单选题Questions 14-17 are based on the following dialogue.

单选题Whatwillthewomando?A.Shewillborrowthebooksfortheman.B.Shedoesn'twanttoborrowthebookswithhercard.C.Shedoesn'thaveacar.D.Shewantstoborrowtheman'scar.

单选题Direction: Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank. … Earthquake {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}can be triggered by many factors, says Tom Hocking, an expert {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}earthquake {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}the California Institute of Technology. The actual {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}of quake itself is the breaking {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}of rocks at or below the earth's surface. It is believed by scientists that two of the many reasons are the expansion and contraction of the earth's {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}and continental drift, which are both {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}processes. So, finding one all-purpose warning {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}is impossible. One reason: quakes start deep in the earth, so scientists can not study them {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}. If an early sign of quake is found, it {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}still be impossible to warn humans {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}of all dangerous quakes. Places like Japan and California are {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}with hundreds, if not thousands, of minor faults. Prediction would be less important if scientists could easily build structures to {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}shakes. While engineering on earthquakes has improved {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}in the past 10 to 15 years, every new quake reveals new weaknesses {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}"quake-resistant" structures, says an expert at Brown University. In Kobe, for example, a highway that opened only last year was {{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}. In the Northridge earthquake, on the other hand, well-{{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}structures generally did not collapse. A recent report in Science adds yet more anxiety {{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}life on the faulty lines. Researchers ran computer simulations to see how quake-resistant buildings would fare in a moderate-size earthquake, taking into {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}that much of a quake's energy travels in a large "pulse" of focused shaking. The results: both steel-{{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}buildings and buildings that sit on insulating rubber pads suffered severe damage.

单选题Wheredoestheconversationtakeplace?A.Atanairport.B.Onthephone.C.Inaticketoffice.D.Wedon'tknow.

单选题Tile author believes that the trumpet is particularly important because it______.

单选题 {{B}}Hong Yu{{/B}} It is the same spirit that will guide, in part, our children' s desire to serve in the military. Whether it is tradition, idealism, heritage, spirit, or just a dream—a hope—our children may wish to join the profession of arms, their success will be dependent on their education and training while in military, as well as the support of parents, family and friends. Our personal example and steadfastness in standing by our children, If they should choose the military, will go a long way to ensure their success. Military service opens our children to the opportunities for intellectual and professional development. If they chose the military, let us remember how we once served with pride and dignity; then let us honor and respect them for their service to our country. {{B}}Wang Ao{{/B}} Military life does not bring some material benefits, so perhaps you don' t intend on making the military your career. But, for the young person just out of high school, who does not really know what they want to do, the military offers other benefits.., non-material benefits that even Congress cannot touch. I'm talking about self-esteem, self-confidence, learning to be a team player and leadership training. {{B}}Chen Juan{{/B}} I am a father of three men, all of whom have chosen the military as their first adulthood experience without pressure from me. I simply showed them the pros and cons to military versus civilian life. We analyzed their objectives and determined what they needed to do to obtain them. No, not everyone is cut out to be in the military or has the military as a career. But my advice to parents is to let the young man or woman decide, not you. Don' t steer them away from the military because we have lost some material benefits. {{B}}Li Shu{{/B}} Parents who maintain that the military today is one of eroding pay and benefits and steer their kids from this opportunity ought to re-evaluate their own career. The civilian job market is not the same one as our parents had. Look around, and you don' t see people staying with the same company for 25 or 30 years (with vacation and sick pay, medical, dental and retirement benefits intact.) A military career offers stability and opportunity that isn't available to the most talented of individuals in the civilian job market. Spending 10, 15 or more years in the military and then embarking on a civilian career can be very rewarding, financially and otherwise, for the well prepared. {{B}}Peng Xue{{/B}} A college education is no longer the guarantee of a middle-class lifestyle. Today' s middle managers are entrepreneurial souls who are contract employees. Union jobs, with their associated benefits, are very few and far between. The military is still the outstanding value it is advertised to be. A three to six-year enlistment period before attending college or entering the job market will put the average youngster head and shoulders above his or her peers.{{I}} Now match each of the persons with the appropriate statement. Note: there are two extra statements. {{/I}} {{B}}Statements{{/B}} [A] Let your children make their own decision. [B] The situation today is quite different form before. [C] Do as I say, not as I do. [D] Parents' attitude will play an important part in children' s success. [E] As a veteran, I can not bear the thought of my own children' s serving in the military as I did.[F] Military experience can be very valuable to young people.[G] Young people will gain many non - material benefits from military experience.

单选题Whatarethetwospeakerstalkingabout?A.Howtoarrangeforatrip.B.Howtobookasatisfactoryroom'.C.Whentheshopwillbeclosed.D.Whattheweatherislike.

单选题He______sad because he has lost his bike. [A] sees [B] looks [C] watches

单选题Americans are getting ready for the biggest soccer event in the world. For the first time the world cup soccer competition will be held in the United States. While millions play the game around the world, soccer or football has only recently become popular here. It is only in the last 30 years that large numbers of young Americans became interested in soccer. Now it is the fastest growing sport in the country. A recent study found that almost 18 million young boys and girls play soccer in the United States. The study also found that soccer is beginning to replace more traditional games like American football as the most popular sport among students. And so, when the world cup begins next week, more than one million Americans are expected to go and see the teams play. Organizers say this year's world cup will be the biggest ever. All the seats at most of the 52 games have already been sold. Soccer has been played in the United States for a little more than one hundred years. But how did the sport come to this country? And how long has it existed in other parts of the world? No one knows exactly where the idea for soccer came from, or when people began playing the game. Some scientists say there is evidence that ball games using the feet were played thousands of years ago. There is evidence that ancient Greeks and Romans and native American Indians all played games similar to soccer. Most experts agree that Britain is the birthplace of modem soccer. They also agree that the British spread the game around the world. Unlike the game today, which uses balls of man-made material or leather, early soccer balls were often made of animal stomachs. The rules of early soccer games also differed from those we have today.

