单选题ADDICTED TO COMPUTER GAMES? WHY DON'T YOU TRY FISHING? HERE ARE FIVE REASONS WHY! ALAN SIMPSON Our special correspondent According to health and exercise specialists, computers are becoming a serious threat to the health and general well-being of a large portion of our society. Dr. Alan Parsons, of the University of Technology, claims that a kind of "nerd syndrome" is sweeping through our society, and it's having serious effects on people's physical and psychological health plus carry-over effects on society itself. Computer game fanatics easily become absorbed in games, lose track of their responsibilities, and suffer from aches and pains associated with long periods of sitting, not to mention eye-strain. And the solution? In a light-hearted weblog entry Dr. Parsons suggested that everything can be solved by...fishing! As a countermeasure to computer games, fishing, apparently, has everything to recommend. Here's why: 1. Computer screens are two-dimensional and don't move. Staring at a computer screen is an unnatural fixation that guarantees sore eyes. Fish. on the other hand, move in three dimensions. 2. At best, computer games provide only a simulation of the real world. It is therefore impossible to get a genuine sense of accomplishment no matter how well you play or how many points you score. In fact, your need for accomplishment will be continually frustrated. 3. Fish never suffer from bugs, glitches, or gremlins. When you go fishing, you can never be ebombed, stalked, or spammed. You'll never have to reset or reconfigure a fish. 4. No matter how exciting a computer game is, you still know pretty much what's going to happen. But with fishing, you never can tell! 5. No matter how complicated a game is, it is never as complex as reality. Computer games can be mastered, but you'll never be an absolute master in the real world. That's where the real challenges are!

单选题To know what is good and doing what is right are two different things.A. andB. doingC. areD. different

单选题I don's know ______ or not. A.whether he is at home B.if he is at home C.that he is at home D.whether is he at home

单选题H&K Marketing Representatives, a firm with over 15 years of experience in the highly competitive marketing industry, is seeking to fill the following position: Executive Bookkeeper Our bookkeeping staff carries out all accounting operations within the company, including, but not limited to: creating detailed financial statements for all company business activities, reviewing budget proposals submitted by other department heads. maintaining and updating accounting records in the company's archives and completing the appropriate yearly tax forms as required by law. As Executive Bookkeeper, you will be responsible for supervising all of these operations. You will also be expected to prepare bimonthly reports on the company's overall financial situation for submission to the Chief Financial Officer. Other occasional duties may include: organizing training workshops for the bookkeeping staff, supervising and training new members in your department, helping department managers prepare their budgets, etc. Anyone interested in this position should contact Yolanda Lee in the Human Resources Department at 1-249-555-2092 for information on how to apply.

单选题—Guess what? One bullet struck my car, ______missing me yesterday! —Lucky you! Come back to our motherland as soon as possible!

单选题The________ teacher punishes his students when they dont do their homework or talk in class

单选题The weather was {{U}}crisp{{/U}} and clear and you could see the mountains fifty miles away. A. hot B. heavy C. fresh D. windy

单选题An idea that started in Seattle's public library has spread throughout America and beyond. The concept is simple: help to build a sense of community in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the same time. In addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit to be enjoyed by all, the program allows strangers to communicate by discussing the book on the bus, as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schools. The idea came from Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl who launched the "If All of Seattle Read the Same Book" project in 1998. Her original program used author visits, study guides and book discussion groups to bring people together with a book, but the idea has since expanded to many other American cities, and even to Hong Kong. In Chicago, the mayor appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as the first book in the"One Book, One Chicago" program. As a result, reading clubs and neighborhood groups sprang up around the city. Across the US, stories emerged of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and character. The only problem arose in New York, where local readers could not decide on one book to represent the huge and diverse population. This may show that the idea works best in medium-sized cities or large towns, where a greater sense of unity can be achieved. Or it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point, putting all their energy and passion into the choice of the book rather than discussion about a book itself. Ultimately, as Nancy points out, the level of success is not measured by how many people read a book, but by how many people are enriched by the process or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared a word .

