单选题A corps of so-called barefoot doctors are trained in hygiene , preventive medicine, acupuncture, and routine treatment of common diseases.

单选题The little boy ______ his father by begging over and over to go to the zoo.

单选题Which of the following statements can best describe the main theme of the passage?

单选题Only Germany, with incentives to business to encourage the employment of older people, and France, with the introduction of legislation making it illegal to use age barriers in recruitment—______to make employees redundant because of their age—______done anything substantive to combat age discrimination.

单选题The message from the plan is clear:

单选题Education is one of the key words of our time. A man, without an education, many of us believe, is an unfortunate victim of adverse circumstances deprived of one of the greatest twentieth-century opportunities. Convinced of the importance of education, modern states "invest" in institutions of learning to get back "interest" in the form of a large group of enlightened young men and women who are potential leaders. Education, with its cycles of instruction so carefully worked out, is punctuated by textbooks--those purchasable wells of wisdom--what would civilization be like without its benefits? So much is certain: that we would have doctors and preachers, lawyers and defendants, marriages and births; but our spiritual outlook would be different. We would lay less stress on "facts and figures" and more on a good memory, on applied psychology, and on the capacity of a man to get along with his fellow citizens. If our educational system were fashioned after its bookless past we would have the most democratic form of "college" imaginable. Among the people whom we like to call savages all knowledge inherited by tradition is shared by all; it is taught to every member of the tribe so that in this respect everybody is equally equipped for life. It is the ideal condition of the "equal start" which only our most progressive forms of modem education try to regain. In primitive cultures the obligation to seek and to receive the traditional instruction is binding to all. There are no "illiterates"--if the term can be applied to people without a script--while our own compulsory school attendance became law in Germany in 1642, in France in 1806, and in England 1876, and is still non-existent in a number of "civilized" nations. This shows how long it was before we deemed it necessary to make sure that "all our children could share in the knowledge accumulated by the "happy few" during the past centuries. Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means. All are entitled to an equal start. There is none of the hurry which, in our society, often hampers the full development of a growing personality. There, a child grows up under the ever-present attention of his parents, therefore the jungles and the grasslands know of no "juvenile delinquency". No necessity of making a living away from home results in neglect of children and no father is confronted with his inability to "buy" an education for his child.

单选题The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, ______ to discuss the implication of that conclusion. A. receded B. implied C. complied D. declined

单选题Green-space facilities are contributing to an important extent to the quality of the urban environment. Fortunately it is no longer necessary that every lecture or every book about this subject has to start with the proof of this idea. At present it is generally accepted, although more a self-evident statement than on the base of a closely-reasoned scientific proof. The recognition of the importance of green-spaces in the urban environment is a first step on the right way, this does not mean, however, that sufficient details are known about the functions of green-space in towns and about the way in which the inhabitants are using these spaces. As to this rather complex subject, I shall, within the scope of this lecture, enter into one aspect only, namely the recreative function of green space facilities. The theoretical separation of living, working, traffic and recreation which for many years has been used in town-and-country planning, has in my opinion resulted in disproportionate attention for forms of recreation far from home, whereas there was relatively little attention for improvement of recreative possibilities in the direct neighborhood of the home. We have come to conclusion that this is not right, because an important part of the time which we do not pass in sleeping or working, is used for activities at and around home. So it is obvious that recreation in the open air has to begin at the street-door of the house. The urban environment has to offer as many recreation activities as possible, and the design of these has to be such that more obligatory activities can also have a recreative aspect. The very best standard of living is nothing if it is not possible to take a pleasant walk in the district, if the children cannot be allowed to play in the streets, because the risks of traffic are too great, if during shopping you can nowhere find a spot for enjoying for a moment the nice weather, in short, if you only feel yourself at home after the street-door of your house is closed after you.

单选题Habits are a funny thing．We reach for them mindlessly,setting our brains on auto—pilot and relaxing into the unconscious comfort of familiar routine．"Not choice, but habit rules the unreflecting herd．"William Wordsworth said in the 19th century．In the ever-changing 21st century, even the word"habit"carries a negative connotation． So it seems antithetical to talk about habits in the same context as creativity and innovation． But brain researchers have discovered that when we consciously develop new habits, we create parallel synaptic paths, and even entirely new brain cells that can jump our trains of thought onto new,innovative tracks． Rather than dismissing ourselves as unchangeable creatures of habit, we can instead direct our own change by consciously developing new habits．In fact, the more new things we try--he more we step outside our comfort zone—the more inherently creative we become．both in the workplace and in our personal lives． But don't bother trying to kill off old habits, once those ruts of procedure are worn into the brain, they're there to stay．Instead, the new habits we deliberately ingrain into ourselves create parallel pathways that can bypass those old roads． "The first thing needed for innovation is a fascination with wonder,"says Dawna Markova, author of The Open Mind．"But we are taught instead to‘decide, ’just as our president calls himself 'the Decider'．"She adds, however,that"to decide is to kill off all possibilities but one．A good innovational thinker is always exploring the many other possibilities．" All of us work through problems in ways of which we’re unaware, she says．Researchers in the late 1960s discovered that humans are born with the capacity to approach challenges in：four primary ways：analytically,procedurally,relationally(or collaboratively)and innovatively．At the end of adolescence, however,the brain shuts down half of that capacity,preserving only those modes of thought that have seemed most valuable during the first decade or so of life． The current emphasis on standardized testing highlights analysis and procedure, meaning that few of us inherently use our innovative and collaborative modes of thought．"This breaks the major rule in the American belief system--that anyone can do anything, "explains M.J.Ryan, author of the 2006 book This Year I Will…and Ms．Markova's business partner．"That's a lie that we have perpetuated, and it fosters commonness．Knowing what you're good at and doing even more of it creates excellence．"This is where developing new habits comes in．

