单选题 While some international {{U}}couriers{{/U}} are showing signs of exhaustion, EMS (Express Mail Service), the generic name for the courier services of post offices, seems to be finding its {{U}}stride{{/U}}. Known as Datapost in Britain, as Chronopost in France, and as Al-Barid al-Mumtaz in Saudi Arabia, EMS is now second in the international courier business (jointly with TNT Skypack). Last year it delivered 5.6 million items, weighing less than 20 kilograms each, across borders. That and its annual growth rate of around 5 percent have worried DHL, the market leader, enough for it to counter-attack in the Courts. On October 26, a Dutch judge ruled against DHL on all three counts filed against the Dutch post office: that the three-initial name was too close to DHL's; that the orange lines in the EMS logo were too similar to DHL's dark red ones; and that the claim to the widest route system in the world was unfounded. DHL has threatened the Swiss post office with similar action, but it may reconsider after the Dutch ruling. EMS has some advantages over the private couriers. One is a dense ready-made network of offices, especially in Europe, the avowed target area of the private couriers. Another advantage is a long tradition of working with customs authorities. In a business where minutes count, it pays to have good friends at customs. That advantage particularly irritates the private couriers because there is no legal way to combat such unquantifiable coziness. The private courier services are also annoyed because in countries like Switzerland and Italy, where the post office is officially a monopoly, they pay it a fee. In Switzerland DHL says it pays more than SFr lm ($708,000) "to the competition" each year. In France the couriers have won a battle for exoneration. Although governments are under little pressure to keep prices artificially low, EMS is often cheaper than the private couriers, but not always. A recent test in Britain(on a domestic route)showed Datapost about halfway between the least and the most expensive, but gave it full marks for speed and service. Each national EMS is free to set its rates and follow its own rules on things like bulk discounts. The Universal Postal Union, based in Berne, determines how costs and revenues are split between sending and receiving countries, and standardizes procedures. More than 100 postal administrations have linked into the system — and more are coming, including Russia's. That makes the feisty EMS particularly happy since its rivals have not been allowed to serve anywhere in Russia.

单选题His bibliography runs to a prodigious 500 items, taking more than 500 pages. A. enormous B. gigantic C. fraudulent D. prevalent

单选题The feeling of {{U}}competition{{/U}} among the students in all the classrooms where the test was going on was noticeable to everyone.

单选题Life insurance, {{U}}before available only to young, healthy persons{{/U}}, can now be obtained for quite a large proportion of the elderly population, and, sorry, even for pet animals.

单选题For centuries animals have been used as surrogates for people in experiments to assess the effects of therapeutic and other agents that may be later used for humans. A. which may later be used fr humans B. that may be later used in humans C. which might later be used for humans D. that might later be used in humans

单选题His famous lectures, Talks to Teachers, are every briefly ______ in the text to give you some feel for his flair with concepts as well as the significance of his thinking. His major point was that the entire enterprise of education is determined by the actual classroom teacher. A. loaded B. roared C. quoted D. folded

单选题Just last week, for example, the World Heahh Organization (WHO) announced the disturbing disclosure that chick flu may be pretty deadlier than previously believed.

单选题No thing fuels cynicism for watching, two titanic institutions wrangle over their reputations. A. No... as B. Something... like C. Nothing... like D. No... than

单选题A year ago the firm had a ______ loss of 4.3 million dollars or 20 cents a share after all necessary deduction. A. total B. gross C. net D. clear

单选题The concept of a loyal opposition—the ______ of modern democracy—rarely prevails and． much more frequently, opposition is equated with treason and ruthlessly suppressed． A．100p B．essence C．equivalent D．velocity

单选题The climate in South China, where rains and storms are common occurrences, is much more humid than that of Xinjiang, a frozen land of ice.

单选题It was now clear that no such weapons were manufactured and none {{U}}been found{{/U}}.

单选题"They're the best team I've seen thus far," says ______ men's basketball coach Larry Brown. A. American's B. US C. the USA D. United State of America

单选题Since she did not have time to read the entire play before class, she read an outline of the plot instead.

单选题According to the International Law, the United Nations would impose economic ______ against an invading country.

单选题We suspect there is a quite deliberate attempt to sabotage the elections and undermine the electoral commission. A. conscious B. desperate C. clumsy D. intentional

单选题When {{U}}covering{{/U}} the Easongate incident, there was no mention of the tape that has been suppressed and that both CNN and Eason Jordan have declined to ask for it.

单选题The abolitionist"s eloquent speeches invoked a sharp response in the public and the fate of slaves has become a warm topic in American society.

单选题Researchers have discovered that dolphins are able to mimic human speech.

单选题The patient says he dreads ______ neighbors to carry him and his wheelchair up the stairs to his tenth-floor apartment when the elevator goes out.