单选题Tibet is a good place to enjoy the unique and {{U}}imposing{{/U}} scenery while admiring the pure blue sky. A. compulsory B. inaccessible C. conspicuous D. grand

单选题Despite her attempt to look happy, her behavior at the party {{U}}struck{{/U}} me as odd. A. attacked B. imposed C. deemed D. impressed

单选题It has been scientifically proved that man does have some {{U}}inherent{{/U}} abilities that other species don't possess. A. genetic B. internal C. peculiar D. inborn

单选题She {{U}}believed{{/U}} that she was born to be a film star. A. meant B. supposed C. intended D. hoped

单选题 One of the areas in which people tend to have ideas that don't make sense is that of rights. For example, many Americans believe that our rights, described in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, derive from God or from the very nature of being human, including the individual right to bear arms. Yet people in most law-governed democracies other than the United States do not have an individual right to bear arms. How, then, can the right to bear arms derive from God? Is this a special right that can be created by the people via government? It is claimed that we can trace the right to be armed to legal and political events in 17th century English history, this time relating to hunting and gaming laws. How does a fundamental natural right lie sleeping throughout the first 6,000 years of recorded history, only to wake to full flower due to conflicts over gaming laws in Restoration England? In the mid-1980s, the idea that people have a right to have consensual sex with partners of any gender was pronounced "joking inappropriately" by the Supreme Court; 25 years later it feels like an obvious, natural outgrowth of the Bill of Rights. If rights evolve this way through the dialectics of culture and history, just how "natural" can they be? Such are the idle thoughts that occur {{U}}in the wake of{{/U}} America's latest episode of horrifying, meaningless mass slaughter. A large segment of the American public these days apparently finds it offensive to talk about gun control after these sorts of cruelty occur. As economist Mr. Wolfers said: "Let's not talk about gun control. It's too early, right? It's always too early. Except when it's too late." Mr. Wolfers is right: the "too early" construction is ridiculous. The only thing that is certain now is that gun control is uncertain in America. It's never going to happen. There are too many guns out there, and an individual right to bear arms is now established in constitutional law. So this is just what one of America's many faces is going to be: a bitterly divided, hatefully cynical country where insane people have easy access to semi-automatic weapons and occasionally use them to commit crime. We will continue to see more and more of this sort of thing, and there's nothing we can realistically do about it.

单选题I tried to talk my daughter into dining out in a nearby restaurant that evening, but in vain. A. to my surprise B. on her own C. to no effect D. to some extent

单选题Which would you give up: TV, cell, or web?From November 6 to December 3, a 1-question online poll was placed on high-traffic websites in 15 countries (Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Italy,Netherlands, The Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States). A total of 150 respondents in each country participated in the poll. In this global survey, 11 of 15 countries say they' d turn off the TV before they' d silence their cell phone or log off the Internet. Women, especially,will give up their favorite shows, voting to do so by a greater percentage than men in all but four countries. " 1 work 50-plus hours a week, and more importantly,the programs I watch on TV are free on the web. " Paula Kress of Georgia explains Why she' d give up TV Younger respondents are more likely to take a pass on television, but older folks don' t necessarily stay away from the online experience. In Singapore, not a single person over 45 voted to stop surfing. " I' m not much for sitting in front of the screens，but I need the Internet to keep in touch with friends and family. " Hanna Lama explains why she' d keep the web and ditch TV. In the United States，people voted to give up TV, yet Americans sit in front of the flat screen for an average of four hours and 37 minutes a day. But if the decision had been made by respondents over 45，the cell phone would have gotten the boot instead. In Canada people voted to give up the cell. The cost effect analysis shows that people there pay some of the highest rates for their cell phone plans，which may be why they have the lowest number of cell users among the western countries polled. " I don' t want to be reachable at every moment" is another logical explanation. Why was Brazil the only country to pick the Internet(and by such a huge margin)? Brazil has some of the lowest rates of Internet use worldwide，with just 35 users per 100 people. (The U. S. and U. K. both have 72. )Brazil' S cost to hook up is also high，about$26 a month，compared with$7.4 in Germany.

单选题A large-scale wildfire broke out that forced the ______ of over 2,000 people just west of Madrid. A. speculation B. succession C. evacuation D. interrogation

单选题Self-esteem is the ability to be ______ of one's own abilities, talent, worth and value. A. ensured B. insured C. assured D. treasured

单选题Health has come to be one of the utmost concerns among the general public in China. A. secondary B. optimal C. greatest D. common

单选题After putting up the tent, these hikers set about making a fire to warm themselves. A. suspended B. continued C. started D. imagined

单选题The researchers are working hard to find the optimal concentration of this drug. A. most poisonous B. most likely C. most famous D. most desirable

单选题The junior doctor was {{U}}scolded{{/U}} for his dereliction of duty. A. reprimanded B. repulsed C. reprieved D. relinquished

单选题{{U}}In the wake of{{/U}} such findings, several states are rethinking their plan to open these camps. A. Based on B. Preceding C. Following D. Targeted at

单选题These findings run counter to the belief that alcohol {{U}}stands in the way of{{/U}} analytical thinking. A. spurs B. hinders C. triggers D. accompanies

单选题 Many people invest in the stock market hoping to find the next Microsoft and Dell. However, I know from personal experience how difficult this really is. For more than a year, I was {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}hundreds and sometimes thousands of dollars a day investing in the market. It seemed so easy, I dreamed of {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}my job at the end of the year, of buying a small apartment in Paris, of traveling around the world. But these dreams came to a sudden and dramatic end when a stock I {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}, Texas cellular pone wholesaler, fell by more than 75 percent {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}a one year period. On the worst day, it plunged by more than $15 a share. There was a rumor the company was exaggerating sales figures. That was when I learned how quickly Wall Street punishes companies that misrepresent the {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}} In a panic, I sold all my stock in the company, paying off margin debt with cash advances from my credit card. Because I owned so many shares, I {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}a small fortune, half of it from money I borrowed from the brokerage company. One month, I am a winner, the next, a loser. This one big loss was my first lesson in the market. My father was a stockbroker, as was my grandfather {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}him.(In fact, he founded one of Chicago's earliest brokerage firms.) But like so many things in life, we don't learn anything until we experience it for ourselves. The only way to really understand the inner {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}of the stock market is to invest your own hard-earned money. When all your stocks are doing {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}and you feel like a winner, you learn very little. It's when all your stocks are losing and everyone is questioning your stock-picking {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}that you find out if you have what it takes to invest in the market.

单选题One way to maintain social stability is to crack down on crime while creating more jobs. A. clamp down on B. settle down to C. look down upon D. boil down to

单选题Directions: In this section, you will hear 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.

单选题Without mutual trust, the willingness to engage______ in the learning process is hindered. A．deliberately B．collaboratively C．destructively D．individually

单选题Values play as much a role in {{U}}tackling{{/U}} the national challenges as smart policies. A. addressing B. minimizing C. reinforcing D. stabilizing