单选题Which type of newspaper contains a number of entertainment and advertising supplements?

单选题Perhaps open government' s effect has been greatest in______.

单选题 {{B}}TEXT A{{/B}} Like land, labor is means of production. In non-industrial societies, access to both land and labor comes through social links such as kinship, marriage, and descent. Mutual aid in production is merely one aspect of ongoing social relationships that are expressed on many other occasions. Non-industrial societies contrast with industrial nations in regard to another means of production — technology. In bands and tribes manufacturing is often linked to age and gender. Women may weave and men make pottery or vice versa. Most people of a particular age and gender share the technical knowledge associated with that age and gender. If married women customarily make baskets, most married women know how to make baskets. Neither technology nor technical knowledge is as specialized as it is in states. However, some tribal societies do promote specialization. Among the Yanomani of Benezuela and Brazil, for instance, certain villages manufacture clay pots and others make hammocks. They don't specialize, as one might suppose, because certain raw materials happen to be available near particular village. Clay suitable for pots is widely available. Everyone knows how to make pots, but not everybody does so. Craft specialization reflects the social and political environment rather than the natural environment. Such specialization promotes trade, which is the first step in creating an alliance with enemy village. Specialization contributes to keeping the peace, although it has not prevented intervillage warfare. Among the Trobriand Islanders of the South Pacific, Malinowski found that only two out of several villages manufactured certain ceremonial items that were important in a regional exchange network called the kula ring. As among the Yanomani, this specialization was unrelated to the location of raw materials. We don't know why this specialization began, but we do know that it persisted within the kula ring, which allied several communities and islands in a common trade network.

单选题What is the temperature in Cambridge?

单选题{{I}} Question 23 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 5 seconds to answer the question. Now listen to the news.{{/I}}

单选题The Battle of Normandy was fought during World War Ⅱ in the summer of 1944, between the Allied nations and German forces occupying Western Europe. More than 60 years later, the Normandy Invasion, or D-Day, remains the largest seaborne invasion in history, involving nearly three million troops crossing the English Channel from England to Normandy in occupied France. Operation Overlord was the codename for the Allied invasion of northwest Europe. The assault phase, or the establishment of a secure foothold, was known as Operation Neptune. Operation Neptune began on D-Day (June 1, 1944) and ended on June 30, when the Allies had established a firm foothold in Normandy. Operation Overlord also began on D-Day, and continued until Allied forces crossed the River Seine on August 19. The battle began months before the invasion, when Allied bombers began to pound the Normandy coast and farther south, to destroy transportation links, and disrupt the German army"s build-up of their military strength. More than 300 planes dropped 1.3,000 bombs over Normandy in advance of the invasion. Six parachute regiments, with more than 13,000 men, also went ahead to cut railroad lines, blow up bridges, and seize landing fields. Gliders also brought in men, light artillery, jeeps, and small tanks. With the invasion of Normandy, General Dwight D. Eisenhower faced a task of magnitude and hazards never before attempted. He would have to move his forces 100 miles across the English Channel and storm a heavily fortified coastline. His enemy was the weapon-and-tank-superior German army commanded by Erwin Rommel, one of the most brilliant generals of the war. Less than 15 percent of the Allied forces coming aboard the ships had ever seen combat. An invading army had not crossed the unpredictable and dangerous English Channel since 1688. Once the massive Allied force set out, there was no turning back. The Allies boasted a 5,000-vessel armada that stretched as far as the eye could see, transporting both men and vehicles across the channel to the French beaches. In addition, the Allies had 4,000 smaller landing craft and more than 11,000 aircraft. By nightfall on June 6, more than 9,000 Allied soldiers were dead or wounded, but more than 100,000 had made it ashore and secured French coastal villages. Within weeks, supplies were being unloaded at Utah and Omaha beachheads at the rate of more than 20,000 tons per day. By June 11, more than 326,000 troops, 55,000 vehicles, and 105,000 tons of supplies had been landed on the beaches. By June 30, the Allies had established a firm foothold in Normandy. Allied forces crossed the River Seine on August 19. Military intelligence was an important part of the Normandy invasion. British and American cryptographers working in London deciphered coded messages that the German believed to be unbreakable. Messages could quite often be delivered to Eisenhower within two and a half hours of the time the Germans had sent it. In addition, reconnaissance teams took infrared pictures of Omaha Beach while avoiding German patrols. There is no official casualty figure for D-Day. It is estimated that more than 425,000 Allied and German troops were killed, wounded, or went missing during the battle. That figure includes more than 209,000 Allied casualties. In addition to roughly 200,000 German troops killed or wounded, the Allies also captured 200,000 soldiers. Captured Germans were sent to American prisoner-of-war camps at the rate of 30,000 per month, from D-Day until Christmas 1944. Between 15,000 and 20,000 French civilians were killed during the battle. In the end, the invasion of Normandy succeeded in its objective by sheer force of numbers. By July I944, some one million Allied troops, mostly American, British, and Canadian, were entrenched in Normandy. During the great invasion, the Allies assembled nearly three million men and stored 16 million tons of arms, munitions, and supplies in Britain. The occupation of Normandy was crucial for the Western Allies to bring the war to the western border of Germany. If the Normandy invasion had not occurred, there could conceivably have been a complete possession of northern and western Europe by Soviet forces.

