单选题What is your goal in life? A. plan B. aim C. arrangement D. idea

单选题The bricklayer is working on the house today.

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单选题The dominant theme in the music is of tranquility and peacefulness. A．major B．final C．copious D．sluggish

单选题The Railway Labor Mediation Act of 1926 supported the use of collective bargaining to avert interruption of rail service.

单选题U. S. Blacks Hard-hit by Cancer Death rates for cancer are falling for all Americans, but black Americans are still more likely to die of cancer than whites, the American Cancer Society said Monday In a special report on cancer and blacks, the organization said blacks are usually diagnosed with cancer later than whites, and they are more likely to die of the disease. This could be because of unequal (不平等的) access to medical care, because blacks are more likely to have other diseases as well, and perhaps because of differences in the biology (生物学) of the cancer itself, the report added. "In general, black Americans have less hope of surviving five years after diagnosis than whites for all cancer sites and all stages of diagnosis," the report said. "In describing cancer statistics for black Americans, this report recognizes that many of the differences associated with race may be caused by unfair social and economic differences and unequal access to medical care." The cancer society said blacks should be encouraged to get check-ups (体格检查) earlier, when cancer is more treatable, and it said more research is needed to see if biological differences play a role. "The new statistics emphasize the continuing importance of wiping out these unfair social differences through public policy and education efforts," the organization said in a statement. But it also noted a drop in cancer death rates. "Cancer death rates in both sexes for all sites combined have dropped greatly among black Americans since 1992, as have incidence rates (发生率) ," said the report.

单选题Britain"s Solo Sailor Ellen MacArthur started sailing when she was eight, going out oil sailing trips with her aunt. She loved it so much that she saved her money for three years to buy her first small sailing boat. When she was 18, she sailed alone around Britain and won the "Young Sailor of the Year" award. But Ellen really became famous in 2001. Aged only 24, she was one of only two women who entered the Vendee Globe round the world solo race, which lasts 100 days. Despite many problems, she came second in the race out of 24 competitors and she was given a very warm welcome when she returned. Ambition and determination have always been a big part of Ellen"s personality. When she was younger, she lived in a kind of hut (棚屋) for three years while she was trying to get sponsorship to compete in a transatlantic race. Then she took a one-way ticked to France, bought a tiny seven meter Class Mini yacht, slept under it while she was repairing it, and then she raced it 4,000 kilometers across the Atlantic in 1997, alone for 33 days. Ellen has had to learn many things, because sailing single-handed means that she has to be her own captain, electrician, sail maker, engineer, doctor, journalist, cameraman and cook. She also has to be very fit, and because of the dangers of sleeping for long periods of time when she"s in the middle of the ocean. She has trained herself to sleep for about 20 minutes at a time. And she needs courage. Once, in the middle of the ocean, she had to climb the mast (桅杆) of a boat to repair the sails-at four o"clock in the morning, with 100 kph winds blowing around her. It took her many hours to make the repairs. Ellen says: "I was exhausted when I came down. It"s hard to describe how it feels to be up there. It"s like trying to hold onto a big pole, which for me is just too big to get my arms around, with someone kicking you all the time and trying to shake you off." But in her diary, Ellen also describes moments which make it all worthwhile (值得的): "A beautiful sunrise started the day, with black clouds slowly lit by the bright yellow sun. I have a very strong feeling of pleasure, being out here on the ocean and having the chance to live this. I just feel lucky to be here."

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单选题Native American Pottery There are several American Indian groups in the Southwest that still make beautiful pottery. Some of this pottery may be sold at fairly high prices. But the makers consider their work as more than a commercial enterprise. By using methods handed down for generations, the potters express their pride in their cultural inheritance . Some of the most interesting pottery is made by the Pueblo Indians. There are 21 individual pueblos in Arizona and New Mexico. Several are famous for their craftsmanship. To make a pot, these potters use a clay base and add long thin coils of clay to it in a spiral pattern. When they have reached the size they want, they use an implement such as a rock or shell to smooth the surfaces of the pot. How a pot is decorated and fired depends on the traditions of the group making it. Traditional pottery produced by the Acoma, who have lived for centuries on a high mesa in New Mexico, is first painted with a clay slip. The resulting pots, which are prized for their delicacy and strength, may be left white. They may also be painted with black and white patterns or with a combination of black, orange, and brown. Very distinctive black pottery comes from the San Ildefonso and Santa Clara pueblos. The black color is the result of carbon being released from the animal manure in which the pot is fired. Some artisans hand-rub this ware to a shiny gloss. Others cut patterns into it, resulting in a part shiny, part flat surface. Potters at San Ildefonso make many types of wares. Potters at Santa Clara are especially known for wedding jars—jars with two necks connected by a handle. Other groups such as the Hopi and the Cochiti also make pottery. Each group uses distinctive methods and produces distinctive forms and designs.

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单选题I have been trying to quit smoking.

