单选题The high school my daughter studies in is______our university.

单选题The Greek's lofty attitude toward scientific research—and the scientists' contempt of utility—was a long time dying. For a millennium after Archimedes, this separation of mechanics from geometry inhibited fundamental technological progress and in some areas repressed it altogether. But there was a still greater obstacle to change until the very end of the middle ages: the organization of society. The social system of fixed class relationships that prevailed through the Middle Ages(and in some areas much longer)itself hampered improvement. Under this system, the laboring masses, in exchange for the bare necessities of life, did all the productive work, while the privileged few—priests, nobles, and kings—concerned themselves only with ownership and maintenance of their own position. In the interest of their privileges they did achieve considerable progress in defense, in warmaking, in government, in trade, in the arts of leisure, and in the extraction of labor from their dependents, but they had no familiarity with the process of production. On the other hand, the laborers, who were familiar with manufacturing techniques, had no incentive to improve or increase production to the advantage of their masters. Thus, with one class possessing the requisite knowledge and experience, but lacking incentive and leisure, and the other class lacking the knowledge and experience, there was no means by which technical progress could be achieved. The whole ancient world was built upon this relationship—a relationship as sterile as it was inhuman. The availability of slaves nullified the need for more efficient machinery. In many of the commonplace fields of human endeavor, actual stagnation prevailed for thousands of years. Not all the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome could develop the windmill or contrive so simple an instrument as the wheelbarrow—products of the tenth and thirteenth centuries respectively. For about twenty-five centuries, two-thirds of the power of the horse was lost because he wasn't shod, and much of the strength of the ox was wasted because his harness wasn't modified to fit his shoulders. For more than five thousand years, sailors were confined to rivers and coasts by a primitive steering mechanism which required remarkably little alteration(in the thirteenth century)to become a rudder. With any ingenuity at all, the ancient plough could have been put on wheels and the ploughshare shaped to bite and turn the sod instead of merely scratching it—but the ingenuity wasn't forthcoming. And the villager of the Middle Ages, like the men who first had fire, had a smoke hole in the center of the straw and reed thatched roof of his one-room dwelling(which he shared with his animals), while the medieval charcoal burner(like his Stone Age ancestor)made himself a hut of small branches.

单选题The passage implies that there are many senses we ______.

单选题Ray: ______. Where was I? Brenda: You were talking about your trip to South Africa. A. Let's back up. B. What did I hear? C. Let's check in. D. What were you talking about?

单选题{{B}} Directions: For each blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that is most suitable and mark your answer by blackening the corresponding letter on ANSWER SHEET I.{{/B}} Football is the most popular sport{{U}} (21) {{/U}}the fall in the United States. The game originated as a(an){{U}} (22) {{/U}}sport more than seventy-five years ago. It is still played by almost every college and university in the country, and the football stadiums of some of the largest universities{{U}} (23) {{/U}}as many as g0,000 people. The game is not the same{{U}} (24) {{/U}}European football. There are eleven players in each team, and{{U}} (25) {{/U}}in padded uniforms because the game is rough and injuries are likely to occur. The{{U}} (26) {{/U}}of the game is to carry or throw from one per- son to another the ball across the opponent's goal, or scoring line. He{{U}} (27) {{/U}}has not attended a large college football game{{U}} (28) {{/U}}missed one of the most colorful aspects of American college life.{{U}} (29) {{/U}}the two halves of the game, the playing field if taken over by the bands (乐队) of the rival institutions,{{U}} (30) {{/U}}take turns doing intricate marches and executing interesting formations. The student spectators are led in cheering for their team by trained, uniformed student cheerleaders,{{U}} (31) {{/U}}are pretty girls. Outstanding high school football players{{U}} (32) {{/U}}usually encouraged to come to a college and university{{U}} (33) {{/U}}offers of scholarships and free room and board. Football is{{U}} (34) {{/U}}popular and the urge to win is so keen, that many colleges actively{{U}} (35) {{/U}}outstanding players for their student body. Attendance at football games is so large that it is not unheard of for a college or university to finance its entire athletic program from ticket sales.

单选题Bond realized that he was being followed by means of ______. ( )

单选题Thousands of A(tired, underfed, poorly clothed) Confederate soldiers,B( long since past)the simple enthusiasm of the early days of the struggle C(somehow) considered Lee the symbol of everything D(that) they had been willing to die.

