A committee students, faculty, staff and alumni was appointed by the president of the university to helpselect a commencement speaker for the 2004 graduation.
(A)excluded from
(B)expelled from
(C)consisted in
(D)composed of
One of our great is how we need to talk more freely and openly about sex.
(A)achievements
(B)quotations
(C)challenges
(D)ambitions
The wedding was held in an elegant hall with the glitter of the crystal that hung from the ceiling.
(A)chandelier
(B)felicity
(C)shimmer
(D)translucence
A short trip to another country is an opportunity to sample other cultures. But having to live away from home as ancan make you feel sad.
(A)archery
(B)expatriate
(C)insulator
(D)ottoman
Jane never gave up, no matter how bad the situation was. Her was incredible.
(A)captivity
(B)publicity
(C)tenacity
(D)vanity
After being lost in the sea for six days, John began to . He saw things that weren’t really there.
(A)hallucinate
(B)fascinate
(C)intervene
(D)reincarnate
The audience should be encouraged to enjoy rather than the movie.
(A)analyze
(B)have analyzed
(C)analyzing
(D)analyzed
Eddie has been the best player on the basketball team since last year, but he used to Nick.
(A)get a load of
(B)have the edge over
(C)hit it off with
(D)play second fiddle to
Jane to meet me at 2 o’clock. She’s an hour late.
(A)supposed
(B)was supposed
(C)would suppose
(D)was supposing
When I saw my roommate with my girlfriend, I felt worried, angry, and .
(A)embarrass
(B)embarrassed
(C)embarrassing
(D)embarrassment
Hahn and Meitner used to work as a team at the same lab. During the 1920s, Hahn continued developingradiochemical techniques, Meitner entered the new field of nuclear physics.
(A)whereas
(B)unless
(C)until
(D)if
Jean usually goes to the dentist six months.
(A)all
(B)each
(C)every
(D)any
Charisma is a personal attractiveness that enables one to influence others. , the standards of good leadershiptend to differ from culture to culture.
(A)So
(B)Then
(C)However
(D)Although
The train runs than 120 km per hour.
(A)no faster
(B)not fast
(C)not faster
(D)no fast
Random testing of cold refreshments at fast food chains showed a number of outlets failing healthstandards.
(A)serve
(B)served
(C)serving
(D)having servedNo wonder the rich get richer. They have 39 that the rest do not. Their wealth gives them 40 to eager-to-pleaseprivate bankers, bespoke money-management services, and sophisticated investment vehicles that are out of reach for themerely solvent. But when it 41 investing, does membership of the supposed elite truly provide an edge worthy ofenvy? 42 , the rich can buy kid-glove professional guidance, but they pay dearly for it, with no guarantee of superiorperformance. Investing is sufficiently difficult that the most talented private bankers and brokers often make costly mistakes.They can also be tempted to sell their clients investment products that generate the highest fees rather than those with thehighest returns.
As opposed to the extrovert, who craves excitement and takes chances, the introvert .
(A)is good at mathematics
(B)seldom loses his or her temper
(C)likes a well-ordered mode of life
(D)learns more slowly but remembers more
You don’t need to steal from others! I would have given you the money you told me earlier about yourfinancial problem.
(A)if not
(B)if only
(C)what if
(D)as if
(A)access
(B)leeway
(C)keys
(D)solutions
He’s by far the best player on the school team; there is no question about it.
(A)His being the best player on the school team is far from being true.
(B)It is certain that he is the best player on the school team.
(C)That he is the best player on the school team is open to question.
(D)It is likely that he is the most qualified for the school team.The development of information technology—computers and electronic communication devices—isanother factor currently influencing organizational structures. Automatic data-processing systems have beenwidely 41 in a range of settings. Anyone who draws money out of a bank, or buys an airline ticket, dependson a computer-based communication system. Since data can be processed 42 in any part of the worldlinked to such a system, there is no need for physical proximity between those involved. However, afully-fledged “electronic office,” in which the bulk of the work is carried out by machines rather than humans,is still 43 , and there are many problems in the way of its realization. 44 , there is a strong trendtowards the transplant of many office activities to electronic machinery. Word-processors, computer networks,teleprinter links, and other electronic systems have already 45 the nature of much office work. In someleading American banks, the trust department, where stock transfers are made, has been completely automated.
(A)costs
(B)is
(C)comes to
(D)goes with
(A)introduced
(B)intruded
(C)invited
(D)invaded
(A)No way
(B)Sure
(C)Unfortunately
(D)On the one hand
With the effort of environmental protection groups, some of the once contaminated rivers now teem with life.
(A)Environmental protection groups team up to save the contaminated rivers on earth.
(B)Environmental protection groups sacrifice their lives to clean up the contaminated rivers on earth.
(C)The once polluted rivers still show no sign of life regardless of the effort of environmental protection groups.
