[单项选择]Why more and more people became interested in becoming computer programmers
A. Because the job is very interesting.
B. Because they can get well paid in this profession.
C. Because it takes no great efforts to learn to do it.
D. Because of the high social status of the professionals.

[单项选择]Why did the black religious music became more joyful after the Civil War
A. The black achieved their personal freedom.
B. The piano was introduced into their band.
C. There were more and more performers in their band.
D. They had created a new musical tradition called jazz.

[单项选择]Nowadays more and more people are interested in arranging time for exercises and ______ to release the stress caused by the fast pace and pressure of their lives.
A. meditation
B. registration
C. mediation
D. illumination

[单项选择]As Edison grew ______, he became more and more interested in science.
A. elder
B. the elder
C. older
D. the older

[单项选择]Voices were ______ when the discussion became more heated.
A. risen
B. raised
C. shouted
D. improve

[单项选择]The shortage of water became more ______ this summer with the highest temperatures in 40 years.
A. needy
B. latent
C. severe
D. dredge

[单项选择]Why are today's older middle-aged and elderly becoming the new winners

[单项选择]Why do more and more young students personally choose to learn Chinese in the United States（）
A. They will have more job opportunities in the future.
B. They are more interested in the international trade.
C. They will visit China for further education.
D. They are curious about the corporate partnership.

[单项选择]Recently, some people are interested in natural foods because ______.

[单项选择]Why do more and more theme parks offer large discounts off the gate price（）
A. To get in line at the parks this summer.
B. To encourage more people to come to the parks.
C. To enable people to get e-tickets at home.
D. To reduce the attendance figure.

[单项选择]Why do workers want more money
A. Because their jobs are too boring.
B. In order to enjoy more spare time.
C. To make their jobs more interesting.
D. To demand shorter working hours.

[单项选择]Why did more and more people came to eat at the Happy Restaurant A. Because the price was lowered (降低). B. Because there were more kinds of dishes. C. Because men and women were given menus with different prices on them.

[单项选择]The more she talked, the more _________ she became.
A. indignant
B. interior
C. intensive
D. indigenous

[单项选择]A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man-the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.
This attitude toward manual (体力的) labor is now still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地)furnished and in which there is every evidence of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist merely of something quickly and easily assembled from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby bakery. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction gang on a highway in order to pay for his education.From paragraph 1, we can know that in America （）.
A. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man
B. people can always rise to the top through their won efforts
C. college professors win great respect from common workers
D. people feel painful to mention their fathers as labors.