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Woman: Robert, how's your trip to South DakotaMan: I believe the old saying that travel east and west, a man's own house is still the best.Question: What does the man meanA．He didn't like the house in South Dakota.
B．He has spent too much time on the road.
C．He didn't enjoy the trip very much.
D．He didn't like the house where they lived in South Dakota.______ofthefinancialcrisis,alltheycouldd
______ of the financial crisis, all they could do was hold on and hope that things would improve. A．At the bottom
B．At the height
C．On the top
D．In the end
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Texte 2 Formation technique et formation continue L’enseignement technique, qui avait longtemps souffert d’un préjugé défavorable, est devenu l’enseignement majoritaire à la sortie des collèges. Sur 1 500 000 élèves des classes de 3e aux terminales, les deux tiers sont engagés dans des enseignements professionnels.Chaque année, près de 400 000 candidats se présentent au certificat d’aptitude professionnel et 90 000 aux baccalauréats de technicien, placés aujourd’hui au même niveau que les baccalauréats d’enseignement général.En outre, 200 000 jeunes sont formés, sous la tutelle du ministère de l’Education, par la voie de l’apprentissage. Après le baccalauréat, les brevets de technicien supérieur et les dipl mes universitaires de technologie sont préparés par plus de 75 000 étudiants.Depuis 1971, d’autre part, tout salarié peut bénéficier avec maintien du salaire, d’une formation complémentaire financée par l’entreprise.Depuis juillet 1978, cette possibilité est également offerte à des non salariés qui peuvent suivre les formations de leur choix avec, dans certains cas, une rémunération versée par l’Etat.En 1978, 2 700 000 stagiaires, dont 1/3 environ de femmes, ont ainsi bénéficié d’une mise à jour de leurs connaissances ou d’un perfectionnement professionnel. Plus de la moitié de ces stagiaires étaient des ouvriers spécialisés ou qualifiés, un quart du personnel de ma trise. La durée moyenne des formations données a été de 80 heures pour les stagiaires bénéficiant des stages financés par les entreprises, de 200 heures pour les stages financés par l’Etat. Les organismes de formation sont pour moitié des institutions publiques ou privées.Ainsi le développement de l’enseignement technique et l’essor pris par la formation des adultes, ont entra né un changement profond du système éducatif. Pendant longtemps, l’enseignement technique en France a été considéré comme ________.
A、le meilleur du monde
B．le moins développé du monde
C．celui qui avait beaucoup d’importance
D、celui qui avait peu d’importanceBeforethe1850’stheUnitedStateshadanumber
Before the 1850’s the United States had a number of small colleges, most of them dating from colonial days. They were small, church-connected institutions whose primary concern was to shape the moral character of their students.
ThroughoutEurope, institutions of higher learning had developed, bearing the ancient name of university. In Germany a different kind of university had developeD、The German university was concerned primarily with creating and spreading knowledge, not morals.Between mid-century and the end of the 1800’s, more than nine thousand youngAmericans, dissatisfied with their training at home, went to Germany for advanced study. Some of them returned to become presidents of venerable (受人尊敬的) colleges—Harvard, Yale,Columbia—and transform them into modern universities. The new presidents broke all ties with the churches and brought in a new kind of faculty. Professors were hired for their knowledge of a subject, not because they were of the proper faith and had a strong arm for disciplining students. The new principle was that a university was to create knowledge as well as pass it on, and this called for a faculty composed of teacher scholars.Drilling and learning by rote (死记硬背) were replaced by the German method of lecturing, in which the professor’s own research was presented in class. Graduate training leading to the Ph.D, an ancient German degree signifying the highest level of advanced scholarly attainment, was introduceD、With the establishment of the seminar system, graduate students learned to question, analyze, and conduct their own research.
