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单选题
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[1分]
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Unless
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If
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Even
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Though
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单选题
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According to the passage, where in colonial North America were there the fewest women?
[1分]
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Puritan communities.
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Seaports.
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Frontier settlements.
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Capital cities.
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单选题
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The word “enhanced” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to which of the following?
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Supplemented.
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Confirmed.
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Improved.
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Determined.
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4、【
单选题
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According to the passage, Puritans believed that an unmarried adult woman should be _____ .
[1分]
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financially responsible for herself
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returned to England
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supported by her family
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trained to be a nurse
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5、【
单选题
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According to the passage, what did the Puritans expect from married women?
[1分]
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They should adopt needy children.
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They should assist in their husbands′trade or business.
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They should work only within their own homes.
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They should be apprenticed.
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6、【
单选题
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What does the passage mainly discuss?
[1分]
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Recent development in camera technology.
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How to make white light.
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The additive and subtractive methods of producing color.
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The discovery of the spectrum.
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7、【
单选题
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Which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase “passes on” as used in paragraph 3?
[1分]
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Judges.
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Lets through.
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Dies.
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Goes over.
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8、【
单选题
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Which of the following is not a pair of additive and subtractive primary colors?
[1分]
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Yellow and blue.
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Magenta and green.
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Black and white.
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Cyan and red.
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9、【
单选题
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What explanation is given for the use of the subtractive method in modern color films?
[1分]
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Subtractive colors are more realistic.
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The subtractive process is more efficient.
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Additive chemical techniques are too complex.
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The additive process is still being developed.
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10、【
单选题
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The word “this” in line 11, paragraph 2 refers to which of the following?
[1分]
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Creating and passing on knowledge.
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Drilling and learning by rote.
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Disciplining students.
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Developing moral principles.
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11、【
单选题
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According to the passage, the seminar system encouraged students to _____ .
[1分]
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discuss moral issues
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study the classics, rhetoric, and music
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study overseas
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work more independently
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单选题
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It can be inferred from the passage that before 1850, all of the following were characteristic of higher education EXCEPT _____ .
[1分]
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the elective system
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drlling
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strict discipline
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rote learning
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单选题
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Those who favored the new university would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements?
[1分]
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Learning is best achieved through discipline and drill.
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Shaping the moral character of students should be the primary goal.
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Higher education should prepare students to contribute to society.
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Teachers should select their students′ courses.
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14、【
单选题
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With what is the passage mainly concerned?
[1分]
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The drawbacks of descriptive and inferential statistics.
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Applications of inferential statistics.
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The development and use of statistics.
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How to use descriptive statistics.
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15、【
单选题
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The word“squarely” in paragraph 1 could best be replaced by _____ .
[1分]
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solidly
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geometrically
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rectangularity
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haphazardly
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单选题
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Which of the following statements about descriptive statistics is best supported by the passage?
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It reduces large amounts of data to a more comprehensible form.
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It is based on probability.
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It can be used by people with little knowledge of mathematics.
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It measures only qualitative differences.
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单选题
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According to the passage, what is the purpose of examining a sample of a population?
[1分]
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To compare different groups.
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To predict characteristics of the entire population.
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To detect differences not observable in the whole population.
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To compile more accurate data.
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18、【
单选题
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We are told that productive farmland near cities would _____ .
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prevent possible food shortages
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keep present food prices high
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encourage even more urban growth
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increase the value of urban fringe land
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19、【
单选题
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We are told that in smaller towns on the Prairies,farmland is being consumed _____ .
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in proportion to increased land speculation
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at the rate of 16 000 hectares every 7 years
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principally by lowdensity rural housing
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at a faster rate than in the big cities
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20、【
单选题
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Figures on the loss of agricultural land may not seem“impressive” because _____ .
[1分]
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there is such a large amount of farmland in Canada
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the problem only affects Eastern Canada
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only crops such as corn and soft fruits are affected
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people do not know the real extent of the problem
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21、【
单选题
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The author concludes by asking his readers _____ .
[1分]
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to propose solutions to the problem
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to learn to appreciate the aesthetic value of farmland
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to refrain from disturbing the animals when they visit farms
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to support the preservation of farmland near big cities
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22、【
简答题】
[2分]
解析:
汉德林夫妇就为什么合法的奴隶制直到1660年才出现这一问题做了解释,对此解释的评论文章建议重新审视奴隶制与种族歧视之间关系的假想,进一步说明北美和南美黑人奴隶不同的待遇。
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简答题】
[2分]
解析:
汉德林夫妇在解释合法奴隶制的出现的原因时争论道:在1660年期间,与黑人仆人的地位相比,白人仆人的地位在提高。
24、【
简答题】
[2分]
解析:
汉德林夫妇解释的另一个漏洞是,他们认为在合法奴隶制之前不存在对黑人的歧视。
25、【
简答题】
[2分]
解析:
这样的歧视有时几乎是终生的奴役或者是世代固有的奴隶身份——两个真正奴隶制的特征——而在其他一些事例中,它占有这两个特征。
26、【
简答题】
[2分]
解析:
另外,合法的奴隶制出现之前所存在的歧视进一步说明了北美比南美黑人奴隶的待遇更差。
27、【
简答题】
Directions:
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[20分]
解析:
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