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第1题

Which of the following was most important in the development of the fast packets？A．The inc

Which of the following was most important in the development of the fast packets？

A．The increased demand for the transportation of all kinds of cargo.

B．The increase in the number of people who wanted to go to Europe after the war of 1812.

C．The increase in the number of people who wanted to go to America.

D．The increased volume of mail.

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第2题

听力原文：To extinguish different kinds of fires, several types of fire extinguishers have

听力原文： To extinguish different kinds of fires, several types of fire extinguishers have been invented. They must be ready for immediate use when fire breaks out. Most portable kinds operate for less than a minute, so they are useful only on small fires. The law requires ships, trains, buses and planes to carry extinguishers.

Since fuel, oxygen and heat must be present in order for fire to exist, one or more of these things must be removed or reduced to extinguish a fire. If the heat is reduced by cooling the material below a certain temperature, the fire goes out. The cooling method is the most common way to put out a fire. Water is the best cooling material because it is low in cost and easy to get.

Another method of extinguishing fire is by cutting off the oxygen. This is usually done by covering the fire with sand, steam or some other things. A blanket may be used to cover a small fire.

A third method is called separation, which includes removing the fuel, or material easy to burn, from a fire, so that it can find no fuel.

The method that is used to put out a fire depends upon the type of fire. Fires have been grouped in three classes. Fires in wood, paper, cloth and the like are called Class A fires. These materials usually help keep the fire on. Such fires can be stopped most readily by cooling with water.

(30)

A．Separating the fire.

B．Reducing the heat.

C．Removing the fuel

D．Cutting off the oxygen.

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第3题

There seems never to have been a civilization without toys, but when and how they develope

d is unknown. They probably came about just to give children something to do.

(76) In the ancient world, as is today, most boys played with some kinds of toys and most girls with another. In societies where social roles are rigidly determined, boys pattern their play after the activities of their fathers and girls after the tasks of their mothers. This is true because boys and girls are being prepared, even in play, to step into the roles and responsibilities of the adult world.

(77) What is remarkable about the history of toys is not so much how they changed over the centuries but how much they have remained the same. The changes have been mostly in terms of craftsmanship, mechanics, and technology. It is the universality of toys with regard to their development in all parts of the world and their persistence to the present that is amazing. In Egypt, the Americas, China, Japan and among the Arctic (北极的) peoples, generally the same kinds of toys appeared. Variations depended on local customs and ways of life because toys imitate their surroundings. Nearly every civilization had dolls, little weapons, toy soldiers, tiny animals and vehicles.

Because toys can be generally regarded as a kind of art form, they have not been subject to technological leaps that characterize inventions for adult use. The progress from the wheel to the oxcart to the automobile is a direct line of ascent (进步). The progress from a rattle (拨浪鼓) used by a baby in 3,000 BC to one used by an infant today, however, is not characterized by inventiveness. Each rattle is the product of the artistic tastes of the times and subject to the limitations of available materials.

The toys most boys play with are different from those that girls play with because ______.

A．their social roles are rigidly determined

B．most boys would like to follow their fathers' professions

C．boys like to play with their fathers while girls with their mothers

D．they like challenging activities

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第4题

Fish are animals that live in water. They live in almost any place【11】there is water. Some

are found in lakes, other fish live in the sea. Most fish never【12】water. There are about 21,000 kinds of fish. One kind might not look like another. Some fish are very small. The smallest one is no bigger than a fly. Others are very big. The biggest fish can【13】to 60 feet. One kind of fish looks【14】it has a little horse's head. It is called a sea horse. It doesn't swim very well. A sea horse is mostly pushed along by the【15】water. What does it do when it wants to stay in one place？ It takes hold of plants with its little tail.

