单选题Mary is as fast as, if not faster than, anyone in her class and should be on the team.

单选题Our country has overtaken and outstripped developed countries in some scientific.

单选题The World Cup has been the ______ of this month's events; a large number of soccer fans around the world focus their attention on the little "ball".

单选题Seeking to build support among black families for its education reform law, the Bush administration paid a prominent black pundit $240,000 to promote the law on his nationally syndicated television show and to urge other black journalists to do the same. The campaign, part of an effort to promote No Child Left Behind (NCLB), required commentator Armstrong Williams "to regularly comment on NCLB during the course of his broadcasts," and to interview Education Secretary Rod Paige for TV and radio spots that were aired during the show in 2004. Williams said Thursday he understands that critics could find the arrangement unethical, but "I wanted to do it because it"s something I believe in." The top Democrat on the House Education Committee, Rep. George Miller of California, called the contract "a very questionable use of taxpayers"money" that is "probably illegal". The contract, detailed in documents obtained by USA TODAY through a Freedom of Information Act request, also shows that the Education Department, through the Ketchum public relations firm, arranged with Williams to use contacts with America"s Black Forum, a group of black broadcast journalists, "to encourage the producers to periodically address" NCLB. He persuaded radio and TV personality Steve Harvey to invite Paige onto his show twice. Harvey"s manager, Rushion McDonald, confirmed the appearances.

单选题Tom is a real unlucky dog, he drove his new car to the downtown and hit in a {{U}}stationary{{/U}} on the roadside. A. secure B. flexible C. immobile D. hung

单选题In Paragraph 3, the expression "have no compunction about" most probably means "have no ______.

单选题After long time of hesitation, the woman gave free vent to her {{U}}pent-up{{/U}} emotion.

单选题Sofia Coppola"s "Lost in Translation" is a funny, bittersweet movie that uses cultural dislocation as a metaphor for people who have gotten lost in their own lives. The movie contains priceless slapstick from Bill Murray, finely tuned performances by Murray and the beautiful Scarlett Johansson and a visual and aural design that cultivates a romantic though melancholy mood. In only her second feature, Coppola has made a poised, intelligent film that nicely balances laughs with a poignancy rarely seen in American movies. If Focus Features markets "Lost in Translation" carefully, this most original comedy could win audiences well beyond art houses. Bob Harris (Murray) is a grumpy movie star in town to shoot a whiskey commercial. He is not only plagued by jet lag and gloom over a deteriorating marriage of many years, he is also in the midst of a midlife crisis that dampens his spirits but not his wit. Charlotte(Johansson), the neglected wife of a photographer, experiences a similar air-conditioned nightmare. Married two years, she already feels lost in the relationship, unable to participate in her husband"s career or pinpoint what she wants out of life. When she ventures into the city, she is confronted by a distorted version of Western modernity. These two people discover each other late at night at the bar. Neither one can sleep. A friendship evolves in their mutual isolation. Coppola sees in Tokyo"s crowded, neon-lit urban landscape a society estranged from its own culture. The night is filled with pleasure-seekers obsessed by games, toys and American pop culture. Only when Charlotte takes a train to Kyoto is she able to experience the old Japan of ancient temples and gardens, tea houses and kimono-clad figures. This role fits Murray like his own skin. A middle-aged burnout who sees no challenges on his horizon gradually changes into a man revitalized by another alienated soul. His comic touch enriches the character with a self-deprecating wit and. in a few sequences, a rubbery physicality that earns sustained laughs. Johansson makes Charlotte"s loneliness and disillusionment palpable as the woman is cut off from life in ways she never imagined. Using high-speed film stock, cinematographer Lance Acord gives the glaring neon and numbingly sleek interiors a kind of romantic sheen. The score produced by Brian Reitzell created out of Japanese musical themes and "Tokyo dream-pop" adds to the sense of an Eastern city that has succumbed in large measure to Western culture.

单选题The general manager demanded the job {{U}}will be completed{{/U}} before the Spring Festival holidays.

单选题There is a popular notion that a celebrity of any kind must be a person of great resources and blessings. However, I perceive the success of a celebrity more as a chance than anything else.

单选题This corporation established in Beijing works as a {{U}}subsidiary{{/U}} of the Microsoft Company to get the first hand information about the new product sales in China market. A. hall B. rival C. patron D. branch

单选题Bank notes are not usually ______ into gold nowadays. A. inverted B. revertible C. convertible. D. diverting.

单选题In order to earn money for his family, it is necessary for him to get a job.

单选题Now since the assessment of intelligence is a {{U}}relative{{/U}} matter we must be sure that the scale with which we are comparing our subjects provides valid or fair comparison.

单选题Powell calls for drawdown from Iraq by mid-2007. His comments break his long public silence on the issue and place him ______ with the administration. A. at will B. at ease C. at times D. at odds

单选题The Professor asked us a number of questions about American culture, which gave us an opportunity of narrating many interesting {{U}}stories{{/U}} about that country and our understanding of the country's culture. A. abstracts B. segments C. anecdotes D. excerpts

单选题The university training enables a graduate to see things as they are, to go right to the point, to disentangle a ______ of thought.

单选题The streaming of bloated government institutions will involve the {{U}}dismissing{{/U}} of some six ministries in the government, which now employs 36,000 officials. A. dispatching B. axing C. accessing D. driving

单选题The two psychologists had to modify the American Sign Language somewhat in order to accommodate the chimpanzees' spontaneous gestures. A. change B. abort C. shorten D. enhance

单选题The young man gets so popular with his colleagues that even his inanities are considered ______.