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单选题Her father was a quiet man with graceful manners.

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}} Interests and Study Activities{{/B}} A narrowing of your work interests is implied in almost any transition from a study environment to managerial or professional work. In the humanities and social sciences you will at best reuse only a fraction of the material covered in three or four years' study. In most career paths academic knowledge only{{U}} (51) {{/U}}a background to much more applied decision-making. Even with a "training" form of degree,{{U}} (52) {{/U}}a few of the procedures or methods{{U}} (53) {{/U}}in your studies are likely to be continuously relevant in your work. Partly this reflects the greater specialization of most work tasks compared{{U}} (54) {{/U}}studying. Many graduates are not{{U}} (55) {{/U}}with the variety involved in{{U}} (56) {{/U}}from degree study in at least four or five subjects a year{{U}} (57) {{/U}}very standardized job demands. Academic work values individual inventiveness, originality, and the cultivation of self-realization and self-development. Emphasis is placed{{U}} (58) {{/U}}generating new ideas and knowledge, assembling{{U}} (59) {{/U}}information to make a "rational" decision, appreciating basic{{U}} (60) {{/U}}and theories, and getting involved in fundamental controversies and debates. The humanistic values of higher{{U}} (61) {{/U}}encourages the feeling of being engaged in a process with a self-developmental rhythm.{{U}} (62) {{/U}}, even if your employers pursue enlightened personnel development{{U}} (63) {{/U}}and invest heavily in "human capital"—for example, by rotating graduate trainees to{{U}} (64) {{/U}}their work experiences—you are still likely to notice and feel{{U}} (65) {{/U}}about some major restrictions of your interests and activities compared with a study environment.

单选题The sea was calm and {{U}}still{{/U}}.

单选题The weather is a constant subject of conversation in Britain.

单选题It is laid down in the regulations that all members must carry their membership cards at all times.

单选题Dining Custom Every land has its own dining custom, and the United States is no exception. Americans feel that the first rule of being a polite guest is to be on time. If a person is invited to dinner at 6:30, the hostess expects him to be there at 6:30 or not more than a few minutes after. Because she usually does her own cooking, she times the meal so that the coffee and meat will be at their best at the time she asks the guest to come. If he is late, the food will not be so good, and the hostess will be disappointed. When the guest can not come on time, he calls his host or hostess on the telephone, gives the reason, and tells at what time he thinks he can come. As guests continue to arrive, the men in the group stand when a woman enters and remain standing until she finds a chair. A man always rises when he is being introduced to a woman. A woman does not rise when she is being introduced either to a man or a woman unless the woman is much older. When the guests sit down at a dinner table, it is customary for the men to help the ladies by pushing their chairs under them. Even an American may be confused by the number of knives, forks, and spoons besides his plate when he sits down to a formal dinner. The rule is simple, however: use them in the order in which they lie, beginning from the outside. Or watch the hostess and do what she does. The small fork on the outside on the left is for salad, which is often served with the soup. The spoon on the outside at the right is for soup, and so on. Sometimes there is a separate little knife, called a butter spreader, on a small bread- and-butter plate at the left. As the bread is passed, each guest puts his piece on the bread-and-butter plate.

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单选题We resolved the problem after group discussion.

单选题Alice Walker's graphic depiction of the lives of Black people in the south has established her as one of the most promising contemporary writers in the United States.

单选题I am heartily grateful to your help.

单选题If we leave now, we can miss the traffic.

单选题Your reasons for refusing to help are quite vague.

单选题It is virtually impossible to persuade him to apply for the job.

单选题The index is the government's chief {{U}}gauge{{/U}} of future economic activity.

单选题Our statistics show that we consume all that we are capable of producing.

单选题Spoilt for Choice Choice, we are made to believe, is a right. In daily life, people have come to expect endless situations about which they are required to make decisions one way or another. In the main, these are just annoying moments at work which demand some extra energy or brainpower, or during lunch breaks like choosing which type of coffee to order or indeed which coffee shop to go to. But sometimes selecting one option as opposed to another can have serious or lifelong consequences. More complex decision making is then either avoided, postponed, or put into the hands of the army of professionals, lifestyle coaches, lawyers, advisors, and the like, waiting to lighten the emotional burden for a fee. But for a good many people in the world, in rich and poor countries, choice is a luxury, not a right. And for those who think they are exercising their right to make choices, the whole system is merely an illusion, created by companies and advertisers wanting to sell their wares. The main impact of endless choice in people's lives is anxiety. Buying something as basic as a coffee pot is not exactly simple. Easy access to a wide range of consumer goods induces a sense of powerlessness, even paralysis(瘫痪),in many people, ending in the shopper giving up and walking away, or just buying an unsuitable item that is not really wanted in order to solve the problem and reduce the unease. Recent surveys in the United Kingdom have shown that a sizeable proportion of electrical goods bought per household are not really needed. The advertisers and the manufacturers are, nonetheless, satisfied. It is not just their availability that is the problem, but the speed with which new versions of products come on the market. Advances in design and production mean that new items are almost ready by the time that goods hit the shelves. Products also need to have a short lifespan so that the public can be persuaded to replace them within a short time. The classic example is computers, which are almost out dated once they are bought. At first, there were only one or two available from a limited number of manufacturers, but now there are many companies all with not only their own products but different versions of the same machine. This makes selection a problem. Gone are the days when one could just walk with ease into a shop and buy one thing; no choice, no anxiety. The plethora(过剩)of choice is not limited to consumer items. With the greater mobility of people around the world, people have more choice about where they want to live and work—a fairly recent phenomenon. In the past. nations migrated across the earth in search of food, adventure, and more hospitable environments. Whole nations crossed continents and changed the face of history. So the mobility of people is nothing new. The creation of nation states and borders effectively slowed this process down.

单选题Nashville, Tennessee, boasts some of the finest country music performers in the United States.

单选题The two girls look alike.A. beautifulB. similarC. prettyD. attractive