单选题The journalist, unfortunately, ______ a long time to send these important facts to the editor.

单选题It is difficult ______ a world record and even more difficult to ______ it.

单选题I've only recently explored Shakespeare with profit and pleasure.

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单选题 The first week of July 1776 was a busy one for Thomas Jefferson. The Declaration of Independence, which he largely wrote, was adopted on the fourth. But he chose the same week to begin keeping a record of the temperature change in a notebook. This wasn't a single example: for eight years, as president, Jefferson made detailed notes on the seasonal availability of various vegetables in the markets of Washington, DC. This wasn't because he couldn't focus, says Joshua. Kendall, author of America's Obsessives(强迫症者): The Compulsive Energy That Built a Nation. Rather, his obsessional habits were a self-soothing response to anxiety. When his wife died, he responded by cataloguing the tens of thousands of letters he'd sent or received. 'A mind always employed is always happy,' he liked to say. But that wasn't a platitude(陈辞滥调): some of Jefferson's compulsive industriousness made history, but all of it helped keep him mentally healthy. The core of Kendall's argument is that many successful people show symptoms of obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (强迫型人格障碍). Steve Jobs would get angry over a misplaced comma; he rejected one version of the Apple II computer because the lines on its internal circuit boards weren't straight enough. But, if-Kendall is correct, Jobs wasn't a person consumed solely by his own ambition: he focused on shaping and perfecting the physical world just to avoid con fronting his innermost self. Kendall quotes a psychiatrist who says it often begins with an insecure growing-up: 'Children who have little control over the key events and people in their lives begin to focus on something they can control.' Avoiding self-reflection, they make poor parents and partners. But their avoidance also leads to their success. This is disturbing, since the 'experiential avoidance' —the effort not to feel certain feelings, or think certain thoughts—is widely considered as a bad thing. It's blamed for everything from social anxiety to self-harm; the fast-developing acceptance and commitment therapy is dedicated to overcoming it, by helping people safely to 'feel their feelings'. Could it really bring benefits? The question strikes deep at how we think about psychological disorders. By definition, they interfere with life. But what counts as interfering is subjective: is it 'better' to be a great innovator than an ordinary spouse, or vice versa? The happiest among Kendall's obsessives are those with self-awareness: they chose to embrace their obsessions, accepting the downsides. The tragic ones kept trying to make their relationships conform to their rigid demands. A Wired magazine cover last year asked readers, 'Do you really want to be like Steve Jobs?' In a work culture that increasingly uses 'obsessive' as a compliment, it's worth pausing to ask the question.

单选题Man: Excuse me, I was told I could find Dr. Adkins here. Woman: And you have. Questions: What does the woman mean? A. She is Dr. Adkins. B. She has to find the doctor. C. The doctor has been expecting the man. D. The doctor will be with the man shortly.

单选题Prices reach equilibrium at the level at which quantity demanded ______ quantity supplied.

单选题 The teacher explained the new lesson ______ to the students.

单选题Let"s not ______ over such a trifle!

单选题Only when (he realized) that there (would be) more (difficulties) ahead than he expected (he came to) me for help.A. he realizedB. would beC. difficultiesD. he came to

单选题My boss has always attended to the ______ of important business himself.

单选题The phrase "back off" in boldface in this contest probably means ______.

单选题Husband: Shall I get something for dinner tonight, dear? I may drop over at the supermarket on my way back home. Wife: Oh, yes. I appreciate it. ______ A. Why don't you get some meat? B. Could you get me some eggs in the fridge? C. It's nice of you to fix dinner. D. I'd like a chicken burger, please.

单选题Come earlier next time; ______ you'll be punished.

单选题In the course of a day students do far more than just ______ classes. A. attend B. attended C. to attend D. attending

单选题Small. moments sometimes ______a very long time.

单选题It is______from my school to the railway station.

单选题Today more and more people go to websites when looking for information. Although most readers go to websites for news and e-mail, a form of person-to-person news, or in the form of chatting, they also read books on the web. It's called electronic book (e-book). Electronic books could revolutionize reading, but people ought to consider their far-reaching impacts as well. "The e-book promises to cause a slow tragedy on life as we know it," Jason Ohler, professor of technology assessment, university of Alaska Southeast In Juneau, warned the World Future Society, Bethesda, Md. His assessment weighed the pros and cons (赞成和反对的理由) of e-book technology's impact on social relationships, the environment, the economy, etc. Before you curl up (蜷曲) with an e-book, consider the disadvantages. They increase eyestrain due to poor screen resolution, replace a relatively cheap commodity with a more expensive one, and displace workers in print-book production and traditional publishing. E-books make it easy to share data, thereby threatening copyright agreements and reducing compensation (补偿) of authors, as well as creating nonbiodegradable (不可生物降解的) trash. On the other hand, e-books save paper and trees, reduce the burden of the carrying and storing of printed books, promote self-sufficiency in learning, and make reading a collaborative experience online. They also create new jobs for writers and artists and encourage self-publishing. In final analysis, Ohler points out, e-books should gain society's approval if a few conditions are met: make them biodegradable and recyclable, solve the problem of eye fatigue, be sure the "have-nots" get the technology, and support e-book training in schools and business.