单选题Sometimes you have to take what is said on line {{U}}with a grain of salt{{/U}}, otherwise there would be too much news. A. completely B. willingly C. theoretically D. skeptically

单选题With the debt approaching a {{U}}staggering{{/U}} sum, this company had no choice but to declare bankruptcy. A. astonishing B. swaying C. trembling D. amusing

单选题Directions: In this section, you will bear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be read only once. Choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scored Answer Sheet.

单选题 Does walking on the moon make life better for people on earth?{{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}all the problems of our own world, why should we be spending huge sums on trips to outer space? Such questions as these are often asked, especially{{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}those whose tax money is paying for space explorations. The answers to these questions are many and varied. Up to now, the practical benefits resulting{{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}space research have included the development of new methods and skills, new processes, new services, new products, and even new companies created to make use of what{{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}through space travel. Also among the benefits are better education (especially in scientific subjects),{{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}management, higher quality of industrial products, and more rapid economic growth. People all over the world are now served by{{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}weather predictions, better communication systems, and better understanding of the earth and its environment. Everyone will benefit{{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}observations from space make it possible to measure the earth's resources and{{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}whether or not they are being used properly.{{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}the space program will help our world deal with the problems of the environment. It has already brought a new appreciation of the complex system{{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}man is only a part.

单选题Is the Canadian dollar {{U}}equivalent to{{/U}} the U.S. dollar? A. about the same in value as B. worth a bit more than C. very different in value from D. worth a bit less than

单选题The divorce rate among the post-80s in China is {{U}}exceedingly{{/U}} high for various reasons. A. temporarily B. extremely C. allegedly D. perpetually

单选题Directions: There are 10 questions in this part of the test. Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D for each blank in the passage. "Intelligence" at best is an assumptive construct the meaning of the word has never been clear. There is {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}agreement on the kinds of behavior referred to by the term than is on how to interpret or elegy them. {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}it is generally agreed that a person of high intelligence is one who can grasp ideas readily, make distinctions, reason logically, and make use of verbal and mathematical {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}in solving problems. An intelligence test is a rough measure of a child's capacity for learning, {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}for learning the kinds of things required in school. It does not measure character, social adjustment physical {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}, manual skills, or artistic abilities. It was not designed for such purposes. To criticize it for such failure is roughly {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}to criticizing a thermometer for not measuring wind velocity. The other thing we have to {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}is that the assessment of the intelligence of any subject is essentially a comparative affair. We must be sure that the scale with which we are comparing our subjects provides a "valid" or "fair" comparison. {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}this, any test performed involves at least three factors: the {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}to do one's best, the knowledge required for understanding what you have to do, and the {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}ability to do it. The first tow must be equal for all that are being compared, if any comparison in terms of intelligence is to be made.

单选题 {{B}}Passage One{{/B}} Money may not be flowing much in Thailand's capital these days, but something more unlikely is traffic. Motorists like to joke that it took the International Monetary Fund to unclog Bangkok's notoriously jammed thoroughfares. Before the economy crashed last summer, Bangkok was famous for its round-the-clock gridlock. Stories of how people coped became urban lore. Thais bought custom-made vans equipped with TVs and microwave ovens. On the endless trips home after school and work, parents would serve family dinners, then the kids would do their homework and change into pajamas before finally arriving. One company did a booming business in plastic disposable toilets. Consumers could get just about anything, from McDonald's hamburgers to prescription medicine, delivered via motorbike. The solution for easing congestion turned out to be simple: economic catastrophe. Rising fuel costs, coupled with lost jobs and declining incomes, mean people are making fewer trips. About 20,000 cars have been repossessed, while new-car buying has dwindled from about 900 a day a year ago to just 300 now. Bus rider ship is up; taxi trips are down. So many cabbies are having trouble making enough fares to cover gas and car rental that hundreds of taxis are sitting idle every day. Thinner wallets also mean people are spending less time in bars, restaurants, movie theaters and shopping malls. Instead, they're staying home. The government, much maligned in the past for botching up mass transit construction, deserves credit as well. New expressways have opened, and some of the construction that has blocked traffic lanes for years has been cleared. The good times may not last, however, at least for motorists. If traffic flow is in fact a reliable economic indicator, Thailand may be on the rebound. "The last few days," says taxi driver Boonlarb Srikam, "I've noticed the traffic getting busy again." Bring out those portable toilets.

