单选题Mary thought she would never meet Tom again, but by a curious ______ they finally met. A. coincidence B. incidence C. incident D. accident

单选题In the new shark repellent method, an insulated cable is buried on the bottom of the sea around a beach from which people swim.

单选题The service was held to ______ the sacrifice of those who died in the war.

单选题An outside adviser has been brought in to ______ the dispute between the management and the union. A. arbitrate B. legitimize C. lug D. earmark

单选题Children's fears come and go, but most children experience similar types of fears at approximately the same age. For toddlers, the worst fears are often associated with separation and change. Toddlers want their own mommy, daddy, .spoon, chair, and bed. They are profoundly conservative little people. The most daring toddlers feel content if they can hold onto what they already know. Yet, children's fears are a useful index of their development. Fear of strangers appears to be a consequence of their first specific attachment, and its ending is a sign that they have acquired a more inclusive schema of faces and people in general. A child who is afraid of cats but not of rabbits evidently can differentiate one small animal from another. Fear of a particular person implies recognition of that person. Parents can be of assistance, both in overcoming fears and in preventing their development. They can prepare a child through play, stories, and happy prognostications for dealing with new situations that might be overwhelming; give prompt and unstinted comfort after a frightening experience; and devise ways in which a child can be gently and gradually—not abruptly— encouraged to take another look at feared objects and situations. Avoidance of the feared object reinforces the fear, and the fear becomes increasingly intense. Children's fears should be taken seriously, never ridiculed or dismissed as silly or babyish. Often, if the caregiver can get the child to explain exactly what it is that is so frightening, the bald can be reassured. The one thing not to do is to force children into confronting a feared situation before they are ready to do so. Almost all children are afraid of something and, as with adults, these fears are often well- grounded. If we are in an open field during a thunderstorm, we probably have good reason to be afraid of lightning. But occasionally fear of something gets out of control and becomes a phobia. A phobia is an irrational fear of something. A child may be afraid of the dark and hesitate to go up the stairs alone at night. But when the child refuses to remain in a place where there is no light, such as the movies or bus or her bedroom, the fear is taking too great a toll on the child's development. There are many different ways that phobias are treated in children. One of these techniques, commonly referred to as contact desensitization, is a behavioral technique designed to' eliminate unnatural fears. This exact technique was used in one study with fifty snake-avoidant children ranging in age from three to nine years. To see which technique was most effective, the fifty children were divided into five groups:A. Members of the "contact desensitization group" were told about snakes and how to approach them, were encouraged by an adult to approach a snake, were given praise when they tried, and watched one adult hold the snake.B. The "contact desensitization without touch group" received all that group A did, but no one touched the snake.C. The "verbal input plus modeling group" received verbal input and modeling (when the adult touched the snake).D. The "verbal input only" received only verbal assurances from the adult.E. Finally, one group of children received no treatment and, hence, was called the "no treatment group." The researchers used something called the Behavior Avoidance Test to see if there was a reduction in avoidance of the snake. The results showed that 82 percent of the children in the contact desensitization group reduced their fear of snakes. Children in the other groups also reduced their fear, but not as dramatically. Fears are something we all have to live with. When they get out of hand, a technique like the one we described here can be very useful in assisting a child through a difficult experienc

单选题Many people in Wales have an affinity with music.

单选题Some people seem to______on the pressure of working under a deadline. A. render B. evolve C. prevail D. thrive

单选题Althoughtheyhavegunsandgrenades,theyarenotsoldiersbutagangof_____.

单选题The______of electronic computers has opened up new ways of data analysis for the scientist. A. advent B. adverse C. advert D. advise

单选题The more people hear his demented rants, the more they see that he is a terrorist______ A. who is pure and simple B. being pure and simple C. pure and simple D. as pure and simple

单选题She has______ideas about becoming a famous actress.

单选题Reading became difficult for the old lady, so the optician ______ her a pair of glasses to make her reading possible.

单选题Mr. Scott asked for an assistant because his work load was too ______. A. preoccupied B. onerous C. trifling D. omnipresent

单选题The girl ______ when she couldn't answer the question in the presence of all her classmates.(2004年上海理工大学考博试题)

单选题The commission presented its report in January and this was broadly ______ in July of that year.

单选题A______of sympathy swept through Japan yesterday as people heard the shocking news of Obuchi's decent into a coma. A. wave B. tide C. rush D. shower

单选题Nearly all trees have seeds that fall to the earth, take root, and eventually __________.

单选题It's very interesting to note where the debate about diversity (多样化) is taking place. It is taking place primarily in political circles. Here at the College Fund, we have a lot of contact with top corporate (公司的) leaders; none of them is talking about getting rid of those instruments that produce diversity. In fact, they say that if their companies are to compete in the global village and in the global market place, diversity is an imperative. They also say that the need for talented, skilled Americans means we have to expand the pool of potential employees. And in looking at where birth rates are growing and at where the population is shifting, corporate America understands that expanding the pool means promoting policies that help provide skills to more minorities, more women and more immigrants. Corporate leaders know that if that doesn't occur in our society, they will not have the engineers, the scientists, the lawyers, or the business managers they will need. Likewise, I don't hear people in the academy saying "Let's go backward. Let's go back to the good old days, when we had a meritocracy (不拘一格选人才)" (which was never true--we never had a meritocracy, although we've come closer to it in the last 30 years). I recently visited a great little college in New York where the campus has doubled its minority population in the last six years. I talked with an African American who has been a professor there for a long time, and she remembers that when she first joined the community, there were fewer than a handful of minorities on campus. Now, all of us feel the university is better because of the diversity. So where we hear this debate is primarily in political circles and in the media-- not in corporate board rooms or on college campuses.

单选题Remember to ask for a______ of quality for the consumer goods; otherwise they will not of- fer any maintenance. A. certificate B. mark C. warranty D. receipt

单选题I don't understand what you're getting so______. about. It's really not a problem. A. worked out B. worked up C. worked over D. worked against