单选题Many of the local residents left homes to ward off the danger of flooding.

单选题The criminal's ______ for leniency was ignored by the jurors.

单选题The Town Planning Commission said that their financial outlook for the next year was optimistic. They expect increased tax______.

单选题Andrew, my mother's elder brother, will not be at the family party, ______ to the family's disappointment.

单选题______ enables us to know the past and to use it in preparing for the future.

单选题All the countries allied to fight against their ______ .

单选题 Perhaps all criminals should be required to carry cards which read: Fragile; Handle with Care. It will never so, these days to go around referring to criminals as violent thugs. You must refer to them politely as "social misfits". The professional killer who wouldn't think twice about using his club or knife to batter some harmless old lady to death in order to rob her of her meager life-savings must never be given a dose of his own medicine. He is in need of "hospital treatment". According to his misguided defenders, society is to blame. A wicked society breeds evil--or so the argument goes. When you listen to this kind of talk, it makes you wonder why we aren't all criminals. We have done away with the absurdly harsh laws of the nineteenth century and this is only right. But surely enough is enough. The most senseless piece of criminal legislation in Britain and a number of other countries has been the suspension of capital punishment. The violent criminal has become akin of hero-figure in our time. He is glorified on the screen; he is pursued by the press and paid vast sums of money for his "memoirs". Newspapers which specialize in crime reporting enjoy enormous circulations and the publishers of trashy cops and robbers stories or "murder mysteries" have never had it so good. When you read about the achievements of the great train robbers, it makes you wonder whether you are reading about the some glorious resistance movement. The hardened criminal is cuddled and cosseted by the sociologists on the one hand and adored as a hero by the masses on the other. It's no wonder he is a privileged person who expects and receives VIP treatment wherever he goes. Capital punishment used to be a major deterrent. It made the violent robber think twice before pulling the trigger. It gave the cold-blooded poisoner something to ponder about while he was shaking up or serving his arsenic cocktail. It prevented unarmed policemen from being killed while pursuing their duty by killers armed with automatic weapons. Above all, it protected the most vulnerable members of society, young children, from brutal violence. It is horrifying to think that the criminal can literally get away with murder. We all know that "life sentence" does not mean what it says. After ten years or so of good comfortably, thank you, on the proceeds of his crime, of he will go on committing offences until he is caught again. People axe always willing to hold liberal views at the expense of others. It's always fashionable to pose as the defender of under-dog, so long as you, personally, remain unaffected. Did the defenders of crime, one wonders, in their desire for fair-play, consult the victims before they suspended capital punishment? Hardly. You see, they couldn't, because all the victims were dead.

单选题Individual sports are run by over 370 independent governing bodies whose functions usually include ______ rules, holding events, selecting national teams and promoting international links. A. drawing on B. drawing in C. drawing up D. drawing down

单选题The little girl is just learning to walk and she's always ______ over. A. tumbling B. wagging C. waving D. swaying

单选题Harry was ______ by a bee when he was collecting the honey.

单选题I couldn't ______ the lecture at all. It was too difficult for me. A. take on B. take in C. take over D. take upon

单选题______ the weight and the specific gravity of a body, you can calculate its volume.

单选题In that country, hospital doctors don't go sightseeing very often because their work______almost all their time.

单选题Agriculture must, therefore, ______ workers and savings to the new industrialized, urbanized sectors if a modern economy is to be achieved. A. yield B. succumb C. subject D. resort

单选题Which of the following sums up the main idea of this passage?

单选题Unfortunately, the woman's hat ______ my view of the stage. A. blocked up B. obstructed C. prevented D. interfered

单选题______ scientists have observed increased pollution in the water supply. A. Late B. Later C. Latter D. Lately