He has never shown much ____________ （consider) for his wife’s feelings.

He has never imagined that be could meet his old classmates in London.翻译

(The reason) Michael has made (such great progress) is (because) he (has never wasted) his time.

A．The reason

B．such great progress

C．because

D．has never wasted

A．She has mistaken it for his dog.

B．He has a nice dog.

C．They never go out.

D．They enjoy staying at home.

There is nobody who has never met with some good chance or other in his life．Simply he has not seized one．

A．并不是每个人在生活中都会碰到好机会，他就没碰到过。

B．每个人在生活中都遇到过好机会，只是有的人错过了。

C．人人一生中都会碰到好机会，只有他没有抓住。

D．大家在生活中都可能会碰到这样或那样的好机会，只是有人没把握住。

He has never been late for school. He is always the first one ______.

A.arriving

B.arrives

C.to arrive

D.arrive

A.humor

B.possess

C.outer

D.humble

For all his vaunted talents, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has never had much of a reputation as an economic forecaster. In fact, he shies away from making the precise-to-the-decimal-point predictions that many other economists thrive on. Instead, he owes his success as a monetary policymaker to his ability to sniff out threats to the economy and manipulate interest rates to dampen the dangers he perceives.

Now, those instincts are being put to the test. Many Fed watchers-and some policymakers inside the central bank itself are beginning to wonder whether Greenspan has lost his touch. Despite rising risks to the economy from a swooning stock market and soaring oil prices that could hamper growth, the Greenspan-led Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) opted to leave interest rates unchanged on Sept. 24. But in a rare dissent, two of the Fed's 12 policymakers broke ranks and voted for a cut in rotes—Dallas Fed President Robert D. McTeer Jr. and central bank Governor Edward M. Gramlich.

The move by McTeer, the Fed's self-styled "Lonesome Dove", was no surprise. But Gramlich's was. This was the first time that the monetary moderate had voted against the chairman since joining the Fed's board in 1997. And it was the first public dissent by a governor since 1995.

Despite the split vote, it's too soon to count the maestro of monetary policy out. Greenspan had good reasons for not cutting interest rates now. And by acknowledging in the statement issued after the meeting that the economy does indeed face risks, Greenspan left the door wide open to a rate reduction in the future. Indeed, former Fed Governor Lyle Gramley thinks chances are good that the central bank might even cut rates before its next scheduled meeting on Nov. 6, the day after congressional elections.

So why didn't the traditionally risk-averse Greenspan cut rates now as insurance against the dangers dogging growth? For one thing, he still thinks the economy is in recovery mode. Consumer demand remains buoyant and has even been turbocharged recently by a new wave of mortgage refinancing. Economists reckon that homeowners will extract some ＄100 billion in cash from their houses in the second half of this year. And despite all the corporate gloom, business spending has shown signs of picking up, though not anywhere near as strongly as the Fed would like.

Does that mean that further rate cuts are off the table? Hardly. Watch for Greenspan to try to time any rate reductions to when they'll have the most psychological pop on business and investor confidence. That's surely no easy feat, but it's one that Greenspan has shown himself capable of more than once in the past. Don't be surprised if he surprises everyone again.

Alan Greenspan owes his reputation much to

A．his successful predictions of economy.

B．his timely handling of interest rates.

C．his unusual economic policies.

D．his unique sense of dangers.

回答题。

The Dangers of Secondhand Smoke

Most people know that cigarette smoking is harmful to their health. Scientific research shows that it causes many kinds of diseases. In fact, many people who smoke get lung cancer. However, Edward Gilson has lung cancer, and he has never smoked cigarettes. He lives with his wife, Evelyn, who has smoked about a pack of cigarettes a day throughout their marriage. 46 No one knows for sure why Mr. Gilson has lung cancer

Nevertheless, doctors believe that secondhand smoke may cause lung cancer in people who do not smoke because nonsmokers often breathe in the smoke from other people&39;s cigarettes. 47 The US Environmental Protection Agency reports that about 53,000 people die in the United States each year as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke.

The smoke that comes from a lit cigarette contains many different poisonous chemicals. In the past, scientists did not think that these chemicals could harm a nonsmoker&39;s health. 48 They discovered that even nonsmokers had unhealthy amounts of these toxic ( 有毒的 ) chemicals in their bodies. As a matter of fact, almost all of us breathe tobacco smoke at times, whether we realize it or not. For example, we cannot avoid secondhand smoke in restaurants, hotels and other public places. Even though many public places have nonsmoking areas, smoke flows in from the areas where smoking is permitted.

It is even harder for children to avoid secondhand smoke. 49 Research shows that children who are exposed to secondhand smoke are sick more often than children who live in homes where no one smokes and that the children of smokers are more than twice as likely to develop lung cancer when they are adults as are children of nonsmokers. The risk is even higher for children who live in homes where both parents smoke.

People are becoming very aware of the dangers of secondhand smoke. 50

A. Recently, though, scientists changed their opinion after they studied a large group. of nonsmokers.

B. The Gilsons have been married for 35 years.

C. This smoke is called secondhand smoke.

D. However, secondhand smoke is dangerous to all people, old or young.

E. As a result, they have passed laws which prohibit people from smoking in many public places.

F. In the United States, nine million children under the age of five live in homes with at least one smoker.

请回答（46）__________ 查看材料

A.A

B.B

C.C

D.D

E.E

F.F