单选题D 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-olds 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 made 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I have to go to work by taxi because my car______at the garage.

单选题People are talking about the new play ______ in two weeks. A. to be put on B. to put on C. being put on D. put on

单选题The national table tennis team ______ hard to win honor for China these years. A. work B. are working C. has been working D. has worked

单选题Hangzhou is famous as its beautiful scenery.

单选题Ten thousand dollars ______ quite a large sum. A. are B. is C. were D. have

单选题It seems that politicians around the world are thinking about the health of their countries. While in China, Chen Zhu has announced his plans for a universal health service and reform across health services. Gordon Brown, the UK Prime Minister, has also announced he is planning to make some changes in our health service. The crux of Mr. Brown's proposals is related to giving the NHS (National Health Service) a greater focus on prevention, rather than just curing patients. He is planning to introduce increased screening for common diseases such as heart disease, strokes and cancer, for example, breast cancer. In Britain there are 200,000 deaths a year from heart attacks and strokes, many of which might have been avoided if the condition had been known about. Initially, the diagnostic (诊断的) tests will be available for those who are vulnerable, or most likely to have the disease. One example is a plan to offer all men over 65 an ultrasound test to check for problems with the main artery (动脉), a condition which kills 3,000 men a year. The opposition have criticized Mr. Brown's proposals, saying that they are just a trick, and claiming that there is no proper timetable for the changes. They also say that Mr. Brown is reducing the money available for the treatment of certain conditions while putting more money towards testing for them. The NHS was founded in 1948, and is paid for by taxation. The idea is that the rich pay more towards the health service than the poor. However, in recent years there has been a great increase in the use of private health care, and it's much quicker. The NHS waiting lists for operations can be very long, so many people who can afford it choose to pay for medical care themselves.

单选题Throughout the year, Carlin Industries______ employment preparedness sessions for young adults who will be entering the workforce.

单选题Why do you want a new job ______ you got such a good one already? A. that B. where C. which D. when

单选题Rumors began to {{U}}circulate{{/U}} about his financial problems. A.spread B.send C.hear D.confirm

单选题Didn't you see the man ______? A. I nodded just now B. whom I nodded just now C. I nodded to him just now D. I nodded to just now

单选题The men who race the cars are generally small, with a tight, nervous look. They range from the early 20s to the middle 40s, and it is usually their nerves that go first. Fear is the driver's constant companion, and tragedy can be just a step behind. Scarcely a man in the 500 does not carry the scars of ancient crashes. The mark of the plastic surgeon is everywhere, and burned skin is common. Sometimes a driver's scars are invisible, part of his heritage. Two young drivers, Billy Vukovich and Gary Bettenhausen, raced in their first 500 in 1968. Less than 20 years before, their fathers also competed against one another on the Indy track and died there. All this the drivers accept. Over the years, they have learned to trust their own techniques, reflexes, and courage. They depend, too, on a trusted servant------scientific engineering. Though they may not have had a great deal of schooling(an exception is New Zealand's Bruce McLaren, who has an engineering degree), many drivers are gifted mechanics, with a feeling for their engines that amount to kinship. A few top drivers have become extremely wealthy, with six-figure incomes from prize money, endorsements, and jobs with auto-product manufacturers. Some have businesses of their own. McLaren designs racing chassis(底盘). Dan Gurney's California factory manufactured the chassis of three of the first four ears in the 1968 Indy 500, including his own second place car. Yet money is not the only reason why men race cars. Perhaps it isn't even the major reason. Three-time Indy winner(1961, 1964, 1967)A. J. Foyt, for example, can frequently be found competing on dirty tracks in minor-league races, where money, crowds and safety features are limited, and only the danger is not. Why does he do it? Sometimes Foyt answers, "It's in my blood." Other times he says, "It is good practice." Now and then he replies, "Don't ask dumb questions."