[单项选择]H.J. Rand's prediction about the year 2000 shows that______.
A. it is easy to figure out in advance what will happen
B. it is difficult to figure out in advance what will happen
C. only professions can figure out in advance what will happen
D. very few professionals can figure out in advance what will happen

[单项选择]H. J. Rand's prediction about the year 2000 shows that ______.
A. it is easy to figure out in advance what will happen
B. it is difficult to figure out in advance what will happen
C. only professionals can figure out in advance what will happen
D. very few professionals can figure out in advance what will happen

[单项选择]Shirley ______ a book about China last year but I don't know whether she has finished it.
A. has written
B. wrote
C. had written
D. was writing

[单项选择]Which of the following statements about New Year’s Day is NOT true
A. In the U.S. it is a nationally observed holiday.
B. It is thought of as a good time to make the New Year decisions.
C. Most people like to hold big parties and make pumpkin lanterns on that day.
D. The celebration of this holiday begins the night before—on New Year’s Eve.

[单项选择]—Tell me something about your adventure last year. —We lost our way in the forest and______matters worse was______it began to rain.
A. what; that
B. it; that
C. it; because
D. what; because

[单项选择]The author's statement about HSN1 virus shows that ______.
A. people should be constantly on guard against its potential threat
B. it has caused many people in Asia to die in a moment
C. the doctors are much easier to contract bird flu than other people
D. one will certainly die when he is shown to be H5Nl-positivc

[单项选择]The example given about a young wife shows that ______.
A. the dividing line between optimists and pessimists
B. young women today suffer a lot in doing housework
C. most of young wives are pessimists
D. the pessimists are used to thinking of everything negatively

[单项选择]A five-year-old child sometimes shows his independence by ______. ( )
A. making friends
B. calling his mother names
C. seeking adult approval and praise
D. being bossy with other children

[单项选择]This story is about New Year's Eve in ______.

[单项选择]A survey earlier this year found that about 50 percent of South Americans think that "most" or "almost all" government officials are involved in______.
A. robbery
B. violation
C. corruption
D. stealing

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Every year about 4,000,000 Americans are arrested and accused of crimes ranging from theft and traffic violations to murder. The Supreme Court(最高法院) has ruled that anyone charged with a crime has certain rights under the law. Do you know what your rights are if you are arrested Here are four of them. First, as soon as the police arrest a person, they must tell him of his right to remain silent. Under the taw, he is not required to answer their questions. Second, the police must tell him of his right to have a lawyer. The state or city government will pay a lawyer to take the case of a suspect who cannot afford one. Third, the Fifth Amendment(修正案) to the Constitution says that no person has to be a wit ness against himself. This means that the suspect does not. have to speak against himself. Fourth, a person cannot be tried for the same crime twice. ff a person has been found innocent, he cannot be arrested again, brought to court, and retried for the same: crime.

What does t
A. governed
B. guided
C. decided
D. controlled

[单项选择]PREDICTION: AUGURY::
A. (A) burial : mortuary
B. (B) bow: commander
C. (C) divination : omen
D. (D) generation : pyre
E. (E) massacre : invasion