单选题Robert: Mary, I'd like you to meet my new neighbor, Tom. Mary: Hello, Tom. It's nice to meet you. Tom: ______ A. How is the baby? B. Hello, Mary! I haven't seen you for ages. C. Hi, Mary! I've heard so much about you. D. Hi, Mary! Welcome to China.

单选题With 950 million people, India ranks second to China among the most populous countries. But since China (1) a family planning program in 1971, India has been dosing the (2) . Indians have reduced their birth rate but not nearly (3) the Chinese have. If current growth rates continue, India's population will (4) China's around the year 2028 (5) about 1.7 billion. Should that happen, it won't be the (6) of the enlightened women of Kerala, a state in southern India. (7) India as a whole adds almost 20 million people a year, Kerala's population is virtually (8) . The reason is no mystery: nearly two-thirds of Kerala women practice birth control, (9) about 40% in the entire nation. The difference (10) the emphasis put on health programs (11) birth control, by the state authorities, (12) in 1957 became India's first elected Communist (13) . And an educational tradition and matrilineal customs in parts of Kerala help girls and boys get (14) good schooling. While one in three Indian women is (15) , 90% of those in Kerala can read and write. Higher literacy rates (16) family planning. "Unlike our parents, we know that we can do more for our children if we have (17) of them," says Laila Cherian, 33, who lives in the village of Kudamaloor. She has limited herself (18) three children-one below the national (19) of four. That kind of restraint will keep Kerala from putting added (20) on world food supplies.

单选题It's unwise ______ down the proposal. A. for them to turn B. for their turning C. of them to turn D. for they to turn

单选题John Dewey believed that education should be a preparation for life, that a person learns by doing, and that teaching must ______ the curiosity and creativity of children. A. seek B. stimulate C. pursue D. secure

单选题 Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interper-sonal relationships. One strength of the human condition is our tendency to give and receive sup-port from one another under stressful circumstances. Social support consists of the exchange of re-sources among people based on their interpersonal ties. Those of us with strong support systems appear better able to cope with major life changes anddaily hassles (困难) . People with strong social ties live longer and have better health than thosewithout such ties. Studies over a range of illnesses, from depression to heart disease, reveal thatthe presence of social support helps people fend off (挡开) illness, and the absence of suchsupport makes poor health more likely. Social support cushions stress in a number of ways. First, friends, relatives, and co-work-ers may let us know that they value us. Our self-respect is strengthened when we feel accepted byothers despite our faults and difficuhies. Second, other people often provide us with informationalsupport. They help us to define and understand our problems and find solutions to them. Third, wetypically find social companionship supportive. Engaging in leisure-time activities with othershelps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting (转移注意力) us fromour worries and troubles. Finally, other people may give us instrumental support, a financial aid,material resources, and needed services--that reduces stress by helping us resolve and cope withour problems.

单选题In the 1960s, medical researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a checklist of stressful events. They appreciated the tricky point that any major change can be stressful. Negative events like "serious illness of a family member" were high. on the list, but so were some positive life-changing events, like marriage. When you take the Holmes-Rahe test you must remember that the score does not reflect how you deal with stress--it only shows how much you have to deal with. And we now know that the way you handle these events dramatically affects your chances of staying healthy. By the early 1970s, hundreds of similar studies had followed Holmes and Rahe. And millions of Americans who work and live under stress worried over the reports. Somehow, the research got boiled down to a memorable message. Women's magazines ran headlines like "Stress causes illness." If you want to stay physically and mentally healthy, the articles said, avoid stressful events. But such simplistic advice is impossible to follow. Even ff stressful events are dangerous, many--hke the death of a loved one- are impossible to avoid. Moreover, any warning to avoid all stressful events is a prescription (处方) for staying away from opportunities as well as trouble. Since any change can be stressful, a person who wanted to be completely free of stress would never marry, have a child, take a new job or move. The notion that all stress makes you sick also ignores a lot of what we know about people. It assumes we're all vulnerable (脆弱的) and passive in the face of adversity (逆境). But what about human initiative and creativity? Many come through periods of stress with more physical and mental vigor than they had before. We also know that a long time without change or challenge can lead to boredom, and physical and mental strain.

