单选题It's no use ______ me not to worry. A. you tell B. your telling C. for you to have told D. having told

单选题Experts say the space rock is probably ______ more than $ 30,000. A. weighty B. costly C. valuable D. worth

单选题He never hesitates to make such criticisms ______ are considered helpful to others. A. that B. what C. which D. as

单选题Private enterprise is the thing. We went to a party on the river earlier this summer. The host (31) is old enough to know better, served a lunch made with his home-made wine. As I was driving, I was (32) to decline, but my wife politely took a glass and subsequently fell upstairs. The wound (33) weekly dressing by the district nurse, a talkative soul who enjoyed the social (34) of her work. She stayed for most of the afternoon, admiring things and gossiping about village life. At about the (35) time I called in the regional crime officer, to advise me on how to make the house reasonably secure against the child criminals who commit most of the (36) in these parts. He, (37) , was a companionable soul and made an afternoon of it. And why is it that when I write to a public utility (38) as the gas board. I get a printed card to tell they received my letter and will shortly act on it? The money spent on printing, typing, filling in and stamping these cards (39) add up to a very large sum indeed, when spread over all these industries. No commercial house sends such acknowledgements. Money. (40) it reaches a public service, loses the value that was stamped on it by the trouble to get it.

单选题{{B}}Passage Four{{/B}} In 10 years, the mutual-fund industry won't even be called that. The term "mutual fund" will be much too confining to encompass(包括) the various types of mixed investment vehicles(手) that will be available to investors around the world. Technology, especially the Internet, will be the most significant driver, affecting every aspect of the mutual-fund industry, from products and delivery to providers and customers. The future version of today's mutual funds will be available for purchase across the globe by citizens of many nationalities in just about any currency. The average investor will be able to trade bonds as well as stocks with ease 24-hours a day, 365 days a year by using voice-held, satellitelinked PCs. A Brazilian citizen, for example, will be able to buy shares of the Vanguard 500 Index Fund in London at midnight, using its price in New York at 02:00 Greenwich Time, to be settled in Japanese yen. With the vast amount of information and instantaneous (瞬间) service available to investors through the Internet, the merits of an investment product will drive its consumption. Investment products in the next decade will come in finer shades of investment objectives. Demand for investment products will be huge around the world. In the United States, there has been considerable discussion of the impact that maturing baby boomers will have on financial markets and levels of investment. The subsequent Generation X and Internet Generation groups are very likely to pick up any slack (呆滞,萧条) due to disinvestment by boomers, and on their own, elevate investment to a new level by 2008. Generation X'ers(新生的一代人) appear to be more highly motivated to invest than the boomers, while the Net Generation' s comfort level with technology will stimulate investment as well.

单选题A: You seem to have a lot of work to do in your office. You've always been working over-time. B.______ A. You are right, but don't you know the meaning of work? B. Sorry. I don't think so. I get overpaid for overwork,you know. C. That's right. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. D. That's right, but the work is interesting. I don't mind some extra hours at all.

单选题The eldest son ______ all the family members to discuss how to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of their parents. A. clustered B. resembled C. assembled D. rendered

单选题Though the doctors tried everything they couldn't save him from the deep ______ wound. A. shot B. punch C. pinch D. stab

单选题Guest: I'd like a room with an ocean view, please. Clerk: I'm sorry. ______.

单选题The Holiday Cottages are located in ______.

单选题After the Arab states won independence, great emphasis was laid on expanding education, with girls as well as boys ______ to go to school. A. to be encouraged B. been encouraged C. being encouraged D. be encouraged

单选题Doctor: What seems to be the matter? Patient: Well, my heartbeat is fast and I have trouble breathing recently. Doctor: ______Your weight is giving much burden on your heart. A. I have to give you some medicine. B. I' m sorry. Your weight is a problem. C. You need some exercises. D. I' m afraid you have to lose at least 40 pounds.

单选题I left for the office earlier than usual this morning ______ traffic jam. A. at the risk of B. in case of C. for the sake of D. in line with

单选题 Passage 3 Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice of an {{U}}(1) {{/U}} should be made even before the choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually, however, most people make several job choices during their working lives,{{U}} (2) {{/U}} because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve their position. The "one perfect job" does not exist. Young people should {{U}}(3) {{/U}} enter into a broad flexible training program that will fit them for a field of work rather than for a single {{U}}(4) {{/U}}. Unfortunately, etent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing {{U}}(5) {{/U}} about the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss basis. Some drift from job to job. Others {{U}}(6) {{/U}} to work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not fitted. One common mistake is choosing an occupation for its real or imagined prestige. Too many high-school students--or their parents for them--choose the professional field, {{U}}(7) {{/U}} both the relatively small proportion of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal {{U}}(8) {{/U}}. The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a "White-collar" job is no good reason for choosing it as life's work. Moreover, these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large proportion of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the {{U}}(9) {{/U}} of young people should give serious consideration to these fields. Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants {{U}}(10) {{/U}} and how hard he is willing to work to get it. Some people desire social prestige, others desire intellectual satisfaction. Some want security; others are willing to take risks for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards.

