单选题______ Shenzhen you see today is quite ______ different city from what it used to be. A.The; / B./; the C.The; a D.A; the

单选题Some people would rather ride bikes as bike riding has ______ of the trouble of taking buses.[A] nothing[B] none[C] some[D] neither

单选题Laziness is a sin, everyone knows that. We have probably all had lectures pointing out that laziness is immoral, that it is wasteful, and that lazy people will never amount to anything in life. But laziness can be more harmful than that, and it is often caused by more complex reasons than simple wish to avoid work. Some people who appear to be lazy are suffering from much more serious problems. They may be so distrustful of their fellow workers that they are unable to join in any group task for fear of ridicule or fear of having their ideas stolen. These people who seem lazy may be paralyzed by a fear of failure that prevents fruitful work. Or other sorts of fantasies may prevent work; some people are so busy planning, sometimes planning great deals or fantastic achievements that they are unable to deal with whatever "lesser" work is on hand. Still other people are not avoiding work; strictly speaking, they are merely procrastinating—rescheduling their day. Laziness can actually be helpful. Like procrastinators(拖延者),some people may look lazy when they are really thinking planning, contemplating, researching. We should all remember that some great scientific discoveries occurred by chance or while someone was "goofing off(游手好闲)". Newton wasn't working in the orchard when the apple hit him and he devised the theory of gravity. All of us would like to have someone "lazy" build the ear or stove we buy, particularly if that "laziness" were caused by the worker's taking time to check each step of his work and to do his job right. And sometimes, being "lazy"—that is,taking time off for a rest —is good for a overworked student or executive. Taking a rest can be particularly helpful to the athlete who is trying too hard or the doctor who's simply working himself overtime too many evenings, at the clinic. So be careful when you're tempted to call someone lazy. That person may be thinking, resting, or planning, his or her next book.

单选题Why do people on the Channel Islands follow French way of living?

单选题People may have different opinions about Karen, but I admire her. ______ , she is a great musician.

单选题The old lady used to have breakfast at 8 when she lived alone. But now she ______ at 9.

单选题A long-range health study in Framingham, Massachusetts, which began in 1948 and continues to this day, involves checking those who remain alive among the same 5 200 men and women every two years and carefully determining the causes of any deaths occurring in the group. A rather astonishing conclusion that became known in 1980 was that the lightest men had the shortest life expectancy (预期寿命) while the only others for whom weight seemed to have a significant (有意义的，重要的) opposite effect on life expectancy were those who weighed more than 25% above the national average. Much the same was true of women, with those in the lightest and heaviest groups dying earliest. These results certainly threw many doubts on the validity (有效性) of the Ideal (理想的) Weights tables in use since the forties which speak in favor of weight to height ratios (比率) well be low the national average. Indeed, they suggest that if any such idea] exists, it is slightly above the average, whatever fashion may be.

单选题听第7段对话，回答第8～10题。

单选题After putting the Japanese watch in water for 20 minutes, two scientists found ________.

单选题As time went on, the theory she had stuck ______ correct.

单选题WhyisiteasierforthewomantolearnEnglish?

单选题{{B}}D{{/B}} Robert Spring, a 19th century forger (伪造者), did well in his job that he was able to make his living for 15 years by selling false signatures of famous Americans. Spring was born in England in 1813 and arrived in Philadelphia in 1858 to open a bookstore. At first he made some money by selling his small but real collection of early US autographs (亲笔签名). Discovering his ability at copying handwriting, he began to learn the signatures of George Washington and Ben Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To reduce the chance of being discovered, he sent his works to England and Canada for sale. Forgers have a difficult time selling their products. A forger can't go to a respectable buyer but must deal with people who don't have much knowledge in the field. Forgers have many ways to make their works look real. For example, they buy old books to use the aged paper of the title page, and they treat paper and ink with chemicals. After the Civil War, Britain was still fond of the southern states, so, Spring invented a respectable lady known as Miss Fanny Jackson, the only daughter of General "Stone Wall" Jackson. For several years Miss Fanny's money problems forced her to sell a great number of letters belonging to her famous father. Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. All this activity did not prevent Spring dying in poverty.

单选题Didthemanwatchthematch?A.No,hedidn't.B.Yes,hedid.C.Hemissedthefirstpart.

单选题In this passage the words "gobble up" mean _______.

单选题I wasn’t sure whether I had come to ____ right office. There was no name on ____ door.

单选题CARIFF, Wales poets, singers and musicians from across the globe gathered in Wales to celebrate the tradition of storytelling. "It might seem strange that people still want to listen to it instead of watching television, but this is an unusual art form whose time has come again," said David Ambrose, director of "Beyond the Border", an international storytelling festival in Wales. "Some of the tales, like those of the Inuit from Canada, are thousands of years old. So our storytellers have come from distant lands to connect us with the distance of time," he said early this month. Two Inuit women, both in their mid 60s, are among the few remaining who can do Kntadjait, or throat singing, which has few words and much sound. Their art is governed by the cold of their surroundings forcing them to say little but listen attentively. Ambrose started the festival in 1993, after several years of working with those reviving storytelling in Wales. "It came out of a group of people who wanted to reconnect with traditions and as all the Welsh are storytellers, it was in good hands here," Ambrose said.

单选题—I went on a trip to Singapore last month.[A] So did I, too[B] So went I[C] So did I[D] Sol did I

单选题Why do we measure the distance in light-years instead of miles?

单选题Didthemanhaveabadheadache?A.Yes,hedid.B.No,hedidn't.C.Wearenotsure.