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Superstitions had their origins (起源于) in ______.
A．commands from the "Gods"
B．fear of the unknown
C．evidence of what had actually happened
D．careful studies
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Only after they had performed hundreds of experiments did they succeed in (solve) ______the problem.
Why was the businessman not satisfied with his secretary？
A．He had given the same speech three times.
B．His speech lasted for an hour.
C．He had made three speeches.
D．The speech was not well written.
__________ had I closed the door__________ somebody started knocking on it．
A.As soon as；then
B.Although；yet
C.No sooner；than
D.If；then
No sooner ______ they started to work.
A．had they got to the plant then
B．had they got to the plant than
C．had they got to the plant when
D．they had got to the plant than
Are you superstitious？ No, of course not. Do you believe in magic (魔法), and luck charms (护身符), and elves or gremlins (小精灵) ？ Certainly not, but if I should greet you with the usual How's business？" You'll answer "Oh, just so-so" although your business is profiting greatly. When you are successful in some venture you might say you were just lucky. And yet, you know it was probably due to your a bility and hard work. Why？ Sometimes you knock on wood because wood was once a tree and there is a primitive belief that protective gods inhabit trees and knocking on wood attracts their attention so they may be credited with your successes.
If I should sneeze, only the strongest of you could refrain(克制而不) from saying "God bless you". Why bless this unsanitary (不讲究卫生的) habit？ Our ancestors believed that a sneeze opened the body to invasion by devils, and invoking (召唤) the name of God made the devils get out in a hurry. You may not realize it, but you express this same "devil invasion" when you say, "Whatever can have gotten into that child？" or "I wonder what possessed me to do that？"
Although they may no longer be believed, evidences of superstitions that have had their origins in the primitive fear of the unknown still exist in modern language and gestures.
The author ______.
A．believe that most people are superstitious
B．believe that very few people are superstitious
C．believes that there are still some evidences of superstitions in what we say and what we do
D．is superstitious
Why was the businessman not satisfied with his secretary？
A．He had given the same speech three times.
B．His speech lasted for an hour.
C．He had made three speeches.
D．The speech was not well written.
What did the tramp do after he had been locked in？
A. He stole some expensive items from the store.
B. He made himself athome.
C. He kept himself in bed for 3 days.
D. He had a Christmas party.
Universities charge students a rather high tuition mainly because ______.
A．they provide the students with very prosperous subjects to learn
B．they assume that their graduates can earn much more than they had paid
C．they don't get financial support from the government
D．they need much revenue to support the educational expenses
Legend has it that the first English colonists (殖民者) in Massachusetts (马萨诸塞州) started the custom. According to the story, the Pilgrims~ first winter in the New World was difficult. They had arrived too late to grow many crops, and without fresh food, half of the colonists died from disease. The following spring the Indians taught them how to grow corn. In the autumn of 1621, bountiful crops of corn, beans and pumpkins were harvested. The colonists had much to be thankful for, so a feast was planned. They invited their Indian friends to join them in a large feast to share in the bounties (慷慨) of the land. This is the first Thanksgiving.
The traditional foods of the big Thanksgiving Day meal include roast turkey, cranberries, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie, and Indian bread puddings.
Since the day is set aside for giving thanks, it has also become a traditional family day. Large dinners with many relatives are common throughout America on this special day.
When was the Thanksgiving Day tradition begun？
A．In the 17(上标)th century.
B．On Thursday.
C．Last November.
D．In the 16(上标)th eentury.
To take this approach to the New Englanders normally mean to start with the Puritans’ theological innovations and their distinctive ideas about the church—important subjects that we may not neglect. But in keeping with our examination of southern intellectual life, we may consider the original Puritans as carriers of European culture adjusting to New World circumstances. The New England colonies were the scenes of important episodes in the pursuit of widely understood ideals of civility and virtuosity.
The early settlers of Massachusetts Bay included men of impressive education and influence in England. Besides the ninety or so learned ministers who came to Massachusetts church in the decade after 1629, there were political leaders like John Winthrop, an educated gentleman, lawyer, and official of the Crown before he journeyed to Boston. There men wrote and published extensively, reaching both New World and Old World audiences, and giving New England an atmosphere of intellectual earnestness.
We should not forget, however, that most New Englanders were less well educated. While few craftsmen or farmers, let alone dependents and servants, left literary compositions to be analyzed, it is obvious that their views were less fully intellectualized. Their thinking often had a traditional superstitions quality. A tailor named John Dane, who emigrated in the late 1630s, left an account of his reasons for leaving England that is filled with signs. Sexual confusion, economic frustrations , and religious hope—all name together in a decisive moment when he opened the Bible, told his father the first line he saw would settle his fate, and read the magical words: “come out from among them, touch no unclean thing , and I will be your God and you shall be my people.” One wonders what Dane thought of the careful sermons explaining the Bible that he heard in puritan churches.
Meanwhile , many settlers had slighter religious commitments than Dane’s, as one clergyman learned in confronting folk along the coast who mocked that they had not come to the New world for religion . “Our main end was to catch fish. ”
第36题：The author holds that in the seventeenthcentury New England
A．Puritan tradition dominated political life.
B．intellectual interests were encouraged.
C．politics benefited much from intellectual endeavors.
D．intellectual pursuits enjoyed a liberal environment.
