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公共英语四级-151
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A. decision
B. agreement
C. contract
D. plan
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61) In a family where the roles of men and women are not sharply separated and where many household tasks are shared to a greater or lesser extent, notions of male superiority are hard to maintain. The pattern of sharing in tasks and in decisions makes for equality, and this in turn leads to further sharing. 62) In such a home, the growing boy and girl learn to accept that equality more easily than did theirparents and to prepare more fully for participation in a world characterized by cooperation rather than by the "battle of the sexes".
If the process goes too far and man’s role is not regarded as important as before — and that has happened in some cases — we are as badly off as before, only in reverse.
We should reassess the role of the man in the American family. We are getting a little tired of "Momism", but we don’t want to change it into a "Neo-popism". What we need is the recognition that -
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The first newspapers were handwritten sheets which were posted in public places. The earliest recorded newspaper was started in Rome in 59 B. C.. In the 700s, the world’s first printed newspaper was developed in China. The paper was printed from carved wooden blocks and distributed among the citizens. Europe didn’t have a regularly published newspaper until 1609, when one was started in Germany. The first regularly published newspaper in the English language was printed in Amsterdam in 1620. In 1621, an English newspaper was started in London and was published weekly. The first daily English newspaper was the Daily Courant( current), which didn’t appear until March 1702. In 1690, Benjamin Harris printed the first American newspaper in Boston. The paper was called Publick (public) Occurrences, hath forreign (foreign) and domastick (domestic). The local government, however, didn’t approve of the paper and stopped its publication after the first issue. In 170
A. 700 years.
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[简答题]The Spring Festival is a traditional festival in China, and Chinese have been accustomed to celebrating it at home. But now more and more people choose to travel during this most important festival.
Here is a discussion on this topic:
(1) Some people think it is more interesting to travel during the Spring Festival.
(2) Other people think it is better to stay at home with their families during the Spring Festival.
(3) My opinion on this topic.
In your essay, you should use the three pieces of information mentioned above.
You should write 160 - 200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.
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Loneliness is a curious thing. Many people Can remember feeling most lonely when they were not in fact alone at all, but when they were surrounded by people. Everyone of us has experienced, at some time, that utter sense of isolation that comes over you when you are at a party or an audience at a lecture. It suddenly seems to you as if everybody knows everybody else; everybody is sure of himself; everybody, i.e. ,except you.
This feeling of loneliness which can come over you when you are in a crowd is very difficult to overcome. People living alone are advised to deal with their loneliness by joining a club or a society, by going out and meeting people. Does this really help
There are no easy solutions. Your first day at work, or at a new school or university, is a typical situation in which you are likely to feel lonely. You feel that everybody else is very confident and knows what to do, but you are adrift and helpless. The fact of the matter is, that in order t -
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Emily Dickinson is one of the greatest American poets. She was born in a typical New England village in Massachusetts on December 10,1830. She was the second child of he family. She had lived in the same house for Fifty-six years when she died. During her life time she never left her native land. She left her home state only once and she left her village very few times. After 1872 she rarely left her louse and yard. In the later years of her life she retreated to a smeller and smaller circle of family and friends. In hose later years she dressed in white, avoided strangers, and communicated chiefly through notes and poems even with intimates. The doctor who attended her illness was allowed to "examine" her in another room, seeing her walk by an opened door. People in her home village thought of her as a "strange" figure. When she died on May 15,1886, she was unknown to the rest of the world. Only seven of her poems had appeared in print. But to think of Emily
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B. Less than half her life.
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Announcer: And now here are some of the things you can listen to this evening here on Radio 3.
Our Thursday play is at nine and is called Wisdom People Talking; it’s about a small group of old age men sitting in a social club remembering the past. Before at 7:30 we have "my favorite disc" in which Jenny Lindley talks about the records that influenced her musical career. At 10:30 there is an account by James Farmer of his travels in the Middle East by bicycle and at 11:00 there is a service from St. Panl’s. On radio 4 the big event of the evening is the broadcast of La Traviata from the Albert Hall; it’s at 9:00 and it has Felicity Newcombe in the major role. The interval talk at 9:15 is Peter Morris remembering his adventures while fishing in Scotland. Radio 1 has as usual continuous pop music; from 6 to 8 it’s the Tommy Brian Show with interviews with live pop stars; from 10 till midnight it’s Joe Newland with his friend. So if you -
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The first navigational lights in the New World were probably lanterns hung at harbor entrances. The first lighthouse was put up by the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1716 on Little Brewster Island at the entrance to Boston Harbor. Paid for and maintained by "light dues" levied (征收) on ships, the original beacon was blown up in 1776. Until then there were only a dozen or so true lighthouse in the colonies. Little over a century later, there were 700 lighthouses.
