单选题After I covered fifty kilometers that day, my legs under me ______.

单选题Man: I'm really exhausted. But I don't want to miss the film that comes on at 11. Woman: If I were you, I'd skip it. We both have to get up early tomorrow. And anyway, I've heard it isn't that exciting. Question: What does the woman mean? A. The man should stay up and watch the program. B. The man should read something exciting instead. C. The man should go to bed at eleven. D. The man should give up watching the movie.

单选题______ preparations were being made for the Prime Minister's official visit to the four universities. A. Wise B. Elaborate C. Optional D. Neutral

单选题With the possible exception of equal rights, perhaps the most controversial issue across the United States today is the death penalty. Many argue that it is an effective deterrent (威慑) to murder, while others maintain there is no convincing evidence that the death penalty reduces the number of murders. The principal argument advanced by those opposed to the death penalty. basically, is that Lt is cruel and inhuman punishment, that it is the mark of a brutal society, and finally that it is of questionable effectiveness as a deterrent to crime anyway. In our opinion, the death penalty is a necessary evil. Throughout recorded history there have always been those extreme individuals in every society who were capable of terribly violent crimes such-as murder. But some are more extreme than others. For example, it is one thing to take the life of another in a fit of blind rage, but quite another to coldly plot and carry out the murder of one or more people in the style of a butcher. Thus, murder, like all other crimes, is a matter of relative degree. While it could be argued with some conviction that the criminal in the first instance should be merely isolated from society, such should not be the fate of the latter type murderer. The value of the death penalty as a deterrent to crime may be open to debate. But the over whelming majority of citizens believe that the death penalty protects them. Their belief is reinforced by evidence which shows that the death penalty deters murder. For example, from 1954 to 1963, when the death penalty was consistently imposed in California, the murder rate remained between three and four murders for each 100000 population. Since 1964 the death penalty has been imposed only once, and the murder rate has risen to 10.4 murders for each 100000 population. The sharp climb in the state's murder rate, which began when executions stopped, is no coincidence (巧合). It is convincing evidence that the death penalty does deter many murderers. If the bill reestablishing the death penalty is vetoed (否决), innocent people will be murdered— some whose lives may have been saved if the death penalty were in effect. This is literally a life or death matter. The lives of thousands of innocent people must be protected.

单选题Man: Have you run up against any problems in getting your passport renewed?Woman: I haven't started the plan yet.Question: What do know from the conversation?

单选题The function of school education is not so much to teach you things ______ to teach you the art of learning.

单选题Unlike other leaders who put all blames on others, he took responsibility and resigned ______. A. gracefully B. faithfully C. mysteriously D. reluctantly

单选题Animals, too, communicate. If you try to catch a seagull, it will call out "Hahaha! Hahaha!" to signal its friends to watch out for an intruder (入侵者). Certain fish signal their presence by sending electric impulses from their muscles. But these signal systems differ in very fundamental ways from human communication. First of all, our symbols are subjective. If you do not speak Chinese, you would not know what a gou is. Gou is the Chinese word for dog. There is no inherent connection between the word and the thing itself. The Spaniards, after all, call the same animal perro and the French call it chien. The meaning of a word is not determined by any inherent quality of the thing itself. It is instead subjective: a word may mean whatever a group of humans have agreed it is supposed to mean. On the other hand, animals are not free to produce different symbols subjectively to indicate the same thing. This is why, for example, all seagulls throughout the world make the same sound to indicate the presence of danger. Second, animal communication is a closed system, whereas human language is an open system. Each animal species can communicate only a limited set of messages, and the meaning of these signals is fixed. Animals can use only one signal at a time—they cannot combine two or more to produce a new and more complex message. A bird can signal "worms" to other birds but not "worms" and "cats" together. Animal communication is also closed in the sense of being tied to what is immediately present in the environment. The bird can signal "worms" only because it sees them. In contrast, we call blend and combine symbols to express whatever ideas come into our heads. We can create new messages, and the potential number of messages that we can send is infinite. Thus we can talk about concepts such as good and evil, truth and beauty, for which there is no physical thing that is being signaled. It is this creative character of language that leads many people to believe that language is unique to humans. Although several chimpanzees (黑猩猩) have been taught sign language, it is doubtful that they have created innovative sentences of their own.

单选题Man: Are you moving into a new house? Need a hand with those boxes? Woman: That's OK. I can manage. They look big but aren't very heavy actually. Question: What does the woman mean? A. She thinks the man should have helped earlier. B. She doesn't need the man's help. C. She doesn't know the boxes are heavy. D. She wants the man to help with the boxes.

单选题However weak your memory may be, you can make up for it by ______ what you want to remember, and repeating it over and over again.

单选题We are sure that ______ to do this face to face, he would find it difficult to express himself without losing his temper. A. were he to try B. would he try C. was he trying D. if he tries

单选题Consumer ______ in food products has been shaken by several recent scandals. A. belief B. trust C. confidence D. assurance

单选题W: I'm sure the Smiths' new house is somewhere on this street, but I don't know exactly where it is.M: But I'm told it's two blocks from their old home.Q: What do we learn from the conversation? A. The speakers want to rent the Smiths' old house. B. The man lives two blocks away from the Smiths. C. The woman is not sure if she is on the right street. D. The Smiths' new house is not far from their old one.

单选题With the development of the Internet, ______ communication is done by regular mail.

单选题A: Doctor Smith is engaged on Wednesday. Would you like to come on Thursday?B: ______. A. Thursday would be fine. B. See you then. C. Thank you very much. Good-bye. D. It's very kind of you.

单选题A: Good morning, Shevedon Hotel. B: Hello, I"d like to book a double room for this weekend, please. A: ______

单选题Speaker A: It seems to be clearing up. Speaker B: ______ A. We haven't had rain for a long time. B. It makes a change, doesn't it? C. Quite warm for this time of the year. D. I hope there will be no storm.

单选题Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by ,5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.{{B}}Passage One{{/B}} In science, a theory is a reasonable explanation of observed events that are related. A theory often involves an imaginary model that helps scientists picture the way an observed event could be produced. A good example of this is found in the kinetic (运动的) molecular theory, in which gases are pictured as being made up of many small particles that are in constant motion. A useful theory, in addition to explaining past observations, helps to predict events that have not as yet been observed. After a theory has been publicized, scientists design experiments to test the theory. If observations confirm the scientists' predictions, the theory is supported. If observations do not confirm the predictions, the scientists must search further. There may be a fault in the experiment, or the theory may have to be revised or rejected. Science involves imagination and creative thinking as well as collecting information and performing experiments. Facts by themselves are not science. As the mathematician Jules Henri Poincare said: "Science is built with facts just as a house is built with bricks, but a collection of facts cannot be called science anymore than a pile of bricks can be called a house. " Most scientists start an investigation by finding out what other scientists have learned about a particular problem. After known facts have been gathered, the scientist comes to the part of the investigation that requires considerable imagination. Possible solutions to the problem are formulated. These possible solutions are called hypotheses. In a way, any hypothesis is a leap into the unknown. It extends the scientist's thinking beyond the known facts. The scientist plans experiments, performs calculations, and makes observations to test hypotheses. For without hypotheses, further investigation lacks purpose and direction. When hypotheses are confirmed, they are incorporated into theories.

单选题Too often teachers' ______ with parents are devoted to petty accounts of children's misbehaviors, complaints about laziness and poor work habits and suggestion for penalties and rewards at home. A. acquaintance B. association C. conferences D. collaboration

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