[单项选择]A. Its popularity. B. Its philosophy. C. Its perspective. D. Its briskness.

[单项选择]A. Its texture. B. Its size.
C. Its preservation. D. Its shape.

[简答题]They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deep meaning. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made. (Passage 1 )

[单项选择] With its common interest in lawbreaking but its immense range of subject matter and widely-varying methods of treatment, the crime novel could make a legitimate claim to be regarded as a separate branch of literature, or, at least, as a distinct, even though a slightly disreputable, shoot of the traditional novel. The detective story is probably the most respectable (at any rate in the narrow sense of the word) of the crime species. Its creation is often the relaxation of University dons, literary economists, scientists or even poets. Fatalities may occur more frequently and mysteriously than might be expected in polite society, but the world in which they happen, the village, seaside re- sort, college or studio, is familiar to us, if not from our own experience, at least in the news- paper or the lives of friends The characters, though normally realized superficially, are as recognizably human and consistent as our less intimate associates. A story set in a more remote environ
A. not a true novel at all
B. an independent development of the novel
C. related in some ways to the historical novel
D. a not quite respectable form of the conventional novel

[单项选择]A. Its persistence in tradition.
B. Its students from many countries and places.
C. Its strength in academics.
D. Its diversity of schools and faculties.

[单项选择]A. Its strong academic curriculum. B. Its extracurricular activities.
C. Its student organizations. D. All of the above.

[简答题]Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets. (Passage 1)

[单项选择]In terms of its tone and its form, the passage can best be characterized as
A. a critical analysis
B. a speculative study
C. a dispassionate presentation
D. an indignant denial
E. a dogmatic explanation

[填空题]China is trying its best to speed up its (economy) ______ development.

[单项选择]What is the basic salary per week
A. ￡9.50.
B. ￡39.50.
C. ￡60.50.
D. ￡69.50.