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1、1、eat healthy 1. parents in the united states tend to ask their children c) not to waste food. 2. why do american restaurants serve large portions? a) because americans associate quantity with value3. what happened in the 1970s?d) the american waistline started to expand4. what does the survey indic

2、ate? a) many poor americans want large portions.5. which of the following is not true of working class americans? c) they dont want to be healthy eaters.2、outside-the-classroom learning makes a big difference1.an extracurricular activity like raising a fund of $300,000 is risky because most student

3、leaders d) will not take an interest in it.2. american students join campus organizations mostly for c) building friendship. 3. who is katie rowley? b) shes a senior student.4. what do student leaders need to carry an activity through to a successful end? a)passion. 5. the phrasal verb fatten up in

4、paragraph 6 could be best replaced by c) polish. 3、milosevics death 1.where did milosevic die? b. in prison. 2. which of the following is not true of the young milosevic? d. he was extremely ambitious. 3. all of the following persons in one way or another changed his fate except b. his parents. 4. w

5、hy was milosevic sent to kosovo in 1989? c. to remove the serbians fears that they were discriminated against.5. what happened in 1991? a. yugoslavia broke up.4、feast on turkey and good wishes at thanksgiving11. on halloween, children in the united states often dress up as a)ghosts.2. when are turke

6、y and pumpkin pie eaten? c)on thanksgiving.3. thanksgiving is the time for the american people to thank god for b)providing them with comfortable and happy lives.4. many children in the united states like thanksgiving because a)they can stay with their parents at home and eat a lot of nice food.5. t

7、he first piligrims settled in the united states in b)16205、 sinojapan animosity lessens 1.which of the following statements about the survey is true? c) the survey found that people in both china and japan generally agree that the relationship between the two countries is important.2. according to t

8、he passage, the beijing-tokyo forum b) aims at promoting communication between the two countries.3. in the last year,_% of ordinary chinese and _% of chinese students have a positive impression of japan. d) 30.2; 43.24. which of the following is not mentioned as the major obstacles to improving bila

9、teral ties? b) trade frictions5. the survey found that c) an overwhelming majority of the respondents from each country believed that the civil exchanges were an important way to improve relations.6、 tv shows and long bus trips1. according to the passage, what do the passengers usually see when they

10、 are on a long bus trip? c) advertisements on billboards2. what is the purpose of this passage a)to the similarities between long bus trips and tv shows.3. the writer of this passage would probably favor d)no billboards along the road.4. the writer feels long bus rides are like tv shows because b)th

11、ey both have a beginning, a middles ,and an end ,with commercials in between.5. the writer think that s the end of the ride is somewhat like the beginning because both are a) exciting.7、modern sun worshippers1. the writer seems to imply that europeans travel mostly for the reason that d)they wish to

12、 escape from the cold, dark and rainy days back at home.2. in paragraph 2,cities like london, copenhagen ,and amsterdam are mentioned a)to show that they are not good cities in terms of geography and climate. 3. according to the passage, which of the following countries attracts more tourists than t

13、he others? b)spain. 4. the latter half of the last sentence in paragraph 3, “ or one tourist for every person living in spain” means b)every year almost as many tourists visit spain as there are people living in that country.5. according to the passage, which of the following factors might spoil the

14、 tourists fun at mediterranean resorts and beaches? d)rainy weather.8、 one-room schools 1.it is implied in the passage that many educators and parents today feel that one-room schoolsd provide good education.2. why are one-room schools in danger of disappearing? c because there is a trend toward cen

15、tralization.3. what is mentioned as a major characteristic of the one-room school system is in the second paragraph?a some children have to be left back.4. which of the following can best describe the authors attitude toward one-room schools?c critical.5. it can be inferred from the last sentence th

16、at parents living in nebraskab received education in one-room schools.9、 single-parent kids do best1. with which of the following statements would the author probably agree? c)two-parent families produce less attractive children.2. according to the passage, in what way does family conflict affect th

17、e quality of the offspring? a)the young males get less care.3. what is the relationship between paragraph 4 and paragraph 5? b)experiment and result.4. according to hartley, which of the following is not influenced by sexual conflict?d)the offsprings body size.5. according to the passage, people bel

18、ieve that a females reproductive strategy is influenced byc)ecological factors.10:new yorkthe melting pot11. the report issued by the department of planning of new yorkc)studied the structure of new yorks population.2. according to the second paragraph, which of the following is true of the immigran

