单选题Many manufacturers were accused of concentrating too heavily on cost reduction, often at the ______of the quality of their products.

单选题A: Hi, I'm your neighbor in 405, next door. I'm Sunny Chan. B: ______

单选题The weakened governor could not withstand another catastrophe.

单选题He {{U}}was confronted with{{/U}} many difficulties, which, with the help of his friends, he successfully overcame.

单选题This summer, for the first time, Emory College let freshmen pick their own roommates in an online roommate-selection system that works on the same principles as computer dating. Students, using screen names to hide their identities, posted profiles of themselves detailing personality attributes, work habits, music and food preferences, and answers to questions like whether they hoped to "do almost everything" with their roommate or "lead separate but compatible lives. " Roommate-matching is a summer ritual that plunges college housing offices into the most intimate realm of sleep patterns, cleaning habits, and noise tolerance. Online matching is on the cutting edge. Housing officials at Emory, in Atlanta, say they expect that letting students pick their own roommates will increase the likelihood of compatibility. And there's little risk of hurt feelings if the e-mail exchanges do not lead to a match, since the initial round of contacts is done under screen names. Several studies have shown that roommates have an impact on the attitudes and social behavior of those they live with. And one recent study found that a roommate's academic performance has a small, but statistically significant, effect on the other roommate's grade-point average. Other studies, however, did not find that effect. The business of assigning roommates varies widely across the country. At Davidson College, the housing staff sort every freshman with careful hand-selection. The Davidson philosophy is that roommates should be as similar as possible, while halls should be as diverse as possible. "We had a match that seemed perfect, until we discovered that one was a cattle rancher's son and the other was a vegan (绝对素食者) ," said Ms. Kromm. "They should definitely meet, on the same hall. But we didn't want to put them in the same room. " Occasionally, an incoming student asks to be paired with an Asian, or says she might not be able to get along with a Republican. In such cases, Ms. Kromm will remind them that Davidson does not accept roommate preferences based on race, ethnicity, and religion. Davidson's care in matching pays off. " By Christmas last year, we had only four requests for roommate changes out of 480 students. " No one knows whether computer-matching works as well. But at Emory, so far, student reaction seems to be telling something: the online system is overwhelmed with clicks.

单选题A great number of houses would have to be removed to Umake way for/U the new amusement park.

单选题Your exam results ______ my expectations, and you have to work harder.

单选题A: I love your skirt. It's so beautiful on you! B: ______

单选题Witnesses were allegedly tortured or subjected to pressure to Ufabricate/U evidence against him.

单选题We unemployed share a social stigma (耻辱) similar to that of the rape victim. Whether consciously or subconsciously, much of the work-ethic driven public feels that you've somehow "asked for it". Secretly wanted to lose your job and "flirted (幻想)" with unemployment through your attitude- probably dressed in a way to invite it (left the vest unbuttoned on your three-piece suit). But the worse of it isn't society's work-ethic morality; it's your own, which you never knew you had. You find out how much self-satisfaction was gained from even the most simple work-related task: a well-worded letter, a well-handled phone call, even a clean file. Being useful to yourself isn't enough. But then almost everyone has heard about the need to be a useful member of society. What you didn't know about was the loneliness. You've spent your life almost constantly surrounded by people, in classes, in dorms and at work. To suddenly find yourself with only your cat to talk to all day distorts (歪曲) your sense of reality. You begin to worry that fights of fancy might become one way. But you always were, and still are, stronger than that. You maintain balance and perspective, mainly through resorting frequently to sarcasm (嘲笑) and irreverence. Although something going wrong in any aspect of your life now seems to push you into temporary despair much more easily than before, you have some very important things to hang on to-- people who care, your sense of humor, your talents, your cat and your hopes. And beyond that, you've gained something- a little more knowledge and a lot more compassion. You've learned the value of the routine you scorned and the importance of the job you took for granted. But most of all, you've learned what a "7.6 percent unemployment rate" really means.

单选题Will Americans Ugo for/U AT&T's plan of pushing the wireless services in the U.S.?

单选题{{B}}Passage Five{{/B}} Do you know that all human beings have a "comfortable zone" regulating the distance they stand from someone when they talk? This distance varies in interesting ways among people of different cultures. Greeks, others of the Eastern Mediterranean, and many of those from South America normally stand close together when they talk, often moving their faces even closer as they warm up in a conversation. North Americans find this awkward and often back away a few inches. Studies have found that they tend to feel most comfortable at about 21 inches apart. In much of Asia and Africa, there is even more space between two speakers in conversation. This greater space subtly lends an air of dignity and respect. This matter of space is nearly always unconscious, but it is interesting to observe. This difference applies also to the closeness with which people sit together, the extent which they lean over one another in conversation, how they move as they argue, or make an emphatic point. In the United States, for example, people try to keep their bodies apart even in a crowded elevator; in Paris they take it as it comes! Although North Americans have a relatively wide "comfortable zone" for talking, they communicate, a great deal with their hands—not only with gestures but also with touch. They put a sympathetic hand on a person's shoulder to demonstrate warmth of feeling or an arm around him in sympathy; they nudge a man in the ribs to emphasize a funny story; they pat an arm in reassurance or stroke a child's head in affection, they readily take someone's arm to help him across a street or direct him along an unfamiliar route. To many people—especially those from Asia or the Moslem countries—such bodily contact is unwelcome, especially if inadvertently done with the left hand. (The left hand carries no special significance in the U.S. Many Americans are simply left handed and use that hand more. )

单选题These countries sent food packages to designated recipients in Europe soon after the disaster.

单选题The discussion was so prolonged and exhausting that______we had to stop for refreshments.

单选题The years of practice, of developing my special technique, are just about to ______

单选题The ______ of lung cancer is particularly high among long-term heavy smokers, especially chain smokers.

单选题There are several factors ______ the rapid growth of sales promotion, particularly in consumer markets.

单选题A: Can I get you something to drink? B: ______

单选题Humans are social animals, and most of us 11 our relationships with family and friends. An emerging 12 of research suggests that relationships can keep us healthier. And a new study finds those social 13 may also help us live longer. This new study combined a large number of previous studies and concluded that a 14 of social interactions ranks right up with smoking and obesity 15 a risk factor for death. Researchers from Brigham Young University 16 148 studies with a total of some 300,000 participants, tracking their social relationships and 17 they survived to the end of their particular study, which averaged about seven years. "Those who scored higher on those measures of social relationships were 50 percent more likely to be 18 at that follow-up than people who scored low on those measures," said Professor Julianne Holt-Lunstad, one of the authors of the study. She pointed out several ways relationships can 19 our health. They can help us cope with stress. They can help us maintain healthy habits 20 eating well, exercising or seeing a doctor. And there"s increasing research that shows a direct but poorly-understood link between relationships and physiological processes in the body.