单选题 {{I}}Questions 14-16 are based on the following passage. You now have 15 seconds to read questions 14-16.{{/I}}

单选题According to government statistics, men of all social classes in Britain visit pubs quite regularly, (1) the kind of pub they go to may be different and their reasons for going there (2) , too. Nowadays they often take their wives or girl- friends, which (3) to be the case. The fact is that the typical English pub is changing, partly (4) the licensing laws not being so strict as they (5) , but also because publicans are trying to (6) away with the old Victorian (7) of the pub and (8) provide couples with an atmosphere where they can both enjoy themselves. Pub used not to open (9) at certain times. The result was that they were usually (10) with men who seemed to be drinking as much as possible in the time (11) . But that kind of pub is rapidly becoming a thing of the past. Curiously enough, the old British licensing laws, which foreigners found so objectionable and absurd, were (12) introduced as a (13) measure to stop workers drinking in the First World War. (14) , the strong Puritanical (15) in Parliament took 16 of the law and (17) it. Opening hours are (18) limited to eight hours a day, but the publican can now choose which hours (19) him best. And these days you can even get a cup of coffee if you prefer (20) beer. But in spite of this the Puritans would never dream of admitting that a pub could become a repeatable place.

单选题Various native Hawaiians demand all the following EXCEPT ______.

单选题What does the comment "This is logical." in line 5 of the first paragraph (underlined) mean?

单选题 Boston is a tiny place. Even when inner urban suburbs such as Cambridge, Brookline, Somerville, and Chelsea are included, Greater Boston is still unusually small in scale for a major population center. That gives Boston much of its special flavor. Unfortunately, during times of great prosperity it also creates special challenges. Perhaps the most pressing of these challenges is housing. As the Phoenix's special package on housing shows, the apartment shortage in Greater Boston has reached crisis proportions. Since the mid 1990s, rents have gone up by 50 percent or more in some neighborhoods. And even at these grossly inflated prices, apartments are still nearly impossible to come by. Nevertheless, some modest steps can be taken. It's the old not-in-my-backyard syndrome: everyone knows there's a housing shortage, but no one wants to see new housing come into his or her own neighborhood. {{U}}Such opposition can be eased by involving local residents in planning for new housing. The lesson is that bottom-up solutions invariably work better than top-down edicts.{{/U}} Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern University, and MIT have taken major steps toward building housing for their students on their own campuses. During the 1960s and 70s, student housing spread into neighborhoods such as the Fenway (near Northeastern) and Audubon Circle (near BU). Students kept such neighborhoods alive during those difficult years. But as neighborhoods become able to "thrive on their own" , universities should be encouraged, wherever possible, to pull back, thus opening up neighborhood housing to long-term residents. In his State of the City address in January, Mayor Tom Menino identified the housing crisis as his number-one priority, and named a respected legislator, Charlotte Richie, as his housing czar. In a recently published interview, Boston Redevelopment Authority head Tom O' Brien spoke of the need to preserve the diversity of Boston's neighborhoods, and identified the city's residential character as one of its saving graces. Yet the city has been missing in action. At the very least. Menino should make a concerted effort to ease the housing shortage in neighborhoods where the problem is particularly acute. More important, Menino has to realize that he cannot deal with housing as an "in box" mayor, taking on an issue here, an issue there as they come up. He should work with officials in surrounding communities and convene a housing summit to consider a wide range of ideas.

单选题 The tango has probably traveled further and gone through more changes than almost{{U}} (21) {{/U}}. African slaves brought the tango to Haiti and Cuba in the 18th century; in Cuba, the tango was influenced by the local Cuban dance,{{U}} (22) {{/U}}"the Havana". From there{{U}} (23) {{/U}}took the tango in Argentina in the 19th century,{{U}} (24) {{/U}}it was changed once again and became popular in the{{U}} (25) {{/U}}. It was an erotic dance of working class people by this time.{{U}} (26) {{/U}}made it difficult for middle-class Europeans to accept. {{U}} (27) {{/U}}at the beginning of this century, the tango was refined, so that it{{U}} (28) {{/U}}its erotic features. It was preformed in{{U}} (29) {{/U}}casino ballrooms. The tango, in its sophisticated European{{U}} (30) {{/U}}, became popular in England and in the USA. Once{{U}} (31) {{/U}}, the tango became the rage in London and Paris. People began to{{U}} (32) {{/U}}the Viennese waltz custom of dancing in restaurants between the{{U}} (33) {{/U}}of a meal Proprietors{{U}} (34) {{/U}}this, "for the pleasure of the customers and for the benefit of their digestion"! After "tango teas"{{U}} (35) {{/U}}everywhere, even in private houses, Latin American music was played for the tango,{{U}} (36) {{/U}}more and more people owned gramphones. The tango returned in{{U}} (37) {{/U}}in a freer, more exotic form than{{U}} (38) {{/U}}. Rudolph Valentino, the Holly-wood film star, began his{{U}} (39) {{/U}}as a professional tango partner in American tea-rooms. Valentino{{U}} (40) {{/U}}immortalized the dance on film.

