专四专八考试

【单选题】As FAr As thE stuDy is ConCErnED, whAt hAs CAusED thE BiggEr puBliC hEAlth proBlEm
A．thE rADiAtion
B．thE poor mEDiCAl ConDitions
C．thE wEAk support From thE AuthoritiEs
D．loCAl pEoplE's FEAr AnD innoCEnCE

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单项选择

【单选题】whiCh oF thE Following is not mEntionED As A DiFFErEnCE BEtwEEn thE onE-BEDroom AnD two-BEDroom ApArtmEnts
A．thE onE-BEDroom ApArtmEnts ArE AvAilABlE whErEAs thE two-BEDroom onEs ArE not.
B．thE two-BEDroom ApArtmEnts ArE EquippED with DishwAshErs.
C．thE two-BEDroom ApArtmEnts ArE FAr lArgEr thAn thE onE-room onEs.
D．thE onE-BEDroom ApArtmEnts rEnt 35 DollArs lEss thAn thE two-BEDroom onEs.

【单选题】Drunken driving has become a national (31) .Every hour of every day about threeAmericans on average are killed by drunken drivers, adding (32) to an incredible 250,000 over the past decade.
A、drunken driver is defined as one with 0.10 blood alcohol (33) or through three beers, glasses of wine or (34) of whisky drunk within two hours. Heavy dinking used to be a (an) (35) part of theAmerican macho image and judges were lenient in most courts, but the drunken (36) Zhas recently caused so many well-publicized tragedies, especially involving young children, (37) public opinion is no longer tolerant.
Twenty states have raised the (38) drinking age to 21.After New Jersey lowered it to 18, the number of people killed by 18-to-20-year-old drivers more than (39) , so the state recently upped it back to 21.
Reformers fear (40) the drinking age will have little effect unless accompanied by educational (41) to help young people to resist (42) pressure to drink.
Tough new laws have led to incredible arrests and tests and, in many areas already, to a marked (43) in fatalities. Some are also penalizing bars for (44) customers too many drinks.A、tavern in Massachusetts was (45) for serving six or more double brandies to a customer who was " (46) intoxicated" and later drove off the road, killing a nine-year-old boy.
(47) the fatalities continue to occur in every state, someAmericans are even beginning to speak well of the 13 years of national (48) of alcohol that began in 1919, what President Hoover called the "noble (49) ". They forget that legal prohibition didn’t stop drinking, but encouraged political corruption and organized crime.As with the booming drug trade generally, there is no easy (50) .
A．descent
B．induction
C．reduction
D．decline

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A．BlEnDing
B．AssoCiAtions
C．ComBinAtions
D．mixturEs

【单选题】how mAny ChilDrEn in thE unitED stAtEs suFFEr From thE DisorDEr
A．morE thAn 25%.
B．lEss thAn 25%.
C．onE out oF FivE.
D．onE Fourt

【单选题】i likE shAkEspEArEs vEry muCh, most oF whiCh ______ For thE sCrEEn By now.
[A] ArE ADAptED
[B] hAvE BEEn ADAptED
[C] hAs BEEn ADAptED
[D] wErE ADAptED

【单选题】{{B}}tExtD{{/B}}
E、CEllspACing=0 CEllpADDing=0 wiDth="100%" BorDEr=0>As thE EDitor oF A sCiEnCE mAgAzinE--A FAnny onE--i wAs ContinuAlly BEsiEgED By pEoplE who wAntED rAy hElp in winning A noBEl prizE.
i AlwAys ExplAinED thAt i hAD no inFluEnCE on thEsE mAttErs, But thEy invAriABly tolD mE in grEAt DEtAil whAt thEy’D DonE AnD why thEy DEsErvED A prizE. in somE CAsEs, thEy wErE CorrECt. thEy DEsErvED A prizE All right, But not A noBEl prizE.AnD so, with thE hElp oF somE FriEnDs AnD CollEAguEs, i stArtED thE AnnuAl ig noBEl prizECErEmony.
thE First wAs hElD in oCtoBEr 1991. now EACh yEAr thE sCiEnCE humor mAgAzinE i CurrEntly EDit,AnnAls oF improBABlE rEsEArCh, AwArDs tEn ig noBEl prizEs to pEoplE whosE AChiEvEmEnts, though not prECisEly ignoBlE, "CAnnot or shoulD not BE rEproDuCED、" gEnuinE noBEl prizE winnErs prEsEnt thE ig noBEl prizEs to thE winnErs At hArvArD、A、FriEnDly, stAnDing-room-only AuDiEnCE oF 1,200 givEs A wArm wElComE with wilD ApplAusE AnD pApEr AirplAnEs.
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thE invEntor sAys thAt in ADDition to thE sounDs, onCE A CAt hAs BEEn rECognizED, pAwsEnsE BlACks thE CAt’s kEyBoArD input. it puts up A giAnt mEssAgE on thE ComputEr sCrEEn: "CAtlikE typingDEtECtED、" to unloCk thE sCrEEn, thE progrAm rEquEsts thAt you typE thE worD humAn.A、CAt might BEAt thE systEm through A luCky ComBinAtion oF pAw Blows, But its oDDs oF Doing so ArE low.
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kwon trAvElED From sEoul At his CompAny’s ExpEnsE to AttEnD thE ig noBEl prizE CErEmony. thE kolon
CompAny gEnErously mADE sErF-pErFuming BusinEss suits For thE FivE noBEl lAurEAtEs who pArtiCipAtED in thE EvEnt, As wEll As For thE mAstEr oF CErEmoniEs.
who AwArDs thE ig noBEl prizE to thE rECipiEnts EvEry yEArA．FormEr ig noBEl prizE winnErs.
B．gEnuinE noBEl prizE winnErs.
C．thE EDitors oFAnnAls oF improBABlE rEsEArCh.
D．prEsiDEnt oF hArvArD、’

【单选题】i wAs ______ work lAst wEEk, But i ChAngE minD.
A．to hAvE stArtED
B．to stArt
C．to BE stArting
D．to hAvE BEEn stArting