[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]From semantic point of view, the difference between" politician" and" statesman" is ______ in that the former is derogatory while the latter is favorable.
A. denotation
B. connotation
C. concrete
D. abstract

[单项选择]People who have held these positions of authority are much respected and it will be of benefit to them later in their career.
A. 担任这权威的人受人尊重，而且以后对他们的事业也很有益。
B. 担任这权威职务的人十分地受人尊重，而且日后对他们的事业也很有益处。
C. 世人尊重担任这职务的人，而且以后有益于他们的事业。
D. 担任这权威职务的人很受人尊重，而且对他们的事业也很有益

[单项选择]If people are not held responsible for their actions when they arc drunk, then we ______ forgive drunken drivers.
A. may well as
B. had better
C. might as well
D. would rather

[单项选择]How many people are still held hostage by the Free Papua Movement


A. 10.
B. 200.
C. 24.
D. 14.

[单项选择]How many people have held a domonstration


A. About 2,000.
B. About 1,000.
C. Aborn3,000.
D. About4,000.

[单项选择]By saying that "people who held this view attempted to reverse the orthodox view" (in paragraph 1), the author means that those people______.

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

[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

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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,&quo
A. Dot com opportunities decreased.
B. The number of teaching jobs increased.
C. Still well paid job is nursing.
D. The number of jobs with benefits decrease