单选题 For about three centuries we have been doing science, trying science out, using science for the construction of what we call modern civilization. Every dispensable item of contemporary technology, from canal locks to dial telephones to penicillin, was pieced together from the analysis of data provided by one or another series of scientific experiments. Three hundred years seems a long time for testing a new approach to human interaction, long enough to settle back for critical appraisal of the scientific method, maybe even long enough to vote on whether to go on with it or not. There is an argument. Voices have been raised in protest since the beginning, rising in pitch and violence in the nineteenth century during the early stages of the industrial revolution, summoning urgent crowds into the streets any day on the issue of nuclear energy. The principal discoveries in this century, all in all, are the glimpses of the depth of our ignorance about nature. Things that used to seem clear and rational, matters of absolute certainty—Newtonian mechanics, for example—have slipped through our fingers, and we are left with a new set of gigantic puzzles, cosmic uncertainties, ambiguities; some of the laws of physics are amended every few years, some are canceled outright, some undergo revised versions of legislative intent as if they were acts of Congress. Just thirty years ago we call it a biological revolution when the fantastic geometry of the DNA molecule was exposed to public view and the linear language of genetics was decoded. For a while, things seemed simple and clear, the cell was a neat little machine, a mechanical device ready for taking to pieces and reassembling, like a tiny watch. But just in the last few years it has become almost unbelievably complex, filled with strange parts whose functions are beyond today's imagining. It is not just that there is more to do; there is everything to do. What lies ahead, or what can lie ahead if the efforts in basic research are continued, is much more than the conquest of human disease or the improvement of agricultural technology or the cultivation of nutrients in the sea. As we learn more about fundamental processes of living things in general we will learn more about ourselves.

单选题I don't think it's wise of you to______ your greater knowledge in front of the director, for it may offend him.

单选题In the second paragraph, the word "track" could best be replaced by which of the following?

单选题The pamphlet argues that imagination is not a gift ______ to poets, but something everyone possesses.

单选题The kitchen was small and ______ so that the disabled woman could reach everything without difficulty.

单选题Had I had a little more money on me, I could have bought ______ more postcards.

单选题 Car Safety 1. The focal point of the project: Road Rage e.g. A man hit the driver who had 2 him earlier 2. Findings of the survey 93% experienced road rage, including 3 had their cars damaged and 79% were being shouted at 15% been hit—police only dealt physical violence 3. 4 adopted to ensure safety get key ready before 5 the car leave room for 6 lock doors all the time 4. Self-protection skills when rage happens police interference: —Maryland: hefty 7 as the front line —California: an automated system to 8 the license plates effective approach: apology —If the driver 9 , the road rager would drop the matter. —If the careless drivers looked 10 , the road rager would teach them a lesson. how to make an apology in the car: a 'SORRY' sign —The potential 11 smile when drivers raise a 'SORRY' sign to them.

单选题 If the building project ______ by the end of this month is delayed, the construction company will be fined.

单选题______ changed: whatever men can do, women can also do.

单选题 Questions14-17 are based on the passage you have just heard.

单选题Albert Einstein once attributed the creativity of a famous scientist to the fact that he "never went to school, and therefore preserved the rare gift of thinking freely". There is undoubtedly truth in Einstein's observation. Many artists and geniuses seem to view their schooling as a disadvantage. But such a truth is not a criticism of schools. It is the function of schools to civilize, not to train explorers. The explorer is always a lonely individual whether his or her pioneering be in art, music, science, or technology. The creative explorer of unmapped lands shares with the genius what William James described as the "faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way". Insofar as schools teach perceptual patterns they tend to destroy creativity and genius. But if schools could somewhat exist solely to cultivate genius, then society would break down. For the social order demands unity and widespread agreement, both traits are destructive to creativity. There will always be conflict between the demands of society and the impulses of creativity and genius.

单选题 For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition entitled People Are Becoming Isolated from Each Other. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words and you should base your composition on the outline below. 1.尽管科技的发展使世界变小，人与人之间的关系却越来越疏远。 2.人们彼此疏远的原因。 3.你的结论。

单选题The book contained a large ______ of information. A. deal B. amount C. number D. sum

单选题He was fired because of his ______ refusal to follow orders.

单选题It was clever ______ at the answer in two minutes.

单选题Now I read______ than before.

单选题When I handed the report to John, he said that George was the person ______.

单选题I want to use the same dictionary ______ was used yesterday.A. whichB. whoC. whatD. as

单选题Some metals are better conductors of electricity than others,______ means that the former has atoms that contain more free electrons than the latter.