单选题It is said the houses along this street will soon be {{U}}demolished{{/U}}. A. pulled down B. pulled up C. pulled off D. pulled in

单选题—How about going out for a picnic on Sunday morning? —Hmm. ______. The weather is quite warm these days.

单选题Anyone ______ this opinion may speak out. A. that against B. that against C. who is against D. who are against

单选题The defense attorney contemplated a long time before finally making his decision to ______ the accused in court. A. attend B. represent C. express D. perform

单选题The villagers have already known______we'll do is to build the bridge.

单选题Advertisers tend to think big and perhaps this is why they're always coming in for criticism. Their! critics seem to resent them because they have a flair for self-promotion and because they have so much money to throw around. "It's iniquitous," they say, "that this entirely unproductive industry (if we can call it that) should absorb millions of pounds each year. It only goes to show how much profit the big companies are making. Why don't theystop advertising and reduce the price of their goods? After all, it's the consumer who pays ... ". The poor old consumer! He'd have to pay a great deal more if advertising didn't create mass markets for products. It is precisely because of the heavy advertising that consumer goods are so cheap. But we get the wrong idea if we think the only purpose of advertising is to sell goods. Another equally important function is to inform. A great deal of the knowledge we have about household goods derives largely from the advertisements we read. Advertisements introduce us to new products or remind us of the existence of the ones we already know about. Supposing you wanted to buy a washing machine, it is more than likely you would obtain details regarding performance, price, etc, from an advertisement. Lots of people pretend that they never read advertisements, but this claim may be seriously doubted. It is hardly possible not to read advertisements these days. And what fun they often are, too! Just think what a railway station or a newspaper would be like without advertisements. Would you enjoy gazing at a blank wall or reading railway by laws while waiting for a train? Would you like to read only closely printed columns of news in your daily paper? A cheerful, witty advertisement makes such a difference to a drab wall or a newspaper full of the daily ration of calamities. We must not forget, either, that advertising makes a positive contribution to our pockets. Newspapers, commercial radio and television companies could not subsist without this source of revenue. The fact that we pay so little for our daily paper, or can enjoy so many broadcast programs is due entirely to the money spent by advertisers. Just think what a newspaper would cost if we had to pay its full price! Another thing we mustn't forget is the "small ads. " which are in virtually every newspaper and magazine. What a tremendously useful service they perform for the community!Just about anything can be accomplished through these columns. For instance, you can find a job, buy or sell a house, announce a birth, marriage or death in what used to be called the" hatch, match and dispatch" column but by far the most fascinating section is the personal or "agony" column. No other item in a newspaper provides such entertaining reading or offers such a deep insight into human nature. It's the best advertisement for advertising there is!

单选题Questions 16-20 refer to the following e-mail and schedule. To: Technical Support Team From: Sanchez, Hanna Sent: Wednesday, July 10 Subject: Business Technologies Seminar This message is to finalize the organizational details for the technical support team for next Monday's Business Technologies Seminar. Attached you will find the schedule with the names of technical assigned to the various conference rooms. Each session runs for two hours and made up of four 30-minute presentations. Presenters have been asked to designate a timekeeper to ensure that they do not exceed their time limits. Note that there is a break between each session, which should allow you sufficient time to prepare for the next speaker. Your job is to set up microphones adjust lighting, and address any other needs of the speakers. Speakers will not be videotaped, but several have to be recorded, so please be sure the recording equipment is in place and functioning properly. Also, room 106 does not have a computer on-site, but the presentation in the third session will require one. Fortunately, this is not a big problem because neither of the laptop computers in rooms 104 and 108 will be in use at that time. The technician assigned to room 106 for that session must remember to bring the laptop from one of those other rooms to room 106 and set it up. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me. Henna Sanchez Technical Support for Presentation Sessions 1st session 8:45 Adam Narozny Julia Kovacs Jim Dawkins Morning break 10:45-11:00 2nd session 11:00 Maria Faustini Julia Kovacs Jim Dawkins Lunch break 1:00-2:00 3rd session 2:00 Adam Narozny Julia Kovacs Maria Faustini Afternoon break 4:00-4:15 Julia Kovacs Adam Narozny Maria Faustini

单选题______ you want to receive additional information regarding the services we offer, please log onto our website at www. healthclub.com today. A. If B. For C. Despite D. Whether

单选题All the walls in the building had the same layout .

单选题—— "How do you like the book?" —— "It's quite different from ______ I read last month." A. that B. which C. the one D. the one what

单选题A spokesperson for Solaris International announced that the company would ______ on strengthening investor relations in South America. A. repeat B. surpass C. franchise D. concentrate

单选题Since he was busy, so he didn't come. A. Since B. was C. so D. didn't

单选题—Hi, Johnson, any idea where Susan is! —It's class time, so she ______in the classroom now.

单选题Mr. Arman admitted that he had been______ surprised by the high volume of sales his company had generated last quarter.

单选题A research center has been set up in this university.

