单选题Man: I have received a letter from Harry this afternoon. He said he wanted to know if he could get a job in your office for the summer. Woman: I rather think it would be better for him to get a job somewhere else to learn to stand on his own feet instead of depending on his family to help him. Question: What is the probable relationship between Harry and the man?

单选题This criminal was ______ with murdering an policeman. A. accused B. charged C. scolded D. sentenced

单选题NASA is casting a wider net in the space shuttle investigation as to what caused the spacecraft to swing out of control and ______ moments before it was to land. A. disassemble B. disembark C. disintegrate D. disinherit

单选题Woman: I just can't believe this is our last year. College is going by fast. Man: Yeah, we'll have to face the real world soon. So have you figured out what you are going to do after you graduate? Question: What do we learn from the conversation7 A. The two speakers are at a loss what to do. B. The man is worried about his future. C. The two speakers are seniors at college. D. The woman regrets spending her time idly.

单选题Student journalists are taught how to be ______ when writing in a limited space. A. concise B. proper C. complex D. perfect

单选题Man: Have you finished reading the book you bought last month? Woman: Oh, I didn"t read it straight through the way you read a novel. I just cover the few chapters that interested me most. Question: How did the woman read the book?

单选题Speaker A: I think tourism is a great way of helping the economies of developing countries.Speaker B: ______ A. Yes, I agree. I myself like nothing better than travel. B. Maybe. Can you explain the advantage of developing tourism? C. Well, in my opinion, the governments of developing countries should create more job opportunities for their people. D. Yes, it is. Without tourism, those countries would be much worse off.

单选题All the following expenses are included in the term bill EXCEPT ______.

单选题 As NASA prepares to set twin robots loose on the Martian surface and makes plans to send another in 2007, the agency's long term goal is clear: determine whether the red planet does or ever did harbor life. But the current search for life is necessarily limited to life as we know it, organisms dependent on liquid water. A SPACE.com reader recently suggested that "We as humans are arrogant, simply believing that any other form of life will be just like us." Researchers devoted to the search for extraterrestrial (ET) have a similar view. "Scientists' approach to finding life is very Earth-centric," says Kenneth Nealson, a geobiologist at the University of Southern California. "Based on what we know about life on Earth, we set the limits for where we might look on other planets," Nealson said. Within that framework, however, there are extreme cases of life on Earth that suggest the range of places to look on frigid Mars. Nealson and his colleagues recently found the most extreme sort of organism in a salty liquid lake under the permafrost of Siberia. The organism, named cryopegella, can exist at colder temperatures than any previously discovered. Nealson's team figures that if the ice at the polar caps of Mars warmed to liquid water, organisms like cryopegella could have awakened and repaired any damage that might have occurred to their various cellular components. That does not mean there are necessarily dormant microbes within the ice caps of Mars. But it does suggest a broader range of potential cradles for life. Other researchers agree, and a host of so-called "extremophile" discoveries on Earth in recent years indicate the polar regions of Mars might be prime hunting grounds. As on Earth, organisms there might be slathered in natural antifreeze or be able to go dormant for tens of thousands of years, waiting for a brief thaw, their moment in the Sun. Meanwhile, scientists recognize that there could indeed be life elsewhere in the universe that does not require water. And some astrobiologists are trying to explore the possibilities. But it is a tough problem to approach. In looking for "life as we don't know it," it's hard to even imagine what to expect. Life might or might not exist on Mars. If there are critters there, they might or might not be like bacteria on Earth. In laboratory conditions, scientists in 2001 were able to get one-celled organisms to incorporate an amino acid—a fundamental building block of life—that no other known life uses. The discovery borders on the creation of artificial life, experts said. It also suggests that ET might operate by entirely different rules than those we're used to. If life on Mars is fundamentally different from what scientists understand life to be, then current spacecraft and others in the works may well not recognize what's right under their mechanical noses.

单选题If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of the year. A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington (1876—1974) concluded from other men"s work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities. He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of a large number of people tend to be lowest in the summer. Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in spring man"s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature. Fall is the nextbest season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be good time to take a long vacation from thinking.

单选题Man: Have you heard it? John has just been promoted again! Woman: He"s the boss"s blue-eyed boy at the present. Question: What does the woman mean?

单选题W: Did you watch the 7 o'clock program on channel 2 yesterday evening? I was about to watch it when someone came to see me.M: Yeah! It reported some major breakthrough (突破) in cancer research. People over 40 would find the program worth watching.Q: What do we learn from the conversation about the TV program? A. It could help people of all ages to avoid cancer. B. It was mainly meant for cancer patients. C. It might appeal more to viewers over 40. D. It was frequently interrupted by commercials.

单选题Speaker A: These days smokers can't have a cigarette anywhere. It's terrible.Speaker B: ______ A. I can't say I agree with you. Smoking is not so terrible. B. I suppose so. Smoking does harm not only to the smokers themselves but also to the nonsmokers. C. Yes. More and more people have given up smoking. D. So you're all for smoking in public?

单选题One of the main problems in the city is ______ pollution. A. how to do away with B. how can do away with C. that to do away with D. that how to do away with

单选题Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are four 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. Our planet is like a bit spaceship. Our atmosphere acts {{U}}(51) {{/U}} a shield against harmful radiation and space debris. {{U}}(52) {{/U}} holds the air and people on the spaceship, {{U}}(53) {{/U}} everything doesn't float away. Each of us is an astronaut and our spaceship, the earth, provides our food and water. The sun is our energy {{U}}(54) {{/U}} and without it we would not be able to survive. {{U}} (55) {{/U}} every spaceship, the earth is a closed system. The only thing we receive from the outside is energy from the sun. Everything else must be used {{U}}(56) {{/U}} again. We astronauts don't seem to realize that this spaceship is the {{U}}(57) {{/U}} one we've got. We {{U}}(58) {{/U}} its resources and waste the energy the plants have stored from the sun. If we {{U}}(59) {{/U}} our spaceship, we will destroy ourselves as well. Maybe if we look at the universe which surrounds us, we will appreciate our own spaceship more and take {{U}}(60) {{/U}} care of it.

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. Christmas is the anniversary of the birth of Christ, generally celebrated on December 25. It is one of the chief festivals of the Christian calendar and is {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}a social and family holiday. Christmas customs vary from {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}and among groups of different national {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}. In most areas, however, homes and public places are {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}with evergreens, Christmas trees, {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}lights, and glittering ornaments. It is the busiest time of the year for merchants, and shops are filled {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}lavish displays and merchandise of all sorts. People send Christmas cards and buy gifts for their families and friends. Children look forward to {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}Santa Claus. They {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}their stockings on Christmas {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}and on Christmas morning they discover the gifts that have been left for them during the night. In the afternoon, families gather to {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}presents and to share the traditional Christmas dinner.

单选题M: How's John now? Is he feeling any better?W: Not yet. It still seems impossible to make him smile. Talking to him is really difficult, and he gets upset easily over little things.Q: What do we learn about John from the conversation? A. He has a strange personality. B. He's got emotional problems. C. His illness is beyond cure. D. His behavior is hard to explain.

单选题The sentence "If only the rest of his expenses were as easy to quantify." (Lines 2-3, Paragraph 1) implies that ______.

单选题Woman: Concert or movie, what would you prefer? Man: ______. I just want to get out of the house. A. That's OK with me B. That's a good idea C. I really don't care D. There is no problem

单选题In the Chinese mind the Spring Festival is ______ with nice food and new clothes. A. joined B. related C. linked D. associated