[单项选择]Mars has been nicknamed ______.


A. Viking I
B. Deimos
C. the Red Planet
D. Martian

[单项选择]Mars has been nicknamed ______.


A. Viking I
B. Deimos
C. the Red Planet
D. Martian

[单项选择]A client who has stress incontinence has been given a pamphlet that describes Kegel exercises. Which of the following statements indicates that the client has understood the instructions in the pamphlet
A. "It will probably take a year before the exercises are effective. "
B. "I should perform these exercises every evening. "
C. "I can do these exercises sitting up, lying down, or standing. "
D. "I need to tighten my abdominal muscles to do these exercises correctly. "

[单项选择]The new factory that has been built next to us has ______the value of our house.
A. demoralized
B. depreciated
C. deterred
D. derailed

[单项选择]Where has the man been


A. Swimming in a lake.
B. Washing clothes.
C. Visiting his hometown.
D. Sightseeing.

[单项选择]Where has the woman been


A. To Colorado.
B. To Arizona.
C. To the Nile River.
D. To the Museum of Natural History.

[单项选择]She has been in Tianjin for ten years. Tianjin has become her second ______.

[单项选择]The British Industrial Revolution has been understood to mean the invention and application of various machines, which transformed Britain from a predominantly rural and agricultural country into______.


A. a commercial state
B. a mainly urban and manufacturing country
C. a country with a strong army
D. a country with a large number of consumer cities

[单项选择]Artificial rainmaking has been most successful in the ______.


A. lake area
B. western slope of mountains
C. prairie lands
D. windward side of mountains

[单项选择]The Business Advisory Council has been specifically designed for those in （） of advice about setting up new businesses.
A. need
B. want
C. duty
D. absence

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Text 1
Extraordinary creative activity has been characterized as revolutionary, flying in the face of what is established and producing not what is acceptable but what will become accepted. According to this formulation, highly creative activity transcends the limits of an existing form and establishes a new principle of organization. However, the idea that extraordinary creativity transcends established limits is misleading when it is applied to the arts, even though it may be valid for the sciences. Differences between highly creative art and highly creative science arise in part from differences in their goals/’ For the sciences, a new theory is the goal and end result of the creative act. Innovative science produces new propositions in terms of which diverse phenomena can be related to one another in more coherent ways. Such phenomena as a brilliant diamond or a nesting bird are relegated to the r01e of data, serving as the means for formulating or testin
A. Unlike Beethoven, however, even the greatest of modem composers, such as Stravinsky, did not transcend existing musical forms
B. In similar fashion, existing musical forms were even further exploited by the next generation of great European composers
C. Thus, many of the great composers displayed the same combination of talents exhibited by Monteverdi
D. By contrast, the view that creativity in the arts exploits but does not transcend limits is

[单项选择]The republican movement has been gathering momentum in Australia since became Prime Minister in 1992.
A. John Howard
B. Bob Hawke
C. Malcolm Fraser
D. Paul Keating

[单项选择]Entertainment has been made available to everybody by the cinema, radio and television.
A. 影院、收音机和电视使人人都可以享受各种娱乐。
B. 影院、收音机和电视是每个人的主要娱乐方式。
C. 影院、收音机和电视使娱乐成为每个人的可能。
D. 影院、收音机和电视是每个人能够得到的娱乐。

[单项选择]Which place has Wright NOT been to


A. The gas station.
B. The post office.
C. The supermarket.
D. The cinem

[单项选择]What has the institution been criticized for


A. Getting governments to stop spending on their poor people.
B. Getting governments to reduce spending on defence.
C. Getting governments to reduce spending on education.
D. Getting governments to reduce spending on health car

[单项选择]Richard Brinsley Sheridan's has been called a great comedy of manners.


A. The Rivals
B. The Duenna
C. The Critic
D. The School for Scandal

[单项选择]This island of Kahoolawe has been selected because ______.


A. it is without fresh water
B. it is presently uninhabited
C. of its rugged beauty
D. of the presence of ducks

[单项选择]He has been granted asylum in France.


A. power
B. relief
C. protection
D. license

[单项选择]What progress has been made in their negotiations


A. Israeli troops can stay on in the West Bank.
B. Israel has released thousands of prisoners.
C. PLO and lsrael have reached a final agreement.