单选题Woman: Are you going to the group meeting tonight? Man: Sorry. I have another appointment tonight. Question: What does the man mean?

单选题Woman: Doctor, what's wrong with my father?Man: He's in pretty good shape, considering.Question: What do we learn from the dialogue? A. Her father is very sick. B. There is nothing serious with her father. C. Her father is an athlete. D. The man is not sure about her father's condition.

单选题The ______ sound of movements in the kitchen suggested that the children were secretly helping themselves to the chocolate cake.

单选题No instances have been found ______ an interchanging of these two sentence constructions.

单选题The meeting ______ in October, but the plan has been put off again and again. A. was to have been held B. ought to have held C. was to be held D. must have been held

单选题He was influenced by a biology teacher to ______ the study of medicine.

单选题In the former Soviet Union several cases have been reported recently______people who can read and detect colors with their fingers, and even see through solid doors and walls.

单选题One cannot learn to sketch and express himself graphically only by reading about it ______ one can learn to swim while standing by the pool.

单选题______ all the possible disasters mentioned, the one promoting most discussions was a major release of radioactivity from a nuclear power station. A. Among B. Of C. For D. About

单选题Apart from technology, the growing leisure time throughout the twentieth century is also due to ______.

单选题The word "bilingual" in the first paragraph probably means ______.

单选题Speaker A: So how do you find our city? Speaker B:______

单选题{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}} Although the American civilization took over and replaced the frontier over a century ago, the heritage of the frontier is still evident in the United States today. Many people are still fascinated by the frontier because it has been particularly important in shaping American values. For many years, the frontier experience was romanticized in popular movies and television shows that featured cowboy heroes fighting Indian villains. Little attention was given to the tragic story of what really happened to Native Americans. Today, most Americans are more aware of the darker side of the settling of the continent, when thousands of Native American Indians were killed, their lands were taken, and much of their culture was destroyed. The American frontier consists of the relatively unsettled regions of the United States, usually found in the western part of the country. Here, both land and life were more rugged and primitive than in the more settled eastern part. As one frontier area was settled, people began moving farther west into the next unsettled area, sweeping aside the Native Americans as they went. By settling one frontier area after another, Americans moved across an entire continent, 2 700 miles wide. They came to believe that it was their destiny to control all the land, and eventually they did. The Native Americans were given small portions of land called reservations to control, but the United States government broke many promises and created much misery for the Indian nations. Recently, Americans have come to a more balanced view of the settling of the West. However, many Americans still see many aspects of the frontier, its people and their beliefs, as good, inspiring examples of traditional American values in their original and purest form. How did the frontier movement, which lasted more than two centuries, help to shape these basic American values? To be sure, the frontier provided many inspiring examples of hard work as forests were turned into towns, and towns into large cities. The competitive race for success was rarely more colorful or adventurous than on the western frontier. Individualism, self-reliance, and equality of opportunity have perhaps been the values most closely associated with the frontier heritage of America. Throughout their history, Americans have tended to view the frontier settler as the model of the free individual. In the United States, where freedom from outside social controls has traditionally been valued, the frontier has been idealized, and it still serves as a basis for a nostalgic view of the early United States, a simpler time that was lost when the country became urbanized and more complex.

单选题It was two years ago today that the hunting ban came into force, supposedly ending centuries of tradition. However, the law has been an unmitigated failure—not that either side is shouting about it. It was a nightmare vision that struck fear and loathing into the hearts of millions. When the hunting ban became law, it was said, 16,000 people would lose their jobs, thousands of hounds would be put down, rotting carcasses would litter the countryside, hedgerows would disappear, riders would face on-the-spot fines, law-abiding people from doctors to barristers would be dragged from their horses and carted off to prison, while dog owners would be prosecuted if their mutt caught a rabbit. These were just some of the claims as desperate countryside campaigners battled to save their sport in the lead—up to the hunting ban, which Labour rammed into law using the Parliament Act on November 18, 2004. For many, the fears were real. Others exaggerated as they fought an increasingly aggressive anti-hunting lobby which had rejected acres of independent evidence affirming that hunting is the most humane way of killing foxes. In the battle to "fight prejudice, fight the ban", every emotive argument was deployed. For its part, the anti-hunting brigade extravagantly claimed that the ban would put an end to the rich parading in red jackets. A senior Labour MP, Peter Bradley, admitted in this newspaper that it was, as many suspected, about "class war" . He lost his seat shortly afterwards. But people in red coats did not disappear. In fact, none of the forecasts came true. What did happen was something nobody had predicted, the spectacular revival and growth of hunting with hounds. In short, the hunting ban has been a failure. Today, on the second anniversary of the ban's coming into force on February 18, 2005, new figures show that participation in the sport has never been higher. It is so cheerful that two new packs have been formed, something that has not happened for centuries. They include the seductively named Private Pack, set up by the financier Roddy Fleming in Gloucestershire. It operates on an invitation-only basis, a sort of hunting private members'club. This can only mean one thing: like it or not, hunting is cool. Young people are taking it up, enticed by the element of rebellion and the mystique of what actually happens as hunts attempt to keep within the law.

单选题A: I"m not sure what Dr. Tyler wants us to do. B: ______

单选题Speaker A: That was a great dinner. Thanks a lot. You'll have to come to our place sometime. Speaker B: ______ A. I'm really very sorry. You see, I haven't prepared anything delicious for you. B. Come again whenever it is convenient to you, won't you? C. Why do you have to leave in a hurry? Do you have anything urgent to do? D. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you again soon.

单选题Man: If you aren't doing anything particular, shall we see the new play at the Grand Theater tonight?Woman: Sounds great. But I've got to go over my notes for tomorrow's mid-term.Question: What does the woman imply?

单选题{{B}}Passage Four{{/B}} What began with the invention of the telephone in 1876 has today become a global net of cables, satellites, transmitters, and receivers that enables half the population of the planet to exchange works, data, and images in seconds. It could take less than 25 years more to give the other half of the world's people this same power. The unified global telecommunications system, which is called "the Meganet', represents the greatest construction project ever undertaken. If present trends continue, by early in the 21st century the Meganet will link every computer terminal, fax machine, databank, and telephone instrument on earth. Unlike its anarchic (无政府主义的) cousin the Internet, which evolved from free interaction among interest groups of computer users, the Meganet of local telephone service, long-distance lines, communications satellites, and mobile relays has been planned, constructed, regulated and largely sponsored by governments and for-profit business interests. As new materials and technologies bring reliable voice and data links to formerly isolated or closed communities, political and economic power struggles grow. The Meganet breaks long-established patterns of social identity and responsibility. Where private individuals have uncensored access to global information sources, local standards of legality or decency become difficult even to set, let alone to enforce. Economic values may shift, too. Public utility companies have long supplied electric power over miles of high-tension lines, or pumped water through underground pipelines into thousands of homes. Now they are finding that their power-line rights-of-way and physical into-home connections let them compete with cable TV and phone companies to supply information services as well. Meganet impacts are often double-edged for finance and business, too. New York's Wall Street district lost 20% of its work force—some 100 000 jobs—in less than a decade, as computers took over tasks once performed by clerks and banks did more of their business by phone transfers and automated teller machines.

单选题A: Can you come down a little for this watch? B: ______

单选题Alice, one of the 13 women extras, was probably playing the role of____.