单选题Howlongwilltheadultsandteenagersinthisprogramlivetogether?A.Fiveweeks.B.Sixweeks.C.Sevenweeks.D.Eightweeks.

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单选题According to the passage, the Empire Builder enjoyed an increase in rider ship and? profits because______ .

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单选题{{B}}Part A{{/B}}{{I}} You will hear 10 short dialogues. For each dialogue, there is one question and four possible answers. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D, and mark it in your test booklet. You will have 15 seconds to answer the question and you will hear each dialogue ONLY ONCE.{{/I}}

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单选题 {{I}}Questions 19 to 22 are based on the passage you have just heard.{{/I}}

单选题The author believes that television in the United States has become important to most people because ______.

单选题______of the apples in the fruit market are soft and sweet. [A] Two-third [B] Two-thirds [C] Second-third

单选题 {{B}}Text{{/B}} There are two aspects which determine an individual's intelligence. The first is the brain he is born{{U}} (26) {{/U}}. Human brains differ considerably, {{U}}(27) {{/U}}being more able than others. {{U}}(28) {{/U}}no matter how good a brain he has to begin with, an individual Will have a low order of intelligence{{U}} (29) {{/U}}he has opportunities to learn. So the second aspect is what{{U}} (30) {{/U}}to the individual — the environment in which he is brought{{U}} (31) {{/U}}. If an individual is handicapped{{U}} (32) {{/U}}, it is likely that his brain will{{U}} (33) {{/U}}to develop and he will{{U}} (34) {{/U}}attain the level of intelligence of which he is{{U}} (35) {{/U}}. The importance of environment in determining an individual's intelligence can be{{U}} (36) {{/U}}by the case history of the identical twins, Tom and Mike. When the twins were three months old, their parents died, and they were placed in{{U}} (37) {{/U}}foster homes. Ton, was reared by parents of low intelligence in an{{U}} (38) {{/U}}community with poor educational{{U}} (39) {{/U}}. Mike, {{U}}(40) {{/U}}was educated in the home of well-to-do parents who had been to college. This environmental{{U}} (41) {{/U}}continued until the twins were{{U}} (42) {{/U}}their late teens, {{U}}(43) {{/U}}they were given test to{{U}} (44) {{/U}}their intelligence. Mike's I. Q. was 125, twenty-five points higher than the{{U}} (45) {{/U}}and fully forty points higher than his identical brother.

单选题 Text Today, most countries in the world have canals. Many countries have built canals near the coast, and parallel (26) the coast. Even in the twentieth century, goods can be moved more cheaply by boat than by any other (27) of transport. These (28) make it possible for boats to travel (29) ports along the coast without being (30) to the dangers of the open. Some canals, such as the Suez and the Panama, save ships weeks of time by making their (31) a thousand miles shorter. Other canals permit boats to reach cities that are not (32) on the coast, still other canals (33) lands where there is too much water, help to (34) fields where there is not enough water, and (35) water power for factories and mills. The size of a canal (36) on the kind of boats going through it. The canal must be wide enough to permit two of the largest boats using it to (37) each other easily. It must be deep enough to leave about two feet of water (38) the keel of the largest boat using the canal. When the planet Mars was first (39) through a telescope, people saw that the round disk of the planet was criss-crossed by a (40) of strange blue-green lines. These were called "canals" (41) they looked the same as canals on earth (42) are viewed from an airplane. However, scientists are now (43) that the Martian phenomena are really not canals. The photographs (44) from space-ships have helped us to (45) the truth about the Martia "canals".

完形填空Generations of Americans have been brought 【26】 to believe that a good breakfast is important for health. Eating breakfast at the 【27】 of the day, we have ail been 【28】 ,is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car 【29】 starting a trip. But for many people the thought of food first in the morning is by 【30】 pleasure. So 【31】 ail the efforts, they still take no 【32】 . Between 1978 and 1983, the latest year for which figures are 【33】 ,the number of people who didn''t have breakfast increased 【34】 33 percent ― from 8.8 million to 11.7 million 【35】 the Chinese ― based Market Research Corporation of America. For those who feel pain of 【36】 about not having breakfast, 【37】 there is some good news. Several studies in the last few years 【38】 that, for adults especially, there may be nothing 【39】 with omitting breakfast. "Going 【40】 breakfast does not affect 【41】 "Said Arnold E. Bendoer, former professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London, 【42】 does giving people breakfast improve performance. 【43】 evidence relating breakfast to better health or 【44】 performance is surprisingly inadequate, and most of the recent work involves children, not 【45】 "The literature," says one researcher, Dr. Emesto Pollitt at the University of Texas, "is poor."

