单选题The number of students are playing football on the playground.

单选题The contract between the two companies will {{U}}expire{{/U}} soon. A.shorten B.start C.resume D.end

单选题My most favorite sport is basketball ,and I'm a member of our basketball team.

单选题Surprisingly, the nation's high rate of unemployment has only affected ______ stock prices in the technology market so far. A. a little B. a few C. most of D. much of

单选题The larger a machine and the more numerous its parts, the greater likelihood of a breakdown and the more expensive to repair. What has been said about market forces and management was necessarily oversimplified. The economies of modern industrial nations are large and very complex. To be sure, there is management, and there are market forces at work, but there are also many other factors that help or hinder economic function. In modern industrial societies, governments play a large role. There is a great amount of regulation, most of it meant for the protection of the public. All regulations affect the way businesses operate, often increasing their costs and reducing their profits. Lower profits, in turn, reduce the amount of money which is known as working capital that a company can use for expansion. Auto emission standards, for instance, have had a significant impact on the manufacture and pricing of automobiles. Other government policies such as taxation, budget deficits, and regulation of the money supply have an effect on how much money is available for people to spend on goods and services. International crises and other conditions also affect the working of an economy. A severe frost in Brazil can ruin a coffee crop and raise the price of that commodity. War can cut off the supply of such resources as petroleum, chromium, or copper. In the United States environmental protests have slowed the development of nuclear energy capacity and the mining of vast tracts of protected land. Weather affects agriculture, a hot, dry summer can damage the wheat crop; floods can destroy thousands of acres of crops suddenly; and insect pests can devastate cropland with a rapid onslaught. People's attitudes also have an impact on the marketing of goods. Health-conscious individuals, for example, may stop smoking, curtail their intake of alcohol, and eat less of certain kinds of food. Advertising affects what people buy, and it can create a market where none existed. Style and fashion are significant for many consumers. There are other economic problems that are more difficult to understand. For centuries economies have been subject to periods of prosperity followed by periods of decline. Although periods of prosperity can be explained rather easily, the reasons for panics, recessions, and depressions are of a complex nature. So many factors contributed to the Great Depression of the 1930s, for example, that no economist has ever been able to account for all of them. Because the causes of decline are uncertain, the remedies are equally uncertain. In the late 20th century all industrialized societies through their governments have tried to stabilize economies, keep them prosperous, and reduce unemployment. None of the remedies has worked to the extent that was hoped. How economies work and what remedies can be found to keep them operating efficiently are the tasks of economists, who must work together with businessmen and politicians.

单选题The presentation of this evening's winners will commence ______ at seven following dinner at six. A. precise B. precision C. precisely D. preciseness

单选题______ alone in the dark room, the little girl was so frightened as to cry loudly.

单选题Economic Recovery on the Way Economic experts are predicting that the poorly performing domestic economy will recover in the next financial quarter. After months of economic recession, local companies (44) to make larger profits. Ted Wilder, a leading authority in the field, suggests that the reasons for the positive outlook can largely be attributed to recent (45) . Laws enacted by the federal government last month granting benefits and subsidies to the manufacturing industry have greatly increased production, leading to record numbers of goods being shipped overseas. The (46) . in exports is also having a positive impact on the rest of the economy.

单选题The old ______ well looked after by the government in China. A. is B. are C. has been D. was

单选题Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York—he in computers, she in special education. "Teaching means everything to us", Tim would say. In April 1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life' s purpose. Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton' s foundation(基金会)that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's home town of Sevier, Tennessee. "I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire," Tim recalls. He placed the brochure on his desk, "as a reminder." Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts. The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see. "We didn't want to give the children rubbish," says Linda. The books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members-included classics such as Ezra Jack. Keats' s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney' s Llama series. Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative "This program introduces us to books I've never heard of." The Richters spend about $400 a month sending books to 200 children. "Some people sit there and wait to die," says Tim. "Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left."

