单选题The electric fan does not work because of the ______ of service. A. pause B. break C. interruption D. breakdown

单选题Most children with healthy appetites are ready to eat almost anything that is offered them and a child rarely dislikes food 21 it is badly cooked. The 22 a meal is cooked and served is most important and an 23 served meal will often improve a child"s appetite. Never ask a child 24 he likes or dislikes a food and never 25 likes and dislikes in front of him or allow 26 else to do so. If the father says he hates fat meat or the mother 27 vegetables in the child"s hearing he is 28 to copy this procedure. Take it 29 granted that he likes everything and he probably 30 . Nothing healthful should be omitted from the meal because of a 31 dislike. At meal times it is a good 32 to give a child a small portion and let him 33 back for a second helping rather than give him as 34 as he is likely to eat all at once. Do not talk too much to the child 35 meal times, but let him get on with his food, and do not 36 him to leave the table immediately after a meal or he will 37 learn to swallow his food 38 he can hurry back to his toys. Under 39 circumstances must a child be coaxed (哄骗) 40 forced to eat.

单选题His manner was so pleasant that Bolla felt at ______ with him at once.[A] peace[B] large[C] ease[D] best

单选题How many dictionaries have been quoted which give the definition of Censorship only in this article?

单选题When the Cultural Revolution was launched in China, his father ______ college. A. attended B. had been attending C. was attending D. has been attending

单选题Burton said he could not swim until the ______ came in because the sea was too far out.

单选题Which country has not signed the free- trade agreement with Iraq?

单选题Why can't visitors enjoy real English food?

单选题Centuries ago, man discovered that removing moisture from food helps to preserve it, and that the easiest way to do this is to expose the food to sun and wind. In this way the North American Indians produce pemmican (dried meat ground into powder and made into cakes), the Scandinavians make stockfish and the Arabs dried dates and "apricot leather". All foods include water—cabbage and other leaf vegetables contain as much as 93% water, potatoes and other root vegetables 80%, lean meat 75% and fish, anything from 80% to 60%, depending on how fatty it is. If this water is removed, the activity of the bacteria which cause food to go bad is checked. Fruit is sun-dried in Asia Minor, Greece, Spain and other Mediterranean countries, and also in California, South Africa and Australia. The methods used vary, but in general, the fruit is spread out on trays in drying yards in the hot sun. In order to prevent darkening, pears, peaches and apricots are exposed to the fumes of burning sulfur before drying. Plums, for making prunes, and certain varieties of grapes for making raisins and currants, are dipped in an alkaline solution in order to crack the skins of the fruit slightly and remove their wax coating, so as to increase the rate of drying. Nowadays most foods are dried mechanically. The conventional method of such dehydration is to put food in chambers through which hot air is blown at temperatures of about 110℃ at entry to about 43℃ at exit. This is the usual method for drying such things as vegetables, minced meat, and fish. Liquids such as milk, coffee, tea, soups and eggs may be dried by pouring them over a heated steel cylinder by spraying them into a chamber through which a current of hot air passes. In the first case, the dried material is scraped off the roller as a thin film which is then broken up into small, though still relatively coarse flakes. In the second process it falls to the bottom of the chamber as a fine powder. Where recognizable pieces of meat and vegetables are required, as in soup, the ingredients are dried separately and then mixed. Dried foods take up less room and weigh less than the same food packed in cans or frozen, and they do not need to be stored in special conditions. For these reasons they are invaluable to the climbers, explorers and soldiers in battle, who have little storage space. They are also popular with housewives because it takes so little time to cook them. Usually it is just a case of replacing the dried-out moisture with boiling water.

单选题Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.

单选题Jason ______ up a textile mill near the upper reaches.

单选题Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.

单选题Small farms and the lack of modern technology have ______ agricultural production.A. blunderedB. tangledC. bewilderedD. hampered

单选题 {{I}} Questions 23 and 24 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the news.{{/I}}

单选题Why is it that the global telegraph network was truly revolutionary?