单选题My boss insists on seeing everything in______before he makes a decision.

单选题The Internet can make the news more democratic, giving the public a chance to ask questions and seek out facts behind stories and candidates, according to the head of the largest U.S. online service. "But the greatest potential for public participation is still in the future," Steven Case, Chairman of America Online, told a recent meeting on Journalism and the Internet sponsored by the Freedom Forum(论坛). However, some other experts often say the new technology of computers is changing the face of journalism, giving reporters access to more information and their readers a chance to ask questions and turn to different sources. "You don"t have to buy a newspaper and be confined to the four comers of that paper any more," Sam Meddis, online technology editor at "USA Today", observed about the variety of information available to computer users. But the experts noted the easy access to the Internet also means anyone can post information for others to see. "Anyone can say anything they want, whether it"s right or wrong," said Case. Readers have to determine for themselves who to trust. "In a world of almost infinite voices, respected journalists and respected brand names will probably become more important, not less," Case said. "The Internet today is about where radio was 80 years ago, or television 50 years ago or cable 25 years ago," he said. But it is growing rapidly because it provides people fast access to news and a chance to comment on it.

单选题Very old people do raise moral problems for almost everyone who comes in contact with them. Their values—this can't be repeated too often—are not necessarily our values. Physical comfort, cleanness and order are necessarily the most important things. The social services from time to time find themselves faced with a flat with decaying food covered by small worms, and an old person lying alone on bed, taking no notice of the worms. But is it interfering with personal freedom to insist that they go to live with some of their relatives so that they might be taken better care of ? Some social workers, the ones who clear up the worms, think we are in danger of carrying this concept of personal freedom to the point where serious risks are being taken with the health and safety of the old. Indeed, the old can be easily hurt or harmed. The body is like a car, it needs more mechanical maintenance as it gets older. You can carry this comparison right through to the provision of spare parts. But never forget that such operations are painful experiences, however good the results. And at what point should you cease to treat the old body? Is it morally right to try to push off death by pursuing the development of drugs to excite the forgetful old mind and to activate the old body, knowing that it is designed to die? You cannot ask doctors or scientists to decide, because so long as they can see the technical opportunities, they will feel bound to give them a try on the principle that while there's life, there's hope. ? When you talk to the old people, however, you are forced to the conclusion that whether age is happy or unpleasant depends less on money or on health than it does on your ability to have sun.

单选题Communication satellites transmit information more______than do ordinary shortwave radios.

单选题Telephones save the feet and endless amounts of time. This is due partly to the fact that the telephone service is superb here, ______ the postal service is less efficient.

单选题A group of scholars from several countries were holding a ______ on new trend of literature.(2006年中国矿业大学考博试题)

单选题One of the consequences of advanced Ucognitive/U ability has been the emergence of cultural life.

单选题The badly wounded soldiers take ______ for medical treatment over those only slightly hurt. A. priority B. measures C. chance D. responsibility

单选题Distributing which of the following publications would be most likely to encourage Aleuts to make more use of English?

单选题Her father flew into a ______ when he learned that she wanted to get married before she graduated from the university. [A] feeling [B] emotion [C] sensation [D] passion

单选题Because of the______ of its ideas, the book was in wide circulation both at home and abroad.(2014年厦门大学考博试题)

单选题Love was in the air in a Tokyo park as normally staid Japanese husbands gathered to scream out their feelings for their wives, promising ______ and extra tight hugs.(2013年北京大学考博试题)

单选题According to legend, Daniel Webster made a ______ with Satan, but managed to talk his way out of it at the last moment.

单选题The Trojan War proved to the Greeks that cunning and ______ were often more effective than military might. A. artifice B. strength C. wisdom D. beauty

单选题School integration plans that involve busing between suburban and central-city areas have contributed, according to a recent study, to ______ any future need/or busing.

单选题Psychologists agree that human beings have a strong need to ______ their time; having too much idle time can be as stressful as having none at all.

单选题For millions of years before the appearance of the electric light, shift work, all night cable TV and the Internet, the Earth"s creatures evolved on a planet with predictable and reassuring 24-hour rhythms. Our biological clocks are set for this daily cycle. Simply put, 9ur bodies want to sleep at night and be awake during the day. Most women and men need between eight and eight and a half hours of sleep a night to function properly throughout their lives (Contrary to popular belief, humans don"t need less sleep as they age). But on average, Americans sleep only about seven and a half hours per night, a marked drop from the nine hours they averaged in 1910. What"s worse, nearly one third of all Americans get less than six hours of sleep on a typical work night. For most people, that"s not nearly enough. Finding ways to get more and better sleep can be a challenge. Scientists have identified more than 80 different sleep disorders. Some sleeping disorders are genetic. But many problems are caused by staying up late and sleeping in, by traveling frequently between time zones or by working nights. Dr. James F. Jones at National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver says that sleep disorders are often diagnosed as other discomforts. About one third of the patients referred to him with possible chronic fatigue syndrome actually have treatable sleep disorders. "Before we do anything else, we look at their sleep," Jones says. Sleep experts say that most people would benefit from a good look at their sleep patterns. "My motto (座右铭) is "Sleep defensively"," says Mary Carskadon of Brown University. She says people need to carve out sufficient time to sleep, even if it means giving up other things. Sleep routines—like going to bed and getting up at the same time every day—are important. Pre-bedtime activities also make a difference. As with Elsner, who used to suffer from sleeplessness, a few lifestyle changes—avoiding stimulants and late meals, exercising hours before bedtime, relaxing with a hot bath—yield better sleep.

单选题The National Party ______.

单选题That grand--sized pine tree ______ the horizon.

单选题A survey earlier this year found that about 50 percent of South Africans think that "most" or "almost all" governmental officials are involved in______.