单选题She {{U}}values{{/U}} the boy as if he were her own son. A. weighs B. treats C. consider D. cherishes

单选题Most of the 33 newly discovered planets' giant gas bags swing so erratically that they create {{U}}havoc{{/U}} on any smaller, nearby, life-friendly planets. A. destruction B. benefits C. chaos D. violence

单选题He is a well-trained musician who can {{U}}perceive{{/U}} very small differences in sound. A. appreciate B. understand C. conceive D. find

单选题 Humor is a most effective, yet frequently neglected, means of handling the difficult situations in our lives. It can be used for patching up differences, apologizing, saying "no", criticizing, getting the other fellow to do what you want without losing his face. For some jobs, it is the only tool that can succeed. It is a way to discuss subjects so sensitive that serious dialogue may start a riot. For example, many believe that comedians on television are doing more today for racial and religious tolerance than are people in any other forum. Humor is often the best way to keep a small misunderstanding from escalating into a big deal. Recently a neighbor of mine had a squabble with his wife as she drove him to the airport. Airborne, he felt miserable, and he knew she did, too. Two hours after she returned home, she received a long-distance phone call. "Person-to-person for Mrs. I.A. Pologize," intoned the operator. "That's spelled 'P' as in...". In a twinkling, the whole day changed from grim to lovely at both ends of the wire. An English hostess with a quick wit was giving a formal dinner for eight distinguished guests whom she hoped to enlist in a major charity drive. Austerity was a fashion in England at the time, and she had asked her children to serve the meal. She knew that anything could happen—and it did, just as her son, with the studied concentration of a tightrope walker, brought in a large roast turkey: he successfully elbowed the swinging dining-room door, but the back swing bespattered the bird onto the dining-room floor. The boy stood rooted, guests stared at their plates. Moving only her head the hostess smiled at her son, "No harm, Daniel," she said, "just pick him up and take him back to the kitchen"—she enunciated clearly so he would think about what she was saying—"and bring in the other one". A wink and a one-liner instantly changed the dinner from a red-faced embarrassment to a conspiracy of fun.

单选题The last traces of respectability had vanished by the time he was convicted and imprisoned. A. collapsed B. disappeared C. perished D. scattered

单选题It is generally recognized that different forms of music can convey different kinds of {{U}}sentiment{{/U}}. A. audience B. instrument C. requirement D. emotion

单选题The rights that the citizens of those countries enjoy can all be incorporated in the laws of those individual countries. A．embodied B．excluded C．immersed D．interpreted

单选题 Researchers produced evidence to support what most of us already knew--that a cup of tea is the answer to any crisis. Dr. Malcolm Cross, a psychologist at City University London, tested the anxiety levels of a group of people following a {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}situation and revealed that even a single cup of tea has a {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}calming effect. His team gave 42 volunteers a mental arithmetic exam and {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}offered half of them a cup of tea and the other half a glass of water. The water group's anxiety levels soared {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}25 percent compared to before the task, {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}the tea group actually reported a four percent reduction in anxiety---despite the difficult test, they were more relaxed than when they started. According to a survey carried out for the research, 68 percent of Britons {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}tea in a dilemma, making it the nation's most common response to trouble of {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}kind. About 60 percent said the promise of comfort and warmth was the main reason for putting the kettle on. "The {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}of making and drinking tea--particularly during times of stress---is at the very {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}of British culture," Cross said. This study shows that the social psychological {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}of tea enhance the effects of its chemical make-up on our bodies and brains.

单选题My heart ______ when I heard that I had been eliminated during the first-round interview. A. dropped B. fell C. plunged D. sank

单选题The advantage of the latest model will {{U}}manifest{{/U}} itself in improved efficiency and protection of eye-sight. A. invest B. concentrate C. plunge D. exhibit

单选题In a landmark decision, U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled November 23, 1998, in Mainstream Loudown v. Board of Trustees of the Loudown County Library that the use of blocking software to restrict internet access in public libraries is unconstitutional. Despite the library's claims that its actions were justified in the name of "protecting minors from harmful content," Judge Brinkema ruled that the library could not reduce adult access to standards established for children. "The use of blocking software in libraries offends the guarantee of free speech," she ruled, and "constitutes a prior restraint" on all speech. The Loudown County X-Stop software blocked access to a wide range of websites, including those of Quakers, the conservative Heritage Foundation, and AIDS education groups, as well as information about banned books and safe sex. Relying on Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, Brinkema rejected arguments that the installation of such filtering devices constitutes "a library acquisition decision, to which the First Amendment does not apply." She pointed out that, since the library had originally provided uncensored Internet access and had then taken specific actions to limit it, the situation was analogous to the removal of library materials. The result, she said, was similar to "a collection of encyclopedias from which defendants have laboriously revised portions deemed unfit for library patrons." Although Brinkema's decision will have a major impact on the development of library policies nationwide, there is a crucial underlying problem that cannot be resolved through the legal process. Filtering software is created and produced by private companies that are quite eager and happy to make, all the decisions for us. And by purchasing and installing their products, we are agreeing to let them do just that. It is to these private companies we are surrendering selection and access to the Internet's huge database of electronic information. This means that even the staffs at public libraries have no role in the selection process. The Washington Coalition Against Censorship's new original T-shirt design advocates the only solution we can trust to preserve our First Amendment liberties: "Use your brain: the filter you were born with./

单选题The spacecraft {{U}}touched down{{/U}} on schedule and the astronauts were helped out of it. A. launched B. operated C. landed D. crashed