In ancient times the mostimportant examinations were spoken, not written. In the schools of ancientGreece and Rome, testing usually was made up of saying poetry aloud and givingspeeches. In the European universities ofthe Middle Ages, students who were working for advanced degrees had to discussquestions in their field of study with people who had made a special study ofthe subject. This custom exists today as part of the process of testingcandidates(应试者) for the doctor’s degree. Generally, however, modernexaminations are written. The written examination, where all students aretested on the same questions, was probably not known until the nineteenthcentury. Perhaps it came into existence with the great increase in populationand the development of modern industry. A room full of candidates for a stateexamination timed exactly by electric clocks and carefully watched over bymanagers, looks like a group of workers at an automobile factory. Certainly,during examinations teachers and students are expected to act like machines. One type of test is sometimescalled an “objective” test. It is intended to deal with facts, not personalopinions. To make up an objective test, the teacher writes a series ofquestions, each of which has only one correct answer. Along with each questionthe teacher writes the correct answer and also three statements that look likeanswers to students who have not learned the material properly. 1.The main idea of ParagraphThree is that ___________ . A. workers now takeexaminations B. the population has grown C. there are only writtenexams today D. examinations are now written and timed 2.The kind of exams wherestudents must select answers are ___________ . A.objective B.personal C.spoken D. written 3.Modern industry must havedeveloped ____________ . A. around the 19thcentury B .before the Middle Ages C. in Greece orRome D.machines to take tests 4.It may be concluded thattesting __________ . A. should test onlyopinions B. shouldalways be written C. is given only infactories D. haschanged since the Middle Ages
单选题根据材料回答题Cats have the widest hearing range of nearly any mammal” not only can they perceive sound in what we define as the “ultrasonic” range, they can also appreciate all the bass Dr Dre can throw at them. They can swivel their whiskers forwards while hunting to provide a kind of short-range radar. And they can see exceptionally well in the dark thanks to a reflective surface behind the retina that bounces light back, giving it a second chance to hit a photoreceptor. They see more distinct images per second than we do.Dog partisans will appeal to the dog’s allegedly superior intelligence — though if that were the primary criterion for choosing a pet, one would expect to see a lot more crows and squid on leads around town. In fact, cats are rather cleverer than commonly assumed, as the biologist and animal-behaviour expert John Bradshaw shows in his new book. They can even be trained to an extent which was news to me Bradshaw’s book mixes pellets of cat lore with accounts of feline evolution, anatomy, genetics and development from newborn kitten to adulthood, plus descriptions of cat-psychology experiments in the laboratory, many of which he has conducted himself. Some of the most interesting parts indicate holes in our current scientific knowledge. “Many mother cats try to move their litters at least once before they wean them,” he observes, “but science has yet to find out why”. No one knows why cats go crazy for catnip, nor why they are able “to classify shapes according to whether they are closed or open.” Kittens, meanwhile, “may also use special movements of their tails to signal playfulness, but so far no scientist has been able to decode these”. As far as potential research projects go, decoding the tail-language of playing kittens must be about the interesting unsolved problem in science.The cat is an apparentlyphlegmatic beast, but Bradshaw points out that cats experience strong emotions, and sometimes might be suffering in silence. They aren’t particularly sociable, and cats who are housed with others who weren’t litter-mates — perhaps by well-meaning owners who think they need the company — can become chronically stressed.Luckily, then, cats probably aren’t aware that today they are once again hate-figures, the furry target of spittle-spraying ecologists who, armed with dodgy statistics, accuse cats of wildly “murdering” all the country’s songbirds. It’s a bit more complicated than that, Bradshaw shows. Rats also kill songbirds, and cats keep their numbers down; while the RSPB says the disappearance of habitat is a far more important factor in the decline of songbird populations than predator numbers. But we could at least, Bradshaw suggests, reverse the counterproductive selection pressure we currently exert on the domestic cat when we neuter house cats before they reproduce. This means, he explains, that the “friendliest, most docile” cats are prevented from leaving any descendants, while wild cats — which are more suspicious of humans and better at hunting— will leave more offspring. Unintentionally, we arecausing cats to evolve into animals society won’t like as much Cat-haters probably won’t appreciate this book, but anyone else might. It is written in a friendly and engaging way, has helpful tips for cat owners, and is packed with excellent cat facts. Why, you might have wondered, do cats get stuck up trees? Because all their claws face forwards, so none can be used as brakes on the descent. We all know how good cats are at twisting mid-air to land on their feet, but they have an even more impressive trick: some cats adopt a “parachute” position during a long fall, with all four legs stuck out to the side, before coming back to the landing position at the last moment. This cat-parachute pose, Bradshaw calculates, “limits the falling speed to a maximum of fifty-three miles an hour” so enabling some cats to fall from high-rise buildings and walk away unhurt. I’d like to see a dog try that. What can be inferred about cats from Bradshaw’s research? A．Cats’ whiskers can aid them to confuse preys. B．Cats can detect sounds far away from them. C．Cats can process images better than we do. D．Cats’ intelligence has been underestimated.
