[单项选择]BBC’s Casualty programme on Saturday evening gave viewers a vote as to which of two patients should benefit from a donation. But it failed to tell us that we would not need to make so many life-and-death decisions if we got to grip with the chronic organ shortage. Being pussyfooting around in its approach to dead bodies, the Government is giving a kicking to some of the most vulnerable in our society. One depressing consequence of this is that a significant number of those on the waiting list take off to foreign countries to purchase an organ from a living third-world donor, something that is forbidden in the United Kingdom. The poor have no option but to wait in vain.
The Human Tissue Authority’s position on the retention of body parts for medical research after a post-mortem examination is equally flawed. The new consent forms could have been drafted by some evil person seeking to stop the precious flow of human tissue into the pathological laboratory. The forms are so le
A. a decrease in donation rates.
B. inefficient governmental policy.
C. illegal trade in human organs.
D. news media’s indifference.

[单项选择]BBC’s Casualty programme on Saturday evening gave viewers a vote as to which of two patients should benefit from a donation. But it failed to tell us that we would not need to make so many life-and-death decisions if we got to grip with the chronic organ shortage. Being pussyfooting around in its approach to dead bodies, the Government is giving a kicking to some of the most vulnerable in our society. One depressing consequence of this is that a significant number of those on the waiting list take off to foreign countries to purchase an organ from a living third-world donor, something that is forbidden in the United Kingdom. The poor have no option but to wait in vain.
The Human Tissue Authority’s position on the retention of body parts for medical research after a post-mortem examination is equally flawed. The new consent forms could have been drafted by some evil person seeking to stop the precious flow of human tissue into the pathological laboratory. The forms are so le
A. unfair.
B. hesitant.
C. secret.
D. strict.

[单项选择]Frank: Are you doing anything on Saturday evening Bob: Nothing special, __________ Frank: We’d like to have you and your wife over for dinner this Saturday evening. Would you be able to come
A. what
B. why
C. what’s the matter
D. what do you mean

[单项选择]Last Saturday evening my parents were away and I was home alone. I was bored, so I invited some friends over. When they came they brought some CDs with them, and we decided to have a small party. While we were dancing, my best friend Lisa knocked over a small table. Mum’s favourite vase flew up in the air and crashed against the TV. "I’m so sorry! I didn’t know it was behind me, " she said. I was so shocked! As I was trying to clean up the room, the lights went out and we couldn’t see anything. Unfortunately, Lisa’s brother Tom slipped and hurt his knee. I was disappointed my party ended up badly, but there was even more to come. As my friends were leaving, my parents were arriving home. My Saturday was spoiled and so were the next few days.（）
A. The speaker.
B. Jane.
C. The parents.
D. Tom.

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The Saturday Evening Post "became symbolic of the reading fare of middle-class America" . In 1897 Curtis began to revive (重振)the Post on the proposition that a man’s chief interest in life is the fight for livelihood-business. Fiction and articles about romantic business and successful businessmen filled its pages, and products backed by its advertisements directed at the needs and desires of the business world. The general interest weekly reached new audiences. Its conservative viewpoint and strong admiration for material success appealed to the tastes of the millions who settled in an easy chair with it each Thursday evening. As a more commercial, mass-circulation magazine than The New Yorker, the widely readable Post set out to interpret America to itself.
As a national and international institution, The Saturday Evening Post made its mark in the lives of massive numbers of men and women, and served society as a stabilizing influence. Its editorial matt
A. Businessmen.
B. College students.
C. Housewives.
D. Politicians.

[单项选择]Passage 3 BBC’s Casualty programme on Saturday evening gave viewers a vote as to which of two patients should benefit from a donation. But it failed to tell us that we would not need to make so many life-and-death decisions if we got to grip with the chronic organ shortage. Being pussyfooting around in its approach to dead bodies, the Government is giving a kicking to some of the most vulnerable in our society. One depressing consequence of this is that a significant number of those on the waiting list take off to foreign countries to purchase an organ from a living third-world donor, something that is forbidden in the United Kingdom. The poor have no option but to wait in vain. The Human Tissue Authority’s position on the retention of body parts for medical research after a post-mortem examination is equally flawed. The new consent forms could have been drafted by some evil person seeking to stop the precious flow of human tissue into the pathological laboratory. The for
A. a decrease in donation rates
B. inefficient governmental policy
C. illegal trade in human organs
D. news media’s indifference

[单项选择]Conversation 2A) At 6:15 Saturday evening. C) At 6:45 Saturday evening.
B) At 7:15 Saturday evening. D) At 7:45 Saturday morning.

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W: It’s a shame to spend Saturday evening at home. Let’s go to the movies now.
M: Good. Let me get the paper and see what’s on tonight.

What are the two speakers going to do now（　）.
A. To spend the evening at home.
B. To read the paper.
C. To see a film.
D. To have dinner in town.