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单选题It is recommended that the project ______ until all the preparations have been made.

单选题The ancestors of the English are ______.

单选题--My brother still hasn't made a decision ______ the new engineering project. --It's really a hard choice. A. in spite of B. on account of C. with regard to D. in proportion to

单选题Sorry about the loss. But it"ll give you some relief if your house is ______ against fire.

单选题What was the price of the van Gogh painting at the auction?

单选题{{B}}Section C{{/B}} Directions: In this section, there is one passage followed by 6 statements. Go over the passage quickly. For questions 66-71, mark T (for True) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; F (for False) if the statement contradicts with information given in the passage; NG (for Not Given) if the information is not given in the passage. Questions 66-71 are based on the following passage. Today men are facing new expectations and new choices about their commitments to society, family and work. No longer certain what goals they should pursue, much less how they should pursue them, many men have found themselves in a no-man's land, searching for new meanings and definitions of maturity. In interviews I conducted with 138 men from diverse social and economic background, 36 percent defined their family and work commitments in terms of primary breadwinning, and 30 percent chose to eschew parenthood or to avoid involvement with children they had brought into the world. However, about 33 percent had moved toward more rather than less family involvement over the course of their lives. These men develop an outlook on parenthood that included caretaking as well as economic support. They represent a growing group of fathers, most of whom are married to work-committed women and have an egalitarian approach toward marriage and family commitments, who are changing diapers, pushing strollers, cuddling their children, and generally sharing in the pleasures and burdens of child rearing. Such men, whom I call "involved fathers", are demonstrating a capacity, a willingness, and an enthusiasm for parenting not seen in their fathers' and grandfathers' generations. An involved father, however, is not necessarily an equal father. Though men's domestic participation has increased in recent years, his involvement has not kept in pace with women's rapidly rising commitment to paid employment. A persistent "housework gap" has left most women with more work and less leisure time than their male counterparts. According to some estimates, when the time spent performing paid work, housework, and child care is added together, men work an average of 88 fewer hours a year than do women. It may be tempting to focus on the fact that, even among men who support equality, their involvement as fathers remains a far distance from what most women want and most children need. Yet it is also important to acknowledge how far and how fast many men have moved toward a pattern that not long ago virtually all men considered anathema. One recent survey found that 73 percent of a groups of randomly selected fathers agreed strongly that "their families are the most important facet of their lives"; 87 percent agreed that "dad is as vital as morn in raising kids". The challenge is to create the social and cultural arrangements that would enable men to uphold these beliefs more easily.

单选题—Tom! What"s that? —There are two girls behind you. ______ You"ve just noticed? —I don"t get why anybody does that anymore. It"s so annoying!

单选题She was so ______ in the book she was reading that she didn't notice me come into the room. A. impressed B. meditated C. fascinated D. engrossed

单选题Which comes next? A, 1A, 111A, 311A, ?

单选题{{B}}Section E{{/B}} In this section, there is one passage followed by a summary. Read the passage carefully and complete the summary below by choosing a maximum of three words from the passage to fill in the spaces 76 - 80. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. Questions 76 -80 are based on the following passage. The British political scene is dominated by two major parties that have quite different political agendas. However, the ideological distance between the Labour Party and the Conservative Party has become less marked, and their policies more difficult to tell apart in recent years. In fact, it would be true to say that both parties consist of conservative, moderate and radical elements, and therefore the general public is often perplexed about which party to vote for. Nonetheless, it is usual to find that a British voter will lean towards supporting one of these two parties and remain faithful to that party for life. The Labour Party's manifest objective is to safeguard the interests of the common working man and woman, and, in effect, give them political representation in Parliament. The Party has always had strong connections with the trade unions, and, before coming to power, was passionately committed to the concept of a welfare society in which people who are less fortunate than others are politically and financially assisted in their quest for a more equitable slice of the economic pie. The main problem is that such socialist agendas are extremely expensive to implement and maintain, even in a comparatively wealthy country with a large working and, hence, taxpaying population base. Welfare societies tend towards bankruptcy unless government spending is kept in check. Fortunately, the present government recognizes this, and has resisted reckless spending. The Conservative Party, on the other hand, argues that the best way to ensure a fair division of wealth in the country is to allow more freedom to create it. This, in turn, means more job opportunities created, and therefore more wealth available to all. Just how the poor are to share in the distribution of this wealth (beyond being given, at least in theory, the opportunity to create it)is, however, less well understood. Practice, of course, may make nonsense of even the best theoretical intensions, and often the less practically powerful are badly catered for under governments implementing "free-for-all" policies. It is surprising, given the current homogeneity of the two major parties, that less attention than elsewhere in Europe is paid to the smaller political parties such as the Greens and the Liberal Democrats. This may be because British voters distrust parties with platforms based around one or two major current issues alone ; the Green Party, for example, is almost solely concerned with the environment. Moreover, when it comes to casting a vote, history shows that the British public tends to resist change and, thus, the status quo is maintained. Summary : Two parties control the British political scene: the Labour Party and the Conservative Party. Although recently there are many similarities to be seen in their {{U}}(76) {{/U}}, British voters tend to stay loyal for life to the party of their choice. The Labour Party, encouraged by the {{U}}(77) {{/U}} , supports a welfare-based society, whereas the Conservative Party believes that {{U}}(78) {{/U}} to pursue the creation of wealth ensures that all will eventually benefit from the {{U}}(79) {{/U}} created. Oddly, Britons do not follow Europeans by paying much attention to smaller political, parties, perhaps because their policies are based on just a few {{U}}(80) {{/U}} political issues.

