单选题Husband: Tell you what, dear. I just got promoted. Wife: Really? ______ A. Take it easy. B. It's unexpected. C. You'll work hard later on, I guess. D. Oh, I'm thrilled.

单选题Nancy: I'd like some ice cream. Do they have Coke only? Peter: ______

单选题Consciously or not, ordinary citizens and government bureaucrats still ______ the notion that Japanese society is a unique culture. A. fit in with B. look down on C. cling to D. hold back

单选题What does the verb form of the word "renovation" mean in Par

单选题______ that Susan hadn't dared to make a sound.

单选题Text 4 For about three centuries we have been doing science, trying science out, using science for the construction of what we call modern civilization. Every indispensable item of contemporary technology, from canal locks to dial telephone-to penicillin, was pieced together to form the analysis of data provided by one or another series of scientific experiments. Three hundred years seems a long time for testing a new approach to human inter-living, long enough to settle back for critical appraisal of the scientific method, maybe even long enough to vote on whether to go no with it or not. There is an argument. Voices have been raised in protest since the beginning, rising in pitch and violence in the nineteenth century during the early stages of the industrial revolutions, summoning urgent crowds into the streets any day on the issue of nuclear energy. Give it back, say some of the voices, it doesn't really work, we've tried it and it doesn't work, go back three hundred years and start again on something else less chancy for the race of man. The principal discoveries in this century, taking all in all, are the glimpses of the depth of our ignorance about nature. Things that used to seem clear and rational, matters of absolute certainty—Newtonian mechanics, for example—have slipped through our fingers, and we are left with a new set of gigantic puzzles, cosmic uncertainties, ambiguities. Some of the laws of physics are amended every few years, some are canceled outright, and some undergo revised versions of legislative intent as if they were acts of Congress. Just thirty year ago we call it a biological revolution when the fantastic geometry of the DNA molecule was exposed to public view and the linear language of genetics was decoded. For a while, things seemed simple and clear, the cell was a neat little machine, a mechanical device ready for taking to pieces and reassembling, like a tiny watch. But just in the last few years it has become almost unbelievably complex, filled with strange parts whose functions are beyond today's imagining. It is not just that there is more to do; there is everything to do. What lies ahead, or what can lie ahead if the efforts in basic research are continued, is much more than the conquest of human disease or the improvement of agricultural technology of the cultivation of nutrients in the sea. As we learn more about fundamental processes of living things in general we will learn more about ourselves.

单选题After a few rounds of talks, both sides regarded the territory dispute ______. A. being settled B. to be settled C. had settled D. as settled

单选题Interviewer: Mr. Wang, I'm very much impressed. There's no need for further questions.Wang: ______

单选题 {{B}}Directions: {{/B}} In this part there are four passages, each followed with five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four suggested answers. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your {{B}}ANSWER SHEET{{/B}} by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.{{B}}11-15{{/B}} For an increasing number of students at American universities, Old is suddenly in. The reason is obvious: the graying of America means jobs. Coupled with the aging of the baby-boom (生育高峰) generation, a longer life span means that the nation's elderly population is bound to expand significantly over the next 40 years. By 2040, 25 percent of all Americans will be older than 65, up from 14 percent in 1995. The change poses profound questions for government and society, of course. But it also creates career opportunities in medicine and health professions, and in law and business as well. "In addition to the doctors, we're going to need more sociologists, biologists, urban planners and specialized lawyers," says Professor Edward Schneider of the University of Southern California's (USC) School of Gerontology (老年学). Lawyers can specialize in "elder law", which covers everything from masts and estates to nursing-home abuse and age discrimination (歧视). Businessmen see huge opportunities in the elder market because the baby boomers, 74 million strong, are likely to be the wealthiest group of retirees in human history. "Any student who combines an expert knowledge in gerontology with, say, an MBA or law degree, will have a license to print money," one professor says. Margarite Santos is a 21-year-old senior at USC. She began college as a biology major but found she was "really bored with bacteria." So she took a class in gerontology and discovered that she liked it. She says, "I did volunteer work in retirement homes and it was very satisfying."

单选题 There seems never to have been a civilization without toys, but when and how they developedis unknown. They probably came about just to five children something to do. In the ancient world, as is today, most boys played with some kinds of toys and most girlswith another. In societies where social roles are rigidly determined, boys pattern their play afterthe activities of their fathers and girls after the tasks of their mothers. This is true because boys andgirls are being prepared, even in play, to step into the roles and responsibilities of the adultworld. What is remarkable about the history of toys is not so much how they changed over the cen-turies but how much they have remained the same. The changes have been mostly in terms ofcraftsmanship, mechanics, and technology. It is the universality of toys with regard to their de-velopment in all part of the world and their persistence to the present that is amazing. In Egypt,the Americas, China, Japan and among the Arctic (北极的) peoples, generally the samekinds of toys appeared. Variations depended on local customs and ways of life because toys imitatetheir surroundings. Nearly every civilization had dolls, little weapons, toy soldiers, tiny animalsand vehicles. Because toys can be generally regarded as a kind of art form, they have not been subject totechnological leaps that characterize inventions for adult use. The progress from the wheel to theoxcart to the automobile is a direct line of ascent (进步) .The progress from a rattle (拨浪鼓)used by a baby in 3000 B. C. to one used by an infant today, however, is not characterized byinventiveness. Each rattle is the product of the artistic tastes of the times and subject to the limita-tions of available materials.

单选题It is said that John is taller than ______ in the school. A. all students B. any other student C. all the students D. any student

单选题Tim: Let's go swimming this afternoon. Peter: I'd love to, but my mother told me to wash my shoes. Tim:______. Peter: That would be OK.

单选题Speaker A: Well, it"s getting late. Maybe we could get together sometime. Speaker B: ______.

单选题I1. He is quite sure that it's ______ impossible for him to fulfill the task within two days.

单选题 In computing, passwords are commonly used to limit access to official users. Yet the widespread use of passwords has serious drawbacks. Office workers now have to remember an average of twelve system passwords. In theory they should use different passwords for each site, but in reality these would be impossible to remember, so many people use the same password for all. An additional problem is that the majority use simple words such as "hello", or names of family members, instead of more secure combinations of numbers and letters, such as 6ANV76Y. This permits computer hackers to download dictionaries and quickly find the word that allows them access. When system users forget their passwords there is extra expense in supplying new ones, while if people are forced to change passwords frequently they often write them down, making systems even less secure. Therefore, it is clear that the idea of passwords which have been used as security devices for thousands of years, may need rethinking. One possible alternative has been developed by the American firm Real User, and is called "Passfaces". In order to access the system a worker has to select a series of photographs of faces from a randomly(随机的) generated sequence. If the pictures are selected in the correct order, access is granted. This concept depends on the human ability to recognize and remember a huge number of different faces, and the advantage is that such a sequence cannot be told to anyone or written down, so is more secure. It is claimed that the picture sequence, which used photographs of university students, is easier to remember than passwords, and it has now been adopted for the United States Senate.

单选题Girl：Are you ready to order? Man：______ Girl：Sure．I’ll be back in a moment． A．Do you think I’m ready? B．Yes，I’m ready． C．Are you sure you’ll be back? D．Can I have one more minute?

单选题Speaker A: Could you break a 100-dollar bill for me? Speaker B: ______

单选题The author mentions folding chairs in the first paragraph in order to ______.

单选题How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words. The power of words, then, lies in their associations—the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases. Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music, and which by their position and association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and dull.