单选题He is ______ student that he performed very well in the nationwide examinations.
单选题Rock singers, hip-hop dancers, and hippies all have distinct hair style, ______ to their group.
单选题A: May I see the dentist now? B: ______
A. Is it a real emergency?
B. Do you have an appointment?
C. In that case, you'll have to wait.
D. I'll talk to the dentist and squeeze you in.
单选题{{B}}Text 2{{/B}}
I was addressing a small gathering in a
suburban Virginia living room-a women's group that had invited men to join them.
Throughout the evening, one man had been particularly talkative, frequently
offering ideas and anecdotes, while his wife sat silently beside him on the
couch. Toward the end of the evening, I commented that women frequently complain
that their husbands don't talk to them. This man quickly nodded in agreement. He
gestured toward his wife and said, "She's the talker in our family. " The room
burst into laughter; the man looked puzzled and hurt. "It's true," he explained.
" When I come home from work I have nothing to say. If she didn't keep the
conversation going, we'd spend the whole evening in silence. "
This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to
taXk more than women in public situations, they often talk less at home.
And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.
The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late
1970s. Sociologist Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book Divorce
Talk that most of the women she interviewed-but only a few of the men-gave lack
of communication as the reason for their divorces. Given the current divorce
rate of nearly 50 percent, that amounts to millions of cases in the United
States every year-a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.
In my own research, complaints from women about their husbands most often
focused not on tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a
career to accompany a husband to his, or doing far more than their share of
daily life-support work like cleaning, cooking and social arrangements. Instead,
they focused on communication: "He doesn't listen to me. " "He doesn't talk to
me. " I found, as Hacker observed years before, that most wives want their
husbands to be, first and foremost, conversational partners, but few husbands
share this expectation of their wives. In short, the
image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene
of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his
face, while a woman glares at the back of it, wanting to talk.
单选题I can't give you______for the type of car you bell because there's no demand for it in the market.
单选题Guest:Oh,it's ten o'clock. Vd better go now. Host:______.
单选题Harry : Well, I have to be on my way now.______
Richard: You, too. And don't forget to drop me a line.
A. Goodbye !
B. Take care.
C. Enjoy yourself.
D. Have a nice trip.
单选题 It is said that in England death is pressing, in Canada
inevitable and in California optional Small wonder. Americans' life expectancy
has nearly doubled over the past century. Failing hips can be replaced, clinical
depression controlled, cataracts removed in a 30-minutes surgical procedure.
Such advances offer the aging population a quality of life that was unimaginable
when I entered medicine 50 years ago. But not even a great health-care system
can cure death—and our failure to confront that reality now threatens this
greatness of ours. Death is normal; we are genetically
programmed to disintegrate and perish, even under ideal conditions. We all
understand that at some level, yet as medical consumers we treat death as a
problem to be solved. Shielded by third-party payers from the cost of our care,
we demand everything that can possibly be done for us, even if it's useless. The
most obvious example is late-stage cancer care. Physicians-frustrated by their
inability to cure the disease and fearing loss of hope in the patient—too often
offer aggressive treatment far beyond what is scientifically
justified. In 1950, the U.S. spent $12.7 billion on health
care. In 2002, the cost will be $1540 billion. Anyone can see this trend is
unsustainable. Yet few seem willing to try to reverse it. Some scholars conclude
that a government with finite resources should simply stop paying for medical
care that sustains life beyond a certain age—say 83 or so. Former Colorado
governor Richard Lamm has been quoted as saying that the old and infirm "have a
duty todie and get out of the way" , so that younger, healthier people can
realize their potential. I would not go that far. Energetic
people now routinely work through their 60s and beyond, and remain dazzlingly
productive. At 78, Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone jokingly claims to be 53.
