单选题In the United States, there's a widespread belief that statistics don't lie. Perhaps that's why surveys are such an important part of American life. For many years, politicians, businesspeople, and scholars have used surveys to find out more about that mysterious and complicated creature, the human being. American newspapers and magazines have been taking public opinion polls since the 1800s. In the 1930s, poll experts such as Elmo Poper and George Gallup began using scientific methods to select and interview participants in political surveys. Since the 1940s, American businesspeople have been developing, naming, packaging, and promoting products with the help of surveys. And also since the 1940s,surveys have been a major research tool among scholars in the social sciences. Psychologists and sociologists have asked people about everything from their religious beliefs to their sexual behavior. The mass media have frequently reported the results of these surveys, and the American public has always been quite interested in the responses. However, the most complete and most important survey for Americans is the national census. A census is the official count of the number of people living in a city, state, or country. The idea of a census has existed for more than two thousand years. In ancient Rome, the government counted its citizens for purposes of taxation and military service. But the first modern census began here in the United States in 1790. In that year, the population of the new nation was 3 929 214. Since 1790, the American government has taken a census every ten years, and the population has been growing steadily every decade. The 1980 census reported a population of 226 504 825. In addition to statistics on the total population, the 1980 census has given us a great deal of information about recent changes in American life. One of the many important changes concerns where people live. Americans are still a mainly urban people with about 75 percent of the population living in or near large cities. But, since 1970, the small communities have been gaining population at a faster rate then the cities or suburbs. American have been moving hack to the small towns and the rural areas. This is a dramatic change from the trend in preceding decades. Americans have always done a great deal of moving from one part of the country to enother, but, in recent years, the moves have been mostly to the South and West. States in the "Sun Belt" have been gaining population, and states in the Northeast and the Midwest have been losing population. Marriage and family life have been changing, too. Americans have been marrying later, having fewer children, getting more divorces, and living more often as singles or as unmarried couples. The actual number of married couples has risen in recent years, but the percentage of married people has declined. Similarly, the number of actual births has gone up, but the size of the average family has gone down. The average young woman of today plans to have only two children. Along with many other surveys, the national census gives Americans a statistical picture of a changing society. It allows the government and the people to see what's happening and to adjust to the new picture.

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单选题Whatdowelearnfromtheman'sreply?A.Hecan'taffordtobuythehouse.B.Hewilllendmoneytobuythehouse.C.Hedoesn'tlikethehouse.D.Hehasreservedthehouse.

单选题The most frightening words in the English language are, "Our computer is down. " You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day 1 was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, "I'm sorry, I can't sell you a ticket. Our computer is down. " "If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket. " "I can't write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so. " I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, "What do all you people do?" "We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not. " "So when it goes down, you go down with it. " "That's good, sir. " "How long will the computer be down?" I wanted to know. "I have no idea. Sometimes it's down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There's no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it's down it won't answer us. " After the girl told me they had no backup computer, I said, "Let's forget the computer. What about your planes? They're still flying, aren't they ?" "I couldn't tell without asking the computer. " "Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he's flying to Washington," I suggested. "I wouldn't know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldn't take you if you didn't have a ticket. " "Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours'?" "I wouldn't know," she said, pointing at the dark screen. "Only 'IT'knows. It can't tell me. " By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines. The words soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white; some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.

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单选题The phrase "cope with" ( Line 3, Para. 4) most probably means ______.

单选题 Is there enough oil beneath the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (保护区) (ANWR) to help secure America's energy future? President Bush certainly thinks so. He has argued that tapping ANWR's oil would help ease California's electricity crisis and provide a major boost to the country's energy independence. But no one knows for sure how much crude oil lies buried beneath the frozen earth with the last government survey, conducted in 1998, projecting output anywhere from 3 billion to 16 billion barrels. The oil industry goes with the high end of the range, which could equal as much as 10% of U.S. consumption for as long as six years. By pumping more than 1 million barrels a day from the reserve for the next two or three decades, lobbyists claim, the nation could cut back on imports equivalent to all shipments to the U.S. from Saudi Arabia. Sounds good. An oil boom would also mean a multibillion-dollar windfall (意外之财) in tax revenues, royalties (开采权使用费) and leasing fees for Alaska and the Federal Government. Best of all, advocates of drilling say, damage to the environment would be in-significant. "We've never had a document case of oil rig chasing deer out on to the pack ice." says Alaska State Representative Scott Ogan. Not so far, say environmentalists. Sticking to the low end of government estimates, the National Resources Defense Council says there may be no more than 3.2 billion barrels of economically recoverable oil in the coastal plain of ANWR, a drop in the bucket that would do virtually nothing to ease America's energy problems. And consumers would wait up to a decade to gain any benefits, because drilling could begin only after much bargaining over leases, environmental permits and regulatory review. As for ANWR's impact on the California power crisis, environmentalists point out that oil is responsible for only 1% of the Golden State's electricity output—and just 3% of the nation's.

