单选题What should the sovereign do when there appeared one dominant religion?

单选题Nxele denounced sorcery, adultery, ______, incest, extortion, and murder; he would not eat prepared food, which he said was unclean, and stopped drinking milk.

单选题What's the best summary for this passage?

单选题 Directions: For each numbered blank in, the following passage there are four choices marked A, B, C and D listed below. Choose the correct answer. Perhaps the most interesting thing about the phenomenon of taboo behavior is how it can change {{U}}(1) {{/U}} the years within the same society, how certain behavior and attitudes {{U}}(2) {{/U}} considered taboo can become perfectly {{U}}(3) {{/U}} and natural {{U}}(4) {{/U}} another point in time. Topics such as death, fro example, were once considered so {{U}}(5) {{/U}} and unpleasant that it was a taboo to even talk about them. Now with the {{U}}(6) {{/U}} of important books such as On Death and Dying and Learning to Say Goodbye, people have become more {{U}}(7) {{/U}} of the importance of expressing feelings about death and, {{U}}(8) {{/U}} a result, are more willing to talk about this taboo subject. One of the newest taboos in American society is the topic of fat. {{U}} (9) {{/U}} many other taboos, fat is a topic that Americans talk about constantly. It's not taboo to talk about fat; it's taboo to fat. The " {{U}}(10) {{/U}} " look is thin, not fat. In the work world, most companies prefer youthful-looking, trim executives to sell their {{U}}(11) {{/U}} as well as their products to the public. The thin look is associated with youth, vigor, and success. The fat person, on the other hand, is thought {{U}}(12) {{/U}} as lazy and {{U}}(13) {{/U}} in energy, self-discipline and self-respect. After all, people think, how can people who care about themselves, and therefore the way. they look, permit themselves to become fat? In an image-conscious society like the U. S. , thin is "in", fat is "out". It's not surprising, then, that millions of Americans have become {{U}}(14) {{/U}} with staying slim and "in shape". The {{U}}(15) {{/U}} of a youthful physical appearance is not, however, their sole reason for America's obsession with diet and exercise. Recent research has shown the {{U}}(16) {{/U}} importance of diet and exercise for personal health. As in most technologically developed nations, the life-style Of North Americans has changed dramatically during the course of the last century. Modern machines do all the physical labor that people were once forced to do {{U}}(17) {{/U}} hand. Cars and buses transport us quickly from point to point. As a result of inactivity and disuse, people's bodies can easily become weak and {{U}}(18) {{/U}} to disease. In an effort to avoid such a fate, millions of Americans are spending more of their time exercising. The effect of this new appreciation of the importance of exercise is evident: parks are filled with runners and bicyclists, physical education programs are enjoying a newly found {{U}}(19) {{/U}} , and many companies are providing special exercise {{U}}(20) {{/U}} for their employees to use during the work day.

单选题Their reflexive mindset tells scientists that all claims, ______political, moral, or religious are open to examination and critique.

单选题Although he has had no formal education, he is one of the ______ businessmen in the company. [A] shrewdest [B] sternest [C] nastiest [D] alertest

单选题A jungle is a thick, tangled mass of tropical plant life. Low bushes, ferns, vines, and young trees grow very (1) . In fact, people often must use an ax or long knife to (2) the growth. Most (3) are found near the equator, in South America, Africa, and parts of Asia. Many people are confused by the difference (4) a tropical rain forest and a jungle. Tropical rain forests have tall trees. These prevent (5) from reaching the forest floor. A jungle, however, can grow only (6) tall trees do not block the sun. Very often, when tropical rain forests are (7) , the jungle moves in to take over the now-sunny forest floor. At different heights the jungle offers (8) kinds of plant and animal life. At ground level huge palms and ferns grow, much (9) they did in prehistoric times. Ants are the commonest (10) there. For that reason, anteaters (11) on the jungle floor. Jaguars, tapirs, armadillos, and snakes are also (12) sights in the jungle. Twenty-five feet (13) from the jungle floor, sunlight streams through trees that are alive with animal and insect life. (14) the air is always hot and humid, all life moves at an easy pace. Lizards, tree-dwelling anteaters, wild turkeys, sloth, and kinkajous, who live (15) ants and insects, can find their food very easily. To get food, they never even have to (16) the trees. About seventy-five feet above the ground monkeys playfully maneuver among the scattered tall trees. Around them fly the brilliantly colored birds (17) which the jungle is famous. Parrots, macaws, and toucans shrilly break the jungle (18) . Their (19) can be clearly heard. When the birds and (20) look down to the jungle floor, they are seeing jungle life as it has been for millions of years.

