单选题These figures boil down to no significance as they are statistically imperfect. A. amount to B. conform to C. contribute to D. attach to

单选题 Michelle Dockery, the actress who plays Lady Mary Crawley in Downton Abbey, says manners have disappeared in modern Britain. "Those old manners," she says, "such as men standing when women arrive at the dinner table or opening doors for you—are lovely, and it's lovely when you see a man doing that. But young men wouldn't think about that for a second because it's not the culture anymore." She puts it down to the rise of sexual equality, which I suppose might play a small part in the collapse of manners. But the loss of noble qualities is a minor element in a much bigger story. Over the last 50 years, the British have changed from one of the politest nations to one of the rudest. Luckily for us, the old-fashioned image persists abroad of us as a bowler-hat-wearing race, obsessed with tea and cricket. Those misconceptions are swiftly cured by a visit to one of the pedestrianised fighting areas in any provincial town centre on a Saturday evening at the closing time of a pub. Of course, the image was always a slight myth. The British have always drunk heavily, and sworn even more. But they used to have a double persona—the heavy drinking, swearing one, which would be replaced by the polite persona immediately when good manners were required. That idea of public shame has disappeared, and is now even condemned as pretentious. Self-righteousness has taken its place—it's OK to play a DVD at top volume in a train carriage/wear a luminous green vest at a funeral, because the offender thinks it's OK. The only driving factor in these decisions is desire for your own pleasure rather than the desire to minimize the pain of others. This selfish behavior is much more natural than the selflessness implied in manners. If we were brought up in the wild, we'd all behave like this. Manners are taught. And that's the big reason why they've collapsed over here—and—survived much better in other countries. They're not taught much here anymore by parents, on television or by public figures. In his latest book on litter, Theodore Dalrymple explains why the British litter these days—because they haven't been socialized properly. Dr. Dalrymple and most of his generation—don't litter, he writes, because their mothers told them not to. It's the same with the modern collapse of manners.

单选题 The word "smog" has become a household word in urban China. Smog is an {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}of greenhouse gases and pollutants that reduce visibility and harm respiratory functions. Smog is typically {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}cities with high concentrations of cars and factories. The population density, amount of industry and the fuels used {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}together to have an impact on smog levels. During summer, smog is worse {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}the production of ozone, the main component of smog, increases in strong sunlight. The important thing to understand about smog is that this kind of pollution is spread out {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}large distances. Walking, biking or using public transportation can help limit ozone production. {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}, decreasing household electricity use and keeping your vehicles fuel-efficient reduces {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}greenhouse gases. Checking tire pressure, oil levels, air filters, and getting regular maintenance help {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}fuel efficiency. Be sure to use only the fuel recommended in the vehicle's user {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Simple steps like avoiding stop-and-go traffic and reducing vehicle workload decrease smog-related emissions. To lighten the workload, avoid running the air-conditioner, {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}the engine and carrying heavy objects in the vehicle.

单选题This state research program is made up of two funds, ______ could last for two years. A. the larger one B. the larger of which C. the largest one D. the largest of which

单选题 It's easy to blame a backward-moving culture that's hostile to women, but rapid transformation is also part of the story. Enjoying the freedoms of the new India, many of its citizens have left traditional village life, but they have not found a new set of ethics in urban areas. When the accused go unpunished or justice takes forever to be delivered, it makes rape a way of life for Indian men. I am one of those Westerners amused by India's rapid growth and expanding social mobility. I lived in New Delhi while reposing on the country from 2002 to 2007, when there were hundreds of documented incidents of sexual violence in the capital. Delhi accounted for one-quarter of all rapes recorded in India in 2011. When I lived there, Indian women regularly urged me to move elsewhere—anywhere!—calling Delhi "India's rape capital" and telling me terrifying stories of how unsafe the city was. Of course, most Delhi residents don't have the option to leave, nor do they want to. The city's population has swelled with migrants from India's poor rural areas. For them, Delhi represents opportunity. About 350 million Indians now live in cities, and an additional 250 million are expected to move to urban areas in the next two decades. Call centers and the hospitality sector in the capital have created jobs for even the slightly educated, making the middle-class dream seem more attainable than ever. However, India's rural migrants do not find the education and work opportunities they expect in cities. Poverty, low social status and gender still prevent many from advancing. The parents of the 23-year-old rape victim, who died a week ago, had moved the family to a middle-class New Delhi neighborhood from a poor village. This family, having sold land to help send her to college, had placed hopes in her, who had urged her two younger brothers to follow her to college. Having recently qualified as a trainee physiotherapist in a private Delhi hospital, she landed herself in a solidly middle-class profession. It makes sense that this attack happened in Delhi, which appears to welcome modern women who go to college and work outside the home. They are vulnerable to sexual harassment or violence. But the city is not nearly as open as advertised. Because it is filled with rural migrants who speak dozens of languages and represent every class and religion, the city seems conflicted about what is acceptable.

