单选题It is imperative that, he ______ full charge of the joint project.

单选题Eighteen-year-old Khairul Anuar Salim, who was attacked by hoodlums, succumbed to his wounds because, according to his uncle, a private hospital in Cheras insisted on "Money first then treatment". (71)______ They have no intention to treat those who cannot afford to pay. They feel that the government should bear the responsibility for health care of ordinary folks who cannot afford or are unwilling to pay. That is also why they do not release the decease's body until they secure payment from the next of kin--never mind that the latter are under stress and grieving. (72) ______ Doctors have taken their Hippocratic Oath to uphold the special value of human life above personal profit, to use their medical knowledge to ameliorate suffering and pain and in emergencies, do the best for anyone in medical need regardless of their financial means. (73)______ Many join the private hospitals to make money. By itself, there is nothing wrong in making money except that it is difficult to balance the irreconcilable conflict which must invariably exist, between the imperatives of profit and those of compassion and care of the Hippocratic Oath. (74)______Hence patients may be required to pay RM10 for toilet rolls, not to mention thousands of dollars for surgery or stay in a deluxe room for convalescence. Fast registration, four-star private rooms for recuperation, televisions and toilet rolls are fine but they must be recognized for essentially what they are--mere frills. The main substance of medical attention is proper medical evaluation, correct diagnosis of the problem, advice and treatment including surgery if necessary. (75)______ A. Administrative staff merely carry out the private hospitals' policies on charges and billings including "No money no treatment". B. Doctors in private hospitals may have to pay high rentals for their clinics and they may even be required to meet some kind of budget to contribute to the common weal of sharing expenses. C. This is the reason for seeking admission in a hospital in the first instance. D. In this, they are acting like the banks except that instead of using properties or shares as collateral (担保) for payment, they use the dead person's body. E. That is because the bottom line of private hospitals is profit. F. It is sad that more often than not the Hippocratic Oath has become the hypocritical oath in the case of doctors in the private hospitals.

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单选题The population in last area was growing rapidly. Needless to say, the housing problem there cried out for immediate solution.

单选题He was tried for theft but got off because there wasn't sufficient______against him.

单选题It is reported that the ______of some of the joint ventures can't meet their expenditure.

单选题The first man who cooked his food, instead of eating it raw, lived so long ago that we have no idea who he was or where he lived. We do know, however, that (41) thousands of years food was always eaten cold and (42) . Perhaps the cooked food was heated accidentally by a (43) fire or by the melted lava from an erupting (44) . When people first tasted food that had been cooked, they found it tasted better. However, (45) after this discovery, cooked food must have remained a rarity (46) man learned how to make and light (47) . Primitive men who lived in hot regions could depend on the heat of the sun (48) their food. For example, in the desert (49) of the southwestern United States, the Indians cooked their food by (50) it on a flat (51) in the hot sun. They cooked piece of meat and thin cakes of corn meal in this (52) . We surmise that the earliest kitchen (53) was a stick (54) which a piece of meat could be attached and held over a fire. Later this stick was (55) by an iron rod or spit which could be turned frequently to cook the meat (56) all sides. Cooking food in water was (57) before man teamed to make water containers that could not be (58) by fire. The (59) cooking pots were reed or grass baskets in which soups and stews could be cooked. As early as 166 B. C., the Egyptians had learned to make (60) . permanent cooking pots out of sand stone. Many years later, the Eskimos learned to make similar pans.

单选题At present, China has signed many ______ trade agreements with other countries. [A] comprehensive [B] reciprocal [C] favourable [D] advantageous

单选题{{B}}Section B{{/B}}{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} Below is a summary of some of the main points of the passage. Read the summary and then select the best word or phrase from the box blow, according to the passage. You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center. Increasing numbers of people have migrated from the countryside and moved into towns and cities over the{{U}} (77) {{/U}}. Most are in the Third World, where they are{{U}} (78) {{/U}} accommodate because facilities are at their most inadequate and meager resources are most stretched. In spite of{{U}} (79) {{/U}}living conditions, the vast numbers of people moving into cities constitute the biggest{{U}} (80) {{/U}}ever. While governments can take action to improve the conditions of squatters, the real solution is to{{U}} (81) {{/U}}the process of urbanization. But to do this governments need to change the ways in which they{{U}} (82) {{/U}} their development funds on the urban areas. If their priorities {{U}}(83) {{/U}}, rural productivity could be increased and this would help develop the national economy. In the end, however, the rural population also lacks the{{U}} (84) {{/U}}that their urban countrymen can exert on governments.A. dreadfulB. hardest toC. elatedD. slow downE. boostF. last two centuriesG. mass migrationH. authorityI. previous centuryJ. marketK. were reversedL. were abandonedM. concentrateN. power

单选题All the students of this university have free______to the Internet via a broadband A. access B. entrance C. permission D. passageway

单选题There are an estimated eight million people currently thought to be eligible to ______ income tax. A. reclaim B. recover C. restore D. return

单选题Those old buildings were ______ to make room for a new shopping center.

