单选题More and more students want to study in "hot majors (专攻课程)". 1 a result, many students want to 2 their interests and study in these 3 such as foreign languages, international business and law, etc. Fewer and fewer students choose scientific majors, 4 maths , physics, and biology, and art majors, 5 history, Chinese and philosophy (哲学). 6 students can study in these "hot" majors, because the number of these "hot" majors 7 limited. If one 8 interest in his work or study, 9 can he do well? I 10 this from one of my classmates. He is 11 the countryside. His parents are farmers. Though he 12 biology, he chose "international business." He 13 to live a life which is different 14 of his parents. In the end, he found he 15 in doing business. He found all the subjects to be 16 . 17 this wouldn"t have happened if he had chosen his major according to his own interests. Choosing a major in university 18 decide one"s whole life. Majors 19 are not "hot" today may become the "hot" major of tomorrow. Choosing your major according to your own 20 is the best way to succeed.

单选题 (A) Someday in the future we may not need to have money in our pockets. Is life easier when people don't need to carry any money? Is money heavy to carry? Is it safe to carry money? Maybe in the future each of us will have only one small plastic credit card (信用卡). We will use it to buy all the things we now buy with money. We will not need money to pay for things. Of course we may still have some of the same problems with cards that we now have with money. Sometimes we lose money. Maybe we will lose the card. People steal money. Maybe someone will take the card. Someone may even make a card that looks like our card. Since we can't buy anything without our card, the credit card may be no better than currency. Is there something even easier to use than credit cards? All of us have a thumbprint (拇指纹 手印). No two thumbprints are the same. Maybe someday the government will keep people's thumbprints with a number. No two people will have the same thumbprint or number. When we want to buy something, we will put our thumbs on a machine or computer. Each store or business will have one. Everyone's thumbprint will be in the computers. It will be very difficult to lose our thumbprint. It will be difficult for someone to steal it or make one like it.

单选题It"s ______ lovely house, but did you see how small ______ kitchen was?

单选题The indoor swimming pool seems to be a great deal more luxurious than

单选题Both literacy and the number of readers were on a steady gradual increase in the 19th century.

单选题Jill had some trouble ______ what you said.

单选题Teenagers ______ older people are more likely to prefer this kind of movies.

单选题The London Marathon is a difficult race. ______, thousands of runners participate every year.

单选题When international students attend schools in the United States, they often experience emotional and physical _______ in the first few months.

单选题My piano is magnificent, ______ since I was 18.

单选题The introduction of latest equipment cost more than planned.

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单选题The naughty boy was looking forward to ______ to David"s birthday party.

单选题I recently wrote an autobiography in which I recalled many old memories. One of them was from my school days, when our ninth grade teacher, Miss Raber, would pick out words from the Reader"s Digest to test our vocabulary. Today, more than 45 years later, I always check out "It pays to Enrich your Word Power" first when the Digest comes each month. I am impressed with that idea, word power. Reader"s Digest knows the power that words have to move people—to entertain, inform, and inspire. The Digest editors know that the big word isn"t always the best word. Take just one example, a Quotable Quote from the February 1985 issue: "Time is a playful thing. It slips quickly and drinks the day like a bowl of milk." Seventeen words, only two of them more than one syllable, yet how much they convey! That"s usually how it is with Reader"s Digest. Small and simple can be profound. As chairman of a foundation to restore the Statue of Liberty, I"ve been making a lot of speeches lately. I try to keep them fairly short. I use small but vivid words: words like "hope", "guts", "faith", "dreams". Those are words that move people and say so much about the spirit of America. Don"t get me wrong. I"m not against using big words, when it is right to do so, but I have also learned that a small word can work a small miracle—if it"s the right word, in the right place, at the right time. It"s a "secret" that I hope I never forget.

单选题Is your job doing harm to your health? If you are like a lot of American workers today, you experience a significant amount of stress in work. Stress doesn"t just make you unhappy at work. It can affect your health. Doctors say people under stress have higher blood pressure, even when they are away from work. And they are at a higher risk for death from any cause than those who are more relaxed. How do you know if your job could be a risk to your health? Some danger signs include difficulty getting to sleep or difficulty waking up in the morning, forgetfulness, aches and pains for no apparent reason, a desire to eat less or tendency to eat poorly, loss of interest in activities, etc. Everyone has bad days in which they feel many of these symptoms, but if you have noticed several of them, and you have experienced them for months, you may need to do something. If you notice these signs in yourself or your loved one, check with your doctor to eliminate other possibilities. If the cause does appear to be stress, experts say you should try to make time for yourself away from work. Try relaxing in a warm bubble bath, listening to music and shutting out the world for a while.

单选题(A) Every time I smell jasmine (茉莉) I can see myself again in the garden of that large house in Cornwall. The year is 1971, the month is March and the sun is shining. And when I smell a certain type of suntan oil (防晒油), I am back again in the Greek islands. Or it"s the smell of lavender which reminds me of my grandmother. Smell is one of the most evocative (唤起……的) of all the senses, but it"s the most difficult to recall. This is because only a small area of the brain is used in smell. Most people, however, can recognize at least 4,000 different smells, and women usually have a better sense of smell than men. It seems that our ideas of what smells are pleasant or unpleasant is something that we learn at about the age of three or four. It is not something we are born with. How do we learn what smells good and what doesn"t? And how do we know that some smells, like a smell of burning, mean danger? Flowers such as jasmine and lavender are one thing, but what about the smell of people? Each human being has a unique odor (气味). A one-month old baby can recognize its mother by smell. In many parts of the world people greet each other by sniffing (闻) the face or the hands. The kiss began as a sniff and New Zealand Maoris, and Eskimos still sniff when they meet one another. In modern times we use soap and perfume (香水) to replace our natural odor.

单选题Bamboo probably has more uses than ______ in the world.

单选题Thank you for purchasing the TX5 mainboard as heart of your computer"s system. We hope this instruction book will enable you to install TX5 in your system safely and without any errors. Although you may be familiar with some of the concepts we will explain, please read them again to avoid any problems.

单选题We agreed to meet at the railway station but so far she hasn"t ______ yet.

单选题Not until the president came in ______ all the other members had been already seated.