单选题According to the passage, what does it mean by "it's better to be painfully politically correct for a few days than thought of as the office somebody" in paragraph 6?

单选题I______to catch the 2:00 plane, but no such luck. A. have hoped B. hope C. hoped D. had hoped

单选题Businesses put lots of time and money into new plans, programs and excellent employees with the hope things will change. Yet, at the end of the effort, not much changes. What happens? In most cases, those new plans, programs and employees enter a company with an existing culture ( 文化). And plans, programs and new employees have a way of conforming to (顺应) the existing culture. The culture of your business is the result of a particular mindset, or a particular way of thinking and the general feelings about certain things. Most often, it is the mindset of the founder or people managing the business. The founder has gotten to where he is because of his skill sets, knowledge base and personal beliefs, which unfortunately all come with inherent(固有的) limits. Why? Skills, knowledge and beliefs come from what he or she already knows or has experienced. In other words, it comes from the past. We (people) try to make the past fit the future. Just because something worked in the past, doesn't mean it is suitable for the future. As the saying goes, if you do and think what you have always done and thought, you will have what you have always had. Therefore, lasting changes have to start with the way people think. To make changes in the way you think, you will be required to set goals beyond your basic abilities and continuously think them through. It is a way to train yourself and people to get out of the comfort zone where you feel happy with your knowledge and skills.

单选题-- Can you speak Russian? -- I can speak a little ______ I can't understand much.[A] and[B] but[C] otherwise[D] or

单选题 听下面五段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的[A]、 [B]、[C]三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有五秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出五秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

单选题The passage mainly tells us about______.

单选题After the birth of my second child, I got a job at a restaurant. Having worked with an experienced (36) for a few days, I was (37) to wait tables on my own. All went (38) that first week. When Saturday night came, I was luckily (39) the tables not far from the kitchen. (40) ,I still felt it a little hard to carry the heavy trays(托盘). Before I knew it, the (41) was full of people. I moved slowly, (42) every step. I remember how (43) I was when I saw the tray stand near the tables. It looked different from the one I was (44) on. It had nice handles, which made it (45) to move around. I was (46) with everything and began to (47) I was a natural at this job. Then an old man came to me and (48) ," Excuse me, dear, my wife and I loved (49) you work. It seems your tray stand has been very (50) to you, but we are getting ready to (51) now, and my wife needs her (52) back." At first his (53) did not get across. Then, I got it. I had set my trays on his wife's orthopedic walker(助听器). My face was (54) . I wanted to get into a hole and (55) .

单选题{{B}}E{{/B}}Whichpicturedoyoufindthemostinteresting?Askasmanypeopleasyoucantoseewhichpicturetheyprefer.IhavefoundthatmostpeoplepreferIllustrationA.TheshapeofthebushesinIllustrationBisthesameandtheyarethesamedistancefromtheedgeofthepicture.Thecenterofbalanceofthepictureisrightinthemiddle,andthisequalityseemstobeboring.Thisprincipleappliestoabstractshapesaswell.ThesquaresinIllustrationCareallthesame.Thereisnoreasonforustolookaroundthepicture;ifwehaveseenonesquarethenwehaveseenthemall.InIllustrationDthesquaresaredifferent,eachhasindividualcharacter.Welookfromonerectangletoanothercomparingthemandthinkingabouttheirrelationship.IllustrationDisalittlemoreinteresting.WhenwelookatIllustrationCoureyesdon'tmove;whenwelookatIllustrationDoureyesmoveastheylookateachshape.Tryitandnoticehowyoureyesmove.ShowCandDtoafriend.Positionyourselfsothatyoucanseeyourfriend'seyes.Tellyourfriendtolookateachdrawingforafewmoments,whileyoutrytoguesswhichonetheyarelookingatbythewaytheireyesmove.Everypictureismadeofshapes,spots,linesandspaces.Theshapesmaybepeopleandroadsandtreesandskies.Theymaynotrepresentanythingatall.Butthearrangementinthepicturewillalwaysbeimportant.Thearrangementcanexpresssomanydifferentfeelings,likemusic.

