He complained that he'd been receiving ( ) phone calls. A: maliciously B: maliciousness C: malicious D: merciless

Jonathan Swift madde himself known with his merciless satire on the British society of his age such as that in his work The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling.

Section IIDirection: In this section, you are going to read 10 boldfaced words with four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the ONE that is a NOT a synonym for the word.1. indifferent A: cold B: comparative C: merciless D: chill

Cancer cells destroy not only all rival cells, in their ruthless biological warfare, but also destroy the larger organization—the body itself—signing their own suicide warrant. A: refined B: random C: merciless D: perpetual

Which of the following statements about guilt and regret is INCORRECT A: Guilt hinders you from acting. B: B. Guilt is a merciless blow in the past. C: Regret is something we should repress. D: D. Regret makes us take action.

Putin has been seen as trying to choose between Medvedev, a business friendly lawyer and Sergei Ivanov, another first deputy premier who built up a stern andhawkishreputation while defense minister. A: warlike B: peaceful C: merciful D: merciless

智慧职教: Judging from recent surveys, most experts in sleep behavior agree that there is virtually an epidemic (流行病) of sleepiness in the nation. “I can't think of a single study that hasn't found Americans getting less sleep than they ought to,” says Dr. David. Even people who think they are sleeping enough would probably be better off with more rest. The beginning of our sleep-deficit (睡眠不足) crisis can be traced to the invention of the light bulb a century ago. From diary entries and other personal accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries, sleep scientists have reached the conclusion that the average person used to sleep about 9.5 hours a night. “The best sleep habits once were forced on us, when we had nothing to do in the evening down on the farm, and it was dark.” By the 1950s and 1960s, that sleep schedule had been reduced dramatically, to between 7.5 and eight hours, and most people had to wake to an alarm clock. “People cheat on their sleep, and they don't even realize they're doing it,” says Dr. David. "They think they're okay because they can get by on 6.5hours, when they really need 7.5, eight or even more to feel ideally vigorous." Perhaps the most merciless robber of sleep, researchers say, is the complexity of the day. Whenever pressures from work, family, friends and community mount, many people consider sleep the least expensive item on his programme. “In our society, you're considered dynamic if you say you only need 5.5 hours' sleep. If you've got to get 8.5 hours, people think you lack drive and ambition." To determine the consequences of sleep deficit, researchers have put subjects through a set of psychological and performance tests requiring them, for instance, to add columns of numbers or recall a passage read to them only minutes earlier. "We've found that if you're in sleep deficit, performance suffers," says Dr. David. “Short-term memory is weakened, as are abilities to make decisions and to concentrate.”