[单项选择]Most deaths from fire are caused by ______.
A. burns
B. fright
C. deadly smoke and gases
D. panic

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Our culture has caused most Americans to assume not only that our language is universal but that the gestures we use are understood by everyone. We do not realize that waving good-bye is the way to summon a person from the Philippines to one’s side, or that in Italy and some Latin- American countries, curling the finger to oneself is a sign of farewell.
Those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying Germany after World War II and marked them GIFT to escape duty payments did not bother to find out that "Gift" means poison in German. Moreover, we like to think of ourselves as friendly, yet we prefer to be at least 3 feet or an arm’s length away from others. Latins and Middle Easterners like to come closer and touch, which makes Americans uncomfortable.
Our linguistic and cultural blindness and the casualness with which we take notice of the developed tastes, gestures, customs and languages of other countr
A. cultural self-centeredness
B. casual manners
C. indifference towards foreign visitors
D. arrogance towards other cultures

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Our culture has caused most Americans to assume not only that our language is universal, but that the gestures we use are understood by everyone. We do not realize that waving good-bye is the way to summon a person from the Philippines to one’s side, or that in Italy and some Latin-American countries, curling the finger to oneself is a sign of farewell. Those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying Germany after World War II and marked them GIFT to escape duty payments did not bother to find out that "Gift" means poison in German. Moreover, we like to think of ourselves as friendly, yet we prefer to be at least 3 feet or an arm’s length away from others，Latins and Middle Easterners like to come closer and touch, which makes Americans uncomfortable.
Our linguistic (语言上的) and cultural blindness and the casualness with which we take notice of the developed tastes, gestures, customs and languages of other countries, are losing us frien
A. stand still
B. jump aside
C. step forward
D. draw back

[单项选择]How many traffic deaths were caused by the bad weather on Monday


A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 7

[单项选择]From most homes you can escape a fire through the ______.
A. attic
B. garage
C. windows
D. balcony

[单项选择]The HIV virus has caused more deaths in developed countries.

[单项选择]Apart from deaths from illnesses，one of the biggest threats to one's life in highly motorized Singapore is to be killed in a traffic accident．
A. 不管是由于患病还是新加坡交通繁忙，在公路意外中丧命都是对我们生命的一大威胁。
B. 除了患病身亡之外，由于新加坡交通繁忙，在交通事故丧命是对生命的最大威胁之一。
C. 除了患病身亡，新加坡交通繁忙，在公路意外中丧命是对我们生命的一大威胁。
D. 由于新加坡交通繁忙，最大的威胁就是在公路意外中丧命还有患病身亡。

[单项选择]The forest fire caused by the volcano is difficult to be ______.
A. put off
B. put away
C. put out
D. put up

[多项选择]Which two scenarios would benefit the most from TCP Acceleration? （）(Choose two.)
A. low-latency networks
B. high-latency networks
C. long-haul, low-bandwidth links
D. long-haul, high-bandwidth links