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[单项选择]The word "awesome" in the passage means
A. frightening
B. causing fear and respect
C. amazingly new
D. awful
[单项选择]The last sentence in this passage means that if we succeed in making workers' jobs more interesting ______.
A. they will want more money
B. they will demand shorter working hours
C. more money and shorter working hours are important factors
D. more money and shorter working hours will not be so important to them
[单项选择]The last sentence in this passage means that ff we succeed in making workers' jobs more interesting ______.
A. they will want more money
B. they will demand shorter working hours
C. more money and shorter working hours are important factors
D. more money and shorter working hours will not be so important to them
[单项选择]In the passage the term "human problems" or "world problems" refers mainly to ______.
A. global food shortage
B. resources depletion
C. environmental pollution
D. all of the above
[单项选择]The word "obsession" (Para 3)in this passage means ______.
A. disturbance
B. preoccupation
C. compulsion
D. passion
[单项选择]The first sentence of the passage means that ______.
A. you may have to fill in a long application form
B. the filling up of an application form takes much time
C. one may have to fill in many application forms before one gets a job
D. application forms should be filled carefully, with no misleading
[单项选择]"Private" in the passage means ______.
A. a private servant
B. someone who does things privately
C. soldier
D. the automated machine which can offer change for a dollar
[单项选择]The first sentence of the passage means______.
[单项选择]A "lift" in the passage means______.
A. an elevator
B. a ride in the car
C. an act of raising something
D. help
[单项选择]The word "convince" in the passage means ______.
A. cause someone to believe
B. prove
C. make someone understand
D. ensure
[单项选择]The word "subject" in the passage means ______.
A. memory
B. the theme of listening material
C. a branch of knowledge studied
D. the student experimented on
[单项选择]The word "frighten" in the passage means ______.
[单项选择]H-live-n-one virus in the passage means ______.
A. farm birds
B. infected farm animals
C. people died in Hong Kong
D. a different kind of bird flu virus
[单项选择]According to this passage, downsizing will result in ______ at many companies.
A. low morale on the part of employees
B. disputes between labor and management
C. general distrust of management
D. all of the above
[单项选择]According to the author of this passage, the term "stress" can be defined as
[单项选择]It can be inferred from the passage that the term "reductionist" would most likely apply to which of the following views concerning language
A. (A) A number of words exist with identical meanings.
B. (B) Several words with different connotations may refer to the same object.
C. (C) A word used two centuries ago might refer to the same object today.
D. (D) Reality is constructed, not discovered, by the medium of language.
E. (E) A word may refer to non-existent objects, categories, and carry multiple connotations.
