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. Now, listen to the news.

单选题We are to _________ our house according to our financial capability.

单选题It was argued that the infliction of capital punishment was ______ to the public and that there was no real evidence of its deterrent effect.A. degradingB. shamefulC. disgracingD. depressing

单选题He did nothing but ______ letters home all this afternoon.A. to writeB. writingC. writeD. wrote

单选题The face of the Moon is changed by collisions with meteoroids, ______ new craters to appear. A. cause B. causing C. caused D. have caused

单选题______ the center of our planetary system was considered as heresy by the church in the Middle Ages. A. It is the sun and not the earth B. That the sun and not the earth C. Being the sun and not the earth D. The sun and not the earth

单选题The meaning of the underlined word "anonymity" (Par

单选题What is the reading assignment for Thursday?

单选题______, he would not have recovered so quickly. A. Hadn't he been taken good care of B. Had he not been taken good care of C. Had not he been taken good care of D. Had he been not taken good care of

单选题What can we learn from the first paragraph?

单选题With increasing prosperity, Western European youth is having a fling that is creating distinctive consumer and cultural patterns. The result has been the increasing emergence in Europe of that phenomenon well-known in America as the "youth market". This is a market in which enterprising businesses cater to the demands of teenagers and older youths in all their rock mania and pop-art forms. In Western Europe, the youth market may appropriately be said to be in its infancy. In some countries such as Britain, West Germany and France, it is more advanced than in others. Some manifestations of the market, chiefly sociological, have been recorded, but it is only just beginning to be the subject of organized consumer research and promotion. Characteristics of evolving European youth market indicate dissimilarities as well as similarities to the American youth market. The similarities: The market"s basis is essentially the same—more spending power and freedom to use it in the hands of teenagers and older youth. Young consumers also make up an increasingly high proportion of the population. As in the United States, youthful tastes in Europe extend over a similar range of products—records and record players, transistor radios, leather jackets and "way-out", extravagantly styled clothing, cosmetics and soft drinks. Generally it now is difficult to tell in which direction trans-Atlantic teenage influences are flowing. Also, a pattern of conformity dominates Europe youth as in this country, though in Britain the object is to wear clothes that "make the wearer stand out," but also make him "in," such as tight trousers and precisely tailored jackets. Worship and emulation of "idols" in the entertainment field, especially the "pop" singers and other per-formers is pervasive. There"s also the same exuberance and unpredictability in sudden fad switches. In Paris, buyers of stores catering to the youth market" carefully watch what dress is being worn by a popular television teenage singer to be ready for a sudden demand for copies. In Stockholm other followers of teenage fads call the youth market "attractive but irrational." The most obvious differences between the youth market in Europe and that in the United States is in size. In terms of volume and variety sales, the market in Europe is only a shadow of its American counterpart, but it is a growing shadow.

单选题According to the context, "capital investment" refers to money

单选题What is the report mainly about?

单选题It is said that this taxi driver was ______ for the road accident this morning.

单选题The job performance of the new employee leaves a lot to be desired . The underlined part means ______.

单选题America will never again have as a nation the spirit of adventure as it ______ before the West was settled.