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[单项选择]What does the author mean by "better off" in Paragraph 3
A. richer
B. wiser
C. happier
D. luckier
[单项选择]What does the author mean when he says "you can't spend a college wage premium" (para. 3)
A. College graduates tend to stash money away.
B. The economic returns for college graduates have decreased since 1979.
C. The economic returns to higher education have not increased very much since 1979.
D. College graduates could hardly earn enough to pay high living cost.
[单项选择]What does the author mean when stating that certain inventions made farming "capital-intensive rather than labor-intensive" (Line 7, Para. 3)
A. Workers had to be trained to operate the new machines.
B. Mechanized farming required more capital and fewer laborers.
C. The new inventions were not helpful for all farming activities.
D. Human labor could still accomplish as much work as the first machines.
[单项选择]What does the author mean by the international division of labor
A. Highly sophisticated processes are accomplished in developed countries while simple work is done in less developed countries.
B. Developing countries put stress on agriculture while developed countries, on industry.
C. Talents are trained in developed countries and then provide services in developing countries.
D. Developed countries manufacture industrial products while less developed countries provide raw materials.
[单项选择]What does the author probably mean by using the expression" children interrupt their education to go to school"
A. Going to several different schools is educationally beneficial.
B. School vacations interrupt the continuity of the school year.
C. Summer school makes the school year too long.
D. All of life is an education.
[单项选择]What does the author mean by the words "teenagers trying to act hip" in the last sentence of the second paragraph
A. They try to act like those popular dancers from America.
B. They are fashion-followers.
C. They are fond of the hip-hop culture.
D. They are readily getting hot in summers.
[单项选择]What does the author mean by the statement "Although price wars do occur, in which all companies offer substantial savings to customers, a somewhat similar tendency to raise prices simultaneously is also usual"
A. It is not unusual for all companies to increase prices at the same time.
B. It is common for companies to compete for customers by lowering prices.
C. Customers may lose money when companies have price wars.
D. Prices are lower during price wars, but they are usually higher afterward.
[单项选择]What does the author mean by saying "learning that you are" (Line 2, Para. 1)
[单项选择]What does the author mean by "marginal candidates"
A. Those applicants whose score is low for admission.
B. Those applicants whose score is high for admission.
C. Those applicants whose score cannot ensure their admission.
D. Those applicants whose score can ensure their admission.
[单项选择]What does the author mean by cross-cultural phenomenon concerning people's attitudes toward ageism
A. There is a wide variation.
B. There is a great decease.
C. There is an important finding.
D. There is an interesting contrast.
[单项选择]What does the author mean by saying "gaining momentum on the Internet"
A. Becoming more and more serious.
B. Being the most important moment.
C. Having the bigger and bigger impetus.
D. Gaining more velocity and weight.
[单项选择]What does the author mean by giving the examples of the US and the Sahara Desert in Paragraph Two
A. The US is the wealthiest country in the world while the Sahara Desert is the poorest region.
B. Some regions of the world are well supplied with natural resources while other regions possess none of them.
C. Some countries can better use natural resources while other countries have been unable to develop their resources.
D. The US has a sound and stable political condition while the Sahara Desert has suffered for many years from civil wars.
[单项选择]What does the author mean by "the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength"
A. The festival has achieved continuing and growing success.
B. It has taken great efforts to hold the festival.
C. The festival has brought in a large amount of money.
D. There have been thousands of fans attending the festival.
[单项选择]What does the author mean by the statement in Sentence 5 that twentieth-century journalism was foreshadowed by the penny press
A. The penny press darkened the reputation of newswriting.
B. Twentieth-century journalism is more important than nineteenth-century journalism.
C. Penny-press news reporting was more accurate than that in twentieth-century newspapers.
D. Modem news coverage is similar to that done by the penny press.
[单项选择]What does the author probably mean by "scored a great coup" (see Para.5)
A. Failed.
B. Succeeded.
C. Criticized.
D. Advocated.
[单项选择]What does the author mean by saying "the General Assembly regularly sided with the United States"
A. The General Assembly always fights against the U.S.
B. The General Assembly always stands for the U. S.
C. The General Assembly always admits the U.S.
D. The General Assembly always supports the U.S.
[单项选择]What does the author mean by" family is of course an elastic word" ( )
A. Different families have different ways of life.
B. Different definitions could be given to the word.
C. Different nations have different families.
D. Different times produce different families.
[单项选择]What does the author mean by saying "there was one past-history rather than histories"
A. History is a human choice which cannot be remade.
B. Every language has its own way of describing the past.
C. Every nation accepts only one version of its history.
D. What is important in history can only be determined by the present.
