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A.It is impossible to move forward without community support.
B.You’ll be pleased with the electronic services we now offer.
C.If you fail to pass the examination, you will not qualify.
D.In response to your e-mail complaint, we are investigating our agent’s poor behavior.
A.is very impressive by American standards
B.sounds too emotional by American standards
C.sounds too flowery and exaggerated by American standards
D.is very bad English by by American standards
James then asked the woman to consider a poor black mother on welfare. She already has four children and an alcoholic husband who has all but abandoned the family. Now she discovers another child is on the way. "How would you counsel that woman?" asked James.
"Have an abortion," the woman responded. "That child would have a very poor quality of life."
"I have a vested interest in your answer," James said. "The woman I described was my mother. I was the fifth of six children born into poverty. And, in case you're interested, the quality of my life is just fine!"
Kay James ______.
A.is not a black
B.is a poor black mother
C.has five brothers and sisters
D.has a hard life
阅读理解:阅读下面的短文,根据文章内容从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
Stress around interviews is often influenced by our assumptions we make to ourselves about the process. Countering anxiety-provoking thoughts can help to lower levels of anxiety. “I just messed up that answer, and there’s no hope.” One poor answer normally does not knock a candidate out of consideration. An interview is like a test, getting an 85 or 90 might be good enough to get the job.
Visualizing success can improve performance and help ease anxiety. Always try imagining positive interactions with your interviewer, particularly in the hours just before your interview.
To some extent, relaxation techniques, such as progressive muscle relaxation or breathing exercises, can manage anxiety. If your anxiety around interview is excessive, you might consider seeing a doctor to develop effective countermeasures.
1. What often influences the stress around interviews according to the passage? {A、B、C}
A. Interview process
B. Anxiety-provoking thoughts
C. Interviewers’ assumptions
2. Does one poor answer in an interview influence a candidate to get a job? {A、B、C}
A. Yes.
B. No.
C. Not given.
3. Can imagining success help a candidate to lower levels of anxiety? {A、B、C}
A. Yes.
B. No.
C. Not given.
4. How can we reduce our stress around interviews? {A、B、C}
A. Breathe deeply
B. Meet friends
C. Have a big meal
5. When should we go to see a doctor according the author? {A、B、C}
A. When we lose confidence in an interview.
B. When we find effective measures against anxiety round interview.
C. When we have too much stress around interview.
阅读理解:阅读下面的短文,根据文章内容从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
Imagine this situationA、you have bought a faulty item from a shop and you take {A. themB、B. itB、C. him} back to complain. You go directly to the shop assistant and tell them your problem. They say they cannot help you, {A. whichB、B. itB、C. that}makes you angrier, to the point perhaps where you start insulting the poor shop assistant. RESULTA、This will do you no {A. commentsB、B. interestsB、C. favours}, like getting any compensation, or even a refund. If you go directly to the first person you see within the organization you are complaining about, you may be wasting your time {A. asB、B. ifB、C. when} they may be powerless to take any action or provide you {A. toB、B. withB、C. for} a solution. So the important lesson to be learnt is to make sure firstly that you are speaking to the relevant person, the one who has the authority to make decisions.
Motion picture【C8】______experts see two main【C9】______in this movie recovery: an increased need by Americans to【C10】______from economic worries and a large number of new movies with broad audience【C11】______. Movie makers admit that their【C12】______popularity is【C13】______the result of poor【C14】______conditions, which traditionally bring an increase in theater【C15】______. "When people are fearful【C16】______the future, they look for escape,"【C17】______Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America. "In a【C18】______theater, with a 65-foot screen, you lose【C19】______for two and a half hours. People find this【C20】______"
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A.especially
B.furthermore
C.however
D.moreover
Americans, valuing competition, have devised an economic system to go with-free enterprise. Americans feel very strongly that a highly competitive economy will bring out the best in its people and ultimately, that the society which fosters competition will progress most rapidly. If you look for it, you will see evidence in all areas--in all fields as diverse as medicine, the arts, education, and sports--that free enterprise is the approach most often preferred in America.
16. What does the author mean by saying “The ‘self-made man or woman’ is still very much the ideal in present-day America”?
A. Americans no longer respect those who are born rich as they used to.
B. Americans still respect those who have climbed up the social ladder through hard work.
C. Americans think that an ideal man or woman should be born poor.
D. Americans think that only the self-made man or woman is worthy of respect.
17. What does the author think of the American social system?
A. It is a system that does not favor those who are born rich.
B. It is a system that makes social climbing very difficult, if not impossible.
C. It makes it comparatively easy for the poor to move up the social ladder.
D. It is the best system possible in the world
18. Americans teaching in Third World countries found that ___.
A. competition is a unique American (or Western ) value
B. competition must be fostered in the classroom for success in business
C. cooperation is more important than competition in bringing about progress
D. competition is one of the universal human characteristics
19. We can infer from the passage that free enterprise is ____.
A. an economic system allowing free competition among businesses
B. a belief that competition brings out the best in any individual
C. an attitude that values competition rather than cooperation
D. a theory that advocates competition as the source of all progress
20. Americans would most likely frown at you if you ____.
A. complain that you were born poor and had had no opportunities
B. tell then you were born poor and had to work with your hands
C. go around telling people that your father is a self-made man
D. tell them that their social system is not necessarily the best