单选题The old lady {{U}}let{{/U}} her flat to an English couple. A. offered B. rented C. provided D. sold

单选题The field of international finance involves policies and procedures that affect the {{U}}flow{{/U}} of money and credit among countries.

单选题At that time, we did not fully grasp the significance of what had happened.A. giveB. attachC. loseD. understand

单选题Important people don't often have much free time as their work occupies all their time.A. takes awayB. takes overC. takes upD. takes in

单选题Estee Lauder Died 1 The child of Central European immigrants who created an international cosmetics(化妆品)empire and became one of the most influential women in US，has died on Saturday. Estee Lauder died at her home in Manhattan，New York City，a company spokeswoman said．She was 97. 2 Born in Queens, New York in 1908, Lauder was the daughter of a Hungarian mother and a Czech father． 3 Lauder began her business career by selling skincare products developed by her uncle John Schotz，a chemist，to beauty salons(美容院)and hotels. In 1930，she married Joseph Lauder who became her partner. The company, which became known as Estee Lauder，took off after World War II． 4 In 1953，the company introduced its first perfume(香水)，Youth Dew，the first of a range of fragrances that has now grown to more than 70．They include：Aramis，a line of products for men，launched in 1964；and Clinique，a range of odourless(无嗅的)cosmetics, which followed in 1968. 5 By the time she retired in 1995，Lauder was presiding over a multibillion-dollar enterprise, which now ranks number 349 in the Fortune 500 list of largest US companies．In 1998, she was the only woman to feature in Time magazine’s selection of the 20 most important business geniuses of the last century．There were two secrets to her success: her gift for selling things and her tireless energy and determination never to accept second best. 6 Even after her retirement at the age of 89，Lauder remained closely involved．Beauty, Lauder believed，was the most important thing in life． 7 She wrote in her 1985 autobiography,“Estee，a Success Story”：“In a perfect world, we’d all be judged on the sweetness of our souls . But in our less than perfect world, the woman who looks pretty has a distinct advantage and，usually，the last word．”

单选题I was most surprised to hear Susan"s marriage. ______

单选题Sleep For millions of years before the appearance of the electric light, shift work, all-night cable TV and the Internet, Earth's creatures evolved on a planet with predictable and reassuring 24-hour rhythms. Our biological clocks are set for this daily cycle. Simply put, our bodies want to sleep at night and be awake during the day. Most women and men need between eight and eight and a half hours of sleep a night to function properly throughout their lives. (Contrary to popular belief, humans don't need less sleep as they age.) But in average, Americans sleep only about seven and a half hours per night, a marked drop from the nine hours they averaged in 1910. What's worse, nearly one third of all Americans get less than six hours of sleep on a typical work night. For most people, that's not nearly enough. Finding ways to get more and better sleep can be a challenge. Scientists have identified more than 80 different sleep disorders. Some sleeping disorders are genetic. But many problems are caused by staying up late and sleeping in, by traveling frequently between time zones or by working nights. Dr. James F. Jones at National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver says that sleep disorders are often diagnosed as other discomforts. About one third of the patients referred to him with possible chronic fatigue syndrome actually have treatable sleep disorders. "Before we do anything else, we look at their sleep," Jones says. Sleep experts say that most people would benefit from a good look at their sleep patterns. "My motto (座右铭) is 'Sleep defensively' ," says Mary Carskadon of Brown University. She says people need to carve out sufficient time to sleep, even if it means giving up other things. Sleep routines—like going to bed and getting up at the same time every day—are important. Pre-bedtime activities also make a difference. As with Elaner, who used to suffer from sleeplessness, a few lifestyle changes—avoiding stimulants and late meals, exercising hours before bedtime, relaxing with a hot bath—yield better sleep.

单选题There was an Uinclination/U to treat geography as a less important subject.

单选题 下面的短文有15处空白，请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1个最佳选项。 {{B}} A Country's Standard of Living{{/B}} The "standard of living" of any country means the average person's share of the goods and services the country produces. A country's standard of living,{{U}} (51) {{/U}}, depends on its capacity to produce wealth. "Wealth"{{U}} (52) {{/U}}this sense is not money, for we do not live on money{{U}} (53) {{/U}}on things that money can buy: "goods" such as food and clothing, and "services" such as transport and entertainment. A country's capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of{{U}} (54) {{/U}}have an effect on one another. Wealth depends{{U}} (55) {{/U}}a great extent upon a country's natural resources. Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have fertile (肥沃的) soil and a favorable climate; other regions possess none of them. Next to natural resources{{U}} (56) {{/U}}the ability to turn them to use. China is perhaps as well-off{{U}} (57) {{/U}}the USA in natural resources, but suffered for many years from civil and external wars, and.{{U}} (58) {{/U}}this and other reasons was{{U}} (59) {{/U}}to develop her resources. Sound and stable political conditions, and{{U}} (60) {{/U}}from foreign invasions, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country equally well favoured by nature but less well ordered. A country's standard of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produced and consumed. {{U}}(61) {{/U}}its own borders, but also upon what is directly produced through international trade.{{U}} (62) {{/U}}, Britain's wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural products would be much less if she had to depend only on{{U}} (63) {{/U}}grown at home. Trade makes it possible for her surplus (过剩的) manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural products that would.{{U}} (64) {{/U}}be lacking. A country's wealth is, therefore, much{{U}} (65) {{/U}}by its manufacturing capacity, provided (如果) that other countries can be found ready to accept its manufactures.

