单选题Speaker A: Excuse me. I'd like to exchange this watch. I just bought it, but look at this.Speaker B: ______

单选题Man: Did you see Martha just now? I want to ask her to go with us to the concert tonight. Woman: She must be around somewhere. You may still be able to catch her. Question: What does the woman mean? A. She knows where Martha has gone. B. Martha will go to the concert by herself. C. It is quite possible for the man to find Martha. D. The man is going to meet Martha at the concert.

单选题Woman: Have you heard about the plane crash yesterday? It caused 120 deaths. I'm never at ease when taking a flight.Man: Though we often hear about air crashes and serious casualties, flying is still one of the safest ways to travel.Question.. What do we learn from this conversation?

单选题In the National Zoo we can find ______animals that range from large beasts to small birds. A. a species of B. a group of C. a variety of D. an amount of

单选题Speaker A: You are a college student. Tell me what you would like to do? Speaker B: ______

单选题Both approaches require that the actor ______ his or her own personal values as well as the character's. A. must understand B. should understand C. has to understand D. need to understand

单选题Mobile phones are proved to ______ with flight instruments and have a negative effect on flight safety. A. interfere B. disturb C. interrupt D. trouble

单选题______ is not who you are that is important, but what you are.

单选题Ireland is the best place in the world to live for 2005, (51) a life quality ranking that appeared in Britain's Economist magazine last week. The ambitious (52) to compare happiness levels around the world is based on the principle that wealth is not the only (53) of human satisfaction and well-being. The index of 111 countries uses (54) on incomes, health, unemployment, climate, political stability, job security equality between men and women as well as what the magazine calls "freedom, family and community life". Despite the bad weather troubled health service, traffic problems, and the high cost of living, Ireland scored an impressive 8.33 points (55) 10. That put it well ahead of second-place Switzerland, which managed 8.07. Zimbabwe(津巴布韦), troubled by political insecurity and hunger, is rated the lowest, (56) only 3.89 points. "Although rising incomes and increased individual choices in developed countries are (57) valued," the report said, "some of the factors associated with (58) such as the breakdown in traditional institutions and family values in part take away from a positive impact. "Ireland wins because it successfully combines the most desirable elements of the new—the fourth highest gross domestic product per head in the world in 2005, low unemployment, political (59) —with the preservation of certain warm elements of the old, such as (60) family and community life./

单选题People don"t always go to coffee shops just for a drink, but to spend time with friends or read a book. This "coffee shop culture" is very popular in the UK and it is a fantastic way to spend time with loved ones. It isn"t popular everywhere, though. There are around 15,000 coffee shops in the UK. On the main street of my home city, Edinburgh, there are at least five quite large coffee shops. Heading away from the main street you are still never more than a five-or-ten-minute walk to the nearest cafe. Most coffee shops have a cozy atmosphere. They are places where you can sit for hours as you sip (小口喝) your coffee. People go with friends and family to chat and relax after going shopping, or meet up just for a gossip. Alternatively, many people go alone. Coffee shops are great places to read in peace, or to sit and write. And with free Wi-Fi in many places, it is not difficult to spend a lot of time in a coffee shop. In Colombia, however, the coffee shop culture does not really exist, or, at least, is still very new. Famous for its coffee I imagined that even the tiniest Colombian village would have a coffee shop. I mean, they do exist but they are nowhere near as common as I had expected. The ones that do exist are very different from those in the UK. They are places where you go in, have a quick drink and then leave immediately. Nobody spends the afternoon enjoying a peaceful moment. People never seem to come in for a leisurely drink but for a quick—almost business-like—meeting, even if they are with family or friends. The idea that a person would go to a coffee shop alone is, apparently, ridiculous. Every time I go alone with a book, other customers look at me as if I had horns. I could be painting a wrong picture, of course. This may be the culture only in Pasto, where I live; other Colombian cities perhaps have a more developed coffee shop culture.

