单选题The government may reduce taxes in a recession in order to _________.

单选题She was so {{U}}absorbed{{/U}} in her job that she didn't hear anybody knocking at the door.

单选题The Stock Exchange is in {{U}}turmoil{{/U}} following a huge wave of selling. A. service B. danger C. disorder D. threat

单选题American Sports The United States is a sports-loving nation. Sports in America take a variety of forms: organized competitive struggles, which draw huge crowds to cheer their favorite team to victory; athletic games, played for recreation anywhere sufficient space is found; and hunting and fishing. Most sports are seasonal, so that what is happening in sports depends upon the time of year. Some sports are called spectator sports, as the number of spectators greatly exceeds the number playing in the game. Baseball is the most popular sport in the U.S. It is played throughout the spring and summer, and professional baseball teams play well into the fall. Although no other game is exactly like baseball, perhaps the one most nearly like it is the English game of cricket. Football is the most popular sport in the fall. The game originated as a college sport more than 75 years ago. It is still played by almost every college and university in the country, and the football stadiums of some of the largest universities seat as many as 80,000 people. The game is not the same as European football or soccer. In American football there are 11 players on each team, and they are dressed in padded uniforms and helmets because the game is rough and injuries are likely to occur. Basketball is the winter sport in American schools and colleges. Like football, basketball originated in the U.S. and is not popular in other countries. Many Americans prefer it to football because it is played in- doors throughout the winter and because it is a faster game. It is a very popular game with high schools, and in more than 20 states, state-wide high school matches are held yearly. Other spectator sports include wrestling, boxing, and horse racing. Although horse-racing fans call themselves sportsmen, the accuracy of the term is questionable, as only the jockeys who ride the horses in the races can be considered athletes. The so-called sportsmen are the spectators, who do "not assemble" primarily to see the horses race, but to bet upon the outcome of each race. Gambling is the attraction of horse racing.

单选题Jack packed up all the things he had accumulated over the Ulast/U ten years.

单选题The first person who gave him money

单选题I had some difficulty in Ucarrying/U out the plan.

单选题Astronomers believe that matter in different parts of the universe A. obeys different laws. B. obeys one common law. C. obeys the same laws. D. obeys no common law.

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，并填在题前的括号内。 {{B}}The White House{{/B}} We got up early this morning and{{U}} (1) {{/U}}a long walk after breakfast. We walked through the business section of the city. I told you yesterday that the city was larger{{U}} (2) {{/U}}I thought it would be.{{U}} (3) {{/U}}the business section is smaller than I thought it would be. I suppose that's{{U}} (4) {{/U}}Washington is a special kind of city.{{U}} (5) {{/U}}the people in Washington work for the government. About 9:30 we went to the White House. It's{{U}} (6) {{/U}}to the public from 10 till 12, and there was a long line of people waiting to get in. We didn't have to wait very long, because the line moved{{U}} (7) {{/U}}quickly. The White House is really white. It is painted every year. And it seems very white, because it's got beautiful lawns ail around it,{{U}} (8) {{/U}}many trees and shrubs. The grounds{{U}} (9) {{/U}}about four square blocks. I mean, they're about two blocks long{{U}} (10) {{/U}}each side. The part{{U}} (11) {{/U}}the President lives and works is not open to the public. But the part we saw was beautiful. We went through five of the main rooms. One of them was the library, on the ground floor. On the next floor, there are three rooms named{{U}} (12) {{/U}}the colors that are used in them: the Red Room, the Blue Room and the Green Room. The walls are covered with silk{{U}} (13) {{/U}}.There are{{U}} (14) {{/U}}old furniture, from the time{{U}} (15) {{/U}}the White House was first built. And everywhere there are paintings and statues of former presidents and other famous people from history.

单选题Techniques to harness the energy of the sun are being developed.

