单选题Stupid people often find it difficult to ______ their prejudices.

单选题He was a qualified doctor who rarely practiced but instead devoted his life to writing. He once said: "Medicine is my lawful wife, and literature is my lover. " Russian writer Anton Pav-lovich Chekhov was a great playwright and one of the masters of the modern short story.(77) When Chekhov entered the Moscow University Medical School in 1879, he start-ed to publish hundreds of comic short stories to support his family. After he graduated, he wrote regularly for a local daily newspaper.As a writer he was extremely fast, often producing a short story in an hour or less. Chekhov's medical and science experience can be seen through the indifference (冷漠)many of his characters show to tragic events. In 1892, he became a full time writer and published some of his most memorable stories.Chekhov often wrote about the sufferings of life in small town Russia. Tragic events control his characters who are filled with feelings of hopelessness and despair.It is often said that nothing happens in Chekhov's stories and plays. He made up for this with his exciting technique for developing drama within his characters. (78) Chekhov's work combined the calm attitude of a scientist and doctor with the sensitivity(敏感)of an artist. Some of Chekhov's works were translated into Chinese as early as the 1940s. One of his famous stories, The Man in a Shell (《装在套子里的人》), about a school teacher's ex-traordinarily orderly life, was selected as a text for Chinese senior students.

单选题He got up to the roof__________a ladder.

单选题He is weak in grammar and sometimes can't even ______ a verb from a noun.

单选题There's no light on they ______ be at home.A. can'tB. mustn'tC. needn'tD. shouldn't

单选题Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services. People use money to buy food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of others they need or want. When they work, they usually get paid in money. Most of the money today is made of metal or paper. But people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells. Shells were not the only things used as money. In China, cloth and knives were used. In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money. In some parts of Africa, cattle were one of the earliest kinds of money. Other animals were used as money, too. The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the center. People strung them together and carded them from place to place. Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. The first coins in England were made of tin. Sweden and Russia used copper to make their money. Later, other countries began to make coins of gold and silver. But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. They began to use paper money. The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than paper money used today. Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.

单选题I meant ______ you, but I'm afraid I forgot.

单选题It was a chilly November evening in New York City, and my daughter and I were walking up Broadway. Nora noticed a guy sitting inside a cardboard box next to a newsstand. She pulled at my coat sleeve and said, "That man"s cold, Daddy. Can we take him home?" I don"t remember my reply, but I do remember a sudden heavy feeling inside me. I had always been delighted at how much my daughter noticed in her world, whether it was birds in flight or children playing. But now she was noticing suffering and poverty. She wasn"t even four. A few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who delivered meals to elderly people. The volunteers went to a nearby school on a Sunday morning, picked up a food package, and delivered it to an elderly person. I signed us up. Nora was excited about it. She could understand the importance of food, so she could easily see how valuable our job was. When Sunday came, we picked up the package and phoned the elderly person we"d been assigned. She invited us fight over. The building was depressing. When the door opened, facing us was a silver-haired woman in an old dress. She took the package and asked if we would like to come in. Nora ran inside. I reluctantly followed. Our hostess showed us some photos of her family. Nora played and laughed. I accepted a second cup of tea. When it came time to say good-bye, we three stood in the doorway and hugged. I walked home in tears. Where else but as volunteers do you have the opportunity to do something enjoyable that"s good for yourself as well as for others? Indeed, the poverty my daughter and I helped lessen that Sunday afternoon was not the woman"s alone—it was in our lives, too. Now Nora and I regularly serve meals to needy people and collect clothes for the homeless. Yet, as I"ve watched her grow over these past four years, I still wonder—which of us has benefited more?

单选题Prices of food in that area ______ sharply since word came that the war would break out soon.

单选题We have similar views on the management of the office. I'll ______ you ______ all the time. A. put... up B. back... up C. break... up D. make... up

单选题“What happened?”“We __________ for an hour when the bus finally came”

单选题The drowning boy made a ______ attempt to catch the rope thrown to him.

单选题The cure for lung cancer ______.

单选题He is supposed to ______ to the meeting, but he didn't.

单选题He got to his friend's house full of hope, only to be told that he had left from England last week. A. got to B. full of C. to be told D. left from

单选题They keep tellirig us.that it is vital that we ______ there on time. A. are B. be C. must be D. would be

单选题When she heard the bad news, she ______ completely.

单选题The light from the campfire brightened the darkness, but it could not prevent the damp cold of Dennis"s Swamp (沼泽地) creeping into their bones. It was a strange place. Martin and Tom wished that they had not accepted Jack"s dare. They liked camping, but not near this swamp. "So," Martin asked as they sat watching the hot coals. "How did this place get its name?" "Are you sure you want to hear it? It"s a scary story," warned Jack. "Of course!" cried out Tom. "If there were anything to be scared of, you wouldn"t have chosen this place!" "OK, but don"t say I didn"t warn you," said Jack, and he began his tale. "Way back in time, a man called Dennis tried to start a farm here. He built that cottage over there to live in. In those days, the area looked quite different—it was covered with tall trees and the swamp was a crystal-clear river. After three hard years, Dennis had cleared several fields and planted crops. He was so proud of his success that he refused to listen to advice." "You are clearing too much land, warned one old man. "The land is a living thing. It will hit back at you if you abuse it." "Silly fool", said Dennis to himself. "If I clear more land, I can grow more crops. I"ll become wealthier. He"s just jealous!" "Dennis continued to chop down trees. Small animals that relied on them for food and shelter were destroyed. He was so eager to expand his farm that he did not notice the river flowing slowly towards his door. He did not notice salt seeping to the surface of the land. He did not notice swamp plants choking all the native plants." "What happened?" Martin asked. It was growing colder. He trembled, twisting his body closer to the fire. "The land hit back—just as the old man warned," Jack shrugged. "Dennis disappeared. Old folks around here believe that swamp plants moved up from the river and dragged him underwater. His body was never found." "What a stupid story," laughed Tom. "Plants can"t... " Before he had finished speaking, he screamed and fainted(晕倒). The other two boys jumped up with fright, staring at Tom. Suddenly, they burst out laughing. Some green swamp ivy(常春藤) had covered Tom"s face. It was a while before Tom could appreciate the joke.