单选题It's a ______ timetable. Sometimes lessons happen, sometimes they don't. A. haphazard B. odious C. haughty D. handicapped

单选题The following two questions refer to the following passage: A prestigious private high school has made available to local families a tuition prepayment plan to ease the burden of paying the school's hefty tuition when a student matriculates. The plan allows parents of children under three years old to reserve a spot for their child at the school by making a payment of one-fourth of the current annual tuition for the high school. The parents then make an identical payment every year for the next 15 years, and the student's full four-year tuition is considered paid in full, regardless of how much the regular tuition payments have risen in the intervening years.

单选题[Focus on semantic roles] A. goal B. rheme C. instrument D. causative

单选题The commissioner of a professional sports league dictated that teams could not put players on the field who had a greater than 20 percent chance of suffering a career-ending spinal injury during competition. The commissioner justified this decision as a way to protect players from injury while protecting the league from lawsuits. Which of the following, if true, would most undermine the effectiveness of the commissioner's new policy? A. Spinal injuries can result in paralysis, loss of fine motor skills, and even death. B. The previous year, more than seven players in the league suffered career-ending spinal injuries. C. The players' union agrees that the risk of injury is an inevitable part of playing the game at a professional level. D. There is no scientifically valid method for determining the likelihood of any player suffering a career-ending spinal injury at any given time. E. Players barred from playing because of this new regulation will be entitled to compensation for lost wages at a level determined by the commissioner's office.

单选题Education is all enormous and expensive part of American life. Its size is matched by its variety. Differences in American schools compared with those found in the majority of other countries lie in the fact that education here has long been intended for everyone—not just for a privileged elite. Schools are expected to meet the needs of every child, regardless of ability, and also the needs of society itself. This means that public schools offer more than academic subjects. It surprises many people when they come here to find high schools offering such courses as typing, sewing, radio repair, computer programming or driver training, along with traditional academic subjects such as mathematics, history, and languages. Students choose their curricula depending on their interests, future goals, and level of ability. The underlying goal of American education is to develop every child to the utmost of his or her own possibilities, and to give each one a sense of civic (公民的) and community consciousness. Schools have traditionally played an important role in creating national unity and "Americanizing" the millions of immigrants who have poured into this country from many different backgrounds and origins. Schools still play a large role in the community, especially in the small towns. The approach to teaching may seem unfamiliar to many, not only because it is informal, but also because there is not much emphasis on learning facts. Instead, Americans try to teach their children to think for themselves and to develop their own intellectual and creative abilities. Students spend much time, learning how to use resource materials, libraries, statistics and computers. Americans believe that if children are taught to reason well and to research well, they will be able to find whatever facts they need throughout the rest of their lives. Knowing how to solve problems is considered more important than the accumulation of facts. This is America"s answer to the searching question that thoughtful parents all over the world are asking themselves in the fast-moving time: "How can one prepare today"s child for a tomorrow that one can neither predict nor understand?"

单选题Even as child, I was ______ by my mother"s accomplishments and beauty.

单选题In the following part immediately after this text, the author will most probably focus on ______.

单选题In a certain growth fund, 3/5 of the investment capital is invested in stocks, and of that portion, 1/3 is invested in preferred stocks. If the mutual fund has $846,000 invested in preferred stocks, what is the total amount of money invested in the fund? A. $1,974,000 B. $2,538,000 C. $3,264,000 D. $3,826,000 E. $4,230,000

单选题Although her initial success was ______ by the fact she was the daughter of a famous actor, the critics later acclaimed her as a star in her own right.

单选题Saussure is closely connected with ______. A. Langue B. Competence C. Etic

单选题Charlie's Chainsaw Company has reason to believe that one of its models of saw is defective. A recall of all of the saws would cost more than $5 million, and would probably result in a loss in market share over the next quarter because of bad publicity. Still, a recall is the right economic decision. Which of the following, if true, most supports the conclusion above? A. Defective chainsaws can seriously injure or even kill the people who use them. B. Charlie's chief rival has recalled two of its products within the past year. C. Product recalls often result in a perception by customers that a given product is permanently defective, even after the defect has been remedied. D. The stocks of publicly traded companies that announce product recalls often drop upon the announcement, but they generally return to the pre-announcement level within 12 months. E. Three years ago a rival company went out of business because of large punitive damages awarded to a plaintiff who had been injured by a defective chainsaw.