At the same time, the new university greatly expanded in size and course offerings, breaking completely out of the old, constricted curriculum of mathematics, classics, rhetoric, and musiC、The president of Harvard pioneered the elective system, by which students were able to choose their own courses of study. The notion of major fields of study emergeD、The new goal was to make the university relevant to the real pursuits of the worlD、Paying close heed to the practical needs of society, the new universities trained men and women to work at its tasks, with engineering students being the most characteristic of the new regime. Students were also trained as economists, architects, agriculturalists, social welfare workers, and teachers.
It can be inferred from the passage that before the 1850’s, all of the following were characteristic of higher educationEXCEPT______.A．the elective system
B．drilling
C．strict discipline
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{{B}}Passage One{{/B}}DeborahBarrett believes that teaching is a practice of ______.A．reflection
Career counselors had told her to get out of the highly extroverted public relations fields " so you can be happy and do what you are. "Among the less fast-paced areas they pointed to: art, scientific research, data analysis.
Such a move is definitely the right road for many introverts struggling to fit into an extroverted workplace.
So, just what is an introvert anyway It’s someone who is energized by thought and reflection, while extroverts are energized by socializing. Introverts naturally need to think before they speak.Extroverts use the speaking process to figure out what it is they want to say.
And, needless to say, there are pluses and minuses to both personality types.
Still, in the modern world where as many as two-thirds of the population may be extroverted, those who are the opposite can be misunderstooD、They can be seen as antisocial, secretive, even territorial, because they can sometimes try to protect their "space" and quiet.
Workplaces can actually benefit from having both types, saysDeborahBarrett, program director of the Rice University MBA、communications program.
An introvert herself, she says she has the best of both worlds—working in an environment of professors, who tend towards introversion, yet getting to teach, which calls on her more "out there" skills.
Here’s her advice for those looking to follow the same path:
Make good use of e-mail. If you don’t get to make a point at a loud meeting, send a follow-up email sharing your thoughts.
If you don’t have an office and are easily distracted by ongoing small talk, consider listening to music through headphones.But take care not to make your more sociable neighbors feel rejecteD、
Sure, she says, if she had moved to a less stimulating environment, that might have "{{U}}short- circuited a lot of nay pain{{/U}}, but I also believe it would have short-circuited learning what’s made me a much more well-rounded person." Her main lesson " I don’t have to be an extrovert. I just have to play at being one for an hour. "
B．introversion
C．energizing
D．socializing{{B}}PassageTwo{{/B}}Accordingtonewresea
{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}}According to Prof. Randolf Menzel, which of the following is NOT trueA．Bees are hard working.
The suggestion that bees were not pulling their weight met with skepticism fromBritish beekeepers. GlynDavies, the President of theBritishBeekeepersAssociation, said that bees were not lazy but efficient. "At any particular stage in its life, a bee has a specific job to do. If they are unable to do that job, they conserve their energy by doing nothing.Each bee has a unit of life energy and the faster it works, the faster it dies. They are being very wise and perhaps humans should try to follow their example instead of running about like headless chickens. "
The idea of the busy bee is several thousand years olD、One current author who has nothing but admiration for the bee is Paul Theroux, the novelist and part-time beekeeper. "I have never seen a bee sleeping. My bees never stop working. " he said, Mr. Theroux, who keeps 85 hives each containing 30000 bees in Hawaii, added that Prof. Menzel’s research could have been affected by his national origins. "Perhaps in comparison to the German rate of work, the bee does look lazy," he saiD、
Few people think that the busy bee idea will go away, despite the efforts of Prof. Menzel. It performs too many useful functions in our culture. In fact, the worship of hees seems to be undergoing a renaissance. IBM recently ran a series of ads drawing on the " waggle dance" of bees, telling businessmen to "make your business waggle. "
Bees are quick learners.
C．Bees have intelligence.
D．Bees have good memory.Man:Whatsportcan'tyoustandwatchingWoman:
Man: What sport can't you stand watching Woman: Boxing, It's a gory sport. Question: What does the woman implyA．She can't stand still for a long time watching a boxing match.
B．It would be tiring to stand there and watch a boxing game.
C．Boxing is a brutal sport.
