单选题 孔子学院 孔子学院(Confucius Institute)是中国国家对外汉语教学领导小组办公室在世界各地设立的旨在推广汉语和传播中国文化与国学(sinology)的教育和文化交流机构。其最重要的一项工作就是给世界各地的汉语学习者提供规范的现代汉语教材和最正规、最权威的汉语教学平台。孔子学院是一家非营利性的公共机构，总部设在北京，境外的孔子学院都是其分部。全球首家孔子学院于2004年11月21日在韩国首尔成立。迄今为止，全世界已经有超过300所孔子学院。

单选题 Now listen to the following recording and answer questions19-21.

单选题In 1951, he took up residence in Wall Street, the central financial______ in New York City.

单选题Those who ______ the weather as a conventional opening seem to be ignorant of the reason why human beings wish to talk. A. dispose B. dispatch C. dismiss D. despise

单选题The hours ______ the children spend in their one-way relationship with television people undoubtedly affect their relationships with real-life people. A. in which B. on which C. when D. that

单选题Susan wants to know whether the measures have been agreed ______. A. to B. with C. over D. on

单选题The problem has been ______ my mind all day.

单选题The examination has been cancelled. You ______ all that review, after all.

单选题Many reported that the general military message they received was that, as nurses, they were expected to be ______ strong.

单选题The Prime Minister refused to ______ on the rumor that he had planned to resign.

单选题Air is composed of ______ gases including hydrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide. A. varied B. variant C. variable D. various

单选题What does the writer actually say about pronouncing foreign languages?

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单选题 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled Live With a Goal by commenting on the saying 'The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going.' You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

单选题Scientists have been struggling to find out the reason behind blushing （脸红）。Why would humans evolve（进化） a 21__________ that puts us at a social disadvantage by 22__________ us to reveal that we have c

单选题There are signs ______ restaurants are becoming more popular with families.

单选题If only I ______ how to operate a computer as you do.

单选题The owner wouldn't ______ to our making any structural change in the flat.

单选题Nowhere ______ so many people planting trees.

单选题Crying is hardly an activity encouraged by society. Tears, be they of sorrow, anger, or joy, typically make Americans feel uncomfortable and 26 . The shedder of tears is likely to apologize, even when a devastating (毁灭性的) tragedy was the provocation. The observer of tears is likely to do everything possible to put an end to the 27 outpouring. But judging from recent studies of crying behavior, links between illness and crying and the chemical composition of tears, both those responses to tears are often 28 and may even be counterproductive (使达不到预期目标的). Humans are the only animals 29 known to shed emotional tears. Since evolution has given 30 to few, if any, purposeless physiological responses, it is logical to assume that crying has one or more functions that 31 survival. Although some observers have suggested that crying is a way to elicit assistance from others (as a crying baby might from its mother), the shedding of tears is hardly necessary to get help. Vocal cries would have been quite enough, more likely than tears to gain 32 . So, it appears, there must be something special about tears themselves. Indeed, the new studies suggest that emotional tears may play a direct role in alleviating stress. University of Minnesota researchers who are studying the chemical composition of tears have recently 33 two important chemicals from emotional tears. Both chemicals are found only in tears that are shed in response to emotion. Tears shed because of exposure to cut onion would contain no such 34 . Researchers at several other institutions are investigating the usefulness of tears as a means of 35 human ills and monitoring drugs. A. attention B. overwhelming C. inappropriate D. embarrassed E. diagnosing F. indispensable G. rise H. isolated I. definitely J. enhance K. aspiration L. emotional M. repelled N. substance O. increasingly