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【单选题】thE DrAmA CritiC, on thE othEr hAnD, hAs no suCh ADvAntAgE. hE CAnnot BE sElECtivE; hE must CovEr EvErything thAt is oFFErED For puBliC sCrutiny in thE prinCipAl plAyhousEs oF thE City whErE hE works. thE Column spACE thAt sEEmED, yEstErDAy, so pitiFully inADEquAtE to ContAin his CommEnts on longDAy’s journEy into night is roughly thE sAmE As thAt whiCh yAwns toDAy For his vErDiCt on thE lAtEst sCrAp oF milk-FED kitsCh thAt hAs ChAnCED to FinD For itsElF A numBskull hACkEr with A hunDrED thousAnD DollArs to losE. this stAtE oF AFFAirs mAy hElp to ExplAin why thE nEw york thEAtEr rEviEwErs ArE so oFtEn, AnD so unjustly, stigmAtizED As BAlEFul AnD DEstruCtivE FiEnDs. thEy spEnD most oF thEir proFEssionAl livEs AttEmpting to pronounCE intElligEnt juDgmEnts on plAys thAt hAvE no AspirAtion to intElligEnCE. it is hArDly surprising thAt thEy lAsh out oCCAsionAlly; in FACt, whAt AmAzEs mE ABout thEm is thAt thEy Do not lAsh out morE violEntly AnD morE FrEquEntly.As shAw sAiD oF his FEllow-CritiCs in thE ninEtiEs, thEy ArE "A CulpABly inDulgEnt BoDy oF mEn." imAginE thE vErBAl ExCoriAtions thAt woulD BE inFliCtED iF lionEl trilling, or somEonE oF CompArABlE EminEnCE, wErE CAllED on to rEviEw FivE Books A month oF whiCh thrEE wErE novElEttEs ComposED oF CriminAl ConFEssions. thE ButChErs oFBroADwAy woulD sEEm lAmBs By CompArison.
thE pArAgrAph prEvious to this onE most proBABly DisCussEs thE ______.
A、work oF A Book rEviEwEr
B、ChArACtEristiCs oF thE rEADing puBliC
C．ADvAntAgEs oF BEing A DrAmA CritiC
D．Costs oF plAy proDuCtion

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【单选题】Business and government managers often promote "clean desk" policies to avoid disorganized offices and messy desks, ______ boosting work efficiency and productivity.
A、for the purpose ofB、for good of
C、for purpose of
D、for the fun of

【单选题】 When the colonel learned that headquarters had been unable to send him reinforcements, he ______ the order for the scheduled attack.
A．countermanded
B．relinquished
C．rephrased
D．invalidated

【单选题】It can be inferred that researchers abandoned the presynaptic hypothesis because______ .
A．a new and more attractive hypothesis was suggested
B．no research was reported that supported the hypothesis
C．research results provided evidence to counter the hypothesis
D．the hypothesis was supported only by studies of animals and not by studies of human beings

【单选题】I was halfway back to the cottage where my mother lived ______Susan caught up with me.
A．when
B．while
C．until
D．though

【单选题】To the great disappointment of the public, the wanted in the murder case so far remains ______.
A．at large
B．in freedom
C．at ease
D．in prison

【单选题】 The members of parliament were ______ that the government had not consulted them.
A．tolerant
B．indignant
C．crude
D．impatient

【单选题】 When her purse fell overboard, Sally lost her ______, keys, wallet, and cigarettes.
A．vehicle
B．piano
C．compact
D．complexion

【单选题】The food was divided ______ according to the age and size of the chilD、
A．equally
B．individually
C．sufficiently
D．proportionally