[单选题]From birth,nightjar chicks solicit food by walking to the front of an adult bird,reaching up,and（ ）.
A.they peck at its bill
B.peck at its bill
C.pecking at its bill
D.at its bill they peck

[单选题]The birth Jacinda Ardern's baby is first and foremost a time of great happiness for Jacinda and her partner,Clarke Gayford.Their daughter is very much a wanted child for these happy parents.But for public in New Zealand and beyon the new arrival in our country's first family also has considerable significance.Ardern becomes only the second serving prime minister in history to give birth.As well,she is not married to her partner.Conventional wisdom may have said that this combination of factors would not have been helpful to a political career at the highest level.Fortunately,that has proved to be wrong.Ardern is a remarkable woman who crashes through glass ceilings with apparent ease.She became Leader of the New Zealand Labour party and of the opposition a mere seven weeks before last September's general election.In that short time,she took her party out of a near death zone of low polling to a highly credible election result,and then through the successful coalition negotiations which re-sulted in her becoming prime minister in October at the age of 37.Ardern's pregnancy came as a surprise to her and Gayford,but they took it in their stride.arrangements were made for Ardern to work until very close to the birth,and then for the deputy prime minister to act in her place while she takes some six weeks maternity leave.After that,Gayford takes over as primary carer for the foreseeable future.For young women,the example Arderm is setting is an affirmation that hey too can expect to have that choice.For young men,Gayford being the full time carer of a baby sends a powerful message that they too can exercise that choice.ony ni New Zealand is known for being a socially progressive country.Arden is its third female prime minister;it has had three female governor generals;and 125 years ago,it became the first countr where women won the right to vote Now it is breaking new ground with a prime minister giving birth and her partner becoming a stay-at-home father.But in the context of New Zealand Is Is evolutionary,not revolutionary Overwhelmingly positive interest across the political spectrum is being taken in the addition to the first What lessons are there in this for our world?In my view,New Zealand is showing that no doors are closed to women,that having a baby while being prime minister can be managed,and that it's acceptable for male partners to be full-time carers.This is very positive role modelling for the empowerment of women and for gender equality.In a world where there are still glass ceilings to be smashed and where many countries continue to have laws,policies,and practices that discriminate against women,the message from New Zealand is one of hope-that women can break through all barriers and do it in their own way as Arden has done I hope that New Zealand will continue to be a leader in the full inclusion of women in all spheres of its society-and i expect it will be What makes Jacinda Ardern's baby special is that
A.it was born in a special period
B.it has attracted world attention
C.it brings good luck to New Zealand gt
D.it was born into a special family

[单选题]The girl had hardly rung the bell the door was opened suddenly, and her friends rushed out to greet her.
A.before
B.until
C.as
D.since

[单选题]Laura was married for 6 months．Her husband was using drugs．She didn't want her son or her unborn baby to live that way,but she was afraid to ask her husband to leave．She left him a note instead．After reading the note,Laura's husband waited for her to come home and then beat her and her son. Laura had little education and she never had a good paying job．She was ashamed to ask for help from the police,courts or women's shelters．Sometimes her husband was very nice to her．She decided to try harder so her children could have a home and a father．Laura joined a church and told a priest about her problem. But her husband kept using drugs and hurting the family．Finally,she told her husband she loved him,but they should live apart for a while．He beat her again．The priest came over to talk to her．He asked the husband to go out for a while．Laura packed up her things and left home with her son．The next day she lost the baby．Her husband went to jail. Laura got a lot of help from groups that help women who have been beaten．Now she is in college,has her own apartment and works on special projects at a women's shelter．"We got out,and it changed life for me and my child．You can do it．You can break the cycle,"Laura said. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A.Husband-Wife Relationship
B.Women's Rights
C.Laura's Marriage
D.Family Violence

