[单项选择]People in the past preferred standing up to lying down when sleeping.

[填空题]People usually dress up and show off their fashionable clothes and elaborate hats for the social event called（）

[单项选择]He inspired many young people to take up the sport


A. encouraged
B. allowed
C. called
D. advised

[单项选择]More and more people are signing up for yoga classes nowadays, ______ advantage of the health and relaxation benefits.
A. taking
B. to have taken
C. having taken
D. having been taken

[单项选择]People in the past held that the difference between life and death
A. did not exist.
B. was easy to tell.
C. lay in the brain.
D. was open to debate.

[单项选择]People past 100 can be described as all of the following EXCEPT that ______.


A. many of them had lived independently until their early 90s
B. they enjoy better health than people in their 70s
C. their longevity could be attributed to heredity
D. their medical expenditures are surprisingly low

[单项选择]The doctor has ______ many people to give up smoking.
A. incurred
B. inducted
C. induced
D. intruded

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Passage Two In the past, people who graduated from college felt proud of their academic achievement and confident that their degree would help them to find a good job. However, in the past four years the job market has changed dramatically. This year’s college graduates are facing one of the worst job markets in years. For example,. Ryan Stewart, a graduate of San Jose State University, got a degree in religious studies, but he has not gotten any job offers. He points out that many people already working are getting laid off and don’t have jobs, so it’s even harder for new college graduates to find jobs. Four years ago, the future looked bright for the class of 2003. There were many high- tech ( "dot com") job opportunities, graduates received many job offers, and they were able to get jobs with high salaries and benefits such as insurance and paid vacations. However, "Times have changed. It’s a new market," according to Cheryl A
A. San Jose State Career Center
B. San Jose Community College
C. San Jose State University
D. San Jose Polytechnic High School

[单项选择]Why do some people give up trying to learn a foreign language

[单项选择]Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ______.

[单项选择]In the past, people in this poor hilly area couldn't even get enough to______.
A. live on
B. spend on
C. feed with
D. support with

[单项选择]In the past, people did not have security alarm systems installed in their homes, because ______.
A. security alarm systems were not safe at all
B. security alarm systems were easy to break down
C. security alarm systems were not available
D. security alarm systems required complicated wiring techniques, individualized design, and sometimes lots of carpentry