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[1分]
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On Thursday night.
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On Monday night.
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On Friday morning.
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On Thursday morning
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2、【
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[1分]
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Try to help him find rooms in another hotel.
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Check to see if there are any vacancies in her hotel.
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Let him move to a room with two single beds.
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Show him the way to Imperial Hotel.
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3、【
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[1分]
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Robust.
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Brave.
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Generous.
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Dangerous.
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4、【
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[1分]
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He loves his present job.
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He is going to open a store.
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He is about to retire.
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He works in a repair shop.
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[1分]
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She has confidence in him.
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She has also won a scholarship.
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She is surprised at the news.
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She is not interested in the news.
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6、【
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[1分]
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His only son is dying.
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His mother died some time ago.
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He didn’t like after his sick wife.
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He hasn’t taken good care of his son.
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7、【
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[1分]
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At the airport.
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In a travel agency.
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In a hotel.
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At the reception desk.
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8、【
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[1分]
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He is not equal to the job.
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He is not well paid for his work.
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He doesn’t think the job is challenging enough.
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He cannot keep his mind on his work.
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9、【
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[1分]
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The talks haven’t started yet.
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The talks haven’t achieved much.
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The talks have produced a general agreement.
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The talks broke down and could go to further.
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10、【
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[1分]
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Help him to carry some luggage.
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Get some travel information.
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Tell him the way to the left luggage office.
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Look after something for him.
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11、【
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[1分]
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Crowded air traffic.
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The large size of airplanes.
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Mistakes by air traffic controllers.
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Bad weather.
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12、【
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[1分]
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They bumped into each other over a swimming pool.
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They avoided each other by turning in different directions.
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They narrowly escaped crashing into each other.
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One plane climbed above the other at the critical moment.
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13、【
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[1分]
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To show the key role played by air traffic controllers.
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To show the great responsibility shouldered by the pilots.
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To give an example of air disasters.
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To show that air travel is far safer than driving a car.
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14、【
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[1分]
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Her unique experience.
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Her future prospects.
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Her favorite job.
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Her lonely life.
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[1分]
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Authority.
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A good relationship.
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Good luck.
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Independence.
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16、【
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[1分]
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She will live an empty life.
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She will work in a bookstore.
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She will remain single.
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She will earn a lot of money.
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17、【
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[1分]
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She should find a good job.
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She should open a small restaurant.
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She should have more control over her life.
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She should get married.
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18、【
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[1分]
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In day-care centers where little children were taken care of.
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In areas in Chicago poor people lived.
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In places where hot lunch was provided for factory workers.
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In schools where free classes were organized for young people.
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19、【
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[1分]
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For young people and adults.
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For immigrants.
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For factory works.
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For poor city children.
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20、【
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[1分]
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Jane Adams’ contributions to society.
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Jane Adams’ struggle for women’s liberation.
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Jane Adams’ life story.
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Jane Adams’ responsibility for the poor.
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21、【
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What started the public and Congressional concern about deceptive packaging rumpus?
[1分]
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Consumers’ complaints about the changes in the package size.
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Expensive packaging for poor quality products.
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A senator’s discovery of the tricks in packaging.
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The rise in the unit price for many products.
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22、【
单选题
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The word “undue” (Para. 2) means “________”.
[1分]
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improper
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adequate
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unexpected
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excessive
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23、【
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Consumers are concerned about the changes in the package size, mainly because ________.
[1分]
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they hate to see any changes in things they are familiar with
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they unit price for a product often rises as a result
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they have to pay for the cost of changing package sizes
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this entails an increase in the cost of packaging
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24、【
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According to this passage, various types of packaging come into existence to ________.
[1分]
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meet the needs of consumers
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suit all kinds of products
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enhance the market position of products
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introduce new products
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25、【
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The author is critical mainly of ________.
[1分]
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dishonest packaging
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inferior packaging
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the changes in package size
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exaggerated illustrations on packages
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26、【
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Which of the following applies to the management of human resources in American companies?
[1分]
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They hire people at the lowest cost regardless of their skills.
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They see the gaining of skills as their employees’ own business.
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They attach more importance to workers than equipment.
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They only hire skilled workers because of keen competition.
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27、【
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What is the position of the head of human-resource management in an American firm?
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He is one of the most important executives in firms.
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His post is likely to disappear when new technologies are introduced.
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He is directly under the chief financial executives in the firms.
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He has no say in making important decisions in the firm.
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28、【
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The money most American firms put in training mainly goes to ________.
[1分]
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workers who can operate new equipment
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technological and managerial staff
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workers who lack basic background skills
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top executives
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29、【
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According to the passages, the decisive factor in maintaining a firm’s competitive advantage is ________.
[1分]
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the introduction of new technologies
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the improvement of worker’s basic skills
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the rational composition of professional and managerial employees
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the attachment of importance to the bottom half of the employees
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30、【
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What is the main idea of the passage?
[1分]
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American firms are different from Japanese and German firms in human-resource management.
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Extensive retraining is indispensable to effective human-resource management.
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The head of human-resource management must be in the central position in a firm’s hierarchy.
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The human-resource management strategies of American firms affect their competitive capacity.
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31、【
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According to the author, an ideal biographer would be one who ________.
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knows the subject very well and yet maintains a proper distance from him
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is close to the subject and knows the techniques of biography writing
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is independent and treats the subject with fairness and objectivity
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possesses special private information and is sympathetic toward the subject
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32、【
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The author cites the biographies of Jesus in the Bible in order to show that ________.
[1分]
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the best biographies are meant to transform their readers
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biographies are authentic accounts of their subjects’ lives
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the best biographies are the of heroes and famous figures
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biographies can serve different purpose
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33、【
单选题
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Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage?
[1分]
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An authentic biography seldom appeals to its readers.
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An authentic biography is one authorized by the subject.
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No one can write a perfect biography.
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Authorized biographies have a wider readership.
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34、【
单选题
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An unauthorized biography is likely to attract more readers because ________.
[1分]
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it portrays the subject both faithfully and vividly
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it contains interesting information about the subject’s private life
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it reveals a lot of accurate details unknown to outsiders
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it usually gives a sympathetic description of the subject’s character
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35、【
单选题
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In this passage, the author focuses on ________.
[1分]
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the difficulty of a biographer in finding the proper perspective to do his job
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the secret of a biographer to win more readers
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the techniques required of a biographer to write a food biography
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the characteristics of different kinds of biographies
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36、【
单选题
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The author is convinced that the eyes are ________.
[1分]
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of extreme importance in expressing feelings and exchanging ideas
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something through which one can see a person’s inner world
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of considerable significance in making conversations interesting
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something the value of which is largely a matter of long debate
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37、【
单选题
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Babies will not be stimulated to smile by a person ________.
[1分]
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whose front view is fully perceived
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whose face is covered with a mask
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whose face is seen from the side
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whose face is free of any covering
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38、【
单选题
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According to the passage, the Japanese fix their gaze on their conversation partner’s neck because ________.
[1分]
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they don’t like to keep their eyes on the face of the speaker
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they need not communicate through eye contact
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they don’t think it polite to have eye contact
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they didn’t have much opportunity to communicate through eye contact in babyhood
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39、【
单选题
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According to the passage, a conversation between two Americans may break down due to ________.
[1分]
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one temporarily glancing away from the other
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eye contact of more than one second
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improperly-timed ceasing of eye contact
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constant adjustment of eye contact
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40、【
单选题
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To keep a conversation flowing smoothly, it is better for the participants ________.
[1分]
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not to wear dark spectacles
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not to make any interruptions
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not to glance away from each other
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not to make unpredictable pauses
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