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Much of the American anxiety about old age is a flight from the reality of death. One of the striking qualities of the American character is the unwillingness to face either the fact or meaning of death. In the more somber tradition of American literature -- from Hawthorne and Melville and Poe to Faulkner and Hemingway -- one finds a tragic depth that disguises the surface thinness of the ordinary American death attitudes. By an effort of the imagination, the great writers faced problems that the culture in action is reluctant to face -- the fact of death, its mystery, and its place in the back-and-forth shuttling of the eternal recurrence. The unblinking confrontation of death in Greek time, the elaborate theological patterns woven around it in the Middle Ages, the ritual celebration of it in the rich, peasant cultures of Latin and Slavic Europe and in primitive cultures; these are difficult to find in American life.
Whether through fear of the emot
A. a characteristic of American society.
B. a quality found in all civilizations.
C. a quality inherited from our Latin ancestors.
D. a quality of the American character.

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Much of the American anxiety about old age is a flight from the reality of death. One of the striking qualities of the American character is the unwillingness to face either the fact or meaning of death. In the more somber tradition of American literature -- from Hawthorne and Melville and Poe to Faulkner and Hemingway -- one finds a tragic depth that disguises the surface thinness of the ordinary American death attitudes. By an effort of the imagination, the great writers faced problems that the culture in action is reluctant to face -- the fact of death, its mystery, and its place in the back-and-forth shuttling of the eternal recurrence. The unblinking confrontation of death in Greek time, the elaborate theological patterns woven around it in the Middle Ages, the ritual celebration of it in the rich, peasant cultures of Latin and Slavic Europe and in primitive cultures; these are difficult to find in American life.
Whether through fear of the emot
A. In American life, people hardly mention the death.
B. In the Middle Ages, death was surrounded by respect.
C. In primitive cultures, death was faced with awe.
D. In Greek times, people .were afraid of facing death.

[单项选择]He ______ a sum of money every week for his old age.


A. sets up
B. sets out
C. sets against
D. sets aside

[单项选择]We can infer from the passage about how much exercise is enough to improve general health, ______.


A. different people have nearly the same opinion
B. it is easy to reach a conclusion
C. researchers have made a conclusion
D. it is a time-consuming study

[单项选择]What made the woman feel strange about the "old woman"


A. That she kept nodding her head.
B. That she was unable to speak.
C. That she gave no answer to her questions.
D. That she had large and hairy hands.

[单项选择]When doves are about two weeks old, they are covered with grey feathers and are ready to try their wings.
A. grow
B. wrap
C. hide
D. test

[单项选择]When children are about four years old, they are the most ______.


A. original
B. vigorous
C. curious
D. ambitious

[单项选择]For a commuter trip of 500 miles, about how much less fuel would maglev train use compared to a small plane
A) 25%. C) 75%.
B) 50%. D) 80%.


A. For a commuter trip of 500 miles, about how much less fuel would maglev train use compared to a small plane
B. 25%.
C. 50%.
D. 75%.
E. 80%.

[单项选择]He was about forty years old, ______ , industrious, and made a living from the little farm which is now overgrown with weeds.


A. frugal
B. careful
C. economic
D. thrift