It's time ____ Adam ____ English now.

A.apple in the Eden

B.apple eated by Adam

C.Men' s throat

D.Men' s eyes

Which of the following can be inferred about Michelangelo's God and Adam？

A．It depicts God and Adam looking in the same direction.

B．It depicts God and Adam reaching out toward each other.

C．It depicts God and Adam facing away from each other.

D．It depicts God holding Adam in his arms.

A.It refers to Adam and Eve’s eating the sweetest fruit in the Garden of Eden which God forbade them to eat.

B.It refers to Adam and Eve’s eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil which God forbade them to eat.

C.It refers to Adam and Eve’s eating the valuable fruit in the Garden of Eden which God forbade them to eat.

D.It refers to Adam and Eve’s eating the fruit of the tree of life which God forbade them to eat.

A.apple from Eden

B.apple for men

C.men' s throat

D.men' s eyes

d or made illegal. But one insidious form. continues to thrive: alphabetism. This, for those as yet unaware of such a disadvantage, refers to discrimination against those whose surnames begin with a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.

It has long been known that a taxi firm called AAAA cars has a big advantage over Zodiac cars when customers thumb through their phone directories. Less well known is the advantage that Adam Abbott has in life over Zoë Zysman. English names are fairly evenly spread between the halves of the alphabet. Yet a suspiciously large number of top people have surnames beginning with letters between A and K.

Thus the American president and vice-president have surnames starting with B and C respectively; and 26 of George Bush’s predecessors (including his father) had surnames in the first half of the alphabet against just 16 in the second half. Even more striking, six of the seven heads of government of the G7 rich countries are alphabetically advantaged (Berlusconi, Blair, Bush, Chirac, Chrétien and Koizumi). The world’s three top central bankers (Greenspan, Duisenberg and Hayami) are all close to the top of the alphabet, even if one of them really uses Japanese characters. As are the world’s five richest men (Gates, Buffett, Allen, Ellison and Albrecht).

Can this merely be coincidence？ One theory, dreamt up in all the spare time enjoyed by the alphabetically disadvantaged, is that the rot sets in early. At the start of the first year in infant school, teachers seat pupils alphabetically from the front, to make it easier to remember their names. So short-sighted Zysman junior gets stuck in the back row, and is rarely asked the improving questions posed by those insensitive teachers. At the time the alphabetically disadvantaged may think they have had a lucky escape. Yet the result may be worse qualifications, because they get less individual attention, as well as less confidence in speaking publicly.

The humiliation continues. At university graduation ceremonies, the ABCs proudly get their awards first; by the time they reach the Zysmans most people are literally having a ZZZ. Shortlists for job interviews, election ballot papers, lists of conference speakers and attendees: all tend to be drawn up alphabetically, and their recipients lose interest as they plough through them.

第46题：What does the author intend to illustrate with AAA A cars and Zodiac cars？

A A kind of overlooked inequality.

B A type of conspicuous bias.

C A type of personal prejudice.

D A kind of brand discrimination.

A.management planning and control

B.on-the-job training

C.union representation

D.fair employment legislation

E.division of labor

__.

A．inevitably led to economic development

B．was an efficient way of organizing work

C．increased the production of existing goods

D．was an important development in methods of production

A.“Lycidas”

B.Samson Agonistes

C.Paradise Regained

D.Paradise Lost

Which of the following statements is not true？

A．Satan tempted(旅惑) Eve to eat the apple first.

B．Eve persuaded Adam to eat the apple after her.

C．Adam also ate the apple without hesitating.

D．Both Adam and Eve finally forgot God' s words.