单选题According to the 28th annual survey of college freshmen conducted by the American Council on Education UCLA, ______.

单选题{{B}}Passage 5{{/B}} Most people who develop Lyme disease, a tick-born infection that's endemic in parts of the Northeast and Midwest, are easily cured by taking an antibiotic like doxycycline for a couple of weeks. But for years a debate has raged over what to do about patients whose symptoms (fatigue, mental confusion, joint pain) never seem to clear up. One small but vocal group of doctors and patient advocates believes that Lyme's corkscrew-shaped spirochetes have tunneled deep into their victims' bodies and can be eradicated only with intensive antibiotic treatment over many months. Another group believes, just as adamantly, that the bacteria are long gone, making further treatment with powerful antibiotics-- which can lead to potentially fatal infections or blood clots--positively dangerous. Now comes word of two studies in the New England Journal of Medicine that show that long-term antibiotic treatment is no better than a placebo for folks with chronic Lyme disease. Originally scheduled for publication in July, the research is part of a group of findings made public last week--just in time for the peak Lyme months of June and July. If confirmed by another major study that's looking at chronic Lyme and antibiotics from a slightly different perspective, the results would seem to settle the question once and for all. Researchers from Boston, New Haven, Conn., and Valhalla, N.Y., followed 129 patients who had previously been treated for well-documented cases of Lyme disease. Sixty-four were given antibiotics directly into their veins for a month, followed by two months of oral antibiotics. The others received dummy medications. A third of the chronic Lyme patients got better while taking the antibiotics. But so did a third of those on the placebo. Indeed, the results were so similar that a monitoring board decided to cut the trials short rather than add more subjects to the test groups. Unfortunately, the debate over chronic Lyme has become so heated that no one expects the controversy to go away. But both sides may take comfort in the other findings that were released by the New England Journal last week. After studying 482 subjects bitten by deer ticks in a part of New York with a lot of Lyme disease, researchers concluded that a singly 200-mg dose of doxycycline dramatically cut the risk of contracting the disease. That good news is tempered somewhat by the fact that 80% of patients who develop the infection don't remember ever being bitten by a tick. (The bugs inject an anesthetic into the skin to mask the pain and in their nymph stage are so small--about the size of a poppy seed--that they are easily overlooked. ) There's still plenty you can do to protect yourself in a Lyme-infested neighborhood: tuck your pants in your socks, spray DEET on your clothing, check yourself and your kids for ticks. And if you develop a spreading red rash--particularly if it's accompanied by joint pain, chills or confusion--make sure you see a doctor right away. The trick, as always, is to be vigilant without overreacting.

单选题If children who cannot write are asked to write the story they have been told orally , they tend to scribble in ______ across a page. A. patterns B. designs C. models D. scratches

单选题Over and over in War of the Worlds, he evokes the sensation, more familiar from dreams than movies, ______an otherworldly entity, glimpsed from a great distance, ______suddenly, violently clawing its way into your personal space.

单选题I was most favorably struck by the assurance with which the boy answered all my questions. A. insurance B. confidence C. reluctance D. independence

单选题The wind may______the palms in Langkawi, but windsurfing is the only way to enjoy it. The waters of Phuket are crystal clear, but snorkeling is merely an option.

单选题______may seem helpful behavior to you can be understood as interference by others.

单选题Industrial production managers coordinate the resources and activities required to produce millions of goods every year in the United States. Although their duties vary from plant to plant, industrial production managers share many of the same major responsibilities. These responsibilities include production scheduling, staffing, procurement and maintenance of equipment, quality control, inventory control, and the coordination of production activities with those of other departments. The primary mission of industrial production managers is planning the production schedule within budgetary limitations and time constraints. They do this by analyzing the plant's personnel and capital resources to select the best way of meeting the production quota. Industrial production managers determine, often using mathematical formulas, which machines, will be used, whether new machines need to be purchased, whether overtime or extra shifts are necessary, and what the sequence of production will be. They monitor the production run to make sure that it stays on schedule and correct any problems that may arise. Industrial production' managers also must monitor product standards. When quality drops below the established standard, they must determine why standards are not being maintained and how to improve the product. If the problem relates to the quality of work performed in the plant, the manager may implement better training programs, reorganize the manufacturing process, or institute employee suggestion or involvement programs. If the cause is substandard materials, the manager works with the purchasing department to improve the quality of the product's components. Because the work of many departments is interrelated, managers work closely with heads of other departments such as sales, procurement, and logistics to plan and implement company goals, policies, and procedures. For example, the production manager works with the procurement department to ensure that plant inventories are maintained at their optimal level. This is vital to a firm's operation because maintaining the inventory of materials necessary for production ties up the firm's financial resources, yet insufficient quantities cause delays in production. A breakdown in communications between the production manager and the purchasing department can cause slowdowns and a failure to meet production schedules. Just-in- time production techniques have reduced inventory levels, making constant communication among the manager, suppliers, and purchasing departments even more important. Computers play an integral part in this coordination. They also are used to provide up-to-date information on inventory, the status of work in progress, and quality standards. Production managers usually report to the plant manager or the vice president for manufacturing, and may act as liaison between executives and first-line supervisors. In many plants, one production manager is responsible for all aspects of production. In large plants with several operations, there are managers in charge of each operation, such as machining, assembly or finishing.

单选题The examples of the second paragraph may indicate that______.

单选题As the manager was away on a business trip, I was asked to______the weekly staff meeting.

单选题According to the passage, what is the relationship between our thoughts and words?

单选题He was ______ with attempted robbery and held in custody. A. accused B. prosecuted C. charged D. arrested

单选题The last sentence "You don't need "'eating pizza" of Paragraph 4 implies ______.

单选题What was far more amazing and entirely unexpected, not least by governments and business- men anxious about post-war ruin and possible depressions, was the ______ of global economic growth after the Second World War. A. climax B. surge C. spiral D. survival

单选题Helen ______ into the river but that I caught her.

单选题But many in the commission are well aware of such needs, and are ______ to address them.

单选题Questions 24—26 are based on the talk about the euro. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 24—26.

单选题This work costs us nothing; it's all done by ______.

单选题None of these high technology methods are of any value if the sites ______ they are applied have never mineralized, and to maximize the chances of discovery, the explorer therefore pay particular attention to ______ the ground formations most likely to mineralize. A. that... selecting B. to which... selecting C. where... select D. which... select

单选题General acceptance of 3-D films may prove hard to come by as the experience of three decades ago indicated. A. obtain B. explain C. understand D. discerm