单选题Long bus rides are like television shows. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end with commercials thrown in every three or four minutes. The commercials are unavoidable. They happen whether you want them or not. Every couple of minutes a billboard glides by outside the bus window. "Buy Super Clean Toothpaste." "Drink Good Wet Root Beer." "Fill up with Pacific Gas." Only if you sleep, which is equal to turning the television set off, are you spared the unending cry of "You Need It! Buy It Now!" The beginning of the ride is comfortable and somewhat exciting, even if you've traveled that way before. Usually some things have changed new houses, new buildings, sometimes even a new road. The bus driver has a style of driving and it's fun to try tofigure it out the first hour or so. If the driver is particularly reckless or daring, the ride can be as thrilling as a suspense story. Will the driver pass the truck in time? Will the driver move into the right or the left hand lane? After a while, of course, the excitement dies down. Sleeping for a while helps pass the middle hours of the ride. Food always makes bus rides more interesting. But you've got to be careful of what kind of food you eat. Too much salty food can make you very thirsty between stops. The end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning. You know it will soon be over and there's a kind of expectation and excitement in that. The seat of course, has become harder as the hours have passed. By now you've sat with your legs crossed, with your hands in your lap, with your hands on the arm rests even with your hands crossed behind your head. The end comes just at no more ways to sit.

单选题Skating can be good for you ______ correctly. A. though doing B. though done C. if done D. if doing

单选题It is no easy job to be a teacher. One has to be extremely patient ______the students.

单选题The guests were arranged in a ______ hotel near the conference center.

单选题They did not discover until later ______ the car had been destroyed.

单选题There is no doubt that he is a good professor ______ he is doing fine.

单选题______ is well known, the key to success lies in hard work.

单选题England is not a big country: from north to south and from east to west it is only about three hundred miles across. But for a small country it has a surprising range of climate. People who have never visited England, or who have visited only one part of it, often make the mistake of thinking that it is a cold and wet country. Except for the summer months of June to September, this is probably true of the north of England and the Midlands. In the south, however, the climate is much more pleasant. One result is that when people retire from a job in the north they often prefer to move down to the milder south. Perhaps the warmest part of the country is the southwest, which consists of the counties of Devon and Cornwall. The warm Gulf Stream flows across the North Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Mexico and makes the coastal regions of the southwest quite warm. Palm trees, bamboo (竹) and many semi-tropical(亚热带的) plants grow well in the southwest of England. Flowers and vegetables ripen (成熟) as much as a month earlier than those elsewhere. Farmers in the area obtain a higher price for their vegetables and flowers because they are ready earlier. In winter there may be several feet of snow in other parts of England but there will probably be no snow at all in the southwest. This may be one of the reasons why the southwest is one of England"s most popular holiday areas.

单选题He studied hard at school when he was young, ______ contributes to his success in later life.

单选题(Only then)(he became) aware of (the fact) that there were more difficulties ahead (than) he had expected.

单选题Endy: Hi, Tom. How is everything? Tom: ______

单选题The scientist didn't mind ______ and went on with his investigation.

单选题A man is being questioned in relation to the ______ murder.

单选题______ you disagree with her, her idea is still worth considering.

单选题Man: What's for dinner? Woman: (1) Man: How about a pizza? Woman: (2) Man: But I love pizza. Woman: Everybody loves pizza. Man: (3) Woman: Because we need variety. Man: What do you mean by "variety"? Woman: Different things--not the same thing all the time. Man: (4) Woman: No, I mean a salad instead of a pizza. A. So why can't I have pizza for dinner? B. You mean, like a vegetable pizza instead of a cheese pizza? C. We've had pizza for lunch already. D. I'm not sure.

单选题{{B}}Passage 2{{/B}} It was not much fun to travel on one of the old sailing ships. Life was hard for both passengers and crew. (78) {{U}}17th century sailing ships were small and rolled heavily in rough seas, so most of the passengers were seasick. {{/U}} There were no toilets, and the spaces below deck where passengers had to stay during gales were often not more than 5 foot high. Water was scarce and the little water they got was brown and smelt terrible. Food was a problem, too--there was only salted meat, ship's biscuits and cheese, but the cheese was so hard that sailors often made buttons out of it for their jackets and trousers. There were no vegetables or fruit, so the people on board often fell ill. The sailors, however, were a bit better off than the passengers. They each had a bottle of beer a day, and they needed. The work they had to do was hard and dangerous. (79) {{U}}Courage was needed, for the heavy sails had to be set and taken down in all kinds of weather, and quite often sailors were swept overboard in a gale. {{/U}}Almost the worst thing about the voyages was the time they took up to 70 days for the journey across the Atlantic. Not surprisingly, everybody was overjoyed when they at last approached land and stepped ashore. But some ships never arrived.

单选题Eye contact is important because wrong contact may create a communication ______.

单选题Kevin: I am afraid I"ve spilt ink over the table cloth. Tommy: ______

单选题He"s a timid fellow. That"s why he never dare to protest.