单选题 In 'What do you think will be discussed in the meeting next week?', the italicized word is ______ of the sentence.

单选题 The Growth of Cultural Consciousness 1. The first stage No understanding: 2 of the new culture 2. The second stage Superficial understanding ●awareness of 3 of the foreign culture ●serving as the basis of 4 ●highly ethnocentric, comparing the new culture with the 'better' culture back home 3. The third stage Growing 5 ●aware of 6 and less visible traits in the foreign culture ●still 7 and home culture-oriented 4. The fourth stage Intellectual comprehension ● 8 ●shedding ethnocentrism a little bit ●deeper understanding of the new culture ● 9 about cultural differences 5. The fifth stage True empathy and cultural respect ● 10 of cultural awareness ●actually feeling part of the culture ● 11 for the culture

单选题 Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?

单选题 ______ your timely advice, I would never have known how to go about the work.

单选题 Five minutes earlier, ______ we could have caught the last train.

单选题 Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 1 minute to check through your work once more. Olympic Torch The Olympic Torch Relay begins with the torch lighting in Olympia, Greece.

单选题 As you touch people, surfaces and objects throughout the day, you ______ germs on your hands.

单选题 Listen to the following passage. Altogether the passage will be read to you four times. During the first reading, which will be done at normal speed, listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 15 seconds. The last reading will be done at normal speed again and during this time you should check your work. You will then be given ONE minute to check through your work once more. Higher Education For most college students, the main goal of receiving higher education / is earning a degree that will lead to a successful and satisfying career.

单选题 Tracy was determined to become a journalist and we were glad to know that her perseverance finally ______.

单选题 The directors would ______ the key issue on Friday morning, as they searched for a legally binding agreement.

单选题 His dominant ______ was to take all things into earnest consideration.

单选题 Michelle found it difficult to get his British jokes ______ to Australian audiences.

单选题 It is not ______ much the opportunity as the talent that makes him succeed.

单选题 Jack knows the rules but does not know how to ______ it.

单选题 Read carefully the following excerpt on the negative impact of social networking, and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 WORDS, in which you should: ● summarize the main message of the except, and then ● comment on whethersocial networking plays a more positive or negative part in our lives Your should support yourself with information from the excerpt. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instruction may result in a loss of marks. Social netwoking's dark side should not be ignored Is social networking such as Facebook, Twitter, Wechat and Weibo playing a more positive or negative part in people's lives? This has been quite controversial among people for years. Although the new social media has led to some positive changes in the way people communicate and share information, it's negative outcomes should not be ignored The interview with 200 middle-school parents reveals that 80 % of them hold that the social networking makes their children spend a lot of time on chatting and gossiping, discussing some trivial and meaningless things, thus making students waste a lot of valuable time which should be spent on study. According to a BBC News report, social networking appears to have brought people together across the Internet, yet in a larger sense it creates social isolation. As people spend increasing amounts of time on social networks, they experience less face-to-face interaction. A research in America stated that about 20 % divorce cases have connection with Facebook. Overuse of social networking will also result in negative health consequences. Western Reserve School of Medicine study showed that hyper-networking (more than three hours on social networks per day) and hyper texting (more than 120 text messages per day) correlated with unhealthy behaviors including drinking, smoking and it was also associated with depression, substance abuse, poor sleep patterns and poor academic performance.

单选题 Britain is free to ______ policies to boost its economy.

单选题 Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?