单选题Look at the terrible situation I am in! If only I ______ your advice. A. follow B. had followed C. would follow D. have followed

单选题A: What shall I do? I've got so many things on my mind now. Will anybody help me? B:______

单选题Man: Friday is a public holiday. Shall we spend our weekend in Kunming? We could leave on Thursday night. Woman: I"d rather go on Friday. My uncle will drop in on Thursday evening. I haven"t met him for several years. Question: What does the woman mean?

单选题Man: I have to phone my secretary before we leave. Woman: There is not much time. Maybe you'd better get Tom to phone for you. Question: What does the woman mean? A. He should ask Tom to call the secretary. B. He can't use the secretary's phone. C. There's not enough time to phone Tom. D. The secretary will leave before he does.

单选题______ a few years ago, the existence of sexual harassment in many businesses was scarcely acknowledged.

单选题A problem for America's Second Harvest a few years ago was that ______.

单选题To be a good poet one needs, among other things, a very ______ imagination. A. vivid B. living C. wide D. colorful

单选题Man: I forgot all about the two o'clock meeting. Tom's going to kill me. Woman: Oh, my God! I can see why you are upset. You can be really mad when something important slips your mind. Question: What's the woman's attitude towards the man's forgetfulness?

单选题We were shocked by the extent to ______ teachers' decisions served the interests of the school rather than those of the students.

单选题According to the author biometric technology is____. A．in the stage of theoretical study B．widely used in the world C．about to be out of date D．developing rapidly

单选题A: Hi! Aren't we in the same English class?B: ______.A: Nice to meet you, Sue. I'm George. A. How are you doing. B. Yes, we are. My name's Sue Deer. C. Thank you very much. D. It's so wonderful to meet you.

单选题The New York Times recently reported that American teens are hugging practically everyone they see. Say goodbye to the greetings of the past, from the hands-off "What"s up!" to the handshake or high-five. For young people across the country, hugging is the new "Hello". Girls are hugging girls. Boys are hugging boys. Girls and boys are hugging each other. And, like every major trend, there are lots of variations on the form. There"s the classic, full-body, arms-around-the-person bear hug, the casual one-armed side hug, the group hug and the hug from behind. There is the handshake that turns into a hug and the hug that turns into a pat on the back. As trends go, this one seems pretty innocent. But some parents, teachers and school administrators are worried nonetheless. Will young people who aren"t as comfortable with physical contact feel peer pressured into hugging? Will kids who don"t receive hugs feel left out? Could an extra-long hug slide into the more ominous territory of sexual harassment? In response to some of these concerns, some schools have set up new rules to limit or eliminate hugging. A few important points are being left out of the discussion. While the US has traditionally been reserved about touching—saving hugs and kisses for relatives, romantic partners and very close friends—people in many other parts of the world have been greeting each other this way for ages. Latin American men are more likely to shake hands when greeting other men, but in some countries like Turkey, it"s not unusual for men who know each other well to exchange kisses on the cheek. Meanwhile, for the Maori people of New Zealand, a traditional greeting called the "hongi" involves pressing noses together. So, from a global perspective, the new trend of teen hugging in America is not so "new" after all. People all around the world move in close to say hello, and Americans are just now joining in.

单选题Your college students are men of privilege. It costs ten times, in labour and care and money, to bring you out where you are today, as it costs to raise a boy without education.

单选题Speaker A: Are you going to your family reunion this Christmas holiday? Speaker B: ______ A. As a matter of fact, I don't mind it at all. B. I do. I've been excited about it for a long time. C. However, my parents and I are going to take a trip to Hawaii. D. You bet. All my uncles and aunts will take their children along, too.

单选题Man: I'm terribly sorry, Ann, I lost the magazine you lent me that other day. Woman: It doesn't matter. It was a back number anyway. Question: What does the woman mean?

