单选题The quality of college education should be measured not only by the graduate's competence but also by his commitment(信奉).

单选题Medicine Directions Take two tablets with warm water, followed by one tablet every eight hours, as required. For maximum nighttime and early morning relief, take two tablets at bedtime. Do not exceed six tablets in twenty-four hours. For children six to twelve years old, give half the adult dosage. For children under six years old consult your doctor. Reduce dosage if nervousness, restlessness, or sleeplessness occurs.

单选题______ from her contract, De Havilland sued the studio and, after a two-year battle, won her case in a landmark decision that benefited all contract actors. A. Determined being released B. Determining to be released C. Determined to be released D. Determining to be releasing

单选题The second book was ______ by August 1952, but two years later, the end was still nowhere in sight. A. completed B. to have completed C. to complete D. to have been completed

单选题Critical thinkers are (able) to identify (main) issues, recognize (underlying) assumptions, and (evaluating) evidence.

单选题Magicians ______ use techniques from science and the arts to deceive the mind and eye.

单选题My sister's professor had her ______ her paper many times before allowing her to present it to the committee. A. rewritten B. to rewrite C. rewrite D. rewriting

单选题I"m usually fairly skeptical about any research that concludes that people are either happier or unhappier or more or less certain of themselves than they were 50 years ago. While any of these statements might be true, they are practically impossible to prove scientifically. Still, I was struck by a report which concluded that today"s children are significantly more anxious than children in the 1950s. In fact, the analysis showed, normal children ages 9 to 17 exhibit a higher level of anxiety today than children who were treated for mental illness 50 years ago. Why are America"s kids so stressed? The report cites two main causes: increasing physical isolation—brought on by high divorce rates and less involvement in community, among other things—and a growing perception that the world is a more dangerous place. Given that we can"t turn the clock back, adults can still do plenty to help the next generation cope. At the top of the list is nurturing (培育) a better appreciation of the limits of individualism. No child is an island. Strengthening social ties helps build communities and protect individuals against stress. To help kids build stronger connections with others, you can pull the plug on TVs and computers. Your family will thank you later. They will have more time for face-to-face relationships, and they will get more sleep. Limit the amount of virtual (虚拟的) violence your children are exposed to. It"s not just video games and movies; children see a lot of murder and crime on the local news. Keep your expectations for your children reasonable. Many highly successful people never attended Harvard or Yale. Make exercise part of your daily routine. It will help you cope with your own anxieties and provide a good model for your kids. Sometimes anxiety is unavoidable. But it doesn"t have to ruin your life. (314 words)

单选题Where do our favorite foods come from? The truth may (31) you. Did you know curry (咖喱) isn't Indian? Did you know Americans weren't the (32) to eat hamburgers? Or did you know pizza wasn't created in Italy? First, let's talk about curry. Many people think the English found out about curry from people in India in the 1600s. But (33) , wealthy English people were cooking with curry spices hundreds of years (34) British ships traveled to India. In fact, the word "curry" can be found in the English language as far back as 1377. Cooks of wealthy English families created curry dishes, and later these (35) caught on in other parts of England. (36) pizza, this dish was probably first made in Persia ( what is now Iran). The Persians were eating round, flat bread with cheese in the 500s—nearly one thousand years before pizza caught on in Naples, Italy! Finally, let's look at the truth behind (37) Many people think hamburgers are an American food. However, (38) some stories, hamburgers came from Hamburg, Germany. A German named Otto Kuasw made the first hamburger in 1891. Four years later, German sailors (39) . hamburgers to Americans. Where foods come from isn't nearly as (40) as how they taste—delicious! So, go get some of your favorite food and dig in.

单选题Most Americans today have some insurance against long-term illness or injury, or the death of the family wage-earner. Nearly all who work, including the self-employed, are covered by retirement programs. Four out of five employees now have access to unemployment benefits. The Social Security law, which covers more than 90 percent of the work force, provides a national system of payments in old age and disability benefits. Over the years the law has been broadened' to give greater protection in all categories. The Social Security system is financed through a tax paid by workers and their employers during the years of employment. Self-employed persons, who also pay into the system, are covered as well. When workers retire at age 65, they receive monthly payments on a scale to their previous earnings; reduced benefits am paid to those retiring at ages 62 through 64. Benefits are also paid to nonworking widows and widowers, to children under 18 and to dependent parents. More than 35 million people currently receive these monthly payments. Unemployment insurance is financed through a payroll(工资单) tax paid by the employer. The federal government provides money to the states to cover the cost of operating this program; the states determine the conditions under which benefits are paid. Civilians who work for the federal government share the cost of their pension system and group health insurance programs. Most state and city government workers have similar protections. The federal government also has programs to protect railroad workers and members of the armed forces. In addition, all the states have "workers' compensation" laws that provide payments to workers or their families for jobconnected injury or death. The federal government makes grants to the states to help them finance public assistance and social services program for the needy and those who have exhausted their unemployment benefits. The federal government also helps the states meet the medical costs of the needy aged, the blind and disabled, and dependent children. Millions of workers in industry get extra protection through private plans offered by their employers on a fully paid or share-the-cost basis. These usually provide sickness and accidents benefits, hoptalization and medical care costs, disability and retirement payments. More than 800 000 business organizations offer some such plan.

