单选题26. ______ there is little we can do to change the weather, we can at least know what kind of weather to expect.

单选题55. This boy is quite intelligent ______ lazy in his study.

单选题27. The Browns have not ______ yet and I doubt whether they will come.

单选题 ______ the traffic jam

单选题32. I ______ with the Browns during my stay in New York.

单选题24. Success in the lab doesn't always mean immediate success on a large ______.

单选题12. Employees are ______ to join the company's pension plan after a year's service.

单选题53. Not until the mid-12th century ______ as a nation with its own culture and language.

单选题. Sometimes you'll hear people say that you can't love others until you love yourself. Sometimes you'll hear people say that you can't expect someone else to love you until you love yourself. Either way, you've got to love yourself first and this can be tricky. Sure we all know that we're the people of our parents' eyes, and that our grandmas think we are great talents and our uncle Roberts think that we will go to the Olympics, but sometimes it's a lot harder to think such nice thoughts about ourselves. If you find that believing in yourself is a challenge, it is time you built a positive self-image and learn to love yourself. Self-image is your own mind's picture of yourself. This image includes the way you look, the way you act, the way you talk and the way you think. Interestingly, our self-images are often quite different from the images others hold about us. Unfortunately, most of these images are more negative than they should be, thus changing the way you think about yourself" is the key to changing your self-image and your whole world. The best way to defeat a passive self-image is to step back and decide to stress your successes. That is, make a list if you need to, but write down all of the great things you do every day. Don't allow doubts to occur in it. It very well might be that you are experiencing a negative self-image because you can't move past one flaw or weakness that you see about yourself. Well, roll up your sleeves and make a change of it as your primary task. If you think you are silly because you aren't good at math, find a tutor. If you think you are weak because you can't run a mile, get to the track and practice. If you think you are dull because you don't wear the latest trends, buy a few new clothes. The best way to get rid of a negative self-image is to realize that your image is far from objective and to actively convince yourself of your positive qualities. Changing the way you think and working on those you need to improve will go a long way towards promoting a positive self-image. When you can pat yourself on the back, you'll know you're well on your way.1. You need to build a positive self-image when you ______.

单选题31. He stopped asking me the time after he had had his watch ______.

单选题39. Not until the mid-12th century ______ as a nation with its own culture and language.

单选题5. He is totally ______ to other people's attitudes.

单选题39. The street was named ______ George Washington who led the American Revolutionary War.

单选题11. Students with financial problems are troubled by high tuition ______.

单选题. How often do you let other people's nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, an impolite waiter, a rude boss, or an insensitive employee 1 your day? One day I was in a taxi and we headed 2 the airport. We were driving in the 3 lane when suddenly a black car drove out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his 4 , slid sideways, and at the very last moment our car stopped and 5 the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car looked around and started 6 at us. My taxi driver just 7 and waved at the guy. And I meant he was really 8 So I asked, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!" This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call "The Law of the Garbage Truck". He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of 9 , full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage 10 up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on 11 Don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Believe me. You'll be 12 Don't take their garbage and 13 it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with 14 The mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on 15 is important in your life. Roy Baumeister, a psychology researcher from Florida State University, found in his extensive research that you 16 bad things more often than good things in your life. You store the bad memories more easily, and you 17 them more frequently. So love the people 18 treat you right. Ignore the ones who don't. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it! When you follow "The Law of the Garbage Truck", you take back control of your life. You make room for the good by 19 go of the bad. Have a garbage-free day! Have a marvelous, garbage-free day! The seeds you plant today 20 the harvest you reap tomorrow.1.

单选题 Although the man is good at painting

单选题In recent years a new and serious problem has arisen for international airlines and their passengers. This is the relatively new crime of hijacking. Once an unheard-of event, it has now become a common occurrence. There is not very much anyone can do once a hijacker is on board an aeroplane. He may be carrying a gun or hand grenades, which, if used, would cause a disaster. The only thing to do is try to ensure that these people never get on the plane in the first instance. So airlines all over the world have security procedures. Before any passenger can get on an airplane at the airport, he must go through a series of security checks to make sure he isnt carrying anything that is potentially dangerous or could be used as a weapon on board. The security measures vary from airport to airport. At some airports there is very little security. At other airports the security checks are very strict and it can take up to haft-an-hour to get through them all. Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong, China, has a good security system. No aircraft starting its journey from Hong Kong has ever been hijacked. At Kai Tak, when a passenger first checks in, his or her name is matched with the computer list of passengers booked on that particular flight. If the name is not recognised, the passenger will be taken aside and questioned by security guards and may not be allowed on the plane. Next, every suitcase is X-ray checked before it goes into the plane. Any suitcase that seems to have something dangerous in it is not put on the plane. Then the hand baggage which the passengers will carry on to the plane is checked. Each passenger has to open his or her bag and the security clerk examines the contents. If there is anything that could be used as a weapon, a penknife for example, the security staff take it away and keep it in a safe place on the plane until the flight is over. The passenger can then collect it. Finally there is a body check of all passengers. They must pass through a door where X-rays will show if they are carrying anything made of metal, like a gun. If anything suspicious is found, they will be asked to explain. It is only after all these checks that a passenger is allowed to board the plane. 1. According to the first paragraph which of the following will the author disagree? ______

单选题. Adam Smith was the first person to see the importance of the division of labor. He gave us an example of the process by which pins were made in England. One man draws out the wire, another strengthens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, and a fifth gives it a head. Just to make the head requires two or three different operations. The work of making pins is divided into about eighteen different operations, which in some factories are all performed by different people, though in others the same man will sometimes perform two or three of them. Ten men, Smith said, in this way, turned out twelve pounds of pins a day or about 4800 pins a worker. But if all of them had worked separately and independently without division of labor, they certainly could not have made twenty pins in a day and not even one. There can be no doubt that division of labor is an efficient way of organizing work. Fewer people can make more pins. Adam Smith saw this, but he also took it for granted that division of labor is itself responsible for economic growth and development and it accounts for the difference between expanding economies and those that stand still. But division of labor adds nothing new; it only enables people to produce more of what they already have.1. According to the passage, Adam Smith was the first person to ______.

单选题4. Silk and nylon look alike but they ______ in origin and cost.

单选题22. I ______ so much wine—only five people came.