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【单选题】Of the 1, 200 million people who call themselvesChinese, ______ a very small number speak what is referred to as standardChinese.
A、none but
B、but for C、all butD、but then

【单选题】 I can think of nothing more ______ than arriving at the theater and discovering that I have left the tickets at home.
A．vicious
B．inviting
C．vexatious
D．immoral

【单选题】According to the article, ______.
A. our concepts of the true and the false are influenced by our traditional customs
B．we always look at the world with pristine eyes
C．philosophers try to explain stereotypes
D．traditional customs are more important than philosophies

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thE FriDgE is ConsiDErED A nECEssity. it hAs BEEn so sinCE thE 1960s whEn pACkAgED FooD First AppEArED with thE lABEl: "storE in thE rEFrigErAtor." in my FriDgElEss FiFtiEs ChilDhooD, i wAs FED wEll AnD hEAlthily. thE milkmAn CAmE DAily, thE groCEr, thE ButChEr, thE BAkEr, AnD thE iCE-CrEAm mAn DElivErED two or thrEE timEs A wEEk. thE sunDAy mEAt woulD lAst until wEDnEsDAy AnD surplus BrEAD AnD milk BECAmE All kinDs oF CAkEs. nothing wAs wAstED, AnD wE wErE nEvEr trouBlED By rottEn FooD、thirty yEArs on FooD DElivEriEs hAvE CEAsED, FrEsh vEgEtABlEs ArE Almost unoBtAinABlE in thE Country. thE invEntion oF thE FriDgE ContriButED CompArAtivEly littlE to thE Art oF FooD prEsErvAtion.A、vAst wAy oF wEll-triED tEChniquEs AlrEADy ExistED--nAturAl Cooling, Drying, smoking, sAlting, sugAring, Bottling... whAt rEFrigErAtion DiD promotE wAs mArkEting--mArkEting hArDwArE AnD ElECtriCity, mArkEting soFt Drinks, mArkEting DEAD BoDiEs oF AnimAls ArounD thE gloBE in sEArCh oF A gooD priCE. ConsEquEntly, most oF thE worlD’s FriDgEs ArE to BE FounD, not in thE tropiCs whErE thEy might provE usEFul, But in thE wEAlthy CountriEs with milD tEmpErAturEs whErE thEy ArE ClimAtiCAlly Almost unnECEssAry.EvEry wintEr, millions oF FriDgEs hum AwAy Continuously, AnD At vAst ExpEnsE, Busily mAintAining An ArtiFiCiAlly-CoolED spACE insiDE An ArtiFiCiAlly-hEAtED housE--whilE outsiDE, nAturE proviDEs thE DEsirED tEmpErAturE FrEE oF ChArgE. thE FriDgE’s EFFECt upon thE EnvironmEnt hAs BEEn EviDEnt, whilE its ContriBution to humAn hAppinEss hAs BEEn insigniFiCAnt. iF you Don’t BEliEvE mE, try it yoursElF, invEst in A FooD CABinEt AnD turn oFF your FriDgE nExt wintEr. you mAy miss thE hAmBurgErs, But At lEAst you’ll gEt riD oF thAt tErriBlE hum.

whiCh oF thE Following phrAsEs in thE FiFth pArAgrAph inDiCAtEs thE FriDgE’s nEgAtivE EFFECt on thE EnvironmEntA．hum AwAy Continuously.
B．ClimAtiCAlly Almost unnECEssAry.
C．ArtiFiCiAlly-CoolED spACE.
D．with milD tEmpErAturEs.

【单选题】The tone of this passage is ______.
A．critical
B．factual
C．humorous
D．romantic

【单选题】 All of the following statements are true except that______.
A．newly married couple may beautify their house for themselves
B．women seldom repair things by themselves according to this passage
C．only old men can fix their own record-players
D．both men and women have a false belief that men can repair a lot of things