单选题 The days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays are gone. Enter the Red Hat Society—a group holding the belief that old ladies should have fun. "My grandmothers didn't do anything but keep house and serve everybody. They were programmed to do that," said Emily Cornette, head of a chapter of the 7-year-old Red Hat Society. While men have long spent their time fishing and playing golf, women have sometimes seemed to become unnoticed as they age. But the generation now turning 50 is the baby boomers (生育高峰期出生的人), and the same people who refused their parents' way of being young are now trying a new way of growing old. If you take into consideration feminism (女权主义), a bit of spare money, and better health for most elderly, the Red Hat Society looks almost inevitable (必然的). In this society, women over 50 wear red hats and purple (紫色的) clothes, while the women under 50 wear pink hats and light purple clothing. "The organization took the idea from a poem by Jenny Joseph that begins. When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple. With a red hat which doesn't go," said Ellen Cooper, who founded the Red Hat Society in 1998. When the ladies started to wear the red hats, they attracted lots of attention. "The point of this is that we need a rest from always doing something for someone else," Cooper said, "Women feel so ashamed and sorry when they do something for themselves." This is why chapters are discouraged from raising money or doing anything useful. "We're a ladies' play group. It couldn't he more simple," added Cooper's assistant Joe Heywood.

单选题His composition was so confusing that I could hardly make any ______ of it. A. meaning B. message C. information D. sense

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单选题The contempt he felt for his fellow students was obvious.

单选题The August Shipment has just______from Pusan and is waiting in the receiving dock.

单选题The establishment of the Third Reich influenced events in American history by starting a chain of events which culminated in war between Germany and the United States. The complete destruction of democracy, the persecution of Jews, the war on religion, the cruelty and barbarism of the Nazis, and especially the plans of Germany and her allies, Italy and Japan, for world conquest caused great indignation in this country and brought on fear of another world war. While speaking out against Hitler"s atrocities, the American people generally favored isolationist policies and neutrality. The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1936 prohibited trade with any belligerents or loans to them. In 1937, the President was empowered to declare an arms embargo in wars between nations at his discretion. American opinion began to change somewhat after President Roosevelt"s "quarantine the aggressor" speech at Chicago (1937) in which he severely criticized Hitler"s policies. Germany"s seizure of Austria and the Munich Pact for the partition of Czechoslovakia (1938) also aroused the American people. The conquest of Czechoslovakia in March, 1939, was another rude awakening to the menace of the Third Reich. In August, 1939, came the shock of the Nazi Soviet Pact and in September the attack on Poland and the outbreak of European war. The United States attempted to maintain neutrality in spite of sympathy for the democracies arrayed against the Third Reich. The Neutrality Act of 1939 repealed the arms embargo and permitted "cash and carry" exports of arms to belligerent nations. A strong national defense program was begun. A draft act was passed (1940) to strengthen the military services. A Lend Act (1941) authorized the President to sell, exchange, or lend materials to any country deemed necessary by him for the defense of the United States. Help was given to Britain by exchanging certain overage destroyers for the right to establish American bases in British territory in the Western Hemisphere. In August, 1940, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill met and issued the Atlantic Charter, which proclaimed the kind of a world which should be established after the war. In December, 1941, Japan launched the unprovoked attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor. Immediately thereafter, Germany declared war on the United States.

单选题She married a man ________ in mechanical engineering

单选题We have got to {{U}}abide by{{/U}} the rules. A. stick to B. persist in C. safeguard D.apply

单选题Book Talk and Signing Thursday, June 9, 6:30 P.M.: Anthony Wang: Closter Union's Marble Hall 17 East 27th Street at Third Avenue A fascinating biography, The Hand That Fed the City, details the achievements of【K9】______mayor {Catherine Simpson, the charismatic leader who established herself as the "City's Champion" in the economic stagnation of twenty years ago. Anthony Wang will discuss highlights from the【K10】______, focusing on how Simpson convinced investors to move to the city by providing radical tax exemptions for new businesses【K11】______financial and for small enterprises. Wang's talk will conclude with a look at how Simpson' s successor, current mayor Samuel Zimmerman, has handled her legacy.

单选题—How about camping this weekend, just for a change? —OK, ______ you want.

单选题The advisory committee ______ announced that up to thirty percent of the company's workforce would have to be let go. A. regrettable B. regretfully C. regret D. regretful

单选题______ he does has nothing to do with me. A. whatever B. No matter what C. That D. If

单选题Steve is {{U}}deliberately{{/U}} staying away from the meeting to show his disapproval of the proposal. A. sufficiently B. noticeably C. intentionally D. absolutely

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单选题A Young adult filmmakers all hope to show their works in international festivals like Sundance and Toronto. But what about really young filmmakers who aren't in film school yet and aren't, strictly speaking, even adults? They are at the heart of Wingspan Arts Kids Films Festival, tomorrow, in a setting any director might envy: Lincoln Center. Complete with "red carpet" interviews and various awards, the festival has much in common with events for more experienced moviemakers, except for the age of the participants: about 8 to 18. "What's really exciting is that it's film for kids by kids," said Cori Gardner, managing director of Wingspan Arts, a nonprofit organization offering youth arts programs in the New York area. This year the festival will include films not only from Wingspan but also from other city organizations and one from a middle school in Arlington, Virginia. "We want to make this a national event," Ms. Gardner added. The nine shorts to be shown range from a Claymation biography of B.B. King to a science fiction adventure set in the year 3005. "A lot of the material is really mature," Ms. Gardner said, talking about films by the New York City branch of Global Action Project, a media arts and leadership-training group. "The Choice is about the history of a family and Master Anti-Smoker is about the dangers of secondhand smoke. " Dream of the Invisibles describes young immigrants" feelings of both belonging and not belonging in their adopted country. The festival will end with an open reception at which other films will be shown. These include a music video and full-length film whose title is Pressures.

单选题The wolves hid themselves in the places ______ couldn't be found. A. that B. where C. in which D. in that

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单选题—Why are the Woods selling their belongings? —They______to another city.

单选题In spite of your living so far away, we both hope very much ______. A. your coming B. you to come C. that you would come D. that you will come

单选题Yalu river forms a natural boundary between China and North Korea.