单选题 Now, she is upstairs ______ a long speech for the president.

单选题 A dictionary of that size has ______ words than you need and it's not so handy.

单选题 There has been, in history, a man who was swallowed by a whale and lived to tell the tale. The man's name is James Bartley. The records to prove his unusual experience are in the British Admiralty. Bartley was making his first trip on the whaling ship Star of the East. Suddenly the lookout sighted a huge sperm whale. The whalers knew it was a huge whale by the size of the spray it blew into the air. They lowered their small boats. James Bartley was in the first longboat. The men rowed until they were close to the whale. A harpoon was thrown and it found its mark. It sank into the whale's flesh. The maddened beast crashed into the boat, snapping its tail at the men and the wreckage of their boats. When the survivors were picked up, James Bartley was missing. Shortly before sunset, the whale was finally captured. The sailors tied the whale's dead-body to the side of the ship. Because of the hot weather it was important that they cut up the whale right away. Otherwise, the meat would begin to rot and the oil would begin to spoil. When they got to the stomach, they felt something moving about wildly. They thought it would be a big fish still alive inside. But when they opened the stomach they found James Bartley. After this trip, Bartley settled in England, and never returned to sea.

单选题 After all this time you'd think he'd have forgotten, ______?

单选题Dave:What sports do you like?Rita:I like basketball.Dave:Why do you like it?Rita:_____56_____Dave:Do you want to play it now?Rita:_____57_____Dave:What movie?Rita:_____58_____Dave:But I don′t think so

单选题The discovery of a dwarfed（矮个子）humanbeingwho lived in Flores,Indonesia,up to 18,000 years ago is changingthe way we think about the human family.ThisFlores Humanwas threefoot tall and her brain was sm

单选题 The question ______ at the next meeting remains a secret,

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单选题 The gardener was called in to tell the way ______ the poor dog had died.

单选题 The bookseller cannot get enough books to ______ the needs of their customers.

单选题 The store had to ______ a number of clerks because sales were down.

单选题 I knew the news, ______ I told you.

单选题 We lost two superstars in 1977. Neither man's admirers have been able to understand the success of the other one. And this tells us something of the difference between the generations that the two singers represent. There were similarities between Bing Crosby and Elvis Presley. Both reached fame while young and became very rich. Although neither one had any musical education, both developed their own musical styles, which were at first criticized by the critics and later studied as new forms in the art of popular song. Both men had successful movie careers despite a total lack of acting ability. Both were creations of the microphone, which made it possible for singers with weak voices to be heard beyond the third row. With Bing the microphone was usually hidden; but Elvis brought it to the stage. The difference between the two men reflects the changing values in American life. Crosby's music was soothing(令人舒畅的); Presley's was disturbing. Crosby was singing to wartime America. His audiences had all the disturbances they could handle in their private lives; they did not want to buy more at the record shop and the movie theater. Crosby's admirers always said how 'relaxed' and 'natural' he was. When Presley began his career, the whole country had become relaxed and easygoing. Its young people, who had no memory of troubled times, found it boring. They were hungry for excitement. They welcomed Elvis, who was certainly not the kind of young man their parents would admire. Presley was loud and vulgar (粗俗的)—and he was bringing something new and exciting. It is probably too simple to explain each man in terms of changes in the economic and political situation. Something in the culture was also changing.

单选题 The boy showed complete ______ of his parents' advice.

单选题 ______ had we sat down than the telephone rang.

单选题 He was said ______ a gift from her, knowing that it meant a bride.

单选题 The goal is to make higher education available to everyone who is willing and capable ______ his financial situation.

单选题 My husband and children feel very happy to live here. They can't see that we live on a dirty street in a dirty house among people who aren't good. They can't see that our neighbors have to make happiness out of all this dirt. I decided that my children must get out of this. The money that we've saved isn't nearly enough. The McGaritys have money but they are so proud. They look down upon the poor The McGarity girl just yesterday stood out there in the street eating from a bag of candy while a ring of hungry children watched her. I saw those children looking at her and crying in their hearts; and when she couldn't eat any more she threw the rest down the sewer (下水道). Why? Is it only because they have money? There is more to happiness than money in the world, isn't there? Miss Jackson who teaches at the Settlement House isn't rich, but she knows things. She understands people. Her eyes look straight into yours when she talks with you. She can read your mind. I'd like to see the children will be like Miss Jackson when they grow up.

单选题 As one approaches some crossroads, one comes to a sign which says that drivers have to stop when they come to the main road ahead. At other crossroads, drivers have to go slow, but they do not actually have to stop (unless, of course, there is something coming along the main road); and at still others, they do not have either to stop or to go slow, because they are themselves on the main road. Mr. Williams, who was always a very careful driver, was driving home from work one evening when he came to a crossroads. It had a 'Slow' sign, so he slowed down when he came to the main road, looked both ways to see that nothing was coming, and then drove across without stopping completely. At once he heard a police whistle, so he pulled in to the side of the road and stopped. A policeman walked over to him with a notebook and pencil in his hand and said, 'You didn't stop at the crossing.' 'But the sign there doesn't say 'Stop',' answered Mr Williams. 'It just says 'Slow', and I did go slow.' The policeman looked around him, and a look of surprise came over his face. Then he put his notebook and pencil away, scratched his head and said, 'Well, I'll be blowed! I am in the wrong street!'

单选题 Nowhere else in the world ______ more friendly people than in this small town.