单选题Man: Ben borrowed his father's car without permission, and then crashed it into the garage door. Woman: No wonder his father went up the wall. Question: What can we learn about Ben's father? A. He wouldn't forgive Ben. B. He was extremely angry. C. He was quite disappointed. D. He couldn't understand Ben.

单选题No sooner had I opened the cupboard door ______ I stood before a dangling skeleton.

单选题Thomas Edison was responsible for many ______ in addition to the light bulb.

单选题The ______ sound of movements in the kitchen suggested that the children were secretly helping themselves to the chocolate cake. A. faint B. vague C. slender D. dim

单选题When hearing the voices from the famous writers of a long dead past, the author ______.

单选题A: Do you take in student?B: ______. A. Yes. If you don't mind sharing room, there's one available. B. I don't have a vacant room now. C. There is no spare room available. D. You can't have visitors.

单选题If a man does not have an ideal and try to ______ it, then he becomes a mean base and sordid creature, no matter how successful he is. A. come off B. bring about C. live up to D. contribute to

单选题A: Do you think that you can have these shirts finished by Friday morning? B: ______

单选题Although he really did not want to open the mysterious drawer again, his curiosity ______ him to take one last look.

单选题Is the customer always right? The answer, it seems, depends on which country you are in. Shopping is very much a part of a country's culture, and attitudes to shopping and consumers vary from country to country just as much as climate or taste in food. From the air-conditioned American shopping centers to the street market of African towns, the way we shop shows the way we see ourselves and our relationships with other people. Business competition in Europe has given consumers increased power. This has meant falling prices, plenty of special offers and a re-examination of what customer service really means. People often point to America as an example of excellent customer service. In restaurants in the south of the USA, for example, waiters compliment you on your clothes, ask about your day, compliment you on the wisdom of your order and then return every ten minutes to refill your glass and make sure that everything is to your satisfaction. Anyone who has waited 30 minutes to be served in a restaurant might well dream of such attention, but do Europeans really want US style service? As a friend of mine once told me, "By the end of the evening I had spent as much time talking to the waiter as to my wife. " It is a question of expectations. Different nationalities expect different types of service. A Chinese-American friend loves telling people about how her Chinese mother shops for clothes: "First of all she waits until they are on sale, then she bargains until she gets an even better price and then she finds some small fault with the product and demands a further reduction. She never buys anything at the regular price. " Could you imagine trying such tricks in a department store in your country? Attitudes to service are, of course, affected by employers' attitudes to their workers. As American sales and service personnel are heavily reliant on commission and tips, they have more motives to provide more service. But is this fair? Do we think it is fair to ask shop assistants to work late evenings, Sundays and 12 hour shifts? It might not be a case of "Is the customer always right?" but a case of "How much service is it fair to expect?/

单选题In speaking, the choice of words is of the utmost importance. But too often careless use of words ______ a meeting of the minds of the speaker and listener. A. stirs B. prevents C. destroys D. offers

单选题Speaker A: I'm going to the park with some friends for a barbecue on Sunday. Would you like to join us? Speaker B: ______ A. Why not on Saturday? You see, I have an important appointment on Sunday. B. Thanks, but unfortunately I have to take my sister to the airport on Sunday. C. That's a wonderful idea. Barbecue is one of my favorites. D. What preparation do you expect me to do for the barbecue?

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. It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory. The meanings of thousands of everyday perceptions, the bases {{U}}(51) {{/U}} the decisions we make, and the roots of our habits and skills are to be {{U}}(52) {{/U}} in our past experiences, which are brought into the present {{U}}(53) {{/U}} memory. Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep {{U}}(54) {{/U}} available for later use. It includes not only "remembering" things like arithmetic or historical facts, but also any change in the way an animal typically behaves. Memory is {{U}}(55) {{/U}} when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sniffed something suspicious in the grain pile. Memory is also involved when a six-year-old child learns to swing a baseball bat. Memory {{U}}(56) {{/U}} not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines. Computers, for example, contain devices for storing data for later use. It is interesting to compare the memory-storage capacity of a computer {{U}}(57) {{/U}} that of a human being. The in stant-access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100 000 "words" —ready for {{U}}(58) {{/U}} use. An average American teenager probably recognizes the meanings of about 100 000 words of English. However, this is but a fraction of the total {{U}}(59) {{/U}} of information which the teenager has stored. Consider, for example, the number of facts and places that the teenager can recognize on sight. The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem-solving intelligence of human beings. A large part of a person's memory is in terms of words and {{U}}(60) {{/U}} of words.

单选题Speaker A: You'll never guess what was going on in our school last week. Speaker B: ______.

单选题When he was alive, the old scientist used to say that knowledge ______ from practice and he gained his experience by doing a lot of practical work.

单选题Few are so silly as to dash back into the house on fire to fetch the money ______ their lives.

单选题The problem is that they are unable to communicate effectively in the language ______. public services are offered. A. in which B. for which C. by which D. of which

单选题We are regretful ______ that the goods you have ordered are out of stock.

单选题Man: When are we supposed to submit our project proposals, Jane?Woman: They're due by the end of the week. We've only two days left. We'll just have to hurry.Question: What does the woman mean?

单选题______ that many animals seem to be highly sensitive to various signals associated with earthquakes, the basic question remains of how this behavior can be put to use in earthquake prediction. A. Granted B. Provided C. Considering D. Assuming