单选题It"s no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents than with the parents that nature dealt them. That"s especially true of children who remain in abusive homes because the law blindly favors biological parents. It"s also true of children who suffer for years in foster homes (收养孩子的家庭) because of parents who can"t or won"t care for them but refuse to give up custody (监护) rights. Fourteen-year-old Kimberly Mays fits neither description, but her recent court victory could eventually help children who do. Kimberly has been the object of an angry custody baffle between the man who raised her and her biological parents, with whom she has never lived. A Florida judge ruled that the teenager can remain with the only father she"s ever known and that her biological parents have "no legal claim" on her. The ruling, though it may yet be reversed, sets aside the principle that biology is the primary determinant of parentage. That"s an important development, one that"s long overdue. Shortly after birth in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another infant were mistakenly switched and sent home with the wrong parents. Kimberly"s biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg, received a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical tests showed that the child wasn"t the Twiggs" own daughter, but Kimberly was, thus sparking a custody battle with Robert Mays. In 1989, the two families agreed that Mr. Mays would maintain custody with the Twiggs getting visiting rights. Those rights were ended when Mr. Mays decided that Kimberly was being harmed. The decision to leave Kimberly with Mr. Mays rendered her suit debated. But the judge made clear that Kimberly did have standing to sue (起诉) on her own behalf. Thus he made clear that she was more than just property to be handled as adults saw fit. Certainly, the biological link between parent and child is fundamental. But biological parents aren"t always preferable to adoptive ones, and biological parentage does not convey an absolute ownership that cancels all the rights of children. (357 words)

单选题Agriculture was a step in human progress ______ which subsequently there was not anything comparable until our own machine age. A. to B. in C. for D. from

单选题A: Something must be wrong with my computer. All I get is a black screen. B: Will you lose all your files? A: ______

单选题Excitement, fatigue， and anxiety can all be detected from someone's blinks, according to psychologist John Stern (1) Washington University in St. Louis. Stern specialized in the study on these tiny twitches, using them as sensitive (2) of how the brain works. "I use blinks as a psychological measure to make (3) about thinking because I have very little 4 in what you tell me about what you are thinking," he says. "If I ask you the question, 'what does the phrase a rolling stone gathers no moss mean?' you can't tell me (5) you've started looking for the answer. But I can, by watching your eyes." Blinks also tell Stern when you have understood his question—often long before he's finished asking it—and when you've found an answer or part of (6) . "We blink at times (7) are psychologically important," he says. "You have listened to a question, you understand it, (8) you can take time out for a blink. Blinks are (9) marks. Their timing is tied to what is going on in your (10) ." Stern has found that (11) suppress blinks when they are absorbing or anticipating (12) but not when they're reciting it. People blink later, for example, (13) they have to memorize six numbers instead of two. "You don't blin," he says, "until you have (14) the information to some short-term memory store." And if subjects are cued (15) the set of numbers is coming, say, five seconds, they'll curb their blinks until the task is (16) . Similarly, the more important the information that people are taking in, the more likely they are to put their blinks on hold for (17) Pilots blink less when they're (18) for flying a plane than when they (19) their eyes from the road to the rearview mirror. But if they see the flashing lights of a state trooper behind them, their (20) will move fast to the speed-meter and back to the mirror.

单选题A survey was carried out on the death rate of new-born babies in that region, ______ were surprising. A. as results B. which results C. the result of it D. the results of which

单选题Mom used to be very busy at that time and had to put me ______ the care of my grandma.

单选题The hopes, goals, fears and desires ______ widely between men and women, between the rich and the poor. A. alter B. shift C. transfer D. vary

单选题Tourism has replaced agriculture as the nation's main industry.

单选题So little ______ about mathematics that the lecture was completely beyond me. A. I knew B. did I know C. I know D. do I know

单选题Social change is more likely to occur in societies where there is mixture of different kinds of people than in societies where people are similar in many ways. The simple reason for this is that there are more different ways of looking at things present in the first kind of society. There are more ideas, more disagreements in interest, and more groups and organizations with different beliefs. In addition, there is usually a greater worldly interest and greater tolerance in mixed societies. All these factors tend to promote social change by opening more areas of life to decision. In a society where people are quite similar in many ways, there are fewer occasions for people to see the need or the opportunity for change because everything seems to be the same. And although conditions may not be satisfactory, they are at least customary and undisputed. Within a society, social change is more likely to occur more frequently and more readily in the material aspects of the culture than in the non-material, for example, in technology rather in values: in what has been learned later in life than what was learned early; in less basic and less emotional aspects of society than in their opposites: in the simple elements rather than in the complex ones: in form rather than in substance; and in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in a strange elements. Furthermore, social change is easier if it is gradual. For example, it comes more readily in human relations on a continuous scale rather than one with sharp dichotomies (一分为二).This is one reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans as compared to other white counterparts.

