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单选题
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Mary doesn't seem to favour the idea of a new airport because
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the existing airports are to be wasted
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more people will be encouraged to travel.
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more oil will be consumed.
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more airplanes will be purchased.
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Which of the following is NOT mentioned by Mary as a potential disadvantage?
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More people in the area.
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Noise and motorways.
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Waste of land.
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Unnecessary travel.
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Freddy has cited the following advantages for a new airport EXCEPT
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more job opportunities.
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vitality to the local economy.
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road construction,
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presence of aircrew in the area.
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4、【
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Mary thinks that people dont need to do much travel nowadays as a result of
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less emphasis on personal contact.
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advances in modern telecommunications.
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recent changes in peoples concepts.
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more potential damage to the area
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5、【
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We learn from the conversation that Freddy is Marys ideas,
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strongly in favour of
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mildly in favour of
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strongly against
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mildly against
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6、【
单选题
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What is the main idea of the news item?
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A new government was formed after Sunday’s elections.
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The new government intends to change the welfare system.
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The Social Democratic Party founded the welfare system.
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The Social Democratic Party was responsible for high unemployment.
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7、【
单选题
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The tapes of the Apollo-11 mission were first stored in
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a U.S. government archives warehouse
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a NASA ground tracking station
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the Goddard Space Flight Centre
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none of the above places
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8、【
单选题
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What does the news item say about Richard Nafzger?
[1分]
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He is assigned the task to look for the tapes.
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He believes that the tapes are probably lost.
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He works in a NASA ground receiving site.
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He had asked for the tapes in the 1970s.
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9、【
单选题
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The example in the news item is cited mainly to show
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those doctors are sometimes professionally incompetent
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that in cases like that hospitals have to pay huge compensations
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the language barriers might lower the quality of treatment.
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that language barriers can result in fatal consequences.
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10、【
单选题
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According to Dr. Flores, hospitals and clinics
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has seen the need for hiring trained interpreters.
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has realized the problems of language barriers.
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has begun training their staff to be bilinguals.
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has taken steps to provide accurate diagnosis.
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11、【
单选题
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According to the passage, the new college-entrance system is designed to
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requires students to sit for more college-entrance tests
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reduce the weight of college-entrance tests
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select students on their high school grades only
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reduce the number of prospective college applicants
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12、【
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What seems to be the effect of introducing the new system?
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The system has given equal opportunities to students.
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The system has reduced the number of cram schools.
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The system has intensified competition among schools.
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The system has increased students study load.
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13、【
单选题
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According to critics, the popularity of private education is mainly the result of
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the government’s egalitarian policy
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insufficient number of schools
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curriculums of average quality
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low cost of private education
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14、【
单选题
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According to the passage, there seems to be disagreement over the adoption of the new system between the following groups EXCEPT
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between universities and the government
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between school experts and the government
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between parents and schools
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between parents and the government
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15、【
单选题
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Which of the following adjectives best describes the authors treatment of the topic?
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Objective.
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Positive.
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Negative.
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Biased.
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16、【
单选题
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Which of the following details of Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones is INCORRECT?
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He was born and brought up in Birmingham.
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He used to work in the television industry.
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He is wealthy, adventurous and aspiring.
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He is now selling his own quality foods.
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17、【
单选题
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Most importantly, people like Wilfred have brought to traditional British farming
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knowledge of farming
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knowledge of brand names
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knowledge of lifestyle
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knowledge of marketing
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18、【
单选题
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Which of the following does NOT contribute to the emergence of a new class of farmers?
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Strong desire for country life.
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Longing for greater wealth,
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Influence of TV productions.
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Enthusiasm for quality food business.
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19、【
单选题
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What is seen as their additional source of new income?
[2分]
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Modern tendency to buy natural foods.
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Increase in the value of land property.
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Raising and selling rare live stock. V
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Publicity as a result of media coverage.
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20、【
单选题
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The sentence in the last paragraph “...Britain isn’t catching up with mainland Europe; its leading the way" implies that
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Britain has taken a different path to boost economy.
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more authentic foods are being produced in Britain.
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the British are heading back to the countryside.
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the Europeans are showing great interest in country life.
