单选题He has a very small room and most of the space is ______ by a grand piano. A. taken up B. covered up C. held up D. kept up

单选题Speaker A: I need to go to the drugstore. I have a bad cold, and my head is all stuffed up. Speaker B: ______ A. Oh, that's too bad. I hope you feel better soon. B. As far as I know, there is a drugstore around the corner. C. I don't catch a cold as often as you do. D. Would you like me to close the window? It's cold outside.

单选题A: Firstly, allow me to introduce myself. My name is John Brown, manager of the company. B: ______

单选题Speaker A: Can you tell me something about your company?Speaker B:________. Our company was established in 1953. We produce a wide variety of electronic equipment, A．I am glad. B．Good idea. C．You are welcome. D．My pleasure.

单选题Man: I've been waiting all week for this concert. The performance is said to be excellent and with a student discount, the tickets will be really cheap.Woman: Ah-huh. I'm afraid I left my student ID card in the dorm.Question: What does the woman imply?

单选题He has been studying here for three years, by next summer he ______.

单选题Most of our fears are unreasonable, but we find ______.

单选题Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Clubs have both taken the opportunity to travel to Spain this month to train in less testing weather conditions than those which have, quite literally, already blown around the UK in January of 2007. Each group of athletes has been focused on training to the maximum, working on technique and molding themselves into two potential fighting units per Club for the 2007 Boat Race, sponsored by Xchanging. One set will be in the Blue Boat for each club and one set will race as reserves in Isis, for Oxford, and Goldie, for Cambridge. In these modern times, the Head Coach for each club has a huge input on selection even though the crew is still named by the President. Just twenty years ago the balance was not quite the same. The year 1987 will always be remembered in the history of this great Race as the year of the "mutiny" at Oxford. It is a tale which has since been retold and reworked in both a book and a movie. This was the season for which mature Scottish student, Donald Macdonald, was elected President, having all ready won a Blue in 1986. Macdonald re-appointed Daniel Topolski (now a renowned rowing journalist and broadcaster) as Chief Coach. Part of the 1986/87 squad at Oxford included American Chris Clark, now a coach at an American University, and four fellow US internationals. Allegedly, a split appeared in the squad between the American quintet, all experienced and leading oarsmen, and those rowers closest to Macdonald. The Scot's group were happy to follow Topolski's regime whilst the others were not so sure. Following a contentious seat racing trial in January of 1987, Topolski decided to move Clark to the bow-side of the beat. Clark disagreed. Topolski held firm. As a result Clark and his "group" within the squad decided not to ROW and sought a takeover. The squabble was played out extensively in the UK national media and caught the public imagination. MacDonald sought support from the college captains and eventually won a vote of confidence by 28 votes to 11. Without the Americans, the Oxford crew was immediately considered a lost cause. Cambridge were overwhelming favorites to win. As it turned out, though, this was a Race which would prove why sport, and particularly The Boat Race, can be so fascinating.

单选题Before he finally sent its copies off to be handed out among members of the committee, he went over it again and made sure that no item of importance was ______. A. checked out B. crossed out C. dropped out D. left out

单选题{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}} Cars account for half the oil consumed in the U.S. , about half the urban pollution and one fourth the greenhouse gases. They take a similar toll (损耗) of resources in other industrial nations and in the cities of the developing world．As vehicle use continues to increase in the coming decade, the U.S. and other countries will have to deal with these issues or else face unacceptable economic, health-related and political costs. It is unlikely that oil prices will remain at their cur- rent low level or that other nations will accept a large and growing U. S. contribution to global climatic change. Policymakers and industry have four options: reduce vehicle use, increase the efficiency and reduce the emissions of conventional gasoline-powered vehicles, switch to less harmful fuels, or find less polluting driving systems. The last of these—in particular, the introduction of vehicles powered by electricity-is ultimately the only sustainable (可持续的) option The other alternatives are attractive in theory but in practice are either impractical or offer only marginal improvements. For example, reduced vehicle use could solve traffic problems and a host of social and environmental problems, but evidence from around the world suggests that it is very difficult to make people give up their cars to any significant extent. In the U.S. mass-transit rider ship and carpooling (合伙用车) have declined since World War Ⅱ. Even in western Europe, with fuel prices averaging more than＄1 a liter (about ＄ 4 a gallon) and with easily accessible mass transit and dense populations, cars still account for 80 percent of all passenger travel. Improved energy efficiency is also appealing, but automotive fuel economy has barely made any progress in 10 years. Alternative fuels such as natural gas, burned in internal-combustion engines, could be introduced at relatively low cost, but they would lead to only marginal (边缘的最低限度的) reductions in pollution and greenhouse emissions (especially because oil companies are already spending billions of dollars every year to develop less polluting types of gasoline).

