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单选题______is the last day before Lent, a period during which Christians are supposed to give up pleasures and eat very moderately. A. Easter B. Halloween C. Carnival D. Fast

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单选题By giving the driver a piece of his mind, the author expected him to ______.

单选题According to the news, UEFA A. could not agree with Sir Blatter, the president of FIFA. B. insisted on restricting the number of foreign players. C. attributed the success of English teams to foreign players. D. proposed a limit of five foreign players in each team.

单选题The discovery of the Antarctic not only proved one of the most interesting of all geographical adventures, but created what might be called "the heroic age of Antarctic exploration". By their tremendous heroism, men such as Shekleton, Scott, and Amundsen caused a new continent to emerge from the shadows, and yet that heroic age, little more than a century old, is already passing. Modern science and inventions are revolutionizing the techniques of former explorers, and, although still calling for courage and feats of endurance, future journeys into these icy wastes will probably depend on motor vehicles equipped with caterpillar traction rather than on the dogs that earlier discoverers found so invaluable. Few realize that this Antarctic continent is almost equal in size to South America, and enormous field of work awaits geographers and prospectors. The coasts of this continent remain to be accurately chartered, and the mapping of the whole of the interior presents a formidable task to the cartographers who undertake the work. Once their labors are completed, it will be possible to prospect the vast natural resources which scientists believe will furnish one of the largest treasure hoards of metals and minerals the world has yet known, and almost inexhaustible sources of copper, coal, uranium, and many other ores will become available to man. Such discoveries will usher in an era of practical exploitation of the Antarctic wastes. The polar darkness which hides this continent for the six winter months will be defeated by huge batteries of light, and make possible the establishing of air-fields for the future intercontinental air services by making these areas as light as day. Present flying routes will be completely changed, for the Antarctic refueling bases will make flights from Australia to South America comparatively easy over the 5,000 miles journey. The climate is not likely to offer an insuperable problem, for the explorer Admiral Byrd has shown that the climate is possible even for men completely untrained for expeditions into those frozen wastes. Some of his party were men who had never seen snow before, and yet he records that they survived the rigors of the Antarctic climate comfortably, so that, provided that the appropriate installations are made, we may assume that human beings from all countries could live there safely. Byrd even affirms that it is probably the most healthy climate in the world, for the intense cold of thousands of years has sterilized this continent, and rendered it absolutely germ-free, with the consequences that ordinary and extraordinary sicknesses and diseases from which man suffers in other zones with different climates are here utterly unknown. There exist no problems of conservation and preservation of food supplies, for the latter keep indefinitely without any signs of deterioration; it may even be that later generations will come to regard the Antarctic as the natural storehouse for the whole world. Plans are already on foot to set up permanent bases on the shores of this continent, and what so few years was regard as a "dead continent" now, promises to be a most active center of human life and endeavor.

单选题______ is the second largest country in the world.

单选题The Romantic Period ended with the death of the last famous romantic writer ______.

单选题Which of the following are gradable antonyms?

单选题In 1066, England was invaded by_____.

单选题Why do symbols provide a flexible way for people to communicate even very complex thoughts with each other?

单选题The major difference between this story and a news report on the same incident would be______.