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第5题

What do we mean by a perfect English pronunciation？ In one【C1】______there are as many diff

erent kinds of English as there are speakers of it.【C2】______two speakers speak in exactly the same【C3】______We can always hear differences【C4】______them, and the pronunciation of English【C5】______a great deal in different geographical【C6】______. How do we decide what sort of English to use as a【C7】______？ This is not a question that can be【C8】______in the same way for all foreign learners of English.【C9】______you live in a part of the world【C10】______India or West Africa, where there is a long【C11】______of speaking English for general communication purposes, you should【C12】______to acquire a good variety of the pronunciation of this area. It would be a【C13】______in these circumstances to use as a model BBC English or【C14】______of the sort. On the other hand, if you live in a country【C15】______there is no traditional use of English, you must take【C16】______your model some form. of【C17】______English pronunciation. It does not【C18】______very much which form. you choose. The most【C19】______way is to take as your model the sort of English you can【C20】______most often.

【C1】

A．meaning

B．sense

C．case

D．situation

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第6题

Ideas about education are changing in the United States. Education today is not just a hig

h school diploma or a college degree. Many adults are not interested in going to college. They are interested in other kinds of learning. For them, learning does not end with a diploma.

Continuing education gives these adults the opportunity to increase their knowledge about their own field or to learn about a new field. It also gives them a chance to improve their old skills or to learn new ones.

Continuing education classes give some adults the chance to learn new skills. There are usually many kinds of classes to choose from, foreign cooking, auto repair, or furniture repair. These are only some of the classes available.

Some adults take classes for fun or because the class will be useful for them. For example, they can choose a class in almost any language as a second language. There are classes in first aid or classes in sewing. There are also many other types of classes to choose from.

Other adults take continuing education classes to improve their own lives because they want to feel better about themselves. Overweight people can find exercise classes or classes in nutrition. Others can learn how to be good parents, or how to get along with other people.

There are many opportunities for adults to continue their learning. Almost any community college or public school system has a continuing education program. There are classes in schools, community buildings, or churches. Most classes are in the evening, so working people can attend. The classes are usually small, and they are inexpensive.

Thousands of people register for continuing education classes each year. They receive no diploma or certificate, and no grade for most of the classes they attend. For them, learning is something they do because they want to.

Some adults go to continuing education classes to ______.

A．get a college education

B．learn new skills

C．get a certificate

D．earn grades

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第7题

"No man is an island," wrote the poet John Donne several centuries ago. He was【C1】______on

e of our most distinctive【C2】______: the fact that we are social animals【C3】______behavior. and personalities are【C4】______by the groups to which we belong.【C5】______life, most of our daily activities are performed in the【C6】______of others. Whether our purpose is working, playing,【C7】______a family, learning, or simply relaxing, we usually pursue in groups,【C8】______the group is as small as two or three people. Our need【C9】______human contacts is not merely a practical one; it is a deep【C10】______need as well. If people are【C11】______of the company of others for prolonged periods,【C12】______breakdown is the usual result. Even the Geneva Convention, an international agreement that【C13】______the treatment of prisoners of war,【C14】______this need. It regards solitary. (孤独的) imprisonment for more than thirty days【C15】______a cruel form. of torture. In its strictest【C16】______, a group is a collection of people【C17】______together in an orderly way on the basis of【C18】______expectations about one another's behavior. As a result of this interaction, members feel a 【C19】______sense of" belonging". They distinguish members【C20】______nonmembers and expect certain kinds of behavior. from outsiders.

【C1】

A．acknowledging

B．verifying

C．proving

D．achieving

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第8题

听力原文： Yuppies are young people who earn a lot of money and live in a style. that is to

o expensive for most people. If you are invited to a yuppie dinner party, don't be surprised if you are offered freshly -cooked insects as a first course. While the idea of eating fried insects fills most of us with horror, insect eating is becoming highly fashionable. For example, in the media industry, successful executives are often seen to eat fried or boiled insets from time to time while working at their desks. These safe -to-eat insects can be found and ordered on the Internet. And young people are logging on to exotic food websites and ordering samples of prepared insects to serve at their dinner parties. Al- though the idea of eating insects is probably disgusting to most of us, few people would claim that pigs, chickens, and some kinds of seafood we often eat are examples of great duty. One day, insects could be marketed and sold as the food item in supermarkets. According to their fans, they are not only high in protein and low in fat, but also very tasty. But until our attitudes to food change fundamentally, it seems that insect-eaters will remain a selected few.

