The horse and carriage is a thing of the past, but love and marriage are still with us and

第1题

The horse and carriage is a thing of the past, but love and marriage are still with us a

nd still closely interrelated.Most American marriages,（） first marriages uniting young people, are the result of mutual attraction and affection （） than practical considerations.

In the United Stated, parents do not （） marriages for their children.Teenagers begin dating in high school and usually find mates through their own academic and social （）.

（） young people feel free to choose their friends from （） groups, most choose a mate of similar （）.

This is due in part to parental guidance.Parents cannot （） spouses for their children, but they can usually （） choices by voicing disapproval of someone they consider unsuitable.

（）, marriages between members of different groups (interclass, interfaith, and interracial marriages) are （）, probably because of the greater mobility of today’s youth and the fact that they are （） by fewer prejudices than their parents.Many young people leave their hometowns to attend college, serve in the armed forces, （） pursue a career in a bigger city.

Once away from home and family, they are more （） to date and marry outside their own social group.

In mobile American society, interclass marriages are neither （） nor astonishing.Interfaith marriages are （） the rise, especially between Protestants (基督教徒) and Catholics (天主教徒).On the other hand, interracial marriages are still very （）.It can be difficult for interracial couples to find a place to live, maintain friendships, and （） a family.Marriages between people of different national （） (but the same race and religion) have been commonplace here （） colonial times.

1.A.specially B.naturally C.particularly D.fortunately

2.A.moreB.rather C.lessD.better

3.A.arrangeB.engageC.manage D.propose

4.A.position B.association C.contract D.contacts

5.A.Since B.ThoughC.IfD.Hence

6.A.separate B.identical C.independentD.different

7.A.backgroundB.situation C.circumstance D.condition

8.A.opposeB.reject C.select D.approve

9.A.influenceB.make C.afford D.provide

10.A.ThereforeB.However C.MoreoverD.Likewise

11.A.decliningB.prohibitingC.increasingD.reducing

12.A.restrained B.retained C.reserved D.restricted

13.A.butB.orC.soD.otherwise

14.A.likelyB.possible C.reluctant D.lonely

15.A.scarceB.risky C.rare D.rigid

16.A.in B.atC.forD.on

17.A.normal B.uncommon C.ordinary D.unite

18.A.raise B.settle C.growD.unite

19.A.source B.convention C.origin D.immigrant

20.A.sinceB.forC.inD.during

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第2题

There're only 800 people in Fairfield, and most of them do the same thing at the same time

every' week day. Every morning, Monday through Friday, when the big clock strikes seven, old Bruce Hunt walks past the Farmers' Bookshop. He's on his way to work at the bus-station. And when Bruce walks past the book shop, Robert Brown opens his shop next door and waves to Bruce. When Robert waves to Bruce, you can set your watch and you know it's seven.

If you miss Bruce and Robert, you can set your watch when Miss Mary Smith opens the door of the post office. You know it's seven fifty-five. She has five minutes to get ready for work—to put away her raincoat

and take off her hat and coat. Rain or shine, Miss Mary Smith brings raincoat. "You never can tell what the weather will be like when it's time to go home," she always says.

One after another the shops along Main Street open for the day. The clothes shop and the fruit shop get open for business. When Mr. King opens the bookshop, the clock above the shop strides nine.

But every weekday, people go to bed early in Fairfield. The streets are quiet, and the houses are dark when the big clock over the Farmers' Bookshop strikes tell o'clock. The small town is getting ready for tomorrow.

The post office starts its business at ______ every weekday.

A．7:00

B．7:55

C．0.333333

D．0.375

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第3题

It is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory. The meanings of thousan

ds of everyday perceptions, the bases【B1】the decisions we make, and the roots of our habits and skills are to be【B2】in our past experiences, which are brought into the present【B3】memory.

Memory can be defined as the capacity to keep【B4】available for later use. It includes not only "remembering" thing like arithmetic or historical facts, but also any change in the way an animal typically behaves. Memory is【B5】when a rat gives up eating grain because he has sniffed something suspicious in the grain pile. Memory is also involved when a six year old child learns to swing a baseball bat.