单选题Difficulties and hardships have ______ the best qualities of the young scientist. A. brought forth B. brought up C. brought out D. brought about

单选题The great recession may be over, but this era of high joblessness is probably beginning. Before it ends, it will likely change the life course and character of a generation of young adults. And ultimately, it is likely to reshape our politics, our culture, and the character of our society for years. No one tries harder than the jobless to find silver linings in this national economic disaster. Many said that unemployment, while extremely painful, had improved them in some ways: they had become less materialistic and more financially prudent; they were more aware of the struggles of others. In limited respects, perhaps the recession will leave society better off. At the very least, it has awoken us from our national fever dream of easy riches and bigger houses, and put a necessary end to an era of reckless personal spending. But for the most part, these benefits seem thin, uncertain, and far off. In The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth, the economic historian Benjamin Friedman argues that both inside and outside the U. S. , lengthy periods of economic stagnation or decline have almost always left society more mean-spirited and less inclusive, and have usually stopped or reversed the advance of rights and freedoms. Anti-immigrant sentiment typically increases, as does conflict between races and classes. Income inequality usually falls during a recession, but it has not shrunk in this one. Indeed, this period of economic weakness may reinforce class divides, and decrease opportunities to cross them-- especially for young people. The research of Till Von Wachter, the economist at Columbia University, suggests that not all people graduating into a recession see their life chances dimmed: those with degrees from elite universities catch up fairly quickly to where they otherwise would have been if they had graduated in better times; it is the masses beneath them that are left behind. In the Internet age, it is particularly easy to see the resentment that has always been hidden within American society. More difficult, in the moment, is discerning precisely how these lean times are affecting society' s character. In many respects, the U. S. was more socially tolerant entering this recession than at any time in its history, and a variety of national polls on social conflict since then have shown mixed results. We will have to wait and see exactly how these hard times will reshape our social fabric. But they certainly will reshape it, and all the more so the longer they extend.

单选题Airport clerk: Window or isle seat? Traveler: ______. Airport clerk: Boarding gate 2 at 11:05. Thank you.

单选题There are many aspects of the women's liberation movement. Some women agree with all of the goals of women's liberation. They want full equality with men in every aspect of life. In marriage, they want husbands and wives to share all of the work and responsibilities of a home and family. In work, they want women and men to have the same jobs and the same chance to succeed. They want women to be paid just as much as men are for the same work. Other women agree with some of the ideas of women's liberation. They want the same pay if they hold the same job as a man. At home, however, they do not expect their husbands to share in the cleaning, cooking, and other household jobs. It is important to remember that the women's liberation movement is not concerned only with concrete issues. The movement is also concerned with attitudes and beliefs. One example of this concern is the issue of a woman's identity. A woman's identity is what she thinks of herself as a person, who she thinks she is, and what she thinks she can do. Some women do not think they are capable of doing anything important, The women's liberation movement would like to help these women improve their view of themselves. Mary women who are concerned with women's liberation have taken jobs, have helped others, have raised healthy children, and have done many other things to contribute to their communities. They have shown that they are capable of being good leaders and of doing many important things.

单选题In 1959 the (41) American family paid $ 989 (42) a year' s supply of food. In 1972 the family paid $1 311. That was a price (43) of nearly one-third. Every family has (44) this sort of experience. Everyone agrees that the cost of (45) a family has risen sharply. But there is less agreement (46) reasons for the rise are being discussed. Who is really (47) ? Many blame the farmers who (48) the vegetables, fruit, meat, eggs and cheese (49) stores offer for (50) . According to the U.S. Department of (51) , the farmer's share of the $ 1 311 spent by the family in 1972 was $ 521. This was thirty-one percent (52) than the farmer had received in 1959. But farmers claim that this increase was very small (53) to the increase in their cost of (54) . Farmers tend to blame others for the sharp (55) in food prices. They particularly blame those who (56) the farm products after the products leave the farm. These (57) truck drives, meat packers, manufacturers of packages and other food containers, and the (58) of stores where food is sold. They are among the "middlemen" who stand (59) the farmer and the people who buy and eat the food. (60) middlemen the ones to blame for food price?

单选题As people continue to grow and age, our body systems continue to change. At a certain point in your life your body systems will begin to weaken. Your joints may become stiff. It may become more difficult for you to see and bear. The slow change of aging causes our bodies to lose some of their ability to bounce back from disease and injury. In order to live longer, we have always tried to slow or stop this process that leads us toward the end of our lives. Many factors contribute to your health. A well-balanced diet plays an important role. The amount and type of exercise you get is another factor. Your living environment and the amount of stress you are under is yet another. But scientists studying senescence (衰老) want to know: Why do people grow old? They hope that by examining the aging process on a cellular level medical science may be able to extend the length of life.

单选题The firm's promise to increase our pay was a reluctant ______ to union demands, because the union would otherwise not go back to work. A. response B. reply C. reaction D. concession

单选题 Directions: For each blank in the following passage, choose the best answer from the choices given below. Educational attitudes in a country may be a {{U}}(31) {{/U}} by which its basic cultural values are reflected. To take the American higher education {{U}}(32) {{/U}} example, university classrooms share certain identical features though they {{U}}(33) {{/U}} from course to course in some aspects. Any student, {{U}}(34) {{/U}} their ethnic and social background; is not only allowed but also encouraged to have chances for active participation in class. {{U}}(35) {{/U}}, teachers often expect independent learning {{U}}(36) {{/U}} their students. It will be most appreciated if a student can {{U}}(37) {{/U}} the initiative and complete the assignment without too much {{U}}(38) {{/U}} upon his or her instructors. These two {{U}}(39) {{/U}} features in American university classrooms actually manifest the basic American values, especially self-reliance and {{U}}(40) {{/U}} of opportunity.

单选题Scientists say it may be five or ten years ______ it is possible to test this medicine on human patients. A. since B. before C. after D. when

单选题An (enormous) (variety) of information may be (obtained from) a (largest) magazine.