单选题I've ______ that idea long ago and now I have got some new idea about it.

单选题Children for whom school has no point Many children do not go to school either because their parents want them at home as carers for siblings, or simply because their parents cannot be bothered to send them. Thousands more are not registered at any school at all, because of their families' unstable lives. Underlying this dreadful situation there are two central truths. First of all, the problem of children not going to school often has more to do with their parents than with the children themselves. Secondly, once children go to school, we need to make sure that the experience is a positive one so that they want to keep on going. In Britain, the Ministry of Education has introduced a complex package of sticks and carrots to persuade schools to bring truants' and excluded children back into the classroom. It is paying grants so that a thousand schools can set up special units to help these children. Schools receive the grant if they bring a target number of children back to school; if they do not meet the target, the grant is withdrawn. Parents are the subject of this campaign, too: the Home Office has introduced fines for parents who fail to send their children to school, and has given the police power to pick up truants on the streets. truant = a child who does not go to school when he or she should.

单选题 Watercolor is the oldest painting medium known. It dates back to the early cave dwellers who discovered they could add lifelike qualities to drawings of animals and other figures on the walls of caves by mixing the natural colors found in the earth with water. Fresco, one of the greatest of all art forms, is done with watercolor. It is created by mixing pigments and water and applying these to wet plaster. Of the thousands of people who stand under Michlangelo's heroic ceiling in the Sistine Chapel, very few are aware that they are looking at perhaps the greatest watercolor painting in the world. The invention of oil painting by the Flemish masters in the fifteenth century led to a decline in fresco painting, and for the next several centuries watercolor was used mainly as a medium for doing preliminary sketches or as a tool for study. It was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that English painters reinstated watercolor as a serious art form. The English have a notorious love for the outdoors and also a great fondness for small, intimate pictures. The subdued tones of watercolor had a remarkably strong appeal for them.

单选题The Englishman suspects all theories, philosophical (哲学的) or other. He suspects everything new and is reluctant to accept it at the very beginning, unless he is 25 by the force of circumstances to see that this new thing has advantages over the old. They do not consult historical 26 in order to decide what to do: They first learn the facts as they are; then they depend upon their own common sense, not at all upon their university learning or upon philosophical theories. It is difficult to get praise from the Englishman. A new idea, a noble action, and an 27 painting—any of these things will be admired and praised by every other people in Europe long before you can get Englishmen to praise. The Englishman all this time is trying to find fault. Why should he try to find fault? He has 28 the terrible caution of his ancestors in regard to mistakes. Unless it 29 him he is away from mistakes, he will not accept the new thing. He has learned 30 his ancestors taught him. The judgment of the Englishman by all other European peoples is that he is the most 31 , the most unreceptive (不愿意倾听的), and the most unfriendly among other peoples. Another typical character of English people is that they are the most 32 of all western peoples. If you ask a Frenchman, an Italian, a German, even an American, what he thinks about Englishmen, every one of them will have a common answer—Englishmen are so proud of themselves that it is difficult for them to accept things beyond their present conditions. But you would find upon the other hand that nearly all nations would speak 33 of certain other English qualities—energy, courage, honour. The friendship of an Englishman once gained is more strong and true than any other. It must be acknowledged that the English character is especially well fitted for the struggle. It is neither a lovable nor an agreeable character; it is not even kindly, for kindness is an emotional 34 , and the Englishman never likes to do things on the spur of the moment. But with all this, the character is a grand one, and its success has been the best proof of its value. A. arrogant B. caution C. compelled D. complied E. ensures F. exquisite G. grace H. highly I. importance J. impulse K. inherited L. invariably M. precedents N. resembles O. suspicious

单选题Modern scientists hold that truth is not something that we first ______ and then explore in all its ramifications, but something found at the end of long investigations.

单选题We were all overjoyed at the news ______ the experiment turned out a success．

单选题The number of refereeing errors in the experimental matches was______.

单选题(2009)______me the money for my tuition then, I would be working on the farm now .

单选题 Car crashes are the leading cause of injury and death among U. S. children, and though most of us now think of car seats as standard baby equipment, about half of all children under the age of four who died in vehicle accidents last year were no restrained. It is calculated that only about two-thirds of children aged five to fifteen buckle their seat belts. Moreover, the traffic-safety agency estimates that even among parents who always strap their children in, 85% are not doing it properly. They often don't know where best to place the kids, don't use the proper restraint for their age and weight, or don't install the safety seats properly. Despite the reports about front seats collapsing onto back seats when certain car models get in accidents, the safest place in the car for any child up to the age of 12 is still the back seat. Babies up to 9 kg and one year old should ride in rear-facing infant seats. Never place a child under age 12 in the front seat with a working passenger-side air bag. These devices are discharged at 320 km/h and can be triggered by low-speed fender benders. They have killed 77 kids in the U. S. since 1993. If you must place a child in front, make sure the passenger-side bag is switched off. Children over age one should ride in forward-facing safety seats with a five-point harness system. A child who weighs at least 18 kg or at least I m high can graduate to a booster seat that elevates her so that the standard shoulder and lap belt fits properly.

单选题During the famine many people ______ eating grass and leaves. A. felt inclined to B. were confronted with C. got accustomed to D. were reduced to

单选题What is the main idea of this passage?

单选题Thousands of people turned out into the streets to ______against the local authorities' decision to build a highway across the field. A. contradict B. reform C. counter D. protest

单选题 The boy admits the fact that playing video games ______ him from doing his homework.

单选题 This great project at the Three Gorges of the Yangtze is expected to ______ twenty years to complete.

单选题I would be ______ if he could cast an expert eye over it and tell me what he thought of it.

单选题Please join us. We can easily make ______ for one more at this table.

单选题For generations，the Nganyi people of western Kenya have served as rainmarkers，helping local communities decide when best to prepare their land and SOW their seeds.By observing subtle changes in nature

单选题______ John Adams who in 1775 recommended George Washington to be commander in chief of the Continental Anny. A. It was B. That was C. Although D. When

单选题Captain Sentry, in this passage, demonstrates that he is noteworthy because of his ______.