[简答题]Symbols may also be ordinary, useful goods that have acquired special meaning. Certain cars indicate wealth; others may express youth, daring, power, or involvement in a lifestyle for their owners. In other cultures, a cow or pig of a particular color and confirmation can evoke similar feelings. The same object, even when used for the same purpose, may mean quite different things across cultures. For example, both Americans and Vietnamese bury their dead in coffins, and both may invest a great deal of money in coffins. But those Vietnamese who can afford to purchase a coffin long before an elderly person dies do so and put it on display -- much to that person’s delight. The Vietnamese honor departed relatives on "death days" (the day a relative died) in much the same way Americans celebrate birthdays -- by inviting the family, preparing an elaborate meal, decorating the house, lighting candles, and toasting the person who is the center of the event.

[简答题]Symbols may also be ordinary, useful goods that have acquired special meaning. Certain cars indicate wealth; others may express youth, daring, power, or involvement in a lifestyle for their owners. In other cultures, a cow or pig of a particular color and confirmation can evoke similar feelings.
The same object, even when used for the same purpose, may mean quite different things across cultures. For example, both Americans and Vietnamese bury their dead in coffins, and both may invest a great deal of money in coffins. But those Vietnamese who can afford to purchase a coffin long before an elderly person dies do so and put it on display -- much to that person’s delight. The Vietnamese honor departed relatives on "death days" (the day a relative died) in much the same way Americans celebrate birthdays -- by inviting the family, preparing an elaborate meal, decorating the house, lighting candles, and toasting the person who is the center of the event.

[单项选择]The constitutional guarantee of free speech may have been aimed at protecting native speakers of English from censorship, but it is not a great ______ to interpret it as protecting the right to express oneself in any natural language or dialect.
A. mystery
B. extension
C. sacrifice
D. condemnation

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America’s genius with high technology may have put men on the moon, but there is growing skepticism (怀疑) about its ability to solve human problems closer to home.
In fact, a subtle but significant shift from purely technological solutions is already underway as scientists argue openly for new directions in research.
A growing number of scientists insist that answers to the world’s problems will not come from a flashier array of electronics and machines. Instead, as they see it, solutions must evolve from a better understanding of the humans that drive the system and from a fuller appreciation of the limits and potential of the earth’s resources.
What this means is an increased emphasis on the life and earth sciences, on sociology, psychology, economics and even philosophy.
More and more of the best minds in science, particularly young researchers, are being drawn into these developing fields.
All this is not to say that te
A. A growing number of Americans are doubtful about what high technology can do in solving the world’s problems.
B. Many scientists are starting to believe that the better understanding of human beings will play a more decisive role in solving the world’s problems.
C. More and more young scientists are trying their best to find new ways to solve the world’s problems.
D. Technological creativity will still play a very important part in solving the world’s problems.

[填空题]For fat children with type Ⅱ diabetes, they may have the symptom of high blood pressure.

[填空题]May 8, 2011
To whom it may concern,
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I recommend Mr. Johnson to you wholeheartedly. If you have any further questions with regard to his background or qualifications, please do not hesitate to call me at 765 - 52765.
Yours sincerely,
Wilson
General Manager

Mr. Johnson’s educational background: He got his (46) . degree from (47) in 2006.
Mr. Johnson’s present

[单项选择]Sentence Completion
It may be useful to think of character in fiction as a function of two ______ impulses: the impulse to individualize and the impulse to ______.
A. analogous...humanize
B. disparate...aggrandize
C. divergent...typify
D. comparable...delineate
E. (E) related...moralize

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M: I’d like to check in, please.
W: May I have your ticket, please Thank you. Here’s your boarding pass, sir. Please go to the Departure Lounge. Your flight will be called in 15 minutes.
Q: Where does the conversation most probably take place （）

A. At the hotel.
B. At the railway station.
C. At the airport.
D. At the cinema.

[填空题]Evidence shows that the AIDS virus may also attack the nervous system, ______ (对大脑造成损害).

[简答题]It may also have additional interest and value because of its relationship to a historical period or to some well-known person.