单选题 Questions 27 to 29 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.

单选题The peacekeeping force is led by ________.

单选题More than 85 percent of French Canada" s population speaks French as a mother tongue and______ to the Roman Catholic faith.

单选题About 84% of people have mental health problems and a third of the UK general public feels isolated, according to a new report. The charity Mind says young people are most likely to feel 1 society, whether they have mental health problems or not. It 2 lack of relationships, absence of support and discrimination for feelings of social 3 The charity is 4 government action on the problem. Surveys of 532 Mind members and 964 members of the general public showed people living in 5 communities and from black and ethnic communities were also more 6 to isolation. Feelings of social exclusion were most 7 mong people with mental health problems and often 8 to their illness. Of the Mind members surveyed, 80% said isolation made it harder for them to 9 or cope with their mental health problems. Many blamed relationship problems or lack of close relationships stemming from their mental health problems as a 10 cause of isolation. 11 lack of money and lack of support services also featured 12 Ready use of a telephone was mentioned most often as the support 13 to help overcome isolation. Mind said many people with mental health problems were 14 to a life of social segregation because of a vicious cycle of isolation, 15 by stigma and prejudice. Chief executive Richard Brook said: "Most people already know that it"s good to talk, 16 when you"re in mental distress it isn"t always that 17 If the crucial links are 18 , things can 19 rapidly." He urged the government to take the 20 in providing better social support for those at risk.

单选题The government and Microsoft plan to sell around the world Britain"s new system for online transactions between citizens and government after its successful launch in the UK. A key step in the government"s $1.4 billion e-government program has seen online payment for the Inland Revenue"s pay-as-you-earn scheme, some Customs and Excise value added tax procedures, and claims for European Union subsidies for farmers all go live in the past month. At a presentation in Seattle today, Bill Gates, Microsoft"s co-founder and chairman, will demonstrate the British system to 400 government officials from 80 countries to show how citizens and businesses can interact with government over the Internet. "Although some US states are using leading edge technology, Europe in general, and the UK in particular, is well ahead in implementing e-government initiatives. It should put the citizen at the center of government," says Davide Vigano, general manager of public sector at the software group. "The projects have been implemented in just 15 weeks using Microsoft"s net technology," said Andrew Pinder, the government"s e-envoy. "This is a key piece of infrastructure, brought in on time and on budget," he said. The secure transaction technology is to be rolled out through about 200 central government departments and agencies and 482 local government institutions over the next five years in the drive to have all of the government online by 2005. The successful implementation is a coup for Microsoft which is trying to build up its enterprise software business and has targeted e-government. It has about 1,000 staff dedicated to government business. "This is a milestone for Microsoft," said Barry Goffe, group manager, net enterprise solutions at the Redwood, Washington state-based company. "Two years ago, when the technology for successful integration did not exist, we would have walked away." The hardware was supplied by Dell, and the servers are managed by Cable and Wireless. The technology is based on XML, a new language protocol that allows information to be labeled and then easily exchanged between computers on different platforms. "People want to hang on to their legacy systems which have been massive investments, but integrating these has proven difficult and expensive in the past. It"s astonishing how the friction has been wiped out by XML, which reduces paperwork, reduces complexity and slashes costs," said Mr. Goffe.

单选题It was reported to have occurred ______.

单选题What does Betty say about making friends in a new place?

单选题Recreational runner Carrie Johnston usually doesn't feel hungry after a (1) sweat. Exercise (2) Johnston's appetite, but she knows she needs to (3) lost calories following a workout. "When I come home from a good run, I force myself to eat supper," says Johnston, a dietitian at McMaster University in Hamilton. (4) , Johnston says many female athletes let good eating habits go and risk health (5) thinness. Johnston, who works in the bone-marrow transplant unit at McMaster, has a background in sports (6) . In 1997, while a student at the University of Guelph, she (7) Prof. Heather Keller on a study for her (8) on the eating habits of female athletes. The (9) person with eating disorders is driven by a desire to look svelte, says Johnston. But her study focused on athletes who eat less to lower weight and body fat (10) the belief it will improve (11) . The study involved (12) 22 elite female athletes between ages 15 and 25 over three months. "Years ago when we didn't know any better it was thought that (13) lighter meant running better," says Johnston, adding that's still the mentality of many competitive runners, as well as other (14) like gymnasts and swimmers. Johnston's study (15) consumed 400 to 700 fewer calories daily than recommended for their (16) training. Even when training more as they got closer to competing, they failed to (17) more food (18) for energy. Initially, race (19) tend to improve when a runner loses some weight, but then they hit a (20) and plummet, says Johnston.

