单选题{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}} It's becoming something of a joke along the Maine-Canada border. So many busloads of retired people crisscross the line looking for affordable drugs that the roadside stands should advertise, "Lobsters. Blueberries. Lipitor. Coumalin." Except, of course, that such a market in prescription drugs would be illegal. These senior long-distance shopping strees fall in a legal gray zone. But as long as people cross the border with prescriptions from a physician and have them filled for no more than a three-month supply for personal use, customs and other federal officials leave them alone. The trip might be tiring, but people can save an average of 60 percent on the cost of their prescription drugs. For some, that's the difference between taking the drugs or doing without. "The last bus trip I was on six months ago had 25 seniors," says Chellie Pingree, former Maine state senator and now president of Common Cause. "Those 25 people saved $19.000 on their supplies of drugs." Pingree sponsored Maine RX, which authorizes a discounted price on drugs for Maine residents who lack insurance coverage. The law was challenged by drug companies but recently upheld by the U. S. Supreme Court. It hasn't yet taken effect. Figuring out ways to spend less on prescription drugs has become a multifaceted national movement of consumers, largely senior citizens. The prescription drug bill in America is $160 billion annually, and people over 65 fill five times as many prescriptions as working Americans on average. "But they do it on health benefits that are half as good and on incomes that are half as large," says Richard Evans, senior analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, an investment research firm. What's more, seniors account for 20 percent of the voting public. It's little wonder that the May 19 Supreme Court ruling got the attention of drug manufacturers and politicians across the country. The often-over-looked state of 1.3 million tucked in the northeast corner of the country became David to the pharmaceutical industry's Goliath. The face-off began three years ago when state legislators like Pingree began questioning why Maine's elderly population had to take all those bus trips.

单选题We were running out of money and things were looking ______.

单选题The brain drain of experts away from developing countries will greatly influence these countries' development of ______ industry. A.complicated B.sophisticated C.primitive D.collective

单选题Efforts to reach the injured men have been ______ because of a sudden deterioration in weather conditions.(2002年武汉大学考博试题)

单选题If the dispute is not settled in a(n)______way soon, the two countries will certainly go to war.

单选题Thousands perished, but the Japanese wished to ______ the extent of the cruel acts committed by their soldiers.

单选题It is hard to move the Cake machine out of school because ______.

单选题The meal was excellent; the sour-pepper soup was particularly ______.

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单选题Debt and the destruction of war have brought major economic setbacks, ______ damage to social services and human suffering. A. apart from B. as good as C. except for D. rather than

单选题In the United States at the time of World War Ⅱ, (When) soldiers were screened (for military service) the army defined (a minimal level) of literacy as that (was normally achieved) in the fifth grade.A. WhenB. for military serviceC. a minimal levelD. was normally achieved

单选题There was snow everywhere, so that the shape of things was difficult to ______.

单选题John was not selected______; he was chosen for the job because he had the most experience. (2014年北京航空航天大学考博试题)

单选题Although most birds have only a______sense of smell, they have acute vision.

单选题It is not too late, but ______ action is needed.

单选题Thirteen hundred medical professionals, all of which have been trained to treat drug dependency, attended the annual convention sponsored by a society A. B. C. D.

单选题The timber rattlesnake is now on the endangered species list, and is extinct in two eastern states in which it once______.

单选题After a while I grew tired of the confusion and disturbance of the town. There were several bars open, one offered a cocktail feminino which I was curious to know more about. Instead I decided to remain sober and drove out of town and up to the Paso de Cortes, the high pass by which the conquistadors had broken through the Aztec defences. These are the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental and on a clear day the view from Amecameca is dominated by the two volcanoes, Popoeatepetl and Ixtaccihuatl. This was not a clear day. The heat haze pressed down beneath a layer of high cloud which hid the mountain peaks. The road started to climb through thick woodland. Indian women stood in some of the clearings, tending fires. They held out the tortillas they had been cooking, hoping for a sale. Their horses were tethered nearby; presumably they were on the last stage of their journey to the fair. They would be in town by nightfall, in time for the procession. As I emerged from the woods, the clouds, which had hidden Popoeatepetl for several weeks, suddenly lifted and the peak stood distinct in the cold blue air. The peak was covered in snow and from the tip of this arose a thin plume of smoke. Below the ring of snow the volcanic slopes were rumpled into pleats of soft brown and grey. Not a tree or a blade of grass could be seen on those slopes. The Aztecs believed that Popocatepetl was a former king and that Ixtaccihuatl, "the Sleeping Woman" was his faithful wife who accompanied him in death. I wondered what Cortes would have thought of all this beauty as he was guided between the volcanoes and knew that the guardian saints of the Aztecs were nothing more than volcanoes. It was as deserted now on the windy brown plateau as it was on the day he passed. Cortes is not honoured in Mexico—there are only two statues to him in the entire country—but on the Paso de Cortes a small bas-relief has been set into a stone. This shows him advancing, mounted on an armoured horse, a crowd of men around him and the Indian interpreter, Princess Marina, who bore his son, showing him the way. Without Marina, the Spanish could never have left the coast. They numbered only five hundred, but their arrival had been prophesied in the Aztec religion, of which with Marina's help, they were able to take advantage and save themselves from Montezuma's sacrificial altars. In truth Cortes needs no monuments in Mexico; the whole country is a result of his reckless adventure. Every Church in Mexico is his monument, just as much as the medieval suits of armour which were being sold to the children in the town below the pass. A chill wind from the volcano started to blow and I returned to the warmth of the forest and the mist.

单选题I was ______ to learn that you are going to spend the summer with your parents in Hong Kong. A. disgraced B. distracted C. thrilled D. bleached