单选题Government comprises the set of legal and political institutions (that) regulate the relationships (among) members of (a) society and between the society (or) outsiders.

单选题I was (so interested in) the video that I (watched) it (for) two hours before I (realized) it.

单选题It is fortunate when a young man"s career goals and the wishes of his parents for him ______.

单选题He will {{U}}abide by{{/U}} his promise if he gives it.

单选题Woman: I went downtown yesterday and saw Jean's sister there.Man: Unlike her sister, Jean doesn't have lots of time to spend buying dresses.Question: What do we learn about Jean?

单选题The rich alumnus ______ the college with half of his fortune.

单选题He was acquitted in ______ of strong evidence of his guilt.

单选题The most encouraging fact about the US economy is that ______

单选题{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}} According to new research of Prof. Randolf Menzel from the Free University in Berlin, the popular image of bees as the ultimate hard workers was inaccurate. "Although we see bees buzzing around tirelessly in spring and summer, the common belief in a bee's busy nature is based on a misconception," he said. People only really see bees when they're out flying, or they look at a colony of bees and see thousands of them buzzing around. They don't get to pick them out as individuals. The professor, who this month won a German Zoological Society award for his work on bees, added that bees compensated for their apparent laziness with high intelligence, advanced memory skills and an ability to learn quickly. The suggestion that bees were not pulling their weight met with skepticism from British beekeepers. Glyn Davies, the President of the British Beekeepers Association, said that bees were not lazy but efficient. "At any particular stage in its life, a bee has a specific job to do. If they are unable to do that job, they conserve their energy by doing nothing. Each bee has a unit of life energy and the faster it works, the faster it dies. They are being very wise and perhaps humans should try to follow their example instead of running about like headless chickens. " The idea of the busy bee is several thousand years old. One current author who has nothing but admiration for the bee is Paul Theroux, the novelist and part-time beekeeper. "I have never seen a bee sleeping. My bees never stop working. " he said, Mr. Theroux, who keeps 85 hives each containing 30000 bees in Hawaii, added that Prof. Menzel's research could have been affected by his national origins. "Perhaps in comparison to the German rate of work, the bee does look lazy," he said. Few people think that the busy bee idea will go away, despite the efforts of Prof. Menzel. It performs too many useful functions in our culture. In fact, the worship of hees seems to be undergoing a renaissance. IBM recently ran a series of ads drawing on the " waggle dance" of bees, telling businessmen to "make your business waggle. "

单选题Security guards {{U}}dispersed {{/U}} the crowd that had gathered around the Capitol.

单选题They gained great influence by ______themselves to prominent city institutions.

单选题It is required by law that a husband (has to pay) the debts of his wife (until) formal notice is given (that) he no longer has to pay (her).

单选题Honey guides, or indicator birds,collaborate with honey badgers in seeking out bee colonies.

单选题{{B}}Passage Five{{/B}} I'd been living with my wife for eight years and one night. Morn says, "I guess you guys are never going to get married. I mean, you've been through jail together, you're living together, but…, oh, forget it." "Oh, well," I said," put it like that and I'll marry your daughter tomorrow." Actually, I don't know what we were waiting for, except that for a guy it's never the right time to get married. I' m also suspicious of any two people who don't struggle with that decision. Part of my problem was that I was still lusting in my heart after other ladies. But somehow I knew that I wasn't going to find another woman remotely as great as my soon-to-be wife. It's a good thing my mother-in-law finally spoke up. I finally gathered my courage one day when we were having a picnic, and popped the question. I also gave my wife a big tourist pamphlet about Switzerland. I wasn't taking any chances. She said no. It killed me. I felt sick to my stomach. I lost my appetite. Our dog just stared at me, thinking, "If you're not going to eat your lunch, I will." Finally, I said, "But the Switzerland trip is yours if you say yes." "Switzerland , "she said, "is filled with precise, humorless people." "Maybe I should have suggested Paris?" For a minute it seemed as if my change in travel plans would rate a solid "maybe". But she said no again. When we woke up the next morning, she told me that she'd slept on my proposal. "I guess I was a little rude to you last night," she explained. Meanwhile, I'm figuring I'm off the hook for this marriage thing for at least another eight years. I could afford to be generous. "I asked, you said no. It's okay," I said. I might have looked a little too relieved because later that day she gave me a little box. Inside was a gold watch. On the back was inscribed. "Yes. I've reconsidered." I liked the watch, so I did the right thing.

单选题(Witnesses) of the crime (find difficult) to explain (why) they (didn't) call the police.A. WitnessesB. find difficultC. whyD. didn't

单选题He is an ______ boy, always insisting on his own rights and opinions.

单选题Government comprises the set of legal and political institutions (that) regulate the relationships (among) members of (a) society and between the society (or) outsiders.A. thatB. amongC. aD. or

单选题{{B}}Passage Four{{/B}} 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TextTwoPhrases:A.theyfelt62forB.mostwere63thefutureforwomenC.lessthan64ofthemInarecentsurvey,55%of3,000Japanesewomenpolledsaidtheyweren’tbeingtreatedequallywithmenatwork,and65saidtheyexpectedwomen’slivestoimproveoverthenexttwodecades.Yet，only26%ofthewomensaid66astrongandorganizedwomen’smovement.InasimilarsurveyofAmericanwomen,amuchsmaller29%believedtheyweretreatedunfairlyatwork,67，and37%saidawomen’smovementwasneeded.

单选题A: It's already 9 o'clock. I'm afraid I have to go. Thank you for the wonderful dinner.B: ______