单选题【2015交通银行】The police will need to keep a wary eye on this area of town．

单选题 Over half the world's people now live in cities. The latest "Global Report on Human Settlements" says a significant change took place last year. The report {{U}} {{U}} 31 {{/U}} {{/U}}this week from U. N. Habitat, a United Nations agency. A century ago, {{U}} {{U}} 32 {{/U}} {{/U}}than five percent of all people lived in cities. {{U}} {{U}} 33 {{/U}} {{/U}}the middle of this century it could be seventy percent, or {{U}} {{U}} 34 {{/U}} {{/U}}six and a half billion people. Already three-fourths of people in {{U}} {{U}} 35 {{/U}} {{/U}}countries live in cities. Now most urban population {{U}} {{U}} 36 {{/U}} {{/U}}is in the developing world. Urbanization can lead to social and economic progress, but als0 put {{U}} {{U}} 37 {{/U}} {{/U}}on cities to provide housing and {{U}} {{U}} 38 {{/U}} {{/U}}. The new report says almost two hundred thousand people move {{U}} {{U}} 39 {{/U}} {{/U}}cities and towns each day. It says worsening inequalities, {{U}} {{U}} 40 {{/U}} {{/U}}by social divisions and differences in {{U}} {{U}} 41 {{/U}} {{/U}}, could result in violence and crime unless cities plan better. Another issue is urban sprawl (无序展的城区). This is where cities {{U}} {{U}} 42 {{/U}} {{/U}}quickly into rural areas, sometimes {{U}} {{U}} 43 {{/U}} {{/U}}a much faster rate than urban population growth. Sprawl is common in the United States. Americans move a lot. In a recent study, Art Hall at the University of Kansas found that people are moving away from the {{U}} {{U}} 44 {{/U}} {{/U}}cities to smaller ones. He sees a {{U}} {{U}} 45 {{/U}} {{/U}}toward "de-urbanization" across the nation.

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单选题Troubled corporations must sometimes declare bankruptcy when the level of their debt becomes__________.

单选题The airline requested a ______ call to ensure a seat on my flight back home. A. confirm B. confirmed C. confirming D. confirmation

单选题In the late 1960s, many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized. Ecologists pointed out that a cluster of tall buildings in a city often overburdens public transportation and parking lot capacities. Skyscrapers are also lavish consumers, and wasters, of electric power. In one recent year, the addition of 17 million square feet of skyscraper office space in New York City raised the peak daily demand for electricity by 120,000 kilowatts—enough to supply the entire city of Albany, New York, for a day. Glass-walled skyscrapers can be especially wasteful. The heat loss(or gain)through a wall of half-inch plate glass is more than ten times that through a typical masonry wall filled with insulation board. To lessen the strain on heating and air-conditioning equipment, builders of skyscrapers have begun to use double-glazed panels of glass, and reflective glasses coated with silver or gold mirror films that reduce glare as well as heat gain. However, mirror-walled skyscrapers raise the temperature of the surrounding air and affect neighboring buildings. Skyscrapers put a severe strain on a city' s sanitation facilities, too. If fully occupied, the two World Trade Center towers in New York City would alone generate 2.25 million gallons of raw sewage each year—as much as a city the size of Stamford, Connecticut, which has a population of more than 109,000. Skyscrapers also interfere with television reception, block bird flyways, and obstruct air traffic. In Boston in the late 1960s, some people even feared that shadows from skyscrapers would kill the grass on Boston Common. Still, people continue to build skyscrapers for all the reasons that they have always built them—personal ambition, civic pride, and the desire of owners to have the largest possible amount of rentable space.

单选题If the exchange rate with the dollar continues to drop, ______ the country's businesses will certainly lose money. A. much B. much of C. many D. many of

单选题They each ______ a beautiful handkerchief. A. have B. has C. there is D. there are

单选题_____all of us who are here tonight, I would like thank Mr.Brown for his talk.

单选题_____in the first round of the competition, our team took the earliest flight back.A. Being knocked out B. Having been knocked outC. We were knocked out D. We had been knocked out

单选题Can you find out the flaw in their research papers?

单选题The Hidden Price Tag For many small or recently established businesses, finding sources of capital can be difficult. Companies are often in need of funds before they can build a stable customer base, so they are forced to turn to investors. Many such businesses soon discover, however, that this borrowed money can come at a high price. If entrepreneurs are not careful about which investors they do business with, their companies can suffer the consequences. The most common problem, according to financial experts, are investment deals that allow the investor to take control of key operations away from the company's management. Struggling firms and new businesses facing mounting start-up costs can be easily tempted to take the offer that provides them with the most money, regardless of the deal's conditions. Unfortunately, the biggest investment usually comes with the most strings attached. For example, some deals give the venture capital firm seats on the board of the company it invests in. From this position, the investor has the ability to control all aspects of a company's operations, including decisions concerning mergers or sales. This situation may remain tolerable as long as the investor and the management share the same goals. Yet. the investor will inevitably choose to protect its own interests over those of the company, creating a conflict that the company is then helpless to prevent. The best advice analysts have for businesses seeking investment capital is to thoroughly analyze any deal before agreeing to it. Sometimes, the control that must be given up is worth much more than the money being offered.

