单选题{{B}}Part A{{/B}}Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D． {{B}}Text 1{{/B}} Cabinet meetings outside London are rare and reluctant things. Harold Wilson held one in Brighton in 1966, but only because the Labour Party was already there for its annual conference. In 1921 David Lloyd George summoned the Liberals to Inverness because he didn't want to cut short his holiday. Gordon Brown's decision to hold his first cabinet meeting after the summer break in Birmingham, on September 8th, was born of a nobler desire to show the almost nine tenths of Britons who live outside London that they are not ignored. He will have to do better: constitutionally, they are more sidelined now than ever. Many legislatures use their second chamber to strengthen the representation of sparsely populated areas (every American state, from Wyoming to California, gets two votes in the Senate, for example). Britain's House of Lords, most of whose members are appointed supposedly on merit, has the opposite bias. A survey by the New Local Government Network (NLGN), a think-tank, finds that London and two of its neighbouring regions are home to more peers than the rest of Britain combined; even Birmingham, the country's second-largest city, has just one. Oddly, this distortion is partly thanks to reforms that were supposed to make the Lords more representative. By throwing out most of the hereditary peers in 1999, Labour paved the way for a second chamber that was less posh, less white and less male than before. But in booting out the landed gentry, it also ditched many of those who came from the provinces. The Duke of Northumberland (270th in the Sunday Times's " Rich List") may not be a member of a downtrodden minority. But Alnwick Castle, his family pile, is in the North-east region, home to just 2% of the Lords' members now. Geographically speaking, the duke and his fellow toffs were champions of diversity. The government now wants to reintroduce some geographical fairness, but minus dukes. Long-incubated plans to reform the Lords would see it converted during the next parliament into a body that is mainly or entirely elected. A white paper in July outlined various electoral systems, all based on regional or sub-regional constituencies. Some would like to see the seat of government prised out of the capital altogether, though in the past this has normally required a civil war or a plague. Southerners whisper that no one would show up if Parliament were based in a backwater such as Manchester. But many don't now. The NLGN found that peers resident in Northern Ireland vote least often. But next from the bottom are the London-dwellers, who show up for less than a third of the votes on their doorstep. Even the eight who live abroad are more assiduous. The north may seem an awfully long way away, but apparently so is Westminster.

单选题What worried the child most was ______ to visit his mother in the hospital.A. his not allowingB. his not being allowedC. his being not allowedD. having not been allowed

单选题What we today call America folk art was, indeed, art of, by, and for ordinary, everyday "folks" who, with increasing prosperity and leisure, created a market for art of all kinds, and especially for portraits. Citizens of prosperous, essentially middel-class republics—whether ancient Romans, seventeenth-century Dutch burghers, or nineteenth-century Americans—have always shown a marked taste for portraiture. Starting in the late eighteenth century, the United States contained increasing numbers of such people, and of the artists how could meet their demands. The earliest American folk art portraits come, not surpisingly, form New England—especially Connecticut and Massachusetts—for this was a wealthy and populous region and the center of a strong craft tradition. Within a few decades after the singning of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the population was pushing westward, and Missouri. Midway through its first century as a nation, the United States' population had increased roughly five times, and eleven new states had been added to the original thirteen. During these years the demand for portraits grew and grew, eventually to be satisfied by the camera. In 1839 the daguerreotype was introduced to America, ushering in the age of photography, and within a generation the new invention put an end to the popularity of painted portraits. Once again an original portrait became a luxury, commissioned by the wealthy and executed by the professional. But in the heyday of portrait painting-from the late eighteenth century until the 1850's—anyone with a modicum of artistic ability could become a limner, as such a portaitist was called. Local craftspeople-sign, coach, and house painters—began to paint portraits as a profitable sideline; sometimes a talented man or woman who began by sketching family members gained a local reputation and was besieged with requests for portraits; artists found it worth their while to pack their paints, canvases, and brushes and to travel the countryside, often combining house decorating with portrait painting.

单选题At the______ moment, people from all corners of the country offered their help to the earthquake survivors.

单选题Every officer and every soldier ______ obey the rules.

单选题Teacher: Are you following me? Student: ______

单选题If we ______ our relations with that country, we'll have to find another supplier of raw materials. A. diffuse B. diminish C. terminate D. preclude

单选题Grace's eyes were wet with tears as she put her face______she could, gripping my left hand and stroking it.

单选题Speaker A: Are you feeling better now?Speaker B:______A. Well, not too better yet, thank you.B. Well, not too good yet. Better than I was though.C. Well, it doesn' t matter.D. I'm all right now.

单选题The loss of lusitania and so many of its passengers, including 128 U.S. citizens, aroused a wave of indignation in the United States.

单选题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. Until the late 1940s, when television began finding its way into American homes, companies relied mainly on print and radio to promote their products and services. The advent of television{{U}} (1) {{/U}}a revolution in product and service. Between 1949 and 1951, advertising on television grew 960 percent. Today the Internet is once again{{U}} (2) {{/U}}promotion. By going online, companies can communicate instantly and directly with prospective customers.{{U}} (3) {{/U}}on the World Wide Web includes advertising, sponsorships, and sales promotions{{U}} (4) {{/U}}sweepstakes, contests, coupons, and rebates. In 1996 World Wide Web advertising revenues{{U}} (5) {{/U}}$ 300 million. Effective online marketers don't{{U}} (6) {{/U}}transfer hard-copy ads to cyberspace.{{U}} (7) {{/U}}sites blend promotional and non-promotional information indirectly delivering the advertising messages. To{{U}} (8) {{/U}}visits to their sites and to create and{{U}} (9) {{/U}}customer loyalty, companies change information frequently and provide many opportunities for{{U}} (10) {{/U}}. A prototype for excellent{{U}} (11) {{/U}}promotion is the Ragu Web site. Here visitors can find thirty-six pasta recipes, take Italian lessons, and view an Italian film festival,{{U}} (12) {{/U}}they will find no traditional ads.{{U}} (13) {{/U}}subtle is the mix of product and promotion that visitors hardly know an advertising message has been{{U}} (14) {{/U}}. Sega of America, maker of computer games and hardware, uses its Web site for a{{U}} (15) {{/U}}of different promotions, such as{{U}} (16) {{/U}}new game characters to the public and supplying Web surfers the opportunity to{{U}} (17) {{/U}}games. Sega's home page averages 250,000 visits a day. To heighten interest in the site, Sega bought an advertising banner on Netscape{{U}} (18) {{/U}}increasing site visits by 15 percent. Online{{U}} (19) {{/U}}in Quaker Oats' Gatorade promotion received a free T-shirt in exchange for answering a few questions. Quaker Oats reports that the online promotion created product{{U}} (20) {{/U}}and helped the company know its customers better.

单选题Speaker A: So far as I can see, it is the fault on the third party.Speaker B:______A. I don' t agree with the third party.B. Yes. I can' t agree more.C. I think you are not meeting that.D. I can go along with you.

单选题(As) every (other) nation, the United States (used to define) (its) unit of currency, the dollar, in terms of the gold standard.