- 单选题Keep your passport in a secure place.
- 单选题Many forms of cancer can be cured if detected early.
- 单选题The view from my bedroom window was absolutely spectacular.
- 单选题How Technology Pushes Down Price 1 Prices have fallen in the food business because of advances in food production and distribution technology. Consumers have benefited greatly from those advances. People who predicted that the world would run out of food were wrong. We are producing more and more food with less and less capital. Food is therefore more plentiful and cheaper than it has ever been. Spending on food compared with other goods has fallen for many years，and continues to drop. 2 Supermarkets have helped push down prices mainly because of their scale. Like any big business，they can invest in IT systems that make them efficient. And their size allows them to buy in bulk. As supermarkets get bigger，the prices get lower. 3 Huge retail companies such as Wal-Mart have tremendous power and they can put pressure on producers to cut their margins. As a result，some producers have had to make cuts. In recent years，Unilever has cut its workforce by 33，000 to 245,000 and dropped lots of its minor brands as part of its “path to growth” strategy. Cadbury has shut nearly 20 per cent of its 133 factories and cut 10 per cent of its 55，000 global workforce These cuts help keep costs down，and the price of food stays low. 4 Does cheap food make people unhealthy? Cheap food may encourage people to eat more. Food companies certainly think that giving people more food for their money makes them buy more. Giving people bigger portions is an easy way of making them feel they have got a better deal. That is why portions have got larger and larger. In America，soft drinks came in 8oz (225g) cans in the past，then 12oz (350g)，and now come in 20oz (550g) cans. If a company can sell you an 8oz portion for $7，they can sell you a 12oz portion for $8. The only extra cost to the company is the food, which probably costs 25 cents. 5 Now companies are under pressure to stop selling bigger portions for less money. But it is hard to change the trend. Paragraph 4
- 单选题The contempt he felt for his fellow students was obvious.
- 单选题Flying into History When you turn on the television or read a magazine, celebrities (名人）are everywhere. Although fame and the media play such major roles in our lives today, it has not always been that way. {pz_填空}(46) Many historians agree that Charles Lindbergh was one of the first major celebrities, or superstars. Lindbergh was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1902，but he grew up in Little Falls, Minnesota. As a child, he was very interested in how things worked, so when he reached college, he pursued a degree in engineering. At the age of 20，however, the allure (诱惑） of flying captured Lindbergh’s imagination. {pz_填空}(47) Soon after, Lindbergh bought his own plane and traveled across the nation performing aerial stunts (空中特技）. In 1924，Lindbergh became more serious about flying. He joined the United States military and graduated first in his pilot class. {pz_填空}(48) During the same time，a wealthy hotel owner named Raymond Orteig was offering a generous award to the first pilot who could fly nonstop from New York City to Paris, France. The Orteig Prize was worth $25,000—a large amount even by today’s standards. Lindbergh knew he had the skills to complete the flight, but not just any plane was capable of flying that far for that long. {pz_填空}(49) On May 20，1927，Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in New York City and arrived the next day at an airstrip (简易机场）outside Paris. Named in honor of the sponsor, The Spirit of St. Louis carried Lindbergh across the Atlantic Ocean and into the record books. He became a national hero and a huge celebrity. When he returned to the United States，Lindbergh rode in a ticker-tape (热烈的) parade held to celebrate his accomplishment. {pz_填空} (50) A very popular dance was even named for Charles Lindbergh — the Lindy Hop. Today, The Spirit of St. Louis is kept at the Smithsonian Institute’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
- 单选题A large crowd assembled outside the American embassy.
- 单选题The story was published with the sole purpose of selling newspapers.
- 单选题The voters told the politician that he could depend on their support in the next general elections.（）
- 单选题Come out, or I’ll bust the door down.
- 单选题The project required ten years of diligent research.（）
- 单选题Patricia stared at the other girls with resentment.（）
- 单选题In order to improve our standard of living, we have to accelerate production.（）
- 单选题The photographs evoked strong memories of our holidays in France.
- 单选题He likes reading short stories in his spare time.（）
- 单选题John removed his overcoat because it was so hot here.（）
- 单选题The interstate highways system provides access between major military installations in America.（）
- 单选题Steep stairs can present a particular hazard to older people.（）
- 单选题At that time, we did not fully grasp the significance of what had happened.（）
- 单选题It was a fascinating painting, with clever use of color and light.（）
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