单选题Not only ______ polluted but ______ crowded.

单选题A: ______.B： Just a second. I'll have to check that. A. How much more would it cost to send this special delivery? B. Is there anything else? C. Do you feel like going to see Paul and Claire tonight? D. When will you come?

单选题For these reasons, the newspaper is having ______ problems in the north of the country. A. distribution B. regulation C. recognition D. destruction

单选题Our planet is like d big spaceship. Our atmosphere acts 【1】 a shield against harmful radiation and space debris. 【2】 holds the air and people on the spaceship, 【3】 everything doesn''t float away. Each of us is an astronaut and our spaceship, the earth, provides our food and water. The sun is our energy 【4】 and without it we would not be able to survive. 【5】 every spaceship, the earth is a closed system. The only thing we receive from the outside is energy from: the sun. Everything else must be used 【6】 again. We astronauts don''t seem to realize that this spaceship is the 【7】 one we''ve got We 【8】 its resources and waste the energy that the plants have stored from the sun. If we 【9】 our spaceship, we will destroy ourselves as well Maybe if we look at the universe which surrounds us, we will appreciate our own spaceship more and take 【10】 care of it.

单选题By the end of this century, the population of the world ______, and so may the population of the small country. A. will be doubled B. may be double C. will have to be doubled D. may have been doubled

单选题The parents were much kinder to their youngest child than they were to the others, ______, of course, made the others jealous. A. which B. that C. what D. who

单选题Woman: It's awfully dark for four o'clock. Do you think it's going to rain? Man: You'd better do something about that watch of yours. It must have stopped hours ago. Mine says seven. Question: What conclusion can we draw from this conversation? A. Neither of their watches keeps good time. B. The woman's watch stopped 3 hours ago. C. The man's watch goes too fast. D. It's too dark for the woman to read her watch.

单选题Man: How do most students find a job after they graduate? Woman: They usually look for a job by searching the want ads in the newspaper. Question: What does the woman mean? A. Most students would like to work for a newspaper. B. Most students find a job by reading advertisements. C. Most students find it hard to get a job by reading advertisements. D. Most students don't want jobs advertised in the newspapers.

单选题{{B}}Passage One{{/B}} The brain drain (人才流失) is a universal phenomenon, and countries that don't face up to the new reality will be losing some of their most precious resources. The northeast of England is its poorest region, and has experienced a severe loss of highly qualified professionals-to-be. Some of the most able 18-year-olds are going to other parts of Britain, even to other countries. What is happening here is happening to Britain as a whole. Most noticeably, there is a growing trend of British students' taking degrees in American universities. This year the number will break the psychological barrier of 1 000 students for the first time. And what is happening at the secondary-school level is happening to higher education. Wherever they come from, today's students have a very different perspective on education from their parents. Because of television, the Internet and their own travels, these students see the world as a much smaller place than their parents once did. They are more confident in accepting the challenge of moving from one country to another, from one culture to another; in many eases they can even apply to schools over the Internet. Students are also more aware of the overall cost of education and are looking for value for money. Plus, for many, education linked to travel is a better option than education at home. In the context of student globe-trotters (周游世界者), as world-class British universities like Oxford suddenly find themselves fighting over British students with the Harvards of the world, they face major challenges. It is not simply that Harvard is a wealthier institution: Harvard University's endowment— $14.5 billion—is estimated to be ten times that of Oxford. Harvard also offers a radically different educational experience, stressing breadth of study and real-world applications of knowledge. Today, bound in by nearly a millennium of tradition and lacking sufficient financial help from the national government, Oxford cannot easily respond to the quickened global pace of educational change. Rightly or wrongly, Oxford in particular has been slow—or unwilling—to put the kind of emphasis other universities have on more business-friendly curricula (课程). Thus it has slipped behind universities like Cambridge and Harvard in the battle for resources that tend to go to more business-minded institutions. Education is an expensive business, but the consequences of a failure to educate—especially in an increasingly globalized world—are even more expensive.

单选题Woman: Shouldn't someone go pick up the clothes from the laundry? They were ready three hours ago. Man: Don't look at me, Mom. Question: What does the boy mean? A. He is unwilling to fetch the laundry. B. He has already picked up the laundry. C. He will go before the laundry is closed. D. He thinks his mother should get the clothes back.

单选题Woman: I can’t forgive myself for that terrible mistake I have made. Man: Well, don’t be too hard on yourself. It happens to the best of us. Question: What does the man mean?

