单选题现代设计被视为解决功能、创造市场、( )和改变行为的手段。

单选题If you are smiling, your voice on the phone will Uautomatically/U be friendly.

单选题America's economic recovery remains uncomfortably weak. The latest data show industrial production falling while the trade deficit soars to record levels. To round off a dismal week for economic statistics, the Fed (美联储) announced that industrial production fell by 0.2% in December compared with the previous month. That came as a disappointment to economists who had been expecting a small rise. Monthly data are always unreliable, of course; there is always a plausible explanation for unexpectedly bad (or good) news. But nearly all recent economic statistics point to the same conclusion--that America's recovery remains sluggish and erratic. It could put pressure on the Fed to consider cutting interest rates again when its policymaking committee meets at the end of the month. The biggest obstacle to healthier economic performance, though, is political. As the Fed's chairman, Alan Greenspan, acknowledged in the closing months of 2002, uncertainty about the future is holding both investors and consumers back. The shadowy threat of international terrorism and the much more explicit prospect of a war with Iraq have made many Americans nervous about the future. For businesses still reeling from the speed at which the late-1990s boom turned to slump, the political climate is one more reason to put off investing in new plant and equipment or hiring new staff. For consumers, for so long the mainstay of the American economy, the thrill of the shopping mall seems, finally, to be on the wane. It is hard to put a favorable interpretation on most of the data. But it is important to keep a sense of perspective. Some recent figures look disappointing partly because they fall short of over-optimistic forecasts -- a persistent weakness of those paid to predict the economic future, no matter how often they are proved wrong. The Fed will be watching carefully for further signs of weakness during the rest of the month. Mr. Greenspan is an avid, even obsessive, consumer of economic data. He has made it clear that the Fed stands ready to reduce interest rates again if it judges it necessary--even after 12 cuts in the past two years. At its last meeting, though, when it kept rates on hold, the Fed signaled that it did not expect to need to reduce rates any further. Monetary policy still offers the best short-term policy response to weak economic activity, and with inflation low the Fed still has scope for further relaxation. President Bush's much-vaunted fiscal stimulus is unlikely to provide appropriate help, and certainly not in a timely way.

单选题He was Uescorted/U by a group of soldiers under the command of Sarsfield.

单选题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} 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. German zoologist Randolf Menzel says bees aren't as busy as people believe they are. "Bees are not par ticularly{{U}} (31) {{/U}}. Instead they sleep a lot and are lazy. They spend{{U}} (32) {{/U}}80 per cent of the night sleeping. Even during the day they often fly to the nest{{U}} (33) {{/U}}they rest their wings," said Menzel, a zoologist at the Free University in Berlin, who has studied bees for four decades. But to{{U}} (34) {{/U}}for their apparent laziness, they are actually very intelligent. They are{{U}} (35) {{/U}}learners and able to recognize various smells. Menzel said bees' learning, like{{U}} (36) {{/U}}of many animals, was based on a reward system. "If a bee is re warded once for something, it remembers it for a week. But if it is rewarded three times, it will remember it for its{{U}} (37) {{/U}}lifetime," said Menzel. He was awarded a{{U}} (38) {{/U}}by the German Zoological Society. The memory capacity of bees means they can{{U}} (39) {{/U}}among more than 50 different smells to find the one they want. "What is interesting is that what smells good to a bee, is also a{{U}} (40) {{/U}}smell for humans," said Menzel.

单选题That boy is such a good violinist that he will probably make quite a ______ for himself. A. name B. glory C. fame D. character

单选题A mother dolphin (海豚) chats with her baby over the telephone! They were in separate tanks connected by a special underwater audio link. "It seemed clear that they knew who they were talking with," says Don White, whose Project Delphis ran the experiment. But what were they saying? Scientists think dolphins "talk" about everything from basic facts like their age to their emotional state. "I speculate that they say things like "there are some good fish over here," or "watch out for that shark because he"s hunting,"" says Denis Herzing, who studies dolphins in the Bahamas. Deciphering (译解) "dolphin speak" is also tricky because their language is so dependent on what they"re doing, whether they"re playing, fighting, or going after tasty fish. During fights, for example, dolphins clap (碰撞) their jaws to say "Back off!" But their jaws clap while playing, too, as if to show who"s king of the underwater playground.

