单选题 After yuppies and dinkies, a new creature from adland stalks the block. The NYLON. an acronym linking New York and London, is a refinement of those more familiar categories such as jet-setters and cosmocrats (cosmopolitan aristocrats...do keep up). Marketing professionals have noted that{{U}} (1) {{/U}}the demise of Concorde, a new class of high-earner increasingly{{U}} (2) {{/U}}his or her time shuttling{{U}} (3) {{/U}}the twin capitals of globalisation And NYLONS prefer their home comforts{{U}} (4) {{/U}}tap in both cities. Despite the impressive{{U}} (5) {{/U}}of air miles, they are not adventurous people. As{{U}} (6) {{/U}}from Tom Wolfe's Masters of the Universe of the 1980s. NYLONS have done more than well{{U}} (7) {{/U}}the long boom and new economy of the last ten years. They are DJs. chefs, games designers. Internet entrepreneurs, fashionistas, publishers and even a{{U}} (8) {{/U}}band of journalists and writers. They are self-consciously trendy and some are even able to{{U}} (9) {{/U}}houses in both cities. Others will put up.{{U}} (10) {{/U}}a house in one. and a view{{U}} (11) {{/U}}a room m the{{U}} (12) {{/U}}. Of course, their horizons do{{U}} (13) {{/U}}beyond just New York and London. For many. Los Angeles is an important shopping mall. More significantly for adland, NYLONS provide some useful marketing savings. Campaigns no longer have to differ very much in the two Cities,{{U}} (14) {{/U}}NYLONS bring them ever closer together. The restaurants are the same, with Nobu now in London and Conran in New York. Many plays{{U}} (15) {{/U}}in both cities at the same time. and DJs shuttle between the two.{{U}} (16) {{/U}}the same garage to the same people in{{U}} (17) {{/U}}clubs. Time Out and Wallpaper are the magazines of{{U}} (18) {{/U}}. All this is fine for NYLONS. But not so much{{U}} (19) {{/U}}for everybody else watching Notting Hill turn{{U}} (20) {{/U}}a pale imitation of Greenwich Village.

单选题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}Read the following text. Choose the best word.(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. There is concern around the apparent inability of science education to counter current negative perceptions of science in both developing and industrial countries. These concerns have {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}consensus within the science education community over the {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}five decades that there is a need to focus on science literacy. The framework within which this consensus initially developed emphasized scientific knowledge and application. {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}, a more recent consensus that has {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}within sectors of the science education community is the need to focus {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}on the literacy aspects of science literacy. Norris and Phillips draw a {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}between the fundamental and derived senses of science literacy {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}the fundamental sense requires proficiency in science language and thinking, {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}being proficient in the derived sense means being able to make {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}judgements on scientific social issues. A number of researchers believe that for someone to be judged scientifically {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}in both the fundamental and derived sense, he or she must be first proficient in the discourses of science, which {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}reading, writing, and talking science. In order to achieve these goals, students must be helped to cross the {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}between the informal language they speak at home and the {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}language used at school, {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}the specialized language of science. The uncritical belief that hands-on science activities automatically lead to understanding has been {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}with the realization that this is a necessary, but not essential, approach. {{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}is needed are minds-on experiences that include discussion, planning, reading, and writing, as well as deliberations and argumentation. One of the first programs that explored the integration of language and science instruction introduced a science-content reading program {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}inquiry activities, science processes, and the comprehension of written information provided for the topic {{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}. The result was that both reading and science scores {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}, as well as student {{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}toward science.

单选题{{B}}Part A{{/B}}{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}Reading the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. {{B}}Text 1{{/B}} Whoever said that {{U}}victory has many fathers and defeat is an orphan{{/U}}, surely had never heard of the World Trade Organization (WTO). In the case of the hapless multilateral trade body and its long suffering representatives, the total failure of the opening meeting of the so called Millennium trade round has lots of people boasting of their roles in the violent physical struggle. Well. That's just brilliant. They are proud of being part of a movement that wants to wreck the most important engine of economic growth, prosperity and overall global rising living standards we have--the freedom of trade and movement of people and goods between nations. The 135-member WTO is composed of sovereign governments wishing to further this goal and ease the settlement of international trade disputes. From the sounds emanating from Seattle, though, it would now seem the WTO has now replaced the Trilateral Commission and the Freemasons as candidate No. 1 to take over the World. Everybody has his favorite Seattle story. The city's police chief will have plenty of time to think about his, having now resigned in disgrace over the loss of control of downtown Seattle. The Seattle business community may be more inclined to brood over theirs--the poor fools invested $ 9 million to attract the meeting to their fine city. What stands out more? I would nominate the union of steel workers who were marching in protest. {{U}}It's an image that will boggle the mind for years to come{{/U}}. The debate now is over just how effective this anti-globalist coalition will turn out to be. In the heat of the moment, it always looks as though the world as we know it is coming to an end. But the overwhelming likelihood is that we have not actually seen a replay of the anti Vietnam War movement, which had much clearer focus, obviously, though its consequences were far-reaching. How long, after all, can you protest against cheap imports when those same imports are all over your house? No, the real reason for the disaster in Seattle is political, and reports coming out of the meeting point to President Clinton as a major culprit. Which may be both good and bad. Taking the long view, other trade rounds have had difficult beginnings, too. It took years to get the Uruguay Round under way, which finally happened in 1986. Thankfully, we will soon be electing another president, and it should be someone whose actions match his rhetoric. Still, it is a disgrace that the world's greatest trading nation, i.e. the United States, is currently led by a man whose motivations are so narrowly political and egocentric that he has now wrecked any chance of entering the history books as a champion of free trade.

