单选题The ambassador is sitting in the armchair with a piece of newspaper in his hand.

单选题Certain diseases of the brain are suffered by human beings ______.

单选题Can you believe it? There's a world paper shortage. There's a national bottle shortage, and we're running out of raw materials like timber and tin -- or so the papers say. Well, I've just emptied my shopping basket after my weekly shopping trip and it was full of things made from these scarce materials. Half of what I'd bought I threw away at once; all those unnecessary paper bags, plastic bags, fresh wrapping paper and old newspapers they put the food in nowadays. Modern packaging makes shopping cleaner and more convenient, but at what cost? Every time you throw away a paper bag you're throwing away part of a tree -- and trees don't grow overnight! At this rate there soon won't be any trees left, and then what shall we do? Perhaps we'll learn to do what my mother did. She used to keep a store of paper bags in a kitchen drawer and use them again and again for her shopping. Most goods were sold loose in those days. And the shopkeeper weighed out the amount you wanted. Of course, liquid goods have always been sold in bottles or cans, but why can't we use these containers more than once? If we re-use all our bottles we would save on the raw materials and energy needed to make new ones. At the moment 90% of our rubbish is just dumped. It's time we started to think seriously about the growing shortage of raw materials in the world today.

单选题When snow collects on top of a building during the winter, the weight sometimes weakens the construction and occasionally causes the roof to collapse.

单选题A person should be knowledgeable about consumer protection laws so that he can demand his rights．

单选题The weather holds the key to our success or failure.

单选题anxious about

单选题We only see the dim outline of a building.

单选题Buy the new ______ of soap. It is said that it is softer than all others.

单选题Look at the questions for this part. You will hear a woman talking about respect. For questions 24-30, indicate which of the alternatives A, B, or C is the most appropriate response.

单选题Look at the ten statements for this part. You will hear a man talking about "The Wright Brothers ". Decide whether you think each statement is right(R), wrong(W)or not mentioned(NM).

单选题He is considerate and pleasant. I really enjoy his company.

单选题He is an excellent worker, and what is more he gets on very well with all his colleagues.

单选题Questions 24-30 ·Look at the questions for this part. ·You will hear a passage about "Marriage Customs in the U.S. ". You will listen to it twice. ·For questions 24-30, indicate which of the alternatives A, B, or C is the most appropriate response. ·Mark one letter A, B, or C on the Answer Sheet.

单选题In the final analysis I think our sympathy lies with the hero of the play.

单选题You should beware of undercooked food when staying in hot countries.

单选题Whatarethemanandwomantalkingabout?[A]Theyaretalkingabouttheweatherforecast.[B]Theyaretalkingaboutthefootballmatch.[C]TheyaretalkingabouttheInternet.

单选题Its charm and mild climate have made San Francisco, California, an attractive city for both businesses and residences.

单选题Read the following text and decide which answer best fits each space. For questions 26-45, mark one letter A, B, C or D on your Answer Sheet. As Oil Declines, So does America More than 100 years ago, America's first great economic【C1】______abroad was spearheaded by its giant oil companies, notably John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company. These companies【C2】______powerful beachheads in Mexico and Venezuela, and later in parts of Asia, North Africa and, of course, the Middle East.【C3】______they became ever more dependent on the extraction of oil in distant lands, American foreign policy began to be【C4】______around acquiring and protecting US oil concessions in major【C5】______areas. With World War II and the Cold War, oil and US national【C6】______became thoroughly intertwined. After all, the United States had prevailed over the Axis【C7】______in significant part because it possessed vast reserves of domestic petroleum, while Germany and Japan lacked them, depriving their forces of vital【C8】______supplies in the final years of the war. As it happened, though, the United States was using up its domestic【C9】______so rapidly that, even before World War II was over, Washington【C10】______its attention to finding new overseas sources of crude oil that could be【C11】______under American control. As a result, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and a host of other Middle Eastern producers would become key US oil suppliers【C12】______American military protection. There can be【C13】______question that, for a time, American domination of world oil production would prove a potent source of economic and military power.【C14】______World War II, an abundance of cheap US oil spurred the【C15】______of vast new industries, including civilian air travel, highway construction, a【C16】______of suburban housing and commerce, mechanized agriculture, and plastics. Abundant oil also underlay the global expansion of the country's【C17】______power, as the Pentagon defended the world while becoming one of the planet's great oil guzzlers. Its global dominion came to【C18】______on an ever-expanding array of oil-powered ships, planes, tanks and missiles. As long as the Middle East — and especially Saudi Arabia — served essentially as an American gas station and oil【C19】______a cheap commodity, all this was relatively painless. That is why the use of military force has been a【C20】______of American foreign policy since 1987.

单选题The defeated troops were ordered to scatter and then concentrate fifty miles to the north.