单选题I remember meeting him one evening with his pushcart. I had managed to sell all my papers and was coming home in the snow. It was that strange hour in downtown New York when the workers were pouring homeward in the twilight. I marched among thousands of tired men and women whom the factory whistles had unyoked. They flowed in rivers through the clothing factory districts, then down along the avenues to the East Side. I met my father near Cooper Union. I recognized him, a hunched, frozen figure in an old overcoat standing by a banana cart. He looked so lonely; the tears came to my eyes. Then he saw me, and his face lit with his sad, beautiful smile—Charlie Chaplin"s smile. "Arch, it"s Mickey," he said. "So you have sold your papers! Come and eat a banana." He offered me one. I refused it. I felt it crucial that my father sell his bananas, not give them away. He thought I was shy, and coaxed and joked with me, and made me eat the banana. It smelled of wet straw and snow. "You haven"t sold many bananas today, pop," I said anxiously. He shrugged his shoulders. "What can I do? No one seems to want them." It was true. The work crowds pushed home morosely over the pavements. The rusty sky darkened over New York building, the tall street lamps were lit, innumerable trucks, street cars and elevated trains clattered by. Nobody and nothing in the great city stopped for my father"s bananas. "I ought to yell," said my father dolefully. "I ought to make a big noise like other peddlers, but it makes my throat sore. Anyway, I"m ashamed of yelling, it makes me feel like a fool." I had eaten one of his bananas. My sick conscience told me that I ought to pay for it somehow. I must remain here and help my father. "I"ll yell for you, pop," I volunteered. "Arch, no," he said, "go home; you have worked enough today. Just tell momma I"ll be late." But I yelled and yelled. My father, standing by, spoke occasional words of praise, and said I was a wonderful yeller, Nobody else paid attention. The workers drifted past us wearily, endlessly; a defeated army wrapped in dreams of home. Elevated trains crashed; the Cooper Union clock burned above us; the sky grew black, the wind poured, the slush burned through our shoes. There were thousands of strange, silent figures pouring over the sidewalks in snow. None of them stopped to buy bananas. I yelled and yelled, nobody listened. My father tried to stop me at last. "Nu," he said smiling to console me, "that was wonderful yelling, Mickey. But it"s plain we are unlucky today! Let"s go home." I was frantic, and almost in tears. I insisted on keeping up my desperate yells. But at last my father persuaded me to leave with him.

单选题Without the instrument, we ______ .

单选题John walks______than Paul.

单选题The council has received（）that the building is not safe.

单选题I must leave now. ______ , if you want that book I'll bring it to you tomorrow,

单选题— Do you mind my taking this seat? — ______.

单选题We should be able to do the job for you quickly, ______ you give us all the necessary information.

单选题The antique silver ______ the beautifully set table.

单选题The cultures of China and Japan have shared many features, but each has used them according to its national ______. A. personality B. temperament C. interest D. destiny

单选题 Now listen to the following recording and answer questions22-24.

