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个选项中选择1个最佳答案。{{B}}第一篇{{/B}} It is my privilege to introduce again an annual report of the work of Our Lady's Hospice. Our Lady's Hospice, the first of its kind in these western islands, has centered the second century of caring for those with terminal illness. It was first opened in Milltown and its opening was the realization of a long cherished(心中怀着)dream. For years the Sisters(修女)had longed for a place where poor, lonely, friendless dying persons--no longer fit subjects for hospital wards(病房)--could find care, comfort and peacefulness in their last days of life. In December 1879 these hopes were fulfilled when Our Lady's formally welcomed the first patients--35 in number. So great were the applications for admission that six years later the foundation stone of the present Hospice was laid on 18th July 1886 and completed in August 1888. Much has been written about the spirit of the Hospice and much will continue to be written with present increasing interest in the Hospice was opened in a spirit that regarded neither race, nor belief, nor class but looked simply to the need of the person for help and for peace in the last days of life. We hope the same spirit born out of love, care and respect for the dignity and worth of each human person, will comfort all, both patients and their loved ones, who seek our help in the Hospice today.

单选题Universities usually give diplomas or certificates to students who complete course requirements adequately.

单选题{{B}}第一篇{{/B}} lacking a care for AIDS, society must offer education, not only by public pronouncement but in classrooms. Those with AIDS or those at high risk of AIDS suffer prejudice, they are feared by some people who find living itself unsafe, while others conduct themselves with a "bravado(冒险心理)"that could be fatal. AIDS has afflicted a society already short on humbanism, open--handedness and optimism. Attempts to strike it out with the offending microbe are not abetted(教唆)by pre--existing social ills. Such concerns impelled me to offer the first university--level undergraduate AIDS course, with its two important aims: To address the fact that AIDS is caused by a virus, not by moral failure or social collapse. The proper response to AIDS is compassion coupled with an understanding of the disease itself. We wanted to foster(help the growth of) the idea of a humane society. To describe how AIDS tests the institutions upon which our society rests. The economy, the political system, science, the legal Establishment, the media and our moral ethical--philosophical attitudes must respond to the disease. Those responses, whispered, or shrieked, easily accepted or highly controversial, must be put in order if the nation is to manage AIDS. Scholars have suggested that how a society deals with the threat of AIDS describes the extent to which that society has the right to call itself civilized. AIDS, then, is woven into the tapestry(挂毯)of modern society; in the course of explaining that tapestry, a teacher realizes that AIDS may bring about changes of historic proportions. Democracy obliges its educational system to prepare students to become informed citizens, to join their voices to the public debate in spried by AIDS. Who shall direct just what resources of manpower and money to the problem of AIDS? Even more basic, who shall formulate a national policy on AIDS? The educational challenge, then, is to enlighten(启发)the individual and the social, or public , responses to AIDS.

单选题The osprey flies above the water and when it spots a fish it swoops down to catch it.A. dropsB. seesC. wantsD. selects

单选题I am sure to tell you that there"s no danger.______

单选题In view of the basic principles of natural health care, which of the following statements is NOT true?

单选题下面的短文有15处空白，请根据短文的内容为每处空白处确定一个最佳选项。 Changes of Women's Role The role of women in Britain has changed a lot in this century, {{U}}(51) {{/U}} in the last twenty years. The main change has been {{U}}(52) {{/U}} giving women greater equality with men. Up to the beginning of this century, women seem to have had {{U}}(53) {{/U}} fights. They could not vote and were kept at home. {{U}}(54) {{/U}}, as far as we know, most women were happy with this situation. Today, women in Britain certainly {{U}}(55) {{/U}} more rights than they used to. They were {{U}}(56) {{/U}} the vote in 1919. In 1970 a law was passed to give them an equal {{U}}(57) {{/U}} of wealth in the case of divorce, {{U}}(58) {{/U}} the Equal Pay Act gave them the right of equal pay with men for work of equal value in the same year. Yet {{U}}(59) {{/U}} these changes, there are still great difference in status between men and women. Many employers seem to {{U}}(60) {{/U}} the Equal Pay Act, and the average working women is {{U}}(61) {{/U}} to earn only about half that a man earns for the same job. {{U}}(62) {{/U}}a survey, at present, only one-third of the country's workers are {{U}}(63) {{/U}} women. This small percentage is partly {{U}}(64) {{/U}} a shortage of nurseries. If there were {{U}}(65) {{/U}} nurseries, twice as many women might well go out to work.