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is in her 70s, and former surgeon
general C. Everett Koop chairs an Internet start-up in his 80s. These leaders
are living proof that prevention works and that we can manage the health
problems that come naturally with age. As a mere 68-year-old, I wish to age as
productively as they have. Yet there are limits to what a
society can spend in this pursuit. Ask a physician, I know the most costly and
dramatic measures may be ineffective and painful. I also know that people in
Japan and Sweden, countries that spend far less on medical care, have achieved
longer, healthier lives than we have. As a nation, we may be overfunding the
quest for unlikely cures while underfunding research on humbler therapies that
could improve people's lives.
单选题{{B}}Questions 11-15 are based on the following passage:{{/B}}
Venus (金星) is known as the earth's
"twin" because the two planets are so like each other in size. The diameter of
Venus is about 7, 520 miles (12,100 km. ), smaller than that of the earth. No
other planet comes closer to the earth than Venus. At its nearest approach it is
about 25,000,000 miles (40,2000,000 km. ) away. As seen from the
earth, Venus is the first planet or star that can be seen in the western sky in
the evening. At other times, it is the last planet or star that can be seen in
the eastern sky in the morning. When Venus is near its brightest point, it can
be seen in daylight. Early astronomers called the object that appeared in the
evening Hesperus, and Phosphorus in the morning. Later, they realized these two
objects were the same planet. They named it Venus in honor of the Roman goddess
of love and beauty.
单选题(Despite of) the Taft-Hartley Act which (forbids) unfair union practices, some unions (such as)the air traffic controllers have voted (to strike) even though it might endanger the national security.A. Despite ofB. forbidsC. such asD. to strike
单选题{{B}} Directions: For each blank in the following
passage, choose the best answer from the choices givenbelow. Mark your answer on
the ANSWER SHEET by drawing with a pencil a short bar acrossthe corresponding
letter in the brackets.{{/B}} Educational attitudes
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actually manifest the basic American values, especiallyself-reliance
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单选题A: I need to get this done by noon. Can you give me a hand?
B: ______.
单选题There's a man at the reception desk who seems very angry and I think he means ______ trouble. A. making B. to make C. to have made D. having made
单选题What do the extraordinarily successful companies have in common? To find out, we looked for correlations. We know that correlations are not always reliable; nevertheless, in the 27 survivors, our group saw four shared personality traits that could explain their longevity. Conservatism in financing. The companies did not risk their capital gratuitously. They understood the meaning of money in an old-fashioned way; they knew the usefulness of spare cash in the kitty. Money in hand allowed them to snap up options when their competitors could not. They did not have to convince third-party financiers of the attractiveness of opportunities they wanted to pursue. Money in the kitty allowed them to govern their growth and evolution. Sensitivity to the world around them. Whether they had built their fortunes on knowledge (such as Dupont’s technological innovations) or on natural resources (such as the Hudson's Bay Company's access to the furs of Canadian forests), the living companies in our study were able to adapt themselves to changes in the world around them. As wars, depressions, technologies, and politics surged and ebbed, they always seemed to excel at keeping their feelers out, staying attuned to whatever was going on. For information, they sometimes relied on packets carried over vast distances by portage and ship, yet they managed to react in a timely fashion to whatever news they received. They were good at learning and adapting. Awareness of their identity. No matter how broadly diversified the companies were, their employees all felt like parts of a whole. Lord Cole, chairman of Unilever in the 1960s, for example, saw the company as a fleet of ships. Each ship was independent, but the whole fleet was greater than the sum of its parts. The feeling of belonging to an organization and identifying with its achievements is often dismissed as soft. But case histories repeatedly show that a sense of community is essential for long-term survival. Managers in the living companies we studied were chosen mostly from within, and all considered themselves to be stewards of a longstanding enterprise. Their top priority was keeping the institution at least as healthy as it had been when they took over. Tolerance of new ideas. The long-lived companies in our study tolerated activities in the margin: experiments and eccentricities that stretched their understanding. They recognized that new businesses may be entirely unrelated to existing businesses and that the act of starting a business need not be centrally controlled. W.R. Grace, from its very beginning, encouraged autonomous experimentation. The company was founded in 1854 by an Irish immigrant in Peru and traded in guano, a natural fertilizer, before it moved into sugar and tin. Eventually, the company established Pan American Airways. Today it is primarily a chemical company, although it is also the leading provider of kidney dialysis services in the United States. By definition, a company that survives for more than a century exists in a world it cannot hope to control. Multinational companies are similar to the long-surviving companies of our study in that way. The world of a multinational is very large and stretches across many cultures. That world is inherently less stable and more difficult to influence than a confined national habitat. Multinationals, like enduring companies, must be willing to change in order to succeed. These four traits form the essential character of companies that have functioned successfully for hundreds of years. Given this basic personality, what priorities do the managers of living companies set for themselves and their employees?