单选题Like many other aspects of the computer age, Yahoo began as an idea, 41 into a hobby and lately has 42 into a full-time passion. The two developers of Yahoo, David Filo and Jerry Yang, Ph. D candidates 43 Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, started their guide in April 1994 as a way to keep 44 of their personal interest on the Internet. Before long they 45 that their homebrewed lists were becoming too long and 46 . Gradually they began to spend more and more time on Yahoo. During 1994, they 47 yahoo into a customized database designed to 48 the needs of the thousands of users 49 began to use the service through the closely 50 Internet community. They developed customized software to help them 51 locate, identify and edit material 52 on the Internet. The name Yahoo is 53 to stand for "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle", but Filo and Yang insist they selected the 54 because they considered themselves yahoos. Yahoo itself first 55 on Yang"s workstation, "akebono", while the search engine was 56 on Filo"s computer, "Konishiki". In early 1995 Marc Andersen, co-founder of Netscape Communication in Mountain View, California, invited Filo and Yang to move their files 57 to larger computers 58 at Netscape. As a result Stanford"s computer network returned to 59 , and both parties benefited. Today, Yahoo 60 . organized information on tens of thousands of computers linked to the web.

单选题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} There are 5 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. War has escaped the battlefield and now can, with modern guidance systems on missiles, touch virtually every square yard of the earth's surface. War has also lost most of its utility in achieving the traditional goals of conflict. Control of territory carries with it the obligation to provide subject peoples certain administrative, health, education, and other social services. Such obligations far outweigh the benefits of control. If the ruled population is ethnically or racially different from the rulers, tensions and chronic unrest often exist which further reduce the benefits and increase the costs of domination. Large populations no longer necessarily enhance state power and, in the absence of high levels of economic development, can impose severe burdens on food supply, jobs, and the broad range of services expected of modern governments. The noneconomic security reasons for the control of territory have been progressively undermined by the advances of modern technology. The benefits of forcing another nation to surrender its wealth are vastly outweighed by the benefits of persuading that nation to produce and exchange goods and services. In brief, imperialism no longer pays. Making war has been one of the most persistent of human activities in the 80 centuries since men and women settled in cities and thereby became "civilized", but the modernization of the past 80 years has fundamentally changed the role and function of war. In premodernized societies, successful warfare brought significant material rewards, the most obvious of which were the stored wealth of the defeated. Equally important was human labor--control over people as slaves or levies for the victor's army, and there was the productive capacity--agricultural lands and mines. Successful warfare also produced psychic benefits. The removal or destruction of a threat brought a sense of security, and power gained over others created pride and national self-esteem. War was accepted in the premodernized society as a part of the human condition, a mechanism of change, and an unavoidable, even noble, aspect of life. The excitement and drama of war made it a vital part of literature and legends.

单选题{{B}}Passage Three{{/B}} When I was a child in Sunday school, I would ask searching questions like "Angels can fly up in heaven, but how do clouds hold up pianos?" and get the same puzzling response about how that was not important, what was important was that Jesus died for our sins and if we accepted him as our savior, when we died, we would go to heaven, where we'd get everything we wanted. Some children in my class wondered why anyone would hang on a cross with nails stuck through his hands to help anyone else; I wondered how Santa Claus knew what I wanted for Christmas, even though I never wrote him a letter. Maybe he had a tape recorder hidden in every chimney in the world. This literal-mindedness has stuck with me; one result of it is that I am unable to believe in God. Most of the other atheists I know seem to feel freed or proud of their unbelief, as if they have cleverly refused to be sold snake oil. My husband, who was reared in a devout Catholic family, has served as an altar boy. So other than baptizing our son to reassure our families, we've skated over the issue of faith. Some people believe faith is a gift; it's a choice, a matter of spiritual discipline. I have a friend who was reared to believe, and he does. But his faith has wavered. He has struggled to hang onto it and to pass it along to his children. Another friend of mine never goes to church because she's a single mother who doesn't have the gas money. But she once told me a day when she was washing oranges as the sun streamed onto them. As she peeled one, the smell rose to her face, and she felt she received the Holy Spirit. "He sank into my bones," she recounted. "I lifted my palms upward, feeling filled with love." Being no theologian, and not even a believer, I am not in a position to offer up theories, but mine is this: people who receive faith directly, as a spontaneous combustion of the soul, have fewer questions. They have been sparked with a faith that is more unshakable than that of those who have been taught.