The casual Friday concept (概念) was one of the first signs that strict dress rules for offices were starting to relax. The principle of casual Friday seems to have appeared around the 1950s. It was probably in response to the changing attitudes towards workplaces. Over time, some offices have relaxed their dress rules even more by using a "business casual" dress rule.Why did casual Friday appear in workplace?A Employers did not like strict dress rules.B Employees were more efficient on casual Friday.C The attitudes towards workplaces changed.D The demands for products started to relax.
16.Women who are the victims of __ discrimination in the company will be able to get compensation.-|||-A.deserving B.intentional C.useless D.attractive
21. (2.0分) If you are wrong, admit it. You won't lose___but will gain respect.A. digestB. dignity
【单选题】Another term for stare decisis is:A. precedentB. common lawC. statutory lawD. initiativeE. referendum
4. __ 英国-|||-5.__ 旗;旗帜-|||-6.__ 假期;假日-|||-7.__ 小孩-|||-8. __ 度假旺季;节期-|||-9. __ 乐队-|||-10. __ 演说;讲演-|||-11. __ 开拓者;先驱者-|||-12. __ 谷物;玉米-|||-13. __ 盘;碟-|||-形容词-|||-14. __ 接着的;接下来的-|||-15. __ 完了的;结束的-|||-副词-|||-16. __ 不上课;休息;不工作-|||-介词-|||-17. __ 在······之中-|||-代词-|||-18. __ 我们自己-|||-25. __ 第十二-|||-26. __ 第二十-|||-连词-|||-27. __ 直到······为止-|||-短语-|||-28. __ 自那以后-|||-29. __ 各种各样的-|||-30. __ 去度假-|||-31. __ 休一天假-|||-32. __ 一...就...-|||-33. __ 相聚-|||-34. __ 美国独立纪念日-|||-35. __ ·········的开始-|||-36. __ 在7月4日-|||-37. __ 举行野餐-|||-38. __ 三天的假期-|||-39. __ 做演讲-|||-40. __ 因...而给予感谢-|||-41. __ 太多-|||-42. __ 丰富的;充足的-|||-43. __ 也-|||-44. __ 玩得高兴;有乐趣-|||-45. __ 摆放餐桌-|||-46. __ 倒计时;倒数-|||-47. __ 入睡-|||-48.Just now,I __ __-|||-__ out of the classroom all-|||-alone.刚才,我看着她独自一人-|||-走出了教室。-|||-49.We`re going to have __-|||-__ __ next month.-|||-我们下个月将有个两周的假期。-|||-50.Mum said,"Mike,come here.I-|||-have __ __ to tell-|||-you."妈妈说:"迈克,过来。我-|||-有重要的事要跟你说。"-|||-51.My sister __ __-|||-very late this morning.今天早上,-|||-我妹妹醒得很晚。-|||-52.Look!There`s a church __-|||-__ __ __-|||-this street.看!在这条街的尽头-|||-有一座教堂。-|||-53.I hear you will have your first-|||-interview this afternoon. __-|||-__ to you!我听说你今天-|||-下午要参加你的第一次面试。-|||-祝你好运!-|||-54.My sister __ __-|||-__ __ a mother.我-|||-姐姐迫不及待想成为一位妈妈。-|||-55.They stopped talking __-|||-__ __ the bell-|||-rang.铃声一响,他们就停止谈-|||-话了。-|||-56.Whether they will have a picnic-|||-__ __ the weather.-|||-他们是否要去野餐取决于天气。-|||-57.Could you please tell me __-|||-__ get to the local park?-|||-你能告诉我如何到达当地的公-|||-园吗?