单选题A: What are you and Joe doing this weekend, Michelle? Would you be free to come over for drinks after dinner sometime?B: ______. A. No, no. I think you and Mike should come over for dinner. B. Hey, thank you, Pat. That sounds nice. I don't think we have made any plans yet. C. It's hard to decide now. D. We are doing nothing this weekend. What about you?

单选题Speaker A: Wow, Greg. Those sunglasses are something. They look good on you. Speaker B: ______ A. Thanks. I got them on sale a few weeks ago. B. And they're very well made. They are made of a new type of glass. C. But they are expensive. Do you know how much they cost me? D. Do you want to have a pair like this? I can tell you where you can get them.

单选题A: Did everything come out as exactly as you planned? B: ______

单选题Speaker A: Nancy, you look very well.Speaker B: Thank you, Jane. You look wonderful too. Your weekend swimming must have done good to you.Speaker A: ______. A. You think so? That's encouraging. B. That's very kind of you. C. Are you serious? Thank you anyway. D. Are you kidding? I don't believe it.

单选题Having spent two days on one subject and ______ two days on the other subject, I am now ready for the exam.

单选题So loudly ______ that even people in the next room could hear him.

单选题His business prospered and he became a person of means. Yet, despite his great riches, he gave no arms to the needy and no thanks to his benefactors whose savings ______ to his welfare. A. had contributed B. contributed C. were contributed D. did contribute

单选题A: We came so close, really. We almost won that game!B: ______.

单选题Although salt is now seen as harmful to health, it has been used for centuries as method of ______ foods. A. maintaining B. preserving C. manufacturing D. reserving

单选题Most critical plot points in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone came from J. K. Rowling's imagination, but Flamel and his powerful pebble were legendary long before Harry went to Hogwarts. The 14th century alchemist created the philosoper's stone (called "sorcerer's" in U.S.editions of Potter ), with which he turned mercury to gold and gained eternal life. But Flamel's tale—like his stone and his science—was no more real than a magic. The philosopher's stone was the key to alchemy, the medieval predecessor to chemistry that aimed to cure all illnesses, make the elixir of life, and transmute base metals into gold. The last made perfect sense at the time. The Aristotelian theory of elements stated that all things consisted of fire, air, water, and earth. So a little shift in one metal's composition could create gold. Flamel was renowned as an alchemical success. In 1382, after 25 years of studying an ancient book by "Abraham the Jew", he is said to have produced the philosopher's stone. His texts, notably a deconstruction of the "Abraham" work, were standard reading for aspiring scientists like Isaac Newton. Many alchemists believed Flamel faked his 1418 death and that of his wife. Rumored sightings in the 18th century placed them at the Paris Opera. As late as 1816 there were reports of people searching Flamel's former house for secrets of the stone. Contemporary historians say, a Nicolas Flamel did live in Paris in the 1300s and endowed many churches and hospitals with his wealth. But he was no alchemist. "He got his money in pedestrian ways—his wife's earlier marriages, real-estate speculation," says lawrence Principe, author of The Aspiring Adept. Anachronisms, style of language, and the lack of earlier copies indicate that none of "his" writings originated prior to the 1500s. "This sort of thing happens in alchemy," says Bill Newman, author of alchemical history Gehennical Fire. When an alchemist couldn't back up his ideas, he might publish them in the guise of a "lost" work. Flamel's wealth made a good candidate for alchemical identity theft. Flamel writings and sightings faded with alchemy's prestige. And the closest anyone's come to the philosopher's stone is Rowling. In her hands, it has yielded not just gold but eternal (shelf) life as well.