单选题 Digital photography is still new enough that most of us have yet to form an opinion about it{{U}} (1) {{/U}}develop a point of view. But this hasn’t stopped many film and computer fans from agreeing{{U}} (2) {{/U}}the early conventional wisdom about digital cameras — they’re neat{{U}} (3) {{/U}}for your PC, but they’re not suitable for everyday picture taking. The fans are wrong. More than anything else, digital cameras are radically{{U}} (4) {{/U}}what photography means and what it can be. The venerable medium of photography{{U}} (5) {{/U}}we know, it is beginning to seem out of{{U}} (6) {{/U}}with the way we live. In our computer and camcorder{{U}} (7) {{/U}}, saving pictures as digital{{U}} (8) {{/U}}and watching them on TV is no less practical — and in many ways more{{U}} (9) {{/U}}than fumbling with rolls of film that must be sent off to be{{U}} (10) {{/U}}. Paper is also terribly{{U}} (11) {{/U}}. Pictures that are incorrectly framed,{{U}} (12) {{/U}}, or lighted are nonetheless committed to film and ultimately processed into prints. The digital medium changes the{{U}} (13) {{/U}}. Still images that are{{U}} (14) {{/U}}digitally can immediately be shown on a computer{{U}} (15) {{/U}}, a TV screen, or a small liquid crystal display (LCD) built right into the camera. And since the points of light that{{U}} (16) {{/U}}an image are saved as a series of digital bits in electronic memory,{{U}} (17) {{/U}}being permanently etched onto film, they can be erased, retouched, and transmitted{{U}} (18) {{/U}}. What’s it like to{{U}} (19) {{/U}}with one of these digital cameras? It’s a little like a first date — exciting, confusing and fraught with{{U}} (20) {{/U}}.

单选题A new study found that inner-city kids living in neighborhoods with more green space gained about 18% less weight over a two-year period than kids living amid more concrete and fewer trees. Such (1) tell a powerful story. The obesity epidemic began in the 1980s, and many people (2) it to increased portion sizes and inactivity, but that can't be everything. Fast foods and TVs have been (3) us for a long time. "Most experts agree that the changes were (4) to something in the environment," says social epidemiologist Thomas Glass of The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. That something could be a (5) of the green. The new research, (6) in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, isn't the first to associate greenery with better health, but it does get us closer (7) identifying what works and why. At its most straightforward, a green neighborhood (8) means more places for kids to play—which is (9) since time spent outdoors is one of the strongest correlates of children's activity levels. But green space is good for the mind (10) : research by environmental psychologists has shown that it has cognitive (11) for children with attention-deficit disorder. In one study, just reading (12) in a green setting improved kids' symptoms. (13) to grassy areas has also been linked to (14) stress and a lower body mass index among adults. And an (15) of 3, 000 Tokyo residents associated walk able green spaces with greater longevity among senior citizens. Glass cautions that most studies don't (16) prove a causal link between greenness and health, but they're nonetheless helping spur action. In September the U.S. House of Representatives (17) the delightfully named No Child Left Inside Act to encourage public initiatives aimed at exposing kids to the outdoors. Finding green space is not (18) easy, and you may have to work a bit to get your family a little grass and trees. If you live in a suburb or a city with good parks, take (19) of what's there. Your children in particular will love it—and their bodies and minds will be (20) to you.

单选题What does the words of Dr.' Hisham Gasseib mean in the third paragraph?