[单选题]Text 3 In the early 1960s Wilt Chamberlain was one of only three players in the National Basketball Association（NB A）listed at over seven feet.If he had played last season,however,he would have been one of 42.The bodies playing major professional sports have changed dramatically over the years,and managers have been more than willing to adjust team uniforms to fit the growing numbers of bigger,longer frames.The trend in sports,though,may be obscuring an unrecognized reality:Americans have generally stopped growing.Though typically about two inches taller now than 140 years ago,today’s people–especially those born to families who have lived in the U.S.for many generations–apparently reached their limit in the early 1960s.And they aren’t likely to get any taller.“In the general population today,at this genetic,environmental level,we’ve pretty much gone as far as we can go,”says anthropologist William Cameron Chumlea of Wright State University.In the case of NBA players,their increase in height appears to result from the increasingly common practice of recruiting players from all over the world.Growth,which rarely continues beyond the age of 20,demands calories and nutrients–notably,protein–to feed expanding tissues.At the start of the 20th century,under-nutrition and childhood infections got in the way.But as diet and health improved,children and adolescents have,on average,increased in height by about an inch and a half every 20 years,a pattern known as the secular trend in height.Yet according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,average height–5′9″for men,5′4″for women–hasn’t really changed since 1960.Genetically speaking,there are advantages to avoiding substantial height.During childbirth,larger babies have more difficulty passing through the birth canal.Moreover,even though humans have been upright for millions of years,our feet and back continue to struggle with bipedal posture and cannot easily withstand repeated strain imposed by oversize limbs.“There are some real constraints that are set by the genetic architecture of the individual organism,”says anthropologist William Leonard of Northwestern University.Genetic maximums can change,but don’t expect this to happen soon.Claire C.Gordon,senior anthropologist at the Army Research Center in Natick,Mass.,ensures that 90 percent of the uniforms and workstations fit recruits without alteration.She says that,unlike those for basketball,the length of military uniforms has not changed for some time.And if you need to predict human height in the near future to design a piece of equipment,Gordon says that by and large,“you could use today’s data and feel fairly confident.”35.The text intends to tell us that
A.the change of human height follows a cyclic pattern.
B.human height is becoming even more predictable.
C.Americans have reached their genetic growth limit.
D.the genetic pattern of Americans has altered.

[单选题]Passage Five Claude-OscarMonet(1840--1926)was a French artist and a leading member of theImpressionist group of painters.Born in Paris,Monet spent his childhood in LeHavre.There he met a local artist,Eugene Boudin.Who encouraged him to becomea landscape painter. In 1859,Monet went to Paris to study at the Academie Suisse.Between 1860 and 1862,Monet served in the army in Algeria(阿尔及利亚).He returned to Paris where he met most of the major artists of the era.In1870,Monet married Camille Doncieux.To escape the Franco-Prnssian war,theymoved to London Back to France,they settled at Argenteuil,aboating centre on the Seine(塞纳河)which drew manyother Impressionist painters.Working from nature was a particular symbol of theImpressionist movement,and one that Monet valued,reflecting in his paintingsthe ever-changing impact of light and weather conditions. In 1872,he visited Le Havre where hepainted"An Impression,Sunrise".When exhibited in 1874,part of its titlewas used by a critic to label the whole movement"Impressionism". Monet′s wife died in 1879,and he set up home with Alice Hoschede,the wife of one of hismost important sponsors.During the 1880s,Monet traveledthrough France painting a variety of landscapes.He gradually became better known and for the last 30years of his life he was regarded as the greatest of the Impressionists. From 1890 he began to paint a series(系列)of pictures of one subject,including"Haystacks""Rouen Cathedral"and"Waterlilies".The latter were painted in the fine garden Monetcreated at his house at Giverny,where he lived from 1883 on.He painted themover and over again,most significantly in a seriesespecially for a museum in Paris. What do we know about Monet′s lifesince 18907《》（）
A.He painted only for a museum in Paris.
B.He devoted himself to travelingoverseas.
C.He was influenced by Alice in hispainting style.
D.He focused on paintings of a particulartheme.

[单选题]Bob said he wouldn′t go to the party as he was busy, but he went there
A.after all
B.above all
C.at all
D.in all