[填空题]Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
Many private institutions of higher education around the country are in danger. Not all will be saved, and perhaps not all deserved to be saved. There are low-quality schools just as there is low-quality business. We have no obligation to save them simply because they exist.
But many thriving institutions that deserve to continue are threatened. They are doing a fine job educationally, but they are caught in a financial squeeze, with no way to reduce rising costs or increasing revenues significantly. Raising tuition doesn’t bring in more revenues, for each time tuition goes up, the enrollment goes down, or the amount that must be given away in student aid goes up. Schools are businesