单选题Because the painter Albert Pinkham Ryder was obsessed with his ______perfection, he was rarely ______a painting, creating endless variations of a scene on one canvas, one on top of another.

单选题The auctioneer may decide to sell the "lots" out of order because ______.

单选题Recent studies have identified four major global environmental risks; acid rain, ozone depletion, deforestation and the greenhouse effect.

单选题Turning cultivated land back into forests or pasture is a fundamental way to stem soil ______ and desertification in the longrun.(2003年中国人民大学考博试题)

单选题Another factor in the display of art objects (concerns their continued preservation). Because of the sensitivity of some of the materials (used in their creation), it is necessary to control (within narrow limits) the temperature, humidity, and lighting (which) they are exposed.A. concerns their continued preservationB. used in their creationC. within narrow limitsD. which

单选题All workers, regardless of their sex and education, are required to ______ at the age of 60. A. resign B. retire C. regain D. retain

单选题Adages are frequently mutually antagonistic witness, "ignorance breeds prejudice" and "familiarity, Ubreeds/U contempt."

单选题______ was given by the committee to all of those who donated money.

单选题Opinion polls are now beginning to show an unwilling general agreement that, whoever is to blame and whatever happens from now on, high unemployment is probably here to stay. This means we shall have to find ways of sharing the available employment more widely. But we need to go further. We must ask some fundamental questions about the future of work. Should we continue to treat employment as the norm? Should we not create conditions in which many of us can work for ourselves, rather than for an employer? Should we not aim to revive the household and the neighbourhood, as well as the factory and the office, as centres of production and work? The industrial age has been the only period of human history in which most people's work has taken the form of jobs. The industrial age may now be coming to an end, and some of the changes in work patterns which it brought about may have to be reversed. This seems a discouraging thought. But, in fact, it could offer the prospect of a better future for work. Universal employment, as its history shows, has not meant economic freedom. Employment became widespread when the enclosures of the 17th and 18th centuries made many people dependent on paid work by depriving them of the use of the land, and thus of the means to provide a living for themselves. Then the factory system destroyed the cottage industries and removed work from people's homes. Later, as transport improved, first by rail and then by road, people travelled longer distances to their places of employment until eventually, many people's work lost all connection with their home lives and places in which they lived. Meanwhile, employment put women at a disadvantage. It became customary for the husband to go out to paid employment, leaving the unpaid work of the home and family to his wife. All this may now have to change. The time has certainly come to switch some effort and resources away from the impractical goal of creating jobs for all, to the urgent practical task of helping many people to manage without full-time jobs.

单选题The accused man ______his innocence by proving that he was aboard when the murder was committed. A. found B. founded C. ignored D. established

单选题In the Alar apple scare, many Americans were frightened because ______.

单选题The Austrian manufacturing industry consists of a few large organizations, many of which operate under government auspices .

单选题Sometimes the machine will go wrong without any______ cause.

单选题It is naive to expect that any society can resolve all the social problems it is faced with ______. A. for long B. in and out C. once for all D. by nature

单选题The man was detained by the police at the airport because his passport was found to be ______.

单选题Customer experience is the internal and subjective response customers have to any direct or indirect contact with a company. (71)______Indirect contact most often involves unplanned encounters with representations of a company's products, services, or brands and takes the form of word-of-mouth recommendations or criticisms, advertising, news reports, reviews, and so forth. Such all encounter could occur when Google's whimsical holiday loges pop up on the site's home page at the inception of a search, or it could be the distinctive "potato, potato" sound of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle's exhaust system. (72)______ The secret to a good experience isn't the multiplicity of features on offer. Microsoft Windows, which is rich in features, may provide what a corporate IT director considers a positive experience. (73)______A customer's experience with an Apple device such as the iPod begins well before the purchaser turns it on perhaps because of the dancing silhouettes in the TV advertisements. Furthermore, the origami-like (and recyclable) packaging enfolds the iPod as though it were a Faberge egg made for a czar. A small sticker, "Designed in California, Made in China," communicates the message that Apple is firmly in charge but also interested in keeping costs down. Even Windows users appreciate the device's intuitive, Mac-like feel and find that downloading tracks from iTunes is easier than buying a CD on Amazon. (74)______ A successful brand shapes customers' experiences by embedding the fundamental value proposition in all the product's features. For BMW, "the Ultimate Driving Machine" is much more than a slogan; it informs the company's manufacturing and design choices. (75) ______ BMW would not consider developing such a feature unless it amplified rather than diminished the driving experience. A. Every Apple product is designed with the, overarching purpose of making the time one spends with Apple an enjoyable experience. B. It might just be an e-mail from one customer to another. C. Direct contact generally occurs in the course of purchase, use, and service and is usually initiated by the customer. D. People's expectations are set high in part by their previous experiences with a company's offerings E. In 2000. Mercedes-Benz introduced a system that automatically controls the distance between a Mercedes and the car in front. F. However, many home users prefer Apple's Macintosh operating system, which offers fewer features and configuration options.

单选题Permission to build the factory has been delayed by the complex ______ between industrial and environmental interests.

单选题Mrs. Green received an ______ letter threatening to expose her private life if she refused to pay $10,000

单选题He was very angry. He refused to give any______ to journalists.