The president of our company graduated___ Harvard University.
A.of
B.with
C.from
D.at
A.of
B.with
C.from
D.at
Our president made a(n) _____ speech at the opening ceremony of the sports meeting, which encouraged the sportsmen greatly.
A.indifferent
B.inspiring
C.flat
D.dry
The new appointment of our president ______ from the very beginning of next semester.
A.takes effect
B.takes part
C.takes place
D.takes turns
The basic argument for the one-term, six-year presidency is that the quest for reelection is at the heart of our problems with self-government. The desire for reelection, it is claimed, drives Presidents to do things they would not otherwise do. It leads them to make easy promises and to postpone hard decisions. A single six-year term would liberate presidents from the pressures and temptations of politics. Instead of worrying about reelection, they would be free to do only what was best for the country.
The argument is superficially attractive. But when you think about it, it is profoundly antidemocratic in its implications. It assumes Presidents know better than anyone else what is best for the country and that the people are so wrongheaded and ignorant that Presidents should be encouraged to disregard their wishes. It assumes that the less responsive a President is to popular desires and needs, the better President he or she will be. It assumes that the democratic process is the obstacle to wise decisions.
The theory of American democracy is quite the opposite. It is that the give-and-take of the democratic process is the best source of wise decisions. It is that the President's duty is not to ignore and override popular concerns but to acknowledge and heed them. It is "that the President's accountability to the popular will is the best guarantee that he or she will do a good job.
The one-term limitation, as Gouverneur Morris, final draftsman of the Constitution, persuaded the convention, would "destroy the great motive to good behavior," which is the hope of reelection. A President, said Olive Ellsworth, another Founding Father, "should be reelected if his conduct prove worthy of it. And he will be more likely to render himself worthy of it if he be rewardable with it."
The ban on reelection has other perverse consequences. Forbidding a President to run again, Gouverneur Morris said, is "as much as to say that we should give him the benefit of experience, and then deprive ourselves of use of it." George Washington stoutly opposed the idea. "I can see no propriety," he wrote, "in precluding ourselves from the service of any man, who on some great emergency shall be deemed universally most capable of serving the public."
A single six-year term would release Presidents from the test of submitting their records to the voters. It would be an impeachment of the democratic process itself. The Founding Fathers were everlastingly right when they turned down this well-intentioned but ill-considered proposal 200 years ago.
The main idea of the passage is that the United States Presidents should ______
A.have wide political experience
B.serve for a term of less than six years
C.serve for a term of more than six years
D.be allowed to be reelected
A. the government is elected by the citizens
B. the rules and laws are made by the people
C. what the president does is under permission ofall the citizens
D. everyone has a right to make changes in itsfuture
LINDA: Could you tell me who they are, Mr. Taylor
JOHN:___1__
LINDA: We’ll have the board meeting at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon, won’t we
JOHN:__2___
LINDA: But the sales manager of Lee Brothers’, Mr. Lee, just called and insisted on seeing you tomorrow afternoon.
JOHN:_3____
LINDA: He said that he would leave for London at 5:00 p. m. tomorrow.
JOHN:___4__
LINDA: Yes, Mr. Taylor.
JOHN:____5_
LINDA: No problem, Mr. Taylor.
A. Oh, The board meeting will be finished at about 3:30. You could arrange his appointment after that.
B. All right, then tell David to meet him tomorrow afternoon.
C. Ok, they are Mr. Jones, general manager of Nile Co. and Mr. Brown, president of Bestway Co.
D. Could you give me the schedule before 4 o’clock this afternoon
E. Yes. After the board meeting, we’ll meet the guests. It’s important to have them all here.
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Lockwood Middle School
307 Main Street
Lockwood, NJ 51686
December 10, 2008
Mrs. Jody Coling
President
Lockwood Health Association
23 Main Street
Lockwood, NJ
Dear Mrs. Coling,
My name is Susan Harris and I am writing on behalf of the students at Lockwood Middle School.
Many students at the school have been working on a project which relates to the unemployment problem in Lockwood. You are invited to attend a presentation that will be held in the media room of the school. The students will present a variety of proposals to solve the problem.
At the presentation, there will be several students receiving recognition awards from the headmaster. Refreshments will also be available.
