单选题(The more straighter) the sun's rays shine down (upon) the earth, (the more heat) they give to the part of the earth (they touch).

单选题How much sleep does a person need? (31) the physiological bases of the need for sleep remain conjectural (猜想), rendering conclusive answers to this question impossible, much evidence has been gathered on how much sleep people do in fact obtain. Perhaps the most important conclusion to be (32) from this evidence is (33) there is great variability among individuals in total sleep time. For adults, (34) between six and nine hours of sleep as a nightly average is not unusual, and 7.5 hours probably best expresses the norm. Such norms, of course, forms inevitably vary with the criteria of sleep employed. The most (35) and reliable figures on sleep time, including those cited here, come from studies in sleep laboratories, where EEG criteria are employed. (36) consistently has been associated with the varying amount, quality, and pattern of electrophysiologically defined sleep. The newborn infant may spend an average of about 16 hours of each 24-hour period in sleep, (37) the sleep time drops sharply; by two years of age, it may (38) from nine to 12 hours. Decreases to approximately six hours have been observed among the elderly. (39) will be discussed from below, EEG sleep studies have indicated that sleep can be considered to consist of several different stages. Developmental changes in the relative proportion of sleep time (40) in these sleep stages are as striking as age-related changes in total sleep time.

单选题You are mistaken. She ______ like you. A. really B. do C. does D. is

单选题 I have an infatuation (迷恋) with autumn. The colors of the season, and the smells, have always thrilled me. I have always found joy in this time of year. The last few autumns of my life, however, I recollect in shades of gray rather than cheerful oranges and yellows. When ! became a single mother, every aspect of life took on new meaning. Since I was used to carrying out most of the parental duties without much help during my marriage, I truly did not foresee how different parenting would become after the marriage was over. But suddenly I realized I was a statistic. The daily routine was not changed so much; it was the angle at which I had begun to look at life. I believed my exhusband's lawyer was tracking every grade the children made, and I was under a microscope in this new town where the children and I moved our "broken home". I feared having to eventually establish my family with each new teacher and each new term as a single-parent family. I just wanted to be us again, without the stigma (特征) of the label that put on us. During those few gray years, I would reassure myself that soon things would be better, and that I would someday be able to feel whole again. There is no mathematical equation of adults proportioned to children to equal a stable, loving family. Every family has its strengths. In fact, studies show that in families who read together, eat together and communicate openly, children are likely to succeed academically, as well as socially and emotionally. I am sure these habits are just as effective when practiced in single-parent families. I realize now that I am not a statistic. We are an active, vital family in this charming community, where we are not marked by any stigma of any statistics of any focus groups. We are given opportunity, all of us. We are surrounded by beauty and immersed in possibility. There is joy to be found here, in what we see around us and in creating our own rendition of how we want to be seen. There is strength and grace in our own willingness to break free from conformity without falling behind the barriers of self-imposed limitations or preconceived notions of where we should fit in this world according to research.

单选题A: I'm sorry that I can't go to your party tonight. B: ______? Haven't we agreed on it?

单选题 Thirty-two people watched kitty Genovese being killed right beneath their windows. She was their neighbor. Yet none of the 32 helped her. Not one even called the police. Was this in gunman cruelty? Was it lack of feeling about one's fellow man ? "Not so," say scientists John Barley and Bib Fatane. These men went beyond the headlines to probe the reasons why people didn't act. They found that a person has to go through two steps before he can help. First he has to notice that is an emergency. Suppose you see a middle-aged man fall to the side-walk, is he having a heart attack? Is he in a coma from diabetes ? Or is he about to sleep off a drank? Is the smoke coming into the room from a leak in the air conditioning? Is it "steam pipes", or is it really smoke from a fire? It's not always easy to tell if you are faced with a real emergency. Second, and more important, the person faced with an emergency must feel personally responsible. He must feel that he must help, or the person won't get the help he needs. The researchers found that a lot depends on how many people are around. They had college students in to be "tested." Some came alone. Some came with one or two others. And some came in large groups. The receptionist started them off on the "tests." Then she went into the next room. A curtain divided the "testing room" and the room into which she went. Soon the students heard a scream, the noise of file cabinets filling and cry for help. All of this had been pm-recorded on a tape-recorder. Eight out of ten of the students taking the test alone acted to help. Of the students in pairs, only two out of the ten helped. Of the students in group, none helped. In other words, in a group, Americans often fail to act. They feel that others will act. They, themselves, needn't. They do not feel any direct responsibility. Are people bothered by situation where people are in trouble? Yes, scientists found that the people were emotional, they sweated, they had trembling hands. They felt that other person's trouble. But they did not act. They were in a group. Their actions were shaped by the actions of those they were with.

