单选题The war was over, but the whole country was in a state of disorder.A. confusionB. disagreementC. disappearanceD. disaster

单选题Reading the job ad，he wondered whether he was {{U}}eligible{{/U}}，to apply for it

单选题Illinois has produced writers such as Carl Sandburg, gangsters such as A1 Capons, and architects such as Louis Sullivan. A. violent criminals B. politicians C. musicians D. industrialists

单选题Talking to Kids about SARS(非典) School age children may be learning about SARS from adults and the media, but may not know what to make of the situation, says a national health charity. The Lung Association says parents should take time to talk to their 1 and explain the facts about SARS and how to avoid the illness. The following is based on recommendations 2 Thursday by the Lung Association: ●Ask your children if they have heard 3 SARS at school, from friends, from TV, etc. Finding out what they already know can be a good 4 to start the conversation and to clear away any wrong ideas they might have about the illness and how it is spread. ●School age children are usually old 5 to understand concepts such as getting sick from germs (细菌) and how to avoid illness. A simple reminder (提示) 6 to cough on people and to wash their hands often may be sufficient for younger kids. All children should be shown how to 7 their hands properly. ●Remember to keep it simple so 8 not to overwhelm children with information, but answer them truthfully. Kids can tell when you"re not being honest or if you"re hiding something, and sometimes the unknown can be more frightening than the 9 . Parents with anxious children will know 10 their kids will handle information on SARS and can tailor their discussion accordingly. ●One way to explain the illness is to tell children that SARS is like a bad breathing problem. It is 11 from a cold, but people can catch it in the same ways—such as coughing on someone, not washing your hands or sharing a glass with a sick person. ●Describe how SARS is spread, but mention that the chance of 12 SARS is small. There is no reason to tell children people are dying of SARS 13 they ask. Never use the threat of death as a way to remind kids to wash their hands. ●Children should be 14 to trust their parents and other caregivers. Explain that many smart people, 15 doctors and scientists, are working on the problem and looking out for everyone"s health.

单选题Philip Roth was {{U}}hailed{{/U}} as a major new author in 1960.

单选题She is very ingenious when it comes to finding excuses.

单选题 Immigration Immigration is the act of coming to a foreign country to live. The act of leaving one's country to settle in another is called emigration. Immigrants who flee their country because of persecution, war, or such disasters as famines or epidemic are known as refugees or displaced persons (DP's). Most people find it very hard to pull up roots in their native land and move to a strange country. But throughout history, countless millions of people have done so. The heaviest immigration worldwide took place from the early 1800's to the Great Depression-the economic hard times of the 1930's. In that period, about 60 million people moved to a new land. Most came from Europe. More than half immigrated to the United States. Other destinations included Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Today, the availability of fast, safe and cheap transportation helps make migration easier. Asia is replacing Europe as the major immigrant-sending area. The United States remains the chief receiving nation. People forsake their homeland and move to another country for various reasons. The main reason for immigration has long been economic opportunity-the lure of better land or a better job. During the 1800's, for example, the rich prairie land of the United States and Canada attracted many European farmers. Today, professional people commonly emigrated because of better opportunities elsewhere. Such emigration has sometimes been called brain drain. For example, many Philippine doctors and nurses and numerous Indian engineers and scientists have moved to the United States and Australia. Religious persecution has led many people to move to a new land for the freedom to practice their faith. Such immigrants include Jews expelled from England in the 1200's. Wars, revolutions, and political unrest have driven innumerable people to find new homes. In the 1990's alone, millions of refugees fled from .warfare in Iraq, Rwanda, Liberia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Some immigrants were brought to a new land against their will. From the 1500's to the 1800's, Europeans shipped black Africans to the Western Hemisphere as slaves. The United Kingdom transported convicts to Australia from the late 1700's to the 1860's to relieve over crowding in British jails. Before that time, the United Kingdom sent convicts to the American colonies. Immigrants have made enormous contributions to the culture and economy of such nations as Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Argentina, Brazil, Canada and the United States. But their accomplishments have been made with great difficulty. Many of the receiving countries have restricted immigration to maintain a homogeneous society in which all the people shared the same ethnic, geographic, and cultural background. Although some immigration laws have been relaxed, many newcomers of different backgrounds still face challenges in gaining acceptance.

单选题It was a question of making sure that certain needs were addressed, Unotably/U in the pensions area.

单选题The political situation in the region has deteriorated rapidly.

单选题It is out of the question that the inspector will come tomorrow.

单选题Why does the president of Sony Corporation mention restaurants in the first paragraph?

单选题Don’t {{U}}tempt{{/U}} thieves by leaving valuables clearly visible.