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21、【
单选题
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From the description in the passage, we learn that
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all Catalonians can perform cast ells.
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cast ells require performers to stand on each other.
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people perform cast ells in different formations.
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in cast ells people have to push and pull each other.
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22、【
单选题
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According to the passage, the4mplication of the performance is that
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the Catalonians are insensible and noisy people.
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the Catalonians show more sense than is expected.
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the Catalonians display paradoxical characteristics.
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the Catalonians think highly of team work.
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23、【
单选题
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The passage cites the following examples EXCEPT __________ to show seny at work.
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development of a bank
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dynamic role in economy
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contribution to national economy
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comparison with other regions
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24、【
单选题
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In the last but two paragraphs, the Ramblas is described as “a front-row seat for Barcelona’s longest running theatrical event”. What does it mean?
[2分]
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On the Ramblas people can see a greater variety of performances
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the Ramblas provides many front seats for the performances
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the Ramblas is preferred as an important venue for the events
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Theatrical performers like to perform on the Ramblas
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25、【
单选题
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What is the main impression of the scenes on the Ramblas?
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It is bizarre and Outlandish
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It is of average quality
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It is conventional and quiet
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It is of professional standard
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26、【
单选题
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What happened to the four remaining lawyers after Patricks disappearance?
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They all wanted to divorce their wives.
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They were all heavily involved in debts.
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They were all recovering from drinking.
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They had bought new homes, yachts, etc.
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27、【
单选题
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Which of the following statements contains a metaphor?
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His name came off the letterhead as the debts piled up.
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…they could see it, almost touch it when their dead partner...
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…, attached unwillingly at the hip by the bondage of mortgages...
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…, and for this he had received no small amount of grief.
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28、【
单选题
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According to the passage, what is the main cause of Patrick stealing the money?
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Patrick was made a partner of the firm.
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The partners agreed to have the money transferred.
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Patrick had access to all the files in the firm.
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Bogan decided to hire Patrick nine years earlier.
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29、【
单选题
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The lawyers were described as being all the following EXCEPT
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greedy.
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extravagant
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quarrelsome.
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bad-tempered.
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30、【
单选题
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Which of the following implies a contrast?
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…, and it would be impossible to hide that kind of money in Biloxi, population fifty thousand.
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They had been joint defendants in several unwinnable lawsuits; thus the bankruptcy.
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There had even been talk of a firm jet, a six-seater.
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His name came off the letterhead as the debts piled up.
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31、【
单选题
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The largest city in Canada is
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Vancouver.
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Montreal.
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Toronto
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Ottawa.
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32、【
单选题
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According to the United States Constitution, the legislative power is invested in
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the Federal Government.
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the Supreme Court.
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the Cabinet.
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the Congress.
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33、【
单选题
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Which of the following is the oldest sport in the United States?
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Baseball.
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Tennis.
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Basketball.
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American football.
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34、【
单选题
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The head of the executive branch in New Zealand is
[1分]
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the President.
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the Governor-General.
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the British monarch,
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the Prime Minister.
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35、【
单选题
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The Canterbury Tales, a collection of stories told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, is an important poetic work by
[1分]
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William Langland.
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Geoffrey Chaucer.
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William Shakespeare.
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Alfred Tennyson.
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36、【
单选题
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Who wrote The American?
[1分]
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Herman Melville.
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Nathaniel Hawthorne.
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Henry James.
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Theodore Dreiser.
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37、【
单选题
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All of the following are well-known female writers in 20th -century Britain EXCEPT
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George Eliot.
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Iris Jean Murdoch.
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Doris Lessing.
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Muriel Spark.
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38、【
单选题
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Which of the following is NOT a design feature of human language?
[1分]
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Arbitrariness.
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Displacement.
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Duality.
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Diachronicity.
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39、【
单选题
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What type of sentence is “Mark likes fiction, but Tim is interested in poetry.”?
[1分]
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A simple sentence.
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A coordinate sentence.
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A complex sentence.
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None of the above.
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40、【
单选题
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The phenomenon that words having different meanings have the same form is called
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hyponymy.
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synonymy.
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polysemy.
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homonymy.
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