[单项选择]American place a high value on education because ______.
A. education is the only way to be successful
B. Americans believe they must be through hard work to be successful without an advanced degree
C. Americans believe that the more the education, the higher the salary
D. acquiring higher education is a basic American value

[单项选择]Because of the high blood pressure, the doctor advised him to ______ from smoking.
A. constrain
B. restrain
C. refrain
D. remain

[单项选择]It can be concluded that Brazilians place a high value on _________.
A. family life
B. promptness
C. being alone
D. financial success

[单项选择]American higher education began with the founding of _______in 1636.
A. Yale University
B. Harvard College
C. University of Virginia
D. Princeton University

[单项选择]According to the passage, American education meets the needs of ______.
A. the brightest and slow students
B. the students who is studying abroad
C. the students from foreign countries
D. the emigrants

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Americans today don’t place a very high value on intellect. Our heroes are athletes, entertainers, and entrepreneurs, not scholars. Even our schools are where we send our children to get a practical education--not to pursue knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Symptoms of pervasive anti-intellectualism in our schools aren’t difficult to find. "Schools have always been in a society where practical is more important than intellectual," says education writer Diane Ravitch. "Schools could be a counterbalance. "Ravitch’s latest book, Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms, traces the roots of anti-intellectualism in our schools, concluding they are anything but a counterbalance to the American distaste for intellectual pursuits. But they could and should be. Encouraging kids to reject the life of the mind leaves them vulnerable to exploitation and control. Without the ability to think critically, to defend their ideas and understand the ide
A. undervaluing intellect
B. favoring intellectualism
C. supporting school reform
D. suppressing native intelligence

[单项选择]Insurance premiums do not become too high because ______.
A. not many people suffer loss
B. they are fixed according to how likely the risk of loss is to happen
C. not many people insure themselves
D. insurance companies compete with each other

[单项选择]Employers pay high salaries to IT managers because （）.
A. they work hard
B. they are excellent leaders
C. they help improve the companies’ products
D. they are key factors to their success

[单项选择]What value would an investor place on a 20 - year, $1000 face value, 10 percent annual coupon bond, if the investor required a 9 percent rate of return（）
A. $879.
B. $920.
C. $1091.

[单项选择]Because the country is very narrow,no place in New Zealand is more than（）from the sea.
A. 100km
B. 110km
C. 120km
D. 150km

[单项选择]Why did the accident take place Because ______.
A. the doctor drove badly
B. the car hit a tree
C. of the ice
D. the road was too bad

[单项选择]We have a high regard for Prof. Joseph because he always ______ his principles.
A. lives on
B. lives up to
C. lives down
D. lives with