单选题The idea of traveling forward into the future or back into the past has always fascinated science fiction writers. The " grandfather______" is the argument many people use to suggest that time travel is impossible.

单选题Gender contrast in English language can only be observed in a small number of nouns, and, they are mainly of the natural gender type.

单选题Among the following works, ______was written by Emily Bronte.

单选题Your advice would be ____________valuable to him

单选题Trapped miners dramatically emerged after 69 days of underground imprisonment.

单选题The teacher told the students that the Earth______round the Sun.

单选题Economists believe that job earnings influence choice of occupation. They acknowledge that people place varying emphasis【C1】______income, but point out that workers tend to move from one occupation to another【C2】______changes in salaries. In 1931, H. F. Clark, an economist, stated that " proper information regarding wages if sufficiently【C3】______upon people, will lead to correct choice of occupation and correct【C4】______of people in an occupation, provided barriers to occupations have been removed. " This means that the supply and demand of workers have【C5】______to do with wages, 【C6】______in turn influence people to choose certain careers. However, all barriers to occupations will have to be removed【C7】______career choices can be【C8】______by economics alone. There is little question【C9】______economic factors have some influence on choice of an occupation. But to picture them as the major or most important reason【C10】______against the soundest of folk wisdom: " Man does not live by bread alone. "

单选题Which of the following words is entirely arbitrary?(西安交大2008研)

单选题He is a funny-looking man with______cheerful face and always encourages______ free-thinking in______young.

单选题The bow-wow theory is a theory on the origin of language. (大连外国语学院2008研)

单选题Window treatment, furniture arrangement and color A combine B all contribute to the C overall impression of D a room .

单选题Which of the following is NOT directly related to the literature of Victorian Age in England?

单选题Which of the following words best illustrate LOANBLEND?

单选题The consumption of milk has______by 10 percent this year as compared to that in 2000.

单选题Twenty years of imprisonment has______him from the modern city life.

单选题All the following novels are written by the Bronte sisters except____.

单选题Poetry Poetry is universal to all people, all places, and all times. The most【C1】______people have memorized poetry; the most cultured have nurtured it. Poetry knows no【C2】______, neither culture, age, gender, nor religion. We can even make a case that poetry captures the【C3】______of the universe, the ebb and flow of the tides, the beat of the seasons, and the rise and fall of our breath. Why is poetry the【C4】______thing humanity has to a universal language? Because poetry 【C5】______the ear, mind, and soul. It satisfies our【C6】______for beauty through the power of its language. But poetry【C7】______more than mere pleasure. It also communicates【C8】______Good poetry offers food for the【C9】______"Poetry, " wrote the Nobel Prize-winning poet T. S. Eliot, "may make us from time to time a little more【C10】______of the deeper, unnamed feelings to which we rarely【C11】______ Poetry reveals these "deeper, unnamed feelings" , and gives them【C12】______By calling attention to the aspects of life we might【C13】______in our hurry, poetry makes us understand not only their nature but also our own. As a result, poetry is not something special or【C14】______from our daily lives. Rather, it is an【C15】______part of everyone, an expression of our【C16】______hopes, wishes, and dreams. Although poetry satisfies a deep human appetite, many people fear and【C17】______it, claiming it is obscure, as it is written by men and women out of【C18】______with the realities of life. In fact, from the earliest times, most poets have been people of【C19】______, deeply involved with the rhythms of life. Ben Jonson was a bricklayer and Robert Bums a farmer. Nor are female poets【C20】______from the rigors of life. Phillis Wheatley was a former slave and Stevie Smith, a secretary.

单选题Two men burst into the office and tried to grab the money just as it______.

单选题A A great many teachers B firmly believe that English is one of C the poorest-taught subjects in high schools D at present .

单选题Which of the following is a pair of relational opposites?