[单项选择]According to the passage, John Coltrane did all of the following during his career EXCEPT ______.
A. improvise on melodies from a number of different cultures
B. spend time improving his technical skills
C. experiment with the sounds of various instruments
D. eliminate the influence of bebop on his own music

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Passage Three Did you know that a turtle can lay twelve eggs in one minute A large sea turtle lays around 150 eggs at a time. She lays all these eggs in just a few minutes. Large sea turtles live in the warm seas of the world. Except for when they lay their eggs, they spend their whole lives in water. When it is time to lay their eggs, the females swim to land. They usually return to the place where they themselves were born. How they find their way back there is a mystery. When they reach shore, the big, heavy turtles crawl slowly up to the high water mark. Using their flippers, they pull themselves along the sand. They struggle like mountain climbers to attain their goal. When they finally reach dry sand, they rest before beginning the difficult task of laying eggs. The turtles lay the eggs in deep holes and cover them with warm sand. The sand protects the eggs from harm. Then the females leave them. After a few weeks, if you happened to be walking along the beach, you m
A. many turtles die while swimming to shore
B. female turtles protect their babies
C. once turtles leave land, they never return to the sea
D. the job of laying eggs takes tremendous strength

[单项选择]The passage suggests that all research has proven that which of the following is true about the phenomenon of synesthesia
A. (A) The lack of synesthetic color differences tends to hinder synesthetics in the same tasks where the presence of real color differences assists nonsynesthetes.
B. (B) The presence of real color differences tends to assist nonsynesthetes in the same tasks where the lack of synesthetic color differences assists synesthetes.
C. (C) The presence of synesthetic color differences tends to assist synesthetics in the same tasks where the presence of real color differences hinders nonsynesthetes.
D. (D) The lack of synesthetic color differences tends to hinder nonsynesthetes in the same tasks where the presence of real color differences assists synesthetes.
E. (E) The presence of real color differences tends to assist synesthetes in the same tasks where the lack of synesthetic color differences hinders nonsynesthetes.

[单项选择]John did not distinguish himself as a student, but he was very active in class.
A. 约翰隐藏了自己是——名学生的身份，这具有一定的积极意义。
B. 作为学生，约翰不能与其他学生区别开来，这样恰恰使他能在班上起作用。
C. 在班上，约翰的表现显得他并不像是学生，但他很活跃。
D. 约翰当年并不是出色的学生，但他在班上很活跃。

[单项选择]Old John did everything as the doctor had told him.

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Passage Two
It all started in wartime Munich when a doctor, Klaus Maertens, had a bad skiing accident. He decided to make himself a comfortable shoe to relieve the pain of walking. Together with a friend, Dr Herbert Funck, he designed a shoe with a special sole.
Soon the two men were selling their product all over Germany, mostly to old women with foot trouble. The medical image lasted until 1959, when Maertens decided to find a company to produce the shoes outside Germany. He contacted R. Griggs & Co, a firm in Northamptonshire (England).
Griggs anglicized the name which became "Dr Martens". The first British boots were made on 1 April 1960 and soon they began to sell quite well.
In the mid-60s the company discovered that their shoes were worn by skinheads. They liked Docs because they wanted to look hard and intimidating. Later, Docs were successful with punks.
Then Doc Martens became the favourite shoes of students a
A. Because there was a misspelling.
B. Because Dr Maertens decided to change his name.
C. Because the name was anglicized to sell shoes in England.
D. Because no one knew Dr Maertens.

[单项选择]The passage mentions that all of the following issues were at stake in the conflict between antebellum ideology and the values born in the Civil War EXCEPT

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Passage Two It all started in wartime Munich when a doctor, Klaus Maertens, had a bad skiing accident. He decided to make himself a comfortable shoe to relieve the pain of walking. Together with a friend, Dr Herbert Funck, he designed a shoe with a special sole. Soon the two men were selling their product all over Germany, mostly to old women with foot trouble. The medical image lasted until 1959, when Maertens decided to find a company to produce the shoes outside Germany. He contacted R. Griggs & Co, a firm in Northamptonshire (England). Griggs anglicized the name which became "Dr Martens". The first British boots were made on 1 April 1960 and soon they began to sell quite well. In the mid-60s the company discovered that their shoes were worn by skinheads. They liked Docs because they wanted to look hard and intimidating. Later, Docs were successful with punks. Then Doc Martens became the favourite shoes of students all over Britains, and more and more youn
A. policeman
B. doctor
C. lawyer
D. teacher