单选题Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York—he in computers, she in special education. "Teaching means everything to us", Tim would say. In April 1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life' s purpose. Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton' s foundation(基金会)that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's home town of Sevier, Tennessee. "I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire," Tim recalls. He placed the brochure on his desk, "as a reminder." Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts. The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see. "We didn't want to give the children rubbish," says Linda. The books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members-included classics such as Ezra Jack. Keats' s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney' s Llama series. Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative "This program introduces us to books I've never heard of." The Richters spend about $400 a month sending books to 200 children. "Some people sit there and wait to die," says Tim. "Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left."

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单选题These days, vending machines can be found in office buildings as______as in stores and hotels.

单选题The issue is how to______of radioactive waste.

单选题Sports and games are very useful to character--training.A. andB. areC. usefulD. to

单选题The teacher told us that the earth ran around the sun. A. told B. that C. ran D. the

单选题If there were no hungry problem, the people of the world ______ a much happier time in their daily life. A. should have B. will have C. must have D. have

单选题A history of long and effortless success can be a dreadful handicap, but, if properly handled, it may become a driving force. When the United States entered just such a glowing period after the end of the Second World War, it had a market eight times larger than any competitor, giving its industrial unparalleled economies of scale. Its scientists were the world's best, its workers the most skilled. America and Americans were prosperous beyond the dreams of the Europeans and Asians whose economies the war had destroyed. It was inevitable that this primacy should have narrowed as other countries grew richer. Just as inevitably, the retreat from predominance proved painful. By the mid-1980s, Americans had found themselves at a loss over their fading industrial competitiveness. Some huge American industries, such as consumer electronics, had shrunk or vanished in the face of foreign competition. By 1987 there was only one American television maker left, Zenith. (Now there is none: Zenith was bought by South Korea's LG electronics in July.) Foreign-made cars and textiles were sweeping into the domestic market. America's machine-tool industry was on the ropes. For a while it looked as though the making of semiconductors, which America had invented and which sat at the heart of the new computer age, was going to be the next casualty. All of this caused a crisis of confidence. Americans stopped taking prosperity for granted. They began to believe that their way of doing business was failing and that their incomes would therefore shortly begin to fall as well. The mid-1980s brought one inquiry after another into the cause of America's industrial decline. Their sometimes sensational findings were filled with warnings about the growing competition from overseas. How things have changed! In 1995 the United States can look back on five years of solid growth while Japan has been struggling. Few Americans attribute this solely to such obvious causes as devalued dollar or the turning of the business cycle. Self-doubt has yield to blind pride. "American industry has changed its structure, has gone on a diet, has learned to be more quick-witted." according to Richard Cavanagh, executive dean of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. "It makes me proud to be an American just to see how our business are improving their productivity." says Stephen Moore of the Cato Institute, a think-tank in Washington, DC. And William Sahlman of the Harvard Business School believes that people will look back on this period as "a golden age of business management in the United States./

单选题When stocks 0f Jade Co．__________public，shares increased by more than five percent．

单选题All Dressed Up，a popular song by j azz musician Lonny Dangerfield，is featured in __________for Bridgeport Custom Tailors．

单选题"HOMESTAY NETWORK" STUENDT GUIDELINES On arrival at your new home: ·Try to remember the names of your host family. If unsure about how to address them, it is okay to ask how they would like to be called. For example, if it is impolite in your country to call someone elder by their first name. ask if it's okay to add Mr. or Mrs. In front of their names. Some Americans do not like to be addressed this way because it makes them feel old. ·Show your family that you are grateful for being your host. But do not give expensive gifts. It is, however, considered appropriate to bring inexpensive handcrafts from your country or a small gift for the children of the host family. ·Your host family will be curious to know more about you. Bring photos of your family and friends to share with them. This is also a great way to break the ice with them. ·After you get settled, your host family will help you make a call to your parents to assure them that you have arrived safely. ·After you've had dinner, you may ask the host family to be excused early. They will be fully aware of the fact that you might be jetlagged, so feel free to ask them. On your first day of school: ·On your first day of school, your host family will take you to school and help you with the necessary registration paperwork. ·Your host family will also make sure that you know your way to and from school. They will also teach you how to use public transportation. ·When traveling alone, you should al all times carry a map and the phone number of your host family. ·In case you are lost and cannot get in touch with your host family, you can contact the "Homestay Network".

