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单选题--Jack just came to Beijing yesterday evening. Have you met him? --______. [A] Not at all [B] Not yet [C] No problem

单选题The political career of Cicero, a great Roman statesman and the most well-known speech-maker of his time, was a remarkable one. At the time, high political offices in Rome, though technically achieved by winning elections, were almost exclusively controlled by a group of wealthy noble families that had held them for many generations. Cicero"s family, though noble, was not one of them, nor did it have great wealth. But Cicero had a great deal of political ambition; at a very young age he chose as his basic belief the same one Achilles was said to have had: to always be the best and overtop the rest. Lacking the advantages of a proper family origin, there were essentially only two career options open to him. One was a military career, since military success was thought to result from exceptional personal qualifies and could lead to popularity and therefore political opportunity as was the case much later for American presidents Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Cicero, however, was no soldier. He hated war, and served in the military only very briefly as a young man. Instead, Cicero chose a career in the law. To prepare for this career, he studied law, rhetoric, and philosophy. When he felt he was ready, he began taking part in legal cases. A career in the law could lead to political success for several reasons, all of which are still relevant today. First, a lawyer would gain a great deal of experience in making speeches. Second, he could also gain exposure and popularity from cases. Finally, a successful lawyer would build up a network of political connections, which is important now but was even more important in Cicero"s time, when political competition was not conducted along party lines or on the basis of doctrine, but instead was based on loose, shifting networks of personal friendships and commitments. Cicero proved to be an excellent speech-maker and lawyer, and an outstanding politician. He was elected to each of the principal Roman offices on his first try and at the earliest age at which he was legally allowed to run for them.

单选题Glynis Wang I first piled on the pounds when I was pregnant and I couldn' t lose them afterwards. Then I joined a slimming club. My target was 10 stone and I lost 2 stone and 21bs in six months. I felt great and people kept saying how good I looked. But Christmas came and I started to slip back into my old eating habits. I told myself I' d lose the weight at slimming classes in the new year, but it didn' t happen. Instead of losing the pounds, I put them on. I' d lost the willpower and tried to convince myself that the old bag of crisps didn' t make any difference—but the scales don' t lie. Roz Juma To be honest, I never weigh myself any more—I' ve learned to be happy with myself. It seemed ridiculous to feel guilty about every morsel that passed my lips. My philosophy is simple: You shouldn' t be preoccupied with food and dieting. Instead, you should get on with life and stop dreaming about a super-thin body. This is obviously the size I' m meant to be and, most of all, I' m happy with it. Lesley Gao I was very happy after winning Young Slimmer of the year. I' d look in the mirror unable to believe this slim creature was me. That might have been my problem—perhaps I didn' t relate to my reflection any more. Winning a national competition makes everything worse, though, because you feel the eyes of the world are on you. I feel a failure because I' ve put on weight again... I find it humiliating and embarrassing. Ros Langford Before moving in with my husband Gavin, I' d always been about 8 stone, but domestic bliss went straight to my waist and I put on 2 stone in a year. Every so often I try to go on a diet... I' m really good for a few days, then end up eating the children' s leftovers or gorging on chocolate—my weakness. I' d like to be slim, but right now my priorities are the children and home. I may be more motivated when the kids are older. Mary Green I' m a compulsive eater. I can' t control my urges and I really love cakes. When I' m slim and I feel like a million dollars—and when I' m not I get very depressed. Over the years I' d tried and failed with just about every diet. I was determined I' d never put the weight back on, but at some stage along the line I lost my resolution, and it started to creep on again... Certainly I will face the same problem in the future. Now match each of the persons with the appropriate statement. Note: there are two extra statements. Statements A. I put on weight after I got married. B. The heavier, the merrier. C. Facts speak louder than words. D. I like myself as I am. E. I' m constantly at war with my weight.F. Fame doesn't necessarily mean success.G. I think I' ll be slim again.

