[单项选择]According to the passage, old volcanic mountains lie ______ .
A. in the center of the country
B. on a coastal plain
C. near the Cordillera Central
D. in the north of the country

[单项选择]According to the passage the old would very much like to ______.
A. live alone
B. live in comfortable and well-run homes
C. be treated as adults instead of babies
D. get unselfish help from their friends and relatives

[单项选择]The passage suggests that the effects of volcanic carbon dioxide on the environment differ from those of sulfurous gases in that

[单项选择]According to the passage, long periods of volcanic inactivity can lead to a volcanic cone's ______.
A. strongest eruption
B. sudden growth
C. destruction
D. unpredictability

[单项选择]According to the passage, l/25 second is the minimum amount of time required for the
A. ( recording of an image on film
B. ( generation of artificial light
C. ( creation of a photographic emulsion
D. ( human eye to react to light

[单项选择]We learn from the passage that old people in Britain are _______.
A. on good terms with the society
B. inadequately cared for
C. highly regarded by the society
D. too numerous to care for

[单项选择]It isn't said in the passage that L-GG can be used to ______.

[单项选择]The passage states that Old Roman and Gregorian chant repertories are
A. (A) less praiseworthy because of the absence of new listening strategies that allows listener to perceive their original context
B. (B) evidence of the musical supremacy of Western musical culture in virtue of their interesting use of gender metaphors
C. (C) wholly devoid of immanent musical characteristics, including but not limited to gender
D. (D) usually given interpretations that reveal more about the mindset of musical critics throughout history than the compositions themselves
E. (E) incapable of being explained, aesthetically speaking, by any form of musical criticism

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Passage Three An old Indian story says that the game of chess (国际象棋) was invented by Sissa Ben, Prime Minister of King Shirham. As soon as the invention was finished he gave it to the king, who was glad and asked him what he would like to have in return. To the king’s surprise, what Sissa wanted seemed very little. "Your Majesty, "said the minister, kneeling before the king. "I want nothing but some wheat. Please put a grain of wheat on the first square of the chessboard (棋盘), two on the second, four on the third, eight on the fourth.., and so on, doubling the number for each following square. Give me enough grains to cover the 64 squares of the chessboard." "You don’t ask for much, my honest servant. You might have asked for gold or money," said the king and then ordered a bag of wheat brought to the palace. But when the counting began, with one grain for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, the bag
A. wheat was not expensive
B. it didn't seem much
C. Sissa was honest to him
D. both A and B

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Passage Two In old days, when a glimpse of stocking was looked upon as something so shocking as to distract the serious work of an office, secretaries were men. Then came the First World War and the male secretaries were replaced by women. A man’s secretary became his personal servant, in charge of remembering his wife’s birthday and buying her presents; taking his suits to the dry-cleaners; telling lies on the telephone to keep away people he did not wish to speak to; and, of course, typing and filing and taking short hand. Now all this may be changing again. The microchip (芯片) and high technology is sweeping the British office, taking with it much of the routine clerical (文书的) work that secretaries did. "Once office technology takes over generally, the status of the job will rise again because it will involve the high-tech work--and then men will want to do it again." That was said by one of the executives (male) of one of the biggest secretarial ag
A. were less efficient and less trained than men
B. were looked down upon by men
C. would have disturbed the other office workers
D. wore stockings and were not as serious as men

[单项选择]According to this passage, the old people today ______.
A. often go to clubs with their brothers and sisters
B. prefer lonely life to social life
C. live more happily than their parents and grandparents
D. like to share their feeling and thoughts with other people

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Passage Three 3 An old Indian story says that the game of chess (国际象棋) was invented by Sissa Ben, Prime Minister of King Shirham. As soon as the invention was finished he gave it to the king, who was glad and asked him what he would like to have in return. To the king’s surprise, what Sissa wanted seemed very little. "Your Majesty, "said the minister, kneeling before the king. "I want nothing but some wheat. Please put a grain of wheat on the first square of the chessboard (棋盘), two on the second, four on the third, eight on the fourth.., and so on, doubling the number for each following square. Give me enough grains to cover the 64 squares of the chessboard." "You don’t ask for much, my honest servant. You might have asked for gold or money," said the king and then ordered a bag of wheat brought to the palace. But when the counting began, with one grain for the first square, two for the second, four for the third, and so on, the b
A. wheat was not expensive
B. it didn't seem much
C. Sissa was honest to him
D. both A and B