Unfortunately, there are a lot of environmental issues today, but that doesn't mean we can't help make changes. We today have more power than ever to make the Earth a bit greener. Recycling programs are available everywhere.Read the guidelines printed on your family's recycling box or bin to see what you can recycle and what you cannot.When you organize the recycling bottles, you should be sure they are .A old and uglyB very spotlessC half-emptyD reasonably clean
阅读理解（共3题，30.0分）35. (10.0分) Have a great interest in the oceans? Now you can follow Blue Planet II and take a journey to the Earth's oceans. Blue Planet II is a British nature documentary series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit.“ I am truly excited to be joining this new exploration of the underwater world, which covers most of our planet." says 91-year-old Sir David Attenborough, the father of natural history TV, who returns as the teller, "The oceans are the most exciting place to be right now, because new scientific discoveries have given us new world of life underwater."The BBC spent four years filming on every continent and in every ocean. I will take you to the deepest but least known parts of our planet. I's said that 95% of the world's oceans are unknown. You will be surprised at seeing a dolphin spitting water, a fish that uses,tools, and a hairy Hoff crab. The documentary will also take a close look at underwater volcanoes(火山)。However, you'll feel sad when you see these scenes: mother dolphins feeding their babies with dirt through their milk; man made noise drowning out the natural sounds, which animals use to communicate. Many creatures are trying hard for their lives.Blue Planet II not only provides us with a great chance to enjoy sea animals, but also reminds us that this is the right moment for the health of the world's oceans.(单选题 2.0分) It is reported that we only know () of the worlds oceans.A 100%B 91%C 95%D 5%
In its early history，Chicago had floods frequently，especially in the spring，making the streets so muddy that people，horses，and carts got stuck．An old joke that was popular at the time went something like this：A man is stuck up to his waist in a muddy Chicago street．Asked if he needs help，he replies，"No，thanks．I've got a good horse under me．"The city planner decided to build an underground drainage （排水） system，but there simply wasn't enough difference between the height of the ground level and the water level．The only two options were to lower the Chicago River or raise the city．An engineer named Ellis Chesbrough convinced me the city that it had no choice but to build the pipes above ground and then cover them with dirt．This raised the level of the city's streets by as much as 12 feet．This of course created a new problem：dirt practically buried the first floors of every building in Chicago．Building owners were faced with a choice：either change the first floors of their buildings into basements，and the second stories into main floors，or hoist the entire buildings to meet the new street level．Small wood-frame buildings could be lifted fairly easily．But what about large，heavy structures like Tremont Hotel，which was a six-story brick building？That's where George Pullman came in．He had developed some house-moving skills successfully．To lift a big structure like the Tremont Hotel，Pullman would place thousands of jackscrews （螺旋千斤顶） beneath the building's foundation．One man was assigned to operate each section of roughly 10 jackscrews．At Pullman's signal each man turned his jackscrew the same amount at the same time，thereby raising the building slowly and evenly．Astonishingly，the Tremont Hotel stay open during the entire operation，and many of its guests didn't even notice anything was happening．Some people like to say that every problem has a solution．But in Chicago's early history，every engineering solution seemed to create a new problem．Now that Chicago's waste water was draining efficiently into the Chicago River，the city's next step was to clean the polluted river．29．The author mentions the joke to show ____ ．A．horses were fairly useful in ChicagoB．Chicago's streets were extremely muddyC．Chicago was very dangerous in the springD．the Chicago people were particularly humorous30．The city planners were convinced by Ellis Chesbrough to ____ ．A．get rid of the street dirtB．lower the Chicago RiverC．fight against heavy floods D．build the pipes above ground31．The underlined word"hoist"in Paragraph 4 means" ____ "．A．changeB．liftC．repairD．decorate32．What can we conclude about the moving operation of the Tremont Hotel？ ____ A．It went on smoothly as intended．B．It interrupted the business of the hotel．C．It involved Pullman turning ten jackscrews．D．It separated the building from its foundation．33．The passage is mainly about the early Chicago's ____ ．A．popular life styles and their influencesB．environmental disasters and their causesC．engineering problems and their solutionsD．successful businessmen and their achievements．
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拼写合适的单词补全句子 ( 答案不区分大小写 ; 单词提示中一根小短线代表一个 字母 ) If there is a bo-- in the economy, there is an increase in economic activity.
