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第2题
A.except for
B.but for
C.in relationto
D.in addition to
第3题
【B4】 its economy continues to recover, the U.S. is increasingly becoming a nation of part-timers and temporary workers. This " 【B5】 " work force is the most important 【B6】 in American business today, and it is 【B7】 changing the relationship between people and their jobs. The phenomenon provides a way for companies to remain globally competitive 【B8】 avoiding market cycles and the growing burdens 【B9】 by employment rules, healthcare costs and pension plans. For workers it can mean an end to the security, benefits and sense of 【B10】 that came from being a loyal employee.
【B1】
A.swarm
B.stride
C.separate
D.slip
第4题
one of the bacon best - known books was his essays .each essay was a short piece of writing in which he tried to give a lesson by discussing sides of a subject such as studying , conversation , friends and healthful living .in many of his books , bacon explained
how scientists should study things as they realy exist in nature and then try to figure out what caused a particular thing to be as it is .later , by doing experiments , the scientist could see that any cause would always have the same result .this method , which is called inductive(归纳)reasoning , is used by al the scientists today , but it was new in bacon 's time .
54.Which of the folowing is true ?()
A.Francis Bacon was the most important philosopher of England .
B .Francis Bacon had good education .
C.Francis Bacon worked for a French ambassador at the age of 15.
D.Francis Bacon stayed in France until he was 23.
55.Francis Bacon was famous for().
A.inventing the scientific method of studying things in nature
B.his books
C.his essays
D.being a member of parliament
56.His essay gave many useful lessons on()
A.studying
B.conversation
C.friends and healthful living
D.all of the above
57.“ Inductive reasoning ” means().
A.to discover general laws from particular facts or examples
B.to reach a conclusion by reasoning from general laws to a particular case
C.to study things as they used to be
D.to study things in a particular way
58.Which of the following is NOT true ?()
A.Bacon was a learned man .
B.Bacon did a lot for philosophy .
C.the inductive reasoning was widely used both today and in bacon's time
D.Bacon gave scientists much useful advice .
第5题
Historic Downtown Hastings, Minnesota
Early businesses in Hastings were located along the rail line. By 1908 the downtown was beginning to take on an aura of permanency, with brick buildings and important businesses such as a bank, hotel and general store.
These commercial buildings have been turned into fashionable clothing stores and cafes. Today, the Emerald clothing shop and the Miramax Cafe are two of beautifully preserved storefronts that attract hundreds of visitors daily.
In addition to great shopping and delicious food, the Hastings Theater, which has just re-opened after a major renovation project, is located here. The Museum of Photography will open this fall, bringing more of the arts to historic Hastings.
Call the Hastings Theater at (717) 334-6120 for information about show schedules and prices.
What is the purpose of this brochure?
A.To give the history of the city of Hastings
B.To encourage people to visit Hastings
C.To announce the opening of several new stores
D.To compare different architecture styles
第6题
Today's trumpet (小号) is one of the world's oldest instruments. It is the result of many centuries of development. Although it looks nothing like its ancestors, there are many similarities. All trumpets are hollow tubes. They are all blown. And they all use the player's lips to produce the basic sound.
The trumpet developed as players and makers worked to improve its design, size, shape, material and method of construction. They wanted to create an instrument that would produce a beautiful and attractive tone, enable the performer to play all the notes of the scale, extend the range higher and lower, make it possible to play more difficult music, and in general, be easier to play well. The remarkable way in which the modern trumpet achieves these goals is a measure of the success of all those who struggled to perfect this glorious instrument.
The trumpet is actually the leading member of an entire family of related instruments. There are trumpets of several different sizes, and in several different keys.
The trumpet is a link to many different periods of history and to people of many cultures. From the use of trumpets in ancient religious ceremonies to the part they play in modern rock bands, the trumpet family of instruments has much to tell about civilization and its development.
It can be inferred from the passage that ______ is needed to make the trumpet work.
A.air pressure
B.daily cleaning
C.keen eyesight
D.longer fingers
第7题
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.
Americans have always been ambivalent in their attitudes toward education. On the one hand, free and universal public education was seen as necessary in a democracy, for how else would citizens learn how to govern themselves in a responsible way? On the other hand, America was always a country that offered financial opportunities for which education was not needed: on the road from rags to riches, schooling-beyond the basics of reading, writing, and arithmetic-was an unnecessary detour.
Even today, it is still possible for people to achieve financial success without much education, but the number of situations in which this is possible is decreasing. In today's more complex world, the opportunities for financial success is closely related to the need for education, especially higher education.
