单选题Advertising is a tough business because it is very difficult to ______ new ideas to sell the same product.

单选题Why this otherwise excellent newspaper allows such an article to be printed is ______ me. A. above B. outside C. beside D. beyond

单选题They have decided on a final date by which they expect that everyone ______ the council's offer and have installed that necessary equipment in his house.

单选题Although "naming rights" have proliferated in American higher education for the past several decades, the phenomenon has recently expanded to extraordinary lengths. Anything to get an extra dollar out of donors is fair game. I know colleges and universities sorely need to raise funds in these times of fiscal constraints, but things have gotten a bit out of hand. Universities and colleges have long been named after donors—think of Harvard, Yale, Brown, and many others. John Harvard would hardly get a bench named after him today, given the modesty of his gift of books for the library back in the seventeenth century. Now it takes much more to get one's name on a college. One institution, Rowan University of New Jersey, changed its name (from Glassboro State College) not long ago when a large donation was made. Buildings, too, have been affected. Traditionally, they were named after people such as distinguished scholars or visionary academic leaders; now they're often named after big donors. Why is all of this happening now? The main motivation for the naming frenzy is, of course, to raise money. Donors love to see their names, or the names of their parents or other relatives, on buildings, schools, institutions, professorships, and the like. Increasingly, corporations and other businesses also seek to benefit from having their names on educational facilities. Today, no limits seem to exist on what can be named. If something does not have a name, it is up for grabs—a staircase, a pond, or a parking garage. Once all the major facilities have titles, lesser things go on the naming auction block. Colleges and universities, public and private, are all under increased pressure to raise money, and naming brings in cash. It is unproductive. Separate branding weakens the focus and mission of an institution and perhaps even its broader reputation. It confuses the public, including potential students, and feeds the idea that the twenty-first-century university is simply a confederation of independent entrepreneurial domains. The trends we see now in the United States, and perhaps tomorrow in other countries, will inevitably weaken the concept of the university as an institution that is devoted to the search for truth and the transmission of knowledge. All this naming distracts from the mission of an institution that has almost a millennium of history and cheapens its image. It is a sad symbol indeed of the commercialization and entrepreneurialism of the contemporary university.

单选题Influenza has been with us a long time. According to some Greek writers 1 medical history, the outbreak of 412 B. C. was of influenza. The same has been suggested of the sickness 2 swept through the Greek army attacking Syracuse in 395 B.C. Flu is a disease that moves most quickly among people living in 3 conditions, hence, it is likely to attack armies. 4 the nineteenth century there were five widespread outbreaks of influenza. The last of the five 5 in 1889 and marked the beginning of the story of influenza in our time. 6 the recent outbreak, it started in Asia. For more than forty years before that outbreak, influenza had steadily 7 and was believed to be dying out. A new group of outbreaks was 8 by the great outbreak of 1889-1890 and for the next quarter of a century influenza remains a constant threat. In April 918 flu broke among American troops stationed in France. It quickly spread through all the 9 but caused relatively few deaths. Four months later, however, a second outbreak started which 10 to be a killer. It killed not only the old and already sick but also healthy young adults. It went through every country in the world. It brought the life of whole countries to stop, food supplies stopped and work loss was very great. It is thus clear that influenza is a terrible infection that we have to pay more attention to.

单选题He soon received promotion, for his superiors realized that he was a man of considerable ______.

单选题Speaker A: Excuse me, but can you tell us where the conference room is?Speaker B: ______ The conference room is located on the third floor of the hotel. A. Of course, sir. B. Yes, please. C. Right, sir. D. You are welcome.

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The truck driver was badly ______ when his truck crashed into a wall. A. damaged B. hit C. hurt D. harmed

单选题This book is a ______ of radio scripts, in which we seek to explain how the words and expressions become part of our language.

单选题My father was always very strict about how I talked to mother, but he was more ______ if I yelled at my brother.

单选题Visitors to this country are normally admitted for six months, but foreign students can usually stay for one year. They must 1 an educational institution, and they are required to study for a 2 of fifteen hours a week on a daytime course. Prospective students have to show that they can afford their studies, and that they have sufficient 3 resources to support themselves 4 in this country. In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, 5 must be applied for by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of Employment has the right to grant or 6 these permits, and there is little that can be done 7 it; it would be extremely unwise for a foreign visitor to work 8 a permit, since anyone doing so is liable to immediate deportation (驱逐出境). There are some people from the European countries, who are often given 9 residence permits of up to five years. Some other people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, authors and others can work without permits, and foreign students are normally allowed to 10 part-time jobs while they are studying here.

单选题The engine has more than 300 ______, made of a number of different materials. A. compositions B. compounds C. constitutions D. components

单选题The Space Shuttle Columbia broke into pieces over Texas as it returned to the earth on February 1,2003, ______ all seven astronauts aboard.

单选题A doctor's obligation when he can no longer ______ the approach of death is to make the patient comfortable, including easing his pain. A. hold back B. hang on C. hang around D. hold on

单选题W: You look like you are freezing to death. Why don't you put this on? M: Thank you, it was so warm at noon, I didn't expect the weather to change so quickly. Question: What do we learn from the conversation? A. The woman didn't expect it to be so warm at noon. B. The woman is sensitive to weather changes. C. The weather forecast was unreliable. D. The weather turned cold all of a sudden.

单选题______ that some government leaders abuse their authority and position to get illegal profits for themselves.

单选题Every device ______ in the spacecraft must be designed and made with great care so as to be sure that nothing goes wrong in operation. A. to be fitted B. fitted C. fitting D. to have been fitted

单选题Since she inherited her father's fortune, she is completely independent ______ her husband. A. from B. on C. of D. with

单选题According to the passage, many college students ______.