If you_________in a job for several years, you may be able to accumulate a lot of work experience and skills that would be beneficial to your future career development.A. have workedB. had workedC. have been workingD. had been working
拼写合适的单词补全句子 ( 答案不区分大小写 ; 单词提示中一根小短线代表一个 字母 ) To enh ---- something means to improve its value, quality, or attractiveness.
一、拼写合适的单词补全句子（答案不区分大小写；单词提示中一根小短线代表一个字母） If someone is __ob---__ , they are extremely fat.
These drugs are available over-the-counter without a(n)__________. （）A. infectionB. dosageC. prescription
The coming of the railways in the 1830s ________ our society and economic life.A. transferredB. transformedC. transportedD. transmitted
拼写合适的单词补全句子 ( 答案不区分大小写 ; 单词提示中根小短线代表一个 字母 ) A va---- is a space that contains no air or other gas.
拼写合适的单词补全句子(答案不区分大小写;单词提提示中一根小短线代表一个字母)Something that is inf- - - - - has no limit,end,or edge.
The increase in international business and in foreign investment has created a need for executives with knowledge of foreign languages and skills in cross-cultural communication. Americans, however, have not been well trained in either area and, consequently, have not enjoyed the same level of success in negotiation in an international arena as have their foreign counterparts. Negotiating is the process of communicating back and forth for the purpose of reaching an agreement. It involves persuasion and compromise, but in order to participate in either one, the negotiators must understand the ways in which people are persuaded and how compromise is reached within the culture of the negotiation. In many international business negotiations abroad, Americans are perceived as wealthy and impersonal. It often appears to the foreign negotiator that the American represents a large multi-million-dollar corporation that can afford to pay the price without bargaining further. The American negotiator’s role becomes that of an impersonal supplier of information and cash. In studies of American negotiators abroad, several traits have been identified that may serve to confirm this stereotypical perception, while undermining the negotiator’s position. Two traits in particular that cause cross-cultural misunderstanding are directness and impatience on the part of the American negotiator. Furthermore, American negotiators often insist on realizing short-term goals. Foreign negotiators, on the other hand, may value the relationship established between negotiators and may be willing to invest time in it for long-term benefits. In order to solidify the relationship, they may opt for indirect interactions without regard for the time involved in getting to know the other negotiator. Clearly, perceptions and differences in values affect the outcomes of negotiations and the success of negotiators. For Americans to play a more effective role in international business negotiations, they must put forth more effort to improve cross-cultural understanding. [共5题](1)What kind of manager is needed in present international business and foreign investment? [本题2分]A. The man who represents a large multi-million-dollar corporation. B. The man with knowledge of foreign languages and skills in cross-cultural communication. C. The man who is wealthy and impersonal. D. The man who can negotiate with his foreign counterparts.
