单选题 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark 'One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.' You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

单选题The housewives would usually ______ the fruit before making their minds up which to buy.

单选题Roses will be ______ next week.

单选题In 2012, Mo Yan became the first Chinese writer _________ won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

单选题The grain could have been gathered in last week if the weather had been fine; but, ______, it had to be left in the fields. A. as it is B. as it were C. as it was D. as it had been

单选题Is there enough ______ for me in the car? [A] place [B] room [C] seat

单选题On______ to power the new President announced a program of social reforms.

单选题Although diverse, African music has certain distinctive traits , one of which is the use of repetition as an organizing principle.

单选题They thought that he had done nothing wrong and had a clear ______.

单选题Do you know why John didn' t ______ at the party yesterday evening? A. show off B. show down C. show up D. show in

单选题It's desirable that you have to speak to both groups of men quickly if you want to ______a nasty disagreement.

单选题 There're currently 21.5 million students in America, and many will be funding their college on borrowed money. Given that there's now over $1.3 trillion in student loans on the books, it's pretty clear that many students are far from sensible. The average student's debt upon graduation now approaches $40,000, and as college becomes ever more expensive, calls to make it 'free' are multiplying. Even Hillary Clinton says that when it comes to college, 'Costs won't be a barrier.' But the only way college could be free is if the faculty and staff donated their time, the buildings required no maintenance, and campuses required no utilities. As long as it's impossible to produce something from nothing, costs are absolutely a barrier. The actual question we debate is who should pay for people to go to college. If taxpayers are to bear the cost of forgiving student loans, shouldn't they have a say in how their money is used? At least taxpayers should be able to decide what students will study on the public dime. If we're going to force taxpayers to foot the bill for college degrees, students' should only study those subjects that're of greatest benefit to taxpayers. After all, students making their own choices in this respect is what caused the problem in the first place. We simply don't need more poetry, gender studies, or sociology majors. How do we know which subjects benefit society? Easy. Average starting salaries give a clear indication of what type of training society needs its new workers to have. Certainly, there're benefits to a college major beyond the job a student can perform. But if we're talking about the benefits to society, the only thing that matters is what the major enables the student to produce for society. And the value of what the student can produce is reflected in the wage employers are willing to pay the student to produce it. A low wage for elementary school teachers, however, doesn't mean elementary education isn't important. It simply means there're too many elementary school teachers already. Meanwhile, there're few who're willing and able to perform jobs requiring a petroleum engineering major, so the value of one more of those people is very high. So we can have taxpayers pick up students' tuition in exchange for dictating what those students will study. Or we can allow students both to choose their majors and pay for their education themselves. But in the end, one of two things is true: Either a college major is worth its cost or it isn't. If yes, taxpayer financing isn't needed. If not, taxpayer financing isn't desirable. Either way, taxpayers have no business paying for students' college education.

单选题Maggie was so angry that she felt like ______ some thing at her husband.

单选题 Prior to the 20th century, many languages with small numbers of speakers survived for centuries. The increasingly interconnected modern world makes it much more difficult for small language communities to live in relative isolation, a key factor in language maintenance and preservation. It remains to be seen whether the world can maintain its linguistic and cultural diversity in the centuries ahead. Many powerful forces appear to work against it: population growth, which pushes migrant populations into the world's last isolated locations; mass tourism; global telecommunications and mass media; and the spread of gigantic global corporations. All of these forces appear to signify a future in which the language of advertising, popular culture, and consumer products become similar. Already English and a few other major tongues have emerged as global languages of commerce and communication. For many of the world's peoples, learning one of these languages is viewed as the key to education, economic opportunity, and a better way of life. Only about 3000 languages now in use are expected to survive the coming century. Are most of the rest doomed in the century after that? Whether most of these languages survive will probably depend on how strongly cultural groups wish to keep their identity alive through a native language. To do so will require an emphasis on bilingualism (mastery of two languages). Bilingual speakers could use their own language in smaller spheres—at home, among friends, in community settings—and a global language at work, in dealings with government, and in commercial spheres. In this way, many small languages could sustain their cultural and linguistic integrity alongside global languages, rather than yield to the homogenizing (同化的) forces of globalization. Ironically, the trend of technological innovation that has threatened minority languages could also help save them. For example, some experts predict that computer software translation tools will one day permit minority language speakers to browse the Internet using their native tongues. Linguists are currently using computer-aided learning tools to teach a variety of threatened languages. For many endangered languages, the line between revival and death is extremely thin. Language is remarkably resilient (有活力的), however. It is not just a tool for communicating, but also a powerful way of separating different groups, or of demonstrating group identity. Many indigenous (原生的，土著的) communities have shown that it is possible to live in the modern world while reclaiming their unique identities through language.

单选题I'd rather marry a man who had a(n) ______ of humour than one who was very attractive. A. capability B. sight C. knowledge D. sense

单选题Under a new law, universities must ______ smoke-free policies on their campuses.

单选题Sometimes, artists paint ______ for their own enjoyment or self-expression, choosing their own subjects.

单选题At the time of Columbus" voyages, Native Americans used an astounding diversity of languages, ______ the diversity used by Europeans.