单选题Hippies were members of a youth movement of the 1960's and 1970's that started in the United States and spread to Canada, Great Britain, and many other countries. The hippies rejected the customs, traditions, and life styles of society and tried to develop those of their own. Most hippies came from white middle-class families and ranged in age from 15 to 25 years old. They thought too many adults cared about making money and little else. The term hippie may come from the word hip, which means "turned-in" or aware. Hippies wanted a world based on love of humanity and peace. Many believed that wonderful, magical changes were about to take place. They thought these changes would happen as soon as people learned to express their feelings honestly and to behave naturally at all times. Hippies strongly opposed U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Many hippies lived together in small groups, working with one another and sharing possessions. Others refused to be tied down to a fixed job or home. They wandered from place to place seeking part-time work and temporary shelter. Some begged for spare change and lived in the streets or camped in parks or other public lands. Hippies were sometimes called "flower children" because they gave people flowers to communicate gentleness and love. They let their hair grow long and walked barefoot or in sandals. Hippies attracted public attention by wearing clothing that featured unusual combinations of colors and textures. A large number of hippies used marijuana, LSD, and other drugs. Drug experiences shaped many of their symbols and ideas. The Beatles, a popular English rock group, helped spread the hippie movement with their song. Hippie favorites included such other rock groups as the Grateful Dead and the Jefferson Airplane, singers Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, poet Allen Ginsberg, and novelist Ken Kesey. Many hippies admired Timothy Leary, a psychologist who preached salvation through the use of drugs. In time, most hippies realized it was not easy to reform society by "dropping'out" of it. Some joined more organized political movements to work for specific social causes. Others turned to spirituality or religion. The majority simply left the hippie stage of their lives behind while trying to hold on to at least a few of the ideals that once inspired them.

单选题He was charged by the police ______ breaking the law.

单选题In the last paragraph, the author implies that ______.

单选题 Lots of creatures already reproduce without sex. Since the birth of Louise Brown, the first test-tube baby, in 1978, {{U}}(1) {{/U}} of human beings {{U}}(2) {{/U}} in laboratory glassware rather than in bed. If human cloning becomes possible—and since the birth of a sheep called Dolly, {{U}}(3) {{/U}} doubt that it will be feasible to clone a person by 2025—even the link between sex organs and reproduction {{U}}(4) {{/U}}. You will then be able to take a cutting from your body and grow a new person, {{U}}(5) {{/U}} you were a willow tree. {{U}} (6) {{/U}}, we have already divorced sex from reproduction. In the 1960s, the contraceptive pill freed women to enjoy sex for its own sake. {{U}}(7) {{/U}}, greater tolerance of homosexuality signaled society's acceptance of nonreproductive sex of another sort. These changes are only continuations of a {{U}}(8) {{/U}} that started perhaps a million years ago. Human beings {{U}}(9) {{/U}} the interest in infertile, social sex with a few other species: dolphins, apes and some birds. But {{U}}(10) {{/U}} sex is too good for human beings to {{U}}(11) {{/U}}, more and more people will abandon it as a {{U}}(12) {{/U}} of reproduction. In the modern world, you can {{U}}(13) {{/U}} have sex and parenthood without suffering the bit {{U}}(14) {{/U}}. Some Hollywood actresses {{U}}(15) {{/U}} the urge for mothering by electing to adopt children {{U}}(16) {{/U}} spoil their figures (as they see it) by childbearing. For people as beautiful as this, the temptation to {{U}}(17) {{/U}} a clone (reared in a surrogate womb) could one day be {{U}}(18) {{/U}}. However, human cloning and designer babies are probably not {{U}}(19) {{/U}}. Even assuming that the procedures are judged safe and efficient in farm animals, still a long way off, they will be heavily {{U}}(20) {{/U}}, if not banned, by many governments for human beings.

单选题Man: The competition is increasingly fierce. What shall we do next?Woman: If other companies lower their prices, we’ll have to follow suit.Question: What does the woman suggest? A．Doing the same as other companies have done B．Producing the same suits as other companies. C．Fighting against other by cutting down the cost. D．Working out other policies to compensate foe the loss.

单选题It was during the morning rush hour ______the bomb exploded. A. that B. when C. while D. before

单选题A: Bob, would you mind turning down the TV a little? I'm talking on the phone, and I'm having a hard time hearing. B: ______

单选题______that I wasn't going to get much chance for promotion, I decided to quit the job.

单选题{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}} 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.

单选题Everyday there are reports of______ that have been committed against innocent people.

单选题Human greenhouse gas emissions which cause low-lying places to disappear are mainly let out by