[单项选择]The reason why the toys most boys play with are different from those that girls play with is that ______.

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Most boys, and many girls too, have at some time or other started a stamp collection. Stamp-collecting, or, to call it (21) its correct name, philately, (22) an increasing popular hobby from as (23) as 1854 -- for less than two decades (十年) after postage stamps (24) . Today the hobby numbers (25) are not only boys and girls, but also men and women from all ranks (阶层) in society. So rapidly (26) the interest in stamp-collecting increase in the United States of America (27) in 1921 the United States Post Office found itself (28) set up a special department to (29) the needs of collectors. At present the yearly (30) of this department total over three hundred thousand dollars.

21（）
A. is
B. has been
C. was
D. had been

[单项选择]The most important reason why royal wedding causes such a great interest is that"______".


A. a commoner is married into a royal family
B. the prince finally finds his bride
C. a famous TV journalist gets married
D. the wedding is expensive

[单项选择]The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses ______.


A. unusual ways to advertise products
B. types of payment plans for service
C. theories about how products affect different levels of society
D. how certain elements of a price "package" influence its market value

[单项选择]The neighborhood boys like to play basketball on that ______ lot.
A. valid
B. vain
C. vacant
D. vague

[单项选择]According to Henry Moore, why is sculpture more difficult to appreciate than other forms of art


A. It is often displayed outdoors.
B. It does not always represent an object.
C. It is three-dimensional.
D. It is done by relatively few artists.

[单项选择]The passage will most probably be followed by a discussion of______.


A. some strategies of risk and crisis management
B. the global impact of terrorism
C. the measurement of organizational efficiency
D. the development of nonfinancial organizations

[单项选择]Why do most pageants have a historical flavor


A. Because most pageants take place for celebration.
B. Many pageants take place for amusement.
C. A lot of pageants take place for religion.
D. Because pageants usually take place for competition.