单选题The "chronic reference doses" (in boldface in Paragraph 3) refer to ______.

单选题There are few, if any, countries in the world in which sports ______ national life to the degree that they do in the US.

单选题Any troop of wild animals should be approached warily .

单选题Questions 27—30 are based on the passage about Isadora Duncan, a famous dancer. You now have 20 seconds to read Questions 27—30.

单选题Theories have features that are (indicative) of their truth, and the. task of justification is to identify these features and (using them) to guide choices (as to) (which theories) to believeA. indicativeB. using themC. as toD. which theories

单选题The members of parliament were ______ that the government had not consulted them.

单选题The trouble seems to be that income tax is progressive, so that the richer you get, the less rich you are than ______.

单选题{{B}}阅读理解二{{/B}} {{B}}Questions 6 to 10 are based on the following passage.{{/B}} Carly Fiorina, Hewlett-Packard's chief executive, came out fighting on November 14th. In a conference call with analysts, she announced better-than-expected quarterly results, even though profits were down. Ms Fiorina also reiterated why she believes her $24 billion plan to acquire Compaq is the best way forward for HP, despite objections by Hewlett and Packard family members. Last week Walter Hewlett, whose father co-founded the company, expressed concern that the merger would increase HP's exposure to the shrinking PC market and would distract managers from the more important task of navigating through the recession. There are two ways to defend the deal. One is to point out its advantages, which is what Ms Fiorina did this week. Merging with Compaq, she said, would enable HP to reach its goals faster than it could on its own. The deal would improve HP's position in key markets such as storage and high-end computing, as well as the economics of its PC business. It would double the size of HP's sales force and broaden its customer base, providing more potential clients for its services and consulting arms. It would improve cashflow, margins and efficiency by adding "breadth and depth" to HP. "Having spent the last several months planning the integration of these two companies, we are even more convinced of the power of this combination," Ms Fiorina concluded. It sounds too good to be true, and it almost certainly is. But the other way to defend the deal is to point out that, even if it was a bad idea to start with, abandoning it could be even worse—a view that, unsurprisingly, Ms Fiorina chose not to advance, but is being quietly put forward by the deal's supporters. Scrapping the merger would be extremely painful for a number of reasons. Since the executive teams of both firms have committed themselves to the deal, they would be utterly discredited if it fell apart, and would probably have to go. Under the terms of the merger agreement, HP might have to pay Compaq as much as $675m if it backed out. The two firms would be considerably weakened; they would also be rivals again, despite having shared confidential technical and marketing information with each other over the past few months. In short, it would all be horribly messy. What can be done to save the deal? Part of the problem is that HP has no plan B. "They need a brand-recovery effort immediately," says one industry analyst. HP must give the impression that it is strong and vital, rather than desperate, and that its future is not dependent on the deal going forward. That could make the merger look more attractive and bring investors back on board. This week's results will certainly help. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, which owns just over one-tenth of HP's shares, will decide whether to back the merger in the next few weeks, and HP's shareholders are to vote on it early next year. The more credible HP's plan B, the less likely it is that it will be needed.

单选题Very few people could understand the lecture the professor delivered because its subject was very ______. A. obscure B. indefinite C. dubious D. intriguing

单选题His constant attempts to ______ his colleagues' achievement eventually caused his dismissal. A. withdraw B. diminish C. restrain D. confine

单选题John wishes now that he ______ the Spring Festival at home. A. spent B. had spent C. has spent D. did spend

单选题The Czarist Russian conquest of the proud, independent sea hunters was so devas-tatingly thorough that tribal traditions, even tribal memories, were almost______.

单选题I must ______ you farewell right now, but on some future occasion, I hope to see you again.

单选题A child hears his mother tongue spoken from morning till night in its______ form.(上海交通大学2008年试题)

单选题She always handled the problems ______ her own experience and principles.

单选题As used in paragraph 2 of this passage, the word "revitalize" means______.

单选题I was ______by the sight that I could not take my eyes off it.

单选题The plays of Eugene O'Neill, characterized by their unsettling questions and tumultuous struggles with fate, transformed the American theater.