单选题Even if you possess these qualities, you will not achieve your goal without uncompromising effort.

单选题Many of the foreign friends of the Chinese are ______ at the radical changes in China. A. dismayed B. amazed C. startled D. shocked

单选题Leading universities in China prefer to enroll ______ brilliant high school students. A. intellectually B. intelligibly C. intelligently D. intimately

单选题An earthquake of 8-______ struck some parts of this province, causing a death toll of over 30,000.

单选题These machines have {{U}}been idle{{/U}} for the past months. A. been working well B. been working badly C. not been in service D. not been running at all

单选题These graduates are more than {{U}}obliged{{/U}} to the college for the happy four years of college life. A. obligatory B. reluctant C. indifferent D. grateful

单选题The case against Robert Jones was______for lack of evidence. A. discarded B. dismissed C. refused D. eliminated

单选题Although a man of ______ birth, Abraham Lincoln managed to be one of the greatest presidents in American history. A. humble B. noble C. feeble D. edible

单选题Those prisoners at concentration camps were exhausted from a chronic lack of food. A. recent B. acute C. constant D. severe

单选题 Forecasting the weather requires huge quantities of data, mainly collected by high-tech means such as satellites and radar, but low-tech tools are important too—especially old-fashioned rain gauges (雨量器). Each technique has its strengths and weaknesses. Radar and satellites can cover swathes of land, yet they lack detail. Gauges are much more accurate, but the price of that accuracy is spotty coverage. Now, though, Aart Overeem of the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute and his colleagues reckon they have come up with another way to watch the rain carefully. It offers, they believe, both broad coverage and fine detail. Best of all, it relies on something that is already almost everywhere—the mobile-phone network. Their scheme starts from the observation that rain can make it harder for certain sorts of electromagnetic radiation to travel through the atmosphere. Measure this resistance and you can measure how rainy it is. The researchers do not measure the strength of mobile-phone signals themselves. Instead, they rely on something that mobile networks already do, and measure the strength of the microwave links that base stations use to talk to each other. The idea itself is not new, and there have been trials in recent years. Like all the best science, the idea is both technically elegant and practically useful, since it allows better cross-checking of existing methods. There are other advantages. Coverage is one. Even in rich countries with well-financed weather forecasters, there are probably far more mobile-phone base stations than rain gauges. That is truer still in poor countries, where rain gauges are scarce and radar often nonexistent, but mobile phones common. Another boon is that network operators tend to keep a close eye on their microwave links. Although the researchers were able to obtain data only every 15 minutes, some firms sample their networks once a minute. That means rainfall could, in principle, be measured almost in real time, something that neither gauges nor radar nor satellites can manage. The technology is not perfect: snow and hail are harder than rain for microwaves to spot, for example. Besides, mobile networks are densest in urban areas, which are also the places that probably have weather-forecasting equipment already. Even in the rich, urbanized Netherlands, coverage outside cities is noticeably irregular.

单选题Some years ago, thumping, jumping noises routinely issued from the apartment upstairs as if baby elephants were competing in the 50-yard dash. 1 went up one day to politely inquire. "No，nobody's making noise here, "the husband and wife both insisted. " It must be coming from elsewhere in the building. " Two children about five years old, each holding soccer balls, stood right beside their parents. " Could the thumping be your kids running around, perhaps playing soccer? " I asked. "Oh no, we never let the kids play in the house. " For months, the pattern continued: the thumping and jumping above, our delicate check-in, the denial. It got so that every time I saw the couple, I glared without a word of greeting.When they moved out of the building, the thumping stopped. I suppose I could have forgiven my neighbors and spared them the glare. After all, forgiveness is in a trend advocated by best-selling books, foundations and research institutes. The notion has gone well beyond spiritual leaders advising that forgiveness is good for the soul and that hard feelings will turn US bitter and hostile. Now the medical community cites studies showing that forgiveness can prevent heart attacks, lower blood pressure and even ease depression. I may be outnumbered, but I still believe in the healing power of the grudge (不满). I've deployed grudges with an equal-opportunity sense of faimess-against teachers and classmates, bosses and colleagues, family and friends. I've chosen to stop speaking to certain people permanent and occasionally even spoken ill of them—but more with disbelief than a sense of revenge. I'm neither proud nor ashamed。 But I've discovered that nothing feels quite as satisfying as a grudge well nursed. I'm not against forgiveness itself; I have forgiven people for rudeness as well as for deep misunderstandings and have done so without holding on to hard feelings. What I deplore is the propaganda about forgiveness. No longer an option, forgiveness is an official order. Forgiving so democratically cheapens the very act. A long standing grudge suggests that we hold certain standards, that we respect ourselves enough tO reject bad behavior. Failure to forgive can be just as righteous, just as honorable as forgiveness itself.

单选题As females in their 40s tend to ______ weight, they are to go in for outdoor activities.