单选题Anniversariesaretheopiumofmuseums,publishers,theatersandoperahouses.Fixingtheireyesonsomeround-numberbirthordeathdateofamajorcreator,theystartplanningtocashinyearsbefore.For2006,birthdaysarethewinningnumbers:Rembrandt's400th;Mozart's250th;andthe100thforSamuelBeckettandDmitriShostakovich.TheDutchhaveorganizedascoreofRembrandtshows,startingappropriatelywithanexhibitionbasedaroundhismotherinthetownofhisbirth,Leiden.Mozart'smusicwillbeheardmorethanusualinchurches,concerthallsandoperahousesaroundtheworld,withhisbirthplace,Salzburg,onceagaintryingtocompensatefortheindifferenceitshowedhimduringhislifetime.Butdosuchanniversariesandaccompanyingcelebrationsservemuchpurpose?Aretheyjustmarketingdevicestosellticketstomuseumsandperformances?OrdotheyhelpdrawtheattentionofyoungergenerationstothegiantsofWesternculturewhoattimesseemcrowdedoutbythepygmiesofpopularculture?Asithappens,thepracticeisnotnew.ThebirthofBardolatry,orShakespeareworship,isgenerallytracedtotheShakespeareJubilee,whichwasorganizedbytheactor-managerDavidGarricktocelebratethe200thanniversaryoftheplaywright'sbirth(thejubileewasactuallyheldin1769,fiveyearsaftertheanniversary,butpresumablytimewasmoreflexibleinthosedays).Untilthen,perhapssurprisingly,Shakespearewasnotdoingtoowell.Thepopularityofmanyofhisplaysdidnotsurvivethe18-year-longclosureofLondon'stheatersduringtheCivilWarandCromwell'srule.Then,aftertheatersreopenedin1660withtheRestorationofthemonarchy,severalofhismajorworks—"RichardⅢ"and"KingLear"amongthem—weredrasticallyrevisedbyotherplaywrights.Today,Mozart,forone,ishardlyinneedofrevival.Nooperahouseplansaseasonthesedayswithoutincludingatleastoneofhisstagemasterpieces:"LeNozzediFigaro,""DonGiovanni,""Cosìfantutte"and"Die"His"Requiem,""CoronationMass"andothersacredworksareregularlyperformed.Hisinstrumentalworks—hewrotehundreds—keepsoloistsandorchestrasbusythroughouttheyear.AmoreinterestingreflectionforJan.27,the250thanniversaryofhisbirth,is:HowwouldWesternculturehavefaredwithoutMozart?True,thesamequestionmightbeaskedofmyriadgreatartistswhohavebequeathedbeauty,emotionandunderstanding.YetMozartwasunique,notonlybecauseheexcelledineverykindofmusic(while,say,VerdiandWagnerweregreatcomposersonlyofopera),butalsobecause,moreeventhanBach,heturnedlisteningintoadeeplypersonalexperience.Thereisthatperennial:WhokilledMozart?InPeterSchaffer's1979play,"Amadeus,"adaptedasanOscar-winningmoviebyMilosFormanin1984,thefingerofguiltwaspointedatMozart'scontemporary,AntonioSalieri.Buteventhatchargewasoldhat:Pushkinfirstraiseditinhis1830play,"MozartandSalieri,"whichRimsky-Korsakovadaptedasanoperain1897.Still,thequestionisagainbeingtrottedoutfortheanniversary.NosuchmysterysurroundsRembrandt'slifeordeath.Butifhisgreatnesswasonlyfullyrecognizedinthe19thcentury,hecertainlyisinneedofnoanniversary"specialoffers"tobeadmiredtoday.Hismorethan600oilsareincollectionsaroundtheworldand,wheneverselectedforexhibitions,theydrawhugecrowds.TheorganizersofRembrandt400,astheanniversaryhasbeentagged,evidentlyagainhavecrowdsinmind,hopingthatsome250000peoplewilltraveltotheNetherlandsfortheoccasion.WillRembrandt'sfanscrosspathswiththoseofMozart?Iftheydid,theymightfindthattheiridolshavesomethingincommon.Inhis75orsoself-portraits,recordinghispassagefromyouthtooldage,Rembrandtseemstoofferawindowintohissoul.CannotMozart'scompositionsalsobeconsideredasself-portraits?Certainly,itisbydisplayingtheirintimacythattheysharetheirgeniuswithus.Butofcourseonlytimewilldefinetheirplaceinthepantheon.AshappenedtoRembrandtandmanyothers,greatartistsareoftenforgottenbeforetheyareenshrinedbyposterity.Afterthat,thankfully,anniversariesmakelittledifference.

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单选题 {{B}}TEXT A{{/B}} Under existing law, a new drug may be labeled, promoted, and advertised only for those conditions in which safety and effectiveness have been demonstrated and of which the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved, or so-called "approved uses." Other uses have come to be called "unapproved uses" and cannot be legally promoted. In a real sense, the term "unapproved' is a misnomer because it includes in one phrase two categories of marketed drugs that are very different; drugs which are potentially harmful and will never be approved, and already approved drugs that have "unapproved" uses. It is common for new research and new insights to demonstrate valid new uses for drugs already on the market. Also, there are numerous examples of medical progress resulting from the serendipitous observations and therapeutic innovations of physicians, both important methods of discovery in the field of therapeutics. Before such advances can result in new indications for inclusion in drug labeling, however, the available data must meet the legal standard of substantial evidence derived from adequate and well-controlled clinical trials. Such evidence may require time to develop, and, without initiative on the part of the drug firm, it may not occur at all for certain uses. However, because medical literature on new uses exists and these uses are medically beneficial, physicians often use these drugs for such purposes prior to FDA review or changes in labeling. This is referred to as "unlabeled uses" of drugs. A different problem arises when a particular use for a drug has been examined scientifically and has been found to be ineffective or unsafe, and yet physicians who either are uninformed or who refuse to accept the available scientific evidence continue to use the drug in this way. Such use may have been reviewed by the FDA and rejected, or, in some cases, the use may actually be warned against in the labeling. This subset of uses may be properly termed "disapproved uses." Government policy should minimize the extent of unlabeled uses. If such uses are valid--and many are- it is important that scientifically sound evidence supporting them be generated and that the regulatory system accommodate them into drug labeling. Continuing rapid advances in medical care and the complexity of drug usage, however, makes it impossible for the government to keep drug labeling up to date for every conceivable situation. Thus, when a particular use of this type appears, it is also important, and in the interest of good medical care, that no stigma be attached to "unapproved usage" by practitioners while the formal evidence is assembled between the time of discovery and the time the new use is included in the labeling. In the case of "disapproved uses," however, it is proper policy to warn against these in the package insert, whether use of a drug for these 'purposes by the uninformed or intransigent physician constitutes a violation of the current Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act is a matter of debate that involves a number of technical and legal issues. Regardless of that, the inclusion of disapproved uses in the form of contraindications, warnings and other precautionary statements in package inserts is an important practical deterrent to improper use. Except for clearly disapproved uses, however, it is in the best interests of patient care that physicians not be constrained by regulatory statutes from exercising their best judgment in prescribing a drug for both its approved uses and any unlabeled uses it may have.

