单选题Many farms in the southern United States yield hay and tobacco.

单选题Metropolitan Museum of Art is located in New York City. It is one of the largest and most (1) art museums in the world. In 1866 a group of Americans in Paris, France, gathered at a restaurant to (2) the American Independence Day. After dinner, John Jay, a (3) lawyer gave a speech proposing to create a "national institution and gallery of art. " During the next four years, he (4) American civic leaders, art collectors, and others to support the project, and in 1870 the Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded, but it was (5) in two different locations in New York City. In 1880 the museum moved to its present location in Central Park on Fifth Avenue. Many additions have (6) been built around this building. The north and south (7) were completed in 1911 and 1913, (8) Six additional wings have been built since 1975 to house the museum's (9) collections, to expand gallery space and educational (10) . The museum has collected more than three million objects in every known artistic (11) , representing cultures from every part of the world, from ancient times to the present. Popularly known as the Met, the museum is a private (12) . The museum is one of the most popular tourist (13) in the city and about five million people visit it each year. It is also a major educational institution, offering various programs for children and adults. (14) , scholars of archeology and art history (15) advanced research projects at the museum.

单选题The last paragraph is intended to ______.

单选题(The) great American supermarket is a wonderful place with (the) great variety of (healthy food) and (other commodities).A. TheB. theC. healthy foodD. other commodities

单选题We cannot comment on whether ______ international standards should be developed under this convention.

单选题{{B}}Passage Four{{/B}} If someone just studies a few recent corporate recruitment advertisements, there will be at least one thing he or she will find common in almost all. of them. The recruiters are putting much emphasis on hiring a one-team man rather than a one-man team, in the management category at least. In accordance to this shift, the office atmosphere is changing too. CEOs of the companies at present are accessible to general employees move than' ever before. The visual distance is cut short. Office decorations are changing with more and more interlinked and free sittingarrangements. At this age, one can never ignore the psychological affect on human beings created by the respective surroundings. The corporate houses these days are spending huge amounts to unite the workforce into an active team. Active and spontaneous participation of employees in both internal and external affairs of the company and even in the decision making process are regarded as the path of progress. The main problem in the corporate team building process namely 'distancing' is predominantly inherent in employees' as well as in the employer's psyche. It is one of the basic instincts of human beings. The primary team building process is constantly fighting to throw away 'distancing' to a great distance. The ideal corporate team building events concentrate on bringing together employees who do not always get the chance to come in close, if not in personal contact with each other. The prime ideological stand is that, if an employee does not know his or her co-workers then he or she cannot actively participate to boost up the company profile and morale as a whole. It is all about fixing the SELF, not into the category called OTHER, but under the umbrella named WE. The corporate event management companies divide the employees into various groups. Apparently, it seems that the process is breaking the basic notion of team building activities, but in fact, it just adds to the notion. The participants here never feel rivalry among themselves. They are conscious that it is merely a game though they need to win. Thus, they fail to concentrate on the issue that it is a part of the team building exercise tailored by the company. This lack of concentration on the subtle issue ultimately does the trick. The idea of the team is built in the consciousness of the participant that excludes the visual divisions.

单选题The Ureceding/U prices of these stocks sent many investors panicking and despairing.

单选题The rocket engine, with its steady roar like that of a waterfall or a thunderstorm, is an impressive symbol of the new space age. Rocket engines have (61) powerful enough to shoot astronauts (62) the earth's gravitational pull and land them on the moon. We have now become space (63) . Impressive and complex as it may appear, the rocket, which was (64) in China over 800 years ago, is a relatively simple device. Fuel that is (65) in the rocket engine changes (66) gas. The hot and rapidly (67) gas must escape, but it can do so only through an opening that (68) backward. As the gas is (69) with great force, it (70) the rocket in the (71) direction. Like the kick of a gun (72) it is fired, it (73) the laws of nature (74) by Sir Isaac Newton when he discovered that" (75) every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction./

单选题The word "centerpiece" in the 3rd paragraph means ______

单选题Prior to his appointment as foreign minister, Mr. Li was the vice minister of foreign affairs.

单选题(It is said) that Einstein felt (very) (badly) about the application of his theories (to) the creation of weapons of war.

