{/U}}ones are under stress. The goal was to let farmer{{U}} (6) {{/U}}target pesticide spraying{{U}} (7) {{/U}}rain poison on a whole field, which{{U}} (8) {{/U}}include plants that don't have the pest problem. Even better, Paley's Remote Scanning Services Company could detect crop problem before they became{{U}} (9) {{/U}}to the eye. Mounted on a plane flown at 3,000 feet{{U}} (10) {{/U}}, an infrared scanner measured the heat emitted by crops. The data were{{U}} (11) {{/U}}into a color-coded map showing{{U}} (12) {{/U}}plants were running "fevers". Farmers could then spot spray, using 50 to 70 percent less pesticide than they{{U}} (13) {{/U}}would. The bad news is that Paley's company closed down in 1984, after only three years. Farmers{{U}} (14) {{/U}}the new technology and long-term backers were hard{{U}} (15) {{/U}}. But with the renewed concern about pesticides on produce, and refinements in infrared scanning, Paley hopes to{{U}} (16) {{/U}}into operation. Agriculture experts have no doubt about the technology works. "This technique can be used{{U}} (17) {{/U}}75 percent of agricultural land in the United States," says George Oerther of Texas A＆M. Ray Jackson, who recently retired from the Department of Agriculture, thinks{{U}} (18) {{/U}}infrared crop scanning could be adopted by the end of the decade. But{{U}} (19) {{/U}}Paley finds the financial backing{{U}} (20) {{/U}}he failed to obtain 10 years ago.

单选题I______you can swim so well and I can't.

单选题In Papusek's experiment babies make learned movements of the head in order to A. have the lights turned on B. be rewarded with milk C. please their parents D. be praised

单选题Novels and short stories from a library"s fiction collection are a good ______ of enjoyable reading practice.

单选题He was disappointed to find his suggestions ______.

单选题Let me tell you a story about Berb and Mild Carbridge, who used to be very (21) For example, Mild would forget to (22) dinner, or Berb would (23) up for work on Sunday (24) it was Monday. One summer they (25) to take a long plane trip. What do you guess happened? Well, they got to the airport with only ten minutes to (26) . So time was short. In that (27) anyone would (28) the plane right away. But not Mr. and Mrs. Carbridge. They just had to buy some flight insurance(保险) (29) . All in all, who knows what will happen on a plane flight? They quickly put some (30) into a machine and (31) came their insurance policy. "Who (32) get the money if we (33) , I wonder?" asked Mild. "My mother, of course," her husband (34) . "We'll mail the (35) to her. Now quick give me a stamp, (36) you?" he said. "The plane's going to (37) in another minute." Berb put the stamp on the envelope, (38) it in the mailbox, and (39) began to cry. What happened, do you guess? He had mailed their (40) to his mother!

单选题{{B}}Part A{{/B}}{{B}}Directions: {{/B}}Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. {{B}}Text 1{{/B}} About three-quarters of Americans, according to surveys, think the country is on the wrong track. About two-thirds of the public disapprove of the job performance of President Bush, and an even higher number disdain Congress. The media are excited about the prospect of a wealthy businessman running for President as an independent who could tap into broad public disgruntlement with the partisan politicians in Washington. 2007? Yes. But also 1992, The main difference between the two situations is that Michael Bloomberg is richer—and saner—than Ross Perot. But one similarity might be this: the American people were wrong then and may be wrong now. The widespread pessimism in the early 1990s about the course of the country turned out to be unwarranted. The rest of the decade featured impressive economic growth, a falling crime rate, successful reform of the welfare system and a reasonably peaceful world. Perhaps the problems weren't so bad in the first place, or perhaps the political system produced politicians, like Bill Clinton, Rudy Giuliani and Newt Gingrich, who were able to deal with the problems. But, in any case, the country got back on course. That's not to say all was well in the 1990s, especially in foreign policy. Responsibilities in places ranging from Bosnia to Rwanda to Afghanistan were shirked, and gathering dangers weren't dealt with. Still, the sour complaints and dire predictions of 1992—oh, my God, the budget deficit will do us in! —were quickly overtaken by events. What's more, the fear of many conservatives that we might be at the mercy of unstoppable forces of social disintegration turned out to be wrong. Indeed, the dire predictions were rendered obsolete so quickly that one wonders whether we were, in 1992, really just indulging in some kind of post-cold-war victory. Sometimes the public mood is ... well, moody. Today we're moody again. We are obviously fighting a difficult and, until recently, badly managed war in Iraq, whose outcome is uncertain. This accounts for much of the pessimism. It also doesn't help that the political system seems incapable of dealing with big problems like immigration, an energy policy and health care. Still, is the general feeling that everything is going to the dogs any more justified today than it was 15 years ago? Not really. Think of it this way: Have events in general gone better or worse than most people would have predicted on Sept. 12, 20017 There's been no successful second attack here in the U. S. —and very limited terrorist successes in Europe or even in the Middle East. We've had 5 1/2 years of robust economic growth, low unemployment and a stock-market recovery. Social indicators in the U. S. are mostly stable or improving—abortions, teenage births and teenage drug use are down and education scores are up a bit. As for American foreign policy since 9/11, it has not produced the results some of us hoped for, and there are many legitimate criticisms of the Bush Administration's performance. But, in fact, despite the gloom and doom from critics left and right (including, occasionally, me), the world seems to present the usual mixed bag of difficult problems and heartening developments. The key question, of course, is the fate of Iraq. A decent outcome—the defeat of alQaeda in what it has made the central front in the war on terrorism and enough security so there can be peaceful rule by a representative regime—seems to me achievable, if we don't lose our nerve here at home. With success in Iraq, progress elsewhere in the Middle East will be easier. The balance sheet is uncertain. But it is by no means necessarily grim.

单选题I don't think there are several characteristics of the novel ______ special attention. A. worthwhile B. worth of C. worthy of D. worthless

单选题选出应填入下面一段英语中______内的正确答案。 An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is built upon a commercial (1) that promises the seamless (2) of all the information flowing through the company (2) financial, accounting, human resources, supply chain and customer information. In implementation, all ERP systems include several features. The system is installed on a typical database management system. It requires initial setup according to the organizations process, but it may be (3) according to the organizations unique process requirements through a tool set contained within the ERP applications. Using ERP, (4) can be prescribed to automate approval processes through established chains of command. One of the methods used to effect rapid implementation ofthe ERP system is to conduct concurrent (5) sessions.

单选题You ______ him so closely ; you should have kept your distance. A. shouldn't have been following B. mustn't follow C. couldn't have been following D. shouldn't follow

单选题From the text we can conclude that the robot race

单选题It is more ______ and healthful to live in the countryside than in town.

单选题In June of 1973, nine whales beached on the Florida coast. Beaching means swimming out of the ocean onto the beach, and usually dying there. No one knows why they do it, but a number of whales beach themselves every year. Some people think beaching is an accident. Perhaps the whales get confused. Scientists who studied the beaching of three dozen whales in Australia think the whales may have been confused by loud noises. Whales can tell where they are by sounds. They send out sounds and listen as they travel past or bounce off objects. Two days before these thirty-six whales beached, loud guns had been fired for two hours. The loud sounds may have confused the whales. Their confusion might have caused them to wander into low water. Whatever the reason whales beach, it is a sad event. People try to save them, but very few beached whales live. One whale that was rescued from beaching in Florida lived for forty-five days. That is the longest a beached whale has ever survived. And it lived that long only because it got attention from doctors. All over the world, scientists rush to whale beachings as soon as they hear about them. They hope to learn why whales beach, and how to save them.