单选题Ways have to be found to accommodate the special needs of these left-behind children in rural areas. A. satisfy B. occupy C. alter D. host

单选题Healthy communication is essential for______. through difficulties for a married couple. A. invading B. navigating C. composing D. contradicting

单选题Psychologists have stated that {{U}}negative thinking{{/U}} can consume your life and cause problems. A. optimism B. patriotism C. heroism D. pessimism

单选题Early in January 2009, the temperature in Tanana, Alaska, fell to 55 below zero F. It was so cold that when the airport runway lights stopped working, crews were (41) from going outside to fix them. So it was a real concern when Vicky Aldridgem, a nurse practitioner at the village health center, realized that 61-year-old Winkler Bifelt was bleeding (42) and needed medical treatment at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, (43) 150 miles away. The sun was already down when Aldridge made the (44) telephone call to Frontier Flying Service in Fairbanks. “We told them the only way we could fly was if they could find enough vehicles to (45) the runway with headlights SO we could land, "said Bob Hajdukovich, the company's president. Aldridge's next calls went to airport and town officials, who, (46), called villagers. Forty-five minutes later, enough cars, trucks, minivans and snowmobiles had lined up so that the runway was (47). Pilots Nate Thompson and David Fowler landed without (48), and then took off again, with Bifelt. "There is this wonderful caring (49) in the village, " Adridge said. "If anyone needs anything, all I have to do is to call one or two people and everythingwillget (50) /

单选题"No Tobacco Day" is the day when the world health organization______to people to stop using tobacco products. A. asks B. applies C. appeals D. urges

单选题Recurrent showers were forecast for the day.

单选题 Passage One The biggest problem facing Chile as it promotes itself as a tourist destination to be reckoned with, is that it is at the end of the earth. It is too far south to be a convenient stop on the way to anywhere else and is much farther than a relatively cheap half-day's flight away from the big tourist markets, unlike Mexico, for example. Chile, therefore, has to fight hard to attract tourists, to convince travelers that it is worth coming halfway round the world to visit. But it is succeeding, not only in existing markets like the U.S.A and Western Europe but in new territories, in particular the Far East. Markets closer to home, however, are not being forgotten. More than 50% of visitors to Chile still come from its nearest neighbor, Argentina, where the cost of living is much higher. Like all South American countries, Chile sees tourism as a valuable earner of foreign currency, although it has been far more serious than most in promoting its image abroad. Relatively stable politically within the region, it has benefited from the problems suffered in other areas. In Peru, guerrilla warfare in recent years has dealt a heavy blow to the tourist industry and fear of street crime in Brazil has reduced the attraction of Rio de Janeiro as a dream destination for foreigners. More than 150,000 people are directly involved in Chile's tourist sector, an industry which earns the country more than U.S. $950 million each year. The state-run National Tourism Service, in partnership with a number of private companies, is currently running a world-wide campaign, taking part in trade fairs and international events to attract visitors to Chile. Chile's great strength as a tourist destination is its geographical diversity. From the parched Atacama Desert in the north to the Antarctic snowfields of the south, it is more than 5,000 km long. With the Pacific on one side and the Andean mountains on the other, Chile boasts natural attractions. Its beaches are not up to Caribbean standards but resorts such as Vina del Mar are generally clean and unspoilt and have a high standard of services. But the trump card is the Andes mountain range. There are a number of excellent ski resorts within one hour's drive of the capital, Santiago, and the national parks in the south are home to rare animals and plant species. The parks already attract specialist visitors, including mountaineers, who come to climb the technically difficult peaks, and fishermen, lured by the salmon and trout in the region's rivers. However, infrastructure development in these areas is limited. The ski resorts do not have as many lifts as their European counterparts and the poor quality of roads in the south means that only the most determined travelers see the best of the national parks. Air links between Chile and the rest of the world are, at present, relatively poor. While Chile's two largest airlines have extensive networks within South America, they operate only a small number of routes to the United States and Europe, while services to Asia are almost non-existent. Internal transport links are being improved and luxury hotels are being built in one of its national parks. Nor is development being restricted to the Andes. Easter Island and Chile's Antarctic Territory are also on the list of areas where the Government believes it can create tourist markets. But the rush to open hitherto inaccessible areas to mass tourism is not being welcomed by everyone. Indigenous and environmental groups, including Green peace, say that many parts of the Andes will suffer if they become over-developed. There is a genuine fear that areas of Chile will suffer the cultural destruction witnessed in Mexico and European resorts. The policy of opening up Antarctica to tourism is also politically sensitive. Chile already has permanent settlements on the ice and many people see the decision to allow tourists there as a political move, enhancing Santiago's territorial claim over part of Antarctica. The Chilean Government has promised to respect the environment as it seeks to bring tourism to these areas. But there are immense commercial pressures to exploit the country's tourism potential. The Government will have to monitor developments closely if it is genuinely concerned in creating a balanced, controlled industry and if the price of an increasingly lucrative tourist market is not going to mean the loss of many of Chile's natural riches.

单选题A respectable official will never ______ his principles in face of various pressure. A. comprehend B. complicate C. comprise D. compromise