单选题I cannot quite follow what she is saying.

单选题We packed up the things we had accumulated (积累) over the last three years and left.

单选题A large crowd assembled outside the American embassy.

单选题It is said that the houses along this street will soon be Udemolished/U.

单选题One of the newer conservation projects undertaken by the state of Oklahoma involves flood prevention.A. topicsB. programsC. concernsD. schools

单选题阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子作出判断。如果该句提供的是正确信息，请选择A项；如果该句提供的是错误信息，请选择B项；如果该句信息文章中没有提及，请选择C项。 {{B}} "Own" Your Children's Education{{/B}} "Helping them isn't about showing your kids how to do the work. It's about being genuinely interested and having regular conversations about what they're learning," says J. Gary Knowles, a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, part of the University of Toronto. Rozon has a slew of suggestions for how to get more involved. "Get to know the teacher. Discuss ways to tailor the assignments to your child's learning style. Spend time in the classroom. Ask for outlines of unit studies so you can find supplementary materials at the library or through videos. Read your child's textbooks: If you work a few pages ahead, you'll be able to help them with problems they encounter." Reading is another must, says Rozon. "Even after your children can read themselves, hearing somebody else read aloud is important. We nearly always have a book on the go; we read for at least a half hour before bedtime." The more engaged a parent is, the more the child benefits, adds Bruce Arai. "The evidence is clear: Parental involvement is one of the most important factors in school success." Arai cites the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, sponsored by Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), which is measuring all aspects of child development. "The hours children spend in class are but one element of their education," states HRDC, which says parental support, along with teacher support and a positive attitude towards school, all contribute to academic success. "I see every moment of every day as a learning experience," says Goforth. "The most satisfying part of it is seeing the love of learning continued. I'm not squelching my children's desire to learn by insisting they learn. They learn because they want to." Adds Jeanne Lambert, mother of Carey Graham: "Make the time, take the time, guide, lead, and encourage. If nothing else, your children learn you care, and that's the most important lesson you can give them."

单选题{{B}}第二篇{{/B}} In Eritrea，a small country in northeast Africa，approximately 80 percent of the population is illiterate．That percentage is even higher for women．As in many developing countries，most Eritreans have traditional ideas about the role of women．They believe that women should stay home and take care of the family and should not get an education or look for a job． These beliefs are one of the factors that prevent Eritrea and other developing countries from improving their economic situation．Experience in many countries has shown that educated women have fewer children and have more opportunities for improving their lives and the lives of their families．In Eritrea，in fact，there is great need for improvement．It is one of the poorest countries in the world．For many Eritrean families，getting enough food is a daily problem． To deal with these problems，the Eritrean government，together with the World Food Program，has a new program that offers food as a reward for learning。In primary schools，all the children receive food packages to take home to their families．However，with the new program，the girls receive 50 percent more food than the boys．This way，parents are encouraged to send their daughters to school rather than keeping them at home． Another government program that aims to educate women is Food for Training．Managed by the National Union of Eritrean Women，this program offers food rewards(also from the World Food Organization)to women and older girls who are willing to join the program．Because of the war with Ethiopia，many women are bringing up their families on their own．They often live in refugee camps，with no land of their own and no way to earn money．Most of these women are illiterate and have no skills to find a job．They spend most of their day looking for food and preparing it for their families． The Food for Training program helps the teenagers and women change their lives．If they agree to join the program，they receive a large package of food each month．In return，the women are required to attend free literacy classes for two hours every day．When Food for Training started with classes in two regions of Eritrea，5，000 girls and women joined in the first two months．It is especially popular with teenage girls，aged fourteen to sixteen，who have never had a chance to go to school before． The organizers of Food for Training also plan to offer other kinds of courses for women，using the same system of food rewards．In these courses，they will teach women job skills and crafts such as basket weaving．These women will not only learn to read and write．They will become aware of what is going on in their country，and they will be able to have a voice in their future．

单选题 下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，每题后面有4个选项。请仔细阅读短文，并根据短文回答其后面的问题，从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。{{B}}第一篇{{/B}} {{B}}The treasure{{/B}} Locked away in a vault underneath the presidential palace in Kabul is a priceless treasure which is at the mercy of the American bombardment and the Taleban's spite and greed. Art experts want the UN to rescue this 2, 100-year-old hoard of gold antiquities, called the Treasure of Bactria, before it is destroyed or the Tableban melt it down. What is remarkable is that the 20,000 or more gold statues, necklaces and ornaments set with precious stones have survived for so long in a city scarred by years of war. Rumors swirl around the bazaars of the capital about what the Taleban has done with the treasure, which was excavated from a royal burial site in northern Afghanistan by a Soviet team during the Soviet Union's occupation. The team described how the 20,000 gold pieces included statues, necklaces, dress ornaments, hairpins and buckles deco rated with precious stones. There were also plaques decorated with jewels and a crown covered in pearls and turquoise. The treasure survived until its excavation in 1978. After that, the country's former President Najibullah, sealed it in many trunks and hid them in a vault and protected by a steel door shut by seven locks with keys held by seven different people. At least three of the key holders are now dead, Mr. Najibullah included. Another popular fable circulating in Kabul is that the Russians have a duplicate set of the seven keys. Others claim that a traitor team of Soviet troops broke into the vault in the last hours before they abandoned Kabul and replaced some of the treasures with fakes. Now all anyone can say for sure is that the treasure was last seen and inspected by international archaeologists in 1993. when the safe was opened to clarify rumors that the Afghans had sold it. UNESCO says that it has given the Americans a map so that its bombers can avoid vital cultural sites, which include the vault in the presidential palace and other places, where other museum treasures are stored. There are many in Kabul who say the Taleban have already handed the treasure to Osama Bin Laden. Robert Kluyver, of the Society for the Preservation of Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage, was told recently that Bin Laden had arranged for it to be smuggled across the mountains to Pakistan in March where dealers awaited his orders to sell it.