单选题Allthesales.com Customer Claim FormOrder Number:058-9199 Item Details: Date: August 15 History of Atlantis: The Lost Land [paperback] by Frank Whittman Name: Sandra WaringClaim Details:I purchased the above item on July 6 from All The Sales and was informed that the estimated delivery date for the order was between July 9 and July 28. When the item hadn't arrived by August 5, I called the customer service number listed on the Web site. I left a message on the automated recording system but did not receive a response. I left a second message on August 11 but still received no response. As I need the item right away, I plan to purchase a copy from a local bookstore. Therefore, I am asking for a full refund for the cost of this order, as the charge has already appeared on my credit card statement.To: Sandra.waring@email.comFrom: customerservice@allthesales.comDate: August ISDear Ms. Waring,Your claim has been received and assigned reference number AZ10114. Please be advised that most claims are resolved within 7 days of the date when the claim is filed.We apologize for the inconvenience you experienced with your order. Our records indicate that your order was shipped on July 7 via standard ground shipping. We are currently investigating this matter further and will contact you with our findings within 48 hours. If your claim is approved, we will issue a refund in the same form as your original payment was made. Credit card reimbursements take 5 business days to process, while refunds for checks and money orders are sent within 24 hours by special delivery.Deodre SkehanCustomer Service DepartmentAllthesales.com

单选题These days, vending machines can be found in office buildings as______as in stores and hotels.

单选题The issue is how to______of radioactive waste.

单选题Sports and games are very useful to character--training.A. andB. areC. usefulD. to

单选题The teacher told us that the earth ran around the sun. A. told B. that C. ran D. the

单选题If there were no hungry problem, the people of the world ______ a much happier time in their daily life. A. should have B. will have C. must have D. have

单选题A history of long and effortless success can be a dreadful handicap, but, if properly handled, it may become a driving force. When the United States entered just such a glowing period after the end of the Second World War, it had a market eight times larger than any competitor, giving its industrial unparalleled economies of scale. Its scientists were the world's best, its workers the most skilled. America and Americans were prosperous beyond the dreams of the Europeans and Asians whose economies the war had destroyed. It was inevitable that this primacy should have narrowed as other countries grew richer. Just as inevitably, the retreat from predominance proved painful. By the mid-1980s, Americans had found themselves at a loss over their fading industrial competitiveness. Some huge American industries, such as consumer electronics, had shrunk or vanished in the face of foreign competition. By 1987 there was only one American television maker left, Zenith. (Now there is none: Zenith was bought by South Korea's LG electronics in July.) Foreign-made cars and textiles were sweeping into the domestic market. America's machine-tool industry was on the ropes. For a while it looked as though the making of semiconductors, which America had invented and which sat at the heart of the new computer age, was going to be the next casualty. All of this caused a crisis of confidence. Americans stopped taking prosperity for granted. They began to believe that their way of doing business was failing and that their incomes would therefore shortly begin to fall as well. The mid-1980s brought one inquiry after another into the cause of America's industrial decline. Their sometimes sensational findings were filled with warnings about the growing competition from overseas. How things have changed! In 1995 the United States can look back on five years of solid growth while Japan has been struggling. Few Americans attribute this solely to such obvious causes as devalued dollar or the turning of the business cycle. Self-doubt has yield to blind pride. "American industry has changed its structure, has gone on a diet, has learned to be more quick-witted." according to Richard Cavanagh, executive dean of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. "It makes me proud to be an American just to see how our business are improving their productivity." says Stephen Moore of the Cato Institute, a think-tank in Washington, DC. And William Sahlman of the Harvard Business School believes that people will look back on this period as "a golden age of business management in the United States./

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单选题All Dressed Up，a popular song by j azz musician Lonny Dangerfield，is featured in __________for Bridgeport Custom Tailors．

单选题"HOMESTAY NETWORK" STUENDT GUIDELINES On arrival at your new home: ·Try to remember the names of your host family. If unsure about how to address them, it is okay to ask how they would like to be called. For example, if it is impolite in your country to call someone elder by their first name. ask if it's okay to add Mr. or Mrs. In front of their names. Some Americans do not like to be addressed this way because it makes them feel old. ·Show your family that you are grateful for being your host. But do not give expensive gifts. It is, however, considered appropriate to bring inexpensive handcrafts from your country or a small gift for the children of the host family. ·Your host family will be curious to know more about you. Bring photos of your family and friends to share with them. This is also a great way to break the ice with them. ·After you get settled, your host family will help you make a call to your parents to assure them that you have arrived safely. ·After you've had dinner, you may ask the host family to be excused early. They will be fully aware of the fact that you might be jetlagged, so feel free to ask them. On your first day of school: ·On your first day of school, your host family will take you to school and help you with the necessary registration paperwork. ·Your host family will also make sure that you know your way to and from school. They will also teach you how to use public transportation. ·When traveling alone, you should al all times carry a map and the phone number of your host family. ·In case you are lost and cannot get in touch with your host family, you can contact the "Homestay Network".