单选题A.Theaccidentcausedinjuryorlossoflife.B.Sevenpeoplewerekilledintheaccident.C.Manypeoplefromothercarscametohelp.D.Alotofvehicleswereinvolvedintheaccident.

单选题The English abstract of your thesis {{U}}leaves much to be desired{{/U}}, so you have to rewrite it. A. is near completion B. is far from perfect C. is among the best D. is of little worth

单选题Although sports ______ the household, Joe drew the line when they interfered with family traditions and routine. A. overwhelmed B. affected C. dominated D. influenced

单选题 Passage Five Why should anyone buy the latest volume in the ever-expanding Dictionary of National Biography? I do not mean that it is bad, as the reviewers will agree. But it will cost you 65 pounds. And have you got the rest of volumes? You need the basic 22 plus the largely decennial supplements to bring the total to 31. Of course, it will be answered, public and academic libraries will want the new volume. After all, it adds 1,068 lives of people who escaped the net of the original compilers. Yet in 10 years' time a revised version of the whole caboodle, called the New Dictionary of National Biography, will be published. Its editor, Professor Colin Matthew, tells me that he will have room for about 50,000 lives, some 13,000 more than in the current DNB. This rather puts the 1,068 in Missing Persons in the shade. When Dr Nicholls wrote to The Spectator in 1989 asking for names of people whom readers had looked up in the DNB and had been disappointed not to find, she says that she received some 100,000 suggestions. (Well, she had written to "other quality newspapers" too.) As soon as her committee had whittled the numbers down, the professional problems of an editor began. Contributors didn't file copy on time; some who did sent too much: 50,000 words instead of 500 is a record, according to Dr Nicholls. There remains the dinner-party game of who's in, who's out. That is a game that the reviewers have played and will continue to play. Criminals were my initial worry. After all, the original edition of the DNB boasted: Malefactors whose crimes excite a permanent interest have received hardly less attention than benefactors. Mr. John Gross clearly had similar anxieties, for he complains that, while the murderer Christie is in, Crippen is out. One might say in reply that the injustice of the hanging of Evans instead of Christie was a force in the repeal of capital punishment in Britain, as Ludovie Kennedy (the author of Christie's entry in Missing Persons) notes. But then Crippen was reputed as the first murderer to be caught by telegraphy (he had tried to escape by ship to America). It is surprising to find Max Miller excluded when really not very memorable names get in. There has been a conscious effort to put in artists and architects from the Middle Ages. About their lives not much is always known. Of Hugo of Bury St. Edmunds, a 12th-century illuminator whose date of birth and death are not recorded, his biographer comments: "Whether or not Hugo was a wall-painter, the records of his activities as carver and manuscript painter attest to his versatility". Then there had to be more women, too (12 percent, against the original DBN's 3), such as Roy Strong's subject, the Tudor painter Levina Teerlinc, of whom he remarks: "Her most characteristic feature is a head attached to a too small, spindly body. Her technique remained awkward, thin and often cursory." It doesn't seem to qualify her as a memorable artist. Yet it may be better than the record of the original DNB, which included lives of people who never existed (such as Merlin) and even managed to give thanks to J. W. Clerke as a contributor, though, as a later edition admits in a shamefaced footnote, "except for the entry in the List of Contributors there is no trace of J. W. Clerke."

单选题The full impact of the recent tsunami caused by an earthquake in Japan is ______ to predict. A. unlikely B. impossible C. unable D. incapable

单选题In arithmetic, a number {{U}}stands for{{/U}} the size of a set of things. A. measures B. estimates C. cancels D. represents

单选题In spite of the taxing business schedule, he managed to take some time off for exercise.

单选题If a fever______, a doctor should be called since this may mean that a more serious infection is present. A. disappears B. persists C. perishes D. vanishes

