单选题The United States (56) a large part of the North American continent. Its neighbors are Canada (57) the north, (58) Mexico to the south. (59) the United States is a big country, it' s not the largest in the world. In 1964 its (60) was over 185,000,000. When this land first became a nation, after (61) independence from England, it had thirteen states, (62) of the states was represented on the American flag by a (63) . All the states were in the eastern part of the continent. As the nation grew towards the west, new states were in the eastern part of the continent. As the nation grew towards the west, new states were added and new stars (64) on the flag. For a long time, there were 48 states. In 1959, however, two (65) stars were added to the flag (66) the new states (67) Alaska and Hawaii. Sometimes (68) is said that the Indians are the only real Americans. Most Americans, however, are descendants(后代) of peoplev (69) came from all over the world to find a new (70) in a new land. (71) who came first and (72) greatest numbers to make their home (73) the eastern coast of North America were mostly from England. It is (74) that reason that the language of the United States is English and that its culture and customs are more like (75) of England than of any other country in the world.

单选题House agent: Good morning. Sunshine Real Estate. Chris Lee speaking. Woman:______ Is it still available?

单选题 话题：要勇于面对挑战We should face challenges bravely Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on facing challenges by referring to the saying 'You cannot change what you refuse to confront.' You can give examples to illustrate your point and then explain how you will react to challenges in your life. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

单选题Can animals be made to work for us? Some scientists think that one day animals may be trained to do a number of simple jobs that are now done by human beings. They point out that at a circus, for example, we may see elephants, monkeys, dogs and other animals doing quite skillful things. Perhaps you have seen them on the television or in a film. If you watch closely, you may notice that the trainer always gives the animal a piece of candy or a piece of fruit as a reward. The scientists say that many different animals may be trained to do a number of simple jobs if they know they will get a reward for doing them. Of course, as we know, dogs can be used to guard a house, and soldiers in both old and modern times have used geese to give warning by making a lot of noise when a stranger or an enemy comes near. But it may be possible to train animals to work in factories. In Russia, for example, pigeons which are birds with good eyesight, are being used to watch out for faults in small steel balls that are being made in one factory. When the pigeon sees a ball which looks different from others, it touches a steel plate with its beak. This turns on a light to warn people in the factory. At the same time a few seeds are given as a reward. It takes three to five weeks to train a pigeon to do this and one pigeon can inspect 3 000 to 4 000 balls an hour. Apes have been used in America in helping to make cars, and scientists believe that these large monkeys may be one day gather crops and even drive trains.

单选题Do you know what she is majoring ______ at college now?

单选题 The only candidate ______ may defeat him has quit.

单选题(The earliest) works of (architect) Alvar Aalto in the early 1930s led the (way) to a more subtle, (romanticism,) and organic type of design.

单选题In the few gray years, the author______.

单选题Communication technologies are far from equal when it comes to conveying the truth. The first study to compare honesty across a range of communications media has found that people are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations as they are in E-mails. The fact that E-mails are automatically recorded--and can come back to haunt(困扰) you--appears to be the key to the finding. Jeff Hancock of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, asked 30 students to keep a communications diary for a week. In it they noted the number of conversations or E-mail exchanges they had lasting more than 10 minutes, and confessed to how many lies they told. Hancock then worked out the number of lies per conversation for each medium. He found that lies made up 14 percent of E-mails, 21 percent of instant messages, 27 percent of face-to-face interactions and an astonishing 37 percent of phone calls. His results, to be presented at the conference on human-computer interaction in Vienna, Austria, in April, have surprised psychologists. Some expected E-mails to be the biggest liars, reasoning that because deception makes people uncomfortable, the detachment(非直接接触) of emailing would make it easier to lie. Others expected people to lie more in face-to-face exchanges because we are most practiced at that form of communication. But Hancock says it is also crucial whether a conversation is being recorded and could be reread, and whether it occurs in real time. People appear to be afraid to lie when they know the communication could later be used to hold them to account, he says. This is why fewer lies appear in E-mail than on the phone. People are also more likely to lie in real time--in an instant message or phone call, say--than if they have time to think of a response, says Hancock. He found many lies are spontaneous(脱口而出) responses to an unexpected demand, such as: "Do you like my dress?" Hancock hopes his research will help companies work out the best ways for their employees to communicate. For instance, the phone might be the best medium for sales where employees are encouraged to stretch the truth. But given his result, work assessment, where honesty is a priority, might be best done using E-mail.

单选题______, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of language is poor. A. Other things being equal B. Were other things equal C. To be equal to other things D. Other things to be equal

单选题When we walked (past) the theater, there were a lot of people (waited) (in) a long line outside the (box office).A. pastB. waitedC. inD. box office

单选题The birchbark canoe is not as ______ as it appears; it is built to withstand long journeys over rough waters.

单选题He was a member of the Hillary______that conquered Mount Everest.

单选题He raised his voice in order to make himself________by more people

单选题The Chinese have used a method called acupuncture(针炙) to perform operations for about 4,000 years without putting the patient to sleep. This involves placing flexible needles into certain parts of the body. The needles are available in a number of stores in China and anyone may buy them. To learn how to use the needles takes about one month of training. But to be skillful requires greater time. (79) The person who performs the acupuncture knows how to put in the needles so the needles themselves are not painful. This person also knows where to place the needles so the patient feels no pain in the area where the operation is to be performed. A particular operation might require 25 or more needles placed in various parts of the body. But now this operation requires only 3 or 4 needles. Today, the Chinese doctors are trying to learn more about acupuncture. (80) They are trying to develop a convincing theory to explain how the needles work in preventing pain, or why a needle in the wrist, for example, Would prevent the pain in the area of the mouth. A patient who needs an operation is given a choice between having acupuncture or having one of the chemicals used for putting him to sleep. It has been estimated that over half of the patients choose acupuncture because there is no sickness after the operation but the chemical may make the patient sick for a few hours or a day.

单选题Nowhere else in the world ______ more friendly people than in this small town.

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 1 minute to check through your work once more. Characteristics of a Good Reader To improve your reading habits, / you must understand the characteristics of a good reader.

单选题It is the business of the police to prevent and detect crime and of the law courts to punish______.

单选题He obviously displayed a great ______ for some of your poems.

单选题 儿童肥胖问题 儿童肥胖已经成为困扰一些中国家庭的问题。它与遗传因素、饮食习惯和生活方式等有很大的关系。随着人们生活水平的提高，孩子们有更多的机会外出就餐，他们无法抵制美食的诱惑，结果不可避免地胖起来。在现代社会，孩子们的学业压力比较大，他们忙于学习，缺乏运动。卡路里摄入的增加和运动时间的减少导致了孩子的肥胖。总的来说，应该更加关注孩子的健康问题，改变他们不良的饮食习惯和生活方式。