单选题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. There can be no question about the dangers of heroin use. What may start out innocently enough as a desire to experience a new kind of high may progress with extreme rapidity to an almost continuous type of nightmare existence. The heroin user may begin by snorting or inhaling the drug, progress to "skin popping" (injecting it beneath the skin), and end up "mainlining" it (injecting it directly into the bloodstream). If a hypodermic syringe is not available, the user may sever an artery and pour the heroin in with a spoon. Once users are "hooked", their entire lives become centered upon this white powder. They will do anything--lie, steal, cheat, even kill--to get that next fix. After a while, riley do not even experience a high; they simply need the drug to avoid the terrors of withdrawal. The habit demands more and more, and still more, of the drug. Even a highly paid corporation executive would find it difficult to support such a habit. Usually, the only way the addict can get enough money is through crime or prostitution. Thus, crime associated with heroin addiction is not a direct effect of the drug, but stems from the need to support the habit. In fact, heroin is an extremely effective depressant, which markedly reduces such motivational states as hunger and sex. How is it that this innocent-looking white powder can come to dominate the life of the abuser so completely? Within the first minute of heroin injection, there is a sudden, climactic rush of feeling. This extremely pleasurable experience is followed by a "high" which is characterized by lethargy, emotional detachment, a sense of well-being, and deep feelings of contentment. To illustrate, a heroin abuser may spend hours before a TV set, watching the dancing images on the screen without becoming emotionally involved in the program content. But then comes the crushing aftermath. As the high begins to subside, so also does the sense of well-being. The euphoria of a moment ago is replaced by gnawing feelings of apprehension and anxiety. The bizarre cycle culminates in an overwhelming sense of panic as the addict begins a frantic search for tile next fix. The victims of heroin addiction are legion--the addicts themselves, their families, and those they have robbed or otherwise brutalized in their quest for the "big H". In recent years another innocent victim of heroin addiction has come to light, the newborn infant of an addicted mother. Studies of infants born to heroin-addicted mothers have found that more than two-thirds start out life as addicts. Within 96 hours of birth, most will show signs of withdrawal, including extreme irritability, tremors, and vomiting. The incidence of withdrawal symptoms in the newborn depends on how long the mother has been addicted, on the amount of heroin she has taken, and on how close to delivery she was when she took her last dose. Traces of drugs taken as little as ten minutes prior to delivery have been found in newborns.

单选题The kitchen was small and______ so that the disabled woman could reach everything without difficulty.(2003年中国科学院考博试题)

单选题I was lucky because I had turned my back on______, pursuing instead common-sense reality.

单选题Nowadays the scattering of galaxies and the astounding abundance of stars are forcing those who ponder such matters to a further adjustment of their concept of the place and function of a man in the material universe. In the history of the 1 human mind, with its increasing knowledge of the surrounding 2 , there must have been a time when the philosophers of the 3 tribes began to realize that the world was not simply centered on a man himself. The geocentric concept, which accepted a universe centered on the earth, then became common 4 . The second adjustment in the understanding of a man"s 5 to the physical universe was not generally acceptable 6 the sixteenth century. Copernican revolution soundly 7 the heliocentric concept—the theory of a universe 8 on the sun. A man is a stubborn adherent to official dogma; 9 , however, he accepted the sun as the center. Then, forty years ago, came the need for a third adjustment. This 10 has deeply exploded a man"s pride and 11 , for it has carried with it the knowledge of the 12 number of galaxies. The galactocentric universe 13 puts the earth and its life near the 14 of one great galaxy in a universe of millions of galaxies. A man becomes peripheral among the billions of stars of his own Milky Way; and, according to the revelations of paleontology and geochemistry, he is 15 and apparently transient in the 16 of cosmic time. The downgrading of the earth and sun and the elevation of the galaxies is not the end of this 17 of scientific pilgrims through philosophic fields. The need for another 18 adjustment now 19 —not wholly unexpected by scientists, 20 wholly the result of one or two scientific revelations. Our new problem concerns the spread of life throughout the universe. As unsolicited spokesmen for all the earthly organisms of land, sea, and air, we ask the thrilling question: are we alone?

单选题Disguised as fiction, novels are sometimes ______ accounts of actual.

单选题Because the workers were new and inexperienced, the manager had to watch them and______ their work closely.

单选题Don't call him just a college professor. Internet entrepreneur, TV personality, adviser to presidents, and friend to the rich and powerful would be more accurate. Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr. is better known for his activities outside the academy. This week he sold Africana. com, a website he created with a fellow Harvard University professor, to Time Warner. Terms of the deal weren't revealed, though the Wall Street Journal pegged the price at more than $10 million, with Gates reaping up to $ I million. Time Warner will incorporate the site, a portal with news and information about people of African descent, into America Online when the two merge as expected. The sense is that Gates got a very good deal. The site is a rich source of scholarship but hardly a rich source of revenue. As recently as the late 1980s Gates, who turns 50 this week, was an obscure professor penning books on literary theory only a graduate student could love. Now he can't be avoided, He hosted a series about Africa on public television, writes occasional articles for the New Yorker, and even advises the Gore presidential campaign. He counts director Steven Spielberg, Microsoft's Bill Gates and President Clinton as friends. "They're not intimate friends," he insists. Indeed, Gates has evolved into a kind of expert on everything African-American. "He remains the go-to person on the state of African-American affairs," said Perry Steinberg, head of American Program Bureau, a lecture agency. The 30 or so speeches Gates delivers each year are another source of income for the professor. With fame comes controversy. Several other black intellectuals have taken him to task for not being confrontational enough. Gates has heard it before. "Me? Critics? Oh, what a shock!" But he considers himself more a descendent of historian and educator W. E. B. Du Bois than of Malcolm X. His ultimate goal is to build the field of Afro-American studies. "Fifty years from now I want there to be at least 10 great centers of Afro-American studies," he says. If working as a consultant on Spielberg's historical film Amistad or giving A1 Gore advice helps, so be it.

单选题I decided to _________ between Ralph and his brother, who were arguing endlessly.

单选题Some teachers______their students' poor performance partially to a lack of intelligence.

单选题Language can be defined as a tool by which human beings______with one another.