单选题I want to provide my boys with a decent education.

单选题There is still an immense amount of work to be done.

单选题Dr. Bergsten also has served on the senior staff of the National Security Council, 1969-71, and as a senior fellow of the Brookings Institution, another {{U}}prominent{{/U}} Washington "think-tank'.

单选题The criminal gave us a long{{U}} chase {{/U}}before we caught him.

单选题She is very conscientious about her work.A. worriedB. carefulC. anxiousD. nervous

单选题 Japanese Car Keeps Watch for Drunk Drivers A concept car developed by Japanese company Nissan has a breathalyzer-like detection system and other instruments that could help keep drunk or over tired drivers off the road. The car's sensors check odors inside the car and monitor a driver's sweat for traces of alcohol. An in-car computer system can issue an alert or even lock up the ignition system if the driver seems over-the-limit. The air odor sensors are fixed firmly and deeply in the driver and passenger seats, while a detector in the gear-shift knob measures perspiration from the driver's palm. Other carmakers have developed similar detection systems. For example, Sweden's Volvo has developed a breathalyzer attached to a car's seat belt that drivers must blow into before the engine will start. Nissan's new concept vehicle also includes a dashboard-mounted camera that tracks a drivers alertness by monitoring their eyes. It will sound an alarm and issue a spoken warning in Japanese or English if it judges that the driver needs to pull over and rest. The car technology is still in development, but general manager Kazuhiro Doi says the combination of different detection systems should improve the overall effectiveness of the technology. "For example, if the gear-shift sensor was bypassed by a passenger using it instead of the driver, the facial recognition system would still be used," Doi says. Nissan has no specific timetable for marketing the system, but aims to use technology to cut the number of fatalities involving its vehicles to half 1995 levels by 2015. The car's seat belt can also tighten if drowsiness is detected, while an external camera checks that the car is keeping to its lane properly. However, Doi admits that some of the technology, such as the alcohol odor sensor, should be improved. "If you drink one beer, it's going to register, so we need to study what's the appropriate level for the system to activate," he says. In the U.K., some research groups are using similar advanced techniques to understand driver behavior and the effectiveness of different road designs.

单选题I found that same pattern - a health - care system that reflects a nation's basic cultural values -everywhere I went when I traveled the world for a PBS documentary and a book about how other wealthy countries provide health care. " The fundamental truth about health care in every country," notes Princeton professor Uwe Reinhardt, one of the world's preeminent health - care economists, "is that national values, national character, determine how each system works. " What is the working principle of health - care systems in every country?A. It fits the national values and character of the country.B. It determines a nation's basic cultural values.C. It fits the needs of everyone in the country.D. It is a right must be equitably distributed to everyon

单选题Ants always put food away in Autumn.

单选题The scientists began to accumulate data.

单选题Governments should rule only with the {{U}}consent{{/U}} of the governed.

单选题The movie has a satisfying ending.

单选题A Biological Clock Every living thing has what scientists call a biological clock that controls behavior. The biological clock tells 1 when to form flowers and when the flowers should open. It tells 2 when to leave the protective cocoons and fly away, and it tells animals and human beings when to eat, sleep and wake. Events outside the plant and animal 3 the actions of some biological clocks. Scientists recently found, for example, that a tiny animal changes the color of its fur 4 the number of hours of daylight. In the short 5 of winter, its fur becomes white. The fur becomes gray brown in color in the longer hours of daylight in summer. Inner signals control other biological clocks. German scientists found that some kind of internal clock seems to order birds to begin their long migration 6 twice each year. Birds 7 flying become restless when it is time for the trip, 8 they become calm again when the time of the flight has ended. Scientists say they are beginning to learn which 9 of the brain contain biological clocks. An American researcher, Martin Moorhead, said a small group of cells near the front of the brain 10 to control the timing of some of our actions. These 11 tell a person when to 12 , when to sleep and when to seek food. Scientists say there probably are other biological clock cells that control other body activities. Dr. Moorhead is studying 13 our biological clocks affect the way we do our work. For example, most of us have great difficulty if we must often change to different work hours. 14 can take many days for a human body to accept the major change in work hours. Dr. Moorhead said industrial officials should have a better understanding of biological clocks and how they affect workers. He said 15 understanding could cut sickness and accidents at work and would help increase a factory"s production.

单选题The workers in that factory {{U}}manufacture{{/U}} furniture. A. promote B. paint C. produce D. polish