单选题The earthquake that occurred in India this year was a major calamity in which a great man was lost .

单选题(It) is easier (to talk) about a problem (than) to solve (them).

单选题The authorities of this station see unemployment as their ______ priority.

单选题Customs officers at a London airport yesterday found ￡ 5,000,000 worth of drugs which were being smuggled (走私)into Britain in boxes marked 'Urgent Medical Supplies'. The 23 might have suspected for some time 24 drugs were being brought into the country in this way. The 25 is believed to be the work of a 26 international group. Four men were arrested at the airport and held for questioning, 27 it is unlikely that they are organizers. In fact, they declared that they were 28 of what the boxes contained and had acted in good faith in bringing them into Britain. This is the third time in six months that attempts have been made to smuggle 29 goods through Customs by declaring them to be medical supplies. They are frequently 30 in special containers and a 31 is given that they may be 32 if they are not handled with care. They are determined to put a stop to this practice, said one of the Customs officers today. There is no way these people are going to get away with this any longer. We have the full co-operation of the International police who are anxious as we are to track down the main source of supply. A. authorities I. unaware B. that J. stay C. warning K. well-organized D. illegal L. damaged E. off M. hold F. step N. but G. movement O. for H. packed

单选题A: What flowers do you grow in your garden?B: ______

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Smog-choked Southern California (demands) them. It's a car for people who never want to go to (a) gas station again. But the fact is, for all the talk, selling (gas-less) machines has been a (hard-sell).

单选题Bridging a gap in the market between fast-food joints and full-service restaurants, fast-casual chains are enjoying success across the world. The 25 sales of American fast-casual outlets rose by 10.5% last year, 26 with 6.1% for fast-food chains, according to Mintel, a market-research firm. There are three main reasons why these outlets have been winning customers. First, they promise 'fresh' food, meaning at the very least not 27 . Chipotle also says it uses, where possible, meat from animals raised without hormones or antibiotics (抗生素). Having once been controlled by McDonald's, Chipotle is now a threat to its 28 parent. Although still relatively small, it is enjoying 20% annual growth, quite a feat in the 29 restaurant market. Second, they offer diners a high level of customisation, such as choosing each 30 in a sandwich, or burger. This 31 to fussy eaters and those with allergies. Third, clever pricing helps these chains 32 their profits. They offer some dishes at around the same price as those at burger joints, but they seem to be better than McDonald's at persuading diners to buy pricier dishes and extras. Fast-casual chains 33 manage to squeeze 40% more out of each diner's wallet than fast-food joints do. For all their success so far, some of the fast-casual chains are finding that as they get bigger, they come under more scrutiny. Campaigners have recently criticised Chipotle and Panera Bread for using ingredients from genetically-modified crops and artificial additives (添加剂). Fast-casual restaurants are joining the 34 of big business and having to endure the attention that comes with it. A. appeals F. current K. optimize B. combined G. especially L. ranks C. compared H. former M. raw D. conforms I. frozen N. removes E. crowded J. ingredient O. typically

单选题The sudden demise of Britain's oldest investment bank ______ global markets.

单选题In 1985, ______.

单选题 Questions6-9 are based on the conversation you have just beard.

单选题Which of the following words is closest in meaning to balefully as used in "Kunta would lie still with his eyes staring balefully in hatred."

单选题Watch a baby between six and nine months old, and you will observe the basic concepts of geometry being learned. Once the baby has mastered the idea that space is three-dimensional, it reaches out and begins grasping various kinds of objects. It is then, from perhaps nine to fifteen months, that the concepts of sets and numbers are formed. So far, so good. But now an ominous development takes place. The nerve fibers in the brain insulate themselves in such a way that the baby begins to hear sounds very precisely. Soon it picks up language, and it is then brought into direct communication with adults. From this point on, it is usually downhill all the way for mathematics, because the child now becomes exposed to all the nonsense words and beliefs of the community into which it has been so unfortunate as to have been born. Nature, having done very well by the child to this point, having permitted it the luxury of thinking for itself for eighteen months, now abandons it to the arbitrary conventions and beliefs of society. But at least the child knows something of geometry and numbers, and it will always retain some memory of the early halcyon days, no matter what vicissitudes it may suffer later on. The main reservoir of mathematical talent in any society is thus possessed by children who are about two years old, children who have just learned to speak fluently.

单选题 He told the court that he never told Mr. Gallo that he should plead guilty, ______ tell him to plead not guilty.

