单选题Thoughts are expressed ______ words. A. by all means B. by no means C. by the way D. by means of

单选题It's never easy for a mighty military to tread lightly on foreign soil. In the case of American forces in South Korea, protectors of the nation's sovereignty since the Korean War, the job is made doubly difficult by local sensitivities arising from a history of foreign domination. So when a few GIs commit particularly brutal crimes against the local populace, it's easy for some South Koreans to ask: Who will guard us from our guardians? That kind of questioning grew more insistent on January 20, when police found the body of a 30year-old Korean woman, Kang Un-gyong, in the apartment she shared with her American. boyfriend. An autopsy showed Kang, who had bruises over most of her face and chest, died after being hit on the back of her head with a blunt object. Her boyfriend, Henry Kevin McKinley, 36, an electrician at the United States military base in Seoul, admitted heating her. McKinley said he pushed Kang, who then struck her head on a radiator, but denied that he tried to murder her. On January 21 McKinley was arrested on charges similar to involuntary manslaughter under Korean law. As a civilian employee of the U.S. military in Korea, he comes under the purview of the Status-of-Forces agreement between Washington and Seoul. This grants the South Korean government criminal jurisdiction——but not pre-trial custody——over members of American forces in Korea. Because of the gravity of the charges against McKinley, however, the Americans waived their rights to keep him in their custody before trial. The Kang case was only the latest in a series of crimes involving members of U.S. forces and Koreans. Just a few days earlier, a U.S. army sergeant was sentenced to six months in jail for assaulting a local in a subway brawl last May——even though some reports said it was a Korean who instigated tile fray. The murder also followed two separate incidents in which American soldiers were indicted on charges of attempted rape. With the spotlight already on the behaviour of American servicemen abroad because of the rape of a 12-year-old girl in Okinawa, allegedly by a group of U.S. soldiers, the Kang murder burst the lid on many Koreans' resentment of the presence of 37,000 American troops in their midst. Official relations between Seoul and Washington remain on an even keel, and most Koreans don't blame the entire U.S. military for the crimes of individual servicemen. But the incidents have played into the hands of those who are questioning the very basis of the American presence in South Korea. Some observers believe the weds of Koreans' estrangement from the U.S. military were first sown in 1980, when troops under the control of former President Chun Doo Hwan massacred some 200 pro-democracy protesters in the southern city of Kwangju. Many left-wing students——usually at the forefront of anti-government protests——still insist that the U.S. military command acquiesced in the crackdown. But public alienation against U.S. troops really took off after the brutal 1992 murder of a Korean prostitute by an American soldier. Pictures taken at the time-not released publicly but seen by the REVIEW-showed the dead woman's mouth stuffed with matches and a bottle stuck in her vagina. The man convicted of the murder, Pvt. Kenneth Markle of the U. S. army's 2nd Division, received a life sentence, later reduced to 15 years. Cultural misunderstandings haven't helped matters any. Many Koreans believe all Gls are mist young men with little education from rural areas of the U.S. "I've been hit and called names by Koreans, but I didn't respond," says a soldier at Camp Humphreys in Pyongtaek. He says the U.S. forces' command "drills it into your head every day: don't fight with a Korean. You can't win." Other factors are also at play, not least the swelling self-confidence of the younger generation of South Koreans, bolstered by their nation's growing economic and political clout. "Once upon a time we needed help from the U.S., and American economic and military aid was very important to Korea," says Nam Chan Soon, a journalist at the Dong A llbo newspaper, "But now times have changed." While the U.S. command recognizes the need to respect Korean sensitivities, its hard for the Americans to keep a low profile. One reason: The main U.S. military base in Korea is in the Itae-won district——in the very heart of Seoul. Plans to move the base to another location have been put off because of budget constraints.

单选题The big room was almost empty ______ a table or two.

单选题You're ______ your time trying to persuade him; he' II never help you.

单选题The newly built factory is in urgent need of a number of skilled and ______ workers. A. consistent B. conscious C. confidential D. conscientious

单选题The speech ______, a lively discussion started.

单选题The patient was making good progress but suffered a ______ when he caught a cold.

单选题The speaker raised his voice but still couldn’t make himself ________.

单选题 Babies cry to call attention to their immediate needs: food, or rest, or a diaper change or cuddles. But without intending to, crying babies might also provide insight into a defining trait that will develop later in life. As Matt Stevens of the New York Times reports, a new study has found that the pitch of a baby's cry could predict what he or she will sound like as an adult. Researchers in the U.K. and France wondered if vocal pitch might be determined even earlier than age seven—during infancy, perhaps, or even in the womb (子宫). To find out, the team recorded the cries of 15 French babies—six girls and nine boys, from two to five months old. Researchers then compared those recordings to recordings of the same children at age four or five. The team found that the pitch of babies' cries was a 'substantial predictor' of vocal pitch at four or five years of age. 'Differences in voice pitch,' the researchers conclude, 'may—at least partly—arise very early in life.' The authors of the study suggest that these differences might develop in the womb, when fetuses are exposed to varying levels of hormones. As Carl Engelking of Discover reports, the team also analyzed the children's 2D:4D digit ratio, or the ratio between the lengths of the index finger and the ring finger. Studies have suggested that this ratio can reveal how much testosterone (睾丸激素) a person was exposed to in the womb. Researchers found that 2D:4D digit ratio in the right hand correlated positively with differences in vocal frequency in both baby cries and children's speech (this is consistent with other studies showing that 2D:4D ratios are expressed more strongly in the right hand). In other words, as a statement announcing the new research explains, 'if the index finger on the right hand is longer than the ring finger, a baby will be likely to grow up to have a high-pitched voice. Conversely, if it is shorter, they will be more likely to have a lower-pitched voice.'

单选题Among the following people, who mostly need to read this passage?

单选题Rumors are everywhere, spreading fear, damaging reputations, and taming calm situations into ______ ones.

单选题The private detective, having received new information from a confidential source, narrowed down the ______ of his enquiry into the case. A. aspect B. sphere C. dimension D. scope

单选题I don't doubt ______ the plan will be well-conceived.

单选题According to the passage, some doctors objected to the establishment of nursing schools because they believed that ______.

单选题Never has a scientific explanation emerged, ______ someone somewhere has objected to it.

单选题A government is said to "maximize justice" when it ______.

单选题It would be wildly optimistic to believe that these advances offset such a large reduction in farmland.

单选题She is trying to ______ him by phone as she has some very important news for him.

单选题The purpose of this passage is to ______.

单选题According to the author, what is one example of our loss of morality?