单选题From 1965 to 1978 American consumer prices increased at an average annual rate of 5. 7 percent. This ominous shift was followed by consumer price gains of 13. 3 percent in 1979.

单选题Young people tend to stay with their family longer on these days for accommodation is expensive but, when they move away to a job or college, there are various options open to them. A. these days for B. during these days as C. these days as D. within these days for

单选题She soon found that in that place she was just like a square ______ in a round hole. A. log B. board C. peg D. hog

单选题This passage is on the whole ______.

单选题The two countries have developed a ______ relation and increased a great deal in foreign trade.

单选题Ideally, anatomical investigation consists of a combination of descriptive and experimental approaches. Present-day anatomy involves scrutiny of the structure of organ-isms at many levels of observation. A. analysis B. recognition C. evaluation D. examination

单选题The word " wrath " in The Grapes of Wrath by the Nobel prize winner John Steinbeck probably means:

单选题He lived in a ______ house, and for this reason he was easily accepted into his money-worshiping society.

单选题Questions 61-70 are based on the following passage. While some international couriers are showing signs of exhaustion, EMS (Express Mail Service), the generic name for the courier services of post offices, seems to be finding its stride. Known as Datapost in Britain, as Chronopost in France, and as A1-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Uncle Vernon, quite unlike Harry Potter who looked nothing like the rest of the family, was large, very fat, and ______, with an enormous black mustache.

单选题Remelting old metal cans rather making primacy aluminum from bauxite ore shipped from overseas saves producers millions of dollars in procurement and production costs.

单选题In the REM sleep, ______.

单选题"You realize that you were driving at 100mph, don't you?" "No, officer, I {{U}}may not{{/U}} have been. This car can't do more than 80."

单选题It was not long before Skinners, the famous behaviorist, realized the limitations of his psychological research than another psychologist came with his forceful arguments against Skinners' theory.

单选题He said there was a great gap between the views expressed in the media and what ______ people were thinking.

单选题That university has produced a large number of social celebrities, including four Presidents and three Speakers.

单选题Were it not for the measures timely taken last year by the central government, these banks could have been closed. A. would have been B. should have been C. had to be D. will have been

单选题The shop-assistant was straightforward with his customers. If an article was of ______ quality he'd tell them so. A. miserable B. minor C. subordinate D. inferior

单选题Some polls show that roughly two-thirds of the general public believe that elderly Americans are ______ by social isolation and loneliness. A. reproached B. favored C. plagued D. reprehended

单选题With good reasons he is called a fool.