单选题They hoped to be able to move into the new building at the end of the month, but things did not ______ as they had expected.

单选题{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}} Children live in a world in which science has tremendous importance. During their lifetimes it will affect them more and more. In time, many of them will work at jobs that depend heavily on science--for example, concerning energy sources, pollution control, highway safety, wilderness conservation, and population growth. As taxpayers they will pay for scientific research and exploration. And, as consumers, they will be bombarded (受到轰击) by advertising, much of which is said to be based on science. Therefore, it is important that children, the citizens of the future, become functionally acquainted with science--with the process and spirit of science, as well as with its facts and principles. Fortunately, science has a natural appeal for youngsters. They can relate it to so many things that they encounter--flashlights, tools, echoes, and rainbows. Besides; science is an excellent medium for teaching far more than content. It can help pupils learn to think logically, to organize and analyse ideas. It can provide practice in communication skills and mathematics. In fact, there is no area of the curriculum to which science cannot contribute, whether it is geography, history, language arts, music, or art! Above all, good science teaching leads to what might be called a "scientific attitude". Those who possess it seek answers through observing, experimenting, and reasoning, rather than blindly accepting the pronouncements of others. They weigh evidence carefully and reach conclusions with caution. While respecting the opinions of others, they expect honesty, accuracy, and objectivity and are on guard against hasty judgments and sweeping generalizations. All children should be developing this approach to solving problems, but it cannot be expected to appear automatically with the mere acquisition of information. Continual practice, through guided participation, is needed.

单选题International students in China usually have a hard time writing Chinese characters of numerous ______.

单选题Did you suspect that the entire episode was an elaborate deception?

单选题The firefighter was {{U}}commended{{/U}} for his bravery in the big fire.

单选题The guard was punished for ______ his post.

单选题The first fiction (writer) in the United States to (achieve) international (fame) was Washington Irving, who wrote many stories, (included) "Rip Van Winkle' and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'.

单选题A: Has the latest Time magazine arrived yet? Today's already Tuesday. B: ______.

单选题Why are American scholars worried about education today?

单选题He is a rare celebrity scientist. He's even had a TV cameo role (小角色) in Star Trek in which he plays poker with scientific icons (偶像)Sir Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. Yet when asked about comparisons between himself and the two scientists, he calls it all "media hype (炒作)." Once asked how he felt about being labeled the world's smartest person, he responded: "It is very embarrassing. It is rubbish, just media hype. They just want a hero, and I fill the role model of a disabled genius. At least I am disabled, but I am no genius. " Hawking has ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease, a neuromuscular disease that progressively weakens muscle control. He gets around in a wheelchair, and after completely losing the use of his vocal chords in an operation to assist his breathing in 1985, he communicates through a computer. A speech synthesizer "speaks" for him after he punches in what he wants to say, selecting words in the computer software by pressing a switch with his hand. Unfortunately, it makes him sound like he has an American accent, he says. Despite his humorous, self-effacing manner, Hawking is one of the world's leading theoretical physicists. Many consider him to be the most brilliant since Einstein. Since 1979, he's held the post of Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge University—which was once held by Isaac Newton no less—and has twelve honorary degrees. He's also a best-selling author. His book, A Brief History of Time ,has been translated into 33 languages and has sold nine million copies. For much of his academic life, Hawking has been among a group of theoretical physicists searching for a "theory of everything'—one unified scientific theory that explains the big cosmological questions like How did the universe begin? Why is the universe the way it is? and How will it end ? You are probably familiar with the existing theories, such as the Big Bang theory. However, these theories are inconsistent with each other. So Hawking—among a group of theoretical physicists—has been on a quest to come. up with a theory of quantum (量子)gravity that would incorporate these theories—the theory of everything (TOE)—which would solve the problem of what caused the universe to start expanding. How successful have the world's leading cosmologists been? Hawking predicts we'll have the TOE in the next 20 years.

单选题Woman: So you finally listen to your wife's advice and give up smoking.Man: It was my doctor's advice I'm suffering from high-blood pressure.Question: What do we learn from the conversation?

单选题John’s application for Uadmission/U to graduate studies in the school of Education has been approved.

单选题Speaker A: Your sister seems to be a bit under the weather. Speaker B: _____________.

单选题It is reported that the policemen are pursuing the bank robbers in the country.

单选题Many words in English have ______ new senses with the passage of time and social development.

单选题The passage mainly discusses_______

单选题A pervasive negative attitude of the engineers toward projects funded by his company is the cause of the delay of signing the contract.

单选题I have given my third and fourth preferences to candidates (who), (not if) exactly "worthless", know as well as I do (they) have no chance of (being) elected.

单选题It is the interaction (between) people, (rather than) the events that occur in their lives that (are) the main focus (of) social psychology.