单选题You can believe him because I know he told the ______ truth.

单选题A.Shecopiedanothercourseguide.C.Shewenttothelibraryinstead.B.Shedecidedtoskipclass.D.Shesharedafriend'scourseguide.

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单选题 Passage Two

单选题Passage TwoQuestions 29 to 31 are based on the passage you have just heard.

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单选题What do the economists think of the decline in approvals?

单选题Engineering students are supposed to be examples of practicality and rationality, but when it comes to my college education I am an idealist and a fool. In high school I wanted to be an electrical engineer and, of course, any sensible student with my alms would have chosen a college with a large engineering department, famous reputation and lots of good labs and research equipment. But that"s not what I did. I chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts (文科) university that doesn"t even offer a major in electrical engineering. Obviously, this was not a practical choice; I came here for more noble reasons. I wanted a broad education that would provide me with flexibility and a value system to guide me in my career. I wanted to open my eyes and expand my vision by interacting with people who weren"t studying science or engineering. My parents, teachers and other adults praised me for such a sensible choice. They told me I was wise and mature beyond my 18 years, and I believed them. I headed off to college sure I was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big engineering "factories" where they didn"t care if you had values or were flexible. I was going to be a complete engineer: technical genius and sensitive humanist (人文学者) all in one. Now I"m not so sure. Somewhere along the way my noble ideals crashed into reality, as all noble ideals eventually do. After three years of struggling to balance math, physics and engineering courses with liberal arts courses, I have learned there are reasons why few engineering students try to reconcile (协调) engineering with liberal-arts courses in college. The reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply don"t mix as easily as I assumed in high school. Individually they shape a person in very different ways; together they threaten to confuse. The struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.

单选题Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage. Until last spring, Nia Parker and the other kids in her neighborhood commuted to school on Bus 59.But as fuel rose, the school district needed to find a way to cut its transportation costs. So the school"sbusing company redrew its route map, eliminating Nia"s bus altogether. Now, Nia and her neighbors travelthe half mile to school via a "walking school bus" —a group of kids, supervised by an adult or two, whomake the walk together. Like the rest of us, school districts are feeling pinched by rising fuel costs—and finding new waysto adapt. The price of diesel fuel has gone up 34 percent in the past two years. For the typical Americanschool district, bus bills total 5 percent of the budget. As administrators look to trim, busing is aninviting target, since it doesn"t affect classroom instruction (or test scores). More than one third of schooladministrators have eliminated bus stops or routes in order to stay within budget. Many parents are delighted to see their kids walking to school, partly because many did sothemselves: according to a 1969 survey, nearly half of school kids walked or biked to school, comparedwith only 16 percent in 2001. Modem parents have been leery of(对……存有戒心) letting kids walk toschool for fear of traffic, crime or simple bullying, but with organized adult supervision, those concernshave diminished. Schools and busing companies are finding other ways to save. In rural areas where busing is a must,some schools have even chosen four-day school weeks. Busing companies instruct drivers to eliminateextra stops from routes and to turn off the engine while idling. They are also using computer software todetermine the most fuel-efficient routes, which aren"t always the shortest ones. There could be downsides, however, to the busing cutbacks. If every formerly bused student beginswalking to school, it"s an environmental win—but if too many of their parents decide to drive theminstead, the overall carbon footprint can grow. Replacing buses with many more parent-driven cars canalso increase safety risks: A 2002 report concluded students are 13 times safer on a school bus than in apassenger car, since buses have fewer accidents and withstand them better due to their size. And somestudents complain about the long morning hikes, particularly when the route contains a really big hill.

单选题Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened in the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? Just (1) an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets to (2) the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to (3) the news. Newspapers have one basic (4) , to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to (5) it. Radio, telegraph, television, and (6) inventions brought competition for newspapers. (7) did the development of magazines and other means of communication. (8) , this competition merely spurred the newspapers (9) . They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the (10) and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are (11) and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out to many other fields. Besides keeping readers informed of the latest news, today's newspapers (12) and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers' economic choices (13) advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very (14) . Newspapers are sold at a price that (15) to cover even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main (16) of income for most news- papers is commercial advertising. The success in selling advertising depends on a newspaper's value to advertisers. This is measured in (17) of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends (18) on the work of the circulation department and on the services or enter- tainment (19) in a newspaper's pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper's value to readers as a source of information (20) the community, city, country, state, nation, and world-and even outer space.

单选题What can we conclude from the passage?

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