单选题Few people doubt the fundamental importance of mothers in child-rearing, but what do fathers do? Much of what they contribute is simply the result of being a second adult in the home. Bringing up children is demanding, stressful and exhausting. Two adults can support and make up for each other's deficiencies and build on each other's strengths. Fathers also bring an array of unique qualities. Some are familiar: protector and role model. Teenage boys without fathers are notoriously prone to trouble. The pathway to adulthood for daughters is somewhat easier, but they must still learn from their fathers, in ways they cannot from their mothers, how to relate to men. They learn from their fathers about heterosexual trust, intimacy and difference. They learn to appreciate their own femininity from the one male who is most special in their lives. Most important, through loving and being loved by their fathers, they learn that they are love-worthy. Current research gives much deeper—and more surprising—insight into the father's role in child-rearing. One significantly overlooked dimension of fathering is play. From their children's birth through adolescence, fathers tend to emphasize play more than caretaking. The father's style of play is likely to be both physically stimulating and exciting. With older children it involves more teamwork, requiring competitive testing of physical and mental skills. It frequently resembles a teaching relationship: come on, let me show you how. Mothers play more at the child's level. They seem willing to let the child direct play. Kids, at least in the early years, seem to prefer to play with daddy. In one study of 2.5-year-olds who were given a choice, more than two-thirds chose to play with their father. The way fathers play has effects on everything from the management of emotions to intelligence and academic achievement. It is particularly important in promoting self-control. According to one expert, "children who roughhouse with their fathers quickly learn that biting, kicking and other forms of physical violence are not acceptable. " They learn when to "shut it down. " At play and in other realms, fathers tend to stress competition, challenge, initiative, risktaking and independence. Mothers, as caretakers, stress emotional security and personal safety. On the playground fathers often try to get the child to swing even higher, while mothers are cautious, worrying about an accident. We know, too, that fathers' involvement seems to be linked to improved verbal and problem-solving skills and higher academic achievement. Several studies found that along with paternal strictness, the amount of time fathers spent reading with them was a strong predictor of their daughters' verbal ability. For sons the results have been equally striking. Studies uncovered a strong relationship between fathers' involvement and the mathematical abilities of their sons. Other studies found a relationship between paternal nurturing and boys' verbal intelligence.

单选题About fifty million Americans are active in ______ is called fitness walking.

单选题Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, 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. In country after country, talk of nonsmoker's right is in the air. While a majority of countries have taken little {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}no action yet, some 30 nations have introduced legislated steps to control smoking. Many laws have been introduced in other countries to {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}clear the air for nonsmokers, or to cut cigarette consumption. Smoking is harmful {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}the health of people. World governments should conduct serious campaigns against it. {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}on cigarette advertisements, plus health warnings on packages and ban on public smoking in certain places, {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}as theaters, cinemas and restaurants, are the most popular tools used by nations in {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}of nonsmokers or in controlling smoking. But world attention is also focusing on another step {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}will make the smoker increasingly self-conscious and uncomfortable about his habit. Great efforts should be made to {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}young people especial- ly of the dreadful consequences of taking up the habit. And cigarette price should be raised. In the long run, {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}is no doubt that everybody would be much better-off if smoking were banned altogether but many people are not {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}for such drastic action.

单选题Woman: You've got your apartment furnished, haven't you? Man: Yes. I bought some used furniture at the Sunday market. And it was a real bargain. Question: What does the man mean? A. The furnished apartment was inexpensive. B. The apartment was provided with some old furniture. C. The furniture in the market was on sale every Sunday. D. The furniture he bought was very cheap.

单选题{{B}}Passage Three{{/B}} By the time the Olympics begin in Atlanta this summer, the business world will have spent more than $1 billion to link their names and products to the Olympic Games. There are 10 Worldwide Sponsors, 10 Centennial Olympic Partners, about 20 regular sponsors and more than a hundred licensees (领有执照者). The Atlanta Games will boast an "official" timepiece (clock), two official game shows, and two official vehicles: a family car, and a luxury sedan (轿车). But what exactly do these companies reap for their huge investment? At the very least, they command tickets to the most popular events, invitations to the best parties and prime hotel rooms. But most of all, according to US Postal Service, it is purchasing the right to spend money. And the right to spend money is expensive. The biggest backers, Olympic sponsors like Anheuser-Busch, Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Xerox, commit up to $40 million. But, getting the rights to the Olympic rings is only half the battle. The other half is the challenge to sort of wrap their product brands around that image. Often that means TV time. And at roughly $ 400,000 per 30-second slot, some of the biggest sponsors have already locked up every commercial slot in their product categories that NBC has to sell. Not everyone is convinced that the Games are worth the price of business admission. The biggest and most conspicuous naysayer (反对者) is Nike. Its spokesman says: "If I see a Reebok official who may not be in the best shape firing the starting pistol and Carl Lewis wearing Nike shoes, I'm going to go with Carl because that's the authentic link. Nike's strategy is hard to argue with-instead of sponsoring the Olympics, it sponsors Olympians. Yet even Nike wants a piece of the Atlantic action. Along with some other non-sponsors, Nike is trying to dot downtown Atlanta with billboards. Advertisement, it's another Olympic event.