As you are a prominent figure in the community, we would be honored by your attendance. Our special presentation will be held on January 16th. Please reply by Monday the 9th of January to confirm your attendance at the function.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Sincerely,
Ms. Susan Harris
操作提示:正确选T,错误选F。
1. Susan Harris is writing on behalf of the teachers at Lockwood Middle School.{T; F}
2. The students have no ideas how to solve the unemployment problem in Lockwood.{T; F}
3. There will be several students receiving awards from the Headmaster at the presentation.{T; F}
4. Refreshments will not be served at the presentation.{T; F}
5. Mrs. Coling is a prominent figure in the community.{T; F}"
The suggestion that bees were not pulling their weight met with skepticism from British beekeepers.Glyn Davies,the President of the British Beekeepers Association,said that bees were not lazy but efficient,“At any particular stage in its energy by doing nothing.Each bee has a unit of life energy and the faster it works,the faster it dies.They are being very wise and perhaps humans should try to follow their example instead of running about like headless chickens.”
The idea of the busy bee is several thousand years old.One current author who has nothing but admiration for the bee is Paul Theroux,the novelist and part-time beekeeper.“I have never seen a bee sleeping.My bees never stop working,”he said.Mr.
Theroux added that Prof.Menzel’s research could have been affected by his national origins.“Perhaps in comparison to the German rate of work,the bee does look lazy,”he said.
Few people think that the busy bee idea will go away,despite the efforts of Prof.Menzel.It seems absurd to apply the word“lazy”to a colony of creatures capable of producing something so extraordinary as honeycomb.The truth is that bees give us an inferiority complex that is not entirely unjustified.In fact,the worship of bees seems to be undergoing a renaissance.IBM recently ran a series of ads drawing on the“waggle dance”of bees,telling businessmen to“make your business waggle.”
36.Prof.Randolf Menzel’s latest research .
A.challenges our knowledge of the relations among bees
B.confirms our knowledge of the relations among bees
C.challenges our perception of the nature of bees
D.confirms our perception of the nature of bees
37.Prof.Randolf Menzel would disagree that .
A.bees are hard working
B.bees are quick learners
C.bees have intelligence
D.bees have good memory
38.According to Glyn Davies,what should we learn from bees?
A.How to work faster.
B.How to live longer.
C.How to cooperate with each other.
D.How to improve work efficiency.
39.It could be inferred from Paragraph 3 that the Germans .
A.are easily affected by their national characters
B.are extremely busy and hard working
C.have many things in common with bees
D.tend to look down upon lazy people
40.The IBM ads in the passage are used to .
A.show the popularity of the idea of busy bees
B.emphasize the negative image of busy bees
C.initiate public discussions on the busy bee image
D.question the comparison of busy bees to humans
Others say they'll take their case to voters. "We have to seriously contest all this at the ballot box," says University of California regent Ward Connerly, who helped win voter approval of California's Proposition 209, which prohibits considering race or gender in public education, hiring and contracting. Because of that law, Monday's ruling had no practical impact in the state. "It may be time for us to let the (Michigan) voters decide if they want to use race as a factor in admissions," Connerly said Monday.
Meanwhile, U. S. Education Secretary Rod Paige, consistent with President Bushes stance opposing affirmative action, said the Department of Education will "continue examining and highlighting effective race-neutral approaches to ensure broad access to and diversity within our public institutions". Even Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, in one of the opinions, recommended that states look for lessons in race-neutral programs being tried in California and elsewhere. While the ruling said admission officials may consider race in the selection process, colleges and universities are not obligated to do so. "Ultimately in the debate, diversity is a choice, not a legal mandate", says Arthur Coleman, a former Department of Education official who now helps colleges and universities ensure constitutional policies.
The public, too, remains conflicted, largely along racial lines. According to a January poll by the non-profit research organization Public Agenda, 79% of Americans said it is important for colleges to have a racially diverse student body, while just 54% said affirmative action programs should continue. In a Gallup poll conducted days before the ruling, 49% of adults said they favor affirmative action and 43% did not, with blacks and Hispanics far more likely to favor the practice than whites. And some educators doubt that with Monday's ruling, those opposing affirmative action will change their minds.
For now, admission officials and university lawyers are poring over the ruling to determine how or whether to adjust policies. While most tend to be closed-mouthed about admission policies, many say they don't expect significant changes.
What the critics said in the first paragraph amounts to the idea that ______.
A.no admission policies based on race should be implemented
B.minority applicants should be given favorable considerations
C.different standards for admitting minority students should be set up
D.selective colleges and universities should be punished for their discrimin--atory policies
At no time ______ what was happening.
A.the President was aware of
B.the President was aware about
C.was the President aware of
D.was the President aware on
When the president entered the room, everyone ______ to welcome him.
A.raised
B.rose
C.arose
D.aroused