单选题It would be______to get a second opinion before taking any further action.

单选题i think it was high time they _  to take you more seriously.

单选题The story I’m telling was ______ to the wedding.

单选题______, he performed the task with success.

单选题Once the price of the land has been ______, we can go ahead to build the house. A. agreed on B. agreed to C. agreed at D. agreed with

单选题The 1920s was the decade of advertising. The advertising men went wild: everything from salt to household coal was being nationally advertised. Of course, ads had been around for a long time. But something new was happening, in terms of both scale and strategy. For the first time, business began to use advertising as a psychological weapon against consumers. Without their product, the consumer would be left unmarried, fall victim to a terrible disease, or be passed over for a promotion. N/Is developed an association between the product and one's very identity. Eventually they came to promise everything and anything-from self-esteem to status, friendship, and love. This psychological approach was a response to the economic dilemma business faced. Americans in the middle classes and above (to whom virtually all advertising was targeted) were no longer buying to satisfy basic needs-such as food, clothing and shelter. These had been met. Advertisers had to persuade consumers to acquire things they most certainly did not need. In other words, production would have to "create the wants it sought to satisfy". This is exactly what manufacturers tried to do. The normally conservative telephone company attempted to transform the plain telephone into a luxury, urging families to buy "all the telephones that they can conveniently use, rather than the smallest amount they can get along with" . One ad campaign targeted fifteen phones as the style for a wealthy home. Business clearly understood the nature of the problem. According to one historian: "Business had learned as never before the importance of the final consumer. Unless he or she could be persuaded to buy, and buy extravagantly, the whole stream of new cars, cigarettes, women's make-up, and electric refrigerators would be dammed up at its outlets." But would the consumer be equal to her/his task as the foundation of private enterprise? A top executive of one American car manufacturer stated the matter bluntly: business needs to create a dissatisfied consumer; its mission is "the organized creation of dissatisfaction". This executive led the way by introducing annual model changes for his company's cars, designed to make the consumer unhappy with what he or she already had. Other companies followed his lead. Economic success now depended on the promotion of qualities like waste and self-indulgence. The campaign to create new and unlimited wants did not go unchallenged. Trade unions and those working for social reform understood the long-term consequences of materialism for most Americans: it would keep them locked in capitalism's trap. The consumption of luxuries required long hours at work. Business was explicit in its resistance to increases in free time, preferring consumption as the alternative to taking economic progress in the form of leisure. In effect, business offered up the cycle of work-and-spend.

单选题 In the sentence 'We'll take action as soon as he's back.', the adverbial clause denotes ______.

单选题Mark Evens, who had failed the physics test, was sitting on a bench in the corner ______ over his disappointment.

单选题Furthermore, if I were to leave him, he would ______, for he cannot endure to be separated from me for more than one hour.

单选题 In the late 1960's, many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized. Ecologists pointing {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}that a cluster of tall buildings in a city often overburdens public transportation and parking lot{{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Skyscrapers are also enormous {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}, and wasters, of electric power. In one recent year, the addition {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}17 million square feet of skyscraper office space in New York City raised the {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}daily demand for electricity by 120,000 kilowatts-- enough to {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}the entire city of Albany for a day. Glass-wailed skyscraper can be especially {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}. The heat loss (or gain) through a wall of half-inch plate glass is more than ten times{{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}through a typical masonry wall filled with insulation board. To lessen the strain {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}heating and air-conditioning equipment, {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}of skyscrapers have begun to use double-glazed panels of glass, and reflective glasses {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}with silver or gold mirror films that reduce {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}as well as heat gain. However, {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}skyscrapers raise the temperature of the surrounding air and {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}neighboring buildings. Skyscrapers put severe pressure on a city's sanitation {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}, too. If fully occupied, the two World Trade Center towers in New York City would alone generate 2.25 million gallons of raw sewage each year--as {{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}as a city the size of Stamford, Connecticut, which has a {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}of more than 109,000. Skyscrapers also {{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}with television reception, block bird flyways, and obstruct air traffic. Still, people {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}to build skyscrapers for all the reasons that they have always built them--personal ambition and the {{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}of owners to have the largest possible amount of rentable space.

单选题下面的短文后列出了10个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断：如果该句提供的是正确信息，选择A；如果该句提供的是错误信息，选择B；如果该句的信息文中没有提及，选择C。在答题卡相应位置上将答案选项涂黑。The Power of a Parent　　Tom is a young man being raised on the poor sdiveets of Los Angles by his f