Memory【B6】not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines. Computers, for example, contain devices for storing data for later use. It is interesting to compare the memory storage capacity of a computer【B7】that of a human being. The instant access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100 000 "words" ready for【B8】use. An average American teenager probably recognizes the meanings of about 100 000 words of English. However, this is but a fraction of the total【B9】of information which the teenager has stored. Consider, for example, the number of facts and places that the teenager can recognize on sight. The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem solving intelligence of human beings. A large part of a person's memory is in terms of words and【B10】of words.

【B1】

A．of

B．to

C．for

D．on

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第4题

It happened in the late fall of 1939 when, after a Nazi submarine had penetrated the Briti

sh sea defense around the Firth of Forth and damaged a British cruiser, Reston and a colleague contrived to get the news past British censorship. They cabled a series of seemingly harmless sentences to The Times's editors in New York, having first sent a message instructing the editors to regard only the last word of each sentence. Thus they were able to convey enough words to spell out the story. The fact that the news of the submarine attack was printed in New York before it had appeared in the British press sparked a big controversy that led to an investigation by Scotland Yard and British Military Intelligence. But it took the investigators eight weeks to decipher The Times's reporters' code, an embarrassingly slow bit of detective work, and when it was finally solved the incident had given the story very prominent play, later expressed dismay that the reporters had risked so much for so little. And the incident left Reston deeply distressed. It was so out of character for him to have. become involved in such a thing. The tactics were questionable and, though the United States was not yet in the war, Britain was already established as America's close ally and breaking British censorship seemed both an irresponsible and unpatriotic thing to do.

The episode recounted in the passage took place ______.

A．just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War

B．bofore Britain entered the Second World War

C．before the United States entered the Second World War

D．while the United States was in the Second World War

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第5题

The first thing to notice is that the media we're all familiar with—from books to televisi

on--are one-way propositions: they push their content at us. The Web is two-way, push and pull. In finer point, it combines the one-way reach of broadcast with the two-way reciprocity (互惠) of a mid-cast. Indeed, its user can at once be a receiver and sender of broadcast—a confusing property, but mindstretching!

A second aspect of the Web is that it is the first medium that honors the notion of multiple intelligences. This past century's concept of literacy grew out of our intense belief in text, a focus enhanced by the power of one particular technology-the typewriter. It became a great tool for writers but a terrible one for other creative activities such as sketching, painting, notating music, or even mathematics. The typewriter prized one particular kind of intelligence, but with the Web, we suddenly have a medium that honors multiple forms of intelligence—abstract, textual, visual, musical, social, and kinesthetic. As educators, we now have a chance to construct a medium that enables all young people to become engaged in their ideal way of learning. The Web affords the match we need between a medium and how a particular person learns.

A third and unusual aspect of the Web is that it leverages (起杠杆作用) the small efforts of the many with the large efforts of the few. For example, researchers in the Maricopa County Community College system in Phoenix have found a way to link a set of senior citizens with pupils in the Longview Elementary School, as helper-mentors (顾问). It's wonderful to sec-kids listen to these grandparents better than they do to their own parents, the mentoring really helps their teachers, and the seniors create a sense of meaning for themselves. Thus, the small efforts of the man—the seniors—complement the large efforts of the few—the teachers. The same thing can be found in operation at Hewlett-Packard, where engineers use the Web to help kids with science or math problems. Both of these examples barely scratch the surface as we think about what's possible when we start interlacing resources with needs across a whole region.

What does the word mind-stretching imply？

A．Obtaining one's mental power.

B．Strengthening one's power of thought.

C．Making great demands on one's mental power.

D．Exerting one's mental power as far as possible.

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第6题

carriage（）

A.马车

B.面具

C.杂技

D.将军

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第7题

Under Rotterdam Rules,carrier shall be responsible for the goods__（）

A.from which are loaded onto until discharged from the ship

B.from which are received for carriage until delivered

C.from which are shipped until delivered to consignee

D.from which are received for carriage until discharged

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第8题

使用外接驱动工装直接驱动carriage和EPIDα轴时两人操作可避免风险（）

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第9题

The responsibility of the carrier for the goods __ the period during which the carrier is in charge of the goods at the port of loading, during the carriage and at the port of discharge（）

A.covers

B.recovers

C.dovers

D.overs

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第10题

There ______ to be some doubt as to the law governing a contract for through carriage part

ly by land and partly by sea．

A.looks

B.appears

C.sees

D.sights

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