单选题Peter: I hear your parents are coming for a visit. Jone: ______

单选题______, the story of Snow White appeals to many adult readers, too. A. Though it written for children B. Though written for children C. Though for children written D. It was written for children

单选题If an earthquake occurred, home of the one-storey houses ______. A. might be left stand B. might leave to be standing C. might be left to stand D. might be left standing

单选题A: Hello. Customer Service. What can I do for you?B: Yes. There's something wrong with my electric oven. It doesn't work now.A: All right. May I have your telephone number and address?B: ______

单选题Not too many decades ago it seemed "obvious" both to the general public and to sociologists that modern society has changed people's natural relations, loosened their responsibilities to kin (亲戚) and neighbors, and substituted in their place superficial relationships with passing acquaintances. However, in recent years a growing body of research has revealed that the "obviousness" is not tree. It seems that if you are a city resident, you typically know a smaller proportion of your neighbors than you do if you are a resident of a smaller community. But, for the most part, this fact has few significant consequences. It does not necessarily follow that if you know few of your neighbors you will know no one else. Even in very large cities, people maintain close social ties within small, private social worlds. Indeed, the number and quality of meaningful relationships do not differ between more and less urban people. Small-town residents are more involved with kin than big-city residents. Yet city dwellers compensate by developing friendships with people who share similar interests and activities. Urbanism may produce a different style of life, but the quality of life does not differ between town and city. Nor are residents of large communities any likelier to display psychological symptoms of stress or alienation, a feeling of not belonging, than are residents of smaller communities. However, city dwellers do worry more about crime, and this leads them to a distrust of strangers. These findings do not imply that urbanism makes little or no difference. If neighbors are strangers to one another, they are less likely to sweep the sidewalk of an elderly couple living next door or keep an eye out for young troublemakers. Moreover, as Wirth suggested, there may be a link between a community's population size and its social heterogeneity (多样性). For instance, sociologists have found that the size of a community is associated with bad behavior including gambling, drugs, etc. Large-city urbanites are also more likely than their small-town counterparts to have a cosmopolitan (见多识广者的) outlook, to display less responsibility to traditional kinship roles, to vote for leftist political candidates, and to be tolerant of nontraditional religious groups, unpopular political groups, and so-called undesirables. Everything considered, heterogeneity and unusual behavior seem to be outcomes of large population size.

单选题以下人物不属于老舍作品的是( )。

单选题I tried to relax because I knew I would use up my oxygen sooner______ A. the more exited I got B. I got excited more C. and more I got excited D. and I got more excited

单选题Anyone who doubts that global financial markets control national economies need only look at the crisis facing the "tigers" of the Far East. Last year, the value of their currencies dropped rapidly, after investors decided that their economic policies were not strong enough; now the region is suffering slower growth, lower living standards and rising unemployment. The situation in Asia shows how power has shifted from individual governments to the markets. In theory, governments are free to set their own economic policies; in practice, they must conform to a global economic model or risk being penalized by the markets. Adjusting to this new "economic order" is proving difficult, in the developed world, and in particular the European Union, globalization is facing widespread public resistance. Critics complain that, without the protection of trade barriers, jobs are being lost to workers in poorer countries, and wages for employees in rich countries are falling. Opponents in the European Union point to the effects that globalization has had in the U.S. and Britain. In those countries, wages are stagnant--except for a few privileged--and taxes and welfare benefits have been reduced to help companies compete with industries in the developing world. Those in favor of globalization accuse their critics of being shortsighted protectionists. They claim that a more integrated global economy will ultimately benefit everyone because it will enable countries to specialize in those areas where they perform best. Developing countries, with their higher populations and lower wages, will concentrate on labor-intensive industries. The richer countries, on the other hand, will diversify into high-tech industries, where high productivity and specialist knowledge are paramount. The effect of this will be to improve productivity in all countries, leading to higher living standards. The free movement of capital will also help poorer countries develop so that they can play a full and active role in the world economy. But how close are we to a truly global economy? For those in favor of globalization, probably too close. But in terms of real economic integration, there are still many problems to be solved. A global economy would mean complete freedom of movement of goods and services, capital, and labor. Yet, even ignoring the tariffs and other restrictions still in place, cross-border trade remains tiny as compared with the volume of goods and services traded within countries; foreign investment is also extremely small, amounting to little more than five percent of the developed world's domestic investments. But what is really holding globalization back is the lack of labor mobility. Labor markets remain overwhelmingly national, even in areas like the European Union, where citizens can live and work in any EU country. The main reasons for this are language and cultural barriers; the lack of internationally recognized qualifications; and, in some cases, strict immigration controls.