单选题Colleague A: You got a perm. I love it. Colleague B: Thanks. ______ A. Hope I don't look too different. B. Come on, you're just trying to be polite. C. Donna's wedding is tomorrow, isn't it? D. I had it done just yesterday.

单选题in its 14 years of ______ the European Union has earned the scorn of its citizens and skepticism from the United States.

单选题For more than two decades, U.S. courts have been limiting affirmative-action programs in universities and other areas. The legal rationale is that racial preferences are unconstitutional, even those intended to compensate for racism or intolerance. For many colleges, this means students can be admitted only on merit, not on their race or ethnicity. It has been a divisive issue across the U.S., as educators blame the prolonged reaction to affirmative-action for declines in minority admissions. Meanwhile, activists continue to battle race preferences in courts from Michigan to North Carolina. Now, chief executives of about two dozen companies have decided to plunge headfirst into this politically unsettled debate. They, together with 36 universities and 7 non-profitable organizations, formed a forum that set forth an action plan essentially designed to help colleges circumvent court- imposed restrictions on affirmative action. The CEOs' motive: "Our audience is growing more diverse, so the communities we serve benefit if our employees are racially and ethnically diverse as well", says one CEO of a company that owns nine television stations. Among the steps the forum is pushing: finding creative yet legal ways to boost minority enrollment through new admissions policies; promoting admissions decisions that look at more than test scores; and encouraging universities to step up their minority outreach and financial aid. And to counter accusations by critics to challenge these tactics in court, the group says it will give legal assistance to colleges sued for trying them. " Diversity diminished by the court must be made up for in other legitimate, legal ways," says, a forum member. One of the more controversial methods advocated is the so-called 10% rule. The idea is for public universities--which educate three-quarters of all U.S. undergraduates—to admit students who are in the top 10% of their high school graduating class. Doing so allows colleges to take minorities who excel in average urban schools, even if they wouldn't have made the cut under the current statewide ranking many universities use.

单选题Things went well for him during his early life but in middle age his ______ seemed to change. A. chance B. luck C. career D. opportunity

单选题It's all annual back-to-school routine. One morning you wave goodbye, and that (1) evening you're burning the late-night oil in sympathy. In the race to improve educational standards, (2) are throwing the books at kids. (3) elementary school students are complaining of homework (4) What's a well-meaning parent to do? As hard as (5) may be, sit back and chill, experts advise. Though you've got to get them to do it, (6) helping too much, or even examining (7) too carefully, you may keep them (8) doing it by themselves. "I wouldn't advise a parent to check every (9) assignment," says psychologist John Rosemond, author of Ending the Tough Homework. "There's a (10) of appreciation for trial and error. /

单选题Researchers have shown that noise can adversely affect human in both physiological and psychological ways. Hearing losses in particular occupations such as shipbuilding and construction work are well-known. In fact, however, we all find hearing more difficult as we age. Young ears can distinguish a wide range of sounds from low to very high frequencies, while older ears lose the ability to distinguish high-pitched sounds. A comparison of people living in some industrialized and non-industrialized areas suggests that this hearing loss may not necessarily accompany old age. Furthermore, a closer inspection of other data reveals economic effects. For instance, an increased turnover in property has been observed in noisy areas near airports. Job performance can be adversely affected by loud noise, especially if accuracy and mental effort are involved. The use of outdoor areas for conversation is not possible for an estimated 5 to 10 million people who live or work in urban areas. When interference with television or speech or sleep is included, as many as 22 to 24 million people can be said to have lost part of the use of their homes and grounds because of noise. Thus noise pollution is a serious environmental concern. The indifferent attitude toward noise should be overcome; considerable efforts should be made to alert people to the grave effects that may stem from an excessively noisy environment.

单选题According to the first paragraph, ______.

