单选题You can call at the office to ______ your lost property, or send in a written description, but you cannot telephone about it, for we have not the staff available to deal with calls. A. locate B. mortgage C. recover D. claim

单选题Besides active foreign enterprises and a 1 number of private employers, a consequential new development was the development of employment in state-owned enterprises (Guanying or Guanshang). Started by some 2 Qing officials, the Yangwupai, in the late nineteenth century, sizable state-owned enterprises developed primarily 3 enhancing China"s national defense. Famous industrial giants of today"s China such as the shipyards in Shanghai and heavy industries in cities like Wuhan, Nanjing, and Chongqing were built by the Qing or the Republic government. Some of them later began to 4 considerable private investments. After World War Ⅱ, this type of state-owned employment became very important. Labor in those enterprises consisted basically 5 two tiers: a largely market-oriented allocation of blue-collar and some white-collar workers, and a mostly state allocation of most of the white-collar workers including managerial and technical personnel. The latter was a distorted labor market that featured strong 6 considerations in allocating and managing labor. Personal and kinship connections, the so-called "petticoat influence", and political 7 were the norm for this type of labor allocation pattern. In a way, it was midway between a rather crude market-oriented labor allocation pattern and the centuries—old, warm, family-based traditional labor allocation. It covered a very small but important portion of the Chinese labor force, and thus 8 our attention. Later, it apparently provided the historical precedent 9 the PRC government to allocate its administrative and technical cadres, even its entire industrial labor force, 10 state employees.

单选题If it is left ______, this fast-spreading disease is likely to affect millions of Asian and African children, including more and more injured grown-ups. A. unchecked B. uncontrolled C. transmitted D. contaminated

单选题Mr. Smith gradually ______ a knowledge of the subject.

单选题The fingerprints left at the scene of the crime finally ______ the identity of the criminal. A. established B. affirmed C. convinced D. asserted

单选题The apples were divided ______ according to the age and size of the children. A. equally B. approximately C. proportionately D. sufficiently

单选题It looks like a terrible tiger but actually, ______ of pressed paper, it softens when damp and is washed away in a heavy rain. A. made B. having been made C. to be made D. being made

单选题Why this otherwise excellent newspaper allows such an article to be printed is______me,

单选题British government often says that furnishing children with ______ to the information superhighway is a top priority.

单选题Many of the ______ professor Li gave us were difficult to deal with.

单选题Speaker A: I think cartoons on TV are not good for kids to watch. There's too much violence in them. Speaker B:______

单选题I've no idea when she'll be back. ______ you wait or come back later is up to you. A. When B. If C. Whether D. That

单选题The goal is to make higher education available to everyone who is willing and capable ______ his financial situation.

单选题By the following semester, it is likely that the old professor ______ on the campus of California University for two decades. A. will have to be teaching B. will have taught C. will have been teaching D. will be teaching

单选题"Couch potatoes" in Paragraph 1 refers to those who ______.

单选题Speaker A: Chinese or Italian, what would you prefer for dinner? Speaker B: ______, as far as I don't have to cook. A. That sounds good B. You said it C. Either one D. I like the former

单选题Woman: Oh, dear! I'm afraid I fail again in the national test. It's the third time I took it. Man: Don't be too upset. I have the same fate. Let's try a fourth time. Question: What does the man mean? A. He is sure they will succeed in the next test. B. He did no better than the woman in the test. C. He believes she will pass the test this time. D. He felt upset because of her failure.

单选题When foreigners are sometimes asked what seems most strange about American society, somewhere on the top of the list will be the fact that the average citizen is allowed to possess guns. Although it is true that many people carry guns legally in the United States, it is also known that many who possess guns carry them illegally. Others, who don't have guns, feel that guns can be acquired quite easily. A recent survey indicated that many high school students, especially in the inner cities, can acquire a gun with little difficulty. Although most people would never want to own a gun, others have taken up hunting as a sport and enjoy hunting wild game in season. Hunting for deer and duck in fall and winter is very much a part of the American culture. Also, some farmers in rural areas who raise cattle and sheep feel they need to protect their animals against wolves that attack their herds and flocks at night. To defend and support their rights to possess firearms the National Rifle Association (NRA) was founded in 1871. The main importance of this organization has been its efforts to prevent strict gun control legislation. The NRA has great political support in small towns and rural areas, especially in the West and the South, where hunting is especially popular. Those who favor the right to possess guns insist that the Constitution provides the right of people "to keep and bear arms." They believe that gun con- trol laws will not solve the problem of crime and violence in America. Recent events in America, however, have shown that the question of gun possession is now out of control and strong voices have called for immediate action to be taken. In seemingly peaceful schools students have gone into classrooms and opened fire upon their classmates. America has been shocked by such incidents which seem to occur with greater frequency. The periodic deaths of innocent citizens and even foreign visitors from guns have forced legislators to pass laws to stop these senseless killings. The day may not be far off when America will be transformed from a gun culture to one which controls their use and possession.

单选题First of all, this difficult problem has to be tackled, thus ______ us to proceed to the others. A. to enable B. enabled C. enabling D. having enabled

单选题Written at least 100 years ago, the handwriting faded and certainly became ______. A. infinite B. illegible C. infectious D. immune