单选题I have been offered the appointment, ______ to my passing a medical examination.

单选题Man: Is that optional course as hard as everybody says? Woman: Exactly, and even worse, believe it or not. Question: What does the woman mean?

单选题{{B}}Passage Three{{/B}} Some people would say that the Englishman's home is no longer his castle, and that it has become his workshop. This is partly because the average Englishman is keen on working with his own hands and partly because he feels, for one reason or another, that he must do for himself many households for which, some years ago, he would have hired professional help. The main reason for this is a financial one. The high cost of labor has meant that builders' and decorators' cost have reached a level which makes them prohibitive for house-proud English people of modest means. So, if they wish to keep their houses looking bright and smart, they have to tackle some of the repairs and decorating themselves. As a result, there has grown up in the post-war years what is sometimes referred to as the "do-it-yourself movement". The "do-it-yourself movement" began with home decorating but has since spread into a much wider field. Nowadays there seem to be very few things that can't be made by the "do-it-yourself movement" method. A number of magazines and handbooks exist to show hopeful handymen of all ages just how easy it is to build anything from a coffee table to a fifteen foot (4.5 meters) sailing dinghy. All you need, it seems, is a hammer and a few nails. You follow the simple instructions step by step and, before you know where you are, the finished article stands before you, completely in every detail. Unfortunately, alas, it is not always quite as simple as it sounds. Many a budding "do-it- yourself" has found to his cost that one cannot learn a skilled craftsman's job overnight. How quickly one realizes, when doing it oneself, that a job which takes the skilled man an hour or so to complete takes the amateur handyman five or six at least. And then there is the question of tools. The first thing the amateur learns is that he must have the right tools for the job. But tools cost money. There is also the wear and tear on the nerves. It is not surprising then that many people have come to the conclusion that the expense of paying processional to do the work is, in the long run, more economical than "do-it-yourself "

单选题All flights ______ because of the snowstorm, they decided to take the train.

单选题Directions: There are 10 blanks in the following passage. For each numbered blank, there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center. One way of improving your language skill is to read for {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}novels, plays, travel books, and so on. And in reading books of this kind the {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}thing is to get on with the reading and to try to guess {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}the writer is going to tell you in the book. This is impossible {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}you stop to think over the meaning of every {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}word which happens to be unfamiliar to you. You cannot enjoy a story if you stop half a dozen times {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}every page in order to look up words in the dictionary. When you are reading books of this kind, {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}, you will usually have to rely mainly on the {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}to help you. If you see an unfamiliar word, do not let it take too much of your {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}from the main thread of the story. In all probability you will meet the same word again a few pages later and in a {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}different context, and each time you see it your understanding of it will become more exact.

单选题Things might have been much worse if the mother ______ on her right to keep the baby. A. has been insisting B. had insisted C. would insist D. insisted

单选题I'd like to______your attention to an aspect of the problem which you appear to have over looked.

单选题All the staff in the office ______ their manager. A. unlike B. dislike C. alike D. unlikely

单选题A: Congratulations! I hope you'll be very happy.B: ______. A. Thanks, the same to you. B. Thanks, I'm sure we will. C. Yes, that's for sure. D. Yes. I am sure we'll be the happiest couple in the world.

单选题The consolidation of the crumbling walls and towers has been carried out ______ a program agreed with the Department of the Environment. A. in case of B. in accordance with C. in place of D. in charge of

单选题The factor that does not influence the size of the workforce is ______.

单选题Because American parents believe that knowledge leads to a meaningful life, they try to give youngsters many opportunities to develop skills and ______ interests.

单选题Speaker A: Mrs. Green, thank you for a pleasant evening. I must be going now. Good night. Speaker B: ______ A. It was nice having you, Mr. Jones. Good night. B. Good night. Please walk slowly. C. A1l right. Let me see you off downstairs. D. Well, I won't ask you to stay longer if you insist leaving.

单选题She had no appetite, and ______ toyed with the bread and cheese. A. specially B. rarely C. randomly D. merely

单选题One silly question I simply cannot tolerate is "How do you feel?" Usually the question is asked of a man in action—a man walking along the street, or busily working at his desk. So what do you expect him to say? He"ll probably say, "Fine, I"m all right." But you have put a bug in his ear—maybe now he is not sure. If you are his good friend, you may have seen something on his face, or in his walk, that he overlooked that morning. It makes him worrying a little. He looks in a mirror to see if everything is all right, while you go merrily on your way asking someone else, "How do you feel?" Every question has its time and place. It"s perfectly acceptable, for instance, to ask "How do you feel?" if you are visiting a close friend in the hospital. But if the fellow is walking on both legs, hurrying to take a train or sitting at his desk working, it"s no time to ask him that silly question. When George Bernard Shaw, the famous British writer of plays was in his eighties, someone asked him, "How do you feel?" Shaw put him in his place. "When you reach my age," he said, "either you feel all right or you are dead."

单选题"I don"t like this ink. Do you like it? No. I like ink ______."

单选题Man: I really can't afford any more interruptions right now. I've got to finish the assignment. Woman: Sorry. Just one more thing, could you give me a ride to school tomorrow? Question: What can be inferred from the conversation? A. The man will drive the woman to school. B. The man has finished his assignment. C. The man is willing to help the woman. D. The man is losing patience with the woman.

单选题Woman: I can't bear the air pollution in this city any more. It's getting worse and worse.Man: You said it. We've never had so many factories before.Question: What does the man mean?

单选题Man: Have they found anything about the girl"s death? Woman: I think so. The report they would present to the police station will throw light on it. Question: What does the woman mean?

单选题A: Do you mind if I change the channel?B: ______. A. Actually, I think this program is quite interesting. B. Yes, you can switch to the channel you want to watch. C. Never mind. Just go ahead. D. Certainly. You can do what you like.