Our society is rapidly becoming one whose chief product is information, and dealing with this information requires more and more specialized education. In other words, we grow up learning more and more about fewer and fewer subjects.
In the future, this trend is likely to continue. Tomorrow's world will be even more complex than today's world, and, to manage this complexity, even more specialized education will be needed.
26. The topic treated in this passage is _____.
A) education in general
B) Americans' attitudes
C) higher education
D) American education
27. Americans' attitudes toward education have always been _____.
A) certain B) contradictory
C) ambitious D) unclear
28. Today, financial success is closely related to the need for _____.
A) higher education B) public education
C) responsible citizens D) learning the basics
29. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that _____.
A) information is our only product
B) education in the future will be specialized
C) we are entering an age of information
D) we are living in an age of information
30. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A) The History of American Education.
B) The Need for Specialized Education.
C) The Future of the American Educational System.
D) Attitudes toward American Education.
第8题
New York’s Attorney General’s office (26)_______ an investigation in the fall into whether or not Verizon, Cablevision and Time Warner are delivering broadband that’s as fast as the providers (27)_______ it is. Earlier this month, the office asked for the public’s help to measure their speed results, saying consumers (28)_______ to get the speeds they were promised. “Too many of us may be paying for one thing, and getting another,” the Attorney General said.
If the investigation uncovers anything, it wouldn’t be the first time a telecom provider got into (29)_______ over the broadband speeds it promised and delivered customers. Back in June, the Federal Communications Commission fined AT& T $ 100 million over (30)_______ that the carrier secretly reduced wireless speeds after customers consumed a certain amount of (31)_______ .
Even when they stay on the right side of the law, Internet providers arouse customers’ anger over bandwidth speed and cost. Just this week, an investigation found that media and telecom giant Comcast is
the most (32)_______ provider. Over 10 months, Comcast received nearly 12,000 customer complaints, many (33)_______ to its monthly data cap and overage (超过额度的)charges.
Some Americans are getting so (34)_______ with Internet providers they’re just giving up. A recent study found that the number of Americans with high-speed Internet at home today (35)_______ fell during the last two years, and 15% of people now consider themselves to be “cord-cutters.”
A)accusations
B) actually
C) claim
D) communicating
E) complain
F) data
G) deserved
H) frustrated
I) hated
J) launched
K) relating
L) times
M) trouble
N) usually
O) worried
第9题
While Chinese Americans as a group are prosperous and well-educated Chinatowns are pockets of poverty, and illiteracy is much higher among the Chinese than among Americans in general. Those paradoxes are due to sharp internal differences. Descendants of the Chinese Americans who emigrated long ago from Toishan Province have maintained Chinese values and have added acculturation to American society with remarkable success. More recent Hong Kong Chinese are from more diverse cultural origins, and acquired western values and styles in Hong Kong, without having acquired the skills to proper and support those aspirations in the American economy. Foreign- born Chinese men in the United States earn one-fourth lower incomes than native-born Chinese even though the foreign-born have been in the United States an average of seventeen years. While the older Hong Kong Chinese work tenaciously to sustain and advance themselves, the Hong Kong Chinese youths often react with resentment and antisocial behavior, including terrorism and murder. The need to maintain tourism in Chinatown causes the Chinese leaders to mute or downplay these problems as much as possible.
According to the passage, today, Chinese Americans owe their prosperity to ______.
A.their diligence and better education than others
B.their support of American government
C.their fight against discriminations
D.advantages in working only
第10题
44 its economy continues to recover, the US is increasingly becoming a nation of part-timers and temporary workers. This " 45 " work force is the most important 46 in American business today, and it is 47 changing the relationship between people and their jobs. The phenomenon provides a way for companies to remain globally competitive 48 avoiding market cycles and the growing burdens 49 by employment rules, healthcare costs and pension plans. For workers it can mean an end to the security, benefits and sense of 50 that came from being a loyal employee.
41. [A] swarm [B] stride [C] separate [D] slip
42. [A] For [B] Because [C] As [D] Since
43. [A] from [B] in [C] on [D] by
44. [A] Even though [B] Now that [C] If only [D] Provided that
45. [A] durable [B] disposable [C] available [D] transferable
46. [A] approach [B] flow [C] fashion [D] trend
47. [A] instantly [B] reversely [C] fundamentally [D] sufficiently
48. [A] but [B] while [C] and [D] whereas
49. [A] imposed [B] restricted [C] illustrated [D] confined
50. [A] excitement [B] conviction [C] enthusiasm [D] importance
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