在职攻硕英语考试

【单选题】Whenthetemperatureisbelowzero,waterwill（）
A.freeze
B.virtue
C.sink
D.seek

【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、BesidesB、However
C、Whereas
D、Nevertheless

【单选题】Woman: I’ve just been reading through your last project report.Man: I hope you didn’t find much wrong in it.
A．On the contrary
B．On the other hand
C．Don't forget
D．Don't be silly

【单选题】On the large board in the main hall of the airport, you can easily find the different destinations ____ which airlines can take you.
A．in
B．of
C．to
D．by

【单选题】Man: I think I'm going to give up playing tennis. I lost again today. Woman: Just because you lost Is that the reason to quit Question: What does the woman imply
A．The man should stick to what he's doing.
B．The man should take up a new hobby.
C．The man should stop playing tennis.
D．The man should find the cause for his failure.

【单选题】Would you be kind enough_____me how to go to the office
A．as to tell
B．to tell
C．telling
D．tell

【单选题】______ that saw the trade between the two countries reach its highest point.
A．During the 1990's
B．That it was in the 1990's
C．It was in the 1990's
D．It was the 1990's

【单选题】Woman: Bill, I want to have a few words with you about your performance in class lately.Man: I know I've gone down. I just haven't been studying as much as I ought to.Question: What is Bill's problem
A．He doesn't like to perform in class.
B．He doesn't work hard enough.
C．He has gone away lately.
D．He feels depressed.

【单选题】The managing director took the ______ for the accident, although it was not really his fault.
A．guilt
B．blame
C．charge
D．accusation

【单选题】The kids are hanging out. I pass small bands of students, in my way to work these mornings. They have become a familiar part of the summer landscape.
These kids are not old enough for jobs. Nor are they rich enough for camp. They are school children without school. The calendar called the school year ran out on them a few weeks ago. Once supervised by teachers and principals, they now appear to be in "self care".
Passing them is like passing through a time zone. For much of history, after all,Americans arranged the school year around the needs of work and family. In 19th-century cities, schools were open seven or eight hours a day, 11 months a year. In ruralAmerica, the year was arranged around the growing season. Now, only 3 percent of families follow the agricultural model, but nearly all schools are scheduled as if our children went home early to milk the cows and took months off to work the crops. Now, three-quarters of the mothers of school-age children work, but the calendar is written as if they were home waiting for the school bus.
The six-hour day, the 180-day school year is regarded as something holy.But when parents work an eight-hour day and a 240-day year, it means something different. It means that many kids go home to empty houses. It means that, in the summer, they hang out.
"We have a huge mismatch between the school calendar and the realities of family life," saysDr.ErnestBoyer, head of theCarnegie Foundation for theAdvancement of Teaching."
Dr.Boyer is one of many who believe that a radical revision of the school calendar is inevitable. "School, whether we like it or not, is educational. It always has been. "
His is not a popular ideA、Schools are routinely burdened with the job of solving all our social problems.Can they be asked to meet the needs of our work and family lives
It may be easier to promote a longer school year on its educational merits and, indeed, the educational case is compelling.Despite the complaints and studies about our kids’ lack of learning, the United States still has a shorter school year than any industrial nation. In most ofEurope, the school year is 220 days. In Japan, it is 240 days long. While classroom time alone doesn’t produce a well-educated child, learning takes time and more learning takes more time. The long summers of forgetting take a toll.
The opposition to a longer school year comes from families that want to and can provide other experiences for their children. It comes from teachers. It comes from tradition.And surely from kids.But the most important part of the conflict has been over the money.
The author thinks that the current school calendar ______.
A、is still validB、is out of date
C、can not be revisedD、can not be defended