单选题Questions 24—26 are based on the information about United World Colleses. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 24—26.

单选题The referee was accused of being ______ to the home team.

单选题Older, less dogmatic theories better explained how the problems in the financial ______ dragged down the rest of the economy. A. charter B. session C. chapel D. sector

单选题The hope of making further discoveries led them to______upon a second voyage.

单选题I hate to see the repulsive sights in commercials about cold remedies. A. soothing B. hypocritical C. loathsome D. deceitful

单选题In the second sentence of the first paragraph, the pronoun "they" in "when they arrive" refers to ______.

单选题From Paragraph 1, we can learn that ______.

单选题Judging by the context, the word "stately" in the first paragraph means ______.

单选题One hundred and thirteen million Americans have at least one bank-issued credit card. They give their owners automatic credit in stores, restaurants, and hotels, at home, across the country, and even abroad, and they make many banking services available as well. More and more of these credit cards can be read automatically, making it possible to withdraw or deposit money in scattered locations, whether or not the local branch bank is open. For many of us the "cashless society" is not on the horizon—it"s already here. While computers offer these conveniences to consumers, they have many advantages for sellers too. Electronic cash registers can do much more than simply ring up sales. They can keep a wide range of records, including who sold what, when, and to whom. This information allows businessmen to keep track of their list of goods by showing which items are being sold and how fast they are moving. Decisions to reorder or return goods to suppliers can then be made. At the same time these computers record which hours are busiest and which employees are the most efficient, allowing personnel and staffing assignments to be made accordingly. And they also identify preferred customers for promotional campaigns. Computers are relied on by manufacturers for similar reasons. Computer-analyzed marketing reports can help to decide which products to emphasize now, which to develop for the future, and which to drop. Computers keep track of goods in stock, of raw materials on hand, and even of the production process itself. Numerous other commercial enterprises, from theaters to magazine publishers, from gas and electric utilities to milk processors, bring better and more efficient services to consumers through the use of computers.

单选题I have omitted many things which ______ a place in the book.

单选题American football and baseball are becoming known to the British public through televised ______ from the United States.

单选题The theory of the origin of the universe is just ______ and lacks proof.

单选题Such an ______ act of hostility can only lead to war.

单选题In this part you are asked to choose the best word for each blank in the passage. The most famous painter in Victoria's history is Emily Carr. When she was a child, she discovered that walking in the woods{{U}} 1 {{/U}}more to her than playing with other children, and that she was more interested in{{U}} 2 {{/U}}the streets of old Victoria than playing at home with{{U}} 3 {{/U}}and spending her time making up. Emily was a cute little girl who spent{{U}} 4 {{/U}}of her childhood in Beacon Hill Park,{{U}} 5 {{/U}}was very close to her home. Drawing{{U}} 6 {{/U}}her, and she also liked to play with the pets. She had ducks and chickens, and even{{U}} 7 {{/U}}a monkey. She was{{U}} 8 {{/U}}interested in the First Nations people and the Chinese people she saw in Victoria's Chinatown. Their culture and way of dressing seemed so{{U}} 9 {{/U}}from her own. As she became a young, strong and{{U}} 10 {{/U}}woman, Emily began to go on long trips into the forests to{{U}} 11 {{/U}}and draw what she saw. She loved the free and simple{{U}} 12 {{/U}}of the First Nations people. In the summer of 1895 she went on{{U}} 13 {{/U}}with two other women to{{U}} 14 {{/U}}the wilderness along the Cowichan River that runs through Duncan,{{U}} 15 {{/U}}north of Victoria. She knew more about their lifestyle and the forests of B. C. than{{U}} 16 {{/U}}other European woman. When you look at her paintings, you can sense the{{U}} 17 {{/U}}of these dark, mysterious forests. Her paintings are now very famous and,{{U}} 18 {{/U}}the dark colors may not be attractive to some people, they{{U}} 19 {{/U}}the beauty and mystery of the deep woods and the skill of a great artist. Emily was a very brave and independent woman. She walked through the woods alone, even though she knew that bears and wolves might be her only{{U}} 20 {{/U}}.

单选题What does Jeanette Henderson mainly study at the university?

单选题There are, two opinions as to the production of light. Augustine seems to say that Moses could not have fittingly passed over the production of the spiritual creature, and therefore when we read. In the beginning God created heaven and earth, a spiritual nature as yet formless is to be understood by the word heaven, and the formless matter for the corporeal creature by the word earth. And spiritual nature was formed first, as being of higher dignity than corporeal. The forming, therefore, of this spiritual nature is signified by the production of light. That is to say, the light in question is a spiritual light. For a spiritual nature receives its formation by the illumination whereby it is led to adhere to the world of God. Other writers think that the production of spiritual creatures was purposely omitted by Moses, and give various reasons. Basil says that Moses begins his narrative from the beginning of the time which belongs to sensible things; but that the spiritual or angelic creation is passed over, as having been created beforehand. Chrysostom gives us a reason for the omission that Moses was addressing an ignorant people, to whom material things alone appealed, and whom he was endeavoring to draw away from the worship of idols. It would have been to them a pretext for idolatry if he had spoken to them of natures spiritual in substance and nobler than all corporeal creatures; for they would have paid them divine worship, since they were prone to worship as gods even the sun, moon, and stars, which was forbidden them (Deut. iv. 19). But Scripture also mentioned several kinds of formlessness, in regard to the corporeal creature Gen. i. 2). One is where we read that the earth was void and empty, and another where it is said that darkness was upon the face of the deep. Now it was necessary, for two reasons, that the informity of darkness should be removed first of all by the production of light. In the first place because light is a quality of the first body, as was stated, and thus it was fitting that the world should be first formed according to light. The second reason is because light is a common quality. For light is common to terrestrial and celestial bodies. But just as in knowledge we proceed from general principles, so do we in work of every kind. For the living thing is generated before the animal, and the animal before man, as is shown in De Gener Anita. It was fitting, then, as an evidence of the divine wisdom, that among the works of distinction the production of light should take first place, since light is a form of the primary body, and because it is a more common quality. Basil, furthermore, adds a third reason: that all other things are made manifest by light. And there is yet a fourth, already touched upon in the objections, namely, that day cannot be unless light exists. It had to be made, therefore, on the first day. Comprehension Questions

单选题The company ______ a rise in salary for ages, but nothing has happened yet.

单选题It was ______ to continue the negotiation since both sides lack the sincerity. A. fertile B. futile C. fugitive D. fussy

单选题There was a quick turnover of staff in the department as the manager treated his employees with ______ contempt.