单选题When dining ont, you can ask for ______.

单选题WhatdoesSallydointhesupermarket?A.Workingatthemeatcounter.B.Workingintheproducesection.C.Carryinggroceriesoutofthestoreforcustomers.D.Checkingthequalityofthemilkproducts.

单选题At the European Commission in Brussels, they have a joke about the work interpreters do— "Languages", they say, "have nothing to do with interpretation, it helps to know them. "Anyone thinking of becoming an interpreter would bear this so well in mind. Translating languages, especially in a political context, involves far more than mere linguistic ability. To work in an international organization, such as the United Nations, you need to be approved by one of the various international translators or 'interpreters' associations. To achieve this, you must experience rigorous and lengthy training, either at an accrediting organization's own school, or on a postgraduate course at university. But a qualification in languages is not the only route into the job. At London's University of Westminster, candidates get offered a place on the interpreter's course if they can show that they have "lived a bit", in the words of one lecture. Young people who have just left university often lack adequate experience of life. The University also looks for candidates who have lived for long time in the countries where their acquired languages are spoken. They are also expected to have wide cultural interests and a good knowledge of current affairs. This broad range of interests are essential in a job which can require interpreting discussions of disarmament(裁军) on Monday, international fishing rights on Tuesday, multinational finance on Wednesday , and the building and construction industry on Thursday. Interpreters also rely on adrenaline (肾上腺素)—which is caused by the stress and challenges of the job—to keep them going through their demanding schedules. Many admit that they enjoy the buzz of adrenaline they get from the job, and it's known that their heart rates speed up while they are working. It's also a job with its own risks and excitement. Interpreters are needed in war zones as well as in centers of international diplomacy, like the U. N.

单选题Whymusttheymeetat7:00?[A]Becausethey'regoingtoplanttrees.[B]Becausetheydon'tknowtheway.[C]Becausetheyhavetowalkthere.

单选题In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally ______1______themand the job they do-although there are certain people who do not believe that the police______ 2______have the power that do. What does a policeman actually do? It is not______3______job to describe. After all, a policeman hasa number of jobs in ______ 4______ . In Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and ______ 5______most of histime______ 6______up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to keep the traffic ______7______and help when there is an accident. A policeman has to help keep the ______ 8______ , too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance,we ______ 9______the police to come and restore order. And they often have to ______ 10______situation at greatrisk to their own ______ 11______. We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman,______ 12______ he is not a detective, will often have to help ______ 13______and arrest criminals. And ______ 14______ do we call when there is an emergency-an air crash, a ______ 15______ , a road accident,or a robbery? We call the police.______ 16______a policeman has to be______ 17______to face any unpleasant e-mergency that may happen in the ______ 18______world. The police do an absolutely necessary job, they do it ______ 19______ well and I support them, but I do not envy policemen, I do not think that I could ______ 20______do the job of a policeman.

单选题How jury panels(全体陪审员) are examined and selected is controlled by statute (法规), court rules, local practices, and the judge's preferences. (偏爱)Your first step must always be to determine how a jury is selected in your judge' s courtroom. When in doubt, ask the judge or his court personnel. (全体人员) Them are many variations(变化) in jury selection methods, but most are based on the two principal systems used today. The first is generally known as the "strike system". Under this sys- tem every juror in the venire is questioned under one of the methods described earlier. As each juror is questioned, the lawyers simply fill out a sheet, often a printed form, that lists each juror in succession. (连续)When the last juror has been questioned, the lawyers for each party designate (指示) those jurors against whom they wish to exercise peremptory (最后的) challenges. The lawyers then give their lists to the judge, who compares them and then simply calls the first 12 names -- assuming a 12 person jury -- that have not been challenged by any party. These 12 become the jury. Alternate (轮流的) jurors, if necessary, are simply the next unchallenged names on the lists. The strike system has advantages and disadvantages. Its disadvantage is that it requires questioning every prospective (未来的) juror in the venire. Its advantages, which probably account for its growing popularity, are that it avoids most of the gamesmanship of the selection process and keeps jurors from knowing which party used a peremptory challenge against them. The traditional jury selection method, still common today, simply fills the jury box with the necessary number of jurors. Only the prospective jurors in the box are questioned under one of the methods described above. When each has been questioned, the plaintiff's lawyer will exercise the permptory challenges he wishes to use at that time. The challenged jurors are excused (免除) and they are replaced by new jurors from the venire, who usually sit in the back of the courtroom. The new jurors in the box are then questioned, and plaintiff's (原告) lawyer again can exercise permptory challenges against them. This process continues until plaintiff's attorney (律师) accepts the panel and "tenders (提出) the panel" to the defense lawyer then goes through the same steps, exercising his peremptory challenges, replacing the challenged jurors with new jurors from the venire, and continuing with this process until the defendant' s lawyer is satisfied with the pan- el. He then accepts the panel and tenders it back to the plaintiff. The plaintiff' s lawyer can then exercise peremptory challenges against jurors he had not previously (以前) accepted. This process goes back and forth until both sides accept the same panel of jurors. Alternate jurors, if necessary, are picked through the same process. The traditional method also has advantages and disadvantages. Its advantage is that only those jurors in the jury box need to be questioned. Its disadvantages are that it permits a great deal of gamesmanship during the selection process. Keep in mind that the two selection methods described above are not the only methods employed. There are numerous (很多的) variations of these methods. The safest course is always to learn in advance how the jury for your particular (特定的) case and in front of the particular judge will be selected.