单选题With unemployment tide throughout the rich world, more and more young people are seeking internships. Many firms, nervous about the future, are 1 to hire permanent staff until they have 2 them. Intern-recruitment agencies are 3 to help. Inspiring Interns, a London firm, boasts that it can provide 4 interns within three days. It 5 300 applicants a day, and claims that 65% of the interns it has placed have been hired. Many intern candidates have no previous job experience and only a 6 notion of 7 work involves. Inspiring Interns screens them 8 personality tests, coaches them on interview 9 . Many internships are unpaid; the firm charges employers ￡500 a month for each intern plus 10% of the starting salary 10 an intern is hired permanently. Some 11 that unpaid internships are exploitative. They also worry that only well-heeled youngsters can 12 to work for nothing. If an internship is the first step on the career ladder, the less 13 will never climb it. Others disagree. They think anything that gives people an opportunity to 14 experience is a good thing. Official statistics about internships are not enough, 15 surveys by the National Association of Colleges and Employers 16 that they work quite well. The average hourly wage for an intern studying for a bachelor"s degree in America is $16.21, 17 arty organisations 18 pay nothing. Most important, more than 60% of interns in America are 19 offered full-time jobs. Staff who first work as interns are also more likely to 20 than those who do not.

单选题How does GDP differ from GNP?

单选题People have no trust ______ his words.

单选题Questions 11 to 13 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"Why don't you give up smoking?" she said. She ______. A. asked why didn't I give up smoking B. asked why I don't give up smoking C. advised me to give up smoking D. suggested me not to give up smoking

单选题{{B}}SECTION A CONVERSATIONS{{/B}} {{I}} Questions 1 to 3 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation.{{/I}}

单选题 A wise man once said that the only thing necessary for triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. So, as a police officer, I have some urgent things to say to good people. Days after days my men and I struggle to hold back a tidal wave of crime. Something has gone terribly wrong with our once-proud American way oflife. It has happened in the area of values. A key ingredient is disappearing, and I think I know what it is: accountability. Accountability isn't hard to define. It means that every person is responsible for his or her actions and liable for their consequences. Of the many values that hold civilization together—honesty, kindness, and so on—accountability may be the most important of all. Without it, there can be no respect, no trust, no law—and, ultimately, no society. My job as a police officer is to impose accountability on people who refuse, or have never learned, to impose it on themselves. But as every policeman knows, external controls on people's behavior are far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment. Fortunately, there are still communities—smaller towns, usually—where schools maintain discipline and where parents hold up standards that proclaim: "In this family certain things are not tolerated—they simply are not done!" Yet more and more, especially in our larger cities and suburbs, these inner restraints are loosening. Your typical robber has none. He considers your property his property; he takes what he wants, including your life if you enrage him. The main cause of this breakdown is a radical shift in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was committed, society was considered the victim. Now, in a shocking reversal, it's the criminal who is considered victimized: by his underprivileged upbringing, by the school that didn't teach him to read, by the church that failed to teach him with moral guidance, by the parents who didn't provide a stable home. I don't believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances choose not to engage in criminal activities. If we free the criminal, even partly, from accountability, we become a society of endless excuses where no one accepts responsibility for anything. We in America desperately need more people who believe that the person who commits a crime is the one responsible for it.

单选题______, we shall go on a picnic. A. If the weather were fine B. Were the weather to be fine C. Should the weather be fine D. Had the weather been fine

单选题What does the man imply about rock-climbing at their college?

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单选题How many ______ known altogether?