单选题On that trip, the loneliness was a little harder to handle, so I brought along our puppy to keep me ______. A. company B. partner C. attendant D. fellowship

单选题{{B}}Section A{{/B}}{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} Each of the passages is followed by some questions. For each question four answers are given. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question. Put your answer on the ANSWER SHEET. {{B}}Passage One What Makes a "Millennial Mind"?{{/B}} (1) Since 1000 AD, around 30 billion people have been born on our planet. The vast majority have come and gone unknown to all but their friends and family. A few have left some trace on history: a discovery made, perhaps, or a record broken. Of those, fewer still are remembered long after their death. Yet of all the people who have lived their lives during the last 1000 years, just 38 have achieved the status of "Millennial Minds" that's barely one in a billion. Those whose lives Focus has chronicled have thus become members of possibly the most exclusive list of all time. And choosing who should be included was not easy. (2) From the beginning, the single most important criterion was that the "Millennial Minds" are those who did more than merely achieve greatness in their own time, or in one field. Thus mere winners of Nobel Prizes had no automatic right to inclusion, nor artists who gained fame in their own era, but whose reputation has faded with changing fashion. The achievements of the genuine "Millennial Mind" affect our lives even. now, often in ways so fundamental that it is hard to imagine what the world was like before. (3) Not even transcendent genius was enough to guarantee a place in the Focus list. To rate as a "Millennial Mind", the life and achievements also had to cast light on the complex nature of creativity: its origins, nature and its personal cost.

单选题The amending Treaty on European Union can become law only if there is ______ agreement to this effect. A.overall B.unified C.overwhelming D.unanimous

单选题Your {{U}}analogy{{/U}} was not a good one because the two situations are not similar.

单选题The rain looked as though it had ______for the night.

单选题In the specific recession years noted in the passage, it can be inferred that ______.

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单选题The room is so ______ with furniture—hat it is hard to move about.

单选题They drifted on the lake, fishing and catching shrimp to ______.

单选题I think it was all fixed up by lawyers or ______ arranges adoptions. A. someone B. anyone C. whoever D. those

单选题Among the lowest of the judicial ranks, justices of the peace nevertheless re quently exercise jurisdiction over a variety of misdemeanors.

单选题How large a proportion of the sales of stores in or near resort areas can be______ to tourist spending?

单选题No one really knows who composed this piece of music, but it has been ______ to Bach. A. identified B. associated C. referred D. attributed

单选题Intelligence test scores follow an approximately normal distribution, (meaning) that most people score near the middle of the distribution of scores, (and) scores (drop off) fairly rapidly in frequency as one moves in (either) direction from tile center.A. meaningB. andC. drop offD. either

单选题He didn't live up to ______ had been expected of him.

单选题The food you eat does more than provide energy. It can have a dramatic effect on your body's ability to fight off heart disease, cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, and weak bones. With remarkable consistency, recent research has found that a diet high in plant-based foods—fruits, vegetables, dried peas and beans, grains, and starchy staples such as potatoes—is the body's best weapon in thwarting many health-related problems. These foods work against so many diseases that the same healthy ingredients you might use to protect your heart or ward off cancer will also benefit your intestinal tract and bones. Scientists have recently estimated that approximately 30 to 40 percent of all cancers could be avoided if people ate more fruits, vegetables, and plant-based foods and minimized high-fat, high-calorie edibles that have scant nutritional value. Up to 70 percent of cancers might be eliminated if people also stopped smoking, exercised regularly, and controlled their weight. In the past, researchers had linked fat consumption with the development of cancers, but they currently believe that eating fruits, vegetables, and grains may be more important in. preventing the disease than not eating fat. "The evidence about a high-fat diet and cancer seemed a lot stronger several years ago than it does now," says Melanie Polk, a registered dietitian and director of nutrition education at the American Institute for Cancer Research. The road to strong bones is paved with calcium-rich food. Leafy green vegetables and low-fat dairy products are excellent sources of calcium, the mineral that puts stiffness into your skeletal system and keeps your bones from turning rubbery and fragile. Your body uses calcium for mom than keeping your bones strong. Calcium permits cells to divide, regulates muscle contraction and relaxation, and plays an important role in the movement of protein and nutrients inside cells. If you don't absorb enough from what you eat to satisfy these requirements, your body will take it from your bones. Because your body doesn't produce this essential mineral, you must continually replenish the supply. Even though the recommended daily amount is 1,200 mg, most adults don't eat more than 500 mg. One mason may have been the perception that calcium-rich dairy products were also loaded with calories. "In the past, women, in particular, worded that dairy products were high in calories, "says Letha Y. Griffin, M. D., of Peachtree Orthopaedics in Atlanta." But today you can get calcium without eating any high-fat or high-calorie foods by choosing skim milk or low-fat yogurt. "Also, low-fat dairy products contain phosphorous and magnesium and are generally fortified with vitamin D, all of which help your body absorb and use calcium. If you find it difficult to include enough calcium in your diet, ask your doctor about supplements. They are a potent way to get calcium as well as vitamin D and other minerals. But if you rely on pills instead of a calcium-rich diet, you won't benefit from the other nutrients that food provides. Getting the recommended vitamin D may be easy, since your body makes the vitamin when your skin is exposed to the sun's rays.

单选题Publishers are using a blitz of advertising, Web sites, as well as traditional methods to ______for elusive teens market.