单选题TV Games Shows One of the most fascinating things about television is the size of the audience. A novel can be on the best sellers list with a sale of fewer than 100,000 copies, but a popular TV show might have 70 million TV viewers. TV can make anything or anyone well known overnight. This is the principle behind quiz or game shows, which put ordinary people on TV to play a game for the prize and money. A quiz show can make anyone a star, and it can give away thousands of dollars just for fun. But all of this money can create problems. For instance, in the 1950s, quiz shows were very popular in the U.S. and almost everyone watched them. Charles Van Doren, an English instructor, became rich and famous after winning money on several shows. He even had a career as a television personality. But one of the losers proved that Charles Van Doren was cheating. It turned out that the show's producers, who were pulling the strings, gave the answers to the most popular contestants beforehand. Why? Because if the audience didn't like the person who won the game, they would turn the show off. Based on his story, a movie under the title Quiz Show is on 40 years later. Charles Van Doren is no longer involved with TV. But game shows are still here, though they aren't taken as seriously. In fact, some of them try to be as ridiculous as possible. There are shows that send strangers on vacation trips together, or that try to cause newly-married couples to fight on TV, or that punish losers by humiliating them. The entertainment now is to see what people will do just to be on TV. People still win money, but the real prize is to be in front of an audience of millions.

单选题She has proved that she can be relied on in a crisis.

单选题The weather was so gorgeous that many people went outing.

单选题Trading companies put up the money for the first English colonies in North America.

单选题Tickets are limited and will be allocated to those who apply first.

单选题Acculturation is a process whereby the members of one culture adopt the customs of another.A. spreadB. regulateC. take onD. count on

单选题下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，每道题后面有4个选项。请仔细阅读短文并根据短文回答其后面的问题，从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。{{B}}第一篇{{/B}} Storms Sink Ships Rescuers have found the bodies of over 130 people killed in two ferry disasters in Bangladesh. The accidents happened during a storm that hit the country on April 21. Hundreds more are missing or feared dead. The two ferries sank in different rivers near the capital city of Dhakfi as strong winds and rain hit the South Asian country. The government has since banned all ferries and other boats from traveling at night during the April-May stormy season. One of the ferries, MV Mitali, was carrying far more people than it was supposed to. About 400 passengers fitted into a space made for just 300, police said. The second ferry carried about 100 passengers. "The number of deaths is certain to rise. "said an official in charge of the rescue work. "No one really knows how many people were on board the ferry or how many of them survived. " Ferries in Bangladesh don't always keep passenger lists, making it difficult to determine the exact number of people on board. Besides the ferry accidents, at least 40 people were killed and 400 injured by lightning strikes, falling houses and trees and the sinking of small boats. Storms are common this time of year in Bangladesh, as are boating accidents. Ferry disasters take away hundreds of lives every year in a nation of 130 million people. Officials blame these river accidents on a lack of safety measures, too many passengers in boats and not enough checks on weather conditions. Ferries are a common means of transport in Bangladesh. It is a country covered by about 230 rivers. Some 20,000 ferries use the nation's waterways every year, a. And many of them are dangerously overcrowded. Since 1977, more than 3,000 people have died in some 260 boating accidents.

单选题On the Net Friends Come and Go, Talking of... The young woman was visibly (51) and clearly wanted to get something off her chest. "What's up?" I (52) "I've just been defriended," she said. Now "defriended" is a word (53) ! am not familiar. ! have been befriended (54) and befriended--many people since arriving in Beijing. But defriended? It turns (55) this is a new word created by the Interact-savvy younger generation specifically in relation to the worldwide social networking phenomenon, Facebook. Those who join can invite friends to become members of the site, (56) . They can then share photographs, "chat", swap messages and observations and perform a host of other mutually accessible applications. I've seen some people's sites (57) hundreds of friends, all moments away down a fiber optic cable, providing they are logged on to their computers or hooked up to a high-spec cell phone, It creates the possibility of "befriending" anyone in the world who has online access. Currently, Facebook has 150 million users. That means there's a lot of "friends" out there. The (58) is that you can be "defriended"--you can be denied access to the Face, book site someone who had previously invited to be his or her friend. And you can do it without the potential for instant recrimination. Where once, in the school playground on child might have petulantly shouted (59) another, "I'm not going to be your fried any more" the same hurt and loss of face can be performed remotely with the chick of a button. A (60) aspect of "defriending" is that, unlike with other applications such as the "what are you thinking about?" posting a digital depository of the often dire, (61) , dull and desperate, no message is sent out alerting you or your contacts about the change m status. You only find out you have (62) when you try to visit a "friend's" site, and you find you can no longer get in the delay of the discovery is all too often doubly hurtful. Just as bombs are dispatched impersonally (63) an unseen enemy in modem warfare, (64) relationships are blown out of the window with the same callous disregard, without the risk of any face-to-face comeback. One second you arc there, (65) you are deleted.

