单选题When an organism is completely encapsulated and preserved, it becomes a fossil, {{U}}therefor{{/U}}e turning into evidence of things that once lived.

单选题He felt insulted at the comment that his writing was all______. A． junk B． pollutant C． garbage D． waste

单选题Laurel leaves are still an emblem of victory.

单选题The newspaper stories deliberately put down the actress's unattractive past. A. acted down B. played down C. wrote down D. put down

单选题Now which are the animals really to be pitied in captivity? First, those clever beings whose lively urge for activity can find no outlet behind the bars of the cage. This is most conspicuous, even for the uninitiated, in the case of animals which, when living in a free state, are accustomed to roaming about widely. Owing to this frustrated desire, foxes and wolves housed, in many old-fashioned zoos, in cages which are far too small, are among the most pitiable of all caged animals. Though pinioned swans generally seem happy, under proper care, by hatching and rearing their young without any trouble, at migration time things become different: they repeatedly swim to the lee side of the pond, in order to have the whole extent of its surface at their disposal, trying to take off. Again and again the grand preparations end in a pathetic flutter of their half wings ; a truly sorry picture ! This, however, rarely awakens the pity of the zoo visitor, least of all when such an originally highly intelligent and mentally alert animal has deteriorated, in confinement, into a crazy idiot, a very caricature of its former self. Sentimental old ladies, the fanatical sponsors of the societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, have no compunction in keeping a grey parrot in a relatively small cage or even chained to a perch. Together with the large corvines, the parrots are probably the only birds which suffer from that state of mind, common to prisoners, namely, boredom.

单选题______ the gift in beautiful green paper, Sarah departed for the party.

单选题 In most cases, you can transplant a tree successfully, at any time, if you follow the instructions for planting a tree. The most important thing is to dig out enough roots, but this process is difficult with a large tree. When you dig out the tree, leave a ball of earth around its roots. This ball of earth should measure about a foot wide for every inch of the tree trunk's diameter. Dig deep enough to avoid cutting off too many taproots. It is wise to call in a professional tree expert to transplant a tree more than a few inches in trunk diameter.

单选题But for his help, I {{U}}wouldn't{{/U}} succeedeD．

单选题Her Dual Citizenship Brings Prejudice 她的双重国籍导致了偏见 She is Vietnam's top-ranked female tennis player.Still，Noel Huynh Mai Huynh is criticized by the state-run press and jeered by Vietnamese crowds who do not accept her as one of their own. "I play tennis for my family，"Huynh said before the Southeast Asian Games，a regional competition that runs through Saturday."There's a lot of pressure because I know a lot of people, they don't like me very much." Huynh，18，was born in the US territory of Guam.She is the first"Viet kieu."or overseas Vietnamese，to receive dual citizenship from the Vietnam government to compete for Vietnam. Huynh was four years old when her family moved back to Ho Chi Minh City(formerly Saigon) in 1989.She did not speak Vietnamese then but has since mastered the language and now considers herself more Vietnamese than American. Still，many are wary.She is thought of as spoiled because of her American passport.It doesn't seem to matter that she's never been on the US mainland. She and her four siblings—all accomplished tennis players—have been passed over for less talented Vietnamese players. "We practice in Vietnam，we grew up in Vietnam...and they cannot beat us so they try to keep us out of competitions so we don't beat them，"said brother，Jean-Pierre Qui Phu Huynh Jr. The 65-year-old family patriarch，also named Jean-Pierre，is their inspiration.In perfect English，he recounts the path that led him from Vietnam in 1975 and back 14 years later. He fought for the US-backed South Vietnamese army and was the tennis coach for former President Nguyen Van Thieu.He put his wife and children on one of the last helicopters leaving the US Embassy before Saigon fell April 30，1975.He spent the next six months searching for his family，finding them in California. They moved to Guam，where French.educated Jean-Pierre became a top tennis player with a big house and booming business building tennis coups.Still，something was missing.So he decided to go home in 1987. The family，all US citizens，returned to Vietnam two years later.Most refugees were too scared to think of visiting them. The elder Huynh coached his children up to eight hours a day，six days a week，and tried to make sure they got to play. He became friends with former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet，a tennis fan,and built the country's largest tennis complex in Ho Chi Minh City.He brought in international tennis competitions and urged Vietnam to strengthen its national team.Still，the discrimination persisted. "I don't care about anybody who cheers for the other player，"his daughter said."It's OK for me，but sometimes I'm kind of sad about that because I'm on the national team but thev alwavs want the other players to beat me." With Vietnam hosting the Southeast Asian Games for the first time and encouraging about 2.5 million Viet kieu to return，she was given a chance at this event. "With the participation of Huynh Mai Huynh，the Vietnamese tennis team will be stronger，" said Nguyen Hong Minh，head of the Vietnamese SEA Games sports delegation."This is in our policy to expand international relations as well as win the support of the overseas Vietnamese community." She was eliminated from doubles and mixed doubles.Her strength is singles.but she said her coaches didn't select her for that event. Huynh says all she wants is to represent the country she considers home. "I'll stay here，"she said，"and I'll play for Vietnam forever./

单选题Catching sight of her old friend Brown, Mary moved for him to come over and sit in a seat next to her.

单选题When Henry arrived home after a hard day at work, his wife was slept.

单选题Whales live on ______

单选题{{U}}Saving{{/U}} time and labor, cartoonists generally draw the hands of their characters with only three fingers and a thumb．

单选题The very ubiquity of electronic communications can have a surprising downside , notes Richard Kohn, a military historian at the University of North Carolina: a wife becomes accustomed to frequent e-mail from her husband, until he can''t get to a computer. And then her anxiety increases.

单选题The visitors are impressed by the hospitality of the local people.

单选题The underlined word "themselves" in Paragraph 1 refers to ______

单选题I held the opinion that a honest man is sure to receive high respect from others.

单选题The cost of health care and health insurance remains the most urgent health problem facing the country today. A. pressing B. important C. neglected D. complicated

单选题______does she do anything important without asking her parents'advice first.

单选题Among the lowest of the judicial ranks, justices of the peace nevertheless frequently exercise jurisdiction over a variety of misdemeanors.