单选题This peer-reviewed journal has a specific emphasis on effective treatment of acute pain. A. urgent B. severe C. stern D. sensitive

单选题A simple blood test may help identify those ______ high risk of dying from heart disease. A. in B. on C. at D. for

单选题In spite of his {{U}}diminishing{{/U}} influence, this senior scientists has a say in some important issues. A. expanding B. piercing C. decreasing D. lasting

单选题The key to efficient reading is the ability to judge the writer's position ______ the information he is presenting. A. in spite of B. in relation to C. in place of D. in support of

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单选题 Passage FiveTelecommuting—substituting the computer for the trip to the job—has been hailed as a solution to all kinds of problems related to office work. For workers it promises freedom from the office, less time wasted in traffic, and help with performers on board, minimizes tardiness and absenteeism by eliminating commutes, allows periods of solitude for high-concentration tasks, and provides scheduling flexibility. In some areas, such as Southern California and Seattle, Washington, local governments are encouraging companies to start telecommuting programs in order to reduce rush-hour congestion and improve air quality. But these benefits do not come easily. Making a telecommuting program work requires careful planning and an understanding of the differences between telecommuting realities and popular images. Many workers are seduced by rosy illusions of life as a telecommuter. A computer programmer from New York City moves to the tranquil Adirondack Mountains and stays in contact with her office via computer. A manager comes into his office three days a week and works at home the other two. An accountant stays home to care for her sick child; she hooks up her telephone modem connections and does office work between calls to the doctor. These are powerful images, but they are a limited reflection of reality. Telecommuting workers soon learn that it is almost impossible to concentrate on work and care for a young child at the same time. Before a certain age, young children cannot recognize much less respect, the necessary boundaries between work and family. Additional child support is necessary if the parent is to get any work done. Management, too, must separate the myth from the reality. Although the media has paid a great deal of attention to telecommuting, in most cases it is the employee's situation, not the availability of technology, which precipitates a telecommuting arrangement. That is partly why, despite the widespread press coverage, the number of companies with work-at-home programs or policy guidelines remains small.

单选题The Industrial Revolution marked a major turning point in humans" relationship with their environment. It 1 changed every aspect of human life and lifestyles. The 2 on the world"s psyche would not 3 much attention till the early 1960s. From human development, health and life longevity to public health, energy usage and sanitation, the effects were 4 . It wasn"t 5 the Industrial Revolution became an irresistible force overnight. It started in the mid-1700s in Great Britain when machinery began to replace manual labor. Fossil fuels replaced wind, water and wood, used 6 for the manufacture of textiles and the development of iron making processes. The full impact would not begin to be realized until about 100 years later in the 1800s, 7 the use of machines to replace human labor spread throughout Europe and North America. This transformation is 8 as the industrialization of the world. These processes 9 sweeping increases in production capacity and were to affect all basic human needs. Not only did society develop the 10 to have more things faster, but it would be able to develop better things. These industrialization processes continue today and are likely to be long-lasting.

单选题The self-image controls a person"s attitudes or ______ of what happens to her.

单选题Because colleges can't take all students with basic qualifications, ______ to college is competitive.

单选题After the accident she suffered brain______and couldn't speak. A. destruction B. disease C. decay D. damage

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单选题 Passage Three Good news is bad news and bad news is good news, newsmen often say to one another. And when you look at the media it's only too easy to see what they mean. A dictionary definition of the media is mass communications, e.g. the press, television, radio. The media sees its main purpose as giving the public news. Naturally to provide the public with news it has first to gather it. The whole function and purpose of the media, then seem to depend on the word "news", but more important, on how the word is interpreted. The media, like any big business venture today, is an extremely competitive world of its own. In providing material for its public it has constantly to make sure it serves the right diet. No public will waste time on your paper or your TV channel otherwise. The sad truth is that there seems only one way to catch an audience—hit them right between the eyes. What started as a mild tap has now become a sledgehammer blow that goes by the name of sensationalism. A reporter chooses—has to choose—a news story because of its sensation value. The young inexperienced cub reporter rings his news editor about a car crash. He starts to explain the details to him but the experienced editor asks the cub one question: "Anyone killed?" and to himself he thinks, why do we offer jobs to children? One may accuse newsman of cynicism but they will quickly remind you of the hard facts of survival in the world of the media. The favorite words the newspaper place cards in the streets bombard the public with are, "Surprise, Sensation, Drama, Shock". You wonder, put an end to sensation long ago. As a regular newspaper reader you also thank Heavens for the light relief of the comic strips. Turn finally from them to what is referred to laughingly as "steam radio", in order to show its relative antiquity. This for many millions of people is the only live contact they have with the outside world that rightly or wrongly they have been led to believe they should have contact with. It's extremely hard of course to see why, when for the most part its news services bring them tragedy, disaster, heartbreak, other people's misfortunes—in a word, trouble. What again becomes quickly apparent is that a man's job depends on sensationalism, and we are asked to excuse him for this. Perhaps the media hasn't quite grown up and we should congratulate it on getting this far. The year 2000 may see great changes in the way news is presented to us. Again, who knows, it might even get worse—if such a thing is possible. Perish the thought!

单选题Several trial efforts in the 1980s proved that it was financially ______ to restore old buildings. A. feasible B. probable C. beneficiary D. passable

单选题Jonathan Alter once said that admission of guilt tends to {{U}}breed{{/U}} public sympathy. A. produce B. conceal C. evade D. combat

单选题There is now a new keychain device that lets people turn off most TVs anywhere —— from airports to restaurants. And it is selling faster than 21 . "1 thought there would just be a few sales, but we can't 22 demand," said inventor Mitch Altman of San Francisco, U.S. "1 didn't know there were so many people who wanted to turn TVs off." Hundreds of orders for Altman's US $14.99 TV-B-Gone device poured in last week. The tiny remote control device had been 23 in Wired magazine and other online media outlets. 24 , the unexpected attention overloaded the website of his company. Cornfield Electronics, and caused it to 25 . The keychain device works like a 26 remote control ——but it only turns TVs on or off. With a push of the button, it goes through a 27 of about 200 infrared codes that control the power of about 1,000 television models. Altman said the majority of TVs should 28 within 17 seconds. It takes a little more than a minute for the device to 29 all the trigger codes. The 47-year-old Altman got the idea for TV-B-Gone a decade ago. He was out with friends at a restaurant and they found themselves all 30 .by the TV, but no one was around to turn it off.

单选题Light levels are carefully controlled to fall within an acceptable level for ______ reading convenience. A. intentional B. ideal C. obligatory D. standard

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单选题Industrialized countries are on the {{U}}cutting-edge{{/U}} of the trend of globalization that is spreading worldwide. A. extreme front B. effective quality C. underlying force D. fierce opponent.

单选题Cowries shells were once in widespread use as {{U}}a token{{/U}} of value. A. a symbol B. an amount C. a thing D. an investment

单选题What I did for Mother that day was small, but it helped deepen the special {{U}}bond{{/U}} between us. A. tie B. rivalry C. collaboration D. barrier