单选题She {{U}}eventually{{/U}} married the most persistent one of her admirers.

单选题Which of the following is said to be the most expensive and harmful?

单选题The main idea of the passage is to explain

单选题It's natural for us to {{U}}speculate{{/U}} about the reasons for their visit.

单选题It is not easy to remain {{U}}tranquil{{/U}} when events suddenly change your life. A. calm B. upset C. steady D. severe

单选题We cannot {{U}}exist{{/U}} without air, food or water. A. expand B. rise C. live D. quit

单选题They agreed to modify their policy.

单选题The company {{U}}recommended{{/U}} that a new gas station be built here. A. ordered B. insisted C. suggested D. demanded

单选题Throughout the year 1979, there was a sharply rising rate of inflation in the United States.A. grimlyB. steeplyC. constantlyD. roughly

单选题I don"t think Peter is too young to take care of the pet dog properly .

单选题Preferences Vary on Circumstances of Dying Among terminally (晚期) ill people, attitudes differing on what they think constitute a 1 or bad death, the results of a new study suggest. Dr. Elizabeth K. Vig of the University of Washington in Seattle and colleagues interviewed 26 men with 2 heart disease or cancer. The men were asked to describe good and bad deaths, and they also answered 3 about their preferences for dying. In this small study, terminally ill men described good and bad deaths 4 , Vig said. They did not hold the same views about such issues 5 the presence of others at the very end of life or preferred location of death. Many of the men considered 6 in their sleep to be a good death. The reasons were varied and included not 7 that death was imminent (即将发生的), and that death would be painless. For close to half of the men, a prolonged (拖延的) death was 8 a bad death. Some of the men associated a prolonged death with prolonged pain, 9 others thought a prolonged death would be difficult for their families. Most men said that their 10 were very important to them, but this did not mean that they wanted relatives close at the 11 of death. "Valuing family did not also 12 wanting family present at the very end of life," Vig said. "In fact, some expressed concerns 13 burdening loved ones," Vig said. For instance, some men were worried about the emotional or 14 impact on their family members, according to the Washington researcher. Some were worried 15 their need for care would be a burden on their families, she said.

单选题Many factory workers find their jobs tiresome .

单选题People who do not sleep enough tend to become irritable. A. easily annoyed B. ill C. weary D. stiff and sore

单选题Are you {{U}}positive{{/U}} that there's been no mistake? A. rational B. reasonable C. certain D. bound

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单选题A red flag was placed there as a token of danger.

单选题The room is dim and quiet.

单选题Migrant Workers In the past twenty years, there has been an increasing tendency for workers to move from one country to another. 1 some newly independent countries have understandably restricted most jobs to local people, others have attracted and welcomed migrant workers. This is particularly the case in the Middle East, 2 increased oil incomes have enabled many countries to 3 outsiders to improve local facilities. 4 the Middle East has attracted oil-workers from the USA and Europe. It has brought in construction workers and technicians from many countries, 5 South Korea and Japan. In view of the difficult living and working conditions in the Middle East, it is not 6 that the pay is high to attract suitable workers. Many engineers and technicians can earn at least 7 money in the Middle East as they can in their own country, and this is a major attraction. An allied benefit is the low taxation or complete lack of it. This increases the net amount of pay received by visiting workers and is very popular with them. Sometimes a disadvantage has a compensating advantage. 8 , the difficult living conditions often lead to increased friendship when workers have to depend on each other 9 safety and comfort. 10 , many migrant workers can save large sums of money partly 11 the lack of entertainment facilities. The work is often complex and full of problems but this merely presents greater challenge to engineers who prefer to find solutions 12 problems rather than do routine work in their home country. One major problem which 13 migrant workers in the Middle East is that their jobs are temporary ones. They are nearly always on contract, so it is not easy for them to plan ahead with great confidence. This is to be expected since no country welcomes a large number of foreign workers as permanent residents. 14 , migrant workers accept this disadvantage, along with others, because of the 15 financial benefits which they receive.

单选题Prolonging Human Life Prolonging human life has increased the size of the human population. Many people alive today would have died of childhood diseases if they had been born 100 years ago. Because more people live longer, there are more people around at any given time. In fact, it is a decrease in death rates, not an increase in birthrates, that has led to the population explosion. Prolonging human life has also increased the dependency load. In all societies, people who are disabled or too young or too old to work are dependent on the rest of society to provide for them. In hunting and gathering cultures, old people who could not keep up might be left behind to die. In times of famine, infants might be allowed to die because they could not survive if their parents starved, whereas if the parents survived they could have another child. In most contemporary societies, people feel a moral obligation to keep people alive whether they can work or not. We have a great many people today who live past the age at which they want to work or are able to work; we also have rules which require people to retire at a certain age. Unless these people were able to save money for their retirement, somebody else must support them. In the United States many retired people live on social security checks which are so little that they must live in near poverty. Older people have more illness than young or middle-aged people; unless they have wealth or private or government insurance, they must often "go on welfare" if they have a serious illness. When older people become senile or too weak and ill to care for themselves, they create grave problems for their families. In the past and in some traditional cultures, they would be eared for at home until they died. Today, with most members of a household working or in school, there is often no one at home who can care for a sick or weak person. To meet this need, a great many nursing homes and convalescent hospitals have been built. These are often profit-making organizations, although some are sponsored by religious and other nonprofit groups. While a few of these institutions are good, most of them are simply "dumping grounds" for the dying in which "care" is given by poorly paid, overworked, and underskilled personnel.

单选题It is ridiculous to dispute about such things.A. frighteningB. shockingC. foolishD. amusing