单选题第2篇 Doubtful Ways to Reduce and Increase Your Weight You hear this: "No wonder you are fat. All you ever do is eat. " You feel sad: "I skip my breakfast and supper. I run every morning and evening. What else can I do?" Basically you can do nothing. Your genes, not your life habits, determine your weight and your body constantly tries to maintain it. Albert Stunkard of the University of Pennsylvania found from experiments that, "80 percent of the children of two obese (肥胖的) parents become obese, as compared with no more than 14 percent of the offspring of two parents of normal weight. " How can obese people become normal or even thin through dieting? Well, dieting can be effective, but the health costs are tremendous. Jules Hirsch, a research physician at Rockefeller University, did a study of eight fat people. They were given a liquid formula providing 600 calories a day. After more than 10 weeks, the subjects lost 45ka on average. But after leaving the hospital, they all regained weight. The results were surprising: by metabolic (新陈代谢)measurement, fat people who lost large amounts of weight seemed like they were starving. They had psychiatric problems. They dreamed of food or breaking their diet. They were anxious and depressed; some were suicidal. They hid food in their rooms. Researchers warn that it is possible that weight reduction doesn't result in normal weight, but in an abnormal state resembling that of starved non-obese people. Thin people, however, suffer from the opposite. They have to make a great effort to gain weight. Ethan Sims, of the University of Vermont, got prisoners to volunteer to gain weight. In four to six months, they ate as much as they could. They succeeded in increasing their weight by 20 to 25 percent. But months after the study ended they were back to normal weight and stayed there. This does not mean that people are completely without hope in controlling their weight. It means that those who tend to be fat will have to constantly baffle their genetic inheritance if they want to significantly lower their weight. The findings also provide evidence for something scientists thought was true -- each person has a comfortable weight range. The range might be as much as 9kg. Someone might weigh 60-69kg without too much effort. But going above or below the natural weight range is difficult. The body resists by feeling hungry or full and changing the metabolism to push the weight back to the range it seeks.

单选题We need to involve at least 20 people on this project,（ ）it cant go ahead

单选题Residents of Pine Beach are divided over plans for a highway aimed at reducing traffic ______ by vacationers every year.

单选题They feel they are justified _____the child because he was not behaving himself.A. to punish B. to be punishingC. in punishing D. punishing

单选题Once we begin ______ these files according to their content and date, our computer network drive will seem less confusing. A. organize B. organized C. organizing D. organizes

单选题 From the health point of view we are living in a marvelous age. We are immunized from birth against many of the most dangerous diseases. A large number of once fatal illnesses can now be cured by modern drugs and surgery. It is almost certain that one day remedies will be found for the most stubborn remaining diseases. The expectation of life has increased enormously. But though the possibility of living a long and happy life is greater than ever before, every day we witness the incredible slaughter of men, women and children on the roads. Man versus the motor car! It is a never-ending battle which man is losing. Thousands of people over the world are killed or horribly killed each year and we are quietly sitting back and letting it happen. It has been rightly said that when a man is sitting behind a steering wheel, his car becomes the extension of his personality. There is no doubt that the motor car often brings out a man's very worst qualities. People who are normally quiet and pleasant may become unrecognizable when they are behind a steering-wheel. They swear, they are ill-mannered and aggressive, willful as two-year-old and utterly selfish. All their hidden frustrations, disappointments and jealousies seem to be brought to the surface by the act of driving. The surprising thing is that society smiles so benignly on the motorist and seems to condone his behaviour. Everything is done for his convenience. Cities are allowed to become almost uninhabitable because of heavy traffic; towns are made ugly by huge car parks; the countryside is desecrated by road networks; and the mass annual slaughter becomes nothing more than a statistic, to be conveniently forgotten. It is high time a world code were created to reduce this senseless waste of human life. With regard to driving, the laws of some countries are notoriously lax and even the strictest are not strict enough. A code which was universally accepted could only have a dramatically beneficial effect on the accident rate. Here are a few examples of some of the things that might be done. The driving test should be standardized and made far more difficult than it is; all the drivers should be made to take a test every three years or so; the age at which young people are allowed to drive any vehicle should be raised to at least 21; all vehicles should be put through stringent annual tests for safety. Even the smallest amount of alcohol in the blood can impair a person's driving ability. Present drinking and driving laws (where they exist) should be mad much stricter. Maximum and minimum speed limits should be imposed on all roads. Governments should lay down safety specifications for manufacturers, as has been done in the USA. All advertising stressing power and performance should be banned. These measures may sound inordinately harsh. But surely nothing should be considered as severe if it results in reducing the annual toll of human life. After all, the world is for human beings, not motor cars.

单选题Most people were deep moved by this film.

单选题It"s impolite to cut in when others are having a conversation.