单选题Cindy: John, where are the cookies? Don't tell me you ate them all! John: Yes, I did. ______. A. I couldn't bear it B. I couldn't help it C. They were too good to eat D. They were good to eat

单选题May I______that you’ll sign the document? A．take B．take it C．take as D．take for

单选题It is well admitted that the high ______ rate is caused in part by failure to communicate.

单选题Global energy demand is expected to triple by mid-century. The earth is unlikely to run out of fossil fuels by then, given its vast reserves of coal, but it seems unthinkable that we will continue to use them as we do now. It's not just a question of supply and price, or even of the disease caused by filthy air. The terrorist assault on the World Trade Center raises other scary scenarios: how much easier would it be to crack open the Trans-Alaska pipeline and how much deadlier would it be to bomb a nuclear plant than to attack a wind arm? Skeptics may recall the burst of enthusiasm for conservation and renewable power when oil prices quadrupled in the 1970s. State-funded energy research and development surged, while tax incentives boosted solar, wind and other alternatives to petroleum and the atom. But when oil supplies loosened and prices dropped in the early 1990s, governments lost interest. In the state of California, subsidies evaporated, pushing wind companies into bankruptcy. Clean energy has long way to go. Only 2.2% of the world's energy comes from "new" renewables such as small hydroelectric dams, wind, solar and geothermal. How to boost that share--and at what pace--is debated in industrialized nations--from Japan, which imports 99.7 % of its oil, to Germany, where the nearby Chernobyl accident turned the public against nuclear plants, to the U.S., where the Bush Administration has strong ties to the oil industry. But the momentum toward clean renewables is undeniable. How soon we reach an era of clean, inexhaustible energy depends on technology. Solar and wind energies are intermittent: When the sky is cloudy or the breeze dies down, fossil fuel or nuclear plants must kick into compensate. But scientists are working on better ways to store electricity from renewable sources. While developed nations debate how to fuel their power plants, however, some 1.6 billion people--a quarter of the globe's population--have no access to electricity or gasoline. Many spend their days collecting firewood and cow dung, burning it in primitive stoves that belch smoke into their lungs. To emerge from poverty, they need modern energy. And renewables can help. From village-scale hydropower to household photovoltaic systems to bio-gas stoves that convert dung into fuel. Ultimately, the earth can meet its energy needs without fouling the environment. "But it won't happen," asserts Thomas Johansson, an energy adviser to the United Nations Development Program, "without political will." To begin with, widespread government subsidies for fossil fuels and nuclear energy must be dismantled to level the playing field for renewables. Moreover, government should pressure utility to meet targets for renewable sources of energy.

单选题On a four-day trip to Ethiopia,I had a dream. In my dream, I saw two men, one older and one younger, facing one another against a background of temples and pyramids. The father was speaking as he performed the oil ceremony for his son. I became excited in the possibility of performing a visiting ceremony (31) my son in Africa. For the next six days I privately wondered what (32) to use in such a ceremony. Gradually the words (33) me. By the time we arrived in Cairo, I was ready. I told my son that there was a ceremony I wanted to (34) him in the tombs in Egypt. His eyes shone with (35) . But I wondered if he would still be receptive after my next statement. In the dream I remembered that the son was oiled, as it (36) , with a dry substance. I took this to mean that powder (37) oil was used. But what powder? I ruled out ground grass and flowers, and finally settled on sand. Sand represents the Sahara, and sand also (38) the remains of the ancient people of Egypt. That made philosophical (39) to me, but in the real world, young adults or almost anybody for that matter, (40) disinclined to have sand poured on their hair.

单选题In the United States, it is important to be on time, or punctual, for an appointment, a class, a meeting, etc. However, this may not be true in all countries. An American professor discovered this difference while teaching a class in a Brazilian university. The two-hour class was scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. and end at 12. On the first day, when the professor arrived on time, no one was in the classroom. Many students came after 10 a.m. Several arrived after 10:30 a.m. Two students came after 11 a.m. Although all the students greeted the professor as they arrived, few apologized for their lateness. Were these students being rude? He decided to study the students" behavior. The professor talked to American and Brazilian students about lateness in both an informal and a formal situation: at a lunch with a friend and in university calls, respectively. He gave them an example and asked them how they would react. If they had a lunch appointment with a friend, the average American student showed clearly lateness as 19 minutes after the agreed time. On the other hand, the average Brazilian student would be 33 minutes late. In an American university, students are expected to arrive at the appointed hour. In contrast, in Brazil, neither the teacher nor the students always arrive at the appointed hour. Classes not only begin at the scheduled time in the United States, but also end at the scheduled time. In the Brazilian class, only a few students left the class at 12:00; many remained past 12:30 to discuss the class and ask more questions. Arriving late may not be very important in Brazil, neither is staying late.

单选题House agent. Good morning. Sunshine Real Estate. Chris Lee speaking. Woman: ______ Is it still available? A. Excuse me, do you have a two-bedroom apartment for rent? B. Hello. I'm calling about the two-bedroom apartment advertised in today's Daily News. C. Hello. Is the two-bedroom apartment advertised in today's Daily News still available? D. Excuse me. I have some questions about the two-bedroom apartment adver- tised in today's Daily News.

