简答题What does a house mean in the United States? A、It is a dream which many people can hardly realize. B、It is so expensive that many people cannot really buy them. C、It is the most important property that many people try to buy. D、It doesn't belong to people if they can't borrow money from the bank.简答题What do we know about Ricochet? A、She has been helpful for many people. B、She was taught how to surf. C、She saved thousands of people's lives. D、She learnt special skills at service dog school.简答题According to the passage, what is one of the chief aims of education? A、It is for students to acquire knowledge. B、It is to equip future citizens with scientific technology. C、It is to equip future citizens with what is required in getting a position in society. D、It is for students to get academic achievements.简答题Which is NOT true according to the passage? A、A. People have become used to crimes now. B、B. With a TV set some problems can be solved quickly. C、C. People now like to read books with pictures. D、D. The adults are less violent than the young.简答题If the writer stayed with the Globe _____. A、 he would be able to realize his lifetime dreams. B、he would let his long-cherished dreams fade away. C、he would never have to worry about his future life. D、he would never be allowed to develop his ambitions.简答题Which of the following could be the best title for this article? A、A. Study Habits and Time Management B、B. Business Management and Leadership C、C. University Education and Campus Life D、D. Life Goals and Academic Development简答题Passage three When Ricochet was just a young pup，her owner Judy Fridono hoped the dog might one day become a service dog and help people.But Ricochet had other plans，at least for the first part.She failed at service dog training，but she went on to help millions of people around the world learn how to trust，how to love，and how to surf. According to Fridono，the dog seemed naturally suited to life as a service dog.She was great with people，especially kids，and she had plenty of energy.But birds were her weakness.She just couldn't seem to stop running after them.And that's not a good quality for a service dog that needs to focus on the person she's helping. Fridono said at the beginning she was disappointed when Ricochet didn't succeed at service dog school.But it wasn't long before the pup let her true skills shine through.At just 8 weeks old，Ricochet climbed on to a board that had been left in a children's pool，showing her special talent for balance. Soon，Ricochet was making headlines as the beach-loving dog who could hang ten on a surfboard.But she wasn't finished showing off her special talents yet. “One day at the beach，she jumped on a surfboard with a 14-year-old boy who had spinal cord(脊髓)injuries，”Fridono said.“It was at that moment that her life purpose to surf with people who are disabled was realized.She is just such an inspiration to everyone—she has got such a strong connection to people，and we see such improvements in the people who she surfs with.” Ricochet now surfs daily with children and adults with special needs.She specializes in helping military veterans(退伍军人)with some diseases and children with autism(自闭症)by connecting with them in ways that no one else can. What was Ricochet's shortcoming when in training school? A、Impatience. B、Great pride. C、Lack of concentration. D、Not being brave.简答题When a population is said to be aging,_____. A、more people are retiring than people entering the workforce B、the birth rate is growing C、there is an oversupply of workforce D、young people outnumber old people简答题Passage Four I have known very few writers, but those I have known, and whom I respected, confess at once that they have little idea where they are going when they first set pen to paper. They have a character, perhaps two; they are in that condition of eager discomfort which passes for inspiration; all admit radical changes of destination once the jouney has begun; one, to my certain knowledge, spent nine months on a novel about Kashmir, then reset the whole thing in the Scottish Highlands. I never heard of anyone making a "skeleton", as we were taught at school. In the breaking and remaking, in the timing, interweaving, beginning afresh, the writer comes to discern things in his material which were not consciously in his mind when he began. This organic process, often leading to moments of extraordinary self-discovery, is of an indescribable fascination. A blurred image appears, he adds a brushstroke and another, and it is gone; but something was there, and he will not rest till he has captured it. Sometimes the yeast within a writer outlives a book he has written. I have heard of writers who read nothing but their own books, like adolescents they stand before the mirror, and still cannot fathom the exact outline of the vision before them. For the same reason, writers talk interminably about their own books, winkling out hidden meanings, superimposing new ones, begging response from those around them. Of course a writer doing this is misunderstood: he might as well try to explain a crime or a love affair. He is also. Incidentally, an unforgivable bore. This temptation to cover the distance between himself and the reader, to study his image in the sight of those who do not know him, can be his undoing: he has begun to write to please. A young English writer made the pertinent observation a year or two back that the talent goes into the first draft, and the art into the drafts that follow. For this reason also the writer, like any other artist, has no resting place, no crowd or movement in which he may take comfort, no judgment from outside which can replace the judgment from within. A writer makes order out of the anarchy of his heart; he submits himself to a more ruthless discipline than any critic dreamed of, and when he flirts with fame, he is taking time off from living with himself, from the search for what his world contains at its inmost point. The writers that the author is familiar with confess that they would A、work out the ending of a novel in advance. B、follow the writing methods learned at school. C、remodel the main character in writing. D、make changes to the stories they first construct.简答题According to the passage, the writer has no resting place because A、he is not clear about what he will write at the beginning. B、he should constantly edit his work to make it perfect. C、he has to face a lot of responses given by readers. D、he should add brushstrokes to the appearing blurred images.简答题One of the disadvantages of young adults returning to stay with their parents is that _____. A、there will inevitably be inconveniences in every day life B、most parents find it difficult to keep C、 the young adults tend to be overprotected by their parents D、public opinion is against young adults staying with their parents简答题Passage Four We use both words and gestures to express our feelings, but the problem is that these words and gestures can be understood in different ways. It is true that a smile means the same thing in any language. So does laughter or crying. There are also a number of striking similarities in the way different animals show the same feelings. Dogs, tigers and humans, for example, often show their teeth when they are angry. This is probably because they are born with those behavior patterns. Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the same way all over the world. (80) In Chinese and in English literature, a phrase like "he went pale and begin to tremble" suggests that the man is either very afraid or he has just got a very big shock. However, "he opened his eyes wide" is used to suggest anger in Chinese whereas in English it means surprise. In Chinese "surprise" can be described in a phrase like 'they stretched out their tongues!' Sticking out your tongue in English is an insulting gesture or expresses strong dislike. Even in the same culture, people differ in ability to understand and express feelings. Experiments in America have shown that women are usually better than men at recognizing fear, anger, love and happiness on people's faces. Other studies show that older people usually find it easier to recognize or understand body language than younger people do. 16. According to the passage, __________. A、A. we can hardly understand what people's gestures mean B、B. we can not often be sure what people mean when they describe their feelings in words or gestures C、C. words can be better understood by older people D、D. gestures can be understood by most of the people while words can not简答题What will the next part of the text possibly talk about? A、Ways to achieve health and longevity. B、The effects caffeine has on health. C、The treatment for Alzheimer's disease. D、The harmful effects of cognitive decline.简答题According to the text,which of the following would be the most accurate description of the society envisioned by most Saint-Simonians? A、A society in which women were highly regarded for their extensive education. B、A society in which the two genders played complementary roles and had equal status. C、A society in which women did not enter public life. D、A social order in which a body of men and women would rule together on the basis of their spiritual power.简答题What are most important for a business to survive? article? A、A. Banking and insurance services. B、B. Research and business planning. C、C. Organization and management. D、D. Determination and originality.简答题Thousands of years ago man used handy rocks for his surgical operations. Later he used sharp bone or horn, metal knives and more recently, rubber and plastic and that was where we stuck，in surgical instrument terms，for many years. In the l960s a new tool was developed，one which was，first of all，to be of great practical use to the armed forces and industry, but which was also，in time，to revolutionize the art and science of surgery, The tool is the laser and it is being used by more and more surgeons all over the world，for a very large number of different complaints. The word“laser”means：light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. As we all know, light is hot，any source of light—from the sun itself down to a humble match burning—will give warmth. But light is usually spread out over a wide area. The Light in a laser beam，however，is concentrated. This means that a light with no more power than that produced by an ordinary electric light bulb becomes intensely strong as it is concentrated to a pinpoint-sized beam. Experiments with these pinpoint beams showed researchers that different energy sources produce beams that have a particular effect on certain living cells. It is now possible for eye surgeons to operate on the back of human eye without harming the front of the eye，simply by passing a laser beam right though the eye-ball. No knives，no stitches，no unwanted damage—a true surgical wonder. Operations which once left patients exhausted and in need of long period of recovery time now leave them feeling relaxed and comfortable。So much more difficult operations can now be tried. The rapid development of laser techniques in the past ten years has made it clear that the future is likely to be very exciting. Perhaps some cancers will be treated with laser in a way that makes surgery not only safer but also more effective. Altogether, tomorrow may see more and more information coming to light on the diseases which can be treated medically. Which of the following is NOT a tool used for surgical operations before the 1960s? A、bone B、metal knives C、scissor D、Rubber and plastic.简答题What do the scientists say can be done to increase food supply? A、 Grow more animal protein-rich food. B、Turn pastures into arable lands. C、Promote trade between countries self-sufficient in food. D、 Increase the amount of water for food production.简答题Passage one Caffeine not only gives us a daily jump start,but new research suggests it also can strengthen long-term memory. According to the US Food and Drug Administration,nearly 90 percent of people worldwide consume about 200 milligrams of caffeine each day.That's equivalent to about one strong cup of coffee a day.Writing in"Nature Neuroscience",Johns Hopkins University researchers say their findings show that caffeine strengthens certain memories for up t0 24 hours after being taken in. "We've always known that caffeine has cognitive-enhancing effects(促智效果),but its,particular effects on strengthening memories and making them resistant to forgetting has never been examined in detail in humans,"said senior author of the paper Michael Yassa."We re-port for the first time a specific effect of caffeine on reducing forgetting over 24 hours."Conducting a double-blind trial,the researchers worked with a test group of people who didn't regularly consume caffeinated products.Five minutes after studying a series of images,the test subjects were given either a placebo(无效对照剂)or a 200-milligram caffeine tablet. To check the caffeine levels of their test subjects,the research team took saliva samples(唾液样品)from them before they took their tablets and again one,three and 24 hours after-wards. Both groups of test participants(those who took the placebo and those who took the caffeine tablet)were tested the following day to see if they could recognize the images they'd seen the previous day. The test included showing the test subjects another series of images that included some new images,those that were shown the previous day,as well as other images that were similar,but not the same as those they had viewed earlier. The researchers found that more members of the group who were given the caffeine tablets were able to correctly identify some of the new images as"similar"to previously viewed images rather than incorrectly identifying them as the same. "We also know that caffeine is associated with health and longevity(长寿)and may have some protective effects from cognitive decline like Alzheimer's disease(阿尔茨海默症)."said Yassa. During the research,the researchers did the following things EXCEPT__. A、giving the test subjects placebos or caffeine tablets B、checking the caffeine levels of the test subjects C、encouraging the test subjects to drink more coffee D、showing the test subjects series of images简答题In the same culture, __________. A、A. people have different ability to understand and express feelings B、B. people have the same understanding of something C、C. people never fail to understand each other D、 D. people are equally intelligent简答题The“duels”example in Paragraph 2 proves that the expression of anger ___. A、usually has a biological basis B、varies among people C、is socially and culturally shaped D、influences one’s thinking and evaluation