单选题Customs officer: Could I have your name, please?Passenger: It's Paine, Sarah Paine.Customs officer: ______?Passenger: It's P-A-I-N-E

单选题 A good modem newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is remarkable first for what it contains: the range of news from local crime to international politics, from sport to business to fashion to science, and the range of comment and special features (特定) as well, from editorial page to feature articles and interviews to criticism of books, art, theatre and music. A newspaper is even more remarkable for the way one reads it: never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping from here to there, in and out, glancing at one piece, reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the next. A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interesied in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality (时事性), its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than transient (短暂的) value. For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper: what each person does is to put together out of the pages of that day's paper, his own selection and sequence, his own news paper. For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently, which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands skill and self awareness as you modify and apply the techniques of reading.

单选题Many tourists must have dreamed of owning a small house in a foreign country -- perhaps on a stretch of lonely coast -- to which they could return year after year to enjoy the sun and the sea. Others, with even bigger ideas and a lot more money to spend, think of buying hotels. In any case, it is absolutely essential to know a great deal about the value of property, otherwise the buyer may be at the mercy of(由……摆布) dishonest agents. Some tourists, however, are so foolish that they really deserve to be cheated by agents. We would consider a person mad if he walked into a museum and asked to "buy" a great work of art. Though no one has told us, we all know that certain things can never be sold, no matter how much money is offered. Yet, nearly every year since 1944, a buyer has been found for the Colosseum (古罗马圆形剧场) in Rome. The first one was a soldier who parted with his money for what was described as "a rather broken down and heavily damaged building in a good position". The people of Rome eagerly look forward to each year's "sale". They were amused to learn that, as usual, a tourist recently expressed the desire to buy the historic building. Two agents told him that the building was in need of repair, but the buyer could expect a high return for his capital. They took him to the Colosseum itself and pointed out that the top floor would make a wonderful international restaurant. It was in an ideal position and offered a fine view of the city of Rome. Besides, for some strange reason, so many people wished to visit the building that the buyer would make a considerable profit on entrance tickets. In the agents' opinion, it was well worth spending money on a building like this. They asked the buyer for a mere 200 000 lire as a deposit and told him they would complete arrangements that evening at a certain hotel. The tourist was sure that he had bought 'a bargain and later went to the hotel to meet the agents. But, of course, they never came.

单选题A recent survey suggested that if money were not an issue, most mothers______not to work at all. A. should prefer 13. prefer C. would prefer D. preferred

单选题Lazy? Shy? Live in a cave? Those might not be positive attributes for the average human, but they sure those are good for animals trying to survive in a changing environment. According to a new study, beasts that hibernate (冬眠) or crawl into holes are less likely to be listed as endangered than those that don"t. Following up a previous study on extinct animals, which showed that species exhibiting "sleep or hide" (SLOH) behaviors did better than others, the researchers wanted to see if the same was true of modern creatures like moles and bears. To find out if our more timid animals have a leg up in the survival game, researchers made a master list of 443 sleep-or-hide mammals. With their list in hand, the team compared their 443 to the "red list" of endangered species published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. As suspected, a sleepy or hiding animal was less likely to be on the red list than a regular animal, and a red-list animal was also less likely to be a SLOH-er. This makes a lot of sense, as animals that hide away in a cave or a tree hole are protected by their physical shelters from a variable environment outside, while hibernators enjoy a flexible metabolism (新陈代谢) that can help them adapt to a changing climate.

单选题Questions 21-25 are based on the following passage: Obviously television has both advantages and disadvantages. In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a cheap one. With a TV set in the family people don't have to pay for expensive seats at the theatre, or the cinema. Some people, however, think that this is where the danger comes from, The television viewers need do nothing. He makes no choice and exercises, no judgment. He is completely passive. Television keeps one informed about what is happening. The most distant countries and the strangest customs are brought right into one's sitting room. On television everything is much more living, much more real. Yet here again there is a danger. We get so used to looking at the movements on it, so dependent on its pictures that it begins to control our lives. People often say that their television sets have broken down and that they have suddenly found that they have far more time to do whatever they are interested. It makes us think, doesn't it? There are many other arguments for and against television. We must realize that television itself is neither good nor bad. It is the uses that determine its value to society.

