阅读理解Karaoke was spread to the whole word ______.

阅读理解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.

阅读理解By "casting a wide net"(last paragraph)， Laszlo Bock means

单选题 {{B}}Questions 16-20 are based on the following passage:{{/B}} Beijing's top hotels are fielding scores of calls from foreigners and Chinese people eager to book rooms during the 2008 Olympic Games in the Chinese capital. The luxurious and recently-renovated Beijing Hotel said it had received nearly 100 telephone inquiries from people wanting to book rooms during the Games since Beijing won its bid to host the event. "Out of these people, foreigners make up 30 to 40 per cent, including people calling from the United States and Europe," a hotel sales manager surnamed Song said. Minutes before the decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was announced in Moscow, the hotel had already received 50 to 60 such phone calls from would-be game-goers gambling on the result. Domestic callers have mainly come from the southern provinces of Guangdong and Fujian. Song said the hotel was not taking reservations, but only noting down names of callers, because seven years was too far in advance. The hotel also may be used by the IOC and would then need to set aside rooms for IOC members, he said. Beijing will have more than 800 hotels with star ratings before the Olympic Games in 2008. The city currently has 20 five-star hotels, 34 four-star hotels and 338 other hotels with lower ratings. About 70 hotels will be designated to accommodate athletes and Olympic officials during the Games.

单选题 {{B}}Questions 16-20 are based on the following passage:{{/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 per cent 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A: May I use your phone for a local call? B: ______ sir ! A. Ask me another, B. Certainly, by no means, C. It's out of the question, D. As you wish,

单选题{{B}}Passage 7{{/B}} Late next century, when scholars are scripting the definitive history of the PC, these last few years of high-octane growth may actually be {{U}}(1) {{/U}} as the Dark Ages. Historians will marvel at {{U}}(2) {{/U}} we toiled in front of monolithic, beige BUBs (big ugly boxes), suffering under the oppressive glare of cathode-ray tubes {{U}}(3) {{/U}} our legs scraped against the 10-pound towers beneath our desks. They may also mark 1999 {{U}}(4) {{/U}} the start of the PC renaissance, {{U}}(5) {{/U}} manufacturers finally started to get it: design matters. In this holiday season, computer shoppers will {{U}}(6) {{/U}} unprecedented variety in shapes, sizes and colors—and {{U}}(7) {{/U}} in Apple's groundbreaking line of translucent iMacs and iBooks. {{U}}(8) {{/U}} every major PC maker now has innovative desktop designs {{U}}(9) {{/U}} the way to market, from hourglass-sculpted towers to flat-panel displays with all the processing innards {{U}}(10) {{/U}} into the base. {{U}}(11) {{/U}} industrial designers, who still think the PC has a long way {{U}}(12) {{/U}} you'll want to display it on your mantle, the only question is, what took {{U}}(13) {{/U}} ? "The PC industry has ridiculed design for a long time," says Hartmut Esslinger, founder of Frog Design. "They {{U}}(14) {{/U}}their customers and have underestimated their desires." PC makers are finally catching on-and it's partly {{U}}(15) {{/U}} desperation. Manufacturers {{U}}(16) {{/U}} to sell computers by trumpeting their techno bells and whistles, {{U}}(17) {{/U}} processor speed and memory. But since ever-faster chips have given us more power on the desktop {{U}}(18) {{/U}} we could ever possibly use, computer makers {{U}}(19) {{/U}} on price——a strategy that has dropped most units below ＄1,000 and slashed profits. Last week IBM limped from the battlefield, {{U}}(20) {{/U}} it would pull its lagging Aptiva line from store shelves and sell it only on the Web. Competing only on price "made an industry shakeout inevitable," says Nick Donatiello, president of the marketing-research firm Odyssey.

