Broadly speaking, there are two types of paintings :
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recognizable physical objects.
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[单项选择]After the argument, Mrs. Lee ______ her cook with a present.
A. rewarded
B. compensated
C. bribed
D. appeased
[单项选择]{{B}}Conversation Two{{/B}}
What’s Miss Sanderson
[单项选择]Karen : I’m not optimistic about finding a job after I finish college. Joseph: Oh Why not Karen: The economy is going downhill fast. Joseph: I know. ______. It’s getting to the point where even a degree won’t help you anymore. Karen: That’s right. And I’ll be lucky to even move out of my parents’ house.
A. My friend could offer me a job.
B. I am not sure whether I agree or not.
C. How do you feel about the economy
D. What is this world coming to
[单项选择]The article opens and closes with descriptions of two news reports, each ______ one major pointing contrast with the other.
A. makes
B. made
C. is to make
D. making
[单项选择]Simon: Excuse me, but could you give me some change Joan: Let me see. ______. Simon: That'll be fine. I only want to make a phone call. Joan: Here you are.
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Section A
In this section, you will hear five
short conversations. Each conversation will be read only once. At the end of
each conversation, there will be a twenty-second pause. During the pause, read
the question and the three choices marked A, B and C, and decide which is the
best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a
single line through the centre.
What happened last night A. The man ate during the show. B. Four contestants failed to win prizes. C. The woman missed the show.
[单项选择]Danis Hayes raised the essential paradox and asked how people could have fought so hard against environmental degradation, ______ themselves now on the verge of losing the war.
A. only found
B. finding only
C. only to find
D. have only found
[单项选择]{{B}}Conversation Two{{/B}}
What’s Mr. Holloway’s first name
[单项选择]Sometimes what has always seemed a ______ suddenly is shown to be false.
A. verisimilitude
B. verity
C. verify
D. phantasm
[单项选择]{{B}}Conversation Two{{/B}}
Where did Mr. Holloway buy the clothing