在职攻硕英语考试

【单选题】spEAkEr A: you ArE 40 minutEs lAtE. your typE BrokE AgAin this morning
spEAkEr B: ______.
A．yEs, it's A gooD story.
B．yEs, whAt Do you think
C．sorry. it won't hAppEn AgAin.
D．right. you know mE wEll.

【分析解答题】The standardized educational or psychological tests are widely used to aid in selecting, classifying, assigning, or promoting students, employees and military personnel.But they have been the target of recent attacks in books, magazines, and even inCongress. The target is wrong, for in attacking the tests, critics divert attention from the fault that lies with ill-informed or incompetent users. The tests themselves are merely tools, with characteristics that can be measured with reasonable precision under specified conditions. Whether the results will be valuable, meaningless, or even misleading depends partly upon the tools themselves but largely upon the user.

【单选题】somE politiCiAns ArE sCurrying ABout with muCh zEst AnD AntiCipAtion. it’s timE, thEir polls inForm thEm, to FinD thE quiCk Fix For whAt thEy hAvE DEtErminED is A soCiEty plAguED By thE irrEgulAr hEArtBEAt oF DEFiCiEnt vAluEs.
But thErE ArE ContrADiCtions thAt intruDE on this DEnunCiAtory AtmosphErE. iF thErE ArE morAl omissions in thE soCiEty, thEy CAnnot BE sEAlED By instAnt, slEnDErly BAsED AttACks on EntErtAinmEnt. thE plAin FAin FACt is wE ArE rEArrAnging our prioritiEs in thE wrong wAy.
wE ArE toDAy misplACing our EnErgiEs AnD our FunDing By DirECting All sorts oF inCEntivEs to high sChools AnD CollEgEs. too lAtE. thE morAl sCAFFolDing hAs BEEn Built By thEn, For BEttEr or worsE. how thEn to BEgin this rEvision oF liFE ConDuCt wE must introDuCE in prE-sChool, AnD kEEp AlivE through grADE FivE, A nEw sChool CoursE.
thE CoursE CoulD BE titlED, "whAt is right, AnD whAt is plAinly wrong. " For 30 minutEs EACh DAy, thE tEAChEr woulD illuminAtE For thEsE vEry young ChilDrEn whAt williAm FAulknEr lABElED "thE olD vEritiEs", thE worDs thAt ConstruCt AnD implEmEnt thE DAily morAl grinD in EvEry DurABlE soCiEty must EngAgE iF it is to BE juDgED A "just" soCiEty.
thEsE ArE worDs likE Duty, honor, sErviCE, intEgrity, pity, priDE, CompAssion AnD sACriFiCE, plus thE ClEAr ADmonition thAt violEnCE is wrong. to thE tEAChing oF thE mEAning oF thosE worDs must BE ADDED thAt ClEAnsing rulE oF trEAting othEr pEoplE As you woulD wAnt thEm to trEAt you.AnD most oF All to mAkE surE thAt thEsE kiDs unDErstAnD with growing ClArity thAt homE, sChool AnD ChurCh ArE thE sAnCtuAriEs For thEir lAtEr liFE.
thErE is A grAnD simpliCity to this kinD oF sChool CoursE. it EntErs A ChilD’s minD EArly, Burrowing DEEp into thosE rECEssEs oF thE humAn BrAin thAt EvEn toDAy ADvAnCED mEDiCAl sCiEnCE hAs not BEEn ABlE to pEnEtrAtE.
iF you Ask Enough pEoplE, you will FinD thAt most oF us rEmEmBEr our First-or sEConD-grADE tEAChEr. i rEmEmBEr missCorBEtt AnD miss wAlkEr, who rEAD to us BEForE wE rEAlly unDErstooD, But thE worDs hAD wEight AnD AllurE. wE listEnED AnD, without rEAlly knowing it, wE lEArnED AnD sAvED whAt wE lEArnE
D、pErhAps it wAs BECAusE whAt wE hEArD in thosE EArly sChool yEArs wAs thE First Entry into our lEArning vEssEl.
ABsEnt this kinD oF EArly instruCtion, ABsEnt thE BuilDing oF this morAl shiElD, no CongrEssionAl lAw, no prEsiDEntiAl ExECutivE orDEr, no FiEry rhEtoriC will sAlvAgE A ChilD’s ConDuCt nor loCAtE A missing morAl CorE.
thE Author insists thAt ChilDrEn BE mADE AwArE thAt homE, sChool AnD ChurCh ______.
A、CAn protECt thEm AgAinst morAl FAll
B、CAn givE ComFort whEnEvEr thEy ArE in trouBlE
C、ArE oF grEAt hElp For thEir CArEEr suCCEss
D、ArE FrEE From ChilD ABusE

【单选题】______ their differences, they are united by the common desire to transform their personal commitment into public leadership.
A．But for
B．For all
C．Above all
D．Except for

【单选题】The United States has historically had higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized countries. The current annual marriage (51) in the United States—about 9 new marriages for every 1,000 people—is (52) higher than it is in other industrialized countries. However, marriage is (53) as widespread as it was several decades ago. (54) ofAmerican adults who are married (55) from 72 percent in 1970 to 60 percent in 2002. This does not mean that large numbers of people will remain unmarried (56) their lives. Throughout the 20th century, about 90 percent ofAmericans married at some (57) in their lives.Experts (58) that about the same proportion of today’s young adults will eventually marry.
The timing of marriage has varied (59) over the past century. In 1995 the average age of women in the United States at the time of their first marriage was 25. The average age of men was about 27. Men and women in the United States marry for the first time at an average of five years later than people did in the 1950s. (60) , young adults of the 1950s married younger than did any previous generation in U. S. history.
A、unexpectedlyB、irregularly
C、flexibly
D、consistently

【单选题】She is very ______ about her appearance. Half of her salary goes to clothes.
A．particular
B．peculiar
C．special
D．unusual

【单选题】The dairy industry has taken great pains to increase the number of products from which the butterfat has been ______.
A．revived
B．removed
C．excluded
D．isolated

【单选题】Man: Bill, have you heard the latest news It appears that we won't be laid off after all. Woman: Oh, somewhat I'm tired of working here anyway. Question: What does the woman mean
A．She is surprised.
B．She feels very happy.
C．She is indifferent.
D．She feels very angry.

【单选题】No sooner had I opened the cupboard door ______ I stood before a dangling skeleton.
A．and
B．when
C．than
D．that

【单选题】Speaker A: ______.Speaker B: I'm running a temperature, and feel sick.
A．What can I do for you
B．What seems to be the trouble
C．What are you doing these days
D．How long has this been going on