[单项选择]Why do many of the boys avoid certain instruments


A. They find them too hard to play.
B. They think it silly to play them.
C. They find it not challenging enough to play them.
D. They consider it important to be different from girls.

[单项选择]Why do many people like vegetable gardening


A. Because gardening is something like art and science.
B. Because they regard it as a productive activity.
C. Because it gives them pleasure to spend time in winter.
D. Because vegetables can grow in gardens even in winter.

[单项选择]Why do many visitors come to Cambridge


A. To see Cambridge University.
B. To study in the colleges in Cambridge.
C. To use the libraries of the university.
D. To visit the professors there.

[单项选择]Why do many scientists think animals are basically sleepwalkers


A. Because animals learn to carry out complex actions.
B. Because animals are trained to carry out complex actions.
C. Because animals carry out complex actions in response to stimuli.
D. Because animals carry out complex actions without awareness.

[单项选择]Why do many mourners still hate the authorities


A. The authorities did not take any action.
B. The authorities gave up in the siege.
C. The authorities chose to negotiate with the militants.
D. The authorities took the extreme way of violence to solve the crisis.

[单项选择]Why do boys and girls in co-education have no illusion about each other

[单项选择]Why do many tourists visit Muirwoods, rather than other redwood forests


A. It has no admission fee.
B. It is near San Francisco.
C. It has a good view of the coast.
D. It can be seen in one hour.

[单项选择]In the fourth paragraph, why do many companies prefer to diversify rather than stay in a concentrated market


A. To reduce the risk
B. To spread the risk
C. To earn a high rate of return
D. To strengthen the market position

[单项选择]Why do many people want to seek to adopt abroad


A. Many people want to adopt an infant or a very young child who share their ethnic heritage and they may find a shortage of suitable children available for adoption in the United States.
B. The public regard the parents can not give birth to the child so they seek to adopt abroad.
C. In a few, wealthy families in the United States, some parents have attempted to claim their abilities and conditions to adopt one or more child to ease the pressure of society.
D. There are children-sales agencies who provide enough children to the prospective parents.

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Why do so many Americans distrust what they read in their newspapers The American Society of Newspaper Editors is trying to answer this painful question. The organization is deep into a long self-analysis known as the journalism credibility project.
Sad to say, this project has turned out to be mostly low-level findings about factual errors and spelling and grammar mistakes, combined with lots of head-scratching puzzlement about what in the world those readers really want.
But the sources of distrust go way deeper. Most journalists learn to see the world through a set of standard templates (patterns) into which they plug each day’s events. In other words, there is a conventional story line in the newsroom culture that provides a backbone and already-made narrative structure for otherwise confusing news.
There exists a social and cultural disconnect between journalists and their readers, which helps explain why the "standard templates" of th
A. working attitude
B. conventional lifestyle
C. world outlook
D. educational background