I vote against it.我投反对票。

A . claim B . indemnify C . recover D . settle

A . upwards；inwards B . upwards；outwards C . downwards；inwards D . downwards；outward

A . He meant that he was confident about the result of the vote B . He meant that the voters’ decision was crucial to his future C . He meant that he had to attend a community college if the voters said NO D . He meant that he might have to leave the country if the voters asid NO

It is/was the first time(that)she has/had ever taken a strong stand against raising taxes．

A．entrench B．entrench themselves C．may entrench D．may entrench themselves

The defiance of Bosnian Serbs and the three-way fighting underlined the complexity of bringing peace to this rugged state. A brutal 13-month war had destroyed its elaborate ethnic quiet, stitched together by centuries of co-existence. The United States President Bill Clinton had dismissed this weekend's Bosnian Serb referendum as a maneuver to buy time. He is expected to press reluctant European8 for military action against Bosnia's Serbs if they do reject the apparently doomed Vance-Owen plan. Russian Foreign Minster Andrei Kozyev said after talks with international mediators yesterday that the Vance-Owen plan should be implemented regard less of the outcome of a referendum in Bosnia. The Vance-Owen plan would divide Bosnia-Herzegovina into 10 largely autonomous provinces. Muslims, Serbs and Croats would each dominate in three provinces, with the tenth, Sarajevo, jointly governed. Tangled fighting between the three races broke out ______ Serbs voted on a peace plan. A．before B．after C．as D．as soon as

Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese, way back in the eleventh century B.C. We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use: it became a symbol of honor and authority. In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by royalty or by those in high office. In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. And the umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece. But it is believed that the first persons in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans. During the Middle Ages, the use of the umbrella practically disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century. And again it was considered a symbol of power and authority. By 1680, The umbrella appeared in France, and later on in England. By the eighteenth century, the umbrella was used against rain throughout most of Europe. Umbrellas have not changed much in style. during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasn't until the twentieth century that women's umbrellas began to be made, in a whole variety of colors. The first use of umbrella was as ______. A．protection against rain B．a shade against the sun C．a symbol of power D．a symbol of honor

(30) A．The committee voted against the proposed project. B．The committee approved against the proposed project. C．The committee considered the short report well written. D．The committee was convinced by the documented report.

Will you please explain It()me again？ A．of B．with C．for D．against

A．that B．when C．whom D．which

On August 27th the firm said that the successor to its Windows XP operating system, code-named Longhorn, will go on sale in 2007 without one of its most impressive features, a technique to integrate elaborate search capabilities into nearly all desktop applications. (On the bright side, Longhorn will contain advances in rendering images and enabling different computing platforms to exchange data directly between applications.) It is a big setback for Microsoft, which considers search technology a pillar of its future growth—not least as it competes against Google. The firm's focus on security championed by Bill Gates himself—took resources away from Longhorn, admits Greg Sullivan, a lead product manager in the Windows client division. Programmers have been fixing Windows XP rather than working on Longhorn. In mid-August, Microsoft released Service Pack 2, a huge set of free software patches and enhancements to make Windows XP more secure. Though some of the fixes turned out to have vulnerabilities of their own, the patches have mostly been welcomed. Microsoft's decision to forgo new features in return for better security is one that most computer users will probably applaud. Yet ironically, as Microsoft slowly improves the security of its products-by, for instance, incorporating firewall technology, anti-virus systems and spam filters its actions increasingly start to resemble those that, in the past, have got the firm into trouble with regulators. Is security software an "adjacent software market", in which case Microsoft may be leveraging its dominance of the operating system into it？ Integrating security products into Windows might be considered "bundling" which, with regard to web browsing, so excited America's trustbusters in the 1990s. And building security directly into the operating system seems a lot like "commingling" software code, on which basis the European Commission ruled earlier this year that Microsoft abused its market power through the Windows Media Player. Microsoft is appealing against that decision, and on September 30th it will argue for a suspension of the commission's remedies, such as the requirement that it license its code to rivals. Just last month, the European Union's competition directorate began an investigation into Microsoft and Time Warner, a large media firm, on the grounds that their proposed joint acquisition of Content Guard, a software firm whose products protect digital media files, might provide Microsoft with, undue market power over digital media standards. The commission will rule by January 2005. Microsoft, it seems, in security as elsewhere, is going to have to get used to being punished for its success. Its Windows monopoly lets it enjoy excessive profits but the resulting monoculture makes it an obvious target for viruses and regulators alike. That Microsoft's three tasks are colliding is reflected in the fact that ______. A．the new operating system will be marketed at a discount B．search will be removed from the new operating system C．all search capabilities will be combined into the desktop D．images and data will be exchanged more directly

A．splashed B．smashed C．fractured D．cracked

A．imprudently... curb B．insolently ... insinuate C．intelligently... observe D．precariously ... expose E．insensitively ... brook

A．cripple B．buttress C．abandon D．suspend

A．process B．punishment C．approaches D．measures

But complaints have steadily grown about a law that came with the spending bill. The Real ID Act of 2005 established national standards for driving licences. By 2008, it said, every state would have to make sure its licences included "physical security features" and "a common machine readable technology". A state would be responsible for verifying that anyone applying for licences is in America legally. Only licences that met the new standards would be accepted by the federal government. An American who wanted to fly commercially, or do anything else for which he needed to identify himself, would end up in a queue at the Department of Motor Vehicles. The idea was to make life harder for would-be terrorists. But the scheme will certainly make life harder for the states. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reckons that implementing the changes will cost states up to $14.6 billion, with individuals on the line for an additional $8.@5 billion. And the federal government plans to meet only a fraction of the cost. Critics also argue that the new licences will amount to national identification cards and will contain ton much information about the bearer. Immigration advocates say that the Real ID Act unfairly targets illegal immigrants. And from a security standpoint the act raises as many fears as it allays. Licences that meet the revised standards would be rich of sensitive data. They might prove irresistibly tempting to identity thieves and marketing firms. On January 25th Maine became the first state to oppose the Act. Its legislature passed a resolution refusing to implement the Real ID Act with nearly unanimous support. On March 8th, Idaho approved a similar bill. Two dozen other states have measures pending that question the act or oppose it outright. On March 1st the DHS issued guidelines for implementing the Real ID Act that manage to ignore most of these objections. The guidelines allow states a bit more time to implement the act. But they give no quarter on the expensive physical security features and suggest that states deal with privacy concerns on their own. And as the National Governors Association promptly noted, they "do nothing" to address the cost to states. Which of the following consequence might be caused by the 2005 emergency spending bill？ A．financial support to the construction of international aid groups. B．an act that has brought to great disputes among different states. C．prohibitions of US citizens to take commercial flights. D．against humanitarian aid to countries that were attacked by the Asian tsunami.

A．Charter B．Constitution C．Concordance D．Custody