单选题In the long run it is far cheaper to______ the needs of poor people than to ignore them.

单选题23-year-old Ann is a traditional working class woman who is happily married to her husband Don and who has given birth to two lovely daughters Patsy and Penny. Ann【C1】______her work with her colleague Laurie because they can【C2】______to each other while cleaning the buildings their work requires them to. One【C3】______thing about Ann is that she listens to recordings of foreign languages—Spanish, French and even Chinese【C4】______driving and even working. In Laurie's eyes, Ann is not normal, but Ann【C5】______that nobody is normal; everyone is different in【C6】______ways. Laurie's specific problem is not an unusual one: the【C7】______between a strong appetite for food and an equally strong【C8】______to keep in shape by dieting. She envies Ann who【C9】______slim while seeming to eat as much as she likes. In fact, Ann's character is【C10】______. One morning,【C11】______after Don had taken the kids to school Ann【C12】______just as she was about to go to work. She was【C13】______by her divorced mother, who stays alongside her. She rushed her to【C14】______. The doctor discovered that there are tumors(肿瘤)in both her ovaries(卵巢).【C15】______can be done about the cancer. Ann【C16】______from the doctor that she has only two or three months to【C17】______. Shaken【C18】______Ann was by this news, she decided not to tell her mom and husband, and to go on living as if nothing has happened.【C19】______in a cafe, Ann began to write down all the things she【C20】______to do before her death:"1. Tell my daughters several times a day that I love them;2. Find Don a new wife who the girls like;3. Record Birthday Messages for the girls every year until they are 18;4. Go to Whale Bay Beach together and have a big picnic;5. Smoke and drink as much as I want;6. Say just what I' m thinking;7. Go and see Dad in jail.…"

单选题We are______ seeking volunteers to participate in an upcoming consumer research study for Mayfee Marketing.

单选题The teacher told the pupils to stand in a row and not call out loudly. A. to B. in C. and D. call out

单选题313 Northen Boulevard Springfield, Massachusetts 01103 August 2nd, 2006 Ms. Sara Valenti Financial Officer DZK Investments Unlimited 2343 6th Avenue New York, New York 10023 Dear Ms.Valenti, I want to start by saying that the loans your firm has made over the past two years have been very helpful to my business. Recently, however, I was looking over some earlier correspondence regarding the modification of our contract. I noticed that quarterly payments on the latest loan are due to begin this October. I understand that we agreed upon this date. However, in order to fully finance the expansion of my business, I have also taken out loans with several banks. Paying back those loans has left me temporarily short of cash. I am requesting that you delay the start of my payments until January 1st. I understand that this may be against your company's protocol, but please take into consideration my punctuality on all past payments. I would appreciate your input on this matter as soon as possible. Sincerely, Ryan Black Springfield Hardware

单选题I think it's time that she makes up her mind.A. thinkB. thatC. makesD. mind

单选题William was pleased to see the executives respond so______ to the proposal he had been working on.

单选题An investigation by the committee uncovered ______ instances in which the institution's resources had been misused. A. none B. any C. no D. much

单选题Depending on the outcome of negotiations, Caspian Air ______ offer flights to Berlin and Copenhagen from Kova Airport. A. be B. has C. did D. may

单选题 The National Trust in Britain plays an increasingly important part in the preservation for public enjoyment of the best that is left unspoiled of the British countryside. Although the Trust has received practical and moral support from the government, it is not a rich government department. It is a voluntary association of people who care for the unspoiled countryside and historic buildings of Britain. It is a charity which depends for its existence on voluntary support from members of the public. Its primary duty is to protect places of great natural beauty and places of historical interest. The attention of the public was the first drawn to the dangers threatening the great old houses and the castles of Britain by the death of the Lord Lothian, who left his great seventeenth-century house to the Trust together with the 4500—acre park and estate surrounding it. This gift attracted wide publicity and started the Trust's "Country House Scheme". Under this scheme, with the help of the Government and the general public, the Trust has been able to save and make accessible to the public about 150 of these old houses. Last year, about 1.75 million people paid to visit these historic houses, usually at a very small charge. In addition to country houses and open spaces, the Trust now owns some examples of ancient wind and water mills, nature reserves, 540 farms and nearly 2500 cottages or small village houses, as well as some complete villages. In these villages no one is allowed to build, develop or disturb the old village environment in any way and all the houses are maintained in their original 16th century style. Over 4,000 acres of coastline, woodland, and hill country are protected by the Trust and no development or disturbances of any kind are permitted. The public has free access to these areas and is only asked to respect the peace, beauty and wildlife. Over the past 80 years, the Trust has become a big and important organization and an essential and respected part of national life. It helps to preserve all that and of historical significance not only for future generations of Britons but also for the millions of tourists who each year invade Britain in search of a great historic and cultural heritage.