单选题If x is a positive number and 1/2 the square root of x is the cube root of x, then x= A. 64 B. 32 C. 16 D. 4 E. 1

单选题The square root of 636 is between which set of integers? A. 24 and 25 B. 25 and 26 C. 26 and 27 D. 27 and 28 E. 28 and 29

单选题[Focus on the type of semantic opposition] A. awake-asleep B. inside-outside C. teacher-student D. right-left

单选题The table above shows the one-way driving distance, in miles, between four cities: P, Q, R, and S. For example, the distance between P and Q is 144 miles. If the round trip between S and Q is 16 miles further than the round trip between S and R, and the round trip between S and R is 24 miles less than the round trip between S and P, what is the value of X? P Q R S P 0 144 171 186 Q 144 0 162 X R 171 162 0 Y S 0 X Y 0 A. 174 B. 182 C. 186 D. 348 E. 364

单选题Before the 20th century the horse provided day to day transportation in the United States. Trains were used only for long-distance transportation. Today the car is the most popular 1 of transportation in all of the United States. It has completely 2 the horse as a means of everyday transportation. Americans use their car for 3 90 percent of all personal 4 Most Americans are able to 5 cars. The average price of a 6 made car was, $500 in 1950, $740 in 1960 and up 7 $750 in 1975. During this period American car manufacturers set about 8 their products and work efficiency. Meanwhile, the yearly income of the 9 family increased from 1950 to 1975 10 than the price of cars. For this reason, 11 a new car takes a smaller 12 of a family"s total earnings today. In 1951 13 it took 8.1 months of an average family"s 14 to buy a new car. In 1962, a new car 15 8.3 months of a family"s annual earnings. By 1975 it only took 4.75 16 income. In addition, the 1975 cars were technically 17 to models from previous years. The 18 of the automobile extends throughout the economy 19 the car is so important to Americans. Americans spend more money 20 their cars running than on any other item.

单选题Being overweight increases a person's risk of heart disease, stroke, and high blood pressure. Studies have shown that high-protein diets help people lose weight who have not been able to lose weight in any other way. Therefore, high-protein diets can be an important part of a healthy lifestyle. Which of the following, if true, most undermines the conclusion expressed above about high-protein diets? A. High-protein diets have been linked to heightened rates of high cholesterol, stomach cancer, and kidney failure. B. High-protein diets are easier than conventional diets for most dieters to follow because they allow dieters to eat filling foods like meat and eggs. C. Although many dieters initially show rapid weight loss on high-protein diets, most of them regain the weight as soon as they go off the diet. D. Society should be more understanding of overweight people, and should not pressure them to pursue extreme diets. E. The high-protein diet fad has created a niche dieting industry that grosses over $2 billion per year.

单选题The Songs and Sonnets, by which Donne is probably best known, ________ is the basic theme.

单选题Gastric bypass surgery has been shown to be effective at helping extremely obese people lose weight. Some patients have lost as much as 300 pounds after undergoing the surgery, thereby substantially prolonging their lives. Despite the success of the treatment, most doctors have not embraced the surgery as a weight loss option. Which of the following statements, if true, best accounts for the lukewarm reaction of the medical community to gastric bypass surgery? A. Gastric bypass surgery carries a high risk of serious complications, including death. B. Obesity is one of the leading contributors to heart disease and hypertension, two leading causes of death. C. Obesity rates among the American population have been increasing consistently for the last three decades. D. Many patients report that losing weight through diets is ineffective, since they usually gain the weight back within six months. E. Most health insurance plans will cover the cost of gastric bypass surgery for morbidly obese patients at high risk of heart disease.

单选题People talked about a promising idea: using the electrical wiring already in the house to move data from room to room. One early application, the X10 system for controlling lights and appliances, didn"t always work welL The technology was certainly not ready to be used to bring web pages to computers anywhere in the house. Along came the wireless network. For $ 50, you could get the Ethernet sprayed across the house and never be confined by a cord to the wall. It was slow in those early days, very unreliable, and open to interruption if you couldn"t bother with setting up the encoded passwords. But it caught on. According to estimates made by Parks Associates, a market research firm based in Dallas, about 12.5 million homes now have wireless networks; another 10 million homes, mostly newer ones, have Ethernet. Cheap and prevalent is a hard combination to beat. However, technology companies continued to work on the idea. A version for power lines called Home Plug came out in 2002, and while it hardly affected sales of wireless network equipment, it sold enough that major companies like Intel, Cisco Sony, Sharp and Comcast created the Home Plug Alliance to push for next-generation products, with the first to come out later this year. Some companies are not waiting. Panasonic, Netgear, Maranta are already offering products that will move data through home electrical lines faster than routers using the current Wi-Fi standard for wireless networking. Panasonic started selling its HD-PLC Ethernet adapters for power lines last month. One adapter is attached to a router with a short Ethernet cable and plugged into a nearby wall socket. The second device is plugged into a socket elsewhere in the house. When a computer is linked to it with an Ethernet cable, data is transmitted through the home"s electrical wiring at speeds of up to 190 megabits a second. Netgear will be selling a similar system next month for about $ 300. It moves data at a slightly faster rate. Marantz says its ZR6001SP receiver will send music to special speakers in another room over power lines. The system includes both devices. The music listener controls the receiver and the CD players connected to it form a control pad on the speakers. These products seem hopeless candidates. Who would like to pay two or three times expensive than wireless network? The answer lies in simplicity. "It"s why most people need us," Robert said, noting the complexity of installing wireless network is evident by the fact that return rates on wireless networking devices drop to nearly zero. The three products" makers said that people who cannot get whole-house coverage with a wireless system or those plagued by dead zones might find it appealing.