D．Boxing is a spectator sport.Therocketengine,withitssteadyroarliketha
The rocket engine, with its steady roar like that of a waterfall or a thunderstorm, is an impressive symbol of the new space age. Rocket engines have (61) powerful enough to shoot astronauts (62) the earth’s gravitational pull and land them on the moon. We have now become space (63) .
Impressive and complex as it may appear, the rocket, which was (64) inChina over 800 years ago, is a relatively simple device. Fuel that is (65) in the rocket engine changes (66) gas. The hot and rapidly (67) gas must escape, but it can do so only through an opening that (68) backwarD、As the gas is (69) with great force, it (70) the rocket in the (71) direction. Like the kick of a gun (72) it is fired, it (73) the laws of nature (74) by Sir Isaac Newton when he discovered that" (75) every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.\
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B．been
C．appeared
D．provedWoman:Greysayshe'sgoingtotakethreeextrac
Woman: Grey says he's going to take three extra classes.Man: He's got to be kidding.Question: What does the man mean A．He thinks Grey is too young.
B．He thinks it's a good decision.
C．He's surprised.
D．He is angry.
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In this book, we offer advice that we hope will seem reasonable and worth serious consideration.But as any experienced writer knows, there are occasions when even the best advice may not apply. The demands of writing for different audiences, with different purposes, on different subjects, at different levels of formality are so varied that they cannot begin to be anticipated in a book like this, and we recognize that what is appropriate for one piece of writing may not be appropriate for another. In most cases, you will have to avoid ambiguity at all costs so as not to leave your words open to misinterpretation.{{B}}PassageFive{{/B}}Itwasabout2p.m.onM
{{B}}Passage Five{{/B}}The statement of "The achievement makes him more than a worthy successor to Iverson" in the last paragraph may imply that ______.A．DiMicco bears the hope of Iverson to carry on the close-knit culture
No supervisor had asked them to make the trip, and no one had to. They went on their own. There wasn’t any direct financial incentive for them to blow their weekends, no extra money in their next paycheck, but for the company their, contribution was huge.
What’s most amazing about this story is that at Nucor it’s not considered particularly remarkable. "It could have easily been a Hickman operator going to help theCrawfordsville [InD、] mill," saysExecutive Vice-President John J. Ferriola "It happens daily." Nucor has nurtured one of the most dynamic and engaged workforces arounD、The 11 300 nonunion employees at theCharlotte (N.C、) company don’t see themselves as worker bees waiting for instructions from above. Nucor’s flattened hierarchy and emphasis on pushing power to the front line lead its employees to adopt the mindset of owner-operators.
Nucor gained renown in the late 1980s for its radical pay practices, which base the vast majority of most workers’ income on their performance.An upstart nipping at the heels of the integrated steel giants, Nucor had a close-knit culture that was the natural outgrowth of its underdog identity. Legendary leader F. Kenneth Iverson’s radical insight: that employees, even hourly clock-punchers, will make an extraordinary effort if you reward them richly,treat them with respect ,and give them real power.
Nucor is an upstart no more, and the untold story of how it has clung to that core philosophy even as it has grown into the largest steel company in the U, S. is in many ways as compelling as the celebrated tale of its brash youth. Iverson retired in 1999.
UnderCEODaniel R.DiMicco, a 23-year veteran, Nucor has snapped up 13 plants over the past five years while managing to instill its unique culture in all of the facilities it has bought, an achievement that makes him a more than worthy successor to Iverson.
B．the newly bought plant and facilities are considered as achievement
C．the experience Nucor accumulated is not merely valuable for his own plant
D．the work Nucor has done turns to be the unique culture for the steel-making companies科学发展观的基本内涵。
科学发展观的基本内涵。Althoughinteriordesignhasexistedsincethe
Although interior design has existed since the beginning of architecture, its development into a specialized field is really quite recent. Interior designers have become important partly because of the many functions that might be (56) in a single large building.