单选题Bats are surprisingly long-lived creatures, some______a life span of around 20 years.

单选题All couples have problems and disagreements，so it’s critical that they learn how tocommunicate about them in a way that will be helpful instead of making them worse．I do notbelieve that prescribing specific techniques for communicating is as helpful as focusing on the coreattitudes behind the communication．My thoughts on effectively communicating about ANY difficultissue are in keeping with the ideas I used in the“assertiveness training”I did back in the 70s．What I learned was that I could tell people the“correct”words to use and“correct”body language．et@C@to be“assertive”--but none of it worked unless it eame from“inside”the person．In other words，your ability to communicate has more to do with your attitudes and beliefsabout your“right to know”and the degree of“equality”in the relationship，or lack there of and thedegree of“caring”involved between the two people than in whatever actual words or techniquesyou use．All these things are FAR more important than the“skills”．You can“t just”put on theskills like a coat and have them work．As I said，the words need to come as an outgrowth Of anattitude of genuinely wanting to effectively work on whatever problem is being discusse@D@Another similarity between learning how to effectively discuss a problem and how people learnto talk in an assertive manner is that even if you say everything“just right”(in accordance with theguidelines for using good communication skills)，there is no guarantee that the other person willreceive it in the way it is intende@D@For instance，with assertiveness，someone could perfectlyexecute an“assertive”conversation and still have it be interpreted as being“aggressive”．One way of determining the specific words that are more likely to be effective is to think interms of the“ego states”as defined by transactional analysis：“parent,adult,and child”．You’llhave more likelihood of success by approaching the discussion from an“adult”．problem-solvingway of talking．while avoiding using the“judgmental”words of a“parent”or the“hurt feelings”words of a“child”．The bottom line is that you don’t need specific communication skills so muchas you need to approach any conversation with a certain attitude：that the clear goal is to“improvethe relationship“rather than to just”criticize“and／or”change”the other person．With that spirit，you have a better chance of success；without it，all the communication skills in the world won’t beenough．

单选题The amendment will remove the inconsistency between the two laws.

单选题If you have any information regarding the identity of the man ______ left his car parked in the lot overnight, please contact the security department. A. who B. whom C. whose D. which

单选题A good storyteller must be able to hold his listeners" curiosity ______ he reaches the end of the story.

单选题______ your brother ______ a letter to? My father. A. Who; wrote B. What; wrote C. Who did; write D. What did; write

单选题Your performance in the driving test didn't reach the required standard, ______, you failed.A. in the endB. after allC. in other wordsD. at the same time

单选题Inflation Business and government leaders also consider the inflation rate to be an important general indicator. Inflation is a period of increased spending that causes rapid rises in prices. 16 your money buys fewer goods so that you get 17 for the same amount of money as before, inflation is the problem. There is a general rise 18 the price of goods and services. Your money buys less. Sometimes people describe inflation as a time when "a dollar is not worth a dollar anymore". Inflation is a problem for all consumers. People who live on a fixed income are hurt the 19 . Retired people, for instance, cannot count on an increase in income as prices rise. Elderly people who do not work face serious problems in stretching their incomes to 20 their needs in time of inflation. Retirement income 21 any fixed income usually does not rise as fast as prices. Many retired people must cut their spending to 22 rising prices. In many cases they must stop 23 some necessary items, such as food and clothing. Even 24 working people whose incomes are going up, inflation can be a problem. The 25 of living goes up, too. People who work must have even more money to keep up their standard of living. Just buying the things they need costs more. When incomes do not keep 26 with rising prices, the standard of living goes down. People may be earning the same amount of money, but they are not living as well because they are not able to buy as many goods and services. Government units gather information about prices in our economy and publish it as price indexes 27 the rate of change can be determined. A price index measures changes in prices using the price for a 28 year as the base. The base price is set at 100, and the other prices are reported as a 29 of the base price. A price index makes 30 possible to compare current prices of typical consumer goods, for example, with prices of the same goods in previous years.

单选题Can you believe that in______ a rich country there should be______ many poor people?