单选题On the table was a vase filled with artificial flowers

单选题 第一篇 Counterfeit Making and selling fake copies of well-known products has been a nice little earner for crafty craftsmen over thousands of years: In Roman Gaul, unscrupulous potters would put the seals of better-known competitors on their urns so they would sell better. Until the 1980s, counterfeiting was a relatively small-scale business restricted mainly to copying luxury fashion items, such as watches and leather goods, in limited quantities. But in the 1990s it was transformed into a much bigger, broader industry, with large-scale production and distribution of false versions of such everyday items as biscuits and shampoo. Modern technology is making it ever easier to create near-perfect copies of branded goods for a fraction of the retail price of the real thing. By its nature, the extent of counterfeiting is hard to measure precisely, but a study by the International Chamber of Commerce reckoned that it grew from perhaps 3% of world trade in 1990 to 5% in 1995. John Pepper, hairman of Proter to enforce their piracy laws adequately; and to heap firms inhibit trade in faked versions of their products. Besides offering poorer countries trade privileges in return for a clampdown on counterfeiting, rich countries have tried convincing them that if they try harder to enforce intellectual property rights, they will win more foreign investment. But, realizing that persuasion is having little effect, they are also resorting to threats: On January 15th, America issued a warning to the Philippines, the world's leading piracy centers, that they may have their trade privileges taken away unless they crack down harder on the counterfeiting gangs.

单选题Fewer and fewer of today's workers expect to spend their working lives in the same field, not to {{U}}mention{{/U}} the same company. A. all else B. much worse C. less likely D. let alone

单选题Their style of playing football is utterly different. A. barely B. scarcely C. hardly D. totally

单选题阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。 Highways in the US The United States is well-known for its network of major highways designed to help a driver get from one place to another in the shortest possible time.{{U}} (51) {{/U}}these wide modern roads are generally smooth and well maintained, with{{U}} (52) {{/U}}sharp curves and many straight sections, a direct route is not always the most{{U}} (53) {{/U}}one. Large highways often pass{{U}} (54) {{/U}} scenic areas and interesting small towns. Furthermore, these highways generally{{U}} (55) {{/U}}large urban centers which means that they become crowded with{{U}} (56) {{/U}}traffic during rush hours, when the "fast, direct" way becomes a very slow route. However, there is{{U}} (57) {{/U}}always another route to take if you are not in a hurry. Not far from the{{U}} (58) {{/U}}new "superhighways", there are often older,{{U}} (59) {{/U}}heavily traveled roads which go though the countryside.{{U}} (60) {{/U}} of these are good two lane roads; others are uneven roads{{U}} (61) {{/U}}through the country. These secondary routes may go up step slopes along hilly{{U}} (62) {{/U}}or down frightening hillsides to towns{{U}} (63) {{/U}}in deep valleys. Though these are less direct routes, longer and slower, they generally go to places{{U}} (64) {{/U}}the air is clean and the scenery is beautiful, and the driver may have a chance to get a fresh, clean{{U}} (65) {{/U}}of the world.

单选题下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，每道题后面有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}} Electronic Mail During the past few years, scientists all over the world have suddenly found themselves productively engaged in task they once spent their lives avoiding - writing, any kind of writing, but particularly letter writing. Encouraged by electronic mail's surprisingly high speed, convenience and economy, people who never before touched the stuff are regularly, skillfully, even cheerfully tapping out a great deal of correspondence. Electronic networks, woven into the fabric of scientific communication these days, are the route to colleagues in distant countries, shared data, bulletin boards and electronic journals. Anyone with a personal computer, a modem and the software to link computers over telephone lines can sign on. An estimated five million scientists have done so with more joining every day, most of them communicating through a bundle of interconnected domestic and foreign routes known collectively as the Interact, or net. E-mail is starting to edge out the fax, the telephone, overnight mail, and of course, land mail. It shrinks time and distance between scientific collaborators, in part because it is conveniently asynchronous (异步的). (Writer can type while their colleagues across time zones sleep; their message will be waiting. ) If it is not yet speeding discoveries, it is certainly accelerating communication. Jeremy Bernstein, the physicist and science writer, once called E-mail the physicist's umbilical cord (脐带). Later other people, too, have been discovering its connective virtues. Physicists are using it; college students are using it; everybody is using it; and as a sign that it has come of age, the New Yorker has celebrated its liberating presence with a cartoon—an appreciative dog seated at a keyboard, saying happily, "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. "

单选题It is impossible to complete the task in a day.A. regularB. usualC. unlikelyD. hopeful

单选题We will give every teacher space to develop.

单选题A Lucky Break Actor Antonio Banderas is used to breaking bones, and it always (51) happen when he's doing sport. In the film Play it to the Bone he plays the part of a middleweight boxer (52) Woody Harrelson. During the making of the film Harrelson kept complaining that the fight scenes weren't very (53) , so one day he suggested that he and Banderas should have a fight (54) . The Spanish actor wasn't keen on the idea (55) , but he was eventually (56) by his co-star to put on his gloves and climb into the boxing ring. However, when he (57) how seriously his opponent was taking it all, he began to (58) his decision to fight. And then in the third round, Harrelson hit Banderas so hard (59) the face that he actually broke his nose. His wife, actress Melanie Griffith, was (60) that he had been playing "silly macho games". "She was (61) ", confesses Banderas, "and I was a fool to take a risk like that in the middle of a movie". He was reminded of the time he (62) his leg during a football match in his native Malaga. He had always dreamed of becoming a soccer star, of (63) in front of a big crowd, but doctors told him his playing days were probably (64) . "That's when I decided to take up acting; I saw it as another way of performing, and achieving (65) . What happened to me on that football pitch was, you might say, my first lucky break. /