单选题One of the useful games is to play spy.

单选题Even sensible men do absurd things. A．unusual B．ridiculous C．special D．typical

单选题Is the Internet Broken? Google's Gmail system, which serves millions of customers around the world, shut down yesterday. Twitter, the micro - blogging service used by tens of millions of people, went off - line last month. It blamed the trouble on a malicious programmer in Russia who was trying to shut down the account of a user in neighboring Georgia. It is astonishing the local actions of a small number of programmers can bring an entire Interact service to its knees, but that have been the case. The Internet as it is set up now operates at three levels. The first is the servers that store data and content for use by customers. Google and other large companies keep massive server farms. These are well -protected from outside programmers by sophisticated software, but clearly that does not always work. The protection devices may fail more and more often as hackers get more skillful. The second part of the Internet is the" pipes" that carry data, video, e - mail messages, and text of websites from companies such as Google, Yahoo !, and Twitter, that make up Internet content and services to customers. Some of these" pipe" providers, specifically telecom and cable companies, are already complaining that the amount of data that they have to move is rising too rapidly for them to accommodate. Video files, which aye particularly large, have posed significant problems to cable companies. The last piece of the Internet is the end user, the companies and consumers who have the PCs. Perversely, these PCs are also the tools by which hackers build malicious code that they send out to compromise the effectiveness of the servers to destroy the data transport system which is at the core of the worldwide web's operations. The problem of online outages is as old as the internet itself, AOL's dial - up 56k service would go down regularly in the mid - 1990s. The company did not have enough modems to keep up with demand. The Internet for the last decade may not be the Internet for the future. The prophylactic software that was meant to protect the web is less effective. Like anything else that is used regularly whether it is a car, a light bulb, or a PC, the Internet is going to have to be upgraded more often now. It won't work every hour of every day anymore.

单选题Our plan is to {{U}}allocate{{/U}} one member of staff to handle appointments. A. ask B. persuade C. assign D. order

单选题I wonder who first {{U}}conceived{{/U}} the idea of cutting a hole in the door?

单选题According to the passage, the abilities a child has inherited from his parents

单选题We could see that he was trying to smooth over his own responsibility for the delay, instead of accepting his fault.

单选题That guy is really witty.A. smartB. uglyC. honorableD. popular

单选题Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money and put up with a lot of inconveniences for the sun because they have so little of it. Residents of cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam spend a lot of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year is in the rain. This is the reason the Mediterranean has always attracted them. Every summer, more than 25 million people travel to Mediterranean resorts and beaches for their vacation. They all come for the same reason : sun ! The huge crowds mean lots of money for the economies of Mediterranean countries. Italy's 30, 000 hotels are booked solid every summer. And 13 million people camp out on French beaches, parks, and roadsides. Spain's long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else. 37 million tourists visit yearly ,or one tourist for every person living in Spain. How large is probably the Spanish population?A. 13 million.B. 30,000.C. 37 million.D. Not mentione

单选题On Sleep Baekeland and Hartmann report that the "short sleepers" had been more or less average in their sleep needs until the men were in their teens. But at about age 15 or so, the men voluntarily began cutting down their nightly sleep time because of pressures from school, work, and other activities. These men tended to view their nightly periods of unconsciousness as bothersome interruptions in their daily routines. In general, these "short sleepers" appeared ambitious, active, energetic, cheerful, conformist (不动摇) in their opinions, and very sure about their career choices. They often held several jobs at once, or workers full or part-time while going to school. And many of them had a strong urge to appear "normal" or "acceptable" to their friends and associates. When asked to recall their dreams, the "short sleepers" did poorly. More than this, they seemed to prefer not remembering. In similar fashion, their usual way of dealing with psychological problems was to deny that the problem existed, and then to keep busy in the hope that the trouble would go away. The sleep patterns of the "short sleepers" were similar to, but less extreme than, sleep patterns shown by many mental patients categorized as manic (疯人). The "long sleepers" were quite different indeed. Baekeland and Hartmann report that these young men had been lengthy sleeps since childhood. They seemed to enjoy their sleep, protected it, and were quite concerned when they were occasionally deprived of their desired 9 hours of nightly bed rest. They tended to recall their dreams much better than did the "short sleepers". Many of the "long sleepers" were shy, anxious, introverted (内向), inhibited (压抑), passive, mildly depressed, and unsure of themselves (particularly in social situations). Several openly states that sleep was an escape from their daily problems.

单选题He made a summary of what had been done.