(D)The once polluted rivers are now full of life because of the effort of environmental protection groups.
(A)a way of life
(B)a way out
(C)the right way up
(D)a long way off
Over the decades, a few psychological researchers have ventured out of the dark realm of mental illness into thesunny land of the mentally hale and hearty.
(A)Some psychologists have focused their research on what makes people happy and healthy than on what makespeople mentally ill.
(B)A few psychologists have recovered from mental illness and resumed their health.
(C)A few psychologists like to take more care of the problems of healthy people than those of sick people.
(D)Some psychologists have discovered how to make the mentally ill find their happiness again.
Some English structures unacceptable a generation ago may have become established usages.
(A)Different concepts of English usage result in generation gap.
(B)Judgments of the grammaticality of English sentences change all the time.
(C)Old people do not accept the English expressions used by young people.
(D)People tend to use some English structures adopted by the general public.For the last decade, Pennebaker has pioneered research on the role of confession in health. He found that not onlytalking but also writing about traumas can be healing. “Just putting upsetting experiences into words,” he explains, “hasprofound psychological and physical benefits for our participants.”Trauma, it seems, is the great leveler. Few of us escape it, even in our first two decades of life. Moreover, the recoverymovement of the 1980s and 1990s has taught us that we as a society have kept a smothering blanket of secrecy over ourtraumas, covering up the truth in order to protect others and protect ourselves from pain. We’re learning that speaking outoften ends the cycle of abuse and liberates us from both pain and isolation. Pennebaker’s writing method, while not a publicform of confession, is a personal form of acknowledgment, emotional expression, and completion. Pennebaker says thatthe writing method works because people confide both to others (namely, the psychologists who read the essays) and tothemselves. In fact, he believes that confiding one’s deepest thoughts and feelings to one’s self is perhaps the most healingaspect of his technique.
(A)altered
(B)mystified
(C)diluted
(D)offeredGene therapy may be in its infancy, but great hopes for its potential to treat everything from cancer toAlzheimer’s to heart disease are forcing it to grow up fast. After two decades of lab research, gene treatments areincreasingly making their way into human clinical trials. The bulk of research so far has focused on getting a gene toits destination and coaxing it to turn on once inside a cell. On their own, genes can’t pass through cell membranes, andmuch effort has been spent to trick cells into accepting foreign genes. The most efficient couriers are so-called viralvectors: viruses whose genomes have been swapped out for therapeutic genes. Like Trojan horses, they slip genes intotarget cells undetected. But as scientists are learning, there is no safe way to hijack a virus. The vectors sometimesimmune reactions. And once the genes are inside a cell, there is no way to be sure they will function asintended. Case in point: a Paris gene therapy trial to treat SCIDs, or the “bubble boy disease,” restored immunefunction in nine of 10 patients. But it was later revealed that two of them had developed leukemia.
According to the passage, trauma is “the great leveler,” because _____.
(A)it makes people calm down
(B)it is a common experience
(C)it leaves painful memory
(D)it can never be predictable
What is the main idea of the passage?
(A)After two decades of lab research, gene therapy in humans has been successful in treating everything fromcancer to Alzheimer’s to heart disease.
(B)A lot of research in gene therapy has focused on getting a gene to its destination and coaxing it to turn on onceinside a cell.
(C)Although research has been done on how gene therapy can help treat serious diseases, such a treatment maycause irreversible side effects and unknown consequences.
(D)Viral vectors like Trojan horses slip genes into target cells undetected.
The traditional treatment of traumas is to _____.
(A)provide warm blankets for victims
(B)seek help from family and friends
(C)discuss the pain privately
(D)avoid talking about it
“Viral vectors” are .
(A)ways with which viruses genomes are changed
(B)viruses used for carrying genetic material into cells
(C)the paths through which viruses move
(D)immune reactions triggered by viral infection
Which of the following statements about the writing method is NOT true?
(A)By making a confession, people are forgiven.
(B)It is a psychological curing method.
(C)It helps people examine and admit the fact.
(D)People going through the process feel better.
What does the word “trigger” mean in the passage?
(A)Activate
(B)Shoot
(C)Turn off
(D)Plug
Pennebaker thinks that the best way for people to heal trauma is to _____.
(A)forgive themselves
(B)forget the experience
(C)confess to themselves
(D)participate in group discussion
According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT correct?
(A)Genes are unable to move across cell membranes on their own.
(B)Gene therapy is still in its early stages.
(C)Scientists have made significant progress in taking control of viruses that carry therapeutic genes.
(D)Much effort in gene therapy has been spent to deceive cells into accepting foreign genes.
The author writes the passage to _____.
(A)introduce a healing method
(B)tell people how to avoid trauma
(C)acknowledge Pennebaker’s contribution
(D)explain the evolution of recovery movement
“Leukemia” is a kind of .
(A)cell
(B)virus
(C)disease
(D)horse