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单选题His health had deteriorated while he was in prison.A. became betterB. became worseC. became strongerD. became weaker

单选题This kind of animals are on the verge of extinction, because so many are being killed for their fur.A. drying upB. dying outC. being transplantedD. being exported

单选题A will is a document written to ensure that the wishes of the deceased (已故的) are realized.A. fulfilledB. acceptedC. adoptedD. received

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单选题The Science of Persuasion If leadership, basically speaking, consists of getting things done through others, then persuasion is one of the leader"s essential tools. Many executives have assumed that this tool is beyond their grasp, available only to the charismatic (有魅力的) and the eloquent. Over the past several decades, though, experimental psychologists have learned which methods reliably lead people to concede, comply, or change. Their research shows that persuasion is governed by several principles that can be taught and applied. The first principle is that people are more likely to follow someone who is similar to them than someone who is not. Wise managers, then, ask peers to help make their cases. Second, people are more willing to cooperate with those who are like them as well as those who like them. So it"s worth the time to uncover real similarities and offer genuine praise. Third, experiments confirm the intuitive truth that people tend to treat you the way you treat them. It"s sound policy to do a favor before seeking one. Fourth, individuals are more likely to keep promises they make voluntarily and clearly. The message for managers here is to get commitments in writing. Fifth, studies show that people really do defer to (服从) experts. So before they attempt to exert influence, executives should take pains to establish their own expertise and not assume that it"s self-evident. Finally, people want more of a commodity when it"s scarce; it follows, then, that exclusive information is more persuasive than widely available data.

单选题 {{B}}Passive Smoking is Workplace Killer{{/B}} Pressure mounted on Britain on Monday to take action on{{U}} (1) {{/U}}smoking with new research showing second-hand smoke{{U}} (2) {{/U}}about one worker each week in the hospitality industry. Professor Konrad Jamrozik, of Imperial College in London, told a conference on environmental tobacco that second-hand{{U}} (3) {{/U}}kills 49 employees in pubs, bars, restaurants and hotels each year and contributes to 700 deaths from lung cancer, heart{{U}} (4) {{/U}}and stroke across the total national work force. "Exposure in the hospitality{{U}} (5) {{/U}}at work outweighs the consequences of exposure of living{{U}} (6) {{/U}}a smoker for those staff," Jamrozik said in an interview. Other{{U}} (7) {{/U}}have measured the levels of exposure to passive smoking but Jamrozik calculated how it would translate into avoidable deaths. His findings are{{U}} (8) {{/U}}on the number of people working in the hospitality industry in Britain. Their exposure to second-hand smoke and their{{U}} (9) {{/U}}of dying from it. Jamrozik said to me findings would apply to{{U}} (10) {{/U}}countries in Europe because, to a greater or{{U}} (11) {{/U}}extent, levels of smoking in the community are similar. Professor Carol Black, president of the Royal College of Physicians, who sponsored the meeting, said the research is proof of the need for a ban on smoking in{{U}} (12) {{/U}}places. "Environmental tobacco smoke in pubs, bars, restaurants and other public places is{{U}} (13) {{/U}}damaging to the health of employees as well as the general public," she said in a statement. "Making these places smoke-flee not only protects vulnerable staff and the public. It will{{U}} (14) {{/U}}help over 300,000 people in Britain to stop smoking completely," she added. Ireland recently became the first country to introduce a national ban on smoking in public{{U}} (15) {{/U}}. New York and parts of Australia have taken similar measures. workplace n. 工作场所；车间 hospitality n. 友好款待；好客；殷勤 imperial adj. 英联邦的 outweigh vt. 在重要性(或价值上)超过 vulnerable adj. 易受伤的；脆弱的

