单选题Mutual respect for territorial ______ is one of the bases upon which our two countries develop relationships. A. unity B. integrity C. entirely D. reliability

单选题Benjamin Day was only 22 years old when he developed the idea of a newspaper for the masses and launched his New York Sun in 1833, which would profoundly alter journalism by his new approach. Yet, several conditions had to exist before a mass press could come into existence. It was impossible to launch a mass-appeal newspaper without invention of a printing press able to produce extremely cheap newspaper affordable almost to everyone. The second element that led to the growth of the mass newspaper was the increased level of literacy in the population. The then increased emphasis on education led to a concurrent growth of literacy as many people in the middle and lower economic groups acquired reading skills. The trend toward "democratization" of business and politics fostered the creation of a mass audience responsive to a mass press. Having seen.others fail in their attempts to market a mass-appeal newspaper, he forged ahead with his New York Sun, which would be a daily and sell for a penny, as compared to the other dailies that went for six cents a copy. Local happenings, sex, violence, features, and human- interest stories would constitute his content. Conspicuously absent were the dull political debates that still characterized many of the six-cent papers. Within six months the Sun achieved a circulation of approximately 8000 issues, far ahead of its nearest competitor. Day's gamble had paid off, and the penny press was launched. James Gordon Bennett, perhaps the most significant and certainly the most colorful of the individuals imitating Day's paper, launched his New York Herald in 1835, even more of a rapid success than the Sun. Part of Bennett's success can be attributed to his skillful reporting of crime news, the institution of a financial page, sports reporting, and an aggressive editorial policy. He looked upon himself a reformer, and wrote in one of his editorials: "I go for a general reformation of morals... I mean to begin a new movement in the progress of civilization." Horace Greeley was another important pioneer of the era. He launched his New York Tribune in 1841 and would rank third behind the Sun and Herald in daily circulation, but his weekly edition was circulated nationally and proved to be a great success. Greeley's Tribune was not as sensational as its competitors. He used his editorial page for crusades and causes. He opposed capital punishment, alcohol, gambling and tobacco. Greeley also favored women's rights. Greeley never talked down to the mass audience and attracted his readers by appealing to their intellect more than to their emotions. The last of the major newspapers of the penny-press era began in 1851. The New York Times, edited by Henry Raymond, promised to be less sensational than the Sun or the Herald and less impassioned than Greeley. The paper soon established a reputation for objective and reasoned journalism. Raymond stressed the gathering of foreign news and served as foreign correspondent himself in 1859. The Times circulation reached more than 40000 before the Civil

单选题An important business meeting demanded his ______. A. presence B. attendant C. attending D. presentation

单选题Years of research had educated me about how sugar, fat, and salt change the brain. I understood some of the parallels between hyperpalatable foods and drugs of abuse, and about the links among sensory stimulation, cues, and memory. I"d met enough people like Claudia and Maria to understand how even the thought of food could cause them to lose control. But I wasn"t fully prepared for the discoveries I made about irresistibility and whoosh, the Monster Thick burger and Baked! Cheetos Flamin" Hot, about indulgence and purple cows. Without necessarily understanding the underlying science, the food industry has discovered what sells. I was sitting at Chili"s Grill & Bar in Chicago"s O"Hare Airport waiting for a late-night flight. At a nearby table a couple in their early forties was deep into a meal. The woman was overweight, with about 180 pounds on her five-foot-four-inch frame. The Southwestern Eggrolls she had ordered were listed as a starter course, but the enormous platter in front of her had been heaped with food. The dish was described on the menu as "smoked chicken, black beans, corn, Jack cheese, red peppers, and spinach wrapped inside a crispy flour tortilla," and it was served with a creamy avocado-ranch dipping sauce. Despite its name, the dish looked more like a burrito than an egg roll, an only-in-America fusion approach. I watched as the woman attacked her food with vigor and speed. She held the egg roll in one hand, dunked it into the sauce, and brought it to her mouth while using the fork in her other hand to scoop up more sauce. Occasionally she reached over and speared some of her companion"s french fries. The woman ate steadily, working her way around the plate with scant pause for conversation or rest. When she finally paused, only a little lettuce was left. Had she known someone was watching her, I"m sure she would have eaten differently. Had she been asked to describe what she had just eaten, she probably would have substantially underestimated her consumption. And she would probably have been surprised to learn what the ingredients in her meal really were. The woman might have been interested in how my industry source, who had called sugar, fat, and salt the three points of the compass, described her entree. Deep-frying the tortilla drives down its water content from 40 percent to about 5 percent and replaces the rest with fat. "The tortilla is really going to absorb a lot of fat," he said. "It looks like an egg roll is supposed to look, which is crispy and brown on the outside." The food consultant read through other ingredients on the label, keeping up a running commentary as he did. "Cooked white meat chicken, binder added, smoke flavor. People like smoky flavor—it"s the caveman in them. " "There"s green stuff in there," he said, noting the spinach. "That makes me feel like I"m eating something healthy." "Shredded Monterey Jack cheese...The increase in per-capita consumption of cheese is off the chart." The hot peppers, he said, "add a little spice, but not too much to kill everything else off." He believed the chicken had been chopped and formed much like a meat loaf, with binders added, which makes those calories easy to swallow. Ingredients that hold moisture, including autolyzed yeast extract, sodium phosphate, and soy protein concentrate, further soften the food. I noticed that salt appeared eight times on the label and that sweeteners were there five times, in the form of corn-syrup solids, molasses, honey, brown sugar, and sugar. "This is highly processed?" I asked. "Absolutely, yes. All of this has been processed such that you can wolf it down fast...chopped up and made ultrapalatable...Very appealing looking, very high pleasure in the food, very high caloric density. Rules out all that stuff you have to chew." By eliminating the need to chew, modem food processing techniques allow us to eat faster. "When you"re eating these things, you"ve had 500, 600, 800, 900 calories before you know it," said the consultant. "Literally before you know it." Refined food simply melts in the mouth.

单选题The number of stay-at-home fathers reached a record high last year, new figures show, as families saw a ______ in female breadwinners.

单选题The problem is that the loss of confidence among the soldiers can be highly Ucontagious/U.

单选题____in the past, at the moment it is a favorite choice for the wedding gown.

单选题England and France formed a(n) ______ against Germany in the Second World War.

单选题The ______ of the spring water attracts a lot of visitors from other parts of the country. A. clash B. clarify C. clarity D. clatter

单选题They don't want to be involved in the dispute, so they exhibit ______ on such matters.

单选题The earthquake that occurred in India this year was a major Ucalamity/U in which a great many lives were lost.

单选题The examination has been cancelled. You ______ all that review, after all. A. didn't need to do B. needn't do C. needn't have done D. needn't to do

单选题He was born in Yamagata ______, north of Tokyo.

单选题Throughout the downtown area, lampposts and tree stumps have been ______with posters and billboards which are warts in the city. A. infested B. infected C. painted D. plastered

单选题It is most inappropriate ______ in the college VIP lounge.