单选题Before the economy fell apart, it was Britain's society that was supposed to be in terminal decline, especially in the eyes of the Tories. David Cameron, the Conservative Party leader, was wont to bemoan "broken Britain", mired in moral degeneracy, with high rates of teenage pregnancy, low rates of marriage and other less quantifiable breakdowns in the civilised scheme of things. Such antediluvian worries were raked over again on July 13th when Iain Duncan Smith, a former Tory leader, called for an official endorsement of marriage. Mr Duncan Smith cites several reasons to encourage wedlock, including family stability (married couples are much less likely to split than cohabiting ones ) and healthier children who do better in later life. There was talk of state-run counselling, pro-marriage propaganda in schools and mandatory "cooling-off" periods before divorces. Mr Duncan Smith favours tax breaks for married couples, something that Labour has long refused to endorse. It is true that marriage is a declining institution. Marriage rates are at their lowest since 1895．But, curiously, those who do marry now stay together for longer. Divorce rates are falling, not rising, and have been for several years. In 2007 11.9 married couples per thousand untied the knot, down from 12.2 the year before and the lowest since 1981．The time that divorcing couples endure each other before flinging back the rings has lengthened too., from 10.1 years in 1981 to 11.7 in 2007．Indifference towards the sacrament of marriage appears strongest among the elderly, not the feckless young. Since 2004, when the overall divorce rate peaked at 14.1 per thousand, over-60s have been the only part of the population whose rates have continued to rise. There are plenty of competing explanations for the diminishing appeal of divorce, and no easy way to discover which are true. Immigration may have helped, since immigrant families often have more conservative attitudes than the degenerate natives. Accountants and divorce lawyers reckon a string of recent big settlements may have acted as a deterrent (although it could equally have encouraged the poorer partners in financially unequal marriages). Falling marriage rates and falling divorce rates could be two sides of the same coin, says Kathleen Kiernan, a professor of social policy at York University. The unpopularity of marriage and the relative ease of divorce has left only a hard core of stable couples bound in wedlock. And the rise in the average age at which people get married (now 36 for men and 33 for women) is helping too, since older brides and grooms tend to stay together longer in any case. If so, politicians should be cautious about handing out tax breaks. Even if they work (and Ms Kiernan thinks they would have to be enormous to have much effect), chivvying unmarried couples into wedlock is likely to mean more divorces in the future.

单选题The Treasury could pocket 20 million a year in extra fines once the country's speed camera network is expanded. Motoring organizations warned that the (1) could become a poll tax on wheels, (2) huge number of drivers. There could be many more incidents of vandalism (3) cameras. The warnings came (4) a Daily Mail survey found almost all the 23 police forces in England and Wales were either (5) to expansion plans or considering (6) . Nationwide, the number of speeding tickets is expected to treble, (7) 90 million a year. (8) the scheme, police keep some of the cash from fines to 9 the costs of fitting and maintaining extra cameras and (10) that existing ones always have film in them. The rest will go to the Treasury. Both Ministers and police insist the scheme is aimed (11) at making roads safer. They point to trials in eight areas which cut collisions by a quarter and deaths and serious injuries by (12) a half. But motoring organizations fear cameras will be sited on relatively safe (13) fast stretches to catch as many drivers as possible. Some forces are also expected to 14 the "threshold" speeds at which cameras are (15) to the absolute legal minimum-15 mph in a 10 mph limit, and 26 mph in a 20 mph zone. This could encourage drivers to stare at their speedometers instead of concentrating on the road, and (16) to more accidents. Sue Nicholson, head of campaigns at the RAC, said, "We don't have a problem with speed cameras (17) . But we do have concerns about (18) they are sited. Police risk losing credibility (19) motorists if cameras are seen as revenue-raising (20) safety devices./

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单选题One of the most important results of research into ageing has been to pinpoint the significance of short-term memory. This faculty is easily (1) as ageing advances. What seems to (2) is that information is received by the brain, (3) scans it for meaning in order to decode it at some future time. It looks as if the actual (4) of the short-term memory itself may not change too much (5) age. A young man and a man in his late fifties may (6) be able to remember and repeat a(n) (7) of eight numbers recited to them. But what (8) change is that when the older man is asked to remember anything (9) between the time he is first given the numbers to memorise and the time he is asked to (10) them, he will be much less likely to remember the (11) numbers than the young man. This is because the scanning stage is more easily (12) by other activities in (13) people. In (14) living one experiences this as a fairly minor (15) -- a telephone number forgotten while one looks (16) an area code, or the first part of (17) street directions confused with the last because the last 'turn lefts' and 'turn rights' have interfered (18) remembering the first directions. In more formal learning, however, the (19) of short-term memory is more than just a mild social embarrassment. It can be a serious bar to further (20) or indeed to any progress at all.