单选题The great changes of the city Uastonished/U every visitor to that city.

单选题The policeman asked him to identify the thief.

单选题It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross's campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. "I knew the statistics," she said, "But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me: like when I met Sandra, a 13-year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her. " The Princess concluded with a simple message: "We must stop landmines. " And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message. But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, "which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as "very ill-informed" and a "loose cannon" (乱放炮的人). The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms:"This is a distraction (干扰) we do not need. All I'm trying to do is help. " Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their support for the Princess. To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princess's trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government's policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government. To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkind, claimed that the Princess's views on landmines were not very different from government poliey, and that it was "working towards" a worldwide ban. The Defense Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the matter was "a misinterpretation or misunderstanding. " For the Princess, the trip to this war torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the ehance to get closer to people and their problems.

单选题The new garment fits her perfectly.

单选题A Pay Rise or Not? "Unless I get a rise. I"ll have a talk with the boss, Henry Manley," George Strong said to himself. George liked his job and he liked the town he lived in, but his wife kept telling him that his pay was not enough to meet the needs of the family. That was why he was thinking of taking a job in Birmingham, a nearby city about 50 miles away. He had been offered a job in a factory there, and the pay was far better. George lived in Wyeford, a medium-sized town. He really liked the place and didn"t like the idea of moving somewhere else, but if he took the job in Birmingham, he would have to move his family there. Henry Manley was the manager of a small company manufacturing electric motors. The company was in deep trouble because, among other reasons, the Japanese were selling such things at very low prices. As a result, Manley had to cut his own prices and profits as well. Otherwise he would not get any orders at all. Even then, orders were still not coming in fast enough, so that there was no money for raises (加工资) for his workers. Somehow, he had to struggle along and keep his best workers as well. He sighed. Just then the phone rang. His secretary told him that George Strong wanted to see him as soon as possible. Manley sighed again. He could guess what it was about. George Strong was a very young engineer. The company had no future unless it could attract and keep men like him. Manley rubbed his forehead (前额); his problems seemed endless.

单选题In most supermarkets goods are stored

单选题He looked rather untidy as there were two buttons missing from his coat.

单选题What were the consequences of the decision she had made?

单选题The workers finally Ucalled off/U the strike.

单选题Our lives are intimately bound up with theirs. A. tensely B. nearly C. carefully D. closely

单选题She has been the subject of massive media coverage. A. extensive B. negative C. expensive D. active

单选题The town is famous for its Umagnificent/U church towers.

单选题Hitchhiking When I was in my teens and 20s, hitchhiking was a main form of long-distance transport. The kindness or curiosity of strangers 1 me all over Europe, North America, Asia and Southern Africa. Some of the lift-givers became friends, many provided hospitality 2 the road. Not only did you find out much more about a country than 3 traveling by train or plane, but also there was that element of excitement about where you would finish up that night. Hitchhiking featured importantly in Western culture. It has books and songs about it. So what has happened to 4 ? A few years ago, I asked the same question about hitchhiking in a column on a newspaper. 5 of people from all over the world responded with their view on the state of hitchhiking. "If there is a hitchhiker"s 6 , it must be Iran," came one reply. Rural Ireland was recommended as a friendly place for hitchhiking, 7 was Quebec, Canada—"if you don"t mind being berated for not speaking French." But while hitchhiking was clearly still alive and well in many parts of the world, the 8 feeling was that throughout much of the west it was doomed. With so much news about crime in the media, people assumed that anyone on the open road without the money for even a bus ticket must present a danger. But do we 9 to be so wary both to hitchhike and to give a lift? In Poland in the 1960s, 10 a Polish woman who e-mailed me, "The authorities introduced the Hitchhiker"s Booklet. The booklet contained coupons for drivers, so each time a driver who had 11 somebody, he or she received a coupon. At the end of the season, 12 who had picked up the most hikers were rewarded with various prizes. Everybody was hitchhiking then." Surely this is a good idea for society. Hitchhiking would increase respect by breaking down 13 between strangers. It would help fight 14 warming by cutting down on fuel consumption as hitchhikers would be using existing fuels. It would also improve educational standards by delivering instant 15 in geography, history, politics and sociology.

单选题The meaning is still obscure.A. vagueB. transparentC. alienD. significant

单选题Sculpture has occasionally been found in the earth in an almost pure state.A. regularlyB. accidentallyC. sometimesD. successfully