The importance of interior design becomes (57) when we realize how much time we (58) surrounded by four walls. Whenever we need to be indoors, we want our surroundings to be (59) attractive and comfortable as possible. We also expect (60) place to be appropriate to its use. You would be (61) if the inside of your bedroom were suddenly changed to look (62) the inside of a restaurant.And you wouldn’t feel (63) in a business office that has the appearance of a school.
It soon becomes clear that the interior designer’s most important (64) is the function of the particular (65) . For example, a theater with poor sight lines, poor sound-shaping qualities, and (66) few entries and exits will not work for (67) purpose, no matter how beautifully it might be (68) . Nevertheless, it is not easy to make suitable (69) for different kinds of space, lighting and decoration of everything from ceiling to floor. (70) addition, the designer must usually select furniture or design built-in furniture according to the functions that need to be serveD、
A、painted
B．covered
C．ornamented
D．decoratedDuringthepastyearsthe______ofautomobilea
During the past years the ______ of automobile accidents in New York City has decreased. A．degree
B．quantity
C．number
D．amount
Vitaminsareorganiccompoundsnecessaryinsm
Vitamins are organic compounds necessary in small amounts in the diet for the normal growth and maintenance of life o animals, including man.
They do not provide energy, (61) do they construct or build any part of the body. They are needed for (62) foods into energy and body maintenance. There are thirteen or more of them, and if (63) is missing a deficiency disease becomes (64) .
Vitamins are similar because they are (65) of the same elements--usually carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and (66) nitrogen. They are different (67) their elements are arranged (68) , and each vitamin (69) one or more specific (70) in the body.
(71) enough vitamins is essential to life, (72) the body has no nutritional use for (73) vitamins. Many people, (74) , believe in being on the "safe side" and thus take extra vitamins. However, a (75) diet will usually meet all the body’s vitamin needs.
A．any
B．some
C．anything
D．somethingTheVikingshaveleftmanytracesoftheirsettl
The Vikings have left many traces of their settlement which are still visible today.Archaeology provides physical evidence of their conquests, settlement and daily life. The study of place names and language shows the lasting effect which the Viking settlements had in theBritish Isles, andDN
A、analysis provides some insights into the effect the Vikings had on the genetic stock of the countries where they settleD、All of this provides valuable information, but the only reason that we have an idea of the "Vikings" as a people is their appearance in the written sources.
Unfortunately, the value of the written evidence is limiteD、Not a lot of evidence survives, and much of what we have is either uninformative or unreliable. Many popular ideas about Vikings are nineteenth-century inventions. Others are the result of early historians accepting sources which modern scholars now regard as completely unreliable. In Scandinavia the VikingAge is regarded as part of prehistory because there are practically no contemporary written sources.Even in westernEurope, the VikingAge is often seen as part of the "DarkAges", from which comparatively few historical records have surviveD、
Surviving accounts of Viking activity were almost exclusively written by clergymen (神职人员). These monastic chronicles (编年史) outline broadly what happened, at what date. There are also sources of a more directly religious nature, such as the much-quoted letters ofAlcuin, and Wulfstan’s famous "Sermon of the Wolf ", both of which chose to interpret the Viking raids as God’s punishment on theAnglo-Saxons for their sins.Even the chronicles reflect the fact that the Vikings often attacked monasteries for their wealth, which created an obvious bias against them, and the hostile tone of these contemporary accounts has done much to create the popular image of Viking atrocities. However, modern historians have noted that the same sources showChristian rulers behaving equally unpleasantly, but without being condemned on religious grounds.
We tend to think of the Vikings as a race of Scandinavian warriors, but the reality is more complex. Raids on theBritish Isles and the coasts of France and Spain were the work of Vikings from Norway andDenmark. The word Viking means one who lurks in a "vik" or bay, in effect, a pirate.