单选题It is more difficult to be a parent today because

单选题 There is a great deal of controversy within the medical profession regarding the use and value of the coronary bypass procedure, and for more than eight years the American Heart Association has discussed the question at its regular scientific sessions. The bypass operation consists of open heart surgery in which the physician takes a vein from the patient's leg and implants it near the heart to construct a passage around the blockage in a clogged artery so that blood can flow freely by. The operation performed on about 100,000 persons a year in the US and costs approximately $10,000. The procedure is designed to relieve tie pain of angina pectoris which occurs when the blood supply's obstructed and also to allow the patient more freedom of sustained activity. In persons with advanced heart disease and blockage in several arteries, the bypass operation is considered by most doctors to be the preferable means of prolonging life. In the case of those with a less advanced disease, or where only one artery is involved, the advisability of the procedure is much more controversial. The operation doesn't cure the disease that caused the blocked arteryin the first place. According to some studies, somewhere around half of the patients have another blocked artery within five years, and in some cases even within one year. There is of course a mortality rate in any major operation which varies from physician to physician and hospital to hospital. The danger to the patient is greatly increased if he is in generally poor condition, very advanced in age, or suffering from some serious or debilitating illness. It is essential that the operation be performed by a skilled surgeon knowledgeable about this particular technique and in a hospital with the best possible facilities for his use.

单选题PARIS—Defending champion Andre Agassi and Martina Hingis were named the top seeds for the French Open, the second major tennis tournament this year. Pete Sampras, who has won 12 Grand Slam titles but has never won the French Open, is seeded second among the men. Fellow American Lindsay Davenport is the second seed behind Hingis on the women's side. When Agassi won last year's final, he became the fifth men's tennis player ever to win all four Grand Slam (大满贯) tournaments. In that dramatic match, he rallied after losing the first two sets to defeat Andrei Medvedev of Ukraine. Agassi joined legendary players Rod Laver, Don Budge, Roy Emerson and Fred Perry as the only men to win all four major tournaments. After triumphing in Paris last year, Agassi continued his Grand Slam success by winning two of the next three majors. He captured the U. S. Open title, reached the final at Wimbledon and started 2000 by winning the Australian Open. This year, Hingis will not have to worry about Steffi Graf, who beat her in last year's final. Graf has since retired from professional tennis. During that close match, the Swiss teenager was frustrated by close calls and a crowd that supported Graf. Hingis was so distraught after the game that she needed her mother and coach, Melanie Molitor, to console her. She has lost in the French Open final twice in the last three years and it is the only major tournament that she still has not won. In January, Hingis was denied her fourth straight Australian Open title by Davenport, who also will look to complete her personal Grand Slam at this year's French Open. The competition between these two top women's players will be close. American women took three of the top four rankings for the tournament. After Davenport, Monica Seles and Venus Williams are seeded third and fourth, respectively. On the men's side, Magnus Norman of Sweden is seeded third. Former champions Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russai and Gustavo Kuerten of Brazil are seeded fourth and fifth, respectively.

单选题Which of the following best describes the organization of the passage?