单选题When the writer asked for a divorce, her husband ______.

单选题Withwhomisthemanspeaking?A.Hisacademicadvisor.B.Anotherstudent.C.Askiinstructor.D.Thecollegedean.

单选题Questions 4-7 are based on a talk about energy shortages.

单选题Myths are early science because they ________.

单选题{{B}}Part A{{/B}}Directions: Read the following texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answer on ANSWER SHEET.{{B}}Text 1{{/B}} As the costs of health care continue to rise, employers will ask their employees to pay more for their benefits by the year 2 000. This forecast comes from a recent survey of 400 executives conducted by the group Insurance Division of Northwestern National Life Insurance Company ( NWNL). A similar NWNL survey in 1986 found that two-thirds of the employers were planning to add benefits. Now, two-thirds are planning to offer fewer choices. Factors cited as driving up the cost of health care include hospital and doctor fees, new medical technology, and malpractice suits. Employers also face the expensive prospect of providing health care for the growing number of retirees. Says the employee benefit director of a Boston communication company, "With people living longer, and being sicker when older, we could be paying a big sum of money for 30 to 40 years after they retire." Compulsory benefits are also likely to increase health-care costs to employers. A majority of the respondents predict that the federal government will demand benefits for all employees. More than one fourth of the employers surveyed think it is very likely that the government will establish a national plan by the year 2000, and a similar number foresee regulation of doctor and hospital fees. However, a large majority doubt such measures are very likely to be effective in controlling health-care costs. Besides holding employees, responsible for a larger share of their benefit costs, more employers will offer flexible benefit plans with limited employer contributions. Health-education programs will grow in the workplace, as employers try to lessen the need for expensive medical care. Other employers intent on cutting costs will design their benefit plans to allow their employees fewer choices in when and how they get medical care. Although the survey results reflect uncertainty about the future, they also offer reason for optimism, says U. S. Senator David Durenberger of Minnesota, "People are starting to come to grips with the question of how we can more effectively provide quality health care that is affordable and accessible," he asserts, "We no longer can write blank checks."

单选题The animal source which supplies the most protein for human being is ______.

单选题{{I}}Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following dialogue.{{/I}}

单选题Corporations as a group offer a variety of jobs. Most large companies send people to colleges to interview graduating students with the required academic training. A large university may have more than 500 companies a year knocking on its door. Big firms are your best place for a job because their normal growth, employee retirements, and turnover (补缺工人数) create thousands of jobs nationwide each year. They are quite attractive for job seekers. Corporations, however, illustrate the rule that the biggest isn't always the best. Many small firms with just a few hundred employees have positions that may correspond with your profession goals, too. Such firms may not have the time, money, or need to send people around to your college; you'll probably have to contact them yourself either directly or through an employment agency. Don't ignore these little companies. They are perhaps beneficial for you. Their salaries are usually competitive and the chances for advancement and recognition even stronger than those of a big firm. You could become a big fish in a small pond, reaching a high-level position more quickly than you would if you had climbed the more competitive ladder of a corporate giant. What's more, a small Firm can develop into a big corporation. Many famous companies such as Microsoft, Amazon bookstore, Haier, are just from small ones. For example, a small company may need a bright engineering, accounting or management graduate who would report directly to the senior vice-president of engineering, the company controller, or the general manager. In large firms it may take years to reach that level and accumulate similar in-depth experience. In addition, responsibilities may come faster in a small firm with less specialization and fewer lower-level employees to receive delegated authority. It is critical that what is your want indeed from the work. No matter what kind of company it is, big or small, if it meets your needs, it is a good one.

单选题When a 13-year-old Virginia girl started sneezing, her parents thought it was merely a cold. But when the sneezes continued for hours, they called in a doctor. Nearly two months later the girl was still sneezing, thousands of times a day, and her case had attracted world-wide attention. Hundreds of suggestions, ranging from "put a clothes pin on her nose" to "have her stand on her head" poured in. But nothing did any good. Finally, she was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital where Dr Leo Kanner, one of the world's top authorities on sneezing, solved the baffling problem with great speed. He used neither drugs nor surgery for, curiously enough, the clue for the treatment was found in an ancient superstition about the amazing bodily reaction we call the sneeze. It was all in her mind, be said, a view which Aristotle, some 3 000 years earlier, would have agreed with heartily. Dr Kanner simply gave a modern psychological interpretation to the ancient belief that too much sneezing was an indication that the spirit was troubled; and he began to treat the girl accordingly. "Less than two days in a hospital room, a plan for better scholastic and vocational adjustment, and reassurance about her unreasonable fear of tuberculosis quickly changed her from a sneezer to an ex-sneezer," he reported. Sneezing has always been a subject of wonder, awe and puzzlement. Dr Kanner has collected thousands of superstitions concerning it. The most universal one is the custom of begging for the blessing of God when a person sneezes -- a practice Dr Kanner traces back to the ancient belief that a sneeze was an indication that the sneezer was possessed of an evil spirit. Strangely, people all over the world still continue the custom with the traditional "God bless you" or its equivalent. When scientists look at the sneeze, they see a remarkable mechanism which, without any conscious help from you, takes on a job that has to be done. When you need to sneeze you sneeze, this being nature's clever way of getting rid of an annoying object from the nose. The object may be just some dust in the nose which nature is striving to remove.