单选题This restaurant is frequently ______ by tourists because of its famous cooking.

单选题Instead of telling it like it is, we're learning to present things in a more Utemperate/U way.

单选题Man may destroy the balance of nature, but from time to time, nature takes a terrible ______. A. attack B. threat C. lesson D. revenge

单选题For my proposed journey, the first priority was clearly to start learning Arabic. I have never been a linguist. Though I had traveled widely as a journalist, I had never managed to pick up more than a smattering of phrases in any tongue other than French, and even my French was laborious for want of lengthy practice. The prospect of tackling one of the notoriously difficult languages at the age of forty, and trying to speak it well, both deterred and excited me. It was perhaps expecting a little too much of a curiously unreceptive part of myself, yet the possibility that I might gain access to a completely alien culture and tradition by this means was enormously pleasing. I enrolled as pupil in a small school in the center of the city. It was run by Mr. Beheit, of dapper appearance and explosive temperament, who assured me that after three months of his special treatment I would speak Arabic fluently. Whereupon he drew from his desk a postcard which an old pupil has sent him from somewhere in the Middle East, expressing great gratitude and reporting the astonishment of local Arabs that he could converse with them like a native. It was written in English. Mr. Beheit himself spent most of his time coaching businessmen in French, and through the thin, partitioned walls of his school one could hear him bellowing in exasperation at some confuse entrepreneur: "Non. M. Jones. le ne suis pas francais. Pas, Pas, Pas." (No Mr. Jones, I'm not, not, NOT). I was gratified that my own tutor, whose name was Ahmed, was infinitely softer and less public in his approach. For a couple of hours every morning we would face each other across a small table, while we discussed in meticulous detail the colour scheme of the tiny cubicle, the events in the street below and, once a week, the hair-raising progress of a window-cleaner across the wall of the building opposite. In between, bearing in mind the particular interest I had in acquiring Arabic, I would inquire the way to some imaginary oasis, anxiously demand fodder and water for my camels, wonder politely whether the sheikh was prepared to grant me audience now. It was all hard going. I frequently despaired of ever becoming anything like a fluent speaker, though Ahmed assured me that my pronunciation was above average for a Westerner. This, I suspected, was partly flattery, for there are a couple of Arabic sounds which not even a gift for mimicry allowed me to grasp for ages. There were, moreover, vast distinctions of meaning conveyed by subtle sound shifts rarely employed in English. And for me the problem was increased by the need to assimilate a vocabulary, that would vary from place to place across five essentially Arabic-speaking countries that practiced vernaculars of their own: so that the word for "people", for instance, might be "nais", "sahab" or "sooken". Each day I was mentally exhausted by the strain of a morning in school, followed by an afternoon struggling at home with a tape recorder. Yet there was relief in the most elementary forms of understanding and progress. When I merely got the drift of a torrent which Ahmed had just release, I was childishly clated. When I managed to roll a complete sentence off my tongue without apparently thinking what I was saying, and it came out right. I beamed like an idiot. And the enjoyment of reading and writing the flowing Arabic script was something that did not leave me once I had mastered it. By the end of June, noone could have described me as anything like a fluent speaker of Arabic. I was approximately in the position of a fifteen-year old who, equipped with a modicum of schoolroom French, nervously awaits his first trip to Paris. But this was something I could reprove upon in my own time. I bade farewell to Mr. Beheit, still struggling to drive the French negative into the still confused mind of Mr. Jones.

单选题She told her story, now and then ______ to wipe the tears from her eyes. A. breaking off B. cutting off C. calling off D. putting off

单选题our kindness in giving ______ to the consideration of the above problem will be highly appreciated.(2004年湖北省考博试题)

单选题 Teachers need to be aware of the emotional, intellectual, and physical changes that young adults experience. And they also need to give serious{{U}} (21) {{/U}}to how they can be best{{U}} (22) {{/U}}such changes. Growing bodies need movement and{{U}} (23) {{/U}}, but not just in ways that emphasize competition.{{U}} (24) {{/U}}they are adjusting to their new bodies and a whole host of new intellectual and emotional challenges, teenagers are especially self-conscious and need the{{U}} (25) {{/U}}that comes from achieving success and knowing that their accomplishments are{{U}} (26) {{/U}}by others. However, the typical teenage lifestyle is already filled with so much com petition that it would be{{U}} (27) {{/U}}to plan activities in which there are more winners than losers,{{U}} (28) {{/U}}, publishing newsletters with many student-written book reviews,{{U}} (29) {{/U}}student artwork, and sponsoring book discussion clubs. A variety of small clubs can pro- vide{{U}} (30) {{/U}}opportunities for leadership, as well as for practice in successful{{U}} (31) {{/U}}dynamics. Making friends is extremely important to teenagers, and many shy students need the{{U}} (32) {{/U}}of some kind of organization with a supportive adult{{U}} (33) {{/U}}visible in the back-ground. In these activities, it is important to remember that the young teens have{{U}} (34) {{/U}}attention spans. A variety of activities should be organized{{U}} (35) {{/U}}participants can remain active as long as they want and then go on to something else without feeling guilty and with- out letting the other participants down.

单选题Nowadays, our government advocates credit to whatever we do or whoever we contact with. Once you ______ your words, you will lose your social status and personal reputation. A. keep up with B. give away from C. go back on D. lose sight of

单选题The low operating costs of the foreign company will ______ the high labor costs the business pays in its own country. A. offend B. obstruct C. oblige D. offset

单选题The Ublunder/U of Argentina's goalie cost them the game in the match against Brazil.

单选题The Egyptians______an area almost equal to France and Spain combined.

单选题I am thankful to the company for giving me such a chance, and I earnestly hope that I will _________ everyone’s expectations.

单选题The items contained in the parcel don't correspond ______ those on the list that accompanied it. A. against B. for C. about D. with

单选题Knowing that the cruel criminal has done a lot of unlawful things, I feel sure that I have no ______ but to report him to the local police.(2002年3月中国科学院考博试题)

单选题What a bad temper the child has! I wonder which of his parents he ______. A. turns to B. takes after C. stands for D. looks like

单选题He claimed $ 1 million______ from his boss for the loss of his left leg while at work.