单选题The class went to see the performance of Macbeth because it ______ in well with the project they were doing on Scottish history.

单选题It takes a ________ time for me to prepare for the dinner,but the results are so good that it’s worth the________.

单选题I"ve never been there but it is, ______, a lovely place.

单选题For some people, it may be ______ to remember what they have just read ______ recall where they left their car keys.

单选题Longdistancetravelisnowaroutinepartofmanyworkers'lives,yetwhatwasonceconsideredaperkofthejobisnowseenasaheadachebyfrequentfliers.Businesstravelisn'tasexcitingasitsounds.Therealityformosttravelersisthattheyrarelyseeanythingbeyondtheairport,theofficeandthehotel.Evenafteralongovernightflightinacrampedseatwithoutsleep,staffarefrequentlyexpectedtobeintheofficethefollowingmorning,readytodoagoodday'swork.Despitealternativessuchasfax,e-mailandteleconferencing,businesstravelcontinuestogrow.Manycompanieshaveteleconferencingequipment,buttheydonotknowhowtouseit.Intheglobaleconomy,increasingnumbersofpeopledealwithmoreandmorecountries,andarerequiredtotravelacrosstheglobeforbusinesswhichhasalsobecomemuchmorecost-effectiveforcompanies.Intheearlyeighties,anaround-the-worldticketwasatleast$1,250.Nowit's$700.StephenJoy,amarketingdirectoratUStoymakerMattel,hasbeenafrequenttravelerduringmostofhissixteen-yearcareer.Hebelievesbusinesstravelhasbecomemorestressful."Asyourlifegetsfuller,withchildrenandsoon,itbecomesalotmoredifficult,"hesays."But,it'snotjusttodowithage.Moderncommunicationsmeanthattheonlytimeyou'retrulyoutofreachisonaplane.Whenyougettothehotelyoulogonandgetyoure-mail.Inthepastwhenyouwereaway,youwereaway.Nowyou'reexpectedtotakethein-traywithyou,andmanagingyourworkfromafarcanbeverydifficult,especiallyifyou'reinadifferenttimezone."Asthevolumeofbusinesstravelhasgrown,companieshavebeguntopayincreasingattentiontoitsimpactoncosts."NowIdon'ttravelinasmuchcomfortasIdidasajunioryearsago,saysJoy.Today,costsarescrutinizedandmanycompaniesareconcernedwithanythingmorethancheaptravel.Theremayalsobeasmanyhealthrisks,associatedwithlongdistanceflightsastherearepassengersineconomyclass.Becausemostairlinesre-circulatetheairinsideplanes,mixinghalf-freshairwithhalf-recycled,air,fluandcoldsareamongthemostfrequentproblemsfortravelers.Newresearchsuggeststhatjetlag,onceseenasaminorinconvenience,maybefarmoreupsettingtotravelers'healthandroutinesthanearlierthought.Moreworryingly,arecentstudyidentifiedapossiblelinkbetweenlong-distancetravelandanincreasedriskofheartattacks,especiallyamongstolderpassengers.Isittimeforcompaniestoreassessattitudestotravelandshowalittlemoreconcernfortheirtravelingstaff?

单选题Ice is to water as liquid is to:

单选题Only after the anesthetist gave the patient an anesthetic ______.

单选题The United States is the ______ largest country in the world.

单选题When did Ponti begin making films?