单选题So long as teachers fail to distinguish between teaching and learning, they will continue to undertake to do for children that which only children can do for themselves. Teaching children to read is not passing reading on to them. It is certainly not endless hours spent in activities about reading. Douglas insists that "reading cannot be taught directly and schools should stop trying to do the impossible." Teaching and learning are two entirely different processes. They differ in kind and function. The function of teaching is to create the conditions and the climate that will make it possible for children to devise the most efficient system for teaching themselves to read. Teaching is also a public activity: It can be seen and observed. Learning to read involves all that each individual does to make sense of the world of printed language. Almost all of it is private, for learning is an occupation of the mind, and that process is not open to public scrutiny. If teacher and learner roles are not interchangeable, what then can be done through teaching that will aid the child in the quest(探索)for knowledge? Smith has one principal rule for all teaching instructions. "Make learning to read easy, which means making reading a meaningful, enjoyable and frequent experience for children." When the roles of teacher and learner are seen for what they are, and when both teacher and learner fulfill them appropriately, then much of the pressure and feeling of failure for both is eliminated. Learning to read is made easier when teachers create an environment where children are given the opportunity to solve the problem of learning to read by reading.

单选题A: Don't you think the concert is terrific? B: ______ A. I want to hear other opinions. B. It certainly is. And I really like the band. C. Yes, the concert is terrible. D. No, everything went on perfectly.

单选题 Directions: In this part there are four passages, each followed with five questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are four suggested answers. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your ANSWER SHEET by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.{{B}}11-15{{/B}} For an increasing number of students at American universities, Old is suddenly in. The reason is obvious: the graying of America means jobs. Coupled with the aging of the baby-boom (生育高峰) generation, a longer life span means that the nation's elderly population is bound to expand significantly over the next 40 years. By 2040, 25 percent of all Americans will be older than 65, up from 14 percent in 1995. The change poses profound questions for government and society, of course. But it also creates career opportunities in medicine and health professions, and in law and business as well. "In addition to the doctors, we're going to need more sociologists, biologists, urban planners and specialized lawyers," says Professor Edward Schneider of the University of Southern California's (USC) School of Gerontology (老年学). Lawyers can specialize in "elder law", which covers everything from trusts and estates to nursing-home abuse and age discrimination (歧视). Businessmen see huge opportunities in the elder market because the baby boomers, 74 million strong, are likely to be the wealthiest group of retirees in human history. "Any student who combines an expert knowledge in gerontology with, say, an MBA or law degree, will have a license to print money," one professor says. Margarite Santos is a 21-year-old senior at USC. She began college as a biology major but found she was "really bored with bacteria". So she took a class in gerontology and discovered that she liked it. She says, "I did volunteer work in retirement homes and it was very satisfying."

单选题She had said little so far, responding only briefly when ______. A. speaking B. spoken to C. spoken D. speaking to

单选题______ on a clear day, far from the city crowds, the mountains give him a sense of infinite peace. A. Walking B. If walking C. While walking D. When one is walking

单选题According to the author, by interacting with people who study liberal-arts, engineering students can______.

单选题By the end of this month we surely ______ a satisfactory solution to the problem.

单选题The output of television sets has ______ in the past five years. A. more than doubled B. more than double C. as many as double D. as much as double

单选题{{B}}Questions 26-30 are based on the following advertisements:{{/B}} AQuiet student offeredroom in private house.Share bath and kitchen.$ 50 weekly excludinggas/electricity BProfessional couple, 3 children,2, 4 and 6, offer single room,rent-free, to student willing tobaby-sit 3 evenings weekly,occasional weekends. Live as family. CDouble room suitable 2 students sharing.Cooking facilities, share bathroom.Non-smokers only.$ 70 each weekly, excluding gas/electricity. DTeacher going on 3-month study course abroad willing to let comfortably furnished flat in prestige block to responsible students. 2 doublebedrooms, 1 single. Use of gm'den. Rent $ 70 each, weekly, inclusive. No late parties. INTERESTED? CONTACT: Joan Benson, student accommodation officer.Room 341 Moff Building. Fri. 10:00 a. m. --5:00 p. m.

单选题I'm afraid I have no authority to ______ these documents to you.

单选题A major goal of multicultural education is to change (teaching and learning) approaches (so that) male and female students from different cultural groups (will have) equal opportunities (for learn).A. teaching and learningB. so thatC. will haveD. for learn

单选题The poor countries are extremely ______ to international economic fluctuations. A. inclined B. vulnerable C. attracted D. reduced

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.