单选题It is a pity that spiteful remarks are______with great speed. A. conveyed B. consulted C. displayed D. confronted

单选题Plastics are the best insulator of electricity, rubber ______ it closely.

单选题Water is the oldest form of transport. The original sailing vessels were replaced by steamboats in the early 1800s and by diesel power in the 1920s. A distinction is generally made between deepwater and navigable inland water transport. Domestic commerce centers on tile Great Lakes, canals, and navigable rivers. In 1975 water transport accounted for 22.6 percent of total intercity tonnage. Its relative share of intercity tonnage was 31.3 percent in 1947 and 31.7 percent in 1958. Tonnage declined to 27.9 percent in 1965 but increased by 1970 to 28.4 percent. This short-term increase did not stabilize. Market share dropped by 5.8 percent by 1975. Forecasted market share by 1985 is 18.4 percent of total intercity tonnage. The water transport share of revenue has been less than 2 percent of intercity freight revenue since 1955. The exact miles of improved waterways in operation depend in part on whether coastwise and intercostal shipping are included. Approximately 26,000 miles of improved inland waterways were operated in 1975. Fewer miles of improved inland waterways exist than of any other transportation mode. The main advantage of water transport is the capacity to move extremely large shipments. Deepwater vessels are restricted in operation, but diesel-towed barges have a fair degree of flexibility. In comparison to rail and highway, water transport ranks in the middle with respect to fixed cost. The fixed cost of operation is greater than that of motor carriers but less than that of railroads. The main disadvantage of water is the limited degree of flexibility and the low speeds of transport. Unless the source and destination of the movement are adjacent to a waterway, supplemental haul by rail or truck is required. The capability of water to transport large tonnage at low variable cost places this mode of transport in demand when low freight rates are desired and speed of transit is a secondary consideration. Freight transported by inland water leans heavily to mining and basic bulk commodities, such as chemicals, cement, and selected agricultural products. In addition to the restrictions of navigable waterways, terminal facilities for bulk arid dry cargo storage and load-unload devices limit the flexibility of water transport. Labor restrictions on loading and unloading at dock level create operational problems and tend to reduce the potential range of available traffic. Finally, a highly competitive situation has developed between railroads and inland water carriers in areas where parallel routings exist. Inland and Great Lakes water transport will continue to be a viable alternative for future logistical system design. The full potential of the St. Lawrence Seaway has not yet been realized with respect to domestic freight. The slow passage of inland river transport can provide a form of warehousing in transit if fully integrated into overall system design. Improvements in ice-breaking equipment appear on the verge of eliminating the seasonal limitations of water transport.

单选题Question 21-25 are based on the following passage：

单选题Historians such as Le Roy Laduric have used the documents to extract case histories, which have______the attitudes of different social groups and have revealed how the authorities administered justice.

单选题In her statement Miss Nightingale intended to

单选题The language experts believe that the ______ age for learning a foreign language is 6 years old.

单选题It is often observed that the aged spend much time thinking and talking about their past lives, (71) about the future. These reminiscences are not simply random or trivial memories, (72) is their purpose merely to make conversation. The old person's recollections of the past help to (73) an identity that is becoming increasingly fragile: (74) any role that brings respect or any goal that might provide (75) to the future, the individual mentions his past as a reminder to listeners, that here was a life (76) living. (77) , the memories form part of a continuing life (78) , in which the old person (79) the events and experiences of the years gone by and (80) on the overall meaning of his or her own almost completed life. As the life cycle (81) to its close, the aged must also learn to accept the reality of their own impending (即将发生的) death. (82) this task is made difficult by the fact that death is almost a (83) subject in the United States. The mere discussion of death is often regarded as (84) . As adults many of us find the topic frightening and are (85) to think about it—and certainly not to talk about it (86) the presence of someone who is dying. Death has achieved this taboo (87) only in the modem industrial societies. There seems to be an important mason for our reluctance to (88) the idea of death. It is the very fact that death remains (89) our control; it is almost the only one of the natural processes (90) is so.

单选题The lady ______ her skirt by sitting on the seat while flying.