The word "Viking" has come to describe a whole new age inEurope between about 800 and 1150. This is despite the fact that Vikings were not just pirates and warriors but also traders and colonists.But at the start of the VikingAge in the last decade of the 8th century, loot and adventure were the main goals of the Norwegians who raided in Scotland and Ireland and of theDanes who attackedEnglanD、Gold and silver treasures accumulated by the great monasteries could be converted into personal wealth and thus power, and captives could be sold as slaves. What better way for the young sons of good families to earn their way and see the world
The reason why the VikingAge is regarded as part of the "DarkAges" is that ______
A、people at that time were often attacked for their wealth by the Vikings
B、living conditions for both the Vikings and theEuropeans were terrible
C．the contemporary historians are practically in the dark about the Vikings
D．VikingAge is a part of prehistoryItisappropriateonananniversaryofthefound
It is appropriate on an anniversary of the founding of a university to remind ourselves of its purposes. It is equally appropriate at such riffle for students to (61) why they have been chosen to attend and to consider how they can best (62) the privilege of attending.
At the least you as students can hope to become (63) in subject matter which may be useful to you in later life. There is, (64) , much more to be gaineD、It is now that you must learn to exercise your mind sufficiently (65) learning becomes a joy and you thereby become a student for life. (66) this may require an effort of will and a period of self-discipline.Certainly it is not (67) without hard work. Teachers can guide and encourage you, but learning is not done passively. To learn is your (68) .
There is (69) the trained mind satisfaction to be derived from exploring the ideas of others, mastering them and evaluating them.But there is (70) level of inquiry which I hope that some of you will choose. If your study takes you to the (71) of understanding of a subject and, you have reached so far, you find that you can penetrate to (72) no one has been before, you research.
Commitment to a life of scholarship or research is (73) many other laudable goals. It is edifying, and it is a source of inner satisfaction even (74) other facets of life prove disappointing. I strongly (75) it.
A．efficient
B．excellent
C．professional
D．proficientIfthose"madmoments"—whenyoucan’trecallwh
If those "mad moments"— when you can’t recall what your friend has told you or where you left your keys—are becoming more frequent, mental exercises and a healthy brain diet may help.
Just as bodies require more maintenance with the passing years, so do brains, which scientists now know show signs of aging as early as the 20s and 30s. "Brain aging starts at a very young age, younger than any of us have imagined and these processes continue gradually over the years," saidDr. Gary Small, the director of theCenter onAging at the University ofCalifornia, LosAngeles. "I’m convinced that it is never too early to get started on a mental or brain-fitness program," he addeD、
In his book, "The MemoryBible," the 51-year-old neuroscientist lists what he refers to as the 10 commandments for keeping the brain young. They include training memory, building skills, minimizing stress, mental exercises, brain food and a healthy lifestyle. It’s a game plan for keeping brain cells sparking and neural networks in tip-top shape.
"Misplacing your keys a couple of times doesn’t mean you should start labeling your cabinets. Memory loss is not an inevitable consequence of aging. Our brains can fight back," he saiD、
Small provides the weapons for a full-scale attack.According to him, simple memory tests give an indication of what you are up against and tools such as look, snap and connect are designed to make sure that important things such as names and dates are never forgotten. "So if you want to learn names and faces, for example, you meet Mrs.Beatty and you notice a distinguishing facial feature, maybe a prominent eyebrow," said Small. "You associate the first thing that comes to minD、 I think of the actor WarrenBeatty so I create a mental snapshot of WarrenBeatty kissing her brow. "
Small admits it may sound a bit strange but he says it works. " Mental exercises could be anything from doing crossword puzzles and writing with your left hand if you are right handed or learning a language. It could be anything that is fun that people enjoy doing", he addeD、
He also recommends physical exercise, a low-fat diet and eating foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids, such as fish, walnuts andBrazil nuts, and fruits and vegetables high in antioxidants (抗氧化剂) including blueberries and onions in addition to reducing stress.
In the fifth paragraph, the author mainly ______.
A、provides us with the weapons for attacking others
B、introduces the tools that help us fight against memory loss
C、tells us about the important things we should never forget
D、explains the facial features useful for us to remember people