单选题{{B}}Text 4{{/B}} Britain's undeclared general election campaign has already seen the politicians trading numbers as boxers trade punches. There is nothing new in such statistical slanging matches (相互谩骂). What is new is an underestimation of worry about what has been happening to official statistics under the Labour government. One of the most important figures for Gordon Brown when presenting his pre-election budget on March 16th was the current-budget balance. This is the gap between current revenues and current spending. It matters to the chancellor of the exchequer(财政部长) because he is committed to meeting his own "golden rule" of borrowing only to invest, so he has to ensure that the current budget is in balance or surplus over the economic cycle. Mr. Brown told MPs that he would meet the golden rule for the current cycle with & 6 billion ( $11.4 billion) to spare--a respectable-sounding margin, though much less than in the past. However, the margin would have been halved but for an obscure technical change announced in February by the Office for National Statistics to the figures for road maintenance of major highways. The ONS said that the revision was necessary because it had been double-counting this spending within the current budget. If this were an isolated incident, then it might be disregarded. But it is not the first time that the ONS has made decisions that appear rather convenient for the government. Mr. Brown aims to meet another fiscal rule, namely to keep pubic net debt below 40% of GDP, again over the economic cycle. At present he is meeting it but his comfort room would be reduced if the & 21 billion borrowings of Network Rail were included as part of public debt. They are not thanks to a controversial decision by the ONS to classify the rail-infrastructure corporation within the private sector, even though the National Audit Office, Parliament's watchdog, said its borrowings were in fact government liabilities. This makes it particularly worrying that the official figures can show one thing, whereas the public experiences another. One of the highest-profile targets for the NHS is that no patient should spend more than four hours in a hospital accident and emergency department. Government figures show that by mid-2004, the target was being met for 96% of patients. But according to a survey of 55,000 patients by the Healthcare Commission, an independent body, only 77% of patients said they stayed no more than four hours in A&E. One way to help restore public confidence in official statistics would be to make the ONS independent, as the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have suggested. Another would be for the National Audit Office to assess how the government has been performing against targets, as the Public Administration Committee has recommended.

单选题A newspaper headline concerning new energy development ___his attention and he was much interested in making investment in it. 

单选题 泰山 泰山位列五岳之首，地处山东省的中部，位于济南、长清、肥城、泰安之间，东西长约200公里，南北宽约50公里。其主峰为玉皇顶，位于泰安市北面，海拔1545米。泰山雄伟壮观、峻拔突兀(precipitous)，有着许多独特的自然奇观及人文景观。登临泰山需走九曲十八盘的(zigzag and tortuous)路程，沿途可尽情饱览绚丽的风光。登上日观峰，举目远眺，无限风光，摄人心魄。泰山历来是画家和诗人的钟爱的聚集地，泰山的日出与日落更是闻名遐迩。

单选题His wife has been ______ a lot of pressure on him to change his job.

单选题John's mindless______ concealed a warm and kindhearted nature.

单选题Let us ______ confidently into the new Millennium and embrace the challenges and opportunities it will offer us and generations to come.

单选题We should always bear in mind that _________ decisions often result in serious consequences. 

单选题He ______ himself as a war correspondent in Vietnam.

单选题______ marketing is concerned, I think the best thing is to have a meeting with the sales manager and the advertising people. A. As far as B. As for C. As to D. As regards

单选题通读下面的短文，掌握其大意。然后，从每小题的四个选择项中选出可填入相应空白处的最佳选项。Over the summer, my family took a divip to Iceland to see the natural beauty of it.Little did I21　 I would wake up one morning to have my eyes swelled up（肿胀

单选题The Princess DiseaseHave you ever heard of the princess disease? It is a terrible disease. __26__ It wastes away at ones social life and peoples tolerance. People with this disease think the

单选题 Humans use water for three basic purposes: agriculture, industry, and domestic and municipal use (water for drinking, cooking, cleaning, and so forth). And the amount of water 27 to each person decreases as the population grows, 28 the possibility of water shortages. Water shortages will not come all at once in every part of the world, just as the world's population is 29 distributed by region, so is the annual 30 of renewable water. Rainfall and snowfall are 31 by uneven weather patterns and landscape, and as a result, some areas of the world get more precipitation than others. This leads the uneven 32 of water all over the world. Natural water scarcity has prompted many nations to try to increase their water supplies by building dams to catch water that otherwise would escape to the sea, or by sinking more and deeper wells. But these efforts can have 33 side effects that can contribute to water scarcity. Instead of building dams, some countries choose to increase their 34 to groundwater. But this practice increases the risk of over pumping aquifers (蓄水层). Pollution also affects the water supply, reducing the available water by making it toxic or otherwise 35 for human use. Water shortages could also lead to international conflicts as countries 36 for limited water resources. Political tensions over water often appear when different nations lay claim to the same river, lake, or aquifer. According to the UN, more than 300 river basins and aquifers worldwide cross national boundaries are creating the potential for conflicts. A. access B. positively C. deliberately D. compete E. negative F. distribution G. available H. determined I. unevenly J. unfit K. starved L. raising M. approach N. arising O. supply

单选题Usually the last name is ______ family name.

单选题We should look ______ the matter before we reach a conclusion.

单选题I recognized John ______ he entered the room.

单选题Many people in Africa seem to be ______ of the American way of life: driving everywhere.

单选题During the oil crisis of the 1970s, many states ______ speed limits to reduce gasoline use.

单选题Could you take a sheet of paper and write your name at the _____ top?

单选题 周庄 周庄是极少数可供人们体验典型的中国水乡(water town)生活的地方之一。这座毗邻苏州的江苏小镇有“东方威尼斯”之美誉，古建筑保存良好，河网密布(crisscross)，风景如画，常年游客不断。这美丽的风景中最引人注目的当属桥，有的是石桥，有的是木桥，形状各异，大小不一。建于明朝的双桥被视为该镇的标志，是游客不可错过的风景。它的一个桥拱(arch)呈圆形，而另一个呈长方形，样子很像古代的钥匙。所以当地人也将它称为“钥匙桥”。