单选题The poet William Carlos Williams was a New Jersey physician.A. doctorB. professorC. teacherD. student

单选题Problems of Internet The proportion of works cut for the cinema in Britain dropped from 40 per cent when I joined the BBFC in 1975 to less than 4 per cent when I left. But I don"t think that 20 years from now it will be possible to regulate any medium as closely as I regulated film. The Internet is, of course, the greatest problem for this century. The world will have to find a means, through some sort of international treaty of United Nations initiative, to control the material that"s now going totally unregulated into people"s homes. That said, it will only take one little country like Paraguay to refuse to sign a treaty for transmission to be unstoppable. Parental control is never going to be sufficient. I"m still very worried about the impact of violent video games, even though researchers say their impact is moderated by the fact that players don"t so much experience the game as enjoy the technical manoeuvres (策略) that enable you to win. But in respect of violence in mainstream films, I"m more optimistic. Quite suddenly, tastes have changed, and it"s no longer Stallone or Schwarzenegger who are the top stars, but Leonardo DiCaprio—that has taken everybody by surprise. Go through the most successful films in Europe and America now and you wilt find virtually none that we are violent. Quentin Tarantino didn"t usher in a new, violent generation, and films are becoming much more prosocial than one would have expected. Cinemagoing will undoubtedly survive. The new multiplexes are a glorious experience, offering perfect sound and picture and very comfortable seats, thins which had died out in the 1980s. I can"t believe we"ve achieved that only to throw it away in favor of huddling around a 14-inch computer monitor to watch digitally-delivered movies at home. It will become increasingly cheap to make films, with cameras becoming smaller and lighter but remaining very precise. That means greater chances for new talent to emerge, as it will be much easier for people to learn how to be better film-makers. People"s working lives will be shorter in the future, and once retired they will spend a lot of time learning to do things that amuse them—like making videos. Fifty years on we could well be media-saturated as producers as well as audience; instead of writing letters, one will send little home movies entitled My Week.

单选题His claims seem credible to many people.

单选题The first word "He" in paragraph 6 refers to

单选题A Country's Standard of Living 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，therefore， (51) first on its capacity to produce wealth．“Wealth”in this (52) is not money，for we do not live on money but on things that money can buy：“goods”such as food and clothing，and“services”such as transport and entertainment． A country's capacity to (53) wealth depends upon many factors，most of (54) have an effect on one another．Wealth depends (55) 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 (56) none of them． Next to natural resources comes the ability to (57) them to use．China is perhaps as rich as the USA in natural resources，but suffered for many years (58) civil and external wars，and for this and other (59) was unable to develop her resources．Sound and stable political conditions，and (60) from foreign invasions，enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily，and to produce more (61) than another country equally welt favored by nature but less well ordered． A country's standard of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produced and (62) within its own borders，but also upon what is directly produced through international trade．For example，Britain's wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural (63) would be much less if she had to depend only on those grown at home．Trade makes it possible for her surplus(剩余的) manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural products (64) would otherwise be lacking．A country's wealth is，therefore，much influenced by its manufacturing capacity， (65) that other countries can be found ready to accept its manufactures．

单选题As the old gentleman walked along the avenue, all the children {{U}}saluted{{/U}} him.

单选题This table is strong and {{U}}durable{{/U}}.

单选题Japan will reject Blair's proposal to increase aid to Africa

单选题Sleepless at Night It was a normal summer night. Humidity (湿气 hung in the thick air. I couldn't go to sleep, partly because of my cold and partly because of my expectations for the next day. My mum had said that tomorrow was going to be a surprise. Sweat stuck to my aching body. Finally, I gathered enough strength to sit up. I looked out of my small window into the night. There was a big bright moon hanging in the sky, giving off a magic glow. I couldn't stand the pressure anymore, so I did what I always do to make myself feel better. I went to the bathroom and picked up my toothbrush and toothpaste. I cleaned my teeth as if there was no tomorrow. Back and forth, up and down. Then I walked downstairs to look for some signs of movement, some life. Gladiator, my cat, frightened me as he meowed (喵喵地唱出) his sad song. He was on the old orange couch (长沙发), sitting up on his front legs, waiting for something to happen. He looked at me as if to say, "I'm lonely, pet me. I need a good hug (紧抱)." Even the couch begged me to sit on it. In one movement I settled down onto the soft couch. This couch represented my parents' marriage, my birth, and hundreds of other little events. As I held Gladiator, my heart started beating heavily. My mind was flooded with questions: What's life? Am I really alive? Are you listening to me? Every time I moved my hand down Gladiator's body, I had a new thought; each touch sang a different song. I forgot all about the heat and the next day's surprise. The atmosphere was so full of warmth and silence that I sank into its arms. Falling asleep with the big cat in my arms, I felt all my worries slowly move away.