单选题The accepted ______ of adepuate diet have been challenged by new discoveries in nutrition. A. formations B. components C. standards D. ingredients

单选题______ does he know that the police are about to arrest him. A. Seldom B. Little C. Only D. Never

单选题I ______ have written to him because he phoned me shortly afterwards. A. needn't B. oughtn't to C. wouldn't D. shouldn't

单选题Student: How long can I have these books? Librarian: This one is on the three-hour-loan; you may have it for only three hours. ______

单选题Children usually ______ both parents because they inherit characteristics from both.

单选题I wish to have a talk with you, ______? A. shall I B. would I C. will I D. may I

单选题______ is the center of our planetary system was a difficult concept to grasp in the Middle Ages. A. That the sun and not the earth B. It is the sun and not the earth C. Being the sun and not the earth D. The sun and not the earth

单选题Each one of us who ______ now living is destined to witness remarkable scientific discoveries. A. is B. are C. have being D. Were

单选题According to the table, which of the following is right? ______.

单选题Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank. The outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in Mexico was declared a global epidemic on June 11,2009．It is the first worldwide epidemic{{U}} (1) {{/U}}by the World Health Organization in 41 years. The heightened alert{{U}} (2) {{/U}}an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva that assembled after a sharp rise in cases in Australia, and rising{{U}} (3) {{/U}}in Britain, Japan, Chile and elsewhere. But the epidemic is "{{U}} (4) {{/U}}" in severity, according to Margaret Chan, the organization's director general,{{U}} (5) {{/U}}the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild symptoms and a full recovery, often in the{{U}} (6) {{/U}}of any medical treatment. The outbreak came to global{{U}} (7) {{/U}}in late April 2009, when Mexican authorities noted an unusually large number of hospitalizations and deaths{{U}} (8) {{/U}}healthy adults. As much of Mexico City shut down at the height of a panic, cases began to{{U}} (9) {{/U}}in New York City, the southwestern United States and around the world. In the United States, new cases seemed to fade{{U}} (10) {{/U}}warmer weather arrived. But in late September 2009, officials reported there was{{U}} (11) {{/U}}flu activity in almost every state and that virtually all the{{U}} (12) {{/U}}tested are the new swine flu, also known as (A) H1N1, not seasonal flu. In the U. S. , it has{{U}} (13) {{/U}}more than one million people, and caused more than 600 deaths and more than 6,000 hospitalizations. Federal health officials{{U}} (14) {{/U}}Tamiflu for children from the national stockpile and began {{U}}(15) {{/U}}orders from the states for the new swine flu vaccine. The new vaccine, which is different from the annual flu vaccine, is{{U}} (16) {{/U}}ahead of expectations. More than three million doses were to be made available in early October 2009, though most of those{{U}} (17) {{/U}}dose were of the FluMist nasal spray type, which is not{{U}} (18) {{/U}}for pregnant women, people over 50 or those with breathing difficulties, heart disease or several other{{U}} (19) {{/U}}. But it was still possible to vaccinate people in other high-risk groups: health care workers, people{{U}} (20) {{/U}}infants and healthy young people.

单选题Rachel: Prof. Leech's course really gives me a headache. Kevin: ______ A. Why not take some aspirins? B. The books he recommends really help. C. I recommend you come to his class often. D. Shall we take a break?

单选题{{B}}Passage One{{/B}} Communication is the sending of information or news from one person to another. If human beings could not communicate with one another, each person would have to learn everything for himself. Although animals as well as men can communicate, so far as we know, they can express only the simple emotions like pain, joy, fear, hunger, anger and love. Some animals have a more advanced form of language using sounds, and others use a wide range of sounds and face movements, but we still have much to learn about these animal languages. Speech is the most important means of communication between people. But it is not the only one. Nor is it the oldest. We use facial expressions, gestures and hand movements to express our feelings and to send signals to other people. Animals use this "body language" a great deal. The sign language used by deaf people is an example of communication without speech,while blind people communicate largely through touch and hearing.