单选题The curious look from the strangers around her made her feel {{U}}uneasy{{/U}}. A. difficult B. anxious C. worried D. unhappy

单选题That is his final determination after careful consideration.A. resultB. choiceC. decisionD. score

单选题He's going to set off on a journey to New York.

单选题Even a novel in which there is no narrator {{U}}tacitly{{/U}} creates a picture of an author behind the scenes.

单选题Relief workers were shocked by what they saw.

单选题Jack {{U}}consumes{{/U}} a pound of cheese a day.

单选题My doctor said I should vary my diet more.A. changeB. prepareC. cookD. choose

单选题While serving in the Senate in the early 1970s Barbara Jordan supported legislation to {{U}}ban{{/U}} discrimination and to deal with environment problems.

单选题Marriage Sixteen years ago, Eileen Doyle's husband, an engineer, took his four children up for an early morning cup of tea, packed a small case and was never seen or heard of again. Eileen was astonished and in a state of despair. They had been a happy family and, as far as she knew, there had been nothing wrong with their marriage. Every day of the year, a small group of men and women quietly pack a few belongings and without so much as a note or a good-bye close the front door for the last time, leaving their debts, their worries and their confused families behind them. Last year, more than 1,200 men and nearly as many women were reported missing from home —the highest in 15 years. Many did return home within a year, but others rejected the past completely and are now living a new life somewhere under a different identity. To those left behind this form of desertion is a terrible blow to their pride and self-confidence. Even the finality of death might be preferable. At least it does not imply rejection or failure. Worse than that, people can be left with an unfinished marriage, not knowing whether they will have to wait seven years before they are free to start a fresh life. Clinical psychologist Paul Brown believes most departures of this kind to be well planned rather than impulsive. "It's typical of the kind of personality which seems able to ignore other people's pain and difficulties. Running away, like killing yourself, is a highly aggressive act. By creating an absence the people left behind feel guilty, upset and empty." The Salvation Army's Investigation Department has a 70 percent success rate in tracking missing people down. According to Lt. Co. Bramwell Pratt, head of the department, men and women run away for very different reasons though lack of communication is often the biggest motive. "The things that disturb a man's personality are problems like being tied up in debt or serious worries about work. And some women make impossible demands on their husbands. Women usually leave for more obvious reasons but fear is at the root of it. Men are more often prepared to give their marriage another try than women, but we are aware that, for some wives, it would be a total impossibility to return after the way they've been treated./

单选题Lateral Thinking Lateral thinking (迂回思维), first described by Edward de Bono in 1967, is just a few years older than Edward"s son. You might imagine that Caspar was raised to be an adventurous thinker, but de Bono name was so famous, Casper"s parents worried that any time he would say something bright at school, his teachers might snap, "Where do you get that idea from?" "We had to be careful and not overdo it," Edward admits. Now Casper is at Oxford—which once looked unlikely because he is also slightly dyslexic (诵读困难). In fact, when he was applying to Oxford, none of his school teachers thought he had a chance. "So then we did several thinking sessions," his father says, "using my techniques and, when he went up for the exam, he did extremely well." Soon after, Edward de Bono decided to write his latest book, "Teach Your Children How to Think", in which he transforms the thinking skills he developed for brain—storming businessmen into informal exercises for parents and children to share. Thinking is traditionally regarded as something executed in a logical sequence, and everybody knows that children aren"t very logical. So isn"t it an uphill battle, trying to teach them to think? "You know," Edward de Bono says, "if you examine people"s thinking, it is quite unusual to find faults of logic. But the faults of perception are huge! Often we think ineffectively because we take too limited a view." "Teach Your Child How to Think" offers lessons in perception improvement, of clearly seeing the implications of something you are saying and of exploring the alternatives.

单选题 下面的短文有15处空白，请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1个最佳选项。 {{B}}Freezing to Death for Beauty{{/B}} People in Beijing wear a lot of clothing during winter to fend off the cold. In the United States, however, people wear{{U}} (51) {{/U}}, partly because the car is the primary mode of transportation. Cars take{{U}} (52) {{/U}}straight to their workplaces, which are heated well. The American diet is full of calories, so their{{U}} (53) {{/U}}can afford to burn heat more quickly. Fewer layers of clothing give people the opportunity to stay{{U}} (54) {{/U}}Lots of Yale girls wear skirts{{U}} (55) {{/U}}when it's 10 degrees Centigrade outside. Some of them at least wear boots, tights, and leg-warmers. Some, however, really just go for the look{{U}} (56) {{/U}}the risk of health. These girls have nothing to prevent their legs{{U}} (57) {{/U}}the wind, and no socks to protect their feet. A mini skirt and a pair of stilettos are all that they wear. Typically, the ones pursuing fashion are{{U}} (58) {{/U}}, with little body fat. Just by the nature of their bodies, they are already at a disadvantage compared with normal people in{{U}} (59) {{/U}}weather. I have always{{U}} (60) {{/U}}, whenever I pass these girls, how they manage to refrain from shivering and just smile like spring had arrived. And then there are the guys. The girls can be said to{{U}} (61) {{/U}}health for beauty. But why do guys{{U}} (62) {{/U}}so little? It is not like, once they shed some layers, they suddenly become better-looking. They are not exactly being fashionable when they{{U}} (63) {{/U}}wear sporty shorts and shower slippers in the midst of winter. It's not cute. Of course, people have the freedom to look whatever{{U}} (64) {{/U}}they want. I am just surprised that, given the vast difference between winter and summer temperatures in Connecticut, they can still{{U}} (65) {{/U}}like they are partying on the beach in the middle of February.