单选题Fossil fuels burned to 1 cars and trucks, 2 homes and businesses, and power factories are 3 for about 98% of US carbon dioxide emissions, 24% of methane emissions, and 18% of nitrous oxide emissions. Increased agriculture, deforestation, 4 , industrial production, and mining also contribute a significant 5 of emissions. In 1997, the United States 6 about onefifth of total global greenhouse gases. The 20th century"s 10 warmest years all 7 in the last 15 years of the century. Of these, 1998 was the warmest year on 8 . The snow 9 in the Northern Hemisphere and floating ice in the Arctic Ocean have decreased. Globally, sea level has 10 4～8 inches over the past century. Worldwide precipitation over land has increased by about one percent. The 11 of extreme rainfall events has increased throughout much of the United States. Increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases are likely to 12 the rate of climate change. Scientists expect that the average global surface temperature could rise 1～4.5°F (0.6～2.5℃) in the next fifty years, and 2.2～10°F (1.4～5.8℃) in the next century, 13 significant regional variation. Evaporation will increase 14 the climate warms, 15 will increase average global precipitation. Soil moisture is likely to decline in many regions, and 16 rainstorms are likely to become more frequent. Sea level is likely to rise two feet along most of the US coasts. 17 of climate change for specific areas are much less reliable than 18 ones, and it is unclear 19 regional climate will become more 20 .

单选题Whydidthemangiveupstudyingphysics?A.Hedidn'tlikephysicsanymore.B.Hiseyesightwastoopoor.C.Physicswastoohardforhim.D.Hehadtoworktosupporthimself.

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单选题Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on your ANSWER SHEET. {{B}}Text{{/B}} George Washington was six feet tall, with{{U}} (26) {{/U}}shoulders, a big nose, reddish hair that was now grey and that{{U}} (27) {{/U}}of power and authority large men often{{U}} (28) {{/U}}. He had a wonderful quality of silence{{U}} (29) {{/U}}in the noisy Constitutional Conventtion at Philadelphia in 1787 had{{U}} (30) {{/U}}an eloquence of{{U}} (31) {{/U}}. He was the unlikely{{U}} (32) {{/U}}the people were seeking: a citizen-soldier, a steady, rocklike, responsible man. He was not a{{U}} (33) {{/U}}There have been{{U}} (34) {{/U}}soldiers, more capable executives, more creative statesmen. {{U}}(35) {{/U}}he had been once, and was now again, pre-eminently the{{U}} (36) {{/U}}man in the right place{{U}} (37) {{/U}}the right time. He had{{U}} (38) {{/U}}the weight of the Revolution on his shoulders, had torn victory out of defeat because he had never known when he was{{U}} (39) {{/U}}. He could never give in, yet he was no statue. {{U}}(40) {{/U}}passions strung on a hair trigger. When{{U}} (41) {{/U}}that the painter Gilbert Stuart had seen signs of a fierce temper controlled only with difficulty, Washington said soberly, "He is right." He was too honest to evade anything. He was the good soldier who never{{U}} (42) {{/U}}his country's call. Like several later generals, he would bring to the presidential{{U}} (43) {{/U}}more prestige than he found in it; {{U}}(44) {{/U}}some, he would leave the office greater than he had found it, and{{U}} (45) {{/U}}an authority that could be handed down to those who came after him.

单选题What all artists in common is that ______.

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单选题Why can businessmen make money in the emerging elder market?