单选题The main idea of the news is ______.

单选题Which of the following sentences expresses "probability"?A. You must leave immediately.B. You must be feeling rather tired.C. You must be here by eight o'clock.D. You must complete the reading assignment on tim

单选题 Questions 15 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the passage.

单选题The small company isn"t ______ of handling an order that large.

单选题We can infer from the passage that the writer is ______.

单选题How long has the violence lasted?

单选题Questions 21 and 22 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.

单选题Were it not for the snowy weather, we ______ all right.A. would beB. would have beenC. wereD. may be

单选题Label on bottle of medicine: It is dangerous to exceed the started ______. A. drops B. measure C. dose D. limit

单选题Race remains a prominent and ______ issue in the United States, which has struggled to overcome a legacy of slavery and discrimination.

单选题Around a dozen young men dressed as beautiful girls and competing on TV by singing and dancing have grabbed the eyeballs of the nation. At the same time, they have stoked intense controversy. Liu Zhu, one of the cross-dressing Happy Boys contestants, is among the 50 finalists in the show's district competition in Chengdu. He and others have convincingly presented themselves as not only good-looking girls but also as talented performers. In doing so, they have gained millions of young fans nationwide. They also have lots of critics. Among them are many parents with teenage sons. They worry that their children will follow the example of the "drag queens" on TV and ruin their futures. So what is your opinion? Should TV stations allow transvestites, or young men dressed as girls publicly, to perform and compete? YES There is no law against young men dressing as girls, so there is no reason to prohibit them from doing so on TV. 1) Chinese culture is full of artistic performances in which men dress as women or vice versa. Peking Opera performer Mei Lanfang is just one fine example. He played women his whole life and was regarded as one of the greatest Chinese artists. 2) The Happy Boys contestants' drag performance doesn't mean they are homosexual or transsexual. They may be doing it only because they find it interesting and artistically challenging. A good example is the former "Happy Girl" Li Yuchun. She has been well received for her wholesome tomboy look. 3) Today's China is an unprecedentedly open and tolerant society. Homosexual or transgender lifestyles are not prohibited by law, or regarded as a disease. Young people have the right to express their sexual orientation. NO Today's China and Chinese people are not yet ready to accept transvestites on TV. 1) It is one thing to say we respect people's privacy and their sexual orientation. But flaunting homosexuality on TV is probably a little too much for China at this moment. The power of media Could influence and mislead other young people into adopting such a lifestyle. 2) There still exists wide-spread prejudice against homosexuality in China. Parents worry that their young sons might copy the drag performers and ruin their future. It's understandable that parents don't want their children to fail victims to discrimination. 3) The success of the transvestite performers may lead to a wave of "fake transvestites" who dress up as women simply to impress judges. This would be very disrespectful of real transvestite artists.

单选题The students have expected for the winter holidays for they want to experience the feeling that work is ______ into money. A. transcended B. transplanted C. translated D. transacted