19、ts in new york? a)one can not find his place in new york unless he is ready to work.3. the mayor of new york considers immigration to be b)a push needed to develop the city.4. where are the new new yorkers from? c)all over the world.5. what is the authors attitude towards immigration to new york? d)

20、positive.11： late-night drinking1. the author mentions “pick-me-up” to indicate that c)coffee is a stimulant.2. which of the following tell us how caffeine affects sleep?c)caffeine havoes the bodys levels of sleep hormone.3. what does paragraph 3 mainly discuss? a)different effects of caffeinated co

21、ffee and decaf on sleep.4. what does the experiment实验, 试验 mentioned in paragraph 4 prove? d)caffeine drinkers produce less sleep hormone.5. the author of this passage probable aggress that b)we should not drink coffee after supper.12:smuggling1. the dog was different from others in that d)it had a v

22、ery big abdomen.2. how many methods are used to transport drugs? a)as many as a smuggler can think of.3. how many pounds of heroin were estimated to be smuggled into the united states in 1994? c)25,7704. which of the following could best replace the expression “small fry” in the third paragraph?c)sm

23、all smugglers.5. what is this article about? c)varied drug transportation methods.13：the barbie dolls 1. when ruth and elliot handler was young, they had a strong desire d)to be highly successful.2. who owned mattel? d) harold mattson, ruth and elliot handler.3. it can be inferred from the second pa

24、ragraph that lilli was fashioned after a)build.4. where did ruth handlers inspiration for the design of the barbie doll come from? b) lilli.5. which of the following statements is not true of the barbie doll?a) she does not attract young men.14： sleep1. the question raised in paragraph 1 is “no mere

25、 academic one” d)because shift work in industry requires people to change their sleeping habits.2. according to the passage, the main problem about night work is that b)your life is disturbed by changing from day to night routines and back.3. according to the passage, the best solution to the proble

26、m seems to be c)to employ people who will always work at night.4. in the second paragraph, “the third” meansa)the third week.5. in the last sentence of the second paragraph, “another” means a)another routine.15：orbital轨道 space plane1. the orbital space craft has been designed for b)carrying astronau

27、ts to the international space station.2. from the passage we know that the design of the orbiter indicatesa) nasas determination to continue its space exploration projects.3. when did the scientists start working on a successor to the shuttle?c) years before the explosion of columbia.4. besides the

28、main missions stipulated保证by nasa, the orbiter would also be used as d) a space ambulance救护车.5. according to the passage, the funds, if granted准许, wouldb) be equally shared by the two projects under space launch initiative.16： driven to distraction 分心的事物1. which statement is true of the description

29、in the first two paragraphs? c)coyne is not really driving so it is impossible for him to have hit the woman.2. what do researchers want to find out, according to the third and fourth paragraphs?d)all of the above.3. what are the preliminary预备的, 初步的 results given in the fifth paragraph? c)in challen

30、ging driving situations, drivers do not have any additional mental energy to deal with something else.4. the sixth paragraph mainly state that the researchersd)want to determine the best ways of giving navigational航行的, 航海的 information system.5. what kind of directions指导 do men and women prefer? b)me

31、n prefer more general directions and women prefer route directions.17：eiffel is an eyeful引人注目的人11. why does the author think the eiffel tower is transformed into symbol of a world on the move? b)tourists of all nationalities come to scribble on the cold iron of the tower.2. what seems strange to the

32、 author?a)visitors prefer wasting time scribbling to enjoying the view.3. which statement is not true of hugues richard?c)he climbed 747 steps up the tower in 19 minutes and 4 seconds.4. what did the builder use the eiffel tower for? b)conducting；实施 research in various fields.5. which of the followi

33、ng is nearest in meaning to “(the eiffel tower is like) a blank canvas for visitors to make of it what they will”? c)visitors can imagine freely what the tower represents.18：goal of american education1. which of the following best states the goal of american education?c)to give every student the opp

34、ortunity to fully develop his/her ability.2. it is implied in the passage that d)the subjects every student takes may vary.3. american schools place great emphasis on the learnersc)acquisition of the ability to be creative.4. according to the passage, american education meets the needs of all the fo

35、llowing exceptc)the students from foreign countries.5. which of the following best states the feature of american education that makes it different from education in other countries?d)its underlying goal to develop every childs abilities to the fullest extent.19：taxi riding1. from the ghanaian drive

36、rs response, we can infer thata)he was indifferent to the killing.2. why did the pakistani driver refuse to take the author to the middle of the george washington bridge? d)because he suspected that the author was going to commit suicide.3. what is the authors interpretation of the drivers reluctanc