单选题Scholars and students have always been great travellers. The official case for "academic mobility" is now often stated in impressive terms as a fundamental necessity for economic and social progress in the world, and debated in the corridors of Europe, but it is certainly nothing new. Serious students were always ready to go abroad in search of the most stimulating teachers and the most famous academies; in search of the purest philosophy, the most effective medicine, the likeliest road to gold. Mobility of this kind meant also mobility of ideas l their transference across frontiers, their simultaneous impact upon many groups of people. The point of learning is to share it, whether with students or with colleagues; one presumes that only eccentrics have no interest in being credited with a startling discovery, or a new technique. It must also have been reassuring to know that other people in other parts of the world were about to make the same discovery or were thinking along the same lines, and that one was not quite alone, confronted by inquisition, ridicule or neglect. In the twentieth century, and particularly in the last 20 years, the old footpaths of the wandering scholars have become vast highways. The vehicle which has made this possible has of course been the aeroplane, making contact between scholars even in the most distant places immediately feasible, and providing for the very rapid transmission of knowledge. Apart from the vehicle itself, it is fairly easy to identify the main factors which have brought about the recent explosion in academic movement. Some of these are purely quantitative and require no further mention: there are far more centres of learning, and a far greater number of scholars and students. In addition one must recognise the very considerable multiplication of disciplines, particularly in the sciences, which by widening the total area of advanced studies has produced an enormous number of specialists whose particular interests are precisely defined. These people would work in some isolation if they were not able to keep in touch with similar isolated groups in other countries. Frequently these specialisations lie in areas where very rapid developments are taking place, and also where the research needed for developments is extremely costly and takes a long time. It is precisely in these areas that the advantages of collaboration and sharing of expertise appear most evident. Associated with this is the growth of specialist periodicals, which enable scholars to become aware of what is happening in different centres of research and to meet each other in conferences and symposia. From these meetings come the personal relationships which are at the bottom of almost all formalized schemes of cooperation, and provide them with their most satisfactory stimulus. But as the specialisations have increased in number and narrowed in range, there had been an opposite movement towards interdisciplinary studies. These owe much to the belief that one cannot properly investigate the incredibly complex problems thrown up by the modern world, and by recent advances in our knowledge along the narrow front of a single discipline. This trend has led to a great deal of academic contact between disciplines, and a far greater emphasis on the pooling of specialist knowledge, reflected in the broad subjects chosen in many international conferences.

单选题 Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the remark 'Making a hundred friends is not a miracle. The miracle is to make a single friend who will stand by your side even when hundreds are against you.' You can give examples to illustrate your point and then explain what you will do to make true friends. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

单选题 Terry Cole may seem like an ordinary 40-year-old morn, but her neighbors know the truth: She's one of the 'Pod People'. At the supermarket she wanders the aisles in a self-contained bubble, thanks to her iPod digital music player. Through those little white ear buds, Cole listens to a playlist mixed by her favorite disc presenter—herself. At home, when the kids are tucked away, Cole often escapes to another solo media pod—but in this one, she's transmitting instead of just receiving. On her computer web log, or 'blog', she types an online journal chronicling daily news of her life, then shares it all with the Web. Cole—who also gets her daily news customized off the Internet and whose digital video recorder (DVR) scans through the television wasteland to find and record shows that suit her tastes—is part of a new breed of people who are filtering, shaping and even creating media for themselves. They are increasingly turning their backs on the established system of mass media that has provided news and entertainment for the past half-century. They've joined the exploding 'iMedia' revolution, putting the power of media in the hands of ordinary people. The tools of the movement consist of a bubbling stew of new technologies that include iPods, blogs, podcasts, DVRs, customized online newspapers, and satellite radio. Devotees of iMedia run the gamut (整个范围) from the 89-year-old New York grandmother, known as Bubby, who has taken up blogging to share her worldly advice, to 11-year-old Dylan Verdi of Texas, who has started broadcasting her own homemade TV show or 'vlog', for video web log. In between are countless iMedia enthusiasts like Rogier van Bakel, 44, of Maine, who blogs at night, reads a Web-customized news page in the morning, travels with his fully loaded iPod and comes home to watch whatever the DVR has chosen for him. If the old media model was broadcasting, this new phenomenon might be called ego-casting, says Christine Rosen, a fellow with the Ethics and Public Policy Centre. The term fits, she says, because the trend is all about me-me-media—'the idea is to get what you want, when and where you want it.' Rosen and others trace the beginnings of the iMedia revolution to the invention of the TV remote, which marked the first subtle shift of media control away from broadcasters and into the hands of the average couch potato. It enabled viewers to vote with their thumbs—making it easier to abandon dull programs and avoid commercials. With the proliferation (激增) of cable TV channels in the late 1980s followed by the mid-1990s arrival of the Internet, controlling media input wasn't just a luxury. 'Control has become a necessity,' says Bill Rose. 'Without it, there's no way to sort through all the options that are becoming available.'

单选题Operations which left patients______and in need of long periods of recovery time nowleave them feeling relaxed and comfortable. A. exhausted B. abandoned C. injured D. deserted

单选题Do you think the prices of TV sets will ______ this year for China's WTO entry?