单选题Had I run out of gas, I ought to have called the garage.

单选题First launched in April this year, Net My Singapore also includes efforts that ______ training, development, and the exploration of new technologies based on. A. obliterate B. sequester C. encompass D. terminate

单选题Sea rise as a consequence of global warming would immediately threaten that large fraction of the globe living at sea level. Nearly one-third of all human beings live within 36 miles of a coastline. Most of the world"s great seaport cities would be 1 : New Orleans, Amsterdam, Shanghai, and Cairo. Some eountries—Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, islands in the Pacific—would be inundated. Heavily populated coastal areas such as in Bangladesh and Egypt, 2 large populations occupy low-lying areas, would suffer extreme 3 . Warmer oceans would spawn stronger hurricanes and typhoons, 4 in coastal flooding, possibly swamping valuable agricultural lands around the world. 5 water quality may result as 6 flooding which forces salt water into coastal irrigation and drinking water supplies, and irreplaceable, natural 7 could be flooded with ocean water, destroying forever many of the 8 plant and animal species living there. Food supplies and forests would be 9 affected. Changes in rainfall patterns would disrupt agriculture. Warmer temperatures would 10 grain-growing regions pole-wards. The warming would also increase and change the pest plants, such as weeds and the insects 11 the crops. Human health would also be affected. Warming could 12 tropical climate bringing with it yellow fever, malaria, and other diseases. Heat stress and heat mortality could rise. The harmful 13 of localized urban air pollution would very likely be more serious in warmer 14 . There will be some 15 from warming. New sea-lanes will open in the Arctic, longer growing seasons further north will 16 new agricultural lands, and warmer temperature will make some of today"s colder regions more 17 . But these benefits will be in individual areas. The natural systems— both plant and animal—will be less able than man to cope and 18 . Any change of temperature, rainfall, and sea level of the magnitude now 19 will be destructive to natural systems and living things and hence to man as well. The list of possible consequences of global warming suggests very clearly that we must do everything we can now to understand its causes and effects and to take all measures possible to prevent and adapt to potential and inevitable disruptions 20 by global warming.

单选题"If I worked not with my husband, I would have never met him," writes Jodster.

单选题You might include a couple of heady growth stocks ______ with your more pedestrian investments.

单选题By providing legal representation the American Civil Liberties Union works to defend citizens against {{U}}breaches{{/U}} of their civil rights. A. exercises B. perusals C. violations D. branches

单选题Giorgio, now fifteen, and Lucia, also in her teens, were reaching the ______ of their adolescence. A. crisis B. criterion C. causality D. credibility

单选题The middleman relieves the producer of ______.

单选题The goods are usually arranged according to their categories so that consumers can expeditiously find that they want.

单选题Buildings in the southeast of the UK are going to have to be constructed ______ those in Scotland if the report findings are correct. A. as B. like C. likely D. are like

单选题{{U}}He didn't buy the book because he was interested in poetry{{/U}}.

单选题There was no enmity between us, so we were able to reach an agreement on the sale of the property.

单选题Most young people today are, in the eyes of the older generation, selfish almost in all respects. A. self-assumed B. self-abandoned C. self-affected D. self-absorbed

单选题Due to the fact that universities can not enroll all the candidates, ______ to university is competitive.

单选题Japan and the newly industrialized countries are passing labor-intensive sects as garment-making over to less developed nations and moving into advanced technology and services. A. sects like B. sectors like C. sections as D. sections such as

单选题All mammals have hair, but not always evident.

单选题I would have been able to figure out the situation and help you out if you told me early. A. have told me earlier B. had told me earlier C. had told me early D. could tell me early

单选题After the ______ exercises of prayer and song, the speaker of the day gave an address.

单选题The {{U}}futility{{/U}} of the program resulted from poor planning.

单选题The earliest form of artificial lighting was fire, which also provided warm and protection.