单选题Visitors to this country are normally admitted for six months, but foreign students can usually stay for one year. They must (54) an educational institution, and they are required to study for a (55) of fifteen hours a week on a daytime course. Prospective students have to show that they can afford their studies, and that they have sufficient (56) resources to support themselves (57) in this country. In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, (58) must be applied for by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of Employment has the right to grant or (59) these permits, and there is little that can be done (60) it; it would be extremely unwise for a foreign visitor to work (61) a permit, since anyone doing so is liable to immediate deportation (驱逐出境). There are some people from the European countries, who are often given (62) residence permits of up to five years. Some other people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, authors and others can work without permits, and foreign students are normally allowed to (63) part-time jobs while they are studying here.

单选题Americans usually consider themselves a friendly people. Their friendships, however, tend to be shorter and more casual than friendships among people from other cultures. It is not uncommon for Americans to have only one close friend during their lifetime, and consider other "friends" to be just social acquaintances. This attitude probably has something to do with American mobility and the fact that Americans do not like to be dependent on other people. They tend to "compartmentalize" (划分) friendships, having "friends at work" , "friends on the softball team" , "family friends" , etc. Because the United States is a highly active society, full of movement and change, people always seem to be on the go. In this highly charged atmosphere, Americans can sometimes seem brusque (无礼的) or impatient. They want to get to know you as quickly as possible and then move on to something else. Sometimes, early on, they will ask you questions that you may feel are very personal. No insult is intended; the questions usually grow out of their genuine interest or curiosity, and their impatience to get to the heart of the matter. And the same goes for you. If you do not understand certain American behavior or you want to know more about them, do not hesitate to ask them questions about themselves. Americans are usually eager to explain all about their country or anything "American" in which you may be interested. So much so in fact that you may become tired of listening. It doesn't matter, because Americans tend to be uncomfortable with silence during a conversation. They would rather talk about the weather or the latest sports scores, for example, than deal with silence. On the other hand, don't expect Americans to be knowledgeable about international geography or world affairs, unless those subjects directly involve the United States. Because the United States is not surrounded by other nations, some Americans tend to ignore the rest of the world.

单选题Man: Why don't you dress up a little when you're out with your friends?Woman: That's a good idea!Question: What does the man suggest?

单选题Nowhere else in the world ______ more attractive scenery than in China.

单选题______ divorce is often the only satisfactory solution for married couples who can no longer stand the sight of each other, it can have a shocking effect on their kids.

单选题______ that a society like the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is still needed in a civilized country? A. How does it come B. How it comes C. How did it come about D. How did it come

单选题Woman: I can't stand him any more. So picky and fussy! Man: What can you say? He pays for your bread. Question: What does the man mean?

单选题She was among the most ______players in the game ,but the car accident ruined everything.

单选题{{B}}Passage One{{/B}} Researchers said it was clear that the world's oceans play a major role in queuing up rapid climate changes, but that thus far the mechanics (机制，结构) of such changes were poorly under stood. "It's like being blindfolded and walking toward the edge of a cliff," said Wallace Brocker, a professor of environmental sciences at Columbia University. "We don't understand (the factors) so we don't really know what to look for." Using ice cores drilled from glaciers and other ice sheets, the researchers have developed a model showing world temperatures' rising and falling with unsettling frequency over the past110 000 years. While some of the changes have been slow and steady, such as the end of the last Ice Age some 12 000 years ago, others have been swift and unexpected, such as the rapid warming of the North Atlantic from 1920 to 1930 and the Dust Bowl drought of the 1930s. The most drastic temperature changes—believed to be as much as 18 degrees Fahrenheit over the space of just a few years—exceed any recorded in human history, they said．This was not in tended to alarm the public, but that they hoped it would stimulate policy makers to prepare for the possibility of rapid temperature flux. Greenhouse gases, emitted by fossil fuels such as oil and coal, have been linked by many re searchers to a rise in global temperatures. A 1997 Kyoto Treaty on global warming sought to cut emissions of such gasses by developed nations, but the Bush administration this year spurned (轻蔑或傲慢地拒绝) the treaty, saying pollution controls would be too costly for the U.S. economy. The NAS panel called for research to identify what it described as "no-regrets" measures that would cost relatively little and would be good policies regardless of the extent of environmental change. Such measures could include regulations to reduce damage to water, air and land, or slow climate change, or helping societies cope with abrupt climate changes by developing new financial instruments such as weather derivatives (衍生证券) and catastrophe bonds to reflect the risks. Societies have faced both gradual and abrupt climate changes for millennial and have learned to adapt through various mechanisms, such as moving indoors, developing irrigation for crops, and migrating away from inhospitable (不适宜居住的) regions. It is important not to be fatalistic (宿命论的) about the threats posed by abrupt climate changes.