[单项选择]According to the author, the American economy
A. is nowhere near a sustainable growth.
B. is at its weakest point.
C. is near to complete recovery at hand.
D. is much better than it seems.

[单项选择]According to the author, the American economy
A. is nowhere near a sustainable growth.
B. is at its weakest point.
C. is near to complete recovery at hand.
D. is much better than it seems.

[单项选择]According to the author American television is poor in quality because ______.
A. advertisers are interested in experimenting with new ideas
B. it is still at an early stage of development, compared with the radio
C. the programs have to be developed in the interests of the sponsors for economic reasons
D. it is controlled by radio companies

[单项选择]According to the author, the American economic situation is ______.
A. not as good as it seems
B. at its turning point
C. much better than it seems
D. near to complete recovery

[单项选择]According to the author, the challenge on American students comes from______.
A. the progression of globalization of economy
B. the improvement of education in other countries
C. the development of science and technology
D. the flooding of foreign students

[单项选择]According to the author, the depiction of American culture during the Colonial periods reflects the fact that ______.
A. American culture was influenced by the religious orientation of the colonists
B. historians overestimated the influence of Puritans on American culture
C. Massachusetts served as cultural models for the other American colonies
D. colonial America resisted Puritan cultural patterns

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Text 1
The American economy, whether in government or private industry, has found retirement a convenient practice for managing the labor force. On the positive side, widespread retirement has meant an expansion of leisure and opportunities for self-fulfillment in later life. On the negative side, the practice of retirement entails large costs, both in funding required from pension systems and in the loss of the accumulated skills and talents of older people.
Critics of retirement as it exists today have pointed to the rigidity of retirement practices: for example, the fact that retirement is typically an all-or-nothing proposition. Would it not be better to have some form of flexible or phased retirement, in which employees gradually reduce their work hours or take longer vacations Such an approach might enable older workers to adjust better to retirement, while permitting employers to make gradual changes instead of coping with the abrupt departure of an
A. Retirement stopped being practiced.
B. Age limitation in retirement was abolished.
C. Retired people were no longer entitled to pensions.
D. Age discrimination was legally abolished.

[单项选择]According to the author,
A. TV is more entertaining than good books.
B. good books are as entertaining as TV.
C. good books are not so entertaining as TV.
D. good books are more entertaining than TV.

[单项选择]According to the author, discipline will

[单项选择]What is sad according to the author
A. The Laconia urban renewal project was poorly supported.
B. Laconia has become a busy shopping center again.
C. People park their cars right in front of the stores.
D. Most Americans are reluctant to walk even a single block.

[单项选择]According to the author, Trevor Phillips