在职攻硕英语考试

【单选题】Woman: Doctor, what's wrong with my fatherMan: He's in pretty good shape, considering.Question: What do we learn from the dialogue
A．Her father is very sick.
B．There is nothing serious with her father.
C．Her father is an athlete.
D．The man is not sure about her father's condition.

【单选题】In the Chinese mind the Spring Festival is ______ with nice food and new clothes.
A．joined
B．related
C．linked
D．associated

【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】The breakup of families is likely to lead to homelessness because a parent with kids may ______.
A．lose his or her job in today's economy
B．be unable to look after the kids
C．not have enough income
D．find residence at a homeless shelter

【单选题】The word library originally meant____.
A．freedom from ignorance
B．collections of books
C．means of communication
D．storage of knowledge

【单选题】Woman: Is the rescue crew still looking for survivors of the plane crashMan: Yes, they have been searching the area for hours, but they haven't found anybody else. They'll keep searching until night falls.Question: What do we learn from the conversation
A．All the passengers were killed.
B．The plane crashed in the night.
C．No more survivors have been found.
D．It's too late to search for survivors.

【单选题】One of the requirements for a fire is that the material______to its burning temperature.
A．is heated
B．will be heated
C．be heated
D．would be heated

【单选题】From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw the ______ that its disadvantages are far greater than its advantages.
A．solution
B．conclusion
C．answer
D．attention

【单选题】______ I admit that the problems are difficult, I don't agree that they cannot be solved.
A．When
B．Where
C．While
D．Why

【单选题】Chicago Public Schools do not seem to, lack teachers of ______.
A．English
B．math
C．science
D．world language