填空题I was (on the verge) of (incurring) Mr. Rochester's wrath by not listening to his prohibitions, (while) a ray once more shone almost (imperceptibly) on the hallway wall and I heard his muffled step on the carpet. A. on the verge B. incurring C. while D. imperceptibly

填空题Its very considerate________ her to let us know that she may be late

填空题In June 2006, in Minato, Tokyo, a 16-year old high school student was killed by a Schindler elevator. He was backing out of it with his bicycle when the elevator suddenly rose with the doors still open, crushing his skull. Investigations began related to this fatality. In the process of this investigation, the safety of elevators in Japan came under question. 1 The Japan Elevator Association disclosed that 9200 entrapments happened in Japan in 2004 in elevators of the big four Japanese elevator manufacturers (Mitsubishi Electric, Hitachi, Toshiba, and Fujitec). Results from a recent investigation in Hiroshima showed that 34% of Schindler elevators in the city have had problems. 2 As of June 14, 2006, the precise cause of the accident had still not been confirmed. 3 The International Herald Tribune reported on June 14 that "Loose bolts and worn brake pads, evidence of poor maintenance, likely played a central role in the elevator accident. " 4 The Asia Times Online reports that in response to a flood of inquiries from customers, the third-largest domestic elevator company, Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corp is offering free inspections of their elevators, while Mitsubishi Electric Corp, the leading firm, and Hitachi Ltd, which is the second-largest, are responding to requests on a case-by-case basis. In Hong Kong, many news agencies are finding similarities between the Minato case and the 2002 Fanling Hong Kong case. Thus, Hong Kong"s Public Housing Authority has been questioned about the 33 public estates with Schindler elevators. 5 In comparison, Hong Kong law requires a full annual examination every year, load testing every 5 years, and an inspection every month. Some buildings have inspections every 2 weeks. A. There is a reported competition among elevator operators in Hong Kong, with some buildings opting to contract elevator maintenance to firms that offer low rates. B. The Housing Authority has said that all of its elevators are maintained by the original manufacturer (in Hong Kong"s case, by "Schindler Lifts Hong Kong Limited") and all elevators are inspected fully once every week. C. It should be noted that elevator maintenance had been carried out by a Japanese maintenance company and not by Schindler since 2005. D. That elevators are not infallible came as a surprise to many people, especially when it was discovered that of the 8,800 Schindler elevators installed in Japan, 85 have trapped people. E. Japan has already ordered full inspections of the country"s entire set of Schindler elevators, with elevators of all manufacturers being inspected in government buildings. F. Public concern over the Minato case has not been limited merely to Schindler elevators.

填空题Pat: Will you go to the meeting? Ann: ______

填空题The title of Hemingways novel For Whom the Bell Tolls was taken from a poem of the 17th century English poet ________

填空题A. I enjoy P. E. at school B. I like basketball C. What kind of movies do you like, then D. Because it' s exciting E. It's an action movie and it's interesting F. Oh, I like comedies, too G. Sorry. I don' t. I want to go to a movie H. I don't like watching movies Dave: What sports do you like? Rita: I like basketball. Dave: Why do you like it? Rita: (56) . Dave: Do you want to play it now? Rita: (57) . Dave: What movie? Rita: (58) . Dave: But I don' t think so. Action movies are usually boring and scary. Rita: (59) ? Dave: I like comedies. Rita: (60) .

填空题She can hardly avoid making grammatical mistakes in her composition how hard she tries.

填空题He has done much to increase the ______(efficient) of English teaching in this country.

