在职攻硕英语考试

【单选题】In learning a foreign language, ______English, one should first pay attention to speaking, which is the groundwork of reading and writing.
A、says
B、say
C、to say
D、saying

【单选题】Woman: I don't think we should have told Tom about the surprise party for Lucy.Man: It's all right. He promised not to tell, and he doesn't make promises lightly.Question: What does the man mean
A．Tom has arranged a surprise party for Lucy.
B．Tom will keep the surprise party a secret.
C．Tom and Lucy have no secrets from each other.
D．Tom didn't make any promise to Lucy.

【单选题】In most of the universities, English is a(n) ______ subject for the non-English major M. A. and M.S. students.
A．initial
B．classic
C．comprehensive
D．compulsory

【单选题】In learning a foreign language, ______ English, one should first pay attention to speaking, which is the groundwork of reading and writing.
A．says
B．say
C．to say
D．saying

【单选题】Concerning population, China ranks high in the world, ______ some areas are sparsely settled.
A．and yet
B．so even
C．if not
D．except for

【单选题】Speaker A: Can I help you Speaker B:______
A．Sorry, I don't need your help.
B．What help can you give us
C．Thanks. It's very kind of you to offer us help.
D．I'd like to try on these shoes, please.

【单选题】Too often teachers' ______ with parents involve complaints about children's misbehaviors and laziness.
A．acquaintances
B．association
C．conferences
D．consultations

【单选题】Ms Beecher decided to expand her Chapter-A-Day service because ______.
A．over 3,000 libraries had joined
B．many other people could benefit
C．eight book clubs supported her
D．free email service was available

【单选题】The United States has historically had higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized countries. The current annual marriage (51) in the United States—about 9 new marriages for every 1,000 people—is (52) higher than it is in other industrialized countries. However, marriage is (53) as widespread as it was several decades ago. (54) ofAmerican adults who are married (55) from 72 percent in 1970 to 60 percent in 2002. This does not mean that large numbers of people will remain unmarried (56) their lives. Throughout the 20th century, about 90 percent ofAmericans married at some (57) in their lives.Experts (58) that about the same proportion of today’s young adults will eventually marry.
The timing of marriage has varied (59) over the past century. In 1995 the average age of women in the United States at the time of their first marriage was 25. The average age of men was about 27. Men and women in the United States marry for the first time at an average of five years later than people did in the 1950s. (60) , young adults of the 1950s married younger than did any previous generation in U. S. history.
A、A、proportionB、The proportion
C、The number
D、A、number

【单选题】A: Look at this pink watch. It looks great, doesn't it And it's only $ 20. B: ______
A．It's only twenty dollars. Oh, my goodness.
B．I don't want to look at it. After all, it's a watch.
C．The price is good. But I want to buy a more expensive watch.
D．How is it possible that a watch only costs us $ 20