单选题{{B}}第二篇{{/B}} Oil and Economy Could the bad old days of economic decline be about to return? Since OPEC agreed to supply-cuts in March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almost $ 26 a barrel, up from less than $10 last December. This near-tripling of oil prices calls up scary memories of the 1973 oil shock, when prices quadrupled, and 1979-1980, when they also almost tripled. Both previous shocks resulted in double-digit inflation and global economic decline. So where are the headlines warning of gloom and doom this time? The oil price was given another push up this week when Iraq suspended oil exports. Strengthening economic growth, at the same time as winter grips the northern hemisphere ,' could push the price higher still in the short term. Yet there are good reasons to expect the economic consequences now to be less severe than in the 1970s. In most countries the cost of crude oil now accounts for a smaller share of the price of petrol than it did in the 1970s. In Europe, taxes account for up to four-fifths of the retail price, so even quite big changes in the price of crude have a more muted effect on pump prices than in the past. Rich economies are also less dependent on oil than they were, and so less sensitive to swings in the oil price. Energy conservation, a shift to other fuels and a decline in the importance of heavy, energy-intensive industries have reduced oil consumption. Software, consultancy and mobile telephones use far less oil than steel or car production. For each dollar of GDP (inconstant prices) rich economies now use nearly 50% less oil than in 1973．The OECD estimates in its latest Economic Outlook that, if oil prices averaged $ 22 a barrel for a full year, compared with $13 in 1998, this would increase the oil import bill in rich economies by only 0.25% - 0.5% of GDP. That is less than one-quarter of the income loss in 1974 or 1980．On the other hand, oil-importing emerging economies-to which heavy industry has shifted--have become more energy-intensive, and so could be more seriously squeezed. One more reason not to lose sleep over the rise in oil prices is that, unlike the rises in the 1970s, it has not occurred against the background of general commodity-price inflation and global excess demand. A sizable portion of the world is only just emerging from economic decline. The Economist's commodity price index is broadly unchanging from a year ago. In 1973 commodity prices jumped by 70% , and in 1979 by almost 30%.

单选题He's spent years {{U}}cultivating{{/U}} a knowledge of art．

单选题Conceived initially by Ericsson, before being adopted by a myriad of other companies, Bluetooth is a standard for a small, cheap radio chip to be plugged into computers, printers, mobile phones, etc. A Bluetooth chip is designed to replace cables by taking the information normally carried by the cable, and transmitting it at a special frequency to a receiver Bluetooth chip, which will then give the information received to the computer, phone, whatever. What is basic function of the original Bluetooth?A. To connect the computer and the mobile phone.B. To transmit information traditionally carried out by cables.C. To send information from one computer to another.D. To connect different webs on the Internet.

单选题When Jack eventually overtook the last track he pulled over to the inside lane. A. skipped B. passed C. reached D. led

单选题John is collaborating with Mary in writing an article. A. cooperating B. marrying C. combining D. arguing

单选题Sport or Spectacle? Muhammad All is probably the most famous sports figure on earth: he is recognized on every continent and by all generations. The (51) of his illness as Parkinson's disease after his retirement fuelled the debate about the dangers of boxing and criticism (52) the sport. That, plus his outspoken opposition (53) women's boxing, made people wonder how he would react when one of his daughters decided to (54) up the sport. His presence at Laila's first professional fight, however, seemed to broadcast a father's support. Of course Muhammad All wanted to (55) his daughter fight. The ring announcer introduced him as the "the greatest" and as he sat down at the ringside the crowd chanted. Twenty-one-year-old Laila's debut fight(首次亮相) was a huge success and there was as much publicity for the (56) as her father's fights once attracted. (57) , Laila's opponent was much weaker than she was and the fight lasted just 31 seconds. Since then, Laila has won most of her fights by knocking out her opponent. "She knows (58) she's doing," said one referee about her. "She knows about moving well. You can see some of her dad's moves. " Laila Ali would rather not (59) herself to her father. She prefers to make her own (60) . Her father supports her decision to enter the sport but he has not spared her the details of what can hap pen. Laila (61) that her father wants her to understand the worst possible scenario(局面)to see (62) she still wants to go forward with it. She knows she's going to get hit hard at times, that she may get a broken nose or a swollen(肿胀的)face, but at least she is prepared for it. Laila's decision to start boxing despite her father's (63) with the symptoms of Parkinson's disease has of course sparked a mixture of praise and (64) . But Laila is a determined individual and it is her famous last name that has made her a magnet for worldwide media attention. Of course, the (65) on the boxing scene of a woman with her family history attracts even more questions about whether women's boxing is sport or spectacle.

