[单项选择]The word "southpaws" at the end of the passage means ______.
A. a boxer from the south
B. a politician from a southern state
C. a person with extraordinarily large hands
D. a left-handed person

[单项选择]By the last sentence of the passage the author means that
A. in the society rules must be observed anywhere
B. the society is based on the strengths of a traffic system
C. in any case everything arouses tow-sided comments
D. in any case the social regulations is not substantial

[单项选择]The word "installment" in the passage probably means" ______ ".
A. a library email
B. a rare piece of literature
C. a free novel
D. a part of a book

[单项选择]As used in this passage, the word "fraudulent" means ______.
A. actual
B. amorphous
C. deceptive
D. diabolical

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Passage Three
Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for the purpose of educating them; our purpose is to prepare them for life. As soon as we realize this fact, we will understand that it is very important to choose a system of education which will really prepare children for life. It is not enough just to choose the first system of education one finds, or to continue with one’s old system of enducation without examining it to see whether it is in fact suitable or not.
In many modern countries it has for some time been fashionable to think that, by free education for all--whether rich or poor, clever or stupid--one can solve all the problems of society and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough; we find in such countries a far larger number of people with university degrees than there are jobs for them to fill. Because of their degrees, they ref
A. a means
B. a purpose
C. fashionable
D. the first system

[单项选择]It is recommended in the passage as a security measure that people should ______.
A. turn off network services
B. employ a full-inspection firewall
C. make sure that servers and applications are combined
D. eliminate all the programs

[单项选择]"Historical patterns "mentioned in the passage means that in mild inflation ______.