单选题He ______ TV all afternoon. I can"t get him away from it.

单选题A lorry ______ Jane"s cat and sped away.

单选题I ______ play tennis than golf. A. like better to B. prefer C. would rather D. had better

单选题I have rung the door bell for five minutes, but no one has come to open the door. The Browns ______ out. A. should be B. would be C. can be D. must be

单选题______ more attention, the problem could have been solved sooner.

单选题It"s rude of you to shout ______ the room.

单选题Today there is widespread agreement among researchers that _______ of fathers from households causes serious problems for children.

单选题Seeing students so ______ in class is a great encouragement to a teacher.

单选题______, the crops would have died. A. If it didn't rain B. Had it not rained C. If it doesn't rain D. Should it rain

单选题The Rio Grande River forms part of the ______ between Texas and Mexico.

单选题So far every means ______ tried, but no satisfying result has come out yet.

单选题Some of the crops failed. ______, the cotton did pretty well.

单选题Let"s give the room a ______ clean before we leave for our vacation.

单选题 Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbours, even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity (长寿) boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationship. The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows and widowers (鳏夫) were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peers. Studies since then suggest that marriage could add as much as seven years to a man's life and two to a woman's. The effect holds for all causes of death, whether illness, accident or self-harm. Even if the odds are stacked against you, marriage can more than compensate. Linda Waite of the University of Chicago has found that a married older man with heart disease can expect to live nearly four years longer than an unmarried man with a healthy heart. Likewise, a married man who smokes more than a pack a day is likely to live as long as a divorced man who doesn't smoke. There's a flip side, however, as partners are more likely to become ill or die in the couple of years following their spouse's death, and caring for a spouse with mental disorder can leave you with some of the same severe problems. Even so, the odds favour marriage. In a 30-year study of more than 10,000 people, Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School describes how all kinds of social networks have similar effects. So how does it work? The effects are complex, affected by socio-economic factors, health-service provision, emotional support and other more physiological (生理的) mechanisms. For example, social contact can boost development of the brain and immune system, leading to better health and less chance of depression later in life. People in supportive relationships may handle stress better. Then there are the psychological benefits of a supportive partner.

单选题A further ______ into the cause of the disaster revealed that the director was partly to blame because he had not insisted on adequate precautions.

单选题In Shanghai, a growing number of foreign-funded banks are looking for local people to fill executive positions (行政主管的岗位) rather than people from their own countries as they did in the past. US-based Citibank (花旗银行) put a job announcement in a local newspaper last week calling for executive trainees. It was part of Citibank"s business plan in China to draw local professional. Demand for personal banking services has been on the rise since China joined the World Trade Organization at the end of 2001. Thence, more employees are needed in the banks. The move does not only happen to Citibank. Many other foreign-funded banks in the city have made similar decisions. The UK"s Standard Chartered last year employed over 30 graduates from Chinese universities and colleges as executive trainees. They are expected to take up managerial positions at the bank"s Shanghai branch after a two-year raining program overseas. The Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation has announced it will employ more new graduates in China in the coming year. Local people account for over 92% of the office workers in its Shanghai operation.

单选题In ancient China only boys from rich families ______ school.

单选题You can get a good ______ of the whole city on top of the hill. A. watch B. view C. look D. sight

单选题The entertainment profession, or "show business", attracts many young people. Unfortunately, only very few can hope to become famous. Talent is not enough, because show business is as competitive as any other business. Without a good manager, a performer can never hope to succeed. Fashion is important in this business too. A performer must change their "act" in order to follow the taste of the moment. This is true for actors, dancers and comedians, but perhaps most of all for singers. "Pop" stands for "popular", and a singer has to work very hard to become popular. They must either give the public what they want, or they must find a new way of singing that will attract their attention. Even when they have succeeded, and their records are sold everywhere, they can not relax. Then they must work harder than ever to remain popular, because there are always younger singers trying to become famous and to steal some of the popularity. The life of a successful pop singer is not at all easy. They can only relax when they are alone, because everything they do is watched and reported in the special newspapers written for the "fans". The fans are the most important people in the world for the singers. They buy their records, they go to their concerts, and they make them rich and famous. But they can be very annoying too. Sometimes they get so crazy that they do anything to get a "souvenir". They steal handkerchiefs, they tear off buttons, and they even cut off pieces of the unfortunate singer"s hair. Many singers have been forced to hide, and some who have not been so lucky as to escape have been stripped practically naked by their fans. Pop singers have to spend a lot of money on clothes, because they must always look smart, or, at any rate, different. They must have a luxurious car. And most important they must always keep smiling for the benefit of his public.

单选题Since she isn"t in, I think it better for you to go ______.