单选题It can be seen that if a rocket misses its target, it keeps on traveling through space until ______.

单选题He was______when he heard the unexpected news, but I finally convinced him.

单选题The fact that it will never be possible to converse with someone on another planet shows that ______.

单选题I selected the most difficult job for myself because I find that the more a job challenges me, ______.

单选题Hopelessly entrapped in the two-year tangle of his own deceit, forced into a confession of past lies, he watched the support of his most loyal defenders collapse in a political maelstrom, driven by their bitterness over the realization that he had betrayed their trust.

单选题You should stop ____ your condition and do something about it.

单选题Language may be ______ of as a process which arises from social interaction. A. comprised B. conceived C. disposed D. deprived

单选题This passage ______.

单选题During our first teacher training year, we often visited local schools for the______of lessons.

单选题Developments in ship design and construction methods came about in ______ to challenges encountered in trading. A. awareness B. response C. contrast D. agreement

单选题It hardly needs______that being alive is one of the prerequisites for enjoying the freedom that Americans value so much.

单选题He was ready to lend a helping hand to anyone in ______.

单选题In the last paragraph, the underlined word “enterprises” is closest in meaning with ( )

单选题Why was the year 1886 so special to Pemberton?

单选题A recent study examined men"s attitudes to women, life goals and gender roles and the findings indicate that the popular image of men as insensitive, macho slobs has almost disappeared. The report found that modem British men have accepted the feminist revolution and have become more feminine in the process. "Men have turned into metrosexuals." Paradoxically, the term "metrosexual", which is now being embraced by marketers, was coined in the mid-90"s to mock everything marketers stand for. Mark Simpson used the word to satirize what he saw as consumerism"s toll on traditional masculinity. Men didn"t go to shopping malls, buy glossy magazines or load up on grooming products, Mr. Simpson argued, so consumer culture promoted the idea of a sensitive guy—who went to malls, bought magazines and spent freely to improve his personal appearance. Within a few years, British advertisers and newspapers picked up the term. In 2001, Britain"s Channel Four brought out a show about sensitive guys called "metrosexuality". And in recent years the European media found a metrosexual icon in David Beckham, the English soccer star, who paints his fingernails, braids his hair and poses for gay magazines, all while maintaining a manly profile on the pitch. The challenge of the marketers is still to convince men that it is perfectly normal to groom. What separates the modern-day metrosexual is a care-free attitude toward the inevitable suspicion that a man who dresses well, has good manners, or has opinions on women"s fashion is gay. Some metrosexuals may simply be indulging in pursuits they had avoided for fear of being suspected as gay.

单选题John Grisham was born on February 2, 1955, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, in the USA. His father was a construction worker and moved his family all around the southern states of America, stopping wherever he could find work. Eventually they settled in Mississippi. Graduating from law school in 1981, Grisham practiced law for nearly a decade in Southaven, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury litigation (诉讼). In 1983, he was elected to the state House of Representatives and served until 1990. One day at the Dessoto County courthouse, Grisham heard the horrifying testimony of a 12-year-old rape victim. He decided to write a novel exploring what would have happened if the girl"s father had murdered her attackers. He proceeded to get up every morning at 5 a.m. to work on the novel, called A Time to Kill, which was published in 1988. Grisham"s next novel, The Firm, was one of the biggest hits of 1991, spending 47 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Grisham was then able to give up law and concentrate on writing. Grisham lives with his wife and two children, dividing their time between their Victorian home on a 67 acre farm in Mississippi and a 204 acre plantation near Charlottesville, Virginia. When he"s not writing, Grisham devotes time to charitable causes, including mission trips with his church group. As a child he dreamt of becoming a professional baseball player, and now serves as the local Little League commissioner. He has built six ball fields on his property and hosts children from 26 Little League teams.

单选题Floods cause billions of dollars worth of property damage______.

单选题The virus attacks the plant, the flower does not open, and ______ no seeds are produced. A. consequently B. subsequently C. simultaneously D. spontaneously

单选题The doctor did not rule out the possibility of food poisoning.

单选题A traditional critic has the advantage of being able to______standards and values inherited from the past.