单选题{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}} In Guangzhou, capital of South China's Guangdong Province, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport resumed its international flights to Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines and other Southeast Asian nations and regions early this month, said an airport official yesterday. And the airport's flow of international passengers for July has reached 80 percent of the figure for the corresponding month of the previous year. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport had to cancel some international services to Southeast Asian nations and regions because of the outbreak of SARS beginning in April, the official said. The official predicted his airport's international service would return to normal operation and handle even more international passengers in August. Currently, the Guangzhou airport is operating 22 international flights to 20 foreign metropolises. And nine foreign airlines have resumed their international flights to the airport.

单选题As a matter of rule, the scrap value of a vessel can hardly be at ______ with the sound value. A. bearish B. par C. collapse D. rally

单选题Secretary: Good morning, Dr. Porter's office. Mr. Long: Good morning. I have an appointment with Dr. Porter at ten-thirty. I'm running a little late. ______?

单选题Anyone who doubts that Uglobal/U financial markets control national economies need only look at the crisis facing the "tigers" of the Far East.

单选题Concern with money, and then more money, in order to buy the conveniences and luxuries of modern life, has brought great changes to the lives of most Frenchmen. More people are working than ever before in France. In the cities the traditional leisurely midday meal is disappearing. Offices, shops and factories are discovering the greater efficiency of a short lunch hour in company lunchrooms. In almost all lines of work emphasis now falls on ever-increasing output. Thus the "typical" Frenchman produces more, earns more, and buys more consumer goods than his counterpart of only a generation ago. He gains in creature comforts and ease of life. What he loses to some extent is his sense of personal uniqueness, or individuality. Some say that France has been Americanized. This is because the United States is a world symbol of the technological society and its consumer products: The so-called Americanization of France has its critics. They fear that "assembly-line life" will lead to the disappearance of the pleasures of the more graceful and leisurely old French style. What will happen, they ask, to taste, elegance, and the cultivation of the good things in life-to joy in the smell of a freshly picked apple, a stroll by the river, or just happy hours of conversation in a local cafe? Since the late 1940's life in France has indeed taken on qualities of rush, tension, and the pursuit of material gain. Some of the strongest critics of the new way of life are the young, especially university students. They are concerned with the future, and they fear that France is threatened by the triumph of the competitive, goods-oriented culture. Occasionally, they have reacted against the trend with considerable violence. In spite of the critics, however, countless Frenchmen are committed to keeping France in the forefront of the modern economic world. They find that the present life brings more rewards, conveniences, and pleasures than that of the past. They believe that a modern, industrial France is preferable to the old.

单选题The neighbors ______ you very much for you to speak in that way about them. A. must annoy B. may annoy C. must have annoyed D. could have annoyed

单选题 Directions: For each blank in the following passage, choose the best answer from the choices given below. Mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets. Smoking, which may be a pleasure for some people, is a serious source of discomfort for their fellows. Medical authorities express their {{U}}(31) {{/U}} about the effect of smoking on the health not only {{U}}(32) {{/U}} those who smoke but also of those who do not. In fact, nonsmokers who must involuntarily inhale the air polluted by the tobacco smoke may {{U}}(33) {{/U}} more than the smokers themselves. As you are doubtless aware, a considerable number of our students have {{U}}(34) {{/U}} an effort to {{U}}(35) {{/U}} the university to ban smoking in the classrooms. I believe they are entirely right in their aim. {{U}}(36) {{/U}}, I would hope that it is possible to achieve this by {{U}}(37) {{/U}} on the smokers to use good judgment and show concern for others rather than {{U}}(38) {{/U}} regulation. Smoking is prohibited by city laws in theaters and in halls used for showing films as well as in laboratories {{U}}(39) {{/U}} there may be a fire hazard. Elsewhere, it is up to your good sense. I am therefore asking you to maintain "No Smoking" in the auditoriums and classrooms. This will prove that you have to keep nonsmokers' health and well-being {{U}}(40) {{/U}}, which is very important to a large number of our students.