单选题When the Art Gallery was being opened for the public, the Prime Minister was the first entering the gallery following other visitors. A. was open to... entering the gallery followed with B. was opened for... to enter the gallery following by C. was opened to... to enter the gallery followed by D. was to be opened for... entering the gallery followed with

单选题This week the BBC ______ Family Wanted—a campaign to raise awareness of adoption and fostering. A. tossed B. launched C. raised D. advanced

单选题Music Proponents of different Jazz styles have always argued that their predecessors" musical style did not include essential characteristics that define jazz as jazz. Thus, 1940"s swing was belittled by beboppers of the 1950"s, who were themselves attacked by free jazzers of the 1960"s, the neoboppers of the 1980"s and 1990"s attacked almost everybody else. The titanic figure of black saxophonist John Coltrane has complicated the arguments made by proponents of style from bebop through neobop because in this own musical journey he drew from all those styles. His influence on all types of jazz was immeasurable. At the height of his popularity, Coltrane largely abandoned playing bebop, the style that had brought him fame, to explore the outer reaches of jazz—the one constant in his journey from bebop to practicing scales from theory books—was never able to jettison completely the influence of bebop, with its fast and elaborate chains of notes and ornaments on melody. Two stylistic characteristics shaped the way Coltrane played the tenor saxophone: he favored playing fast runs of notes built on a melody and depended on heavy, regularly accented beats. The first led Coltrane to "sheets of sound", where he raced faster and faster, pile-deriving notes into each other to suggest stacked harmonies. The second meant that this sense of rhythm was almost as close to rock as to bebop. Three recording illustrate Coltrane"s energizing explorations. Recording Kind of Blue with Miles Davis, Coltrane found himself outside bop, exploring modal melodies. Here he played surging, lengthy solos built largely around repeated motifs—an organizing principle unlike that of free jazz saxophone player Ornette Coleman, who modulated or altered melodies in his solos. On Giant Steps , Coltrane debuted as leader, introducing his own compositions. Here the sheets of sound, downbeat accents, repetitions, and great speed are part of each solo, and the variety of the shapes of his phrases is unique. Coltrane"s searching explorations produced solid achievement. My Favorite Things was another kind of watershed. Here Coltrane played the soprano saxophone, an instrument seldom used by jazz musicians. Musically, the results were astounding. With the soprano"s piping sound, ideas that had sounded dark and brooding acquired a feeling of giddy fantasy. When Coltrane began recording for the impulse Label he was still searching. His music became raucous, physical. His influence on rockers was enormous, including Jimi Hendrix, the rock guitarist, who, following Coltrane, raised the extended guitar solo using repeated motifs to a kind of rock art form.

单选题The traffic police stopped three trucks heavily {{U}}loading with{{/U}} merchandise that looked {{U}}as{{/U}} grain bags.

单选题My mother says a teaching machine has to be ______ to fit the mind of each boy and girl it teaches and that each kid has to be taught differently.

单选题The less the surface of the ground yields to the weight of the body of a runner, ______ to the body. A. the stress it is greater B. greater is the stress C. greater stress is D. the greater the stress

单选题Nearly everyone in Britain would like to own their own home and, whether they do or not, they are prepared to put time and money into decorating and furnishing it or even to making structural change to it. A. to make structure change of B. making structural alterations to C. in making structure alterations of D. make strcture change to

单选题Some Americans are not sure if Obama is a president with great ______ and therefore deserves their political support.

单选题Why do teens drink? Reasons vary from ______ pressure to family patterns to social conditioning. A. spouse B. peer C. antagonist D. competitor

单选题Aiming to retrieve the Mars rover Opportunity, engineers are imitating Mars surface conditions in a testing laboratory. A．copying B．mocking C．simulating D．pretending

单选题There are always people in any community who are always on the gravy train and in Fortune's ______. A. leg B. nap C. fat D. lap

单选题He had studied hard , he would have been able to pass the exam.

单选题Nearly everyone in Britain would like to own their own home and, whether they do or not, they are prepared to put time and money into decorating and furnishing it or even to making structural change to it.

单选题His original book can still provide a modern reader with a relatively up-to-date version of psychology, so ______ was his vision. A. presidential B. confidential C. preferential D. substantial

单选题The teachers tried to ______ these students that they could solve the complicated problem, however, they just didn't see the point． A．convince B．encourage C．consult D．concern

单选题Congress makes the laws in the United States. It has two parts, which are more or less equal in power. They are known as the House of Representatives and the Senate. The House of Representatives is larger than the Senate whose 100 members (two from each state) serve for six years. The 435 members of the House are elected every two years, and the number from each state is determined by the population of the state. For example, California, which has a large population, has 43 representatives, while the State of Nevada has only one. The House and Senate are divided into small groups which take care of special matters such as education or foreign affairs. The most important work of Congress is often done in these groups, which are called subcommittees. According to the Constitution of the United States, a senator must be at least 30 years old and he must have been a citizen of the United States for nine years at the time of his election. To be elected to the House a person must be 25 years old and must have been a United States citizen for seven years. At the present time, members of Congress include businessmen, farmers, teachers, and especially lawyers. In general, senators are better known than representatives because they are fewer in number and serve for a longer time. Many American presidents served in Congress before they became president.

单选题Most readers are drawn to the facetious stories of his recent novel. A. factual B. humourous C. sarcastic D. ridiculous

单选题Few pleasures can equal such of a cool drink on a hot day.

单选题A hefty 50% of those from ages 18 to 34 told the pollsters in the TIME/CNN survey that they ______ "feminist" values. A. share B. regard C. attach D. dominate

单选题The suggestion that the mayor will present the prizes was accepted by everyone.