单选题The title Vanity Fair is borrowed from______.

单选题Scott Fitzgerald is a spokesman of the______.

单选题Geoffrey Chaucer, regarded as the first famous English poet in the history of English literature, wrote the following except_____.

单选题In English, we can have the syllable structure of CCCVCCCC. (清华2001研)

单选题As the boat bound for Nanjing leaves only on______days, we had no choice but to stay in the hotel overnight.

单选题______, whose name comes from Greek words meaning "no place" , is written by Thomas More to name his ideal society.

单选题The sense relationship between "John plays the piano" and "John plays a musical instrument" is ______.(北二外2004研)

单选题Culture is transmitted largely by language and by the necessity for people in close contact to co-operate. The more extensive the communications network, the greater the exchange of ideas and beliefs and the more alike people become--in toleration of diversity if nothing else. Members of a culture or a nation are generally in closer contact with one another than with members of other cultures or nations. They become more like each other and more unlike others. In this way, there develops "national character", which is the statistical tendency for a group of people to share values and follow similar behavior patterns. Frequently, the members of one culture will interpret the "national characteristics" of another group in terms of their own values. For example, the inhabitants of a South Pacific island may be considered "lazy" by citizens of some industrialized nations. On the other hand, it may be that the islanders place a great value on social relationships but little value on "productivity", and crops grow with little attention. The negative connotation of the label "lazy" is thus unjustified from the point of view of the island culture. Stereotypes, such as "lazy", "inscrutable", and "dishonest" give people the security of labels with which to react to others in a superficial way, but they are damaging to real understanding among members of different cultures. People react more to labels than to reality. A black American Peace Corps volunteer, for instance, is considered and called a white man by black Africans. The "we--they" distinction applies to whatever characteristic the "wes" have and the "theys" do not have-- and the characteristics attributed to the "theys" are usually ones with a negative value. The distinction becomes most obvious in times of conflict. For this reason, it is often suggested the only thing that might join all men together on this planet would be an invasion from outer space. "We", the earthlings, would then fight "them", the outsiders. Given the great diversities- real and imagined- among people of the world, is there any foundation for hope that someday all men might join together to form a single and legitimate world government? The outcome will probably depend on the political evolution of mankind.

单选题God, having designed man for a sociable creature, made him not only with an inclination, and under a necessity to have fellowship with those of his own kind, but furnished him also with language, which was to be the great instrument and common tie of society. Man, therefore, had by nature his organs so fashioned, as to be fit to frame articulate sounds, which we call words. But this was not enough to produce language; for parrots, and several other birds, will be taught to make articulate sounds distance enough, which yet by no means are capable of language.Questions:

单选题Exaltation of emotion above reason is a principle of______.

单选题It was years since I【C1】______my hometown and I was determined to enjoy my stay. I went to see my old friend, Tom Clark who, among other things, was a member of the Local Council. 【C2】______the time Tom was busy making arrangements for a distinguished writer to give a talk on modern literature at the town library. As the subject【C3】______me a great deal, I gladly accepted Tom's invitation to go with him. Tom was going to introduce【C4】______and that evening we went to the library to meet him. Since he【C5】______, I left Tom and went into the Reading Room【C6】______a large audience had already gathered. I was disappointed to find that I did not know a single person there. Just before the talk was【C7】______begin, I saw Tom waving to me from the doorway. I went to him immediately, as he looked very worried. He explained that he【C8】______a telephone message from the writer' s secretary. Our guest speaker had missed the train and would be unable to come! While we were talking about the problem, Tom suddenly asked me if I would mind【C9】______as the speaker. I hardly had time to think about the matter when I found I【C10】______into the Reading Room to address the waiting audience.

单选题Give your comments on the following statement with your understanding in about 200 words．(武汉大学2013研，考试科目：英语综合) One difficulty in translation lies in matching concepts. Some concepts are culture-specific and others culture-general. It is impossible to translate perfectly culture-specific concepts.

单选题The A clothes you wear do not serve only a B pure practical function. They speak volumes about C the way you view your personality, your state of mind, your social status, D and even your aspirations and dreams.

单选题If someone actually says "Sximtrapmytaah" , she/he has made an utterance.

单选题In addition to bettering group and individual performance, cooperation ______ the quality of interpersonal relationship.

单选题Which two terms can best describe the following pairs of words: table—tables, day + break— daybreak. (大连外国语学院2008研)

单选题The primary stress of the word "______" falls on the first syllable.

单选题The ozone layer, the fragile layer of gas surrounding our planet between 7 and 30 miles above the earth"s surface, is being rapidly depleted. Seasonally occurring holes have appeared in it over the Poles and, recently, over densely populated temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. The threat is serious because the ozone layer protects the earth from the sun"s ultraviolet radiation, which is harmful to all living organisms. Even though the layer is many miles thick, the atmosphere in it is tenuous and the total amount of ozone, compared with other atmospheric gases, is small. Ozone is highly reactive to chlorine, hydrogen , and nitrogen. Of course chlorine is the most dangerous since it is very stable and long-lived. When chlorine compounds reach the stratosphere, they bond with and destroy ozone molecules, with consequent repercussions for life on Earth. In 1958, researchers began noticing seasonal variations in the ozone layer above the South Pole. Between June and October the ozone content steadily fell, followed by a sudden increase in November. These fluctuations appeared to result from the natural effects of wind and temperature. But while the low October levels remained constant until 1979, the total ozone content over the Pole was steadily diminishing. In 1985, public opinion was finally aroused by reports of a"hole"in the layer. The culprits responsible for the hole were identified as compounds known as chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs. CFCs are compounds of chlorine and fluorine. Nonflammable, nontoxic and noncorrosive, they have been widely used in industry since the 1950s, mostly as refrigerants and propellants and in making plastic foam and insulation. In 1989 CFCs represented a sizable market value at over $1.5 billion and a labor force of 1.6 million. But with CFCs implicated in ozone depletion, the question arose as to whether we were wiling to risk an increase in cases of skin cancer, eye ailments, even a lowering of the human immune defense system—all effects of further loss of the ozone layer. And not only humans would suffer. So would plant life. Phytoplankton, the first link in the ocean food chain and vital to the survival of most marine species, would not be able to survive near the ocean surface, which is where these organisms grow. In 1990, 70 countries agreed to stop producing CFCs by the year 2000. In late 1991 , however, scientists noticed a depletion of the ozone layer over the Arctic. In 1992, it was announced that the layer was depleting faster then expected and that it was also declining over the northern hemisphere. Scientists believe that natural events are making the problem worse. The Pinatubo volcano in the Philippines, which erupted in June 1991, released 12 million tons of damaging volcanic gases into the atmosphere. Even if the whole world agreed today to stop all production and use of CFCs, this would not solve the problem. A single chlorine molecule can destroy 10, 000-100, 000 molecules of ozone. Furthermore, CFCs have a lifespan of 75 - 400 years and they take ten years to reach the ozone layer. In other words, what we are experiencing today results from CFCs emitted ten years ago. Researchers are working hard to find substitute products. Some are too dangerous because they are highly flammable; others may prove to be toxic and to contribute to the greenhouse effect—to the process of global warming. Nevertheless, even if there is no denying that atmosphere is in a state of disturbance, nobody can say that the situation will not improve, either in the short or the long term, especially if we ourselves lend a hand.

单选题The best dichotomy which can describe about the theme of F. S. Fitzgerald"s The Great Gatsby is______.

单选题The word which best describes the tone of the poem When We Two Parted is______.