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公共英语四级-266
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[单项选择]What is the main purpose of the passage
A. To outline contrasting types of economic systems.
B. To explain the science of economics.
C. To argue for the superiority of one economic system.
D. To compare barter and money-exchange markets.
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[单项选择]An addict cannot continue his education or work at a job, because of ______.
A. his concentration on getting drugs
B. his personality
C. his emotional problems
D. his shortage of money
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[单项选择]In the second paragraph, the word "real" in "real goods" could best be replaced by which of the following
A. High quality.
B. Concrete.
C. Utter.
D. Authentic.
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[单项选择]According to the passage, a barter economy can lead to ______.
A. rapid speed of transactions
B. misunderstandings
C. inflation
D. difficulties for the traders
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[单项选择]According to the passage, which of the following behaviors is frequently characteristic of funnel clouds
A. Descending from different cloud bases.
B. Occurring in isolated areas.
C. Lasting a long time.
D. Occurring in groups.
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[单项选择]
A. over
B. across
C. within
D. above
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[单项选择]The changing world of work is making American managers and professionals ______.
A. helpless
B. desperate
C. angry
D. Both [B] and [C].
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[单项选择]According to the author, how can the addicts get the money for drugs
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[单项选择]The author refers to straw embeded in fence posts in order to show ______.
A. where tornadoes occur
B. who makes reports about tornadoes
C. when tornadoes take form
D. how tornadoes affect physical objects
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[单项选择]The corporate career is the foundation for ______.
A. bankers
B. lawyers and accountants
C. all top managers
D. millions of middle-class families
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[单项选择]According to the passage, who has the greatest degree of control in an administered system
A. Individual.
B. Small businesses.
C. Major corporations.
D. The government.
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[单项选择]In order to get a stronger recovery, corporations are ______.
A. reducing their sizes
B. cutting costs
C. laying off employees
D. All of the above.
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[单项选择]Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the author as a criterion for determining a person's place in a traditional society
A. Family background.
B. Age.
C. Religious belief.
D. Custom.
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[单项选择]A person who sells heroin to a kid can be ______.
A. fined $ 20000
B. sentenced to 5 to 20 years in prison
C. sentenced to 20 to 40 years in prison
D. sentenced to death
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[单项选择]White-collar workers will be ______.
A. on the inside
B. alone
C. afraid and angry
D. Both [B] and [C].
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[单项选择]What is the topic of this passage
A. How to cure a drug addict.
B. Heroin and narcotic.
C. The harm of the drags and the anti-drug measures taken by the government.
D. The American laws.
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[单项选择]Why do tornadoes appear to be dark
A. They occur only at night.
B. They are funnel-shaped.
C. They pick up debris from the ground.
D. They are water-laden.
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[单项选择]American corporations are ______.
A. free from international competition
B. immune to industrial consolidation
C. under the intense pressure of international competition
D. stopping the pain of industrial consolidation
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[单项选择]According to the author, who can get narcotic easily
A. Government men.
B. Medical workers.
C. The minorities.
D. The Jews.
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[单项选择]How are tornadoes distinguished from whirlwinds
A. Whirlwinds rotate in a different direction that tornadoes do.
B. Tornadoes travel over land and whirlwinds over water.
C. Tornadoes are larger than whirlwinds.
D. Only tornadoes are funnel-shaped.
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[单项选择]According to the passage, some tornadoes take people unaware because they ______.
A. produce a sound similar to thunder
B. cannot be seen until it is too late
C. look so much like other clouds
D. carry so many large pieces of debris