6. The children will now play some pieces of music that they ______ themselves. A.were taught posed C.accomplished D.worked7. While she waited,she tried to ______ her mind with pleasant thoughts of the vacation. A.occupy pose C.think D.intensify8. In the film,the peaceful life of a monk ______ the violent life of a murderer. A.is compared with B.is compared to C.is contrasted to D.is contrasted with9. ______ to pay for an order is simplicity itself. A.Use plastic B.Using plastics C.Using plastic D.Used plastic10. Additional time is required for cooking or ______ homemade dishes. A.chill B.to chill C.chilled D.chilling
拼写合适的单词补全句子（答案不区分大小写；单词提示中一根小短线代表一个字母） Someone or something that is so---- is very serious rather than cheerful or humorous.
question or statement.Hot pot is a traditional dish in China. It is believed to date back more than 1,000 years to the time of the Jin Dynasty. Hot pot's origins can be found in the dining practices of Mongolian horsemen who rode across the steppe and into northern China. Legend has it that the Mongols used their helmets as pots to simmer (炖) broth (汤底) over open fires, and cooked chunks of meat in the broth.Hot pot cooking seems to have spread to northern China during the Tang Dynasty. In the regional variations developed with different ingredients such as seafood. In the centuries that witnessed the growth of the Song Dynasty, hot pot moved — and changed — further south, with each successive region adapting it to their local ingredients and tastes.The ingredients in a hot pot vary a lot from region to region. Perhaps the most famous hot pot is the Chongqing or Sichuan hot pot. It features a dark red broth chock-full (塞满了的) of spices, chili peppers, and the uniquely mouth-numbing Sichuan peppers. In Beijing and elsewhere in the north, hot pot broth tends to be mild and, compared to its racy southern "cousins", a little light. In the northeast of China, a kind of local sauerkraut (酸菜) is used to add some tang (强烈的味道), making the broth a bit sour. People can choose a version of hot pot according to their taste.1 Hot pot is believed to date back more than 1,000 years to the time of _______.A. the Jin Dynasty B. the Tang DynastyC. the Song Dynasty D. the Yuan Dynasty
拼写合适的单词补全句子 ( 答案不区分大小写 ; 单词提示中一根小短线代表一个字母 ) A seq----- of events or things is a number of events or things that come one after another in a particular order.
拼写合适的单词补全句子 ( 答案不区分大小写 ; 单词提示中一根小短线代表一个 字母 ) To aut _ _ _ _ _ a factory , office , or industrial process means to put in machines which can do the work instead of people.
ⅢComplete the following sentences with the given sentence structures-|||-get ready for.sa为························备-|||-e.g.Susan has to buy a lot of things to get ready for her trip.(苏珊不得不买很多东西为旅行做准备。)-|||-1 The boy got up early to __ (为上学做准备).-|||-2 I have a lot of work to do to __ (为明天做准备).
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The Harry Potter series, written by J.K. Rowling, is perhaps the most popular set of novels of the modern era. With seven books and many successful films to its name, the series has gathered about 15 billion dollars in sales. How did the series become so popular? The reason can be broken down into several areas.The first book in the series was rejected 12 times before it was picked up by Bloomsbury—a small publisher in England. So receiving this contract was Rowling's first step to success. However, getting a book contract does not ensure the success of a book. The story was soon loved by children and adults alike. In light of this, Bloomsbury Publishing published a second version of the books with “adult” (less colorful and more boring) book covers. This made it easier for a full range of ages to enjoy the series.Another factor that worked like a charm was that the publisher and Rowling herself, through the books, conducted midnight releases, promotions, and pre-ordering more readers. Customers who feared that their local bookstore would run out of copies responded by pre-ordering over 700,000 copies before the July 8, 2000 release.What does the underlined word “releases” (Para. 3) mean?A. The activity that frees or expresses energy or emotion.B. The announcement about the book’s publishing information.C. The sales of books that is available only at midnight.
Elder and weaker Mr. Mag paid_visits to his old friends.A. scarceB. rare()C. insufficientD. inadequate