单选题We shall keep the money in a {{U}}secure{{/U}} place. A. clean B. secret C. distant D. safe

单选题Alice trusts you, only you can persuade her to give up the foolish idea.

单选题Can Buildings Be Designed to Resist Terrorist Attack In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, structural engineers are trying hard to solve a question that a month ago would have been completely unthinkable: Can building be designed to withstand catastrophic blasts inflicted by terrorists? Ten days after the terrorist attacks on the twin towers, structural engineers from the University at Buffalo and the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) headquartered at UB traveled to ground zero as part of a project funded by the National Science Foundation. Visiting the site as part of an MCEER reconnaissance visit, they spent two days beginning the task of formulating ideas about how to design such structures and searching for clues on how to do so in buildings that were damaged, but still are standing. "Our objective in visiting ground zero was to go and look at the buildings surrounding the World Trade Center, those buildings that are still standing, but that sustained damage," said M. Bruneau, Ph. D. "Our immediate hope is that we can develop a better understanding as to why those buildings remain standing, while our long-term goal is to see whether earthquake engineering technologies can be married to existing technologies to achieve enhanced performance of buildings in the event of terrorist attacks," he added. Photographs taken by the investigators demonstrate in startling detail the monumental damage inflicted on the World Trade Center towers and buildings in the vicinity. One building a block away from the towers remains standing, but was badly damaged. "This building is many meters away from the World Trade Center and yet we see a column there that used to be part of that building," explained A. Whittaker, Ph. D. "The column became a missile that shot across the road, through the window and through the floor." The visit to the area also revealed some surprises, according to the engineers. For example, the floor framing systems in one of the adjacent buildings was quite rugged, allowing floors that were pierced by tons of falling debris to remain intact. "Highly redundant ductile framing systems may provide a simple, but robust strategy for blast resistance," he added. Other strategies may include providing alternate paths for gravity loads in the event that a load-bearing column fails. "We also need a better understanding of the mechanism of collapse," said A. Whittaker. "We need to find out what causes a building to collapse and how you can predict it." A. Reinhorn, Ph. D. noted that "earthquake shaking has led to the collapse of many buildings in the past. It induces dynamic response and extremely high stresses and deformations in structural components. Solutions developed for earthquake-resistant design may be directly applicable to blast engineering and terrorist-resistant design. Part of our mission now at UB is to transfer these solutions and to develop new ones where none exist at present."

单选题Why Not Eat Breakfast? Breakfast is not only the most important meal of the day, it is also the most neglected or skipped. Common reasons for not eating breakfast include lack of time, not feeling hungry, traditional dislike for breakfast, and dieting. Breakfast simply means "break the fast". Your body spends at least six to twelve hours each night in a fasting state. In the morning your body needs energy to rev up(转动起来)into high gear for the day's work ahead. If you skip breakfast, you are likely to concentrate less effectively in the late morning, feel irritable, short-tempered(易怒的), tired,or weak. When you choose not to eat breakfast, your body stays in slow gear. Also, people who skip breakfast often binge(无节制的在吃) later in the day at other meals or eat a high-calorie (高卡里路)snack in the morning. Breakfast eaters tend toeat less fat during the day, have more strength and endurance and better concentration and problem-solving ability. A good breakfast should provide up to 1/3 of your total calorie needs for the day. On the average, we eat 400 less calories for breakfast than for dinner. If breakfast doesn't appeal to you in the morning, try eating a lighter-dinner, earlier in the evening or save half your dinner for breakfast in the morning. If you still aren't hungry in the morning, start with something small like juice or toast or have a mid-morning snack later when you are hungry. Not eating breakfast can also cause you to overeat, since a fall in blood sugar often makes you feel very hungry later. To make matters worse, since your body is in a slowed state, it will not be able to burn those extra calories very efficiently. If you feed your body healthy snacks and meals throughout the day, you are less likely to become extremely hungry and stuff yourself as soon as you begin to eat. Since breakfast is the first and most important meal of the day, choosing the right fuel is important. The best breakfast foods are fruits, juice, lean meat, and grain products such as breads, rice, noodles, and cereals.