单选题He came out with such an Uelaborate/U excuse that I didn't quite believe him.

单选题A: Could you do me a favour and take the box up to the sixth floor? B: ______ No problem at all.

单选题He has made a very serious mistake in his planning. He has forgotten that the rule is only ______ to the U.S. citizen. A. competent B. suitable C. appropriate D. applicable

单选题 When we conduct foreign trade, the importance of understanding the language of a countrycannot be underestimated. The successful marketer must achieve export requires a thoroughunderstanding of the language as well as the ability to speak it. Those who deal with advertisingshould be concerned less with obvious differences between languages and more with the exactmeanings expressed. A dictionary translation is not the same as an idiomatic interpretation, and seldom will thedictionary translation meet the needs. A national producer of soft drinks had the company' s brandname impressed in Chinese characters which were phonetically (按照发音地)accurate. It wasdiscovered later, however, thai the translation's literal meaning was "female horse fattened withwax", hardly the image the company sought to describe. So carelessly translated advertisingstatements not only lose their intended meaning but can suggest something very different includingsomething offensive or ridiculous. Sometimes, what was translated was not an image the companieshad in mind for their products. Many people believe that to fully appreciate the true meaning of alanguage it is necessary to live with the language for years. Whether or not this is the case, foreignmarketers should never take it for granted thai they are affectively communicating in anotherlanguage.

单选题In previous generations, young people were under their parents" control; now the teenage children of the West"s richest generation were ready for something to get excited about. The Beatles simply put a spark to a fuse(导火索)that was waiting to be lit. Everything changed, and what changed for the Beatles was their lives and their working habits in the midst of the hysterical(歇斯底里的)following the band attracted. Because of the demand of the fans to see them perform, they played bigger and bigger venues(meeting places), especially in America. But John, Paul, George and Ringo became increasingly unhappy that, because of the screaming of their fans, neither the band nor the audience could hear the music. Creatively frustrated and tired of the pressures of life under siege(围攻)from their fans, they retired from playing concerts in 1966 and decided to concentrate on recording. It was from this point that the brilliance of the Beatles really began to reveal itself: they would record over their career some 200 songs. Never before nor since has any recording and writing group even developed and yet remained the same in the way the Beatles did Their songs never lost their universal appeal thanks to the warmth and timelessness of their melodies and lyrics. John and Paul were powerful singers with distinctive styles. It became apparent that, despite the fact that the songwriting credits were always equally attributed to them, Paul and John wrote and sang their own songs. George also contributed two or three of his own compositions to each of the Beatles eleven albums. Even Ringo wrote and sang the occasional song.

单选题The appeal of advertising to buying motives can have both negative and positive effects. Consumers may be convinced to buy a product of poor quality or high price because of an advertisement. For example, some advertisers have appealed to people"s desire for better fuel economy for their cars by advertising automotive products that improve gasoline mileage. Some of the products work. Others are worthless and a waste of consumers" money. Sometimes advertising is intentionally misleading. A few years ago a brand of bread was offered to dieters (节食者) with the message that there were fewer calories (热量单位， 卡路里) in every slice. It turned out that the bread was not dietetic (适合于节食的) ， but just regular bread. There were fewer calories because it was sliced very thin, but there were the same number of calories in every loaf. On the positive side, emotional appeals may respond to a consumer"s real concerns. Consider fire insurance. Fire insurance may be sold by appealing to fear of loss. But fear of loss is the real reason for fire insurance. The security of knowing that property is protected by insurance makes the purchase of fire insurance a worthwhile investment for most people. If consumers consider the quality of the insurance plans as well as the message in the ads, they will benefit from the advertising. Each consumer must evaluate her or his own situation. Are the benefits of the product important enough to justify buying it? Advertising is intended to appeal to consumers, but it does not force them to buy the product Consumers still control the final buying decision.(282 words)

单选题Marie: Your little boy has clone a good job at school. Eva:______.

单选题It is believed that a new technique to ______ will probably be found.

单选题What does the last sentence of paragraph one imply?

单选题Waiter: Good afternoon. Are you ready to order? Guest A: ______. Betty, what will you have? Guest B: I think I'll start off with a cup of soup. What kind of soup do you have today?

单选题France's methods for increasing family size give us a(n) ______ as to what might be done to encourage smaller families.

单选题We must arouse them to fight for their own security.

单选题The British are not so familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things, ______ is often the case in other countries.