单选题He will probably be awarded a Nobel prize on account of his______achievements in physics.

单选题The most ______ example of water pollution occurred in 1969, when the Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire and helped shock America into adopting the Clean Water Act. A. concrete B. precise C. positive D. notorious

单选题The doctor told me the medicine can ______ my headache without doing me any harm.

单选题 In every major city in America, commuters are spending more and more time in their cars fighting traffic. The Texas Transportation Institute recently reported that the average commuter spends an extra 46 hours--more than a full workweek--each year caught in traffic. A major source of the congestion is freight trucks. One large truck takes up the space of almost four cars, and the average truck is becoming longer, with more use of double-and triple-trailers. Increases in truck volume, obviously, add to commuting problems, and according to the U. S. Department of Transportation, freight volume is expected to increase by two-thirds over the next 20 years. One proposed solution--building new roads--is expensive and politically contentious. But there's another way: greater use of freight rail. One freight train can carry the cargo of 500 trucks, and one intermodal train can carry nearly 300 truck trailers. Trucking companies and railroads already are forming intermodal partnerships that combine the best of both kinds of transportation. In an urban area like New York, shifting 25% of freight from trucks to freight trains by the year 2025 would reduce drivers' commuting time by 52.9 hours. In addition, such a shift would save $734 per household in annual congestion costs. Shifting freight from road to rail also helps the environment. Freight rail is more fuel-efficient per ton-mile than trucks. And it reduces drivers' fuel consumption by decreasing the time they spend idling in traffic. By 2025, commuters in New York could save 254 gallons of fuel with a 25% shift of freight from truck to rail. Air pollution levels also would improve with an increase in the use of freight rail. For instance, that same 25% shift to rail by 2025 would decrease air pollutants New York by as much as 79,500 tons. To carry out these changes, the freight rail industry will need more capacity, but that depends on return on investments. Because railroads are not meeting their cost of capital, government policymakers may want to consider investment incentives to help meet the growing demand for freight rail. This would enable freight railroads to provide convenient, on-time, quality service to shippers and boost their share of freight transport. It is hard to imagine a less costly or more effective strategy for reducing traffic congestion.

单选题This speculation(a course taught with technology helps students learn more than the one taught in the live classroom)is not baseless: studies comparing technology-based and traditional course offerings are and technology is looking better all the time. Universities that specialize in distance education are learning how to use multimedia courseware and the Internet effectively and the quality of their offerings is gaining increasing recognition. When students in the near future have a choice between(a)attending passive lecture at fixed locations and times in a campus-based curriculum and(b)completing interactive multimedia tutorials at any convenient place and time in a distance-based curriculum, guess which alternative more of them will begin to choose. This is not to say that technology is a panacea. Passive instructional technology—e.g., simply pointing a video camera at a conventional lecture or using the Web only to display text and pictures— does not promote much learning, no matter how dynamic the lecturer or how colorful the graphic images. Moreover, even at its best technology will never be able to do some things that first-rate teachers do routinely, such as advising, encouraging, motivating;, and serving as role models for students, helping them develop the communication and interpersonal skills they will need to succeed in their careers, and getting them to teach and learn from one another. Most successful people can think back to at least one gifted teacher who changed their lives by doing one or more of these things; it is unlikely that anyone will ever be able to do the same for a software package. Here, then, is what our crystal ball says about the students of higher education. An increasing share of undergraduate degrees will be earned in well-designed distance-based programs at conventional universities and institutions without walls like the British Open University, and an increasing number of people will bypass college altogether and seek competency-based certification in fields like information technology. Some highly ranked research universities will still teach traditionally and continue to attract undergraduates by virtue of their prestige, serving primarily as training grounds for graduate schools. Many of the much greater number of less prestigious universities will try to keep doing business as usual, but having to compete for a shrinking pool of undergraduates will force them to either change their practices or close their doors. And a growing number of universities will systematically incorporate interactive multimedia-based instructional software in their live classroom-based courses, making sure that the courses are taught by professors who serve as true mentors to their students and not just transmitters of information. These universities will continue to thrive—and they will provide the best college education.

单选题Modern man is careless when disposing ______ his garbage.