单选题The news reporters hurried to the airport, only______the film stars had left.

单选题Customer: ______if you'd serve me as quickly as possible as I've got an appointment at two fifteen.Waiter: I'll do my best, Madam.

单选题More young Americans have become better educated. This reflects a 26 in the labor market, which has increasingly rewarded post-secondary education. At the same time, the economy has seen a decrease in well-paid manual labor that required skills learned on the job or in trade schools. The shift to a more service-oriented economy means universities and colleges have 27 trade schools and apprenticeships. On the one hand that is good because it makes the American labor force better educated. Theoretically, it should also increase meritocracy (精英教育). Much of the income. 28 in America can be explained by the earning differential between college and non-college graduates. As more people attend university, income differences should be reduced. But as university education becomes more widely 29 , should curricula change? Between labor-market demand and innate ability, probably only a fraction of the population benefit 30 from doing so. On the other hand, America 31 from title inflation. A university degree is now a prerequisite (必要条件) to middle-class membership. Rather than just being 32 of education, it is also an expensive and time-consuming signal. The high rate of entrance examination masks a grave problem. Dropping out of university is at 33 levels, especially among low-income Americans. Starting but not finishing a degree 34 in a considerable loss of time and money. Many poor students drop out not just because of cost, but because they find themselves unprepared and frustrated. Offering more practical degrees could be part of the solution to this problem, though it is not a 35 solution. A. available I. equaled B. consists J. proof C. conversely K. replaced D. decrease L. results E. delicate M. shift F. difference N. suffers G. economically O. sufficient H. epidemic

单选题When I was home in Britain on holiday last summer, I spent an evening looking at photos my father had taken when he stayed with us in Beijing in the spring of 1966. Of all these interesting scenes of the past, the one I exclaimed at was a photo of Chang An Jie at Tiananmen. The photo showed one car and two bicycles! This made me reflect on the changes that have transformed Beijing since I came to the city 37 years ago. In those days, the bicycle was king. What sheer joy it was to cycle along with the hundreds (not thousands) of fellow pedallers (骑车人), never in fear of life and limb as one is now. I bought my first bike in 1963. It cost me 150 yuan--in those days three or four months' salary for the average city dweller. Such changes! Good or bad? Today, cycling is hazardous but bikes are easily affordable. Gone are the old wooden houses I remember in south Beijing and fast disappearing are the small, overcrowded courtyard houses lacking running water, central heating and bathroom. Very many Beijingers now live in more convenient, better-equipped flats in high-rises. But these very high-rises are swallowing up the unique character of the old city of narrow hutongs, age-old siheyuan and close-knit communities. I loved years ago to cycle to Beihai to visit my friends (I then taught at China Foreign Affairs University). In spring I rode through the blue-green wheat fields, in summer through fields of tall maize (玉米). Further west; beyond Beijing Foreign Studies University there were the vegetable fields of the Evergreen Commune (四季青公社) and the rice paddies glistening in the summer sun. But now, as Beijing stretches out further and further, west, east, north, south, there's decent housing for families, busy offices for employment and large department stores and supermarkets where, if you have the money, there's little you cannot buy.

单选题Wonld you please show me the way to the ______shop? A．shoes B．shoes C．shoes D．shoe

单选题_______ the garden,the old man went to have a rest.

单选题As mentioned in the text, Japanese consumers are generally

单选题What' s the reason for twins to be at a disadvantage in their intellectual development?

单选题Millions of workers were on the streets in the greatest _____ of working class solidarity this country has ever seen. A. demonstration B. explanation C. presentation D. communication

单选题Its difficult to _____ with the knowledge that he is a failure. A. feed B. live C. stay D. get on

单选题When (imaginable) scientists (first) suggested the possibility that one person (could speak) directly to another (over) a long distance, few people took them seriously.

单选题Pick me up at 8 o'clock. I ______ my bath by then.

单选题The little girl held ______ in her hand. J

单选题______ have gone abroad.

