单选题When my computer suddenly broke down, I noticed that I ______ to save the document. A. would forget B. have forgotten C. was forgetting D. had forgotten

单选题They are said______each other long time before they met in Harvard University where they worked together on a research project.

单选题If you ______ in Britain, you needn't despair.

单选题All the staff in the office ______ their manager.

单选题Accuracy is ______ to the programing of computers.

单选题The boss realized the importance of qualified staff, and urged all ______to participate in the training seminar. A. concerning B. the concerning C. concerned D. the concerned

单选题The writer thinks that the U.S. government's definition of the homeless reveals ______.

单选题______ can help but be fascinated by the world into which he is taken by the science fiction. A. Everybody B. Anybody C. Somebody D. Nobody

单选题What would happen if consumers decided to simplify their lives and spend less on material goods and services? This question is taking on a certain urgency as rates of economic growth continue to decelerate through the industrialized world, and as millions of consumers appear to be opting for more frugal lifestyles. The Stanford Research Institute, which has done some of the most extensive work on the frugality phenomenon, estimates that nearly five million American adults are pursuing lives of "voluntary simplicity", and double that number "adhere to and act on some but not all" of its basic tenets. The frugality phenomenon first achieved prominence as a middle-class rejection of high consumption lifestyle in the industrialized world during the 1950s and 1960s. In The Silent Revolution, Ronald Inglehart of the University of Michigan's Institute of Social Research examined this experience in the United States and 10 Western European nations. He concluded that a change has taken place "from an overwhelming emphasis on material well-being and physical security toward greater emphasis on the quality of life," that is, "a shift from materialism to post-materialism. " Inglehart calls the 1960s the "fat years". Among their more visible trappings were the ragged blue jeans favored by the affluent young. Most of the retreat from materialism, however, was less visible. Comfortably fixed Americans were going without change, making things last longer, sharing things with others, learning to do things for themselves and so on. But while economically significant, it was hardly discernible in a US Gross National Product climbing vigorously toward the $ 2 thousand billion mark. Yet as the frugality phenomenon matured—growing out of the soaring 1980s and into the sober 1990s—it seemed to undergo a fundamental transformation. American consumers continued to lose faith in materialism and were being joined by new converts who were embracing frugality because of the darkening economic skies they saw ahead. Resource scarcities, soaring energy prices, persistent inflation, high-level unemployment, balance-of-trade deficits, the declining value of the US dollar on foreign exchange markets forced consumers to look to their own resources. The one device which seemed most promising, the one over which they had the most control, was frugality—learning to live with less in a world where a penny saved was still a penny earned.

单选题M: Jane missed class again, didn't she? I wonder why.W: Well, I knew she had been absent all week. So I called her this morning to see if she was sick. It turned out that her husband was badly injured in a car accident.Q: What does the woman say about Jane? A. She was absent all week owing to sickness. B. She was seriously injured in a car accident. C. She called to say that her husband had been hospitalized. D. She had to be away from school to attend to her husband.

单选题They always lay in a large ______ of tinned food in winter in case they are snowed up. A. provision B. supply C. proportion D. storage

单选题Why is ______ you are not well prepared for the class? A. it B. that C. that it D. it that

单选题After people have learned that magnets attract things, centuries passed ______ they took note of the fact that magnets sometimes also repel things. A. before B. until C. after D. since

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

单选题According to the passage, girls are victims of the gender gap in technology because ______.

单选题Speaker A: Look, it's going to storm. Take my umbrella. Speaker B: ______ A. How will you go home if you give it to me? B. I have a raincoat in my office. Thanks anyway. C. I think you need to use it yourself. D. It doesn't matter. I will go without having your umbrella.

单选题Historically, although the children of immigrants may have grown up bilingual and bicultural, many did not pass on much of their parents' language or culture to their own children. Thus, many grandchildren of immigrants do not speak the language of the old country and are "American" by culture. However, in some parts of the country with established communities that share a common language or culture, bilingualism and biculturalism continue. This is particularly true in communities where new immigrants are still arriving. In general, cultural pluralism (多元化) is more accepted in the United States today than it was in the first half of the 20th century? and many of the school systems have developed bilingual programs and multicultural curricula. At the close of the 20th century, there seemed to be a rise in the consciousness of ethnic groups around the world, and a sense of pride in what makes them unique. This occurs in the United States among many different groups, and in some cases it has resulted in new names to symbolize each group's identity. In the United States, people have become very sensitive to the language used to describe these groups, and they try to be "politically correct" (P. C. ). For example, many black Americans, particularly young people, prefer the term African-American instead of black, to identify with their African heritage. Some Spanish speakers prefer to be called Latinos (referring to Latin America) instead of Hispanics, while others prefer to be identified by their country of origin (Cuban-American or Cuban, Chicano, Mexican-American or Mexican, and so on). In spite of some very important differences, however, there is still a tie that binds Americans together. That tie is a sense of national identity—of "being an American" . Incidentally, when citizens of the United States refer to themselves as Americans, they have no intention of excluding people from Latin American countries. There is no word such as United Statesians in the English language, so people call themselves Americans. Thus, what is really a language problem has sometimes caused misunderstandings. Although citizens of Latin American countries may call the people in the United States North Americans, to most people in the United States this makes no sense either, because the term North Americans refer to Canadians and Mexicans as well as citizens of the United States. The word American, then, will be used in this text as the adjective and nationality for the people who live in the United States of America.

单选题Most people have come to realize that it is about time the government ______ further measures to control the population. A. must take B. is taking C. takes D. took

单选题Speaker A:I don’t have the slightest idea what you want to say. Speaker B: You don’t have to.________

单选题______ he likes the present makes no difference to me.