单选题 The function of Adverts Most people would probity agree that many individual consumer adverts function on the level of the daydream. By picturing quite unusually happy and glamorous people whose success in either career or sexual terms, or both, is obvious, adverts construct an imaginary world in which the reader is able to make come true those desires which remain unsatisfied in his or her everyday life. An advert for a science fiction magazine is unusually explicit about this. In addition to the primary use value of the magazine, the reader is promised access to a wonderful universe through the product-access to other mysterious and tantalizing worlds and epochs, the realms of the imagination'. When studying advertising, it is therefore unreasonable to expect readers to decipher adverts as factual statements about reality. Most adverts are just too meager in informative content and too rich in emotional suggestive detail to be read literally. If people read them literally, they would soon be forced to realize their error when the glamorous promises held out by the adverts didn't materialize. The average consumer is not surprised that his purchase of the commodity does not redeem the promise of the advertisement, for this is what he is used to in life: the individual's pursuit of happiness and success is usually in vain. But the fantasy is his to keep; in his dream world he enjoys a "future endlessly deferred". The Estivalia advert company is quite explicit about the fact that advertising shows us not reality, but a fantasy; it does so by openly admitting the daydream but in a way which insists on the existence of a bridge linking daydream to reality-Estivalia, which is "for daydream believers", those who refuse to give up trying to make the hazy ideal of natural beauty and harmony come true. If adverts function on the daydream level, it clearly becomes inadequate to merely condemn advertising for channeling readers' attention and desires towards unrealistic, paradisiacal(天堂似的)nowhere land. Advertising certainly does that, but in order for people to find it relevant, the Utopia(乌托邦)visualized in adverts must be linked to our surrounding reality by a causal connection.

单选题The White House We got up early this morning and 1 a long walk after breakfast. We walked through the business section of the city. I told you yesterday that the city was larger 2 I thought it would be. 3 the business section is smaller than I thought it would be. I suppose that"s 4 Washington is a special kind of city. 5 the people in Washington work for the government. About 9:30 we went to the White House. It"s 6 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 7 quickly. The White House is really white. It is painted every year. And it seems very white, because it"s got beautiful lawns all around it, 8 many trees and shrubs. The grounds 9 about four square blocks. I mean, they"re about two blocks long 10 each side. The part 11 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 12 the colors that are used in them: the Red Room, the Blue Room and the Green Room. The walls are covered with silk 13 There are 14 old furniture, from the time 15 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Loud noises can be {{U}}irritating{{/U}}. A. confusing B. interesting C. stimulating D. annoying

单选题下面有3篇短文，每篇短文后有5道题，每题后面有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1个最佳答案。{{B}}第一篇{{/B}} The Beginning of American Literature American has always been a land of beginnings. After Europeans‘iscovered’ America in the fifteenth century, the mysterious New World became for many people a genuine hope of a new life, an escape from poverty and persecution, a chance to start again. We can say that, as nation, America begins with that hope. When, however, does American literature begin? American literature begins with American experiences. Long before the first colonists arrived, before Christopher Columbus, before the Northmen who 'found' America about the year 1,000, Native Americans lived here. Each tribe's literature was tightly woven into the fabric of daily life and reflected the unmistakably American experience of lining with the land. Another kind of experience, one filled with fear and excitement, found its expression in the reports that Columbus and other explorers sent home in Spain, France and England. In addition, the journals of the people who lived and died in the New England wilderness tell unforgettable tales of hard and sometimes heartbreaking experiences of those early years. Experience, then, is the key to early American literature. The New World provided a great variety of experiences, and these experiences demanded a wide variety of expressions by an even wider variety of early American writers. These writers included John Smith, who spent only two-and a half years on the American continent. They included Jonathan Edwards and William Byrd, who thought of themselves as British subjects, never suspecting a revolution that would create a United States of America with a literature of its own. American Indians, explorers, Puritan ministers, frontier wives, plantation owner-they are all the creators of the first American literature.

单选题{{B}}第三篇{{/B}} {{B}} Problems of the Elderly{{/B}} Gerontologists (老年人问题学者) study how old people are treated within a society and how the elderly deal with the inevitable problems of aging, particularly those involving health and income. Health problems include normal losses in hearing, eyesight, and memory, and the increased possibility of chronic (慢性的)diseases. These losses are gradual and proceed at different rates for each individual. In general, the health of old people today is better than that of earlier generation--a condition that is likely to improve still further as more people receive better medical care throught their lives. Because most old people are no longer in the labor force, a steady source of income is necessary. Systems of pensions and benefits are characteristic of industrial societies. One example is Social Security in the U. S. , which is now increased automatically as the cost of living rises, thus reducing somewhat the effect of inflation. Although the income of retired people is about half that of working people, most manage to remain financially independent. Income needs and health are what people consider most when they decide whether to retire or not. Putting an end to the limit on the retirement age is not expected to cause many workers to stay on the job if they can afford to retire. The need to relieve strains on the Social Security system, however, has led to legislation that gradually raises the age at which people can get full benefits. This might force them to work longer in the future. Elderly people themselves often display high spirits, satisfaction with life, and feelings of self-worth. The important factors are health and income. The task of modern societies is to ensure that the aged have their basic needs met and that they can continue to function in the community.

单选题Her father was a quiet man with graceful manners.

单选题In the process，the light energy converts to heat energy． A．reduces B．changes C．leaves D．drops

单选题The word “touch’’ in paragraph 7 could be best replaced by