单选题 Everyday each of us can renew our efforts to lead a healthier lifestyle so that we can remain free from illness and pain. Every health expert will advise that as part of any healthy living plan regular exercise should play an important part. For a large 26 of people enrolling at the local gym is the answer which will also produce results. There is one negative point however—upper back pain. What is the cause of upper back pain? In most instances bad posture is the chief 27 . This is often because we spend long periods of time sitting or standing in the same position, generally this tends to be in our place of work. Sitting at desk top computers is one source of this problem! By 28 the same position the muscles in the upper back which connect the shoulders and help to keep our back straight become tense, stiff and painful. If you find yourself 29 upper back pain it is highly likely that you have strained a muscle, this condition can be extremely painful but are easily treated by your doctor following an accurate 30 using X-rays. Keeping fit through physical exercise should not be stopped because of upper back pain, indeed it is an excellent method to prevent this painful problem and can help in relieving 31 . The use of weights as part of a gym workout may not be 32 , however if under close supervision of a trained professional it is still possible. There are 33 other types of exercise which can be continued whilst suffering upper back pain such as jogging or walking either using a treadmill (踏车) at home or out on the streets. The whole aim is to prevent stiffening of the muscles. The best way to avoid upper back pain is to try to avoid sitting or standing in the same position for 34 periods, if it is possible try to have a stretch break every hour or so. This may not be possible therefore, you should try to find ways of jogging your memory throughout the day to keep your posture correct—put little notes round your computer screen! It will 35 come naturally and hopefully the problem will disappear. A. eliminate I. exactly B. suffering J. majority C. extended K. sophisticated D. eventually L. diagnosis E. advisable M. symptoms F. criminal N. maintaining G. abandoning O. virtually H. numerous

单选题Books found in second-hand bookshops may ______.

单选题Among the most enduring of all horrors is the prospect of a slow, painful death. Those who witness the protracted terminal illness of a friend or relative often view the eventual death more as a relief than a tragedy. But to make life-or-death decisions on behalf of a dying person unable to communicate his or her wishes is to enter a moral and legal minefield. Could a doctor be sued for withholding treatment and allowing someone to dieor for not allowing him or her to die? Could it ever be lawful to withhold food and water? Legal moves are afoot which may settle these questions. Recently, a group on voluntary euthanasia proposed legislation to make documents known as "Advance Directives", or Living Wills, legally binding. An Advance Directive sets out the kind of medical treatment a person wishes to receive, or not receive, should he or she ever be in a condition that prevents them expressing those wishes. Such documents, much in vogue in the US and some Commonwealth countries, are becoming increasingly popular in Britain. A clear distinction must be drawn between actions requested by an Advance Directive, and active euthanasia, or "mercy killing". A doctor who took a positive step such as giving a lethal injection-to help a patient die would, as the law stands, be guilty of murder or aiding and abetting suicide, depending on the circumstances. An Advance Directive, however, requests only passive euthanasia: the withholding of medical treatment aimed solely at sustaining the life of a patient who is terminally ill or a vegetable. The definition of medical treatment, in such circumstances, can include food and water. The enforceability of the Advance Directive stems from the notion, long accepted in English law, that a person who is both old enough to make an informed decision and compos mentis, is entitled to refuse any medical treatment offered by a doctor, even if that refusal leads to the person's death. A doctor who forces treatment on a patient against his or her wishes is, therefore, guilty of an assault. Case law exists in the US and several Commonwealth countries that extends this right of autonomy over one's life to patients who write an Advance Directive refusing treatment and subsequently lose their previously made instructions any differently.

单选题The word "media"( in the first paragraph) includes ______ .

单选题Most college students in the United States live Uaway/U from home.

单选题______ he thought he was helping us with the work he was actually in the way.

单选题Most of the students are said to______the proposed new training system.

单选题The Japanese dollar-buying make traders eager to ______ dollars in fear of another governmental intervention.

单选题Companies have embarked on what looks like the beginnings of a re-run of the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) wave that defined the second bubbly half of the 1990s. That period, readers might recall, was characterized by a collective splurge that saw the creation of some of the most indebted companies in history, many of which later went bankrupt or were themselves broken up. Wild bidding for telecoms, internet and media assets, not to mention the madness that was Daimler's $40 billion motoring takeover in 1998-1999 of Chrysler or the Time-Warner/AOL mega-merger in 2000, helped to give mergers a thoroughly bad name. A consensus emerged that M&A was a great way for investment banks to reap rich fees, and a sure way for ambitious managers to betray investors by trashing the value of their shares. Now M&A is back. Its return is a global phenomenon, but it is perhaps most striking in Europe, where so far this year there has been a stream of deals worth more than $600 billion in total, around 40% higher than in the same period of 2004. The latest effort came this week when France's Saint-Gobain, a building-materials firm, unveiled the details of its￡3.6 billion ($6.5 billion) hostile bid for BPB, a British rival. In the first half of the year, cross-border activity was up threefold over the same period last year. Even France Telecom, which was left almost bankrupt at the end of the last merger wave, recently bought Amena , a Spanish mobile operator. Shareholder's approval of all these deals raises an interesting question for companies everywhere, are investors right to think that these mergers are more likely to succeed than earlier ones? There are two answers. The first is that past mergers may have been judged too harshly. The second is that the present rash of European deals does look more rational, but-and the caveat is crucial-only so far. The pattern may not hold. M&A 's poor reputation stems not only from the string of spectacular failures in the 1990s, but also from studies that showed value destruction for acquiring shareholders in 80% of deals. But more recent studies by economists have introduced a note of caution. Investors should look at the number of deals that succeed or fail (typically measured by the impact on the share price), rather than (as you might think) weighing them by size. For example, no one doubts that the Daimler-Chrysler merger destroyed value. The combined market value of the two firms is still below that of Daimler alone before the deal. This single deal accounted for half of all German M&A activity by value in 1998 and 1999, and probably dominated people's thinking about mergers to the same degree. Throw in a few other such monsters and it is no wonder that broad studies have tended to find that mergers are a bad idea. The true picture is more complicated.