[单项选择] Mario DeLiberty had been living a small businessman’’s dream. Twenty-one years ago he opened up the Westgate Pub in Havertown, Pennsylvania, after buying a seedy (破烂的) bar—"a real trash can, everything covered in grease and nicotine," he says—and turning it into a spiffy (整洁的) family restaurant. But one day last year DeLiberty opened his mail and learned he was being sued. A group called the American Disability Institute said DeLiberty’’s pub failed to comply with the federal Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), which requires that businesses be accessible to the handicapped. Some of the alleged violations at the Westgate Pub were laughable: a toilet that was supposed to hang 18 inches from a wall was only 17 inches away, for instance. Others were off the mark. The suit complained that Westgate’’s parking lot had no handicapped space—but DeLiberty says the lot is run by the local township. Meanwhile, he had served handicapped patrons for years, letting one customer regularly
A. outrageous
B. ridiculous
C. surprised
D. acceptable

[单项选择] Mario DeLiberty had been living a small businessman’’s dream. Twenty-one years ago he opened up the Westgate Pub in Havertown, Pennsylvania, after buying a seedy (破烂的) bar—"a real trash can, everything covered in grease and nicotine," he says—and turning it into a spiffy (整洁的) family restaurant. But one day last year DeLiberty opened his mail and learned he was being sued. A group called the American Disability Institute said DeLiberty’’s pub failed to comply with the federal Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), which requires that businesses be accessible to the handicapped. Some of the alleged violations at the Westgate Pub were laughable: a toilet that was supposed to hang 18 inches from a wall was only 17 inches away, for instance. Others were off the mark. The suit complained that Westgate’’s parking lot had no handicapped space—but DeLiberty says the lot is run by the local township. Meanwhile, he had served handicapped patrons for years, letting one customer regularly
A. DeLiberty ran a restaurant successfully but was being threatened by his competitors.
B. DeLiberty was being sued for denying the handicapped their access to his business.
C. DeLiberty offered poor services to his handicapped customers.
D. There were some quality problems for the facilities in DeLiberty’’s pub.

[单项选择]His short______in the living room had been long enough to keep him awake now.
A. dove
B. dose
C. dole
D. doze

[单项选择] Although there had been various small cameras developed, it was not until George Eastman introduced the Kodak in 1888 that the mass appeal of photography attracted America and Europe and thereafter spread quickly to the far corners of the earth. Eastman called his new famous camera the Kodak for no particular reason except that he liked the word. It was easy to remember and could be pronounced in any language. An immediate consequence of Eastman’’ s invention was a blizzard of amateur photographs that soon became known as snapshots. The word came from hunters’’ jargon. When a hunter fired a gun from the hip, without taking careful aim, it was described as a snapshot. Photographers referred to the process of taking pictures as shooting, and they would take pride in a good day’’s shoot the way country gentlemen would boast about the number of birds brought down in an afternoon. Photography became not only easy but fun because of the Kodak. Almost overnight photography bec
A. the shooting of birds by hunters.
B. the whole process of taking pictures.
C. pictures taken at random.
D. pictures that were taken after careful preparation.