In fact John would rather leave for Los Angeles than___(stay)in New Jersey.
A.out of touch
B.out of sight
C.out of work
D.out of business
John said his mother (would buy him) a (five-speeds) racing bicycle (for) his (sixteenth) birthday.
A.would buy him
B.five-speeds
C.for
D.sixteenth
A.larger margin of victory for John Adams
B.victory for Thomas Jefferson
C.Federalist defeat in the Senate
D.victory for Thomas Pinckney
Albert Einstein once attributed (把......归因于) the creativity of a famous scientist to the fact that he "never went to school, and therefore kept the rare gift of thinking freely". There is undoubtedly a truth in Einstein's observation; many artists and geniuses seem to view their schooling as a disadvantage. But such a truth is not a criticism of schools. It is the function of schools to civilize, not to train explorers. The explorer is always a lonely person whether his or her pioneering be in art, music, science, or technology. The creative explorer of unmapped lands shares with tile genius what William James described as the gift for thinking in an unusual way. As schools teach set patterns, they tend to destroy creativity and genius. But if schools could somewhat exist only to cultivate genius, then society would break down. For the social order demands unity and widespread agreement, which r, re destructive to creativity and genius.
Albert Einstein once thought that schools ______.
A.helped develop the creativity of a scientist
B.kept a rare gift for a scientist
C.prevented a scientist from thinking freely
D.contributed a lot to science and technology
John : Would you like to go out to dinner or to a movie?
Karen: Either one, __________I just want to get out of the house.
A. it's a great idea.
B. it's up to you.
C. if you like it.
D. if you wish.
In addition to slowing job search efforts, the Internet is making the hiring process longer for the employer. In a survey of 5,000 hiring managers by an online resume site, 72% said that a majority of the resumes they received in response to an online job posting did not match the position's description.
"The more unrelated resumes managers have to go through in order to select the few to bring in for interviews, the longer it takes to fill the position," points out Challenger. " One result of this has been the increased use of screening software by employers. This will make it even more difficult for job seekers to get their resumes in front of the hiring executive for an interview. "
" All of this is not to say that the Internet has not revolutionized job hunting. It has certainly made it easier for someone in San Francisco, for example. , to search for job openings in Miami. In addition, the ability to conduct keyword searches has reduced the amount of time it takes to find the type of position a person is seeking. "
" Job seekers must learn how to use the Internet as a tool, rather than just relying on it as a means for submitting electronic resumes. " concludes Challenger.
According to the passage, the coming of online job searching brings______.
A.longer waiting time for the unemployed
B.longer computer technology training for the job seekers
C.more unemployment throughout the USA
D.more job opportunities in the Internet world
Even in England there are many (5)_____ in regional character and speech. The chief (6)_____ is between southern England and northern England. South of a (7)_____ going from Bristol to London, people speak the type of English usually learnt by foreign students, (8)_____ there are local variations.
Further north, regional speech is usually" (9)_____ "than that of southern Britain. Northerners are (10)_____ to claim that they work harder than Southerners, and are more (11)_____ They are openhearted and hospitable; foreigners often find that they make friends with them (12)_____. Northerners generally have hearty (13)_____: the visitor to Lancashire or Yorkshire, for instance, may look forward to receiving generous (14)_____ at meal times.
In accent and character the people of the Midlands (15)_____ a gradual change from the southern to the northern type of Englishman.
In Scotland the sound (16)_____ by the letter "R" is generally a strong sound, and "R" is often pronounced in words in which it would be (17)_____ in southern English. The Scots are said to be a serious, cautious, thrifty people, (18)_____ inventive and somewhat mystical. All the Celtic peoples of Britain (the Welsh, the Irish, the Scots) are frequently (19)_____ as being more "fiery" than the English. They are (20)_____ a race that is quite distinct from the English.
A.In consequence
B.In brief
C.In general
D.In fact
"That【23】a thief !" he thought, and he took his gun and shot【24】him. Then he went back to bed,【25】he was too frightened【26】of the house in the dark.
The next morning John went out and saw one【27】his white shirts hanging【28】the clothes line in the garden. His wife【29】washed it the day before and【30】it out to dry. Now it had a bullet hole right through the middle of it.
"My God," said John, "I was lucky last night. If I had been wearing that shirt, the bullet would have killed me!"
(46)
A.at
B.in
C.above
D.of
History denies this, of course. Among prominent summer deaths, one recalls those of Marilyn Monroe and James Deans, whose lives seemed equally brief and complete. Writers cannot bear the fact that poet John Keats died at 26, and only half playfully judge their own lives as failures when they pass that year. The idea that the life cut short is unfulfilled is illogical because lives are measured by the impressions they leave on the world and by their intensity and virtue.
A.as much twice
B.as twice much
C.much as twice
D.twice as much