单选题Hollywood and American Movie Industry When we think of Hollywood a term I use loosely to describe American movie production in general, not simply films made in Los Angeles we think of films aimed at amusing audiences and making money for producers. During the early years of the new century, as workers won their demands for higher wages and a shorter working week, leisure assumed an increasingly important role in everyday life. Amusement parks, professional baseball games, nickelodeons (五分钱戏院), and dance halls attracted wide array of men and women anxious to spend their hard earned dollars in the pursuit of fun and relaxation. Yet of all these new cultural endeavors, films were the most important and widely attended source of amusement. For a mere five or ten cents, even the poorest worker could afford to take himself and his family to the local nickelodeon or storefront theatre. "Every little town that has never been able to afford and maintain an opera house, "observed one journalist in 1908. "now boasts one or two' Bijou Dreams'. "By 1910 the appeal of films was so great that nearly one -third of the nation flocked to the cinema each week; ten years later, weekly attendance equaled 50 per cent of the nation's population. Early films were primarily aimed at entertaining audiences, but entertainment did not always come in the form of escapist fantasies. Many of the issues that dominated Progressive - era politics were also portrayed on the screen. "Between 1900 and 1917 ,"observes Kevin Brownlow, "literally thousands of films dealt with the most pressing problems of the day—white slavery, political corruption, gangsterism (犯罪) , loansharking (高利贷), slum landlords, racial prejudice, etc. "While most of these films were produced by studios and independent companies, a significant number were made by what we might call today" special interest groups". As films quickly emerged as the nation's most popular form of mass entertainment, they attracted the attention of a wide range of organizations that recognized the medium's enormous potential for disseminating propaganda to millions of viewers.

单选题第三篇　　　　　　　　　　　　 Too Late to Regret It When I was a junior, I met a second-year student in my department. He wasn't tall or good-looking, but he was very nice, attractive and athletic. He had something that I admired very much. He was natural, warm, and sincere. I disregarded (不顾) my parents' disapproval. We were very happy together. He picked me up from my dorm every morning, and after class we would sit alongside the stream that ran through campus, or sunbathe (晒太阳) on the lawn. At night he would walk me back to my dorm. He came from a poor family, but in order to make me happy, he borrowed money from his friend to buy presents and meals for me. Our fellow students looked up to him as a role model, and the girls envied (妒忌) me. He wasn't a local, but wanted to stay here after graduation. I thought we had a future together. However, when I got a part-time job during the summer vacation, people began giving me a lot of pressure, saying that a pretty, intelligent girl like me should find a better guy to spend time with. This was also what my family thought. He spent the summer in his hometown, so I was all by myself. When he got back, I began finding fault with him. But his big heart and warmth soon drove all unpleasant thoughts away. However, I had no idea how badly I had hurt him and that things would get worse. I had a good part-time job off campus that paid pretty well. With my good performance at school, I also got admission to graduate school at one of China's best universities. He, on the other hand, did not do so well at school or at work. I had to worry about his living expenses, job and scores. Almost all my colleagues and friends advised me to break up with him. Then we had a quarrel last June. He was in great pain, and my cold words and bad moods started turning him away. Graduation time was drawing near, and hometown. He said that he couldn't put up with at him in despair. He said he wanted to go back to his me anymore. I was shocked and looked. True love happens only once, but I found it out too late.

单选题Lower taxes would spur investment and help economic growth.

单选题The Little Foxes, a drama by Lillian Hellman, was first produced in New York in 1939. A．play B．novel C．musical D．dance