[单项选择]Thousands of children nowadays prefer doing their homework to a background of pop-music ______ it in a quite room.
A. rather than doing
B. to doing
C. rather than to do
D. to do

[单项选择]The children prefer camping in the mountains ______ an indoor activity.

[单项选择]Nowadays many children are addicted to computer games,______the warning of their parents and teachers.
A. neglecting
B. ignoring
C. concerning
D. regardless

[单项选择]Nowadays, our government advocates credit to whatever we do or whoever we contact with. Once you （） your words, you will lose your social status and personal reputation.
A. keep up with
B. give away with
C. go back on
D. lose sight of

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Text 2
Manners nowadays in metropolitan cities like London are practically non-existent. It is nothing for a big, strong schoolboy to elbow an elderly woman aside in the dash for the last remaining seat on the tube or bus, much less stand up and offer his seat to her, as he ought. In fact, it is saddening to note that if a man does offer his seat to an older woman, it is nearly always a Continental man or one from the older generation.
This question of giving up seats in public transport is much argued about by young men, who say that, since women have claimed equality, they no longer deserve to be treated with courtesy, and that those who go out to work should take their turn in the rat race like anyone else. Women have never claimed to be physically as strong as men. Even if it is not agreed, however, that young men should stand up for younger women, the fact remains that courtesy should be shown to the old, the sick and the burdened.
Conditions i
A. attach significance to the moral education of young people.
B. improve the means of transportation and the public morality.
C. treat people, be they young and old, with courtesy and sympathy.
D. demand that everyone avoid brisk arguments and insulting quarrels.

[单项选择]The author says people nowadays find that traditional religion is ______.


A. a form of reassurance
B. inadequate to their needs
C. responding to scientific progress
D. developing in strange ways

[单项选择]Nowadays a demand for this specialized type of service has been created because______.


A. there is a lack of jobs available for artistic people
B. there are so many top-level jobs available
C. there are so many people out of work
D. the job history is considered to be a work of art

[简答题]There are many fake commodities nowadays. They range from daily commodities to expensive goods. What is your opinion about these commodities In this section, you are asked to write an essay on fake commodities. You can provide specific reasons and examples to support your idea. You should write at least 150 words.

[单项选择]Nowadays, housework has been made much easier by domestic ______.


A. instruments
B. appliances
C. facilities
D. equipment

[单项选择]Some professors prefer to control discussion while others prefer to guide the class without ______ it.
A. enforcing
B. dominating
C. enhancing
D. disposing

[单项选择]Nowadays, books are expensive. Every time I go to the bookstore, I seem ______ more.
A. to be spending
B. spending
C. to spending
D. spend

[单项选择]Customers prefer to purchase our products though they seem to be higher in price.
A. 顾客情愿购买我们那些价格看上去较高的产品。
B. 虽然我们的产品价格似乎高了一些，顾客仍喜欢购买。
C. 消费者宁愿买我们的产品，不过它们的价格似乎高了一些。
D. 尽管我们的产品价格很高，人们虽不情愿，但仍然购买。

[单项选择]The writer feels that nowadays a customer is ______.


A. the recipient of privileged treatment
B. unworthy of proper consideration
C. classified by society as inferior
D. the victim of modern organizations

[单项选择]More people are living in the U.S.A nowadays.