单选题Mr. Henley has accelerated his sale of shares over the past year.

单选题If the rain ______ any longer, several heavily populated areas of the city would be underwater right now. A. had lasted B. was lasting C. lasted D. will last

单选题The new sports complex will accommodate an Olympic-sized swimming pool and other ______, including a fitness center and a spa, to name just a few. A. facilities B. categories C. qualities D. supplies

单选题Rae Armantrout, who has been a poetry professor at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) for two decades, has won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for her most recent book, "Versed". "I"m delighted and amazed at how much media recognition that the Pulitzer brings, as compared to even the National Book Critics Award, which I was also surprised and delighted to win," said Armantrout. "For a long time, my writing has been just below the media radar, and to have this kind of attention, suddenly, with my 10th book, is really surprising." Armantrout, a native Californian, received her bachelor"s degree at UC Berkeley, where she studied with noted poet Denise Levertov, and her master"s in creative writing from San Francisco State University. She is a founding member of Language Poets, a group in American poetry that analyzes the way language is used and raises questions to make the reader think. In March, she won the National Book Critics Circle Award for "Versed". "This book has gotten more attention," Armantrout said, "but I don"t feel as if it"s better." The first half of "Versed" focuses on the dark forces taking hold of the United States as it fought the war against Iraq. The second half looks at the dark forces casting a shadow over her own life after Armantrout was diagnosed with cancer in 2006. Armantrout was shocked to learn she had won the Pulitzer but many of her colleagues were not. "Rae Armantrout is a unique voice in American poetry," said Seth Lerer, head of Arts and Humanities at UCSD. "Versed", published by the Wesleyan University Press, did appear in a larger printing than her earlier works, which is about 2700 copies. The new edition is scheduled to appear in May.

单选题— ______ for Beijing? — Yes. And I'll come back in three months. A.Have you left B.Are you leaving C.Do you leave D.Did you leave

单选题Tim doesnt like to eat beef, so his wife________makes steak

单选题In the late 1960s, many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized. Ecologists pointed out that a cluster of tall buildings in a city often transportation and parking lot capacities. Skyscrapers are also lavish consumers, and wasters of electric power. In one recent year, the addition of 17 million square feet of skyscraper office space in New York City raised the peak daily demand for electricity by 120,000 kilowatts—enough to supply the entire city of Albany, New York, for a day. Glass-walled skyscrapers can be especially wasteful. The heat loss(or gain)through a wall of half-inch plate glass is more than ten times that through a typical masonry wall filled with insulation board. To lessen the strain on heating and air-conditioning equipment, builders of skyscrapers have begun to use double-glazed panels of glass, and reflective glasses coated with silver or gold mirror films that reduce glare as well as heat gain. However, mirror-walled skyscrapers raise the temperature of the surrounding air and affect neighboring buildings. Skyscrapers put a severe strain on a city' s sanitation facilities, too. If fully occupied, the two World Trade Center towers in New York City would alone generate 2.25 million gallons of raw sewage each year—as much as a city the size of Stamford, Connecticut, which has a population of more than 109,000. Skyscrapers also interfere with television reception, block bird flyways, and obstruct air traffic. In Boston in the late 1960s, some people even feared that shadows from skyscrapers would kill the grass on Boston Common. Still, people continue to build skyscrapers for all the reasons that they have always built them—personal ambition, civic pride, and the desire of owners to have the largest possible amount of rentable space.

单选题We drove over the forest and got to the farm.A. droveB. overC. gotD. to

单选题The number of students are playing football on the playground. A. The B. students C. playing D. on

单选题The manager talked over the requirement of the new job with him.