单选题Advocates of private school argue that education in one of these facilities is more valuable and ______than any other educational opportunity.

单选题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} There are 15 questions in this part of the test. Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C or D for each blank in the passage. Mark the corresponding letter of the word or phrase you have chosen with a single bar across the square brackets on your Machine-scoring Answer Sheet. Assuming that a constant travel-time budget, geographic constraints and short-term infrastructure constraints persist as fundamental features of global mobility, what long-term results can one expect? In high-income regions, {{U}}(21) {{/U}}North America, our picture suggests that the share of traffic{{U}} (22) {{/U}}supplied by buses and automobiles will decline as high-speed transport rises sharply. In developing countries, we{{U}} (23) {{/U}}the strongest increase to be in the shares first for buses and later for automobiles. Globally, these{{U}} (24) {{/U}}in bus and automobile transport are partially offsetting. In all regions, the share of low-speed rail transport will probably continue its strongly{{U}} (25) {{/U}}decline. We expect that throughout the period 1990～2050, the{{U}} (26) {{/U}}North American will continue to devote most of his or her 1.1-hour travel-time{{U}} (27) {{/U}}to automobile travel. The very large demand{{U}} (28) {{/U}}air travel (or high-speed rail travel) that will be manifest in 2050{{U}} (29) {{/U}}to only 12 minutes per person a day; a little time goes a long way in the air. In several developing regions, most travel{{U}} (30) {{/U}}in 2050 will still be devoted to nonmotorized modes. Buses will persist{{U}} (31) {{/U}}the primary form of motorized transportation in developing countries for decades. {{U}}(32) {{/U}}important air travel becomes, buses, automobiles and{{U}} (33) {{/U}}low-speed trains will surely go on serving vital functions. {{U}}(34) {{/U}}of the super-rich already commute and shop in aircraft, but average people will continue to spend most of their travel time on the{{U}} (35) {{/U}}.

单选题These examples show that openness and the ability to change brings couples a giant step closer to the marital harmony they ______. A. request B. negotiate C. crave D. detest

单选题Business travelers may grumble about moving to the back of the Airbus, but in the air and on the ground, special deals ______ for those who are willing to lower their sights.

单选题Questions 28—30 are based on the following monologue. You now have 15 seconds to read questions 28—30.

单选题For 150 years scientists have tried to determine the solar constant, the amount of solar constant energy that reaches the Earth. Yet, even in the most cloud-free regions of the planet, the solar constant cannot be measured precisely. Gas molecules and dust particles in the atmosphere absorb and scatter sunlight and prevent some wavelengths of the light from ever reaching the ground. With the advent of satellites, however, scientists have finally been able to measure the Sun's output without being impeded by the Earth's atmosphere. Solar Max, a satellite from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA), has been measuring the Sun's output since February 1980. Although a malfunction in the satellite's control system limited its observation for a few years, the satellite was repaired in orbit by astronauts from the space shuttle in 1984. Max's observations indicate that the solar constant is not really constant after all. The satellite's instruments have detected frequent, small variations in the Sun's energy output, generally amounting to no more than 0. 05 percent of the Sun's mean energy output and lasting from a few days to a few weeks. Scientists believe these fluctuations coincide with the appearance and disappearance of large groups of sunspots on the Sun's disk. Sunspots are relatively dark regions on the Sun's surface that have strong magnetic fields and a temperature about 2, 000 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than the rest of the Sun's surface. Particularly large fluctuations in the solar constant have coincided with sightings of large sunspot groups. In 1980, for example, Solar Max's instruments registered 0. 3 percent drop in the solar energy reaching the Earth. At that time a sunspot group covered about 0. 6 percent of the solar disk, an area 20 times larger than the Earth's surface. Long-term variations in the solar constant are more difficult to determine. Although Solar Max's data have indicated a slow and steady decline in the Sun's output, some scientists have thought that the satellite's aging detectors might have become less sensitive over the years, thus falsely indicating a drop in the solar constant. This possibility was dismissed, however, by comparing Solar Max's observations with data from a similar instrument operating on NASA's Nimbus 7 weather satellite since 1978.

