单选题To celebrate the national day, there was a ______ fireworks display. A. specific B. spectacular C. speculative D. specialistic

单选题Comparing the time scales between many flu epidemics, scientists can ______ when another one might happen.

单选题Have you ever gone to a concert and realized that your seats were right next to the booming speakers? Are you guilty 1 turning up the volume on your portable cassette or CD player to drown out the whining of your little brother? Sometimes it"s difficult to avoid loud music or noises, but they can be bad news because loud noises can 2 temporary or permanent hearing loss. Extremely loud music and noises that go on for long periods of time are common causes of deafness. If a noise is so loud that you have to shout to make yourself 3 , there is a 4 that the mechanism inside your ear can be injured. Temporary heating loss can happen after you"ve been exposed to loud noise for only 15 minutes. If you have temporary hearing loss, you won"t be able to hear as 5 as you normally can, and you may have tinnitus, which is a fancy word for ringing in the ears. Your ears call feel "full", too. 6 , these things usually go away and your heating soon return to normal. Permanent hearing loss can happen when someone is exposed to loud noise over and over. Construction workers and people who work in factories must 7 ear protectors because the equipment they use can be extremely loud. But even some lawn mowers and power tools can permanently 8 a person"s ability to hear high-pitched noises and can also give him permanent tinnitus. Listening to extremely loud music over and over can also have the same effect on a person"s hearing. And using headphones on a portable cassette or CD player can be dangerous 9 if the volume is too high and the headphones are used a lot, the noise can damage the ears. The best way to avoid hearing loss is to wear ear protectors when working with machinery and earplugs when going to a concert. Headphones are OK to wear when you"re listening to music; just be sure the volume isn"t too high, and give them a rest 10 once in a while.

单选题Seeing the commander in the very frontline______the fighting spirit of the soldiers.

单选题{{B}}Passage 3{{/B}} In their world of darkness, it would seem likely that some of the animals might have become blind, as has happened to some cave fauna. So, indeed, many of them have, compensating for the lack of eyes with marvelously developed feelers and long, slender fins and processes with which they grope their way, like so many blind men with canes, their whole knowledge of friends, enemies, or food coming to them through the sense of touch. The last traces of plant life are left behind in the thin upper layer of water for no plant can live below about 600 feet even in very clear water, and few find enough sunlight for their food-manufacturing activities below 200 feet. Since no animal can make its own food, the creatures of the deeper waters live a strange, almost parasitic existence of utter dependence on the upper layers. These hungry carnivores prey fiercely and relentlessly upon each other, yet the whole community is ultimately dependent upon the slow rain of descending food particles from above. The components of this never-ending rain are the dead and dying plants and animals from the surface, or from one of the intermediate layers. For each of the horizontal zones or communities of the sea that lie between the surface and the sea bottom, the food supply is different and in general poorer than for the layer above. Pressure, darkness, and silence are the conditions of life in the deep sea. But we know now that the conception of the sea as a silent place is wholly false. Wide experience with hydrophones and other listening devices for the detection of submarines has proved that, around the shore lines of much of the world, there is the extraordinary uproar produced by fishes, shrimps, porpoises and probably other forms not yet identified. There has been little investigation as yet of sound in the deep, offshore areas, but when the crew of the Atlantis lowered a hydrophone into deep water off Bermuda, they recorded strange mewing sounds, shrieks, and ghostly moans, the sources of which have not been traced. But fish of shallower zones have been captured and confined in aquaria, where their voices have been recorded for comparison with sounds heard at sea, and in many cases satisfactory identification can be made. During the Second World War the hydrophone network set up by the United States Navy to protect the entrance to Chesapeake Bay was temporarily made useless when, in the spring of 1942, the speakers at the surface began to give forth, every evening, a sound described as being like "a pneumatic drill tearing up pavement". The extraneous noises that came over the hydrophones completely masked the sounds of the passage of ships. Eventually it was discovered that the sounds were the voices of fish known as croakers, which in the spring move into Chesapeake Bay from the offshore wintering grounds. As soon as the noise had been identified and analyzed, it was possible to screen it out with an electric filter, so that once more only the sounds of ships came thorugh the speakers.

单选题Significantly, a real human face with eyes covered will not motivate a smile, A nor will the sight of only one eye when the face is presented B in profile . This C attraction to eyes D opposed to the nose or mouth continues as the baby matures.

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

单选题At the moment every culture in Britain has a similar philosophy as far as size______;if you want to look good and be desirable, you've got to be thin. A. shows B. states C. says D. goes

单选题With all the children ______ at home during the holidays, she had a great deal of work to do.