单选题New Foods and the New World In the last 500 years, nothing about people—not their clothes, ideas, or languages—has changed as much as what they eat. The original chocolate drink was made from the seeds of the cocoa tree (可可树) by South American Indians. The Spanish introduced it to the rest of the world during the 1500's. And although it was very expensive, it quickly became fashionable. In London, shops where chocolate drinks were served became important meeting places. Some still exist today. The potato is also from the New World. Around 1600, the Spanish brought it from Peru to Europe, where it soon was widely grown. Ireland became so dependent on it that thousands of Irish people starved when the crop failed during the "Potato Famine (饥荒)" of 1845—1846, and thousands more were forced to leave their homeland and move to America. There are many other foods that have traveled from South America to the Old World. But some others went in the opposite direction. Brazil is now the world's largest grower of coffee, and coffee is an important crop in Colombia and other South American countries. But it is native to Ethiopia, a country in Africa. It was first made into a drink by Arabs during the 1400's. According to an Arabic legend, coffee was discovered when a person named Kaldi noticed that his goats were attracted to the red berries on a coffee bush. He tried one and experienced the "wide-awake" feeling that one-third of the world's population now starts the day with.

单选题Goal of American Education Education is an enormous and expensive part of American life. Its size is matched by its variety. Differences in American schools compared with those found in the majority of other countries lie in the fact that education here has long been intended for everyone—not just for a privileged elite．Schools are expected to meet the needs of every child, regardless of ability, and also the needs of society itself. This means that public schools offer more than academic subjects. It surprises many people when they come here to find high schools offering such courses as typing, sewing, radio repair, computer programming or driver training, along with traditional academic subjects such as mathematics, history，and languages. Students choose their curricula depending on their interests, future goals, and level of ability. The underlying goal of American education is to develop every child to the utmost of his or her own possibilities, and to give each one a sense of civic and community consciousness. Schools have traditionally played an important role in creating national unity and "Americanizing" the millions of immigrants who have poured into this country from many different backgrounds and origins. Schools still play a large role in the community, especially in the small towns. The approach to teaching may seem unfamiliar to many, not only because it is informal, but also because there is not much emphasis on learning facts. Instead, Americans try to teach their children to think for themselves and to develop their own intellectual and creative abilities. Students spend much time, learning how to use resource materials libraries, statistics and computers. Americans believe that if children are taught to reason well and to research well, they will be able to find whatever facts they need throughout the rest of their lives. Knowing how to solve problems is considered more important than the accumulation of facts. This is America"s answer to the searching question that thoughtful parents all over the world are asking themselves in the fast-moving time: "How Can one prepare today"s child for a tomorrow that one can neither predict nor understand?"

单选题下面的短文有15处空白，请根据短文内容为每处空白确定1个最佳选项。 {{B}} UFOs{{/B}} Sixty years ago, a man named Kenneth Arnold saw something that we can still {{U}}(51) {{/U}} today - something that changed popular culture for ever. Flying his plane over mountains in the US state of Washington, he saw a line of strange objects, either crescent-shaped (月牙形的) or disc-like, flying {{U}}(52) {{/U}} the motion of a saucer (碟) skimming (飞速掠过) on water. The media soon picked up on the story - the Flying Saucers were here! Was the earth being {{U}}(53) {{/U}} by creatures from another planet? Soon, so many sightings were made that the US military began to {{U}}(54) {{/U}}. It called these strange objects UFOs - Unidentified Flying Objects, and that is how they are {{U}}(55) {{/U}} today. Military investigations found no evidence of visitors from outer space. But that did not stop the true {{U}}(56) {{/U}}. The military were {{U}}(57) {{/U}} up, they said. Or maybe it was because the travelers from space were of such superior intelligence {{U}}(58) {{/U}} they could hide from military analysts (分析家). People have always seen strange lights in the sky. In the past these were explained in {{U}}(59) {{/U}} ways. In a world where religion was less influential and science fiction was popular, signs from God were replaced by visitors from other {{U}}(60) {{/U}}. The date of the first UFO sightings was also significant. In 1947, World War Ⅱ had just ended and the {{U}}(61) {{/U}} War was just beginning. Humanity seemed locked in endless conflicts. Like generations before them, people looked. {{U}}(62) {{/U}} the skies for help. But instead of seeking God, they looked for help from super-intelligent aliens (外星人) with {{U}}(63) {{/U}} technology. Belief in UFOs became the first religion of science. However, even people who believe in UFOs are not quite sure why they visit the earth. The universe is a big place and it is {{U}}(64) {{/U}} to assume that there is life somewhere out there. It is possible that aliens have worked out how to travel through space. Yet some people report that they have been taken by aliens and have had experiments {{U}}(65) {{/U}} on them. Why would anyone travel across half the universe to conduct medical experiments on people living in small towns in the United States?