单选题"Family" is of course an elastic word. But when British people say that their society is based on family life, they are thinking of "family" in its narrow, peculiarly European sense of mother, father and children living together alone in their own house as an economic and social unit. Thus, every British marriage indicates the beginning of a new and independent family—hence the tremendous importance of marriage in British life. For both the man and the woman, marriage means leaving one's parents and starting one's own life. The man's first duty will then be to his wife, and the wife's to her husband. He will be entirely responsible for her financial support, and she for the running of the new home. Their children will be their common responsibility and theirs alone. Neither the wife's parents nor the husband's, nor their brothers or sisters, aunts or uncles, have any right to interfere with them—they are their own masters. Readers of novels like Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice will know that in former times marriage among wealthy families was arranged by the girl's parents, that is, it was the parents' duty to find a suitable husband for their daughter, preferably a rich one, and by skillful encouragement to lead him eventually to ask their permission to marry her. Until that time, the girl was protected and maintained in the parents' home, and the financial relief of getting rid of her could be seen in their giving the newly married pair a sum of money called a dowry. It is very different today. Most girls of today get a job when they leave school and become financially independent before their marriage. This has had two results. A girl chooses her own husband, and she gets no dowry.

单选题"And the word 'green' today can keep food prices going up, "This sentence suggests that consumers today are ______.

单选题Reading is not the only way to gain knowledge of the work in the past. There is another large reservoir which may be called experience, and the college students will find that every craftsman (工匠) has something he can teach and will generally teach gladly any college student who does not look down upon them. The information from them differs from that in textbooks and papers chiefly in that its theoretical part — the explanations of why things happen — is frequently quite fantastic. But the demonstration (示范) and report of what happens, and how it happens are correct even if the reports are in completely unscientific terms. Presently the college students will learn, in this case also, what to accept and what to reject. One important thing for a college student to remember is that if Aristotle could talk to the fisherman, so can he. Another source of knowledge is the vast store of traditional practices handed down from father to son, or mother to daughter, of old country customs, of folklore (风俗). All this is very difficult for a college student to examine, for much knowledge and personal experience is needed here to separate good plants from wild grass. The college students should learn to realize and remember how much of real value science has found in this wide and confused wilderness and how long scientific discoveries of what had existed in this area long.

单选题 In the desert world, the seasons differ from one region to another. The Gohi ,which lies roughly between 35℃ and 55℃ north of the equator, is a good example of seasonal change. Four seasons are characteristic of the Gobi: spring, summer, fall, and winter, with usually a false spring at the end of winter. These seasons are distinct, with extremes of temperature, as much as 150 between the hottest day in summer and the coldest day in winter. Spring in the Gobi usually begins about the second week April. For 2 or 3 weeks there is a period of delightful weather, with warm, sunny days and not too much wind. But these are the days of false spring. About the first of May, the tail end of winter returns, and cold, blustery days of dustburdened winds are the rule then, until early or middle June. The latter part of June, for 2 or 3 weeks after the blowy end of winter is the real spring. It spreads its rather comfortable warmth over the desert, and occasional light rains help the desert grass to come along nicely. July, or sometimes mid-June to mid-August is summer. Hot days are the rule, but the nights are cool. Wind and dust again govern the desert, but this is the season when hard rains, if they come at all, are most likely to dump water on the plains. Fall usually may be recognized by the encouraging, bright days beginning in mid-August and lasting until mid-September or the first of October. This is the time of year when both men and beasts feel best in the Gobi. The clear air, bright sun, and frosty temperatures make you glad to be alive. Winter comes with a rush anytime after the middle of September. One day you may be enjoying a pleasant temperature near the eighties. But suddenly the air cools. In a few hours the temperature has slipped below 50; and a little later cold rain changes to snow and blustering wind.

单选题It was Clark's first visit to London: Underground Railway. Against (36) advice of his friends, he decided to go there after 5 o'clock in the afternoon. This is a bad time to (37) in London, because numerous people go home from work (38) this hour. He had to join a long (39) of people who were waiting for tickets. When his turn came, he had some difficulty in making himself (40) by the man selling tickets. However, he got the right ticket (41) the end and, by asking people the (42) , he also found the right platform. It was packed fight (43) people. He did not (44) to get on the first train, but he was (45) to move nearer to the edge of the platform so as to be in a better (46) to get on the next one. When this train came in, Clark was (47) forward on to the train by the (48) of people from behind. The doors closed and the train (49) off. He was unable to see the names of the stations where the train stopped, but he knew that the station he wanted was the sixth (50) along the line. When the train got to the sixth station, Clark got off, feeling good that his (51) had been so easy. But he suddenly (52) that he had come to a station he had never heard of. He explained his difficulty to a man who was standing on the platform, With a (53) on his face, the man (54) Clark that he had caught a train going in the opposite (55) .

单选题What is the most important clue in the story to help Ken Roberts find the hare?

单选题That teacher is very good ______ children. A. over B. at C. on D. with

单选题Look ______ ! There's a car coming.A. upB. outC. backD. over