单选题I saw a boy ______ towards the lake when I stood by the phone booth.

单选题Extensive new studies suggest that the world has made extraordinary progress in reducing poverty in recent decades. The research suggests that the pace of economic progress has been rapid and continued for decades, built on the foundations of relative political stability, rising trade, and economic liberalization(自由化) after two world wars. One new study, published recently by the Institute for International Economics in Washington, find that the proportion of the 6.1 billion people in the world who live on $1 a day or less shrank from 63 percent in 1950 to 35 percent in 1980 and 12 percent in 1999. By some other measures, the progress has been more modest. Still, economists agree that poverty has plunged in key nations such as India and especially China, thanks to slowing population growth as well as economic freedom. "This is a huge success for the world as a whole," says Harvard University economist Richard Cooper. "We are doing something right". The news comes as the World Bank is about to open its annual meeting in Washington—an event that has been troubled in recent years by protests that the Bank and its sister Institution, the International Monetary Fund (IMF 国际货币组织), have done too little for the world"s poor. The new economic research will not put an end to that dispute. Vast populations remain poor, and many still question the wisdom of World Bank policies. Nonetheless, the research findings are helpful to understand what policies should be followed by those institutions and hundreds of other development groups working very hard to hasten the pace of world economic progress. If dramatic gains are under way, the present policies—calling for open markets, free business activities, and tight monetary control—are working and correct. But critics of IMF and World Bank policies maintain that such economic success stories as Japan, China, South Korea and Singapore are rooted in more than just "free" markets. These nations have managed to grow rapidly, and thereby reduce poverty, by limiting imports when their domestic industries were young, pushing exports to rich nations, and putting controls on purely international financial flows. They have been open to foreign-owned factories but have often insisted that those investors share the knowledge and skill on modern technologies.

单选题Good ______! I hope you'll win the race. A. sort B. wish C. luck D. chance

单选题In this factory the machines are not regulated ______ but are jointly controlled by a central computer system.

单选题George is going to talk about the geography of his country, but I"d rather he ______ more on its culture.

单选题Silent reading is based on the idea that reading aloud is a distraction to others.

单选题Since our stay was too short, we couldn"t visit all the places ______.

单选题______ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain does not seem high at all. A. When compared B. Compare C. Comparing D. To compare

单选题The specific encounter I"m describing is one specific abduction (劫持) that occurred when I was 17. After I completed an ROTC pilot training course, I was on my way home. About that time I noticed a glowing object. The time was about 8:30. As this wasn"t my first encounter, I assumed it was a UFO. As I was staring at it from my car, I suddenly got out to view it. I was viewing the object for quite some time until I saw it drop down and land somewhere in the woods. I was then too scared to further investigate, so I ran back to my car and for some reason it would not start. I was about to walk down the road when I saw 4 - 5 figures emerge out of the woods. I was shocked and frightened. I did nothing but stare at the figures as they came closer until they came into my car and took me into their ship. Inside it was pitch-black and there was a screen on one wall and a chair right in front of it. They placed me in the chair and put some sort of drill(钻头) in my nose and then checked my eyes with some sort of metallic device that had a blue light. After they have done examining me they told me that I would not be harmed and I could return to my ear. Before they took me away I asked "Who or what are you"? The same voice responded telepathically (心灵感应地), "We are from the future. We travel back in time to get organs from humans before we evolve because our planet is dying." Then I was taken to my car. Since then, I haven"t been able to sleep well and I have a mental disorder. I have been placed in a mental hospital on three different occasions.

单选题They insisted that the device ______ under operating conditions.

单选题The students have been advised to _______ a healthy lifestyle---a balanced diet, plenty of sleep and a positive mental attitude.

单选题Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. The term e-commerce refers to all commercial transactions conducted over the Internet, including transactions by consumers and business-to-business transactions. Conceptually, e-commerce does not {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}from well-known commercial offerings such as banking by phone, "mail order" catalogs, or sending a purchase order to supplier {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}fax. E-commerce follows the same model {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}in other business transactions; the difference {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}in the details. To a consumer, the most visible form of e-commerce consists {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}online ordering. A customer begins with a catalog of possible items, {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}an item, arranges a form of payment, and {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}an order. Instead of a physical catalog, e-commerce arranges for catalogs to be {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}on the Internet. Instead of sending an order on paper or by telephone, e-commerce arranges for orders to be sent {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}a computer network. Finally, instead of sending a paper representation of payment such as a check, e-commerce {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}one to send payment information electronically. In the decade {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}1993, e-commerce grew from an {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}novelty (新奇事物) to a mainstream business influence. In 1993, few {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}had a web page, and {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}a handful allowed one to order products or services online. Ten years {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}, both large and small businesses had web pages, and most {{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}users with the opportunity to place an order. {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}, many banks added online access, {{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}online banking and bill paying became {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}. More importantly, the value of goods and services {{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}over the Internet grew dramatically after 1997.

单选题I had great difficulty ______ the suitable food on the menu in that restaurant.

单选题Psychology is the study of the mind and mental activities. For example, psychologists are interested in why some things make you sad, but others make you happy. They want to know why some people are shy, but others are quite talkative. They also want to know why people do the things that they do. They test intelligence. Psychologists deal with the minds and behavior of people. Your mind consists of all your feelings, thoughts, and ideas. It is the result of one part of the brain called the cerebrum. Your behavior is the way you act or conduct yourself. Examples of behavior include shouting, crying, laughing, and sleeping. Several people have been instrumental in the field of psychology. Wilhelm Wudt set up the first psychological laboratory in Germany, in 1879. Ivan Pavlov, a Russian, is noted for hisexperiments with dogs in which he studies their reflexes and reactions. Around 1900, Sigmund Freud stated his theory that people try to repress any memories or thoughts that they believed were not good. Psychologists should not be confused with psychiatrists. Psychiatrists deal only with mental illness. They are medical doctors who treat people.

单选题He changed his name, ______ that nobody would find out what he had done before. A. having thoughtB. to think C. thinks D. thinking

单选题He was ______ admittance to the concert hall for not being properly dressed.

单选题He believes that happiness ______ being easily pleased or satisfied.

单选题It is impossible for all of the people to get the jobs because ______ them are not fit for the work.

单选题Hangzhou is famous for the beautiful ______ of West Lake.

单选题______ enough money, we began to carry out our traveling plan.