单选题He expressed his gratitude to her for her favorable help with the experiment.
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Some of the problems that{{U}} (41)
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last century,{{U}} (46) {{/U}}regard to water supplies, it was known
that water could be polluted,{{U}} (47) {{/U}}they didn't know{{U}}
(48) {{/U}}. Trying to get pure water was a big problem.
People like to talk about the{{U}} (49) {{/U}}old days, but
actually, the cities of the 19th century were dirty and,{{U}} (50)
{{/U}}, filthier than today.{{U}} (51) {{/U}}disease was a great{{U}}
(52) {{/U}}. There was still smallpox(天花) and also yellow fever and
malaria. The{{U}} (53) {{/U}}death rate was high, and there were other
dangers as well. {{U}} (54) {{/U}}true that people were
not being killed by cars.{{U}} (55) {{/U}}, they often were killed or
seriously{{U}} (56) {{/U}}by runaway horses. It was quite
common. Planning of cities and their{{U}} (57) {{/U}}was
controlled by{{U}} (58) {{/U}}speculators and real estate(不动产){{U}}
(59) {{/U}}who were only interested in{{U}} (60)
{{/U}}money.
单选题Whenever a big company ______ a small one, the product almost always gets worse. A. gets on with B. cuts down C. takes over D. puts up with
单选题The destruction of our natural resources and contamination of our food supply continue to occur, largely because of the extreme difficulty in affixing (把……固定) legal responsibility on those who continue to treat our environment with reckless abandon (放任). Attempts to prevent pollution by legislation, economic incentives and friendly persuasion have been met by lawsuits, personal and industrial denial and long delays—not only in accepting responsibility, but more importantly, in doing something about it. It seems that only when government decides it can afford tax incentives or production sacrifices is there any initiative for change. Where is industry's and our recognition that protecting mankind's great treasure is the single most important responsibility? If ever there will be time for environmental health professionals to come to the frontlines and provide leadership to solve environmental problems, that time is now. We are being asked, and, in fact, the public is demanding that we take positive action. It is our responsibility as professionals in environmental health to make the difference. Yes, the ecologists, the environmental activists and the conservationists serve to communicate, stimulate thinking and promote behavioral change. However, it is those of us who are paid to make the decisions to develop, improve and enforce environmental standards, I submit, who must lead the charge. We must recognize that environmental health issues do not stop at city limits, county lines, state or even federal boundaries. We can no longer afford to be tunnel-visioned in our approach. We must visualize issues from every perspective to make the objective decisions. We must express our views clearly to prevent media distortion and public confusion. I believe we have a three-part mission for the present. First, we must continue to press for improvements in the quality of life that people can make for themselves. Second, we must investigate and understand the link between environment and health. Third, we must be able to communicate technical information in a form that citizens can understand. If we can accomplish these three goals in this decade, maybe we can finally stop environmental degradation, and not merely hold it back. We will then be able to spend pollution dollars truly on prevention rather than on bandages.
单选题Do you know ______? A. how much cost the books B. how much do the books cost C. the books cost how much D. how much the books cost