单选题{{B}}Passage Four{{/B}} American culture has not been immune to cultural influences from outside. The idea of democracy came from the ancient Greeks: the Industrial Revolution started in England: jazz and rock music preserve African rhythms--to pick a few examples. Indeed, many of the things we think of as "100 percent American" came from other cultures. Still, most of the changes in American culture over the last century have come from within, as the result of inventions and discoveries. And change has been dramatic. One hundred years ago the United States was largely a nation of farmers. Many of the things we take for granted today- a high school education, for example, or indoor plumbing—were luxuries then. The moon was a light for lovers, not a site for scientific exploration; genetic engineering (基因工程) was not even a subject for science fiction, much less for laboratory research and corporate investments. The decades following the Second World War, in particular, were characterized by spectacular scientific and technological advances, national self-confidence, optimism, and (for many Americans) prosperity. The American economy was the strongest in the world: more goods were produced and sold, more people were working, and the standard of living was higher than ever before. Polls (民意调查) taken in the 1950s and 1960s show that the average American was preoccupied with the questions "will I make a good living? "Will I be successful?" and "Will I raise successful, happy children?" Success was defined in terms of maintaining a stable family and "keeping up with the Jones". Most Americans believed that if they played by the rules--if they work hard and did what was expected, if they sacrificed their own needs to those of their family and their employer--they would be rewarded with an ever-increasing standard of living, a devoted spouse, and decent children. An expensive car, a suburban home, and children in college were tangible (可触知的) signs that hard work and self-sacrifice paid off.

单选题Birds are literally half-asleep--with one brain hemisphere alert and the other sleeping, according to a new study of sleeping ducks. Earlier Studies have documented half-brain sleep in a wide range of birds. The brain hemispheres take turns sinking into the sleep stage characterized by slow brain waves. The eye controlled by the sleeping hemisphere keeps shut, while the wakeful hemisphere's eye stays open and alert. Birds also can sleep with both hemispheres resting at once. Decades of studies of bird flocks led researchers to predict extra alertness in the more vulnerable, end-of-the-row sleepers. Sure enough, the end birds tended to watch carefully on the side away from their companions. Ducks in the inner spots showed no preference for gaze direction. Also, birds dozing (打盹) at the end of the line resorted to single-hemisphere sleep, rather than total relaxation, more often than inner ducks did. Rotating 16 birds through the positions in a four-duck row, the researchers found outer birds half-asleep during 32 percent of dozing time versus about 12 percent for birds in internal spots. "We believe this is the first evidence for an animal behaviorally controlling sleep and wakefulness simultaneously in different regions of the brain," the researchers say. The results provide the best evidence for a long-standing supposition that single- hemisphere sleep evolved as creatures scanned for enemies. The preference for opening an eye on the. lockout side could be widespread, he predicts. He's seen it in a pair of birds' dozing side-by-side in the zoo and in a single pet bird sleeping by a mirror. The mirror-side eye closed as if the reflection were a companion and the other eye stayed open. Useful as half-sleeping might be, it's only been found in birds and such water mammals (哺乳动物) as dolphins, whales, and seals. Perhaps keeping one side of the brain awake allows a sleeping animal to surface occasionally to avoid drowning. Studies of birds may offer unique insights into sleep. Jerome M. Siegel of the UCLA says he wonders if birds' half-brain sleep "is just the tip of the iceberg (冰山) ". He speculates that more examples may turn up when we take a closer look at other species.

单选题Woman: Did you see the article in today's paper on the new Italian restaurant? Man: Yes, and I've already made reservations for us this Thursday. Question: What does the man mean?

单选题_____ the few who have failed in their examination, all the other students in the hall are in very highspirits.

单选题It was clear that the storm______his arrival by two hours.

单选题We felt very nice in the lobby, the more so since it was Uchilly/U out of doors that day.

单选题Silk, although it is considered a {{U}}delicate{{/U}} fabric, is in fact very strong, but it is adversely affected by sunlight.

单选题Man: Jeff has lots of good ideas. Do you think he's willing to come to the meeting? Woman: Oh, I think he'd be glad to come. What is difficult is getting him to speak before a large crowd. Question: What does the woman imply about Jeff?

单选题Students (completing) a course in computer science and technology can (look forward to) (find) a wide (range) of jobs.