The first eight lanterns erected on the West Coast in the 1850’s featured the same basic New England design: a Cape Cod dwelling with the tower rising from the center or standing close by. In New England and elsewhere, though, lighthouses reflected a variety of architectural styles. Since most stations in the Northeast were set up on rocky eminences (高处), enormous towers were not the rule.
Some of them were made of stone and brick, others of wood or metal. Some of them stood on pilings or sti
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In the late years of the nineteenth century, "capital" and "labour" were enlarging and perfecting their rival organisations on modem lines. Many old firms was replaced by a limited liability company with a bureaucracy of salaried managers. The change met the technical requirements of the new age by engaging a large professional element and prevented the decline in efficiency that so commonly spoiled the fortunes of family firms in the second and third generation after the energetic founders. It was moreover a step away from individual initiative, towards collectivism and municipal and state-owned business. The railway companies, though still private business managed for the benefit of shareholders, were very unlike old family business. Meanwhile the great municipalities went into business to supply lighting, trams and other services to the taxpayers.
The growth of the limited liability company and municipal business had important consequences. Such l
A. some countries developed quickly because of the emergence of the limited liability company.
B. the tide of industralisation would wide benefited British shareholders greatly.
C. shareholders contributed a lot to the fast growth of the British economy.
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M: Say, Rason, what are you watching W: An old Japanese film. I wonder if I’m going to spend all my next year there. I’d better start familiarizing myself with the culture. M: You mean you are accepted into the program W: Yes. M: That’s wonderful. You must be excited. W: Excited and nervous. You know I owe a lot to Professor Mercheno. He wrote a letter of recommendation for me and he bought me a set of practice tapes and a book which goes with them. Just so I can work on my basic conversation skills. M: How much Japanese can you understand W: Not a lot at present. But I signed up for intensive Japanese this semester. M: I wish I were as talented as you are in foreign languages. I’d like to study abroad. W: Than why don’t you The university has lots of over- seas programs that don’t require mastery of a foreign language. The tuition is about the same. You just have to be the kind of person who is receptive to new ways of looking at things and wi
A. Taping some music.
B. Watching a film.
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A finding in recent years shows that men cannot manufacture blood as efficiently as women can. This makes surgery riskier for men. Because they do not breathe as often as women, men also need more oxygen. But men breathe more deeply and this exposes them to another risk. They draw more of the air when it is polluted.
Men’s bones are larger than women’s and they are arranged somewhat differently. The feminine walk that evokes so many whistles is a matter of bone structure. Men have broader shoulders and a narrower pelvis, which makes them to stride out with no waste motion. A woman’s wider pelvis, designed for childbearing, forces her to put more movement into each step she takes with the result that she displays a bit of a jiggle and sway as she walks.
If you think a man is brave because he can climb a ladder to clean out the roof gutters, don’t forget it is easier for him than for a woman. The angle at which a woman’s thigh is jo
A. More oxygen needs to be prepared when a man is having surgery.
B. Man's courage has nothing to do with male's body structure.
C. A woman usually stays cooler in summer and warmer in winter.
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More than 30,000 drivers and passengers who seat in the front of the vehicles are killed or seriously injured each year. At a speed of only 30 miles per hour it is the same as falling from a third-floor building. Wearing a seat belt saves lives: it reduces your chance of death or serious injury by more than half.
Therefore drivers or front seat passengers over 14 in most vehicles must wear a seat belt. If you do not, you will be fined up to £ 50.It will not be up to the drivers to make sure you wear your belt. But it will be the driver’s responsibility to make sure that children under 14 do not ride in the front unless they are wearing a seat belt of some kind.
However, when you’re reversing your car, you do not have to wear a seat belt; or you are making a local delivery or collection using a special vehicle; r if you have a valid medical certificate which excuses you from wearing it. Make sure these circumstances apply to you before you decide no
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B. 60,000.
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Computers are now being pushed into schools. We know that multimedia will make (21) easy and fun. Children will happily learn from (22) characters while taught by expertly (23) software.Who needs teachers when you’ve got (24) education These expensive toys are difficult to use in the classrooms and (25) extensive teacher training. Sure, kids love video games — (26) think of your own experience: can you (27) even one educational filmstrip of many years ago I’ll (28) you remember the two or three great teachers who made a (29) in your life.
Then there’s cyberbusiness. We’re promised (30) catalog shopping—just point and click for great deals. We’ll order airline tickets (31) the network, book restaurants and egotiate sales (32) .Stores will become obsolete. So how come my local mall does more (33) in an afternoon than the entire Internet (3
A. schoolwork
B. exercise
C. teamwork
D. research