单选题 Naturally, in a group of animals as diverse as the snakes, and with so many varied enemies, there are numerous defensive reactions and devices. There is, however, one general pattern of hehaviour, in the presence of a suspected enemy the first reaction is to try to escape observation; if this fails, the next resort is flight to some inaccessible retreat, but if this is not possible, or is circumvented, various kinds of intimidatory gestures and warning devices arc brought into play ;in the last resort the snake attacks. This pattern varies with the circumstances; some stages may be omitted or combined unpredictably whilst some notoriously irascible species may dispense with all the preliminaries and attack almost at once, though seldom or never without some provocation. The difficulty is to know what constitutes provocation, a matter that is apt to be debatable in other fields! Amongst the factors that increase aggressiveness are hunger, the mating season and surprise, with the last mentioned the commonest ; when hunting for food or for mates, activity and the aggressive instinct are both at their peak, but it is when it is caught unawares that the normal chain of re- actions tends to become telescoped. Owing to their poor sense of hearing, snakes are very liable to be, quite literally, caught napping and a similar situation arises during their periods of temporary blindness just before sloughing begins. By far the greatest number of snake-bite accidents result from the unwitting disturbance of resting snakes, and this hazard is much increased with species that are well camouflaged and whose natural instinct is to trust to this concealment as their principal defence. As well as differences in aggressiveness between individuals of the same species according to the circumstances and conditions, there are also notable differences between species ,even closely allied species; and the reports of those who have been attacked may understandably be lacking in objectivity. So it is impossible to forecast, even in outline, how any encounter will develop. The Hamadryad, for example,is usually credited with being amongst the most aggressive of snakes ,and there are many accounts of unprovoked attacks ;yet on one occasion fourteen men and seven dogs passed and returned within two yards of a nest and no snake was seen although the fe- male, which guards the nest, could not have been far. away. One very well-known student of snakes once parked his car under some trees near Nairobi and on his return found a small green snake on it. Being preoccupied at the moment he gave it only a cursory glance and, thinking it was a common harmless tree-snake, bundled it unceremoniously into his pocket ;it was, as he later discovered to his horror, a young Green Mamba, but it made no attempt to bite despite the rough treatment it had received. The proportion of the snakes of the world that have some forms of procrypsis( i. e. resemblance to the background)is very high, but the frequency with which the resemblance results in accidents suggests that it is incorrect to regard it as primarily a "protective" device. There is every advantage to a predatory animal in being unobserved until its prey comes within striking distance, but it is distinctly hazardous to allow an enemy to approach closely with the hope ,but no certainty, of remaining undetected. The commonest type of proerypsis is the result of colours that harmonize with hose of the normal background, associated with patterns that disrupt the animal' s outline or produce "counter shading" whereby those parts of the body that will be seen in shadow and appear dark, are lighter in colour whilst highlight areas are dark-coloured.

单选题According to the last two paragraphs, America's young seem to______.

单选题Some customs travel well. Often, however, behavior that is considered the epitome of at home is perceived as impossibily rude or, at the least, harmlessly bizarre abroad.

单选题On hearing the news that her father died of a car accident, she ______team.

单选题Tim is Udubious/U about diet pills which advertise quick weight less.

单选题He likes to swim ______. A. and playing football B. and he also likes playing football C. and to play football D. and he likes to play football

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单选题What does "that" (Par. 1, sentence 6) refer to?

单选题Free will allows us to indulge our ______ passions; freedom leads us in the higher path to unlock life"s mystic secrets.

单选题Why did the black religious music became more joyful after the Civil War?

单选题 As long as her parents can remember, 13-year-old Katie Hart has been talking about going to college. Her mother, Tally, a financial-aid officer at an Ohio university, knows all too well the daunting calculus of paying for a college education. Last year the average yearly tuition at a private, four-year school climbed 5.5 percent to more than $ 17, 000. The Harts have started saving, and figure they can afford a public university without a problem. But what if Katie applies to Princeton (she's threatening), where one year's tuition, room and board--almost $ 34, 000 in 2002--will cost more than some luxury cars? Even a number cruncher like Tally admits it's a little scary, especially since she'll retire and Katie will go to college at around the same time. Paying for college has always been a humbling endeavor. The good news: last year students collected $ 74 billion in financial aid, the most ever. Most families pay less than full freight. Sixty percent of public-university students and three quarters of those at private colleges receive some form of financial aid--mostly, these days, in the form of loans. But those numbers are not as encouraging as they appear for lower-income families, because schools are changing their formulas for distributing aid. Eager to boost their magazine rankings, which are based in part on the test scores of entering freshmen, they're throwing more aid at smarter kids--whether they need it or not. The best way to prepare is to start saving early. A new law passed last year makes that easier for some families. So-called 529 plans allow parents to sock away funds in federal-tax-free-investment, accounts, as long as the money is used for "qualified education expenses" like tuition, room and board. The plans aren't for everyone. For tax reasons, some lower and middle-income families may be better off choosing other investments. But saving is vital. Aid packages usually come in some combination of grants, loans and jobs. These days 60 percent of all aid comes in the form of low-interest loans. All students are eligible for "unsubsidized" federal Stafford loans, which let them defer interest payments until after graduation. Students who can demonstrate need can also qualify for federal Perkins loans or "subsidized" Staffords, where the government pays the interest during school. Traditional scholarships, academic or athletic, are still a part of many families' planning. Mack Reiter, a 17-year-old national wrestling champion, gets so many recruiting letters he throws most away. He'll almost certainly get a free ride. Without it, "we would really be in a bind," says his mother, Janet. For everyone else,it's worth the effort to pick through local and national scholarship offerings, which can be found on Web sites like {{I}}collegeboard, com.{{/I}}

单选题Our ______ with the President at the airport was exciting. A. arrival B. encounter C. endeavor D. refreshment

单选题They immediately ______ and go in the opposite direction.

单选题______a rigid, unidirectional mode of demystification which saw all such other modes as subsidiary and peripheral, it began to see all alternatives to its mode of demystification as conspiracies against human good.