单选题It always takes him much (less) time to fly from one city to (another) than (traveling) (by train).

单选题The fireman acted quickly because lives were______ A. out of danger B. in despair C. in danger D. out of condition

单选题He thinks he will do it himself ______ asking his parents for help. A. rather than B. other than C. instead of D. in place of

单选题His wife has to work hard at home, and perhaps outside the home ______.

单选题______ is well-known, the environment in China is badly in need of improvement.

单选题It is desirable that he ______.

单选题Burt: Why didn't you show up for class this morning? Kevin: ______. You know, I live far from the school.

单选题______, we should be glad.

单选题She never laughed, ______ lose her temper. A. or she ever did B. nor did she ever C. or did she ever D. nor she ever did

单选题This new instrument is far superior __________the old one we bought three years ago.

单选题When we arrived at the airport, we were told our flight ______.

单选题That they were wrong in the matters ______ now clear to us.

单选题Extensive new studies suggest that the world has made extraordinary progress in reducing poverty in recent decades. The research suggests that the pace of economic progress has been rapid and continued for decades, built on the foundations of relative political stability, rising trade, and economic liberalization (自由化) after two world wars. One new study, published recently by the Institute for International Economics in Washington, finds that the proportion of the 6.1 billion people in the world who live on ＄1 a day or less shrank from 63 percent in 195.0 to 35 percent in 1980 and 12 percent in 1999. By some other measures, the progress has been more modest. Still, economists agree that poverty has plunged in key nations such as India and especially China, thanks to slowing population growth as well as economic freedom. "This is a huge success for the world as a whole," says Harvard University economist Richard Cooper. "We are doing something right." The news comes as the World Bank is about to open its annual meeting in Washington-- an event that has been troubled in recent years by protests that the Bank and its sister institution, the International Monetary Fund (IMF 国际货币组织), have done too little for the world"s poor. The new economic research will not put an end to that dispute. Vast populations remain poor, and many still question the wisdom of World Bank policies. Nonetheless, the research findings are helpful to understand what policies should be followed by those institutions and hundreds of other development groups working very hard to hasten the pace of world economic progress. If dramatic gains are under way, the present policies--calling for open markets, free business activities, and tight monetary control--are working and correct. But critics of IMF and World Bank policies maintain that such economic success stories as Japan, China, South Korea and Singapore are rooted in more than just "free" markets. These nations have managed to grow rapidly, and thereby reduce poverty, by limiting imports when their domestic industries were young, pushing exports to rich nations, and putting controls on purely international financial flows. The have been open to foreign-owned factories but have often insisted that those investors share the knowledge and skill on modern technologies.

单选题The police are searching for a boy who is reported to ______ since the flood hit the area last Friday.A. be missingB. have been missingC. get lostD. have got lost

单选题I was trying to get into the ______ bus when I heard a voice from behind.

单选题If the work ______ by the end of this month is delayed, the construction company will be heavily fined.

单选题Speaker A: It's terrible. I can't make anything out of this lecture. Speaker B: ______. I'm thinking of dropping the courses.

单选题Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?