单选题She ______ the words, not knowing what to say, how to put into plain speech her decision to finish their love.

单选题The change in the treatment of his characters is a significant ______ to Shakespeare's growth as a dramatist.

单选题2 Climatic conditions are delicately adjusted to the composition of the Earth's atmos phere. If there were a change in the atmosphere—for example, in the relative proportions of atmosphere gases—the climate would probably change also. A slight increase in water vapor, for instance, would increase the hem-retaining capacity of the atmosphere and would lead to a rise in global temperatures. In contrast, a large increase in water vapor would increase the thickness and extent of the cloud layer, reducing the mount of solar en ergy reaching the Earth'surface. The level of carbon dioxide, CO2 in the atmosphere has important effect on climatic change. Most of the Earth's incoming energy is short-wavelength radiation, which tends to pass through atmospheric CO2 easily. The Earth, however, reradiates much of the re ceived energy as a long-wavelength radiation, which CO2 absorbs and then remits toward the Earth. This phenomenon, known as the greenhouse effect, can result in an increase in the surface temperature of a planet. An extreme example of the effect is shown by the Ve- nus, a planet covered by heavy clouds composed mostly of CO2, whose surface tempera tures have been measured at 43℃. If the CO2 content of the atmosphere is reduced, the temperature falls. According to one respectable theory, if the atmospheric CO2 concentra tion were halved, the Earth would become completely covered with ice. Another equally respectable theory, however, states that a halving of the CO2 concentration would lead only to a reduction in global temperatures of 3℃. If, because of an increase in forest fires or volcanic activity, the CO2 content of the atmosphere increased, a warmer climate would be produced. Plant growth, which relies on both the warmth and the availability of CO2, would probably increase. As a consequence, plants would use more and more CO2，Eventually CO2 levels would diminish and the cli mate, in turn, would become cooler. With reduced temperatures many plants would die; CO2 would thereby be returned to the atmosphere and gradually the temperatures would rise again. Thus, if this process occurred, there might be a long-term oscillation in the amount of CO2 present in the atmosphere, with regular temperature increase and decrease of a set magnitude. Some climatologists argue that the burning of fossil fuels has raised the level of CO2 in the atmosphere and has caused a global temperature rise of at least 1℃. But a supposed global temperature rise of 1℃ may in reality be only several regional temperature increase, restricted to areas where there are many meteorological stations and caused simply by shifts in the pattern of atmospheric circulation. Other areas, for example the Southern Hemi sphere oceanic zone, may be experiencing an equivalent temperature decrease that is unrec ognized because of the shortage of meteorological recording stations.

单选题Complicated ______ it is, the problem can be solved in only 2 hours with an electronic computer.

单选题{{B}}Section B{{/B}}{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} Read the following passage carefully and then explain in your own English the exact meaning of the numbered and underlined parts. Put your answers in the ANSWER SHEET. (31){{U}}A couple of months ago, Singaporean officials unintentionally made cinematic history.{{/U}} They slapped an NC-17 rating on a film, which means children under 17 cannot see it, not because of sex or violence or profanity, but because of bad grammar. Despite its apparently naughty title. Talking Cock, the movie is actually an innocuous comedy comprising four skits about the lives of ordinary Singaporeans. The censors also banned a 15-second TV spot promoting the flick. (32) {{U}}All this is because of what the authorities deemed "excessive use of Singlish."{{/U}} (33) {{U}}Given the tough crackdown, you would expect Singlish to be a harmful substance that might corrupt our youth, like heroin or pornography.{{/U}} But it's one of Singapore's best-loved quirks, used daily by everyone from cabbies to CEOs. (34) {{U}}Singlish is simply Singaporean slang, whereby English follows Chinese grammar and is liberally sprinkled with words from the local Chinese. Malay and Indian dialects.{{/U}} I like to talk cock, and I like to speak Singlish. It's inventive, witty and colorful. (35) {{U}}Singlish is especially fashionable these days among the younger generation, in part because it gives uptight Singapore a chance to laugh at itself.{{/U}} But the government is not amused. It doesn't like Singlish because it thinks it is bad language and bad for Singapore's image as a commercial and financial center.

单选题Such records and specimens ______ either patient names or codes that would ultimately allow patient identification.

单选题The reference to "Naiman and his colleagues (1978)" in paragraph 4 is made ______.

单选题Although Ms. Brown found some of her duties to be ______, her supervision of forty workers was a considerable responsibility.

单选题In the new shark {{U}}repellent{{/U}} method, an insulated cable is buried on the bottom of the sea around a beach from which people swim.

单选题In a bold promotional ______ for the movie, he smashed his car into a passing truck.