单选题The moon was obscured by thick clouds.______

单选题More Than a Ride to School The National Education Association claims, "The school bus is a mirror of the community." They further add that, unfortunately, what appears on the exterior does not always reflect the reality of a chosen community. They are right and sometimes it reflects more! Just ask Liesl Denson Riding the school bus has been more than a ride to school for Liesl. Bruce Hardy school bus driver for Althouse Bus Company has been Liesl's bus driver since kindergarten last year when Liesl's family moved to Parkesburg. Knowing her bus went by her new residence, she requested to ride the same bus. This year Liesl is a senior and will enjoy her last year riding the bus. She says, "It's been a great ride so far! My bus driver is so cool and has always been a good friend and a good listener. Sometimes when you're a child, adults do not think that what you have to say is important. Mr. Hardy always listens to what you have to say and makes you feel important." Her friends Ashley Batista and Amanda Wolfc agree. Brace Hardy has been making Octorara students feel special since 1975. This year he will celebrate 30 years working for Althouse Bus Transportation. Company President Larry Althouse acknowledges Bruce Hardy's outstanding record. "You do not come by employees like Bruce these days; he has never missed a day of work and has a perfect driving record. Recognized in 2000 by the Pennsylvania School Bus Association for driving 350,000 accident free miles, Hardy's reputation is made further evident through the relationships he has made with the students that ride his bus". Althouse further added, "Althouse Bus Transportation was established 70 years ago and has been providing quality transportation ever since my grandfather started the business with one bus. Althouse Bus Transportation is delighted to have the opportunity to bring distinctive and safe service to our local school and community and looks forward to continuing to provide quality service for many more years to come." Three generations of business is not all the company has enjoyed. Thanks to drivers like Bruce Hardy, they have been building relationships through generations. Liesl's mother Carol also enjoys fond memories of riding Bruce Hardy's bus to the Octorara School District.

单选题Computer games can be used to help children develop their reading skills.

单选题The use of the chemical may present a certain hazard to the laboratory workers.

单选题阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。 {{B}} Where Have All Our Visitors Gone?{{/B}} Sixty years ago, a man named Kenneth Arnold saw something that people are still {{U}}(51) {{/U}} today -something that changed popular culture for ever. Flying his plane over mountains in the US state of Washington, he saw a line of strange objects, either crescent -shaped or disc-like, flying {{U}}(52) {{/U}} the motion of a saucer skimming on water. The media soon picked up on the story -the Flying Saucers were here! Was the earth being {{U}}(53) {{/U}} by creatures from another planet? Soon, so many sightings were made that the US military began to {{U}}(54) {{/U}}. It called these strange objects UFOs -Unidentified Flying Objects, and that is how they are {{U}}(55) {{/U}} today. Military investigations found no evidence of visitors from outer space. But that did not stop the true {{U}}(56) {{/U}}. The military were {{U}}(57) {{/U}} up, they said. Or {{U}}(58) {{/U}} it was because the travelers from space were of such superior intelligence that they could hide from the most sophisticated military analysts. People have always seen strange lights in the sky. In the past these were explained in {{U}}(59) {{/U}} ways. In a world where religion was less influential and science fiction was popular, signs from god were replaced by visitors from other {{U}}(60) {{/U}}. The date of the first UFO signings was also significant. In 1947, World War Ⅱ had just ended and the {{U}}(61) {{/U}} war was just beginning. Humanity seemed locked in endless conflicts. Like generations before them, people looked {{U}}(62) {{/U}} the skies for help. But instead of seeking God, they looked for help from super-intelligent aliens with {{U}}(63) {{/U}} technology. Belief in UFOs became the first religion of science. However, even people who believe in UFOs are not quite sure why they visit the earth. The universe is a big place and it is {{U}}(64) {{/U}} to assume that there is life somewhere out there. It is possible that aliens have worked out how to travel through space. Yet some people report that they have been taken by aliens and have had experiments {{U}}(65) {{/U}} on them. Why would anyone travel across half the universe to conduct medical experiments on people living in small towns in the United States?

单选题By investing wisely she accumulated a lot of books.

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单选题Last year, the crime rate in Chicago has sharply dropped .

单选题No part of New Hampshire is far from water. A．mountain B．town C．section D．village

单选题The legislative provision has a great impact on the operations of the department.

单选题They have been living under the most appalling conditions for two years. ______

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