In the 1900's, American townspeople usually washed and brushed their teeth and combed their hair in the kitchen. Or they kept a water pitcher (大水罐) and a wash basin in their rooms and took care of the

第1题

导爆管是一种由高压聚乙烯材料做成的白色或彩色塑料软管，其传爆速度为（）m\s。

A.1900

B.2000

C.1500

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第2题

When enacting the prohibition laws, government officials assumed that ______.A．every Ameri

When enacting the prohibition laws, government officials assumed that ______.

A．every American would buy alcohol illegally

B．all criminal activities would cease

C．patrols of the Canadian border would halt the sale of alcohol

D．the social threat from drunkenness would decline

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第3题

听力原文：A person's social prestige seems to be determined mainly by his or her job. Occup

听力原文： A person's social prestige seems to be determined mainly by his or her job. Occupations are valued in terms of the incomes associated with them, although other factors can also be relevant—particular the amount of education a given occupation requires and the degree of control over others it pro vides. The holders of political power also tend to have high prestige.

Unlike power and wealth, which do not seem to be becoming more equally shared, the symbols of prestige have become available to an increasing number of Americans. The main reason is the radical change in the nature of jobs over the course of this century. In 1900 nearly 40 percent of the labor force were farm workers and less than 20 percent held white-collar jobs. At the beginning of the 1980s, however, less than 5 percent of the labor force worked on farms and white-collar workers were the largest single occupation al category. Blue-collar workers, the largest category in the mid-fifties, now constitute less than a third of all workers. The increase in the proportion of high-prestige jobs has allowed a much greater number of Americans to enjoy these statuses and the life-styles that go with them.

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A．Power.

B．Academic degree.

C．Wealth.

D．Diligence.

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Hawaii, the youngest state of the United States, is different in many ways from the mainla

nd states. The Hawaiian people are a mixture of the【21】Hawaiians and many immigrants who arrived【22】When the first pineapple plantations【23】in Hawaii in the 1900's, there were not enough people living on the. islands to do all the work.【24】more came: the Chinese, Japanese, and the Portuguese were the main groups.

For many years, Hawaiian customs were looked down on or【25】. Now there is new pride in the old ways. Children are learning the【26】language and the traditional songs and dances. At the University of Hawaii there is a great deal of interest in the history of the islands and the culture of the【27】.

Visitors to the islands【28】to see the island paradise as it【29】to be. Large numbers of tourists from the Mainland【30】in Hawaii daily. Signs of modem tourism are【31】. Honolulu and its suburbs, a quiet area of about 250,000 thirty years【32】, is now a crowded area of 800,000 residents and【33】.

As you drive around the island of Oahu, you can find some of the beaches are closed【34】the public, and more and more tourist resorts are being built in areas that were unspoiled. Hawaiians【35】about what will happen to the old way of life.

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A．local

B．original

C．folk

D．migratory

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第5题

During the twentieth century there has been a great change in the lives of women. A woman

marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old. By the time the Youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which chance and health made it unusual for them to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman' s youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and she can be expected to live another thirty-five years and is likely to take paid work until sixty.

This important change in women' s life has only recently begun to have its full effect on women's economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school and took a full-time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school-leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age, and though women marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards return to full or part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life.

We are told that in a family about 1900 ______.

A．few children died before they were five

B．seven or eight children lived to be more than five

C．the youngest child would be fifteen

D．four or five children died when they were five

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第6题

The （） liberation movement has become an important social movement （） much of the world

today.In the past few decades, it （） one of the most important social movements in the United States.Women have been fighting （） equal rights in the U.S.since （）.But it was really in the 1960s and 70s （） women began to gain equal rights and treatment in （） of politics, education, employment and the home.

As for the field of politics, today’s politicians are well （） that women have become a powerful （） in the country.One of the reasons （） this is （） there are about 70 million women of voting age.Voting age in the United States, （） some of you may already know, is eighteen.There are, in fact, 7 million more women of voting age than （） men of voting age in the U.S.Today, not only（） more women voting these days and （） the political structure of the country, （） more of them are becoming better educated.Today’s young American woman is more （） to be a college student than（） mother was.

Today, in the United States, there are at least 5 million women college graduates.（）, this is 2.3 million （） the number of American men with college degrees.But the number is growing each year.

1.A.womansB.womans’C.womens’D.women’s

2.A.throughoutB.throughC.in all over D.all over

3.A.becomesB.becameC.has become D.had become

4.A.againstB.with C.for D.toward

5.A.early the 1900sB.the early 1900s’C.early in 1900 D.early 1900s

6.A.when B.thatC.in whichD.in that

7.A.fieldsB.the fields C.some fieldsD.the research

8.A.aware B.aware ofC.aware about D.awared

9.A.populationB.forceC.party D.group

10.A.toB.inC.forD.beneath

11.A.becauseB.owing to C.where D.that

12.A.if B.as C.even D.just like

13.A.are thereB.there were C.there areD.there is

14.A.are there B.there are C.is there D.were there

15.A.influence B.influencing C.to influence D.influence

16.A.also but B.but too C.but D.also

17.A.likeB.alikeC.likely D.liked

18.A.hisB.theirC.her D.one’s

19.A.Be sure B.To be sure C.Being sure D.It is sure

20.A.fewer than B.less than C.much fewer thanD.much less than

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第7题

In spite of "endless talk of, difference", American society is an amazing machine for homo

genizing people. This is "the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of consumption" launched by the 19th century department stores that offered vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere. Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite, "these were stores, anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. This turned shopping into a public and democratic act. The mass media, advertising and sports are other forces for homogenization.

Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which may not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the National Immigration Forum, Gregory Rodriguez reports that today's immigration is neither at unprecedented level nor resistant to assimilation. In 1998 immigrants were 9.8 percent of population; in 1900, 13.6 percent. In the 10 years prior to 1990, 3.1 hnmigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents; in the 10 years prior to 1890, 9.2 for every 1,000. Now, consider three indices of assimilation—language, home ownership and intermarriage.

The 1990 Census revealed that a majority of immigrants from each of the fifteen most common countries of origin spoke English "well" or "very well" after ten years of residence. The children of immigrants tend to be bilingual and proficient in English. "By the third generation, the original language is lost in the majority of immigrant families". Hence the description of America as a graveyard "for language". By 1996 foreign-born immigrants who had arrive before 1970 had a home ownership rate of 75.6 percent, higher than the 69.8 percent rate among native-born Americans.

Foreign-born Asians and Hispanics "have higher rates of intermarriage than do U.S. born whites and blacks". By the third generation, one third of Hispanic women are married to non-Hispanics, and 41 percent of Asian-American women are married to non-Asians.

Rodriguez not that children in remote villages around world are fans of superstars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks, yet "some Americans fear that immigrant living within the United States remain somehow immune to the nation's assimilative power".

Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething in America？ Indeed. It is big enough to have a bit of everything. But particularly when viewed against America's turbulent past, today's social induces suggest a dark and deteriorating social environment.

The word "homogenizing"(Line 1, Paragraph 1) most probably means______.

A．identifying

B．associating

C．assimilating

D．monopolizing

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第8题

转正需要多少佣金（）

A.1800

B.1811

C.1900

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