[单项选择]What’s cliche


A. Briefly expressed general truth.
B. Idea or expression that has been too much used and is now out-dated.
C. Popular short saying with words of advice..
D. A group of words whose meaning cannot be predicted from the constituent words.

[单项选择]What's the woman's problem

[单项选择]What's the policeman's biggest headache


A. He has to get the most desirable results without breaking the law in any way.
B. He has to justify his arrests while unable to provide sufficient evidence in most cases.
C. He can hardly find enough time to learn criminal law while burdened with numerous criminal cases.
D. He has to provide the best possible public service at the least possible expense.

[单项选择]What's the author's comment on Carl Sandburg's biography of Lincoln

[单项选择]What' s the author' s impression of Alaska


A. Positive.
B. Negative.
C. Neutral.
D. Funny.

[单项选择]What's the author's attitude toward Lincoln


A. Admiring.
B. Indifferent.
C. Critical.
D. Affectionate.

[单项选择]What's wrong with Europe's patent system


A. Lack of a unified patent system.
B. Smaller firms and individual inventors tend to be neglected.
C. Patent protection is not secure enough.
D. Patent application process is too complex.

[单项选择]In order to have a good health care system, what should the American government do


A. Restrict the system of private care.
B. Protect the system of private care.
C. Make a new policy to deal with challenges.
D. Extend the private care system.

[单项选择]What's the author's attitude towards the project


A. Agreement.
B. Opposition.
C. Mockery.
D. Objectiveness.

[单项选择]What's the old generation's comment on the young


A. The young are more knowledgeable than they are about the world around.
B. The young treat historical events as seriously as they do.
C. The young do not behave the way they did when they were young.
D. The young tend to ruin their minds to more serious matters.

[单项选择]What's the author's attitude towards the waste of the earth's resources（）
A. Negative.
B. Positive.

[单项选择]What's this passage mainly about

[单项选择]——What’S the woman 一一
A. She’40．
B. She’fine．
C. She’s a teacher．
D. She’S tall．

[单项选择]What's the woman complaining about

[单项选择]What's the passage mainly about

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Text 4
The first great cliche of the Internet was, "Information wants to be free." The notion was that no one should have to pay for "content" words and pictures and stuff like that and, in the friction-free world of cyberspace, no one would have to.
The reigning notion today is that the laws of economics are not, after all, suspended in cyberspace like the laws of gravity in outer space. Content needs to be paid for on the Web just as in any other medium. And it probably has to be paid for the same way most other things are paid for. by the people who use it. We tried charging the customers at Slate. It didn’t work. Future experiments may be more successful. But meanwhile, let’s look again at this notion that in every medium except the Internet, people pay for the content they consume. It’s not really true.
TV is the most obvious case. A few weeks ago a producer from "Nightline" contacted Slate while
A. they earned enough money to keep the business going.
B. consumers take the trouble to read the ad in the magazine.
C. consumers read the main content of these magazines.
D. consumers understand the policy of the magazine business.