单选题The mother is told that her child is desperately ill—the chances of survival are slim, and treatment is as dreadful as the disease.

单选题You can use the Course Calendar to help ______ your students of important dates in the course, such as test dates.

单选题Many of the local residents left homes to {{U}}ward off {{/U}}the danger of flooding.

单选题The world is full of new horrors and there's no place to hide. Who says so? Disaster psychologists, for a start. They are the people who take in the big picture of our collective reactions to human-created disaster, the ways these reactions are caused, and our coping mechanisms. And research into disaster psychology is growing fast. Among the big issues being addressed by these researchers are understanding the terrorists' weapons, assessing the full impact of terrorism--and, crucially, working out which psychological approaches actually work. It's a deeply controversial area. Take the work of Dennis Embry as an example. He argues that we have overlooked the obvious: the purpose of terrorism is to create terror. This works best "if the very symbols of everyday life become conditioned fear and anxiety stimulant". The top targets will be the most symbolic of a nation's daily life, preferably served up for prime-time television. Crashing planes from United and American Airlines into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon met those objectives all too perfectly. After the attacks, people stopped flying. Why? Not because they had made a rational risk assessment but because the mere thought of flying made their palms sweat. From terrorism to rail crashes, counseling and "debriefing" (盘问) are the standard response to help those caught up in disasters. But there are growing doubts about their effectiveness. What might be going wrong? Debriefing focuses on getting people to talk through the trauma (损伤) and its emotional consequences soon after the incident. Could it be that some people are better by distancing themselves from what happened, rather than retelling it? If disaster psychologists want to find better ways to help, they'll have to win the race between our understanding of human psychology and the terrorists'.

单选题All parts of this sewing machine are ______ so that it is very simple to get replacements for them.

单选题Man: The coat you tried on was really nice and reasonably priced. Woman: I'd have bought it right away if they had had it in my size. Question: What can be inferred about the woman?

单选题______ these conditions, the number of churches and church membership grew in the postwar decade.

单选题Chaucer, (whose) Canterbury Tales is one of the (most extraordinary) works in English, practically created, (or) at least (made it acceptable), a new language.

单选题There is no denial that in the tropical area there is a high ______of malari

单选题Man: It's your own fault. You shouldn't let anyone in unless you are expecting him.Woman: It's all very well to say that, but someone comes to the door saying "electricity" or "gas" while presenting you a card, and you automatically think he is OK.Question: What does the woman mean?

单选题Born in 1932, he retired as a foreign correspondent for the Polish Press Agency in 1981, by which time his three books had started to {{U}}come out{{/U}}.

单选题Man: Where can I get a good deal on computers? Woman: Try ordering them through your school. Question: What does the woman say about computers?

单选题{{B}}Passage One{{/B}} It was Friday, the day of the field trip on which Miss Joan would take her class to pick apples. Miss Joan enjoyed picking apples with her students. She smiled as she led her students to the bus that would take them to the Greenly Apple Orchard (果园) . The bus ride was bumpy and the kids were a little noisy, but still Miss Joan was smiling. The bus stopped in front of the Greenly Apple Orchard and the class got off quickly and quietly. Miss Joan made sure everyone was there. "What a glorious, sunny, apple picking day," Miss Joan announced with her grandest smile. Mr. Greenly was there to greet them. "Let's see, there are eighteen children and two adults at three dollars each. That will be sixty dollars, please." Miss Joan held up the brochure in her hand. "It says that the price is two dollars each," she pointed out. "That's what I collected from everyone." "We've had to raise the price," Mr. Greenly stated. "You sent me this brochure after we made our reservation," Miss Joan complained, "and it says two dollars!" "Miss Joan, if you look at the bottom of this brochure," Mr. Greenly said, "you'll notice very important statement." Sure enough, in very tiny letters, it said, "Prices are subject to change without notice." Miss Joan was determined to keep her good mood. She took a twenty dollars bill out of her own purse and handed it to Mr. Greenly with the forty dollars she had in an envelope. "Now children, do you all have your baskets?" Miss Joan called out. "Remember, each of you can pick as many apples as possible." Mr. Greenly said, "You can't pick as many apples as possible." "I beg your pardon? Miss Joan was not smiling now. "The brochure says, 'ALL YOU CAN PICK'!" Mr. Greenly pointed to the tiniest letters Miss Joan had ever almost seen. It also says, "Terms and conditions of group reservations are subject to change without notice." Miss Joan's good mood was now history. She didn't want to set a bad example for her students, so she said in a calm and quiet voice, "We're going home, give me our money back, please."

单选题No amount of talking could Uobscure/U the fact the president had run out of excuses now.

单选题The total amount of energy received per minute by the whole earth is a great sum, but it is only a tiny fraction of the total energy radiated by sun.

单选题John's mindless {{U}}exterior{{/U}} concealed a warm and kindhearted nature.

单选题His effort of decades began to ______ He came to be well-known for his findings.

单选题The {{U}}affection{{/U}} they felt for each other was obvious to everyone.

单选题Woman: Hey Dan. I hear you’re meeting Susan’s parents for the first time. Man: Yeah, next weekend. Fortunately, her father loves to fish, so we will have so many things to talk about. Question: What can be inferred about Dan?