单选题 One thing almost everyone is agreed on, including Americans, is that they place a very high valuation upon success. Success does not necessarily mean material rewards, but recognition of some sort-preferably measurable. If a boy turn out to be a preacher(传真者) instead of a businessman, that's all right. But the bigger his church is, the more successful he is judged to be. A good many things contributed to this accent on success. There was the Puritan(清教徒) belief in the virtue of work, both for its own sake and because the rewards it brought were regarded as signs of God's love. There was the richness of opportunity in a land waiting to be settled. There was the lack of a settled society with fixed ranks and classes, so that a man was certain to rise through achievement. Here was the determination of an immigrant to gain in the new world what had been denied to him in the old, and on the part of his children an urge to throw off the immigrant(负担) by still more success and still more rise in a fluid and classless society. Brothers did not compete within the family for the favor of the parents as in Europe, but worked hard for success in the outer world, along paths of their own choosing.

单选题The next decade could see commuters speeding to work at about 300 miles per hour aboard magnetic levitation vehicles, according to a report by Argonne National Laboratories. But before "maglev" vehicles can become commercial successes, the report says, people need to stop thinking of them as high-speed trains. Instead, consider them low-flying aircraft. Argonne contends that maglev vehicles will be best suited to replace commuter aircraft. Plane flights under 600 miles are the least energy-efficient, and maglev "planes" should cut these fuel needs by up to 75 percent. Reportedly, the money saved by a 2,000-mile maglev network linking major cities world more than pay for its construction in 20 years. The quiet purr of levitating crafts would also be a balm for neighborhoods tormented by the roar of conventional takeoffs and landings. The technology behind magnetic levitation is already well understood, the report notes. The west Germans and the Japanese already well understood, the report notes. The West Germans and the Japanese have several full-scale working models. Meanwhile, research in the United States has lapsed.

单选题Many ______ will be opened up in the future for those with a university education.

单选题Only after a baby seal is pushed into the sea by its mother ______ to swim. A. how will it learn B. will it learn how C. it will learn how D. and it learns how

单选题According to the forecast, ______.

单选题The new prestige of the British graduates is the most spectacular because in the past Britain has been much (1) interested in universities and degrees than other advanced countries—or even some backward (2) In 1901 Ramsay Muir observed that Britain had (3) universities per head than any other civilized country in Europe except Turkey. A UNESCO survey in 1967 (4) Britain was still close to the bottom in Europe, in (5) of the proportion of the age-group from twenty to twenty-four who were enrolled in (6) education. Most continental countries in the last decade have expanded (7) higher education faster than Britain. University statistics are notoriously difficult to compare, because of the different implications of the word "student"; in most continental countries anyone who (8) his final school exam—the baccalaureat (中学毕业会考)—is entitled to go into the university on the principle of "let him pass"; but he has (9) guarantees of tuition or personal attention. Partly as a result there are far more drop-outs and "ghost students"; in France half the students never become graduates. A comparison of graduates, as opposed (10) students, shows Britain in more favorable light, for most British students take a degree. (11) even in terms of graduates, Britain is still (12) in the Europe league. Going to university is a much more solid (13) among the sons of the bourgeoisie in France or Germany than in (14) ; many of the British middle-classes— (15) the shopkeepers and small-business men—have tended to be skeptical, if (16) actually hostile, to university education for their children, and there are still rich and quite intelligent parents who will prefer their children to go straight (17) school into the city, to the army (18) to farming but the attractions of a BA or an MA have penetrated into areas, (19) among the rich and the poor, where they would not have been felt twenty (20) ago; and they are far-reaching.

单选题Jessie: Oh boy. I don't think I can ever figure the problem out. Peter: ______ A. Do you want to talk about it? B. It took me 5 minutes to work it out. C. I'm sorry to hear that. D. Do you need some help?

单选题Customer. I'd like to send this gift to a friend in Italy. Clerk: ______ A. Have you got anything to declare? B. How nice! C. I'm pleased to serve you. D. Could you fill out this form?

单选题Many of those who come from the countryside find it difficult to adapt to the rapid ______ of modern life. A. rate B. pace C. growth D. speed

单选题The furniture delivered by the shop is quite different from ______ in the exhibition hall. A. that B. those C. the one D. the ones

单选题He is a brilliant scholar and is everywhere recognized ______. A．as it B．being such C．as such D．being true

单选题A: Is everyone always so helpful to you in your office?B: ______

单选题It is an advertisement for ______.

单选题The price of beer ______ from 40 cents to $4 per liter during the summer season.

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

单选题{{B}}16-20{{/B}} China's employment and re-employment situation remains tough with a surge this year in the number of graduates hitting the job market and in unemployment in general, a senior official said. The country's registered average unemployment rate in urban areas reached 4 per cent last year and is expected to go higher this year, Labour and Social Security Minister Zheng Silin told Xinhua yesterday. There are nearly 14 million laid-off workers in urban areas so far. And more than 10 million new graduates are predicted to enter the work force Zheng said. To make things worse, about 150 million rural workers will head to the cities to seek employment, he said. Zheng, who was appointed as the minister during the first session of the 10th National People's Congress in March, has urged his departments nationwide to do more to assist laid-off workers to restart their lives.

单选题(At a party) Adam: This is a great apartment. Tammy: I think so, too.______? Adam: No, I'm Adam. I came with Carl. I don't really know anyone here. Carl's told me about most of his friends, but I can't match the names with the faces.

单选题This passage most probably appear______.

单选题Jackson is not ______ as you imagine. A. so a big fool B. so big a fool C. such big a fool D. a such big fool

单选题From the table we can see______ .do better in speaking loudly and clearly and treating all pupils equally.