单选题Action, gesture, eye and voice ______ to the greater effectiveness of drama as compared with the novel.

单选题A friendship may be______, casual, situational or deep and lasting.

单选题It all started in 1950, when people began to build their houses on the ______ of their cities.

单选题The passengers carried on drinking and dancing______unaware of the impending disaster.

单选题In Paragraph 1, the author uses the quoted word "grief" from Shakespeare to refer to ______.

单选题We are convinced that we are on the _______ of an important discovery. A. threshold B. household C. thread D. entrance

单选题{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}} No one can be a great thinker who does not realize that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead. Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think. Not that it is solely, or chiefly, to form great thinkers that freedom of thinking is required. On the contrary, it is much or even more indispensable to enable average human beings to attain the mental stature, which they are capable of. There have been, and may again be, great individual thinkers in a general atmosphere of mental slavery. But there never has been, nor ever will be, in that atmosphere an intellectually active people. Where any people has made a temporary approach to such a character, it has been because the dread of heterodox speculation was for a time suspended. Where there is a tacit convention that principles are not to be disputed; where the discussion of the greatest questions which can occupy humanity is considered to be closed, we cannot hope to find that generally high scale of mental activity which has made some periods of history so remarkable. Never when controversy avoided the subjects which are large and important enough to kindle enthusiasm was the mind of people stirred up from its foundations and the impulse given which raised even persons of the most ordinary intellect to something of the dignity of thinking beings. He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that. His reasons may be good, and no one may have been able to refute them. But if he is equally unable to refute the reasons on the opposite side; if he does not so much as know what they are, he has no ground for preferring either opinion. The rational position for him would be suspension of judgment and unless he contents himself with that, he is either led by authority, or adopts, like the generality of the world, the side to which he feels the most inclination. Nor is it enough that he should hear the arguments of adversaries from his own teachers, presented as they state them, and accompanied by what they offer as refutations. That is not the way to do justice to the arguments, or bring them into real contact with his own mind. He must be able to hear them from persons who actually believe them; who defend them in earnest, and do their very utmost for them. He must know them in their most plausible and persuasive form: he must feel the whole force of the difficulty which the true view of the subject has to encounter and dispose of else he will never really possess himself of the portion of truth which meets and removes that difficulty. Ninety-nine in a hundred of what are called educated men are in this condition, even of those who can argue fluently for their opinions. Their conclusion may be true, but it might be false for anything they know: they have never thrown themselves into the mental position of those who think differently from and considered what such persons may have to say, and consequently they do not, in any proper sense of the word, know the doctrines which they themselves profess. They do not know those parts of it which explain and justify the remainder: the considerations which show that a fact which seemingly conflicts with another is reconcilable with it, or that, of two apparently strong reasons, one and not the other ought to be preferred.

单选题The secret agent concealed her real mission, therefore many local people were ______ into thinking that she was a good person. A. betrayed B. driven C. deceived D. convinced

单选题The law Uprohibits/U occupancy by more than 250 persons in this area.

单选题One difficulty is that while other disciplines investigate a specific range of phenomena, philosophy, particularly in the hodgepodge conception, investigates all of existence. A. potpourri B. consensus C. feint D. nuance

单选题It is better to die on one's feet than ______ .

单选题This large city does almost no manufacturing and very little wholesale trade. Yet without the important service (1) provides, business everywhere would quickly grind to a (2) . Chaos would reign in all other leading cities. As you have guessed, the "product" we are talking about is government, and the city is the (3) of the United States, Washington, D. C. One out of every two persons (4) in the city works for the federal government. Washington has many (5) . It leads the nation in level of education achieved by its residents. More than fifteen percent of its adults have had four years or more of college. (6) scientists can be found here than in any other city. Since larger incomes are earned by (7) people, Washington has the highest median income of any city. Information is the vital force of the city. The Library of Congress (8) the largest and most comprehensive warehouse of information in the world. It contains 74 million items on hundreds of miles of (9) . In addition to books, these (10) include manuscripts, maps, photographs and documents. Papers of the Presidents all the way back to Washington are found here. The library is (11) to the public. It is considered by (12) to be one of the finest in the world. These people study the documents found in libraries. Washington has many important governmental buildings and historic shrines. (13) include the Capitol building, the White House, the Supreme Court, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Washington Monument. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is (14) located here. This agency is responsible (15) putting new paper money into circulation. Tens of millions of dollars in money is (16) here every day. Unlike most cities, which grow in jumbled masses, Washington was planned on paper (17) any of its buildings were erected. The planners incorporated broad open areas around the historic landmarks and buildings. As a result the city is (18) . The central part of the city (19) a huge green park with broad, tree-lined boulevards and splendid (20) of its great structures.

单选题If you want to ______ a pleasant visit, find out as much as possible about the manners and customs of your host country. A.secure B.ensure C.assure D.restore

单选题When he applied for a ______ in the office of the local newspaper he was told to see the manager. [A] location [B] profession [C] career [D] position

单选题She worked hard at her task before she felt sure that the results would ______ her long effort.

单选题We have many holidays from the end of March till the beginning of April. They are the best days for ______. A. blade B. coincidence C. balcony D. entertainment

单选题Cigarette smoking is a major health ______ and may result in your death.

单选题To be ______ I couldn't understand what he was getting at. If you wanted to know you'd better ask someone else. A. sly B. humble C. honest D. cowardly

单选题Why someone sneezed the writer (Paragraph 11 )?

单选题What is the ______ in going by boat when the plane costs no more and is quicker?(2002年武汉大学考博试题)