单选题We learn from the passage that a child has boundless curiosity

单选题The Spanish Flu Epidemic If you"re worried about the possibility of a coming bird flu epidemic, you can take comfort in the fact that humanity has survived a similar influenza epidemic in the past. Starting its rounds at the end of World War I, the 1918 flu killed an estimated 50 million people. Popularly known as the Spanish Flu, this type of influenza was far worse than your common cold. Normally, influenza only kills those who are more vulnerable to disease, such as newborns, the old or the sick. However, the Spanish Flu was prone to killing the young and healthy. Often it would disable its victims in hours; within a day, they would be dead, typically from extreme cases of pneumonia (肺炎). The Spanish Flu was quite nasty-fast-spreading and deadly. It managed to spread across the globe, devastating the world. Then suddenly, after two years ravaging (蹂躏) the earth, it disappeared as quickly as it had arisen. Despite its nickname, the Spanish Flu did not originate in Spain. Its true origins are unknown. Some believe it started in US first and then spread to Europe as America joined the war; others think that it populated the trenches of the English and the French and eventually broke out in 1918. Regardless of where it started, eventually a fifth of the world population suffered the disease, with a global mortality rate (死亡率) estimated at 2.5% of the population. Modernity was partly to blame for the quick spread of the disease. It passed throughout the world on trade routes and shipping lines. It hit Northern America, Europe, Asia, Africa and the South Pacific. The war did not help at all-the movement of supplies and troops aided the spread of the Spanish Flu, as well as the trench warfare. Imagine the speed at which a virus can spread in a crowded ditch. The fast emergence of the virus in the trenches caused some soldiers to believe that the Spanish Flu was a new form of biological warfare. Luckily, the Spanish Flu simply vanished by 1920. It is believed the flu simply ran out of fuel to spread.

单选题 Step Back in Time Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us? One hundred years ago the average woman lived to be 45. But now, she can live until at least 80. One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after ourselves better. We know which foods are good for US and what we have to eat to make sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need. We know why we sometimes get ill and what to do to get better again. And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to keep our hearts beating healthily. But in order that we don't slip back into bad habits, let's have a look at what life was like 100 years ago. Families had between 15 and 20 children, although many babies didn't live long. Children suffered from lots of diseases, especially rickets (佝偻病) and scurvy (坏血病), which are both caused by bad diets. This is because many families were very poor and not able to feed their children well. Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London and Manchester often slept standing up, bending over a piece of string, because there was no room for them to lie down. People didn't have fridges until the 1920s.They kept fresh food cold by storing it on windowsills (窗台板), blocks of ice, or even burying it in the garden. Some children had to start work at the age of seven or eight lo earn money for their parents. If you had lived 100 years ago, you might well be selling matchsticks (火柴杆) (a job done by many children) or working with your dad by now.

单选题 下面的短文后有2项测试任务：(1)第23～26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2～5段每段选择1个最佳标题；(2)第27～30题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定1个最佳选项。 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　{{B}}McGrady's Spectacular Art{{/B}} 1. When Tracy McGrady is healthy, his play can be so beautiful that even his own teammates on the court cannot help but admire it in the middle of a game. 2. "It's hard for me, because I'm a fan of basketball," Houston point guard (负责组织进攻的后卫) Rarer Alston told The Houston Chronicle (记事) newspaper after McGrady's 44-point performance against Utah on January 5. "When he's shooting the ball like that, a lot of times I'm standing there watching and, all of a sudden, the other team's getting the ball and going on a fast break (快攻) ,and I'm getting yelled at by the coach." Indeed, McGrady's body control, his energy, his shooting—watching these is like watching an artist at work, blending colors, constructing sentences, or playing music. 3. Unfortunately, McGrady, 27, hasn't always been on the job. Already this season, he's missed 7 games with back spasms (痉挛). After Yao Ming was injured on Dec. 23,it appeared Houston would be without both of its stars. McGrady, however, returned 3 days later and has been playing well ever since, scoring more than 30 points in each of the last 6 games, as of Tuesday. Houston can't seem to get on without him When McGrady was injured, the Rockets won two and lost five. 4. "Listen, there are only four or five people on the entire planet that can do the things he can do with the basketball," forward Shane Battler said of McGrady. "From a fan's perspective—and we're fans even though we're players—it's really fun to watch him do that. From a player's perspective, his game (风格) can affect the entire team. No question. We see him, and we get excited, and that pumps us up. He keeps making shots, and suddenly it seems to become easier for everybody." 5. But it won't, really. Houston has just begun a tough time. Four of the next 7 games will be played away from Houston. 6 of the games will be against teams with winning records. Opponents will doubleteam (双人看守) McGrady in an attempt to dull the impact of his art. Instead of watching, McGrady's teammates will need to create a little art of their own. A. McGrady's Injury B. Necessity for the Teammates to Improve Their Own Skills C. Evaluation from Two Different Perspectives D. Spectacular Performance on the Court E. Players Houston Can't Do Without F. Yao Ming's Performance

单选题It is always praiseworthy to admit one"s errors and rectify them without delay.

单选题I must have been insane to agree to his idea.

单选题I will try not to take up too much of your time.A. deviseB. missC. occupyD. catch

单选题If we Uterminate/U our relations with that country, we'll have to find another supplier of raw materials.