[单项选择]The author cited the remarks of Ray LaHood to imply that______.


A. all the Republicans have realized their crisis
B. the Republican Party has lost its power
C. the Republicans have to change the present situation
D. the Republicans are determined to stay away from Bush in the election

[单项选择]The author cited the remarks of Ray LaHood to imply that______.


A. all the Republicans have realized their crisis
B. the Republican Party has lost its power
C. the Republicans have to change the present situation
D. the Republicans are determined to stay away from Bush in the election

[单项选择]The remarks of the author's friend in Paragraph 3 indicate that Europeans ______.
A. think highly of the American service
B. do not appreciate the American service
C. find it impossible to accept the American service
D. will gradually accept the American service

[单项选择]The author quotes the remarks of one of Oliver Goldsmith's teachers______.

[单项选择]"The cornfield absorbs more heat than a lake" implies (暗示) ______.


A. the cornfield is huge
B. they are about the same size
C. a cornfield is darker than a lake
D. different materials have different temperatures in the sunlight

[单项选择]At the end of the passage the author seems to imply that as a result of shorter working time
A. employment may not retain its usual importance.
B. employment may not be regarded as valid work.
C. people can be engaged in far less unpaid work.
D. people can be engaged in far more unpaid work.

[单项选择]The examples of the Challenger and Chernobyl cited by the author serve to show that ______.
A. if not given close examination, technology could be used to destroy our word
B. technology is a human creation, so we are responsible for it
C. technology usually goes wrong, if not controlled by man
D. being a human creation, technology is liable to error

[单项选择]The example about Ronald Reagan cited in the last paragraph implies that（　）.
A. it is desirable to arrange one's activities with the help of an astrologer
B. all Americans believe in astrology including their Presidents
C. the arrangement of American Presidents' activities is very complicated
D. nobody can control his or her futur

[单项选择]The biography cited more than a hundred source books that the author had _______.


A. consulted
B. sought
C. inquired
D. inferred

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Text 4
According to studies cited by the National Eating Disorders Association, 42 percent of girls in first through third grade want to be thinner, 81 percent of 10-year-olds are a {raid of being fat, and 51 percent of 9- and 10-year-old girls feel better about themselves if they are on a diet.
In many ways, this fixation on weight at ever earlier ages comes at an inopportune time physiologically. At a recent Hadassah meeting at the Woodlands Community Temple in White Plains, Dr. Marcie Schneider, the director of adolescent medicine at Greenwich Hospital, and Erica Leon, a registered dietitian, spoke about early adolescence as a time when a little hit of pudginess is necessary for proper growth, and youngsters wrestle constantly with their body image.
"I can’t tell you how many kids I’ve seen who’ve been on the Atkins diet, or on the South Beach diet," Ms. Leon said, adding that overweight children who try diets can be a
A. two similar mental illnesses.
B. two different common mental illnesses.
C. both bad eating habits.
D. both illnesses of eating disorders.

[单项选择]Kenya is cited as an example to show that

[单项选择]When the author cited the Brazilian legend he was ______.


A. trying to add a little humor
B. trying to illustrate his earlier point
C. simply joking
D. being religious

[单项选择]In the example cited in the passage, the opportunity cost of studying for 4 hours per day was________.


A. 4 hours of watching TV
B. 4 hours of classes
C. 4 hours of sleep
D. 8 hours of sleep

[单项选择]Which of the following is NOT cited as an example to show the protective nature of eyespots


A. Frogs.
B. Fish.
C. Peacocks.
D. Butterflies.