单选题A: Do you mind if I play the recorder for a while? B: ______ I"m writing my assignment.

单选题What is the most important factor that leads to the rise in living standards of average people?

单选题Man: Peter was a great guy. He was drowned while rescuing a child from icy water of the rivet yesterday. Woman: Well, as far as I know, that was not the first dangerous situation he was in. Question: What does the woman mean?

单选题Speaker A: I'm going home now, do you want to head out together? Speaker B: ______. I'm going home in about an Hour.

单选题Man: I'm going to drop my Information Science class. It meets too early in the morning. Woman: Is that really a good reason to drop the class, Tony? Question: What does the woman imply? A. Tony should continue taking the course. B. She approves of Tony's decision. C. Tony can choose another science course. D. She can't meet Tony so early in the morning.

单选题______ many people benefit from heart surgery, it has some clear disadvantages.

单选题I am sorry. I______finished it by last Monday, but I have been too busy.

单选题The writer regards physical exercise as a strong medicine because ______.

单选题{{B}}Passage Four{{/B}} Despite a cooling of the economy, high technology companies are still crying out for skilled workers. The Information Technology Association of America projects that more than 800 000 technology jobs will go unfilled next year. The lack of qualified workers poses a huge threat to the U. S. economy. The most commonly cited reason for this state of affairs is that the country's agrarian-age education system, separated from the needs of the business world, fails to prepare students in the primary and secondary grades for twenty-first-century work. Yet an inadequate and outmoded education system is only part of the problem. A less tangible but equally powerful cause is an antique classification system that divides the workforce into two camps: white-collar knowledge workers and blue-collar manual laborers. Blue-collar workers emerged in the United States during the Industrial Age as work migrated from farms to factories. White-collar office workers became a significant class in the twentieth century, outnumbering their blue-collar brethren by mid-century. But the white or blue paradigm has clearly outlived its utility. Corporations increasingly require a new layer of knowledge worker: a highly skilled multi-disciplinarian who combines the mind of the white-collar worker with the hands of the blue-collar employee. Armed with a solid grounding in mathematics and science (physics, chemistry and biology), these "gold-collar" workers--so named for their contributions to their companies and to the economy, as well as for their personal earning ability—apply that knowledge to technology. Of course, the gold-collar worker already exists in a wide range of jobs across a wide range of businesses: think of the maintenance technician who tests and repairs aircraft systems at American Airlines; the network administrator who manages systems and network operations at P＆G; the advanced-manufacturing technician at Intel. But until American business recognizes these people as a new class of worker, one whose collar is neither blue nor white, demands that schools do a better job of preparing employees for the twenty-first-century workforce will be futile. Certainly, polytechnic high schools, colleges, and universities have made heroic efforts to teach workers new skills. But because many people see these initiatives as primarily training blue-collar workers, adequate funds are not invested in such programs, leaving them short of state-of-the-art tools and experienced teachers. And because gold-collar workers need to constantly update their skills to stay current with emerging technology, learning must be a continuous process, one that is funded by companies as well as by taxpayers.

单选题Man: Betty, how was your trip to the museum with tom this afternoon? Woman: Don"t ask me. Question: What does the woman mean?

单选题While crossing the mountain area, all the men carried guns lest they ______ by wild animals.

单选题Speaker A: I love your skirt. It's so beautiful on you! Speaker B: ______ A. Thank you! It's just an ordinary skirt. B. Oh, really? Do you like it? I bought it in Yunnan. C. Thank you! I'm glad you think so. D. Oh, no. Your dress looks more beautiful than my skirt.

单选题Woman: Listen to me, Joe. The exam is already a thing of the past. Just forget about it. Man: That's easier said than done. Question: What can we infer from the conversation? A. The exam was easier than the previous one. B. Joe is sure that he will do better in the next exam. C. Joe probably failed in the exam. D. The oral part of the exam was easier than the written part.

单选题We used to work in the same office and we ______ have coffee together. A. would B. should C. could D. might

单选题Her greatness is ______ her broad general education as well as her profound medical knowledge and insight.

单选题Speaker A: Nobody listened to what I have to say. I feel like a fool. Speaker B: Don"t worry. ______

单选题Don't have time to read anymore? Now you can get free, quick literature via email. More than 100,000 people open their email each day to read a chapter of a book, through Chapter-A-Day, an online book club created two years ago. It's a free email service that provides a short daily reading for busy people, exposing them to literature they may not find on their own, inspiring some to recommit to the reading habit. About 550 public library systems representing over 3,000 branch libraries already have signed up to offer Chapter-A-Day. Via email, participants get about five minutes' worth of reading every day. After three chapters are emailed, the installments stop, and those who want to keep reading can borrow the book at their public library or purchase it online. Chapter-A-Day has eight free book clubs, and sells thousands of books each month. Chapter-A-Day started in 1999 when Suzanne Beecher, a lifelong book lover, realized how many of the women who worked part-time for her software development company didn't have time in their busy lives to read. She decided to type part of a chapter of a book, and send it to her employees through email. The next day she typed a little more, and continued to send literary installments each day. She says she started getting feedback from the staff about how reading made them feel. "They were interested, and realized that, though they didn't have time in their busy lives for reading, just reading that little bit each day got them back in the habit." Realizing that many other people could benefit, she decided to take the idea even further and start an email "chapter-a-day" book club to help others ease their way back into daily reading. "Reading makes changes in people's lives," Beecher says. Pat Dempsey, a librarian at a public library in Ohio, has found Chapter-A-Day helps her library clients get back in the habit of reading. "It's a different way to get people hooked on hooks," she says.

单选题Man: How can you finish that long English novel only in one week? Woman: I found it very interesting. But I spent some time on consulting new words in a dictionary. Question: What does the woman mean?

单选题Scientists estimate that about 530,000 other objects, too small to detect with radar, ______ the Earth too. A. being circled B. are circling C. are to be circling D. are being circled

单选题Woman: The strike of the porters has held up export orders for two weeks. Do you think it will end soon? Man: So far as I know, the management side has made an improved pay offer, but the unions are just holding out for the original demands. Question: What does the man think of the strike?