填空题2004 is a presidential election year in the United States. Job outsourcing (the loss of U. S. jobs to countries with low cost labour structure in Asia) by U. S. corporations is a hot topic this summer. Many Americans are worried that if this trend continues for a few more years, the only jobs left in the U.S. would be McJobs. 41. ______ In the popular mind, McJobs are for teenage burger flippers, who are trying to earn some pocket money. Certainly to those who are dreaming the American dream, a McJob is NOT a career builder by any stretch of the imagination. This kind of negative use of the word makes one person in the U. S. very mad, Jim Cantalupo, chairman and CEO of McDonald's. In his letter to the lexicographers, which was published in Nation's Restaurant News, he called the definition of the word in the dictionary "inaccurate and insulting to restaurant workers everywhere". 42. ______ If McDonald's couldn't accept satire as the price of fame, it should have launched its protest for the use of McJob a long time ago. Sure, twenty years ago, the first use in the Nexis database wouldn't have raised hackles and provoked a personal response from the company's CEO. 43. ______ But McJob in the "robotic, dumb" sense popped up in the Washington Post just a year after the first use of the word, with an editorial piece declaring "McJobs Are Bad for Kids". Later, the word was adopted by economic commentators, though they disagree, even till this day, on whether such low-wage jobs are truly dead-end soul killers or stepping stones to fulfilling careers, but both camps still call them Me Jobs. Doug Coupland, a noted linguist, often gets the credit for coining the term McJob, however, he did not join the chattering surrounding the word until 1991. In the past twenty years, the use of the term spreads rapidly across the country. In 1993, the American Dialect Society, at its annual meeting, voted it the "most imaginative" of the year's buzzwords. The use of McJob in print peaked in 1994, with more than 100 U.S. citations; in the years since, it has levelled off, never again topping 50 mentions per year. 44. ______ Because of concern with job losses among Americans during this political season, McJob citations in American newspapers and magazines are up sharply in the past twelve months, on track to break the 1994 record. If the word does get its buzz back, chairman Cantalupo would have helped a great deal. His public complaint can only keep the debate sizzling and the tally of McJobs usage rising as a result. 45. ______[A] But it remained common enough to warrant inclusion in the American Heritage Dictionary (2000) and the online edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.[B] According to the new Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, McJob means "low-paying and dead-end work" with no future.[C] It was an innocent play on words in a 1985 news story on the labour shortage at the burger restaurant chain. In order to attract more applicants, the TV commercial began with "Ronald McDonald has a McJob for you", with no scorn intended whatsoever.[D] That is the kind of corporate strategy you would expect from a circus clown, not the CEO of the mighty McDonald's.[E] Not only had it created dozens of its own words, such as McScholar (McDonald's awards scholarship money to its college-bound employees as a form of encouragement), but the company prides itself on the kind of standardization such names suggest, prescribing routines and recipes practically down to the number of seeds on a burger bun.[F] Who wouldn't? For example, the Disney Co. can't be pleased that "Mickey Mouse" means trivial or simple in everyday American English, as it has been since the 1930s. And the American Legion probably wishes someone else had come down with the now called Legionnaire's disease?[G] McJobs, launched in 1984, is the company's own programme for training people with disabilities. To the chairman of the burger chain, the definition of the word is therefore also an insult to the disabled as well as trademark infringement. (When the word is used in the plural form, it is a recognized trade mark. ) Ironically, nobody seems to have warned him that a head-on attack on the dictionary editors might help perpetuate the very usage of the word he wants to stamp out.

填空题We have set________ a special period each day for our preparations for the entrance examination

填空题The ______ (member) of the club has now increased to a total of 800.

填空题Only after they had performed hundreds of experiments did they succeed in(solve)______ the problem.

填空题When I walked out of the terminal, I was facing the same crowd of taxi drivers milling about in front of every airport the world over.

填空题A good country park is readily accessible. (reach) ______.

填空题Under the FCA term, if delivery occurs at the sellers premises, the ______ is responsible for loading. If delivery occurs at any other place, the ______ is not responsible for unloading.

填空题It is when you nearly lose someone when you become fully conscious of how much you value them .

填空题Linda: Happy birthday, Mary!Mary: (51) Linda: Who is the tall man next to your brother?Mary: Didn't you meet him before?Linda: (52) Mary: Oh! Then let me introduce you to him now, Steve, (53) .Steve: Hi, Linda. (54) Linda: I'm glad to meet you, too. Can't we sit down somewhere and talk?Steve: (55) Let's sit over there.

填空题When the cherry trees burst ________blossom, I think of my visit to Japan two years ago

填空题The coward in me was much too pleased with this solution. A) courage B) fear C) satisfaction D) personality

填空题He has a large collection of books, {{U}}其中不少是英文版的{{/U}}.