单选题 The collapse of the Earth's magnetic field----which guards the planet and guides many of its creatures----appears to have started seriously about 150 years ago, the New York Times reported last week. The field's strength has decreased by 10 or 15 percent so far and this has increased the debate over whether it signals a reversal of the planet's lines of magnetic force. During a reversal, the main field weakens, almost vanishes, and reappears with opposite polarity. The transition would take thousands of years. Once completed, compass needles that had pointed north would point south. A reversal could cause problems for both man and animals. Astronauts and satellites would have difficulties. Birds, fish and animals that rely on the magnetic field for navigation would find migration confusing. But experts said the effects would not be a big disaster; despite claims of doom and vague evidence of links between past field reversals and species extinctions. Although a total transition may be hundreds or thousands of years away, the rapid decline in magnetic strength is already affecting satellites. Last month, the European Space Agency approved the world's largest effort at tracking the field's shifts. A group of new satellites, called Swarm, is to monitor the collapsing field with far greater precision. "We want to get some idea of how this would evolve in the near future, just like people trying to predict the weather," said Gauthier Hulot, a French geophysicist working on the satellite plan. "I'm personally quite convinced we should be able to work out the first predictions by the end of the mission." No matter what the new findings, the public has no reason to panic. Even if a transition is coming on its way, it might take 2,000 years to mature. The last one took place 780,000 years ago, when early humans were learning how to make stone tools. Deep inside the Earth flow hot currents of melted iron. This mechanical energy creates electromagnetism. The process is known as the geophysical generator. In a car's generator, the same principle turns mechanical energy into electricity. No one knows precisely why the field periodically reversals. But scientists say the responsibility probably lies with changes in the disorderly flows of melted iron, which they see as similar to the gases that make up the clouds of Jupiter.

单选题The Chinese have achieved a great deal, but difficulties and hardships will long ______. A. tolerate B. bear C. endure D. withhold

单选题America has been a land of naming freedom and self-expression. While other governments impose restrictions--German parents have to choose a name that clearly indicates the gender of the child and is not a surname, and the French, among others, forbid names that might expose a child to mockery—in the United States, anything goes. When Lum and Chin Nguyen had their first child, 26 years ago, they wanted to give him an American name. Newly settled in North Carolina, they chose Duke, in honor of nearby Duke University. Best of all, the name could work in both their old and new cultures by spinning its spelling to Duc or Duck, as the boy's teachers insisted on pronouncing it, to the great amusement of his classmates. With his pride injured, Duc Nguyen decided to reinvent himself and his name. His new choice was tried-and-true American and impossible to screw up: Wes. "Your name is a way of marketing yourself," says Wes Nguyen, who turned his personal adventures in naming into a career as a corporate product namer. "when we create a new name for clients, we create imagery behind it, and I did that when I chose my own new name. Wes reminds me of the West Coast, of someone young and sophisticated and innovative. I think of a surfer, of someone who has work-life balance." The search for a name that screams "I'm unique!" leads some parents to invent names or play with traditional spelling. However, a downside of a "creative" name is that it may come with baggage, not all of it positive. "I always felt I was prejudged by my name," says Gestin Skaggs, 43, whose parents named her for a word they heard in a German love song. "I've either had to overcome some stereotype of a short, fat German man or live up to an expectation that I'm a really wild and creative thinker. People ascribe all kinds of personality traits to me that ! don't have." But that's a small price to pay, say the teens with offbeat names we spoke with. "I've met a lot of people because of my name. They hear it and think it's cool," says Calypso Gibaldi, 15, named by her ocean-loving father for Jacques Cousteau's boat. "If my name was Jane, I'd be average like everyone else./

单选题 Passage Five President Bush on Thursday dedicated the national Christmas tree to those who died on Sept. 11 and to Gis who have died in the line of duty. "They will remain in our prayers," he said. Bush also granted federal workers a four-day holiday weekend for their efforts in responding to the attacks. "This is a year we will not forget those who lost loved ones in the attacks on September the 11th and on the battlefield," the president said. "They will remain in our prayers." A moment later, Laura Bush and two children who lost fathers at the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 6-year-old Faith Elseth and 5-year-old Leon Patterson, flicked a witch of dazzling blue lights and white stars on the Colorado blue spruce that stands permanently on the lawn just south of the White House. Though the 77th annual ceremony marked the start of the annual month long "Pigeon of peace," the commander in chief noted the nation is at war. "During this time of conflict and challenge, we once again celebrate a season of hope and joy," he told some 5,000 people gathered near the tree. He recalled that 60 years earlier—just three weeks after the bombing of Pearl Harbor—President Franklin D. Roosevelt was joined by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the lighting ceremony. "Now, once again, we celebrate Christmas in a time of testing with American troops far from home," he said. "This season finds our country with losses to mourn and great tasks to complete." The presidential Christmas tree lighting is usually a festive event, but there was a solemn aspect to this year's event, held under extraordinary security. Bush remained behind thick protective glass throughout his appearance. During opera star Federica von Stade's singing of "Silent Night," a jet roared overhead from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, an unmistakable reminder of the Sept. 11 hijackings. The lighting was first closed to the public as part of tightened security following the attacks, but security officials relented, allowing distribution of some 2,700 were distributed through the National Park Service. Another 2,700 were distributed through the administration and Congress. The White House is normally opened to holiday tours, but is closed to the public this year. The tree will remain lighted and open for public viewing through Dec. 31, and musical performances by volunteer choirs and dancers are scheduled nightly through Dec. 29. Thursday, country singer Travis Tritt sang Silver Bells and O Little Town of Bethlehem, and Tony Award-winning singer Audra McDonald performed I'll be Home for Christmas. This year, the tree is topped with a red and white star and ornamented in patriotic colors and symbols: 100 000 blue and white lights, oversized star ornaments, and red garland. Surrounding the tree are 56 smaller trees, representing all 50 states, five territories and the District of Columbia. The administration took several steps to ensure the public will get a glimpse of the White house in holiday while it is closed for security reasons. Laura Bush was taping a video tour of all the glitter to be shown at the nearby White House Visitors Center, and there was a new virtual tour on the White House Web site. The site has a 360-degree view of decorations in the ceremonial rooms. Bush ordered the government to close on Christmas Eve, a Monday, so that workers can have that day off with pay and get a four-day weekend. He did give federal agency heads the authority to require some workers to report to duty for national security, defense or other reasons. The president also scheduled a Hanukkah reception Monday evening in the White House residence. He and his wife plan to light Hanukkah candles on a 100-year-old menorah on loan form the Jewish Museum in New York, press secretary Ari Fleischer said.

