[单项选择]Our association, which has consistently pressed for greater employment opportunities for the disabled, will publish ______ proposals in the near future.
A. their
B. our
C. his
D. its

[单项选择]The passage most strongly supports which of the following conclusions about a decision that is within the authority of the executive director of an agency

[单项选择]The passage explains the origin of which of the following terms
A. ( Glacier (line 5)
B. ( Isotopes (line 11)
C. ( Industrial Revolution (line 21)
D. ( Carboniferous period (lines 26)

[单项选择]The author of the passage mentions which of the following as posing an alternative to the Headland Hypothesis

[单项选择]According to the second paragraph, which of the following statements is TRUE

[单项选择]The author of the passage concedes which of the following about Mary Shelley as an author
A. (A) She was unaware of the literary and mythological traditions of the overreacher.
B. (B) She intentionally parodied the scientific and literary discoveries of her time.
C. (C) She was exposed to radical artistic and scientific concepts that influenced her work.
D. (D) She lacked the maturity to create a literary work of absolute originality.
E. (E) She was not so much an author in her own right as an imitator of the literary works of others.

[单项选择]The author would most likely agree which of the following is the best measure of a writer' s literary success

[单项选择]According to the fourth paragraph, which of the following will the author probably agree with
A. Distinguished professors at research universities should concentrate on research only.
B. The separation of teaching from research can lower the quality of future scientists.
C. It is of utmost importance to improve teaching in elementary schools in order to train new scientists.
D. The rapid development of modem science makes it impossible to combine teaching with re search.

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Passage Two
A jury in Northern California has found a doctor caused elder abuse. Family thought the doctor did not give enough pain medication to a dying patient. The jury gave one-and-a- half million dollars to the patient’s family.
The patient’s children say they were sure they would lose. But the jury said the doctor was reckless and caused elderly abuse.
The patient’s son says he wanted to tell the true story. His father had too much pain.
The 85-year-old patient, William Bergman, died of cancer patient in February 1998. He spent six days at a hospital in Castro Valley, California. His children say he had too much pain because Dr. Wing Chin didn’t give enough painkillers.
The trial lasted one month. Dr Chin said he used the usual pain control system. Dr. Chin’s lawyer said that the doctor used the usual standard of care.
Family members said they didn’t directly ask the doctor for more m
A. was eighty-five years old
B. was a young man
C. had never had children
D. was a middle-aged man