单选题 Slavery has played a significant role in the history of the U.S. It existed in all the English mainland colonies and most of the Founding Fathers also had slaves, as did eight of the first 12 presidents. Dutch traders brought 20 Africans to Jamestown, Virginia, as early as 1619, however, throughout the 17th century the number of Africans in the English mainland colonies grew very slowly. At that time, colonists used two other sources of unfree labor: Native American slaves and European indentured servants. During those years, every colony had some Native American slaves, but their number was limited. Indian men avoided performing agricultural labor, because they viewed it as women's work, and colonists complained that they were too "haughty". The more important was that the settlers found it more convenient to sell Native Americans captured in war to planters in the Caribbean than to turn them into slaves, because they often resisted and it was not hard for the slaves to escape. Later, the policy of killing Indians or driving them away from white settlements was proposed and it contradicted with their widespread employment as slaves. The other form of labor was the white indentured servitude. Most indentured servants consisted of poor Europeans. Desiring to escape tough conditions in Europe and take advantage of fabled opportunities in America, they traded three to seven years of their labor in exchange for the transatlantic passage. At first, it was mainly English who were the white indentured servitude but later increasingly Irish, Welsh, and German joined. They were essentially temporary slaves and most of them served as agricultural workers although some, especially in the North, were taught skilled trades. During the 17th century, they performed most of heavy labor in the Southern colonies and also consisted of the bulk of immigrants to those colonies. At the end of the 17th century, in order to meet the labor need, landowners in America turned to African slaves. During the late 17th and 18th centuries, thanks to the dominant position of England in terms of naval superiority, English traders (some of whom lived in English America) transported millions of Africans across the Atlantic. And the transatlantic slave trade produced one of the largest forced migrations in history, blacks (the great majority of whom were slaves) increasing from about 7 percent of the American population in 1680 to more than 40 percent by the middle of the 18th century.

单选题With a new Congress drawing near, Democrats and Republicans are busily designing competing economic stimulus packages. The Republicans are sure to offer tax cuts, the Democrats — among other things — financial relief for the states. There is one measure, however, that would provide not only an immediate boost to the economy but also immediate relief to those most in need: a carefully crafted extension of the federal unemployment insurance program The Senate approved such an extension before it adjourned in November. The House of Representatives refused to go along. It was among the greatest failures of the 107th Congress. One consequence is that jobless benefits for an estimated 780000 Americans will abruptly stop tomorrow, even though most recipients have not yet exhausted their benefits. President Bush failed to show any leader- ship on this matter during the November Congress. Later, he finally asked Congress to extend the program for these workers and to make the benefits effective from Dec. 28. That's not enough. The way unemployment insurance typically works is that states provide laid-off workers with 26 weeks of benefits, followed by 13 weeks of federal aid. Under Mr Bush's scheme, federal benefits would be extended only for those who were already receiving them on Dec. 28. The extension would not cover the jobless workers who will exhaust their regular state-funded benefits after Dec. 28 — an estimated 95000 every week —but will receive no federal help unless the program is re-authorized. By the end of March, 1.2 million workers could fall into this category. The Senate saw this problem coming, and under the leadership of Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Don Niekles of Oklahoma, passed a bill that would not only have covered people already enrolled in the federal program but provided 13 weeks of assistance for those losing their state benefits in the new year. The House, for largely trivial reasons, refused to go along. Bill Frist, the new Senate majority leader, says he is looking for ways to put a kinder, gentler face on the Republican Party. Passing the Clinton-Nickles bill would be a good way to begin. The House should then follow suit. One of the House's complaints last year was that, at $ 5 billion, the Clinton-Nickles bill was too expensive. That's ridiculous, considering the costs of the tax cuts that House Republicans have in mind. The unemployment rate last month stood at 6 percent, the highest since mid-]994. The country could use a $ 5 billion shot in the arm right about now. So could a lot of increasingly desperate people.

单选题Whatisthemainpurposeofthespeaker?A.TointroducetheIndianpeoplewhohavetattoos.B.Totellushowtogetatattoo.C.Tointroducethehistoryandfunctionoftattoos.D.Toshowushowatattooinfluencesthewearersinmanyways.

单选题Whathasn'tDevorahDayinvolvedin?A.Madrigals.B.Folk.C.Rock.D.Opera.

单选题______ is the second largest city in England, which is metropolitan district and an industrial and manufacturing city. [A] Birmingham [B] Glasgow [C] Manchester [D] Edinburgh

单选题According to the selection, people with high I. Q. 's are viewed by themselves and others as______.

单选题The text indicates that

单选题He ______ in China for ten years. [A] lived [B] lives [C] has lived