单选题You ______ him so severely; you should be tolerant to him. A. shouldn't criticize B. mustn't criticize C. couldn't have been criticizing D. shouldn't have been criticizing

单选题It"s supposed to be the biggest, busiest day of the year for online shopping—and as the amount we spend online grows each year, then Christmas should bring a new record. I"m spending the day in Play. corn"s giant warehouse where they"re madly packaging up DVDs, books, games consoles and other presents which will then be dispatched across the UK. In past years I"ve visited similar giant sheds run by Amazon and Argos, and have come away with the impression that online shopping has become the way most people now deal with Christmas. But that turns out to be wrong—what"s surprising is not how much online shopping there is but how little. The latest figures from the Office of National Statistics show that just 3.9% of retail sales now take place online. There"s no doubt that online shopping is growing—though there was a bit of a hiccup last year—and is particularly popular at Christmas. So last December its share of retail sales was 3.7% compared with just 2. 8% in the summer. But it"s still very much a minority sport. Take Play. com, which says it is the UK"s second biggest online retailer. Its annual turnover is ￡450m, which makes it a respectable business—but when you look at Tesco"s UK turnover for 2008 of ￡35bn, they are still just a minnow . A decade ago, as online retailing began to take off there were all sorts of outlandish predictions of how rapidly it would grow—if you believed some pundits, the high streets would be left deserted as we all retreated to our computers to do our shopping. Some early experiments showed that it was not going to be that easy—remember Boo. com or America"s Webvan? But others learned from those disasters and continued to grow, though even Amazon"s profits look puny when compared with those churned out by Tesco. What we"ve found is that while the Internet is now the natural place for shoppers to look for books, DVDs, or gadgets, the high street remains the popular choice for a lot of other goods. Some households may choose to get their groceries online or look for designer clothes—but most food and fashion shopping still takes place in the real world. Why people choose to brave the cold and the crowds to buy presents on the high street is something of a mystery but maybe that annual ritual of endless queues, sharp elbows and slade ringing in your ears, is still more attractive than just clicking your way through your Christmas shopping.

单选题In some eases, your instructor may tell you the topics ______ or may give you a choice of top. les to write about.

单选题Nothing but some chairs ______ in the room.A. has found B. had found C. were found D. was found

单选题The president was quoted as saying "These tough new laws will send terrorists scurrying for their holes." The president chose these words to______.A. condemning terrorists by comparing them to ratsB. imply that terrorists live in run-down buildingsC. try to hide his lack of specific knowledge about terrorismD. imply that the old laws were totally ineffective against terrorism

单选题His presence is ______ of his wish to join us. A. indicative B. confirming C. positive D. evident

单选题 {{I}} 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.{{/I}}

单选题She intends to move that the committee ______ discussion on this issue.[A] suspends[B] suspend[C] will suspend[D] suspended

单选题In the world of entertainment, TV talk shows have undoubtedly flooded every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one varies in style and format. But no two shows are more profoundly opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows. Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of "trash talk". The topics on his show are as shocking as shocking can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show themes of love, sex, cheating, guilt, hate, conflict and morality to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is a display and exploitation of society's moral catastrophes, yet people are willing to eat up the intriguing predicaments of other people's lives. Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes TV talk show to its extreme, but Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show focuses on the improvement of society and an individual's quality of life. Topics range from teaching your children responsibility, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors. Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being dumped on society. Jerry ends every show with a "final word". He makes a small speech that sums up the entire moral of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable. Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show's main target audiences are middle-class Americans. Most of these people have the. time, money, and stability to deal with life's tougher problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of an association with the young adults of society. These are 18- to 21-year-olds whose main troubles in life involve love, relationship, sex, money and peers. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned underneath the show's exploitation. While the two shows are as different as night and day, both have ruled the talk show circuit for many years now. Each one caters to a different audience while both have a strong following from large groups of fans. Ironically, both could also be considered pioneers in the talk show world.

单选题 {{I}}Questions 7 to 10 are based on the following conversation. At the end of the conversation, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now, listen to the conversation.{{/I}}

单选题Where is this news reported?

单选题Only ten to twenty percent of cold viruses are transmitted by carders, who, sneezing and coughing, ______the viruses into the air.

单选题There are several ______ to your plan.A. alternativesB. alternationsC. alternatorsD. alternativeness

单选题The war broke out ______. A. suddenly in 1939 in Poland B. in 1939 suddenly in Poland C. suddenly in Poland in 1939 D. in Poland in 1939 suddenly

单选题______ had she finished the poem ______ the students began to ask her questions. A. As soon as...than B. No sooner...than C. As soon as...when D. No sooner...when

单选题Both men and women, nine times out of ten, are firmly______ of the superior excellence of their own performance.