单选题Water always ______ steam when boiled. A. gives out B. gives up C. gives off D. gives in

单选题 The Magic of Diasporas(大移居) Immigrant networks are a rare bright spark in the world economy. Rich countries should welcome them. A．This is not a good time to be foreign. Anti-immigrant parties are gaining ground in Europe. Britain has been fretting(烦 恼，发愁) this week over lapses in its border controls. In America Barack Obama has failed to deliver the immi-gration reform he promised, and Republican presidential candidates would rather electrify the border fence with Mexico than educate the children of illegal aliens. America educates foreign scientists in its universities and then expels them, a policy the mayor of New York calls 'national suicide'. B．This illiberal turn in attitudes to migration is no surprise. It is the result of cyclical economic gloom combined with a rise in pressure on rich countries' borders. But governments now weighing up whether or not to try to slam the door should consider another factor: the growing economic importance of diasporas, and the contribution they can make to a country's economic growth. C．Diaspora networks-of Huguenots, Scots, Jews and many others—have always been a potent economic force, but the cheapness and ease of modern travel has made them larger and more numerous than ever before. There are now 215m first-generation migrants around the world: that's 3% of the world's population. If they were a nation, it would be a little larger than Brazil. There are more Chinese people living outside China than there are French people in France. Some 22m Indians are scattered all over the globe. Small concentrations of ethnic and linguistic groups have always been found in surprising places-Lebanese in west Africa, Japanese in Brazil and Welsh in Patagonia, for instance—but they have been joined by newer ones, such as west Africans in southern China. D．These networks of kinship(亲缘关系) and language make it easier to do business across borders. They speed the flow of information: a Chinese trader in Indonesia who spots a gap in the market for cheap umbrellas will alert his cousin in Shenzhen who knows someone who runs an umbrella factory. Kinship ties foster trust, so they can seal the deal and get the umbrellas to Jakarta before the rainy season ends. Trust matters, especially in emerging markets where the rule of law is weak. So does the knowledge of the local culture. That is why so much foreign direct investment in China still passes through the Chinese diasporas. And modern communications make these networks an even more powerful tool of business. E．Diasporas also help spread ideas. Many of the emerging world's brightest minds are educated at Western universities. An increasing number go home, taking with them both knowledge and contacts. Indian computer scientists in Bangalore bounce ideas constantly off their Indian friends in Silicon Valley. China's technology industry is dominated by 'sea turtles' (Chinese who have lived abroad and returned). F．Diasporas spread money, too. Migrants into rich countries not only send cash to their families; they also help companies in their host country operate in their home country. A Harvard Business School study shows that American companies that employ lots of ethnic Chinese people find it much easier to set up in China without a joint venture with a local firm. G．Such arguments are unlikely to make much headway against hostility towards immigrants in rich countries. Fury against foreigners is usually based on two (mutually incompatible) notions: that because so many migrants claim welfare they are a drain on the public purse; and that because they are prepared to work harder for less pay they will depress the wages of those at the bottom of the pile. The first is usually not true (in Britain, for instance, immigrants claim benefits less than local people do), and the second is hard to establish either way. Some studies do indeed suggest that competition from unskilled immigrants depresses the wages ofunskilled locals. But others find this effect to be small or non-existent. H．Nor is it possible to establish the impact of migration on overall growth. The sums are simply too difficult. Yet there are good reasons for believing that it is likely to be positive. Migrants tend to be hard-working and innovative. That spurs productivity and company formation. A recent study carried out by Duke University showed that, while immigrants make up an eighth of America's population, they founded a quarter of the country's technology and engineering firms. And, by linking the West with emerging markets, diasporas help rich countries to plug into fast-growing economies. I．Rich countries are thus likely to benefit from looser immigration policy; and fears that poor countries will suffer as a result of a 'brain drain' are overblown. The prospect of working abroad spurs more people to acquire valuable skills, and not all subsequently emigrate. Skilled migrants send money home, and they often return to set up new businesses. One study found that unless they lose more than 20% of their university graduates, the brain drain makes poor countries richer. J．Government as well as business gains from the spread of ideas through diasporas. Foreign-educated Indians, including the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh (Oxford and Cambridge) and his sidekick Montek Ahluwalia (Oxford), played a big role in bringing economic reform to India in the early 1990s. Some 500,000 Chinese people have studied abroad and returned, mostly in the past decade; they dominate the think-tanks that advise the government. K．As for the old world, its desire to close its borders is understandable but dangerous. Migration brings youth to ageing countries, and allows ideas to circulate in millions of mobile minds. That is good both for those who arrive with suitcases and dreams and for those who should welcome them.

单选题Which of the following refers to a process in which a teacher asks hisher students to analyzing sentences in a passage and then work out their structures?

单选题James: Can I borrow your notes for today's geology class?Jane: ______

单选题Whose ______ is it to answer the question this time?

单选题Some people would like to do shopping on Sundays since they expect to pick up wonderful ______ in the market.