单选题 How Should You Build up Your Vocabulary? A. Exactly what do you do during a normal day? How do you spend your time? Paul T. Rankin very much wanted an answer to that question. To get it, he asked sixty-eight individuals to keep an accurate, detailed record of what they did every minute of their waking hours. When he consolidated (巩固) his findings, he discovered that the average individual spent 70 percent of his waking time doing one thing only—communication. That meant either reading, writing, speaking or listening. B. Put that evidence alongside of the research findings uncovered by the Human Engineering Laboratories. In exploring aptitudes (智能) and careers involving, among other things, data from 30,000 vocabulary tests given yearly, they discovered that big incomes and big vocabularies go together. Vocabulary, more than any other factor yet known, predicts financial success. C. And it all fits. Each word you add to your vocabulary makes you a better reader, writer, speaker and listener. Furthermore, linguistic scientists are quick to point out that we actually think with words. If that is so, new words make us better thinkers as well as communicators. No wonder more words are likely to mean more money. What better reason for beginning right now to extend your vocabulary? D. Take reading. What exactly do you read? Common sense says you read words. Research confirms that fact. 'Vocabulary in context' contributes 39 percent to comprehension. That's more than any other factor isolated and studied—even more than intelligence. And 'word discrimination' contributes more to speed of reading than any other factor—28 percent. In short, your efforts to improve vocabulary will pay off in both comprehension and speed. E. Suppose, as you're reading along, you 'lumtebs' across a strange word. Did you find yourself stopping for a closer look at lumtebs? Pardon the spelling slip. That's actually the word 'stumble' (偶然发现). The letter just got mixed around. Obviously you now know that strange words do slow you down—or even stop you completely. Furthermore, strange words hinder (妨碍) comprehension. Which is easier to understand, 'Eschew garrulity' or 'Avoiding talking too much'? F. What you need is a vital, dynamic approach to vocabulary building. Hybrid(混合种) corn combines the best qualities of several varieties to ensure maximum productivity. A hybrid approach to vocabulary should, in the same way, ensure maximum results. That's why you should use the CPD formula. Through Context G. When students in a college class were asked what should be done when they came across an unknown word in their reading, 84 percent said, 'Look it up in the dictionary.' If you do, however, you short-circuit the very mental processes needed to make your efforts most productive. H. But there's another reason. Suppose someone asks you what the word fast means. You answer, 'speedy or swift'. But does it mean that in such contexts as 'fast color', 'fast woman', or 'fast friend'? And if a horse is fast, is it securely tied or galloping (飞驰) at top speed? It could be either. It all depends. On the dictionary? No, on context—on how the word is actually used. After all, there are over twenty different meanings for fast in the dictionary. But the dictionary doesn't tell you which meaning is intended. That's why it makes such good sense to begin with context. Through Word Parts I. Now for the next step. Often unfamiliar words contain one or more parts, which, if recognized, provide definite help with meaning. Suppose you read that someone 'had a predilection for_reading mysteries'. The context certainly isn't too helpful. But do you see a prefix, suffix or root that you know? Well, there's the familiar prefix pre-, meaning 'before'. Look back at the context and try inserting 'before'. Reading mysteries apparently comes 'before' other kinds of reading. Yes, a predilection—or preference—is something put 'before' something else. Or take the word monolithic. Try to isolate the parts. There is the prefix mono-, meaning 'one', and the root lith, meaning 'stone'. Finally, there's the suffix -ic, meaning 'consisting of'. Those three parts add up to this definition: 'consisting of one stone'. J.To speed up your use of word parts, you will be introduced to the fourteen most important words the English language.The prefix and root elements in those few words are found in over 14,000 words of desk dictionary size. With those amazingly useful shortcuts, you can build vocabulary, not a snail's pace,one word at a time, but in giant strides, up to a thousand words at a time. Your second step, then, is to look for familiar word parts.If they do not give you exact meanings, they should at least bring you much closer. Through the Dictionary K. Now you can see why you should consult the dictionary last, not first. You've looked carefully at the context. You've looked for familiar word parts. Now you play Sherlock Holmes—an exciting role. You hypothesize. In light of context or word parts, you try to solve a mystery. What exactly does that strange word mean? Only after you go through the mental gymnastics to come up with a tentative definition should you open the dictionary to see if you're right. L. After all, those first two steps or approaches spark a stronger than usual interest in that dictionary definition. You're now personally involved. Did you figure out the word meaning? Your heightened interest will lead to a better memory of both word and meaning. It also encourages your development of the habits needed to accelerate your progress. And when you see in black and white the definition you had expected, w:hat a feeling of accomplishment is yours. In that way, the CPD Formula provides the exact dynamic interplay of approaches for maximum effectiveness. M. Well, there it is, your new formula—Context, Parts, Dictionary. Use it! The exercises that follow will give you specific, step-by-step help in sharpening your awareness of contextual clues, learning the most useful word parts, and using the dictionary with increased accuracy and ease. The results will be like the money in the bank.

单选题Today black children in South Africa are still reluctant to study subjects from which they were effectively barred for so long.

单选题Stop asking all these personal questions! It is bad manners to be ______.

单选题A man who could ______ such treatment was a man of remarkable physical courage and moral strength.

单选题John was very upset because he was ______ by the police with breaking the law. A. sentenced B. arrested C. accused D. charged

单选题Accepting your baby's nature and tuning into it will give him the sense of security that will help him to grow in self-confidence, whatever his______ may be.

单选题Scientists ______ that there is no animal life on Mars.

单选题In some countries, traffic police can______instant fines on speeding motorists.

单选题______: A location where data can be temporarily stored. A．Area B．Disk C．Buffer D．File

单选题______ better equipment, we could have done it better.