单选题______ we would like to close the business with you, we find your bid unacceptable.

单选题The______on this apartment expires in a year's time.

单选题A brilliant writer can ______ a whole scene effortlessly.

单选题The terrified hunter, ______ in the arms of a huge bear, fought desperately to loosen its grip.

单选题The committee members resented ______ them of the meeting.

单选题In spite of the increasing ______ of their opinions, the group knew they had to arrive at a consensus so that the award could be presented.

单选题Published in 1957, John Cheever"s first novel, The Wapshot Chronicle, earned______the National Book Award.

单选题The company is reported to have______of nearly $ 90, 000.

单选题I had never seen so many people with so many disabilities. I returned home, silently ______. thinking how fortunate we really were.

单选题Galena, the chief ore of lead, is a brittle mineral with a metallic luster.

单选题______ an answer, they decided to send an express telegram to them.

单选题______ the boys say, it is unreasonable to ask me to work overtime without pay.

单选题He possessed a(n) ______ intelligence that put him in company with the greatest social thinkers of the day.

单选题The Supreme Court's decisions on physician-assisted suicide carry important ______ for how medicine seeks to relieve dying patients of pain and suffering.

单选题It"s pretty windy. You"d better______your hat.

单选题Language is not merely a neutral medium for the conveying of information; it can trigger emotional responses which may______prejudice, stereotyping or misunderstanding.

单选题When she saw how frightened he was at his mistake, her anger began to______.

单选题The age at which young children begin to make moral discriminations about harmful actions committed against themselves or others has been the focus of recent research into the moral development of children. Until recently, child psychologists supported pioneer developmentalist Jean Piaget in his hypothesis that because of their immaturity, children under age seven do not take into account the intentions of a person committing accidental or deliberate harm, but rather simply assign punishment for transgressions on the basis of the magnitude of the negative consequences caused. According to Piaget, children under age seven occupy the first stage of moral development, which is characterized by moral absolutism (rules made by authorities must be obeyed) and imminent justice (if rules are broken, punishment will be meted out). Until young children mature, their moral judgments are based entirely on the effect rather than the cause of a transgression. However, in recent research, Keasey found that six-year-old children not only distinguish between accidental and intentional harm, but also judge intentional harm as naughtier, regardless of the amount of damage produced. Both of these findings seem to indicate that children, at an earlier age than Piaget claimed, advance into the second stage of moral development, moral autonomy , in which they accept social rules but view them as more arbitrary than do children in the first stage. Keasey"s research raises two key questions for developmental psychologists about children under age seven: do they recognize justifications for harmful actions, and do they make distinctions between harmful acts that are preventable and those acts that have unforeseen harmful consequences? Studies indicate that justifications excusing harmful actions might include public duty, self-defense, and provocation. For example, Nesdale and Rule concluded that children were capable of considering whether or not an aggressor"s action was justified by public duty: five year olds reacted very differently to "Bonnie wrecks Ann"s pretend house" depending on whether Bonnie did it "so somebody won"t fall over it" or because Bonnie wanted "to make Ann feel bad." Thus, a child of five begins to understand that certain harmful actions, though intentional, can be justified; the constraints of moral absolutism no longer solely guide their judgments. Psychologists have determined that during kindergarten children learn to make subtle distinctions involving harm. Darley observed that among acts involving unintentional harm, six-year-old children just entering kindergarten could not differentiate between foreseeable, and thus preventable, harm and unforeseeable harm for which the perpetrator cannot be blamed. Seven months later, however, Darley found that these same children could make both distinctions, thus demonstrating that they had become morally autonomous.

单选题Passage B "How many copies do you want printed, Mr. Greeley?" "Five thousand!" The answer was snapped back without hesitation. "But, sir," the press foreman protested, "we have subscriptions for only five hundred newspapers. "We'll sell them or give them away." The presses started rolling, sending a thundering noise out over the sleeping streets of New York City. The New York Tribune was born. The newspaper's founder, owner, and editor, Horace Greeley, anxiously snatched the first copy as it came sliding off the press. This was his dream of many years that he held in his hand. It was as precious as a child. Its birth was the result of years of poverty, hard work, and disappointments. Hard luck and misfortune had followed Horace all his life. He was born of poor parents on February 3,1811, on a small farm in New Hampshire. During his early childhood, the Greeley family rarely had enough to eat. They moved from one farm to another because they could not pay their debts. Young Horace's only boyhood fun was reading—when he could snatch a few moments during a long working day. The printed word always fascinated Horace. When he was only ten years old, he applied for a job as an apprentice in a printing shop. But he didn't get the job because he was too young. Four years later, Horace walked eleven miles to East Poultney in Vermont to answer an ad. A paper called the Northern Spectator had a job for a boy. The editor asked him why he wanted to boa printer, Horace spoke up boldly: "Because, sir, I want to learn all I can about newspapers. " The editor looked at the oddly dressed boy. Finally he said, "You've got the job, son." For the first six months, room and board would be the only pay for his work. After that, he would get room and board and forty dollars a year. Horace hurried home to shout the good news to his family. When he got there, he learned that his family was about to move again—this time to Pennsylvania. Horace decided to stay and work. Mrs. Greeley hated leaving her son behind, but gave her consent. Twice during his apprenticeship Horace walked six hundred miles to visit his family. Each time, he took all the money he had saved and gave it to his father. The Spectator failed after Horace had spent four years working for it. He joined his family in Erie, Pennsylvania, and got a job on the Erie Gazette. Half the money he earned he gave to his family. The other half he saved to go to New York. When he was twenty, Horance arrived in New York with ten dollars in his pocket. He was turned down twice when he asked for a job. Finally he became a typesetter for John T. West's Printery. The only reason Horace got the job was that it was so difficult other printers wouldn't take it. His job was to set a very small edition of the Bible. Horace almost mined his eyes at that job. As young Greeley's skill grew, better jobs came his way. He could have bought better clothes and moved out of his dingy room. But he was used to being poor, and his habits did not change. He spent practically nothing on himself Even after his Tribune became a success, he lived as if he hadn't enough money for his next meal. The Tribune grew and thrived. It was unlike any newspaper ever printed before in the United States. Greeley started a new type of journalism. His news stories were truthful and accurate. His editorials were attacked as well as praised. Many people disagreed with what he wrote, but still they read it. The Tribune became America's first nationwide newspaper. It was read as eagerly in the Midwest and Far West as it was in the East. Greeley's thundering editorials became the most powerful voice in theland. Greeley and his Tribune fought for many causes. He was the first to come out for the right of women to vote. His Tribune was the leader in demanding protection for homesteads in the West. He aroused the north in the fight against slavery. During a depression in the East, jobless men asked what they could do to support themselves. Said Greeley: "Go West, young man, go West!" As the Tribune gained more power, Greeley became more interested in politics He led in forming and naming the Republican party. He, more than any other man, was responsible for Abraham Lincoln's being named to run for President. Horace Greeley was first of all a successful newspaperman. He was also a powerful political leader. But he was not a popular man. In 1872 he ran for President against Ulysses S. Grant. Grant was re-elected by an overwhelming margin. Greeley then in deep mourning over the recent death of his wife. He was heart broken over losing the election. He never recovered from the double blow only weeks after his defeat, he died in New York City. His beloved Tribune lived on after him as the monument he wanted. Just before died, he wrote: "I cherish the hope that the journal I projected and established will live and flourish long after I shall have mouldered into forgotten dust, and that the stone that covers my ashes may bear to future eyes the still intelligible inscription, Founder of the New York Tribune./

单选题Overpopulation has greatly ______ the development of this city.