单选题There is a {{U}}trend{{/U}} towards equal opportunities for men and women.

单选题Jim Ureckoned/U that we were only a few miles from our destination when our car broke down.

单选题{{B}}第二篇{{/B}} Thanksgiving Day The American Thanksgiving Day celebration goes back to 1621. In that year, a special dinner was prepared in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The people who had settled there had left England because they were forbidden to keep their religious belief. They came to the new land and faced difficulties in sailing across the ocean. The ship which carried them was called "the Mayflower". The North Atlantic was hard to travel. There were bad storms and huge waves. With the help of the Indians, they learned to live in the new land. These Puritans, as they were called, had much to be thankful for. They could enjoy religious freedom. They learned how to grow their crops in accordance with the climate and soil. Now when they selected the fourth Thursday of November for their Thanksgiving celebration, they invited their neighbors, the Indians, to join them in dinner. They also wanted to pray God for the new life. They recalled the group of 102 men, women and children who left England. They remembered those who did not live to see the shores of Massachusetts. They thought of the 65 day's journey which tested their strength.

单选题We have thought varied ways to handle the problem.A. sameB. differentC. manyD. few

单选题Once mankind began farming, they no longer had to get food from many varieties that grew wild.

单选题Preserving Nature for Future Demands for stronger protection for wildlife in Britain sometimes hide the fact that similar needs are felt in the rest of Europe. Studies by the Council of Europe, of which 21 counties are members, have shown that 45 percent of reptile(爬行类的) species and 24 percent of butterflies are in danger of dying out. European concern for wildlife was outlined by Dr Peter Baum, an expert in the environment and natural resources division of the council, when he spoke at a conference arranged by the administrators of a British national park. The park is one of the few areas in Europe to hold the council's diploma for nature reserves of the highest quality, and Dr. Peter Baum had come to present it to the park once again. He was afraid that public opinion was turning against national parks, and that those set up in the 1960s and 1970s could not be set up today. But Dr. Baum clearly remained a strong supporter of the view that natural environments needed to be allowed to survive in peace in their own right. "No area could be expected to survive both as a true nature reserve and as a tourist attraction," he went on. The short-sighted(眼光短浅的) view that reserves had to serve immediate human demands for outdoor recreation should be replaced by full acceptance of their importance as places to preserve nature for the future. "We forget that they are the guarantee of life systems, on which any built-up area ultimately depends, " Dr. Baum went on, "We could manage without most industrial products, but we could not manage without nature. However, our natural environment areas, which are the original parts of our countryside, have shrunk to become mere(纯粹的) islands in a spoiled and highly polluted land mass./

单选题From the incident; they have learned that prompt decisions often lead to bitter regrets.A. urgentB. hastyC. immediateD. wise

单选题The book shifted her outlook from social to spiritual, for its theme was that before you change other people you have to change yourself.

单选题Government health campaigns have fostered an awareness of the dangers in certain social habits.

单选题The board of the company has decided to {{U}}widen{{/U}} its operation to include all aspects of the clothing business. A. extend B. enlarge C. expand D. amplify

单选题We all consider him a man of dynamic personalities.

单选题Man of Few Words Everyone chases success, but not all of us want to be famous. South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee is 1 for keeping himself to himself. When the 63-year-old was named the 2003 Nobel Prize winner for literature earlier this month, reporters were warned that they would find him " particularly difficult to 2 ". Coetzee lives in Australia but spends part of the year teaching at the University of Chicago. He seemed 3 by the news that he won the US $1.3 million prize. "It came as a complete surprise. I wasn"t even aware they were due to make the announcement," he said. His 4 of privacy led to doubts as to whether Coetzee will attend the prize-giving in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 10. But despite being described as 5 to track down, the critics agree that his writing is easy to get to know. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, to an English-speaking family, Coetzee 6 his breakthrough in 1980 with the novel "Waiting for the Barbarians (野蛮人)". He 7 his place among the world"s leading writers with two Booker prize victories, Britain"s highest honour for novels. He first 8 in 1983 for the "Life and Times of Michael K", and his second title came in 1999 for "Disgrace". A major theme in his work is South Africa"s former apartheid (种族隔离) system, which divided whites from blacks. 9 with the problems of violence, crime and racial division that still exist in the country, his books have enabled ordinary people to understand apartheid 10 within. "I have always been more interested in the past than the future," he said in a rare interview. "The past 11 its shadow over the present. I hope I have made one or two people think 12 about whether they want to forget the past completely." In fact this purity in his writing seems to be 13 in his personal life. Coetzee is a vegetarian, a cyclist rather than a motorist and doesn"t drink alcohol. But what he has 14 to literature, culture and the people of South Africa is far greater than the things he has given up. "In looking at weakness and failure in life," the Nobel prize judging panel said, "Coetzee"s work 15 the divine (神圣的) spark in man."

单选题Have you talked to her lately ?

单选题This was disaster on a Ucosmic/U scale.

单选题George Strong was the best engineer in Henry Manley's company.