单选题 {{B}}TEXT A{{/B}} Few modern travel writers excite more hostility and awe than Sir Wilfred Thesiger, who died in 2003. Despising the "drab uniformity of the modern world", Sir Wilfred slogged across Africa and Asia, especially Arabia, on animals and on foot, immersing himself in tribal societies. He delighted in killing-lions in Sudan in the years before the second world war, Germans and Italians during it. He disliked "soft" living and "intrusive" women and revered murderous savages, to whom be gave guns. He thought educating the working classes a waste of good servants. He kicked his dog. His journeys were more notable as feats of masochistic endurance than as exploration. Yet his first two books, Arabian Sands, about his crossing of the Empty Quarter, and The Marsh Arabs, about southern Iraq, have a terse brilliance about them. As records of ancient cultures on the point of oblivion, they are unrivalled. Sir Wilfred's critics invariably sing the same chorus. They accuse him of hypocrisy, noting that his part-time primitive lifestyle required a private income and good connections to obtain travel permits. They argue that he deluded himself about the motives of his adored tribal companions. In Kenya, where he lived for two decades towards the end of his life, his Samburu "sons" are calculated to have fleeced him of at least $ 1m. Homosexuality, latent or otherwise, explains him, they conclude, pointing to the photographs he took of beautiful youths. This may all be true, but it does not diminish his achievements. Moreover, he admits as much himself in his autobiography and elsewhere, in 1938, before his main travels, for example, Sir Wilfred wrote of his efforts to adopt foreign ways:" I don't delude myself that I succeed but I get my interest and pleasure trying." In this authorised biography, Alexander Maitland adds a little colour to the picture, but no important details. He describes the beatings the explorer suffered at his first boarding school. Quoting from Sir Wilfred's letters, he traces the craggy traveler's devotion to his dead father, his mother and three brothers. At times, Sir Wilfred sounds more forgiving, especially of friends, and more playful than his reputation has suggested. As for his sexuality, Mr. Maitland refers coyly to occasional "furtive embraces", presumably with men. Wearisome as this topic has become, Mr. Maitland achieves nothing by skirting it; and his allusion to Sir Wilfred's "almost too precious" relationship with his mother is annoyingly vague. There may be a reason why Mr. Maitland struggles for critical distance. He writes that he and Sir Wilfred were long-standing friends, but he fails to mention that he collaborated with the explorer on four of his books and later inherited his London flat. If Mr. Maitland found it so difficult to view his late friend and benefactor objectively, then perhaps he should not have tried. An earlier biography by Michael Asher, who scoured the deserts to track down Sir Wilfred's former fellow travellers, was better; Mr. Maitland seems to have interviewed almost nobody black or brown. His book is, however, a useful companion to the explorer's autobiography, The Life of My Choice. Hopefully, it will also refer readers back to Sir Wilfred's two great books, and to sentences as lovely as this:" Memories of that first visit to the Marshes have never left me: firelight on a half-turned face, the crying of geese, duck flighting in to feed, a boy's voice singing somewhere in the dark, canoes moving in procession down a waterway, the setting sun seen crimson through the smoke of burning reed-beds, narrow waterways that wound still deeper into the Marshes."

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单选题The writer's attitude toward the Communist Revolution is one of ______.

单选题Who were the natives of Australia before the arrival of the British settlers? A. The Eskimos. B. The Maori. C. The Indians. D. The Aborigines.