单选题Speaker A: Do you mind waiting, while I grab my wallet? Speaker B: ______ We"ve still got time.

单选题Speaker A: I'm going home now. Do you need a ride? Speaker B: ______. I'm not done yet. A. No, thanks B. It's impossible C. I'm glad to D. Thank you

单选题Man: Hey, where did you find the journal? I need it, too. Woman: Right here on the shelf. Don't worry, John. I'll take it out on my card for both of us. Question: What does the woman mean? A. John can share the magazine with her. B. She wants to borrow John's card. C. She'll let John use the journal first. D. John should find another copy for himself.

单选题Man: What"s happened to Peter? He seems absent-minded. Woman: I think he is a kind of person who is easily put out by unimportant things. Question: What does the woman mean?

单选题The only thing ______ really matters to the parents is how soon their children can return home. A. what B. that C. which D. this

单选题If only you ______ him what I said! Everything would have been all right.

单选题The boy seemed more ______ to their poverty after seeing how his grandparents lived. A. reconciled B. consolidated C. deteriorated D. attributed

单选题W: Did you hear Jay Smith died in his sleep last night?M: Yes, it's very sad. Please let everybody know that whoever wants to may attend the funeral.Q: What are the speakers talking about? A. A tragic accident. B. A sad occasion. C. Smith's unusual life story. D. Smith's sleeping problem.

单选题Man: Excuse me. Do you need some help? Women: Well... I"m trying to get to the railway station, but I can"t make heads or tails of this ticket machine. Question: What is the women"s problem?

单选题Her greatness is ______ her broad general education as well as her profound medical knowledge and insight. A. acknowledged by B. evolved from C. resulted from D. attributed to

单选题He was a young man of barely eighteen years, evidently country, and now, as it seemed, on his first visit to town.

单选题They are working ______ time to fulfil the task according to the schedule. A. against B. over C. ahead of D. before

单选题{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}} Imagine going to your doctor with a complaint of frequent headaches. Your doctor takes a prescription pad and writes a word on it. The word isn't "aspirin", it's "Mozart". Many kinds of music can stir the imagination and produce strong feeling. For some people, romantic composers such as Chopin and Tchaikovsky enhance feelings of love and compassion. Religious and spiritual music can help some people feel peace or lessen their pain. But one musician seems to have a unique ability to heal the human body—Mozart. Scientists have found Mozart's music to be remarkable in its ability to calm its listeners. It can also increase their perception, and help them express themselves more clearly. Many amazing cases have been documented using Mozart as a healing aid．For example, a tiny premature baby (早产婴儿) named Krissy, who weighed just 1.5 pound at birth, was on total life suppor. Doctors thought she had little chance of survival. Her mother insisted on playing Mozart for Krissy, and thinks it saved her daughter's life. Krissy lived, but she was very small for her age and slower than the average child．At the age of four, she showed an interest in music and her parents gave her violin lessons. To their astonishment, Krissy was able to play musical pieces from memory that were far beyond the ability of an average four-year-old．Playing music helped her improve in all areas of her life. Other stories have emerged about the effect of Mozart's music．Officials in Washington State report that new arrivals from Asia learn English more quickly when they listen to Mozart. In Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Mozart string quartets (弦乐四重奏) in city squares seem to calm pedestrian traffic．Even animals and seemingly inanimate objects respond to Mozart. In France, cows serenaded(对……唱/奏小夜曲) with Mozart give more milk, and in Japan, the yeast used to make sake (日本清酒) is ten times better when it "listens" to Mozart. Why Mozart, rather than Bach or the Beatles? Any kind of music can have an effect on some people. But Mozart has more balance. It isn't too fast or too slow; it's just right. Don Campbell, who wrote a book called The Mozart Effect, says, "It's like food．A hot spicy meal will affect you differently than a sweet dessert. And while you might love these foods, they aren't good for you to eat every day. You need simple, nutritious food on a steady basis. That's the way Mozart is. It's like a nutritionally balanced meal that brings order and harmony to your body."

单选题Speaker A: Guess what? Susan published another paper. It's a third in a month. Speaker B: ______.

单选题 Artificial flowers are used for scientific as Well as for decorative purposes. They are made from{{U}} (51) {{/U}}of materials, such as wax and glass, so skillfully that they can scarcely be{{U}} (52) {{/U}}from natural flowers. In making such models, painstaking skill and artistry are called for,{{U}} (53) {{/U}}thorough knowledge of plant structure. The{{U}} (54) {{/U}}of glass flowers in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University is the most famous in North America and is widely known{{U}} (55) {{/U}}the scientific world{{U}}. (56) {{/U}}, there are several thousand models in colored glass, the work of two artist naturalists, Leopold Blalschka and his son Rudolph. The intention was to have the collection{{U}} (57) {{/U}}at least one member of each flower family native to the United States.{{U}} (58) {{/U}}it was never completed, it contains more than seven hundred species representing 164 families of flowering plants.{{U}} (59) {{/U}}detail of these is accurately reproduced in color and structure. The models are{{U}} (60) {{/U}}n locked cases as they are too valuable and fragile for classroom use.

单选题Almost every day the media discovers an African American community fighting some form of environmental threat from land fills, garbage dumps, petrochemical plants, refineries, bus depots, and the list goes on. For years, residents watched helplessly as their communities became dumping grounds. But citizens didn't remain silent for long. Local activists have been organizing under the mantle of environmental justice since as far back as 1968. More than three decades ago, the concept of environmental justice had not registered on the radar screens of many environmental or civil rights groups. But environmental justice fits squarely under the civil rights umbrella. It should not be forgotten that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. went to Memphis on an environmental and economic justice mission in 1968, seeking support for striking garbage workers who were underpaid and whose basic duties exposed them to environmentally hazardous conditions. In 1979, a landmark environmental discrimination lawsuit filed in Houston, followed by similar litigation efforts in the 1980s, rallied activists to stand up to corporations and demand government intervention. In 1991, a new breed of environmental activists gathered in Washington, D.C., to bring national attention to pollution problems threatening low-income and minority communities. Leaders introduced the concept of environmental justice, protesting that Black, poor and working-class communities often received less environmental protection than White or more affluent communities. The first National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit effectively broadened what "the environment" was understood to mean. It expanded the definition to include where we live, work, play, worship and go to school, as well as the physical and natural world. In the process, the environmental justice movement changed the way environmentalism is practiced in the United States and, ultimately, worldwide. Because many issues identified at the inaugural summit remain unaddressed, the second National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit was convened in Washington, D. C., this past October. The second summit was planned for 500 delegates; but more than 1,400 people attended the four-day gathering. "We are pleased that the Summit II was able to attract a record number of grassroots activists, academicians, students, researchers, planners, policy analysts and government officials. We proved to the world that our movement is alive and well, and growing. "says Beverly Wright, chair of the summit. The meeting produced two dozen policy papers that show powerful environmental and health disparities between people of color and Whites.

单选题Some governments have forbidden cigarette ______ and launched anti-smoking campaigns. A. commissions B. commodities C. commercials D. commands

单选题A： Kennedy Airport, please. I have to be there by 7:00.B: ______. A. What are you doing there? B. Where were you just now? C. $90. D. I can't promise anything, but I'll do my best.

单选题No increase in output can be expected ______ a new assembly line is installed.

单选题If you don't have your files protected while working on the computer, you might have them ______ by accident. A. subtracted B. extinguished C. deleted D. expelled