单选题 More attention was paid to the quality of production in France at the time of Rene Coty. Charles Deschanel was then the financial minister. He stressed that workmanship and quality were more important than quantity for industrial production. It would be necessary to produce quality goods for the international market to compete with those produced in other countries. The French economy needed a large share of the international market to balance its import and export trade. French industrial and agricultural production was still inadequate to meet the immediate needs of the people, let alone long-ranged developments. Essential imports had stretched the national credit to the breaking point. Rents were tightly controlled, but the extreme inflation affected general population most severely through the cost of food. Food costs took as much as 80 percent of the workers' income. Wages, it is true, had risen. Extensive family allowances and benefits were paid by the state, and there were full-time and over-time employment. Taken together, these factors enabled the working class to exist but allowed them no sense of security. In this precarious and discouraging situation, workmen were willing to work overseas for higher wages. The government was reluctant to let workers leave the country. It was feared that this migration of workers would deplete the labor force. The lack of qualified workers might hinder the improvement in the quality of industrial products produced. Qualified workers employed abroad would only increase the quantity of quality goods produced in foreign countries. Also the quantity of quality goods produced in France would not be able to increase as part of its qualified labor force moved to other countries.

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单选题 Sign language has become a scientific hot button. Only in the past 20 years have specialists in language study realized that sign languages are unique—a speech of the hand. They offer a new way to probe how the brain generates and understands language, and throw new light on an old scientific controversy-whether language, complete with grammar, is something that we are born with, or whether it is a learned behavior. The current interest in sign language has roots in the pioneering work of one rebel teacher at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., the world's only liberal arts university for deaf people. When Bill Stokoe went to Gallaudet to teach English, the school enrolled him in a course in signing. But Stokoe noticed something odd. among themselves, students signed differently from his classroom teacher. Stokoe had been taught a sort of gestural code, each movement of the hands representing a word in English. At the time, American Sign Language (ASL) was thought to be no more than a form of pidgin English (混杂英语). But Stokoe believed the "hand talk" his students used looked richer. He wondered, might deaf people actually have a genuine language? And could that language be unlike any other on Earth? It was 1955, when even deaf people dismissed their signing as "substandard". Stokoe's idea was academic heresy It is 37 years later. Stokoe—now devoting his time to writing and editing books and journals and to producing video materials on ASL and the deaf culture—is having lunch at a care near the Gallaudet campus and explaining how he started a revolution. For decades educators fought his idea that sign languages are natural languages like English, French and Japanese. They assumed language must be based on speech, the modulation (调节) of sound, but sign language is based on the movement of hands, the modulation of space."What I said," Stokoe explains, "is that language is not mouth stuff—it's brain stuff."

单选题 You will hear some dialogues or monologues. Before listening to each one, you will have time to read the questions related to it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have time to read your answer. You will hear each piece ONLY ONCE. Questions 11～14 are based on the following conversation.

单选题In order to continue the marriages of the shiftworkers,______.

单选题When can a fairy story terrify a child according to the author?

单选题The United States Congress is a bicameral legislature. Two Houses-Senate and House of Representatives make the laws. Before a bill may be sent to the President to sign, both houses must approve. When great agreement exists on a bill, the law moves quickly. However, most suggested laws are complex and relate to interests and conflicts which need debate and careful consideration. 　　Both houses of Congress use the committee system to handle the numerous bills. A bill is referred to the committee responsible for that category ― whether taxation, foreign affairs, housing or whatever. In the committee the bill is studied, arguments are collected for and against, and advice is gathered from experts on the subject. Citizens have the chance to influence legislation through the committee system. If the committee votes favorably, the bill goes before the entire house. Usually committee approval means favorable action by the Senate and House of Representatives. 　　As a result, membership on the more important committees is eagerly sought. How long a senator or representative has served in Congress is most important in assigning committee memberships Usually the majority political party receives a majority of the memberships of each committee. In this way the party controls decisions because the real work and power of Congress lies in the system of committees. Some people protest that this system restricts laws, but most see this as the system that works best.

单选题 Questions 18～21 are based on the following conversation.

单选题A nutritionist does diet studies by ______.

单选题WhyareLondontaxidriversveryefficient?A.Becausetheyhaveadrivinglicense.B.Becausetheyhavereceivedspecialtraining.C.BecausethetrafficconditionsinLondonaregood.D.Becausethetrafficsystemofthecityisnotverycomplex.