单选题Scientists have spent years into the effects of certain chemicals on the human brain, but with no result.

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单选题Mary: Tom, would you like to go to a party this Saturday?Tom: ______. What kind of party?Mary: It's a birthday party.

单选题Her story shows how gentle ______ and an indifference to honors and fame can lead to great achievements. A. persuasion B. determination C. devotion D. reservation

单选题The noise was so ______ that only those with excellent hearing were aware of it. A. soft B. faint C. quiet D. inaudible

单选题The garden looked as if it ______ for years. A. wasn't watered B. didn't water C. hasn't watered D. hadn't been watered

单选题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} In this part there are 4 passages followed by questions or unfinished statements, each with four suggested answers. Choose the one you think is the best answer. Mark your choice' on the Answer Sheet by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.{{B}}Passage One{{/B}} Theme-park-hound bargain seekers would be wise to spend some time surfing online before they get in line at the parks this summer. A growing number of these attractions now allow customers to print e-tickets at home with large discounts off the gate price, in part to spur attendance that has declined in recent years. After boom times in the late 1990s, theme park attendance began to decrease, with an overall decline of about 400% over the past few years at North America's 50 most-visited establishments, says James Zoltak, editor of Amusement Business. "The boom was off the rose as we turned the comer into 2000, so there's more discounting now," he says. Discounting isn't new to an industry that has longer partnered with other commercial enterprises, such as soft drink companies, to offer deals. But e-ticketing adds a new opportunity that not only brings savings but convenience as well, since it allows visitors to avoid the line at the gate. "If you can get in early before the lines fill up, you're getting more for your money," says Robert Niles of the website Theme Park Insider.

单选题You are to stay at the hotel where rooms ______ for you.

单选题Until recently, the British system of money was not based on the decimal system. But in February, 1971, Great Britain (41) its currency to the decimal system(十进制). The pound is still the basic monetary unit, but it is now made up of 100 pennies (42) pence. In the new system, there are six coins. The coins are known (43) their values. They have the following values: 1/2 pence or penny, 1 penny, 2 pence, 5 pence, 10 pence, and 50 pence. In Great Britain, the word note is used to refer to paper money. The notes you would most probably use if you (44) England are the one-pound note, the five-pound note, and the ten-pound note. It isn't (45) for a country to convert(转换) its currency from one system to (46) . In England the Decimal Currency Board spent $ 3 million to explain the new system to the people. The change (47) the decimal method of counting is to go much (48) than the money system. Great Britain will (49) the metric system for all weights and measurements. The (50) will be enormous. According to one estimate, it will run (51) $12 billion. There must be new (52) for businesses and factories, new bottles and cans for the food and dairy industries, new traffic (53) for the highways (the speed limits and distances must be (54) in kilometers rather than miles), new thermometers (water will freeze (55) 0 degrees centigrade instead of 32 degrees Fahrenheit). But the changeover is inevitable. In the long (56) , the new system, which is uniform and (57) , will save money. And now that Great Britain has joined the Common Market, it will be necessary for British exporters to use the (58) system as that of the other countries (59) Britain has formed such close economic (60) .

单选题Can exercise be a bad thing? Sudden death during or soon after strenuous exertion on the squash court or on the army training grounds, is not unheard of. (1) trained marathon runners are not immune to fatal heart attacks. But no one knows just (2) common these sudden deaths linked to exercise are. The registration and investigation of such (3) is very patchy; only a national survey could determine the true (4) of sudden deaths in sports. But the climate of medical opinion is shifting in (5) of exercise, for the person recovering from a heart attack as (6) as the average lazy individual. Training can help the victim of a heart attack by lowering the (7) of oxygen the heart needs at any given level of work (8) the patient can do more before reaching the point where chest pains indicate a heart starved of oxygen. The question is, should middle-aged people, (9) particular, be screened for signs of heart disease before (10) vigorous exercise?

单选题The blood ______ in the body and provides what the body needs. A. swells B. circulates C. tastes D. tempted

单选题 I think uniforms are demeaning to the human spirit and totally unnecessary in a democratic society. Uniforms tell the world that the person who wears one has no value as an individual but only lives to function as a part of the whole. The individual in a uniform loses all self-worth. There are those who say that wearing a uniform gives a person a sense of identification with a large, more important concept. What could be more important than the individual oneself? Others say wearing uniforms eliminates all envy and competition, such that a poor person who cannot afford good-quality clothing. Why would anyone strive to be better. It is only a short step from forcing everyone to wear the same clothing to forcing everyone to drive the same car, have the same type of house, eat the same type of food. When this happens, all incentive to improve one's life is removed. Why would parents bother to work hard so that their children could have a better life than they had when they know that their children are going to be forced to have exactly the same life that they had? Uniforms also hurt the economy. Right now, billions of dollars are spent on the fashion industry yearly. Thousands of persons are employed in designing, creating, and marketing different types of clothing. If everyone were forced to wear uniforms, artistic personnel would be unnecessary. Why bother to sell the only items that are available? The wearing of uniforms would destroy the fashion industry which in turn would have a ripple effect on such industries as advertising and promotion. Without advertising, newspapers, magazines, and television would not be able to remain in business. Our entire information and entertainment industries would founder.