Why did the speaker say we might be surprised at a yuppie dinner party？

A．Because we might be offered a dish of insects.

B．Because nothing but freshly cooked insects are served

C．Because some yuppies like to horrify guests with insects as food.

D．Because we might meet many successful executives in the media industry.

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第9题

Most conceptions of the process of motivation begin with the assumption that behavior. is,

at least in part, directed towards the attainment of goals or towards the satisfaction of needs or motives. Accordingly, it is appropriate to begin our consideration of motivation in the work place by examining the motives for working. Simon points out that an organization should be able to secure the participation of a person by offering him inducements (引诱)which contribute in some way to at least one of his goals. The kinds of inducements offered by an organization are varied, and if they are effective in maintaining participation they must necessarily be based on the needs of the individuals.

Maslow examines in detail what these needs are. He points out not only that there are many needs ranging from basic physiological drives such as hunger to a more abstract desire for self-realization, but also that they are arranged in a hierarchy(等级制度 )whereby the lower-order needs must to a large degree be satisfied before the higher-order ones come into play.

One of the most obvious ways in which work organizations attract and retain members is through the realization, that economic factors are not the only inducement for working as indicated by Morse and Weiss. In line with the social respect and self-realization needs discussed by Maslow, factors such as association with others, self-respect gained through the work, and a high interest value of the work can serve effectively to induce people to work.

According to Maslow, a work organization is able to motivate people to work by______.

A．satisfying their physiological needs

B．satisfying their self-realization needs

C．satisfying hierarchy of their higher-order needs

D．first satisfying their lower-order needs

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第10题

What do we mean by a perfect English pronunciation？ In one （11) there are as many differen

What do we mean by a perfect English pronunciation？ In one (11) there are as many different kinds of English as there are speakers of it. No two speakers speak in exactly the same (12) We can always hear different forms between them, and the pronunciation of English (13) a great deal in different geographical areas. How do we decide What sort of English to use as a model？ This is not a question that can be (14) in the same way for all foreign learners of English. (15) you live in a part of the world like India or West Africa, where there is a long tradition of speaking English for general communication purposes, you should (16) to acquire a good variety of the pronunciation of this area. It would be a fashion in these circumstances to use as a model BBC English or anything of the sort. On the other hand, if you live in a country (17) there is no traditional use of English. You must take as your model some form. of (18) English pronunciation. It does not (19) very much which form. you choose. The most (20) way is to take as your model the sort of English you Can hear most often.

A. meaning

B. sense

C. case

D. situation

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第11题

Today anyone will accept money in exchange for goods and services. People use money to buy

food, furniture, books, bicycles and hundreds of others they need or want. When they work, they usually get paid in money.

Most of the money today is made of metal or paper. But people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells.

Shells were not the only things used as money. In China, cloth and 'knives were used. In the Philippine Islands, rice was used as money. In some parts of Africa, cattle were one of the earliest kinds of money. Other animals were used as money, too.

The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the center. People strung them together and carried them from place to place.

Different countries have used different metals and designs for their money. The first coins in England were made of tin. Sweden and Russia used copper to make their money. Later, other countries began to make coins of gold and silver.

But even gold and silver were inconvenient if you had to buy something expensive. Again the Chinese thought of a way to improve money. They began to use paper money. (80)The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another than paper money used today.

Money has had an interesting history from the days of shell money until today.

Which of the following can be cited as an example of the use of money in exchange for services？

A．To sell a bicycle for $ 20.

B．To get some money for old books at a garage sale.

C．To buy things you need or want.

D．To get paid for your work.

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For most kinds of activities, a large group of people can accomplish more and have more fu