单选题Big Polluters Told to Report Emissions The new rules would require 10,000 industrial sites and suppliers of petroleum products to submit the data beginning in 2011. Suppliers of fossil fuels(石油)will be asked to estimate how much carbon dioxide(二氧化碳), methane(甲烷) and other greenhouse gases are emitted when the fuels are burned by businesses and consumers in buildings and cars, the agency said. The E. P. A. said it had no firm estimate on how many businesses had the training and systems in place to report on their emissions. But a large percentage of those covered by the new regulations are already required to report emissions under other programs sponsored by the agency, it said. The agency said it had also been reaching out to businesses and offering training in how the emissions can be measured. The E. P. A. said the reposing system would provide vital data to businesses seeking to compare and control their emissions and better information to the government, which has been trying to forge (形成) a policy on how to combat climate change since President Obama took office. Yet the rules, proposed last March, remain controversial. Many businesses have asserted that the reporting requirement is a first step toward burdensome and needless government regulation. Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, has been circulating a draft amendment(修正案) to a federal budget bill that would prevent the E. P. A. from spending money to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from non- mobile sources. But some business organizations have recently taken a less antagonistic stance (反对态度). "We have always supported transparency (透明度)and do not oppose the reporting requirement," said Bill Kovacs, senior vice president for environment, technology and regulatory affairs at the United States Chamber of Commerce.

单选题Pocahontas, a young American Indian princess, assisted the early European settlers in the colony of Virginia.A. fedB. attractedC. helpedD. liked

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。 {{B}} Rising China{{/B}} The China boom is by now a well-documented phenomenon. Who hasn't heard of the Middle Kingdom's astounding economic growth (8 percent annually), its mesmerizing(令人目瞪口呆的){{U}} (51) {{/U}}market (1.2 billion people), the investment ardor of foreign suitors( $ 40 billion in foreign direct investment last year{{U}} (52) {{/U}})? China is an economic juggernaut(主宰).{{U}} (53) {{/U}}Nicholas Lardy of the Brookings Institution, a Washington D. C.-based think tank, "No country has expanded its foreign trade as fast as China over the last 20 years. Japan doubled its foreign trade over{{U}} (54) {{/U}};{{U}} (55) {{/U}}foreign trade as quintupled. They're become the preeminent producer of labor-intensive manufacturing goods in the world". But there's been{{U}} (56) {{/U}}from the dazzling China growth story—namely, the Chinese multinational. No major Chinese companies have{{U}} (57) {{/U}}established themselves, or their brands, on the global stage. But as Haler shows, that is starting to change.{{U}} (58) {{/U}}100 years of poverty and chaos, of being overshadowed by foreign countries and multinationals, Chinese industrial companies are starting to{{U}} (59) {{/U}}on the world. A new generation of large and credible firms{{U}} (60) {{/U}}in China in the electronics, appliance and even high-tech sectors. Some have reached critical mass on the main land and{{U}} (61) {{/U}}new outlets for their production—through exports and by building Chinese factories abroad, chiefly in Southeast Asia. One example: China's investment in Malaysia soared from $ 8 million in 2000 to $ 766 million in the first half of this year.{{U}} (62) {{/U}}China's export prowess(杰出的才能 ), it will be years{{U}} (63) {{/U}}Chinese firms achieve the managerial and operational expertise of Western and Japanese multinationals. For one thing, many of its best companies are still at least partially state-owned.{{U}} (64) {{/U}}, China has a shortage of managerial talent and little notion of marketing and brand-building. Its companies are also{{U}} (65) {{/U}}by the country's tong tradition of central planning, inefficient use of capital and antiquated distribution system, which makes building national companies a challenge.

单选题A U.N. peacekeeping force was sent to that country.A. powerB. troopC. armsD. weapon

单选题London Cabbies (出租车司机) Every city in the world has taxis to take tourists to interesting places. London is the only city in the world where taking a taxi is an 1 experience for tourists. This is partly because of the special black cabs, which are found in no other country. But it is also because of the drivers themselves. 2 British people are famous for being polite and reserved, London cabbies are well-known 3 their willingness to talk. Some customers say that once the door shuts and the cab 4 off they are a captive (监禁了的) audience. It is impossible to get the taxi driver to stop 5 . "They"re self-confident and free thinking," said Malcolm Linskey, the author of a history of taxi drivers in London. They are also expensive. London has the most expensive taxis of any city in the world except Tokyo. That"s why Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, is planning to make taxi drivers negotiate their fares with 6 before they take a ride. Drivers agree that their fares are expensive. That"s because their black taxis 7 more than other cars, they say. And the customer is also paying for more driving expertise (专门知识) than anywhere else in the world. Before someone can qualify as a London taxi driver, that person has to pass a test 8 simply as "The Knowledge". This involves 9 the name and location of every street within six miles of a point in the exact centre of London. The trainee (受训者) must also learn the exact location of every important building within these streets. Finally he or she must be able to use this knowledge to work out the 10 distance between any two destinations within this area. It can 11 up to three years to pass "The Knowledge" Every day it is possible to see trainee taxi drivers on the streets of London, taking careful notes of popular destinations before tracing the route to their next stop. Cab driving is a job often 12 down in families. Many taxi drivers take their children out in their spare time to memorize 13 they need to know when it is their turn to do "The Knowledge". London cabbies also have bigger brains. Recent research found that the part of the brain that remembers things was larger and more 14 in cab drivers. They have to fit the whole of London into their heads, so their brains grow bigger. So perhaps it is not 15 that taxi drivers have lots to say.