单选题 What are those of us who have chosen careers in science and engineering able to do about our current problems? First, we can help destroy the false impression that science and engineering have caused the current world trouble. On the contrary, science and engineering have made vast contributions to better living for more people. Second, we can identify the many areas in which science and technology, more considerably used, can be of great service in the future than in the past to improve the quality of life. While we can make many speeches, and pass many laws, the quality of our environment will be improved only through better knowledge and better application of that knowledge. Third, we can recognize that much of the dissatisfaction we suffer today results from our very successes of former years. We have been so greatly successful in attaining material goals that we are deeply dissatisfied that we cannot attain other goals more rapidly. We have achieved a better life for most people, but we are unhappy that we have not spread it to all people. We have reduced many sources of environmental disasters, but we are unhappy that we have not conquered of them. It is our raised expectations rather than our failures which now cause our distress. Granted that many of our current problems must be cured more by social, political, and economic instruments than science and technology, yet science and technology must still be the tools to make further advances in such things as clean air, clean water, better transportation, better medical care, more adequate welfare programs, purer food, conservation resources, and many other areas.

单选题 New technology links the world as never before. Our planet has shrunk. It's a new "global village" where countries are only seconds away by fax or phone or satellite link. And, of course, our ability to benefit from this high-tech communications equipment is greatly enhanced by foreign language skills. Deeply involved with this new technology is a breed of modem businesspeople who have a growing respect for the economic value of doing business abroad. In modem markets, success overseas often helps support domestic business efforts. Overseas assignments are becoming increasingly important to advancement within executive ranks. The executive stationed in another country no longer needs fear being "out of sight and out of mind". He or she can be sure that the overseas effort is central to the company's plan for success, and that promotions often follow or accompany an assignment abroad, if an employee can succeed in a difficult assignment overseas, superiors will have greater confidence in his or her ability to come back in the United States where cross-cultural considerations and foreign language issues are becoming more and prevalent (普遍的) . Thanks to a variety of relatively inexpensive communications devices with business applications, even small businesses in the United States are able to get into international markets. English is still the international language of business. But there is an ever-growing need for people who can speak another language. A second language isn't generally required to get a job in business, but having language skills gives a candidate the edge when other qualifications appear to be equal. The employee posted abroad who speaks the country's principal language has an opportunity to fist-forward certain negotiations, and can have the cultural insight to know when it is better to move more slowly. The employee at the home office who can communicate well with foreign clients over the telephone or by fax machine is an obvious asset to the firm.

单选题Sam: We'll all miss Geoff and Pat.Larry: ______

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. How does water scarcity affect people? First of all, it {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}their health. It is not that they will die of thirst; rather, the poor quality of the water {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}for cooking and drinking may make them ill. {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}our bodies require water to treat waste products, plentiful water is required for proper sanitation (卫生)—water that for much of mankind is simply not available. {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}people without adequate sanitation rose from 2.6 billion in 1990 to 2.9 billion in 1999. And sanitation is literally a matter of life and death. In a {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}statement, United Nations officials warned: "When children lack water that is fit for drinking and sanitation, virtually every aspect of their health and development is {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}." Food production is dependent on water. Many crops, of course, are watered by rain, but in recent times irrigation has become the key {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}the world's booming population. Today percent of the world's harvest depends on irrigation. If plentiful water flows out of every tap in our home and if we have a clean toilet (抽水马桶) that conveniently washes out waste, it may be {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}to believe that the world is running out of an adequate supply of water. We should remember, however, that only 20 percent of mankind enjoy such {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}. In Africa many women spend as much as six hours a day {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}water.

单选题 Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in Large measure on our interpersonal relationships. One strength of the human condition is our tendency to give and receive support from one another under stressful circumstances. Social support consists of the exchange of resources among people based on their interpersonal ties. Those of us with strong support systems appear better able to cope with major life changes and daily hassles (困难). People with strong social ties live longer and have better health than those without such ties. Studies over a range of illnesses, from depression to heart disease, reveal that the presence of social support helps people fend off (挡开) illness, and the absence of such support makes poor health more likely. Social support cushions stress in a number of ways. First, friends, relatives, and co-workers may let us know that they value us. Our self-respect is strengthened when we feel accepted by others despite our faults and difficulties. Second, other people often provide us with informational support. They help us to define and understand our problems and find solutions to them. Third, we typically find social companionship supportive. Engaging in leisure-time activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting (转移……注意力)us from our worries and troubles. Finally, other people may give us instrumental support, a financial aid, material resources, and needed services- that reduces stress by helping us resolve and cope with our problems.

单选题I wish I had been in the party last night, but I ______.