单选题There were no further reports of violence in the town, and most people ______ their daily activities as usual. A. went through B. went against C. went about D. went up

单选题This archaeologist made a study of the vast area through which the Roman civilization has been propaqated. A. extended B. terminated C. speculated D. restricted

单选题This is a love that {{U}}sprang up{{/U}} from friendship and blossomed into marriage. A. diverged B. separated C. distinguished D. originated

单选题While I could not ______ the words outside the thick glass windows, their middle fingers spoke loudly. A. wear out B. set out C. make out D. find out

单选题Whatdoesthemanmean?A.Nancyshouldn'tbetoobusy.B.Nancyshouldtakeabreakfromherwork.C.Nancymustbeundergreatpressure.D.Nancymustfeeldepressed.

单选题How did it ______ that in English the correlation between spelling and pronunciation is not very close?

单选题 Most students in grades K-12 attend school for 6 to 7 hours a day, 180 days per year. Some schools offer extended learning by adding extra time to the school day or increasing the length of the school year. Some states are moving to this type of schedule in an attempt to increase student achievement. Is it worthwhile? Longer days allow for more instruction in core classes, individualized attention and additional tutoring time for struggling students. Schools that switched to longer days reported significant gains in language arts, math and science. The most notable change was a gain of about 20 percent more proficiency in math from 2006 to 2010. However, the additional time must be accompanied by quality instruction to have an impact. Longer school days also have positive implications for teachers, allowing for more collaboration with colleagues, planning time and opportunities for on-campus professional development. Some districts that use extended time have raised salaries and increased benefits to compensate teachers for the extra hours. Longer days can also help close the achievement gap between socioeconomic groups. Families who can afford it often supplement their children's education with additional classes and tutoring. With longer days, children from less-wealthy families would have these same opportunities. Students in schools with extended days average seven hours of instruction in art, music and physical education, which is double the national average. Advocates of longer days argue that American students spend less time in school than their counterparts in other nations and are consequently lagging behind. In fact, American students attend school for 900 to 1,000 hours per year. Finland, which consistently performs well on standardized tests, averages 608 hours of instruction at the elementary level per year. By middle school, many American students have received many more instructional hours than students in Japan, Korea and Finland, yet these three countries continue to post high scores. Additional time in school means more energy costs, higher salaries and more resources. While adding time appears to have positive effects, it comes at a cost that some schools cannot afford. Adding time to the school day increases school budgets an additional 6 to 20 percent more per year. Cash-strapped schools may not be able to cover this additional cost without revising their budgets. The question that schools must answer is whether the additional instruction and enrichment time is worth the additional costs.

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问答题Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition of no less than 150 words under the title of "A Teacher I Love." You are advised to avoid using any stereotyped expressions or sentences, such as "last but not the least."

问答题Social progress has done away with the need for backbreaking work and has provided time and leisure for personality development. With it, indeed because of it, today the middle-class family expects each of its members to develop his unique personality, and so does each individual, more or less, himself. This new- obligation of the family to provide a setting for the development of a unique personality makes family consensus extremely difficult, if not impossible. Nothing is more problematic for a small group of quite different, unique individuals than to live in close quarters, in close harmony with each other. Besides, the necessity of cultivating teenagers' moral character adds to the difficulty in parenting.

问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition of no less than 150 words under the title of "The Negative Effect of the Cell Phone." Give examples or data to support your idea.

问答题Section B Put the following paragraph into English. 在中国，拿硕士学位通常需要三年时间。第一年积累足够的学分后，学生接着在后两年完成毕业论文。论文要有一定学术价值，还要反映学生的科研能力。人们越来越重视学术诚信，这将有助于提高科学界的道德标准。

问答题Section A Put the following paragraph into Chinese. Changes and developments in a science are determined by numerous causes. Every science grows from its past, and the state reached in a previous generation provides the starting point for the next. But no science is carried on in a vacuum, without reference to or contact with other sciences and the general atmosphere for learning. Scientists and men of learning are also men of their age and country, and they can't live independent of the culture. Besides its own past, the course of science is also affected by the social context of its contemporary world and the intellectual premises in it. Applications of the science and the expectations that others have of it may be a very important determinant of the direction of its growth and changes.

问答题Directions: For this part, you are allowed30 minutes to write a composition of no less than 150 words under the title of "A Teacher I Love." You are advised to avoid using any stereotyped expressions or sentences, such as "last but not the least."

问答题Directions: Put the following paragraph into Chinese. This is all very well, but it has serious implications for data security and personal privacy because computers are inherently insecure. The recent activities of hackers and data thieves in the United States, Germany, and Britain have shown how all-too-easy it still is to break into even the most-sophisticated financial and military systems. The list of scares perpetrated by the new breed of hi-tech criminals, ranging from fraud in airline-ticket reservations to the reprogramming of the chips inside mobile phones, is growing daily.