When did the major quantitative and qualitative leap occur？A.When work PCs were connecte

‍‍Q: What did Ben Carson classmates and teachers think about him when he was first in school？‍‍

A.Careless.

B.Stupid.

C.Brave.

D.Active.

sh by depositors.

W: Thus, Fed serves as a source of last resort for emergency funds. It is one of the major objectives of the Federal Reserve System.

Q: What will the banks do when there is an unusual demand for cash by depositors？

(15)

A．To serve as a source of last resort.

B．To be one of the major objectives.

C．To transfer depositors' funds from one bank to another.

D．To borrow emergency funds from the Fed.

听力原文：W: Did you go to the football match last Saturday？

M: Oh yes. It was supposed to start at 2:30, but it was delayed 15 minutes.

Q: When did the football match start？

(16)

A．At 2:35.

B．At 2:45.

C．At 3:00.

D．At 3:1

听力原文：M: Can you tell me when I can catch the next bus to the Medical School It seems听力原文：M: Can you tell me when I can catch the next bus to the Medical School It seems like I’m going to be late for my class this morning. It’s already 7:38. W: Well, you just missed a bus by 4 minutes. Then you’ll have to wait another 15 minutes for the next one. Q: When did the bus leave according to the conversation （）

A．7:38

B．0．315278

C．0．328472

o us with the birth 【C2】______ , but no one seems quite sure 【C3】______ way it ran.

【C4】______ , we Americans seem to be 【C5】______ to the idea of buying our way to happiness. We shall all have 【C6】______ it to Heaven when we 【C7】______ enough.

And at the same time the 【C8】______ of American commercialism are hugely dedicated to making us deliberately 【C9】______ .

Advertising is one of our major 【C10】______ , and advertising exists not to 【C11】______ desires but to create them--and to create them faster than any man's 【C12】______ can satisfy them. We are taught that to 【C13】______ is to be happy, and then we are 【C14】______ to want. We are even told it is our 【C15】______ to want. It was only a few years ago, to 【C16】______ a single example, that car dealers across the country were flying banners that 【C17】______ "You Auto Buy Now". They were calling 【C18】______ Americans, as an act approaching patriotism, to buy at once, 【C19】______ money they did not have, automobiles they did not really need, and which they would be required to grow tired of by the time the next year's 【C20】______ were released.

【C1】

A．pursue

B．persist

C．preserve

D．prevail

nvironment. It【C1】______changed every aspect of human life and lifestyles. The【C2】______on the worlds psyche would not【C3】______much attention till the early 1960s. From human development, health and life longevity to public health, energy usage and sanitation, the effects were【C4】______. It wasnt【C5】______the Industrial Revolution became an irresistible force overnight. It started in the mid-1700s in Great Britain when machinery began to replace manual labor. Fossil fuels replaced wind, water and wood, used【C6】______for the manufacture of textiles and the development of iron making processes. The full impact would not begin to be realized until about 100 years later in the 1800s,【C7】______the use of machines to replace human labor spread throughout Europe and North America. This transformation is【C8】______as the industrialization of the world. These processes【C9】______sweeping increases in production capacity and were to affect all basic human needs. Not only did society develop the【C10】______to have more things faster, but it would be able to develop better things. These industrialization processes continue today and are likely to be long-lasting.

【C1】

A．dramatically

B．scarcely

C．ethnically

D．absurdly

Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:

When I was studying at Yale, some phenomena puzzled me greatly. I found that Chinese students or Asian students were very polite in class while American students often interrupted the professor, asking questions and dominating the discussion. The Chinese students were not as aggressive as American students.

I was impressed by the role of the professor in the seminar(讨论会). The professor didn’t act as an authority, giving final conclusions, but as a reseac her looking for answers to questions together with the students. One lingui stic(语言的) feature of his interacting with his students was that he used many modal(情态的) verbs—far more than I did in Beiwai. When answering questions, he usually said, “This is my personal opinion and it could be wrong.” or “You could be right, but you might find this point of view also interesting.”

In China, authorities are always supposed to give wise decisions and correct di rections. Therefore, students always expect the professor to give an answer to th e question. I still remember how frustrated they were when foreign teachers did not provide such an answer. Their expectations from authorities are much higher than that of American students. Once the Chinese students got the answer, they w ere sure about it.

Education in China is valued for united thinking. I remember American teachers who taught in our university complaining about the fact that Chinese students u niformly expressed the same idea in their English composition. The examinations in America usually do not test a student’s ability to memorize the material but his ability to analyze and solve problems. Education in America is valued not on ly as a means to obtain employment but as a process of enhancing critical thinking.

31.In the USA, when the students are in class, ____.

A.a Chinese student tends to be very active

B.an American student likes to make trouble

C.a Chinese student likes to puzzle the teacher

D.an American student tends to be vigorous

32.A teacher in the USA prefers to ____ when he answers questions.

A.be very sincere B.be very direct

C.be very self confident D.be very indifferent

33.What is the opinion of the author concerning the difference of teachin g methods between China and the USA？

A.He thinks that Chinese teaching metods can make students learn more.

B.He holds that the major purpose of Chinese teaching methods is to impro ve students’ remembrance.

C.He thinks that American teaching is ability oriented.

D.He holds that American teachers hate to give a test.

34.The author thinks that the relationship between the student and the te acher is ____.

A.more intimate in China B.closer in China

C.looser in USA D.more harmonious in USA

35.The education in USA may produce some ____ graduates.

A.talkative B.conventional C.creative D.imaginative

Why do you forget something？ What is the reason？ You did not learn it _________ . This is the major reason for forgetting.

A、in the beginning

B、at the beginning

C、at first

D、at last

A．To measure their inductive reasoning

B．To measure their school performance

C．To determine whether they are night owls or not

D．To know their academic grades in major subjects

A.endorse the rule of reason

B.direct attention from the inner world of human spirit to the outer world

C.view nature as major source of poetic imagery

D.deny that poetry should be free from all rules