单选题Here are two letters from our readers expressing their concern about school assessment (评价): (1) Students should be allowed to study without worrying about grades (学习成绩). Fortunately, most educators realize that students have different interests and abilities. However, grade-based assessment is still very common. Grades often hold back creativity. Competing for better grades causes many students to turn down opportunities to go in for music, drama and sports. Grades are also an unfair measure of a student' s ability. I do not demand, as some extremists do, that grades should no longer be recorded. However, I do believe that less importance should be placed on. grades. I hope that someday grades will become optional(可选择的) at Village High School. Magdalena Smith, President Drama Club (2) Let' s face the facts about grades. Grades perform three basic functions(功能). First, grades get students to work at their highest level of competence (能力). Second, they act as an encouragement for hard-working students and as a warming to those who are not. Finally, grades are an effective standard by which to measure students' achievement. Good grades help students to get jobs and to get into university. I've spoken with a number of students who have jobs, and most of them say that they were hired mainly because of their grades. My grades helped me get a part-time job and will help me into university next year. I think grades are extremely important at Village High School. Simon Harper, Member, Science Club

单选题Two apparently contradictory statements are made about what Zimring thinks will be the out come of the debate about the death penalty: one, "that Americans' ambivalence about capital punishment can never be resolved" and two, that "Americans will eventually abolish the death penalty". What can we infer about this?

单选题It all started in 1950, when people began to build their houses on the ______ of their cities. A. paradises B. omissions C. orchards D. outskirts

单选题Nuclear weapons were first developed in the United States during the Second World War, to be used against Germany. However, by the time the first bombs were ready for use, the war with Germany had ended and, as a result, the decision was made to use the weapons against Japan instead. Hiroshima and Nagasaki have suffered the consequences of this decision to the present day. The real reasons why bombs were dropped on two heavily-populated cities are not altogether clear. A number of people in 1944 and early 1945 argued that the use of nuclear weapons would be unnecessary, since American Intelligence was aware that some of the most powerful and influential people in Japan had already realized that the war was lost, and wanted to negotiate a Japanese surrender. It was also argued that, since Japan has few natural resources, a blockade by the American navy would force it to surrender within a few weeks, and the use of nuclear weapons would thus prove unnecessary. If a demonstration of force was required to end the war, a bomb could be dropped over an unpopulated area like a desert, in front of Japanese observers, or over an area of low population inside Japan, such as a forest. Opting for this course of action might minimize the loss of further lives on all sides, while the power of nuclear weapons would still be adequately demonstrated. All of these arguments were rejected, however, and the general consensus was that the quickest way to end the fighting would be to use nuclear weapons against canters of population inside Japan. In fact, two of the more likely reasons why this decision was reached seem quite shocking to us now. Since the beginning of the Second World War both Germany and Japan had adopted a policy of genocide (i. e. killing as many people as possible, including civilians). Later on, even the US and Britain had used the strategy of fire bombing cities ( Dresden and Tokyo, for example) in order to kill, injure and intimidate as many civilians as possible. Certainly, the general public in the West had become used to hearing about the deaths of large numbers of people, so the deaths of another few thousand Japanese, who were the enemy in any case, would not seem particularly unacceptable--a bit of "justifiable" revenge for the Allies' own losses, perhaps. The second reason is not much easier to comprehend. Some of the leading scientists in the world had collaborated to develop nuclear weapons, and this development had resulted in a number of major advances in technology and scientific knowledge. As a result, a lot of normal, intelligent people wanted to see nuclear weapons used; they wanted to see just how destructive this new invention could be. It no doubt turned out to be even more "effective" than they had imagined.

单选题If he refuses to ______ my plan, I can probably find someone more cooperative.

单选题When he explained it again and again, the student's patience ______ .

单选题There was an accident _______ the crossroads at midnight last night. 

单选题If I have a good sleep I"ll be ______ to work out the problem.

单选题What he is ______ is neither money nor fame, but the satisfaction of seeing his students grow up as builders of socialism.A. in pursuit ofB. looking afterC. trying to doD. advocating

单选题Which can be considered the best title for the passage?

单选题 As you touch people, surfaces and objects throughout the day, you ______ germs on your hands.

单选题The most favorable business ecology in Silicon Valley is characterized by

单选题If the building project ______ by the end of this month is delayed, the construction company will be fined． A．being completed B．is completed C．to be completed D．completed

单选题In order to stimulate the domestic economy, the government has ______ to reduce imports. A. pledged B. resorted C. suggested D. hesitated

单选题A fire ______ during the night and a large number of houses ______ to ashes.

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There isn't sound Uproof/U to support his biological theory.

单选题 Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given ONE minute to check through your work once more. Higher Education For most college students, the main goal of receiving higher education / is earning a degree that will lead to a successful and satisfying career.