单选题The simple plan evolved into a complicated scheme.

单选题I have no objection ______ your story again. A. to hear B. to having heard C. to hearing D. to have heard

单选题In the 1950s, the pioneers of artificial intelligence (AI) predicted that, by the end of this century, computers would be conversing with us at work and robots would be performing our housework. But as useful as computers are, they"re nowhere close to achieving anything remotely resembling these early aspirations for humanlike behavior. Never mind something as complex as conversation: the most powerful computers struggle to reliably recognize the shape of an object, the most elementary of tasks for a ten-month-old kid. A growing group of AI researchers think they know where the field went wrong. The problem, the scientists say, is that AI has been trying to separate the highest, most abstract levels of thought, like language and mathematics, and to duplicate them with logical, step-by-step programs. A new movement in AI, on the other hand, takes a closer look at the more roundabout way in which nature came up with intelligence. Many of these researchers study evolution and natural adaptation instead of formal logic and conventional computer programs. Rather than digital computers and transistors, some want to work with brain cells and proteins. The results of these early efforts are as promising as they are peculiar, and the new nature-based AI movement is slowly but surely moving to the forefront of the field. Imitating the brain"s neural (神经的) network is a huge step in the right direction, says computer scientist and biophysicist Michael Conrad, but it still misses an important aspect of natural intelligence. "People tend to treat the brain as if it were made up of color-coded transistors," he explains, "but it"s not simply a clever network of switches. There are lots of important things going on inside the brain cells themselves. " Specifically, Conrad believes that many of the brain"s capabilities stem from the pattern-recognition proficiency of the individual molecules that make up each brain cell. The best way to build an artificially intelligent device, he claims, would be to build it around the same sort of molecular skills. Right now, the notion that conventional computers and software are fundamentally incapable of matching the processes that take place in the brain remains controversial. But if it proves true, then the efforts of Conrad and his fellow AI rebels could turn out to be the only game in town. (384 words)

单选题Customer: Excuse me, we ordered a coke without ice instead of this iced coke. Waiter: I' m sorry. ______.

单选题In November of 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt was on a hunting trip in Mississippi. His hunt was going 31 that day, and he couldn"t seem to find anything worth of 32 his rifle. Then, his staff captured a black baby bear for the President to shoot, but he could not. The thought of shooting a bear that was tied to a tree did not seem sporting, so he 33 the life of the baby bear and set it free. Based on this story, a famous political cartoonist for the Washington Star drew a cartoon, which showed Teddy Roosevelt, rifle 34 , with his back turned on a cute (可爱的) baby bear. Morris Michtom, owner of a Brooklyn toy store, was 35 by the cartoon to make a stuffed baby bear. Intending it only as a display, he placed the stuffed bear in his toy store 36 , and next to it placed a copy of the cartoon from the newspaper. To Michtom"s surprise, his store was flooded by customers 37 to buy. He asked for and received President Roosevelt"s 38 to use his name for the hand-sewn bears that he and his wife made, and the "Teddy Bear" was born! Michtom was soon manufacturing Teddy bear 39 the thousands. The money from the sale enabled him, in 1903, to 40 the Ideal Toy Company.

单选题The tree, the branches ______ are almost hare, is a very old one.

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单选题Steve: Hi, my name is Steve. It"s nice to meet you. Jack: I"m Jack. ______

单选题It is not easy to learn English well but if you ______, you will succeed in the end. A. hang up B. hand about C. hang in D. hang on to

单选题I would sooner you ______ against buying a new bike. A. decide B. will decide C. have decided D. decided

单选题A major goal of multicultural education is to change (teaching and learning) approaches (so that) male and female students from different cultural groups (will have) equal opportunities (for learn).

单选题Teacher: Richard, class begins at 9, and you are late. Student: I know, but I missed my bus. I"m sorry. Teacher: ______. You have to be here on time.