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。 How the Body Keeps the Same Temperature The temperature of your body should be always just the same, no matter whether the weather is trot or cold. That is why the doctor uses his thermometer when you are sick. When you are well,your temperature is ninety-eight and six tenths degrees. If he finds it{{U}} (51) {{/U}}than that,it is a sure sign that something is wrong. The body keeps the same temperature all the time,because it balances (平衡) the heat it produces and{{U}} (52) {{/U}}off. It is always burning up food and producing heat. It can produce heat faster when it needs to or give off heat faster when it becomes too warm. Let's see{{U}} (53) {{/U}}this happens. The heat of your body is given off chiefly through the skin. When you are{{U}} (54) {{/U}},your skin is tight and shows "goose flesh". When you get chilly (寒冷的),you must dance around to keep warm or{{U}} (55) {{/U}}you will shiver (颤抖).{{U}} (56) {{/U}}your muscles begin to work,burn up fuel,and produce more heat. It is not{{U}} (57) {{/U}}to shiver,so you usually prefer warming up by exercise, or put{{U}} (58) {{/U}}more clothes to keep heat in. When you are warm,the skin is loose and soft. It is so supplied{{U}} (59) {{/U}}blood that heat is given off rapidly. If you get too hot,you begin to sweat,and{{U}} (60) {{/U}}body heat is used in evaporating (蒸发) the moisture (潮湿) from your skin. You wear less clothing, too, in warm {{U}}(61) {{/U}}or in a warm room,so that warmth can be given off freely. You feel you don't{{U}} (62) {{/U}} exercising because your body is warm{{U}} (63) {{/U}},and the extra heat produced by exercise makes you uncomfortable. You can see from this why you{{U}} (64) {{/U}}differently in different kinds of weather. In summer,when it is warm,you feel tired and lazy. You do not care to work or play,but enjoy lying and doing nothing. When you get out of doors in winter,the cold air makes you feel{{U}} (65) {{/U}}. You want to run and play.

单选题阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断。 Norwich Norwich, the capital of the part of Britain known as East Anglia, has been in existence for more than two thousand years. It began as a small village beside the River Wensum. At the time of the Norman invasion in 1066 it had grown to become one of the largest towns in England. With two cathedrals and a mosque(清真寺), Norwich has long been a popular centre for various religions. The first cathedral was built in 1095 and has recently celebrated its 900th anniversary, while Norwich itself had a year of celebration in 1994 to mark the 800th anniversary of the city receiving a Royal Charter. This allowed it to be called a city and to govern itself independently. Today, in comparison with places like London or Manchester, Norwich is quite small, with a population of around 150,000, but in the 16th century Norwich was the second largest city of England. It continued to grow for the next 300 years and got richer and richer, becoming famous for having as many churches as there are weeks in the year and as many pubs as their are days in the year. Nowadays, there are far fewer churches and pubs, but in 1964 the University of East Anglia was built in Norwich. With its fast-growing student population and its success as a modern commercial centre (Norwich is the biggest centre for insurance services outside London), the city now has a side choice of entertainment; theatres, cinemas, nightclubs,busy cafes,excellent restaurants, and a number of arts and leisure centres. There is also a football team, whose colours are green and yellow. The team is known as "The Canaries (金丝雀)",though nobody can be sure why. Now the city's attractions include another important development, a modern shopping centre called "The Castle Mall". The people of Norwich lived with a very large hold n the middle of their city for over two years, as builders dug up the main car park. Lorries moved nearly a million tons of earth so that the roof of the mall could become a city centre park, with attractive water pools and hundreds of trees, but the local people are really pleased that the old open market remains, right in the heart of the city and next to the new development. Both areas continue to do good business, proving that Norwich has managed to mix the best of the old and the new.

单选题Jack is a {{U}}diligent {{/U}}student.

单选题 More Than a Ride to School The National Education Association claims, "The school bus is a {{B}}mirror{{/B}} of the community." They further add that, unfortunately, what appears on the exterior (外部) does not always reflect the reality of a chosen community. They are right. And sometimes it reflects more! Just ask Liesl Denson. Riding the school bus has been more than a ride to school for Liesl. Bruce Hardy, school bus driver for Althouse Bus Company, has been Liesl's bus driver since kindergarten. Last year when Liesl's family moved to Parkesburg, knowing her bus went by her new residence, she requested to ride the same bus. This year Liesl is a senior and will enjoy her last year riding the bus. She says, "It's been a great ride so far! My bus driver is so cool and has always been a good friend and a good listener. Sometimes when you're a child adults do not think that what you have to say is important. Mr. Hardy always listens to what you have to say and makes you feel important." Her friends Ashley Batista and Amanda Wolfe agree. Brace Hardy has been making Octorara students feel special since 1975. This year he will celebrate 30 years working for Althouse Bus Company. Larry Althouse, president of the company, acknowledges Bruce Hardy's outstanding record. "You do not come by employees like Bruce these days. He has never missed a day of work and has a perfect driving record. He was recognized in 2000 by the Pennsylvania School Bus Association for driving 350,000 accident free miles. Hardy's reputation is made further evident through the relationships he has made with the students that ride his bus." Althouse further added, "Althouse Bus Transportation was established 70 years ago and has been providing quality transportation ever since my grandfather started the business with one bus. Althouse BUS Transportation is delighted to have the opportunity to bring distinctive and safe service to our local school and community and looks forward to continuing to provide quality service for many more years to come." Three generations of business is not all the company has enjoyed. Thanks to drivers like Bruce Hardy, they have been building relationships through generations. Liesl's mother Carol also enjoys fond memories of riding Bruce Hardy's bus to the Octorara School District.

单选题Guests were scared when the bomb exploded.A. frightenedB. killedC. endangeredD. rescued