单选题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Airport baggage screeners in the USA, displaying seized chain saws, machetes and knives, (21) travelers to check their luggage for offensive objects before boarding a (22) Officials of the Transport Security Administration (TSA) (23) that since February 2002 more than 7.5 million (24) items had been seized. They included 50,000 box cutters--a (25) said to be used by the Sept. 11, 2001 hijackers --and 1,437 firearms as (26) as 2.3 million knives. The TSA officials told a news conference most people with (27) items in their bags intended no malice but advised (28) to consult the website www.tsatraveltips.usa for advice on what to leave behind when (29) a trip. Since the Sept. 11 attacks screeners have confiscated seemingly (30) items like nail clippers and cigarette lighters (31) passengers. But some carry more obviously (32) items. Chain saws, a weed cutting machine, hand saws and machetes, steak knives, bottles of camping stove fuel and perfume bottles shaped like hand grenades were among items (33) as a sample of objects seized at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. While some carry-on items may have been (34) --a hockey stick or a child's plastic sword --other (35) by TSA have yielded razor blades in tennis shoes and a bayonet hidden in a hollowed-out artificial leg.

单选题— What do you feel about that, Mary? —I feel ______ that this should not have been done so carelessly.

单选题My brother's plans are very ______; he wants to master English, French and Spanish before he is sixteen.A. arbitraryB. aggressiveC. ambitiousD. abundant

单选题It was my sad duty to ______ the news of John's death to his family.

单选题The major problems with America's railroad system in the mid 19th century lay in ______.

单选题The woods ______the city ______the sand.

单选题①John Roebling planned to build the Brooklyn Bridge before 1867. But he never really gotstarted. In 1869 , he died of an accident. The job fell to his son Washington , a master of construction.In 1872

单选题The news you told me the other day has yet to be ______. A. affirmed B. informed C. conformed D. confirmed

单选题General acceptance of 3-D films may prove hard to come by, as the experience of three decades ago indicated. A. obtain B. explain C. understand D. discern

单选题Wood does not conduct electricity,______.A. nor rubber doesB. nor does rubberC. also doesn' t rubberD. so doesn' t rubber

单选题She ______ crying very helpful to express her sadness.

单选题The dog has always been noted for, ______.

单选题When a psychologist does a general experiment about the human mind, he selects people ______and ask them questions.

单选题A: I have no idea where to go in the Spring break. Got any suggestions? B: I"m not sure. ______

单选题This job ______, who are more careful. A. is done traditionally by women B. traditionally is done by women C. is traditionally done by women D. is done by women traditionally

单选题With what subject is the passage mainly concerned?

单选题We aim to ensure that all candidates are treated fairly and that they have equal ______ to employment opportunities. A. entrance B. entry C. access D. admission

单选题Mr. Brown is supposed to _______  for Italy last mo