单选题A: Good morning. I"d like to speak to Mr. Adams, please. This is Edward Miller at the Sun Valley Health Center. B: ______

单选题All the credit card organizations charge interest on a monthly basis which may ______ as 25 per cent a year, yet judicious purchasing using a card can mean that you obtain up to seven weeks interest-free credit. A. come up B. account for C. add up D. work out

单选题Anyone who doubts that children are born with a healthy amount of ambition need spend only a few minutes with a baby eagerly learning to walk or a headstrong toddler starting to talk. No matter how many times the little ones stumble in their initial efforts, most keep on trying, determined to master their amazing new skill. It is only several years later, around the start of middle or junior high school, many psychologists and teachers agree, that a good number of kids seem to lose their natural drive to succeed and end up joining the ranks of underachievers. For the parents of such kids, whose own ambition is often inseparately tied to their children's success, it can be a bewildering, painful experience. So it is no wonder some parents find themselves hoping that ambition can be taught like any other subject at school. It's not quite that simple. "Kids can be given the opportunities, but they can't be forced. " says Jacquelynne Eccles, a psychology professor at the University of Michigan who led a study examining what motivated first-and seventh-graders in three school districts. Even so, a growing number of educators and psychologists do believe it is possible to unearth ambition in students who don't seem to have much. They say that by instilling confidence, encouraging some risk taking, being accepting of failure and expanding the areas in which children may be successful, both parents and teachers can reignite that innate desire to achieve. Dubbed Brainology, the unorthodox approach uses basic neuroscience to teach kids how the brain works and how it can continue to develop throughout life. The message is that everything is within the kids' control, that their intelligence is malleable. Some experts say our education system, with its strong emphasis on testing and rigid separation of students into different levels of ability, also bears blame for the disappearance of drive in some kids. Some educators say it's important to expose kids to a world beyond homework and tests, through volunteer work, sports, hobbies and other extracurricular activities. "The crux of the issue is that many students experience education as irrelevant to their life goals and ambitions. " says Michael Nakkula, a Harvard education professor who runs a Boston-area mentoring program called Project IF (Inventing the Future), which works to get low-income underachievers in touch with their aspirations. The key to getting kids to aim higher at school is to tell them the notion that classwork is irrelevant is not true, to show them how doing well at school can actually help them fulfill their dreams beyond it. Like any ambitious toddler, they need to understand that they have to learn to walk before they can run.

单选题A: It's getting rather late, I have to say goodbye. B: ______

单选题To a first-year student, the doctoral degree is a distant______

单选题Speaker A: That was a great dinner. Thanks a lot. You'll have to come to our place sometime.Speaker B: ______

单选题It is very necessary to know the extent ______ supply and demand will influence the price. A. in which B. from which C. to which D. for which

单选题The researchers are working with food companies keen to see if their products can be made resistant to bacterial attack through alterations ______ the food's structure. A. for B. of C. to D. in

单选题Woman: I don't think it's a good idea to discuss our problem with your sister. Man: I feel it's done me good to get it off my chest. Question: What does the man mean? A. He welcomes the challenge posed by the problem. B. He felt much better after talking to his sister. C. His sister helped him solve the problem. D. His sister managed to ease his burden.

单选题Like many of my generation, I have a weakness for hero worship. At some point, however, we all to question our heroes and our need for them. This leads us to ask: What is a hero? Despite immense differences in cultures, heroes around the world generally share a number of characteristics that instruct and inspire people. A hero does something worth talking about. A hero has a story of adventure to tell and community who will listen. But a hero goes beyond mere fame. Heroes serve powers or principles larger than themselves. Like high-voltage transformers, heroes take the energy of higher powers and step it down so that it can be used by ordinary people. The hero lives a life worthy of imitation. Those who imitate a genuine hero experience life with new depth, enthusiasm, and meaning. A sure test for would-be heroes is what or whom do they serve? What are they willing to live and die for? The answer or evidence suggests they serve only their own fame, they may be famous persons but not heroes. Madonna and Michael Jackson are famous, but who would claim that their fans find life more abundant? Heroes are catalysts (催化剂) for change. They have a vision from the mountaintop. They have the skill and the charm to move the masses. They create new possibilities. Without Gandhi, India might still be part of the British Empire. Without Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr., we might still have segregated (隔离的) buses, restaurants, and parks. It may be possible for largescale change to occur without leaders with magnetic personalities, but the pace of change would be slow, the vision uncertain, and the committee meetings endless.