单选题Proponents of different jazz styles have always argued that their predecessor’s musical style did not include essential characteristics that define jazz as jazz．Thus，1940s swing was belittled by beboppers of the 1950s who were themselves attacked by free jazzers of the 1960s．The neoboppers of the 1980s and 1990s attacked almost everybody else．The titanic figure of Black saxophonist John Coltrane has complicated the arguments made by proponents of styles from bebop through neobop because in his own musical journey he drew from all those styles．His influence on all types of jazz was immeasurable．At the height of his popularity，Coltrane largely abandoned playing bebop，the style that had brought him fame，to explore the outer reaches of jazz． Coltrane himself probably believed that the only essential characteristic of jazz was improvisation，the one constant in his journey from bebop to open-ended improvisations on modal，Indian，and African melodies．On the other hand，this dogged student and prodigious technician—who insisted on spending hours each day practicing scales from theory books—was never able to jettison completely the influence of bebop，with its fast and elaborate chains of notes and ornaments on melody． Two stylistic characteristics shaped the way Coltrane played the tenor saxophone：he favored playingfast runs of notes built on a melody and depended on heavy，regularly accented beats．The first led Coltrane to sheets of sound where he raced faster and faster，pile-driving notes into each other to suggest stacked harmonies．The second meant that his sense of rhythm was almost as close to rock as to bebop． Three recordings illustrated Coltrane’s energizing explorations．Recording Kind of Blue with Miles Davis，Coltrane found himself outside bop，exploring modal melodies．Here he played surging。Lengthy solos built largely around repeated motifs—an organizing principle unlike that of free jazz saxophone player Ornette Coleman，who modulated or altered melodies in his solos．On Giant Steps，Coltrane debuted as leader，introducing his own compositions．Here the sheets of sound，downbeat accents，repetitions．and great speed are part of each solo，and the variety of the shapes of his phrases is unique．Coltrane’s searching explorations produced solid achievement．My Favorite Things was another kind of watershed． Here Coltrane played the soprano saxophone，an instrument seldom used by jazz musicians．Musically，the results were astounding．With the soprano’s piping sound，ideas that had sounded dark and brooding acquired a feeling of giddy fantasy． When Coltrane began recording for the Impulse! Label，he was still searching．His music became raucous。physical．His influence on rockers was enormous，including Jimi Hendrix，the rock guitarist，who，following Coltrane，raised the extended guitar solo using repeated motifs to a kind of rock art form．

单选题Mr. Gable will not approve the purchase until his supervisor conducts a ______ review of the contract. A. comprehension B. comprehend C. comprehensive D. comprehending

单选题Chinese and US students will have greater access to educational exchange programmes as the two countries have agreed to expand and promote educational co-operation. Further co-operation in higher education, language learning and teaching, and primary and secondary education were highlighted in a memorandum of understanding signed by education ministers from both countries on Thursday. Margaret Spellings, US secretary of education, described the memorandum as historic at a breakfast panel discussion hosted by the China Chamber of Commerce on Friday in Beijing, the last stop of her East Asia tour following Tokyo and Seoul. She said the United States is "deadly serious" about promoting educational co-operation and exchange with China. Her delegation, consisting of 12 US university presidents, is the first ever high-profile delegation of US college and university presidents to China. "It's even more compelling that on this first ever delegation, China is one of the firsts of the first, as our trip starts from East Asia," Spellings said. Education co-operation and exchanges between the United States and China have been developing rapidly in recent years. More than 63,000 Chinese students are currently studying in the United States, while there has also been a rise in the number of US students studying in China. A recent report from the New York—based Institute of International Education, one of the world's largest international education organizations shows that 6,389 US students came to China in the 2005-2006 academic year, up 35 percent year-on-year. The report also lists China as the only Asian country among the top 10 popular destinations for US students to study abroad. Spellings said she was pleased with the numbers but not satisfied. "US students do want to come to study in China, and we need to help them do that as well as to help Chinese students to come to our country." On Friday, Premier Wen Jiabao met with Spellings and her delegation in Beijing.

单选题Glenford Manufacturing, Inc. Official CommunicationFrom: Sean Carmichael, Operations Department To: Inna Tucker, Sales Department Manager The monthly sales staff meeting has been relocated from auditorium 3 to room 402. Auditorium 3 will be undergoing repairs from April 8-15, which is why it will be unavailable for your usual meeting on the 10th. Room 402 contains the same audiovisual capabilities as auditorium 3, but its seating capacity is smaller. It can only fit 65 people comfortably, whereas the auditorium can do over 100. If this change is unacceptable, there are two alternatives. First, auditorium 2 is available on the afternoon of the 10th. It holds as many people as auditorium 3, but it has really outdated electronic equipment compared to auditorium 3. And second, if the meeting is rescheduled for after the 15th, the newly refurbished auditorium 3 will be available to you. Please contact me or another member of the operations department if you wish to change your current room reservation. Thank you and have a nice day.

单选题Office Furniture, Inc, is strongly committed to balancing its______ progress with social responsibility.