单选题The supervisors could have prevented this problem______about it beforehand. A. if they knew B. had they known C. if had they known D. if they would know

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单选题There is nearly one million dollars that this suspect could not {{U}}account for{{/U}}. A. constitute B. interpret C. explain D. detect

单选题Do your children worry that they might feel pressure to ______ your hero's image? A. come up with B. live up to C. catch up on D. add up to

单选题This young lawyer dares to take on the powerful on behalf of the poor and weak. A. win the favor of B. find good jobs for C. assume the responsibility for D. accept the challenge of

单选题When you win, your errors are ______; when you lose, your errors are magnified. A. expanded B. obscured C. cultivated D. exaggerated

单选题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} 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. Mark the corresponding letter of the word or phrase you have chosen with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet. What relationship is regarded as good for partners? There is no universal, ideal model {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}which a relationship can be evaluated. A "good relationship" is one that works for both partners and effectively supports them in achieving their goals. If this is not working at some point, it does not {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}mean that the couple requires therapy. All relationships tend to encounter problems during {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}periods and at different stages, and many couples have a good ability {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}their difficulties without professional help. However, some may find that they are continually unhappy with their relationship. Sometimes one partner feels frustrated and misunderstood {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}his or her mate is totally unaware of the situation. If the couple are unable to resolve issues in a {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}that is acceptable to both partners, professional help should be considered. Many couples only consider therapy as a last {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}. It may, however, be helpful at any time. {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}, seeking therapy soon after things get "stuck" prevents a {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}of frustration and disappointment. The aim of couple therapy is not only to help the couple deal appropriately with immediate problems, but also to achieve better ways of relating {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}.

单选题 {{B}}Passage Six{{/B}} Between 1883 and 1837, the publishers of a "penny press" proved that a low-priced paper, edited to interest ordinary people, could win what amounted to a mass circulation for the times and thereby attract an advertising volume that would make it independent. These were papers for the common citizen and were not tied to the interests of the business community, like the mercantile press, or dependent for financial support upon political party allegiance. It did not necessarily follow that all the penny papers would be superior in their handling of the news and opinion functions. But the door was open for some to make important journalistic advances. The first offerings of a penny paper tended to be highly sensational; human interest stories overshadowed important news, and crime and sex stories were written in full detail. But as the penny paper attracted readers from various social and economic brackets, its sensationalism was modified. The ordinary reader came to want a better product, too. A popularized style of writing and presentation of news remained, but the penny paper became a respectable publication that offered significant information and editorial leadership. Once the first of the successful penny papers had shown the way, later ventures could enter the competition at the higher level of journalistic responsibility the pioneering papers had reached. This was the pattern of American newspapers in the years following the founding of the New York sun in 1833. The Sun, published by Benjamin Day, entered the lists against 11 other dailies. It was tiny in comparison; but it was bright and readable, and it preferred human interest features to important but dull political speech reports. It had a police reporter writing squibs of crime news in the style already proved successful by some other papers. And, most important, it sold for a penny, whereas its competitors sold for six cents. By 1837 the Sun was printing 30,000 copies a day, which was more than the total of all 11 New York daily newspapers combined when the Sun first appeared. In those same four years James Gordon Bennett brought out his New York Herald (1835), and a trio of New York printers who were imitating Day's success founded the Philadelphia Public Ledger (1836) and the Baltimore Sun (1837). The four penny sheets all became famed newspapers.