37、e “to wait outside the chemical bank?” b)the driver thought it wrong to support a taxi rider unconditionally.4. which of the following statements is true about new york taxi drivers? c)they are sympathetic with those who are out of work.5. what does the passage mainly discuss?c)the attitudes of taxi

38、 drivers towards the taxi riders having personal crises.20：sleep lets brain file编档保存 memories11. which of the following statements is nearest in meaning to the sentence “to sleep. perchance to file?”? a)does brain arrange memories in useful order during sleep?2. what is the result of the experiment

39、with rats老鼠 and mice carried out at rutgers university? c)somatosensory neocortex and hippocampus work together in memory consolidation.3. what is the relation of memory to glucose tolerance, as is indicated by a research mentioned in paragraph4? d)the poorer the memory, the poorer glucose tolerance

40、.4. in what way is memory related to hippocampus shrinkage? b)the more hippocampus shrinks, the poorer ones memory.5. according to the last paragraph, what is the ultimate reason for going to the gym? d)to control glucose levels.21: spacing in animals11. which of the following is the most appropriat

41、e definition of flight distance? c)distance between an animal and its enemy before fleeing.2. if an animals critical distance is penetrated 突破, it willa)begin to attack.3. according to the passage, social distance refers to b)psychological distance.4. which of the following could best replace the wo

42、rd “band” in “we can think of it as a hidden band that contains the group” (in paragraph 3)?a)strip条, 带 of land.5. the example of the children holding hands when crossing the street in the last paragraph shows thatd) social distance is sometimes determined by outside factors.22：some things we know a

43、bout language1. in the second paragraph the author thinks thatc)any human race, whether backward or not, has a language.2. according to the author, people of undeveloped cultures can have _languages.a)complicated3. the author has used american indian languages as an example to show that they are b)j

44、ust as sophisticated as some well-known languages.4. which of the following statements is incorrect?d)some languages are better than other languages.5. according to the author, language changes are most likely to occur inc)vocabulary.23： the only way is up1. .these are cities concerned with the past

45、 in the first paragraph refer to cities that c) want to maintain their traditional image.2. the difficulty in constructing tall buildings in the 19t century lies in b) the lack of a device to carry people upward.待添加的隐藏文字内容33. when otis came up with the idea of a lift, d) most people had doubt about

46、its safety.4. which of the following best describes the experience of going in a lift now?b) uninteresting.5. psychologists find the lift a good place where they can study human behaviour becaused) in a lift the bubble of personal space breaks.24：clone 克隆 farm 1. which statement is the description o

47、f the new era of factory farming according to the first paragraph?c)cloned chickens are bulk大批 -produced with the same growth rate, weight and taste. 2. which institution has offered $4.7 million to fund the research? a)the uss national institute of science and technology.3. in the third paragraph,

48、by saying “producers would like the same meat quantity but to use reduced inputs to get there. ” mike fitzgerald means that he wishes d)chickens could grow to the same weight but with less feed.4. which of the following statements about origen and embrex is correct according to the fifth paragraph?

49、c)origen has joined hands with embrex in producing cell-injecting machines.5. the technology of freezing stem cells干细胞 from different strains of chicken can do all the following except that a)farmers can order certain strains of chicken only.25： income1. this passage is mainly aboutb)the difference

50、between national income and personal income.2. which of the following statements is true according to the first paragraph? d)the money that goes for capital consumption is not regarded as income.3. it can be easily seen from this passage that the government levies tax on a)corporation profits4. acco

51、rding to this passage, the money you get as interest from government bonds is b)the money not earned but received.5. the passage implies thatd) people pay taxes somewhat unwillingly.26: forecasting methods1. what factor is not mentioned in choosing a forecasting method?a)imagination of the forecaste

52、r.2. persistence坚持, 持续 method will work wellb)if weather conditions do not change much. 3. the limitation of the trends method is the same as the persistence method in that d)the weather features need to be constant for a long period of time.4. which method may involve historical weather data?c)both

53、 climatology method and analog类似物, 相似体 method.5. it will be impossible to make weather forecast using the analog method a)when the current weather scenario想定 differs from the analog.27：importance of services 1. the first paragraph intends to tell us that b)services are important.2. between 1966 and

54、1986, the united states created about a)32.4 million service jobs.3. many economists, business and labor leaders and politicians believe that b)most of the fast growth in the service sector is in low-paying jobs.4. the importance of services can be shown c)by money spent on business services as well as on consumer services.5. what does the writer of this passage disapprove of rega