单选题People seldom feel neutral about poetry(诗). Those who love it sometimes give the impression that it is an adequate substitution for food, shelter, and love. It isn't. Words, no matter how satisfying, are never an equivalent for life itself and its human experiences. Those who dislike poetry on principle sometimes claim, on the other hand, that poetry is only words and good for nothing. That's not true either. It is easy to become frustrated by words—in poetry or in life—but when words represent and recreate genuine human feelings, as they often do in poetry, they can be very important. Poetry is, in fact, more than just words. It is an experience of words, and those who know how to read poetry can easily ex- tend their experience of life, their sense of what other people are like, their awareness of themselves, and their range of human feelings. One reason poetry can be so important is that it is so closely concerned with feelings. Poetry is often full of ideas, too, and sometimes poems can be powerful experiences of the mind, but most poems are primarily about how people feel rather than how people think. Poems provide, in fact, a language for feeling, and one of poetry's most insistent merits involves its attempt to express the inexpressible. How can anyone, for example, put into words what it means to be in love or what it feels like to lose someone one cares about? Poetry tries, and it often captures exactly the shade of emotion that feels just right to a reader. No single poem can be said to express all the things that love or death feels like, or means, but one of the joys of experiencing poetry occurs when we read a poem and want to say, "Yes, that is just what it is like; I know exactly what that line means but I've never been able to express it so well " Poetry can be the voice of our feelings even when our minds are speechless with grief or joy.

单选题Questions 8-10 are based on the following monologue.

单选题Which of the following generalizations about pioneers is NOT supported by the passage?

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单选题Whatdoesthemanwanttodothissummer?A.Stayathome.B.Gotoaneveningclass.C.Takeavacation.D.Getajobandearnsomemoney.

单选题What was the main idea of this passage?

单选题The Grenville Program refers to ______.

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单选题 {{B}}Text{{/B}} Psychologists take opposite views of how external rewards, from warm praise to cold cash, affect motivation and creativity. Behaviorists, who study the relation between actions and their consequences, argue that rewards can improve performance at work and school. Cognitive researchers, who study various aspects of mental life, maintain that rewards often destroy creativity by encouraging dependence on approval and gifts from others. The {{U}}(26) {{/U}} view had gained many supporters, especially among {{U}}(27) {{/U}}. But the careful use of small monetary rewards {{U}}(28) {{/U}} creativity in grade-school children, {{U}}(29) {{/U}} that properly presented inducements indeed aid {{U}}(30) {{/U}}, according to a {{U}}(31) {{/U}} in the June Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. "If kids know they're working for a reward and can {{U}}(32) {{/U}} on a relatively challenging task, {{U}}(33) {{/U}} show the most creativity," says Robert Eisenberger of the University of Delaware in Newark. "But it's easy to {{U}}(34) {{/U}} creativity by giving rewards for poor performance or {{U}}(35) {{/U}} too much anticipation for rewards." A teacher who {{U}}(36) {{/U}} draws attention to rewards or who hands out high grades for ordinary achievement {{U}}(37) {{/U}} up with uninspired students, Eisenberger holds. {{U}}(38) {{/U}} an example of the latter point, he notes {{U}}(39) {{/U}} efforts at major universities to {{U}}(40) {{/U}} grading standards and {{U}}(41) {{/U}} failing grades. In earlier grades, the use of so-called token economies, in {{U}}(42) {{/U}} students handle {{U}}(43) {{/U}} problems and receive performance-based points toward valued rewards, shows {{U}}(44) {{/U}} in raising effort and creativity, the Delaware psychologist {{U}}(45) {{/U}}.

单选题What does the man mean?

单选题Many of us would think those working in a public relations firm is the same with those working in advertising. This notion is understandable since these two industries are closely related to each other. They are both primarily concerned about the promotion of a company's sales of products or services. The biggest difference may lie in the fact that advertising aims at selling more, while the point of public relations is to make the public think favorably about the company and its offerings. Aside from the means of advertising, public relation can also use news releases, press conferences, speaking engagements, and community service programs to reach its goal. All this is done so that the public would view the organization in a way that it wants to be perceived. Another difference is that public relation is more of a two-way communication. It not only communicates to the public, collecting the views from the public is also one important part in the PR's agenda. By doing so, the organization would have a clear idea to find out the gap between the ideal image and the reality. And then efforts can be made to lessen this gap. Many small business owners opt to handle the public relations issues themselves, while others choose to hire a public relations specialist. The in-house public relations department and the external PR agencies both have their own advantages. For example, a PR department within a company has a deeper understanding about the structure, target audience, and the products/ services of the organization and it can also devote all its attention to the organization it is in. While on the other hand, a specialized agency could handle all these issues more professionally, And since a specialized agency deals with PR issues for different organizations, it would easily create some new opportunities and programs for the organization. Some specialists give a thought-provoking perspective on this issue: public relations should be taken care of in the public interest. From this perspective, organizations attempt to generate good will and position themselves as responsible citizens through a variety of programs conducted in the public interest. Consumer education as well as various other public interest programs belongs to this category.

单选题Whatdoesthemansayabouttheexhibition?A.Hefounditfascinating.B.Ittookhourstoseeeverythingthere.C.Theyshouldspendtheirlunchhourthere.D.Heonlyfounditpretty.