单选题Man: Congratulations! I heard your field hockey team is going to the mid-Atlantic cham-pionships! Woman: Yeah] Now we're all working hard to get ready for our game tomorrow. Question: What will the woman probably do this afternoon?

单选题One of the most widely discussed subjects these days is energy crisis. Automobile drivers cannot get gasoline; homeowners may not get enough heating oil; factories are (56) by a fuel shortage. The crisis has (57) questions about the large oil companies and windfall (58) . Critics of the oil industry charge that the major companies are getting richer because of the oil shortage. Shortage, of course, drives prices up. As oil prices rise, the critics say, the oil companies will make more money (windfall profits) without doing a thing to (59) the extra cash. "Windfall" profits are sudden unearned profits-profits made (60) luck, or some special turn of events. The word itself tells what "windfall" means-- something blown down by the wind, such as trees, or fruit (61) from trees. But the word has taken on a special meaning. This meaning (getting something unearned) was first used in medieval England. This is (62) it started: at that time much of the land was in the hands of (63) barons. The rest of the people, commoners, lived and worked on their vast estates. They planted the seed, cared for the farm animals and harvested the crops. Not all the land, however, was used for farming. Every baron kept a large private forest for (64) deer and wild bear. When hungry, the people sometimes would kill the animals in the lord's forest for food. And there were times (65) they might cut down trees for fuel. So, strong laws were passed to protect the forests, and the animals. Violations were severely (66) . But there was one way people could get wood from the forest. If they found trees blown down by the wind ("windfall") they were free to take them for use as fuel in their homes. And that is the meaning that has come down to us-something good gotten by luck or (67) . The common people of old England, often hungry and cold, must often have prayed for a good strong wind. Critics today (68) that the oil industry has also been praying for something just like it -some political or military (69) that might produce a windfall-- a rise in oil prices and profits. The oil companies deny that this is so. In Congress, critics of the oil companies have proposed a (70) on such profits. The debate on rising oil price will go on for some time, and most likely we will hear more and more about windfall profits.

单选题The Chinese government reiterates that Taiwan is China's ______ and the question of Taiwan is China's internal affair.

单选题A: Are there any seats left for the opera on Saturday night?B: ______

单选题Now about half of the women who work in social {{U}}welfare{{/U}} are part-time, as compared to 38% in the private sector.

单选题 Inflation is a period of rapid rises in prices. When your money buys fewer goods so that you get {{U}}(56) {{/U}} for the same amount of money as before, inflation is the problem. Sometimes people describe inflation as a time when "a dollar is not {{U}}(57) {{/U}} a dollar anymore". Inflation is a problem for all consumers, especially people who live on a fixed income. Retired people, for instance, cannot {{U}}(58) {{/U}} on an increase in income as prices rise. They face serious problems in stretching their incomes to {{U}}(59) {{/U}} their needs in time of inflation. Many retired people must cut their spending to {{U}}(60) {{/U}} rising prices. In many cases they must stop {{U}}(61) {{/U}} some necessary items, such as food and clothing. Even {{U}}(62) {{/U}} working people whose incomes are going up, inflation can also be a problem. The {{U}}(63) {{/U}} of living goes up, and they must have even more money to maintain their standard of living. When incomes do not keep {{U}}(64) {{/U}} with rising prices, living standard goes down. People may be earning the same amount of money, but they are not living {{U}}(65) {{/U}} because they are not able to buy as many goods and services. Government units gather information about prices in our economy and publish it as price indexes {{U}}(66) {{/U}} the rate of price change can be determined. A price index measures changes in prices using the price for a {{U}}(67) {{/U}} year as the base. The base price is set {{U}}(68) {{/U}} 100, and the other prices are reported as a {{U}}(69) {{/U}} of the base price. A price index makes {{U}}(70) {{/U}} possible to compare current price with that in previous years.

单选题The young man asked his parents not to worry because he was full of optimism about his career.

单选题Actor Pierce Brosnan may play the deadly super spy in the movies, but in real life he is a ______ father and a loving husband.

单选题A: Look, I'm sorry to bother you about this, but this wall between our rooms is not very soundproof and I'm doing my revison for the final exam.B: ______ .

单选题(Overseas) travel sounds (excited) and sometimes (exotic) but not everyone can afford (it).

单选题During the experiment, the subjects were asked______.

单选题The reason (why) I love (watching) Tony (surf) is (because) he is so graceful and beautiful when he surfs.

单选题Woman: Are you sure you cleaned your car thoroughly? You want to impress the boss. Man: I'd better double check to be sure. Question: What will the man probably do next?

单选题(So great) (was) the influence of Thomas Paine (on) his own time that John Adams suggested that the era (was called) "The Age of Paine".

单选题{{B}}Passage Five{{/B}} Most parents prize the diversity within their children's public schools. They know that learning to cooperate and excel in a diverse, real-world setting is a key to success in the 2lst-century workplace and marketplace. But how "diverse" and "real-world" is a school that does not have any minority teachers? The bad news today is that some 40 percent of America's public schools have no teachers of color. The good news is that we have an opportunity to recruit and encourage more Americans of color to enter the teaching profession. And our success in doing so can have a powerfully positive impact on student achievement. Obviously, a teacher's effectiveness depends, first and foremost, on his or her skills and high expectations, not on the teacher's color. Yet we also know that children of color--40 percent of the student population and rising- benefit in important ways by having some teachers who look like them, who share similar cultural experiences, and who serve as role models demonstrating that education and achievement are things to be respected. Bear in mind that teachers do not teach only facts and "content". They also model appropriate behaviors and teach by personal example. And for many children, the teachers and other adults in their school are the most important authority figures outside of their home. So it is important to expose children to a diverse teaching staff--and to diverse role models- within each of our schools. Where we have an urban school with an all-minority staff or a suburban school with an all-white staff, we are giving students a stunted educational experience. Issues of diversity are especially relevant today, as public schools are redoubling their commitment to raising standards and closing achievement gaps. We need to seize every opportunity to boost the achievement of poor and minority students. I believe- and an impressive body of research confirms--that recruiting and retaining more minority teachers can be crucial to our success. NEA has made it a core strategic priority to increase the recruitment and retention of teachers of diverse backgrounds. Beyond NEA's own programs, we are joining with other organizations to create the National Collaborative on Diversity in the Teacher Workforce. But we can't do it alone. States and school districts need to develop programs to assist teacher's aides--large numbers of whom are minorities--to advance their education and become fully licensed teachers. Other programs can reach out to minorities still in school, offering encouragement and incentives to enter the teaching profession. At the same time, states must ensure that relevant tests do not bar promising minority candidates from entering the profession.

单选题Man: Can you come over for dinner tonight? Woman: I'm up to my ears in work, so I'll have to take a rain check. Question: What does the woman mean?

单选题Jack was completely ______ by the criminal"s disguise.

单选题Which of the following is the best title for the text?

单选题A: Has everyone submitted their proposals to me? B: ______.