完形填空It is exciting to apply for a job that really appeals to you. In making your application, there are a number of points for you to 【26】 . In your letter of application, aim to say just enough to give a good 【27】 of yourself, without being 【28】 . If you are answering an advertisement, any information for 【29】 it asks must, of course, be given. This will usually 【30】 your scholastic record and 【31】 education and training. You may also be asked to give the names of one or two persons to 【32】 references, for this purpose you should choose people who know you 【33】 enough to vouch(担保)for your character and ability; and in courtesy(礼貌) ,you should seek in 【34】 their permission to be named as referees. It will depend on 【35】 how much you can usefully add about yourself. Your 【36】 is to bring to the 【37】 of the employer any good reason why you rather 【38】 any of the other applicants should be chosen for the job. If 【39】 you feel you have any special skill or aptitude for the work 【40】 , for example, any 【41】 interest in the line of business, let this be known. Finally, 【42】 is your use of language. You cannot go 【43】 if you keep your sentences and paragraphs short, making sure the sense is clear and well expressed. Choose 【44】 words so long as they 【45】 your meaning.

完形填空In common with many countries, Britain has serious environmental problems. In 1952, more than 4,000 people died in London because of the smog. The government 【26】 new laws to stop smog from coal fires and factories and the 【27】 improved a lot. Today, London is much cleaner 【28】 there is a new problem: smog from cars. In December 1991, there was very 【29】 wind in London and pollution 【30】 a lot, which led to 160 deaths in just four days. 【31】 of the problem is the new "out of town" shopping centers. In the past, people often【32】 to shops near their homes or went by bus. Today, many people drive to the new shopping centers. 【33】, the small shops have 【34】 and more people have to go a long way to 【35】 their shopping. Critics say that Britain needs better and cheaper public 【36】. Many people are trying to【37】 the use of cars in Britain. Some cities now have special bicycle 【38】 and many people ride to work. Some people also 【39】 to work together in one car to reduce the pollution and the 【40】. Sometimes people take " direct 【41】 ". In 1995, for example, many people wanted to 【42】 a new road near Newbury. They built houses 【43】 trees and lived there for many months. It 【44】 a long time to force the people out of the trees 【45】 work on the road could continue.

完形填空A special lab at the University of Chicago is busy only 【26】 . It is a dream 【27】 where researchers are at work 【28】 dreamers. Their findings have concluded that 【29】 dreams from three to seven times each night, 【30】 in ordinary life a person may 【31】 none or only one of his dreams. While the 【32】 sleep, special machines 【33】 their brain waves and eye movements as well as the body movements that 【34】 the end of a dream. Surprisingly, all subjects 【35】 soundly. 【36】 say that a person usually fidgets before a dream. 【37】 the dream has started, his body relaxes and his eyes 【38】 more active, as if the curtain 【39】 on a show. When the machine 【40】 that the dream is over, a buzzer wakes the 【41】 He sits up, records his dream, and goes back to sleep ― perhaps to 【42】 some more. Researchers have found that if the dreamer, is 【43】 immediately after his dream, he can usually recall the entire dream, If he is allowed to sleep even 【44】 his 【45】 of the dream will have faded.

完形填空At present groups of scientific workers, often 【26】 by their governments, spend their time in 【27】 the 【28】 of earthquakes. It is very 【29】 that they will be able to 【30】 earthquakes or influence the direction of their movements, which are determined by events far below the surface of the earth. But the facts they report and the theories 【31】 by those facts may enable scientists to 【32】 the centers of future earthquakes and even 【33】 the time of their 【34】 . It is only when the 【35】 of events that we call an earthquake can be seen as a pattern that predictions can be made. Part of this pattern is external and 【36】 or capable of being recorded by 【37】 instruments above the earth'' s surface. Scientists and engineers studied the 【38】 of the San Francisco earthquake. The city was rebuilt, and new features were 【39】 to strengthen buildings and maintain a 【40】 water supply in the event of another earthquake. The water mains ( = main pipes) were fitted with control valves which would enable water to travel by different routes round broken places. Large underground tanks were constructed to supply water if 【41】 supplies could not be tapped. Special measures were 【42】 to prevent fires, which often do more damage than earth- quakes themselves. The San Francisco earthquake 【43】 scientists with important information. Since the effects of the break were visible at the surface, scientists could 【44】 what actually happened, and reports of the incident were an important 【45】 to the world'' s store of knowledge bout earthquakes.