单选题The naughty boy was looking forward to ______ to David"s birthday party.

单选题I recently wrote an autobiography in which I recalled many old memories. One of them was from my school days, when our ninth grade teacher, Miss Raber, would pick out words from the Reader"s Digest to test our vocabulary. Today, more than 45 years later, I always check out "It pays to Enrich your Word Power" first when the Digest comes each month. I am impressed with that idea, word power. Reader"s Digest knows the power that words have to move people—to entertain, inform, and inspire. The Digest editors know that the big word isn"t always the best word. Take just one example, a Quotable Quote from the February 1985 issue: "Time is a playful thing. It slips quickly and drinks the day like a bowl of milk." Seventeen words, only two of them more than one syllable, yet how much they convey! That"s usually how it is with Reader"s Digest. Small and simple can be profound. As chairman of a foundation to restore the Statue of Liberty, I"ve been making a lot of speeches lately. I try to keep them fairly short. I use small but vivid words: words like "hope", "guts", "faith", "dreams". Those are words that move people and say so much about the spirit of America. Don"t get me wrong. I"m not against using big words, when it is right to do so, but I have also learned that a small word can work a small miracle—if it"s the right word, in the right place, at the right time. It"s a "secret" that I hope I never forget.

单选题Is your job doing harm to your health? If you are like a lot of American workers today, you experience a significant amount of stress in work. Stress doesn"t just make you unhappy at work. It can affect your health. Doctors say people under stress have higher blood pressure, even when they are away from work. And they are at a higher risk for death from any cause than those who are more relaxed. How do you know if your job could be a risk to your health? Some danger signs include difficulty getting to sleep or difficulty waking up in the morning, forgetfulness, aches and pains for no apparent reason, a desire to eat less or tendency to eat poorly, loss of interest in activities, etc. Everyone has bad days in which they feel many of these symptoms, but if you have noticed several of them, and you have experienced them for months, you may need to do something. If you notice these signs in yourself or your loved one, check with your doctor to eliminate other possibilities. If the cause does appear to be stress, experts say you should try to make time for yourself away from work. Try relaxing in a warm bubble bath, listening to music and shutting out the world for a while.

单选题(A) Every time I smell jasmine (茉莉) I can see myself again in the garden of that large house in Cornwall. The year is 1971, the month is March and the sun is shining. And when I smell a certain type of suntan oil (防晒油), I am back again in the Greek islands. Or it"s the smell of lavender which reminds me of my grandmother. Smell is one of the most evocative (唤起……的) of all the senses, but it"s the most difficult to recall. This is because only a small area of the brain is used in smell. Most people, however, can recognize at least 4,000 different smells, and women usually have a better sense of smell than men. It seems that our ideas of what smells are pleasant or unpleasant is something that we learn at about the age of three or four. It is not something we are born with. How do we learn what smells good and what doesn"t? And how do we know that some smells, like a smell of burning, mean danger? Flowers such as jasmine and lavender are one thing, but what about the smell of people? Each human being has a unique odor (气味). A one-month old baby can recognize its mother by smell. In many parts of the world people greet each other by sniffing (闻) the face or the hands. The kiss began as a sniff and New Zealand Maoris, and Eskimos still sniff when they meet one another. In modern times we use soap and perfume (香水) to replace our natural odor.

单选题Bamboo probably has more uses than ______ in the world.

单选题Thank you for purchasing the TX5 mainboard as heart of your computer"s system. We hope this instruction book will enable you to install TX5 in your system safely and without any errors. Although you may be familiar with some of the concepts we will explain, please read them again to avoid any problems.

单选题We agreed to meet at the railway station but so far she hasn"t ______ yet.

单选题Not until the president came in ______ all the other members had been already seated.

单选题Barbara is easy to recognize as she"s the only of the women who ______ evening dress.

单选题It was in 2002 ______ Yao Ming joined Huston Rocket Team of NBA.

单选题 (B) Some years ago, an American policeman found a woman lying near a lonely road. She did not appear to have had an accident, but she was trembling, and clearly in a state of shock, so he rushed her to the nearest hospital. She began to tell the doctors on duty a story which was astonishing. She had been driving along a country road when she had been stopped by a flying saucer (飞碟) landing in front of her. She had been forced to leave the car and enter the flying saucer by creatures which looked like human beings and which could easily make themselves understood although they could not speak. It was as though they could read her thoughts and she theirs. They treated her politely and allowed her to leave after carrying out a number of tests on her. As she otherwise seemed to be normal, the doctor decided that she was probably suffering from the side effects of some drug. The woman insisted on being allowed to go home, but when she gave her address it was in a town over a thousand miles from the hospital. The police then started to look into the matter and soon discovered that there was already a search going on for the woman, whose husband had reported that she had disappeared. Her car had been found with the driver's door open and the engine running. In front of the car the surface of the road had been completely destroyed not by an explosion or anything of that kind, but as though a large, circular, white-hot object had burnt through it.

单选题Not only I but also Tom and Mary ______ fond of collecting stamps.

单选题Mary has not got a good mark in the final exam. She ______ very hard all these days.

单选题The police ______ the woods for the thief for five hours. A. are searching B. have been searching C. were searching D. searched

单选题They climbed to the top of the hill ______ they could get a bird"s eye-view of the sky.

单选题The high wishes that parents place on children are another cause of generation gap.

单选题It takes more power to do a job in two minutes than ______ the same job in two hours.

单选题Many people want to be famous, but don"t know how. Here, I"d like to tell about how to become known or get closer to people. There are certain qualities that you have to remember while 1 people, be it a friend, a neighbor or anybody 2 you. The first thing is to remember their names and birthdays and never 3 them if you want to get closer to them, because this is 4 you start getting closer to people. You will have to reduce 5 about yourself and start listening a lot. One of the important 6 which can be used to get closer to people is to listen to them. 7 in today"s management studies, listening is a very basic necessity in 8 such as business negotiations and international exchanges. 9 people to speak about themselves and be 10 interested in them. Another quality you will have to 11 is to appreciate people because everybody needs appreciation, but do not 12 it too far. If you are appreciating, let it be from the 13 of your heart. Everybody has got some good qualities or other which can be 14 . So appreciate the good qualities. See to it that they don"t feel 15 . Always remember to have a smile 16 your face whenever you meet people, because people don"t like crying faces. Develop a good 17 of humor. Most important of all is to be 18 . So by all these you must know the 19 to reach people. Try those essentials 20 you will see people getting closer to you.

单选题He"s all right ______ he"s left to do the job in his own way.

单选题With so many friends ______ him, he was too happy to speak.