单选题 The Choice of an Occupation Most worthwhile careers require some kind of specialized training. Ideally, therefore, the choice of an occupation should be made even before the choice of a curriculum in high school. Actually, {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}, most people make several job choices during their working lives, {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}because of economic and industrial changes and partly to improve {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}position. The "one perfect job" does not exist. Young people should {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}enter into a broad flexible training program that will fit them for a field of work rather than for a single {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}} Unfortunately many young people have to make career plans without benefit of help from a competent vocational counselor or psychologist. Knowing {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}about the occupational world, or themselves for that matter, they choose their lifework on a hit-or-miss basis. Some drift from job to job. Others {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}to work in which they are unhappy and for which they are not fitted. One common mistake is choosing an occupation for {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}real or imagined prestige. Too many high-school students or their parents for them choose the professional field, {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}both the relatively small proportion of workers in the professions and the extremely high educational and personal {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}The imagined or real prestige of a profession or a "white-collar" job is no good reason for choosing it as life's work. {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}, these occupations are not always well paid. Since a large proportion of jobs are in mechanical and manual work, the {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}of young people should give serious {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}to these fields. Before making an occupational choice, a person should have a general idea of what he wants {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}life and how hard he is willing to work to get it. Some people desire social prestige, others intellectual satisfaction. Some want security; others are willing to take {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}for financial gain. Each occupational choice has its demands as well as its rewards.

单选题The word brand is a comprehensive term that encompasses other narrower terms. A brand is a name, term, symbol, and/or special design that is intended to identify the goods or services of one seller or group of sellers. A brand differentiates one seller's products from those of competitors. A brand name consists of words, letters, and/or numbers that can be vocalized. A brand mark is the part of the brand that appears in the form of a symbol, design, or distinctive coloring or lettering. It is recognized by sight but may not be expressed when a person pronounces the brand name. A brand name consists of all the following EXCEPTA. a symbol.B. words.C. letters.D. numbers.

单选题 阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出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。 {{B}}Reading{{/B}} Reading involves looking at graphic symbols and formulating mentally the sounds and ideas they represent. Concepts of reading have changed substantially over the centuries. During the 1950's, and 1960's especially, increased attention has been devote {{U}}(51) {{/U}} defining and describing the reading process. {{U}}(52) {{/U}} specialists agree that reading {{U}}(53) {{/U}} a complex organization of higher mental {{U}}(54) {{/U}}, they disagree {{U}}(55) {{/U}} the exact nature of the process. Some experts, who regard language primarily as a code using symbols to represent sounds, {{U}}(56) {{/U}} reading as simply the decoding of symbols into the sounds they stand {{U}}(57) {{/U}}. These authorities {{U}}(58) {{/U}} that meaning, being concerned with thinking, must be taught independently of the decoding process. Others maintain that reading is inextricably related to thinking, and that a child who pronounces sounds without {{U}}(59) {{/U}} their meaning is not truly reading. The reader, {{U}}(60) {{/U}} some, is not just a person with a theoretical ability to read but one who {{U}}(61) {{/U}} reads. Many adults, although they have the ability to read have never read a book in its entirety. By some experts they would not be {{U}}(62) {{/U}} as readers. Clearly, the philosophy, objectives, methods and materials of reading will depend on the definition one uses. By the most inclusive and satisfactory definition, reading is the ability to {{U}}(63) {{/U}} the sound-symbol code of the language, to interpret meaning for various purposes, at various rates, and at various levels of difficulty, and to do {{U}}(64) {{/U}} widely and enthusiastically. {{U}}(65) {{/U}}, reading is the interpretation of ideas through the use of symbols representing sounds and ideas.

单选题Smoking will not be allowed in all public places here.A. forbiddenB. bannedC. permittedD. promoted

单选题These programmes are of {{U}}immense{{/U}} value to old people. A. natural B. fatal C. tiny D. enormous