单选题(Just) outside (the interest) (of places are) a glorious building (surrounded) by tall trees. A. Just B. the interest C. of places are D. surrounded

单选题When I was younger I ______ long distance, but now I'm out of practice.A. was used to walkB. got used to walkC. was used to walkingD. used to walking

单选题Students today are writing ______ of poetry. A. a great many lines B. quantities of lives C. lots lines D. a large number

单选题There are many types of reports. A report is simply (56) of something that has happened. The commonest are (57) We get them in newspapers, over radio and (58) television. Sometimes (59) also show us newstreel. The main purpose of a newspaper (60) provide news. If you (61) a newspaper closely, you will find that there are all types of news. accidents, floods, fires, wars, sports, books, etc. The news (62) everything that (63) to people and their surroundings. Sometimes there are news items which are very (64) The big (65) bold words above the news items (66) headlines. Their purpose is to (67) attention so that people will buy the newspaper because they want to read (68) of the news. A news report is usually very short, (69) when it is about something very important, but it (70) a lot of information. It is also (71) in short paragraphs. The first paragraph is in (72) a summary of the news item. It gives all the necessary information: what, when, where, how, why. The other paragraphs give (73) of the subject. There may also be interviews (74) people. The words actually spoken by them are within inverted commas. Often there are photographs to go (75) the news to make it more interesting.

单选题The wind was so strong last night that is tore the ______ of the ship into two or three pieces.

单选题By next week the new regulations ______ A. will introduce B. are to introduce C. are to be introduced D. will have introduced

单选题The Smiths ______ their breakfast when the morning post came. A. had B. has been having C. are having D. were having

单选题Do you know the old English saying that a apple a day keeps the doctor away?

单选题—Do you have the experience like that? —Well, I've done the work before, so I know what ______ in my new job here.

单选题Speaker A: Could I get a ride with you to the concert tonight? Speaker B: I can"t go, ______. I think she"s leaving around 7:30.

单选题We could see the stars ______ well from the top of the mountain.

单选题For visitors whose time is limited and are unable to learn the history and examine the building in detail on the spot, it is suggested that the following plan of a journey be followed. A. whose B. and are unable C. on D. be followed

单选题Chokwe Selassie is on a mission to help drivers avoid potholes (路面坑洼). The eighth-grader was inspired to kick off his mission on a recent morning, when his mother was driving him to school. Their car was damaged as it went over a huge pothole in the middle of the street in their hometown of Jackson, Mississippi. "I decided I was going to do something about the pothole problem in my city," Chokwe says. His solution: an app(手机应用) that warns drivers when there is a pothole ahead. Chokwe developed the app with his friends Rodriguez Ratliff and Emmanuel Brooks. "When the app detects a potheole, it is highlighted (突出显示) in red," Chokwe says. "And if you get close to the pothole, your phone will warn you." Drivers can also use the app to report any potholes they encounter, and to look for other routes they can take to avoid roads that have them. The app relies on current available information about the streets of Jackson. "It works by using the city"s 311 call system, so it uses information already stored in a database," Chokwe says. (79) Through the call system, citizens dial 3-1-1 to report non-emergency problems —which include potholes. Chokwe and his friends determined that focusing on the 10 busiest streets in Jackson would give them a large enough sample size to test the prototype(原型). (80) Although the app isn"t yet available for sale, Chokwe is already looking for ways to improve it. The prototype remains limited to 10 streets in Jackson, but he hopes to add more, so that it includes every street in the city. And then he wants to go even farther. "I want to keep working on the app until it"s nationwide," Chokwe says.

单选题______ is known to us all is that the 2012 Olympic Games will be held in London.

单选题Mary was (surprised to) realize that it was (us), her old (school friends), (calling) her from Paris.

单选题A woman and three children are said ______ in the traffic accident.

单选题The quality of patience goes a long way toward your goal of creating a more peaceful and loving self. The more patient you are, the more accepting you will be of what life is, rather than insisting that life be exactly as you would like it to be. Without patience, life is extremely frustrating. You are easily annoyed, bothered, and irritated. Patience adds a dimension of ease and acceptance to your life. It's essential for inner peace. Becoming more patient involves opening your heart to the present moment, even if you don't like it. If you are stuck in a traffic jam, late for an appointment, being patient would mean keeping yourself from building a mental snowball before your thinking get out of control and gently reminding yourself to relax. It might also be a good time to breathe as well as an opportunity to remind yourself that, in the bigger scheme, being late is "small stuff". Patience is a quality of heart that can be greatly enhanced with deliberate practice. An effective way that I have found to deepen my own patience is to create actual practice periods—periods of time that I set up in my mind to practice the art of patience. Life itself becomesa classroom, and the curriculum is patience. You can start with as little as five minutes and build up your capacity for patience over time. What you'll discover is truly amazing. Your intention to be patient, especially if you know it's only for a short while, immediately strengthens your capacity for patience. Patience is one of those special qualities where success feeds on itself. Once you reach the little milestone (里程碑) —five minutes of successful patience—you'll begin to see that you do indeed have the capacity to be patient, even for longer periods of time. Over time, you even become a patient person. Being patient will help you to keep your perspective. You'll see even a difficult situation, say your present challenge, isn't "life or death" but simply a minor obstacle that must be dealt with. Without patience, the same scenario (局面) can become a major emergency complete with yelling, frustration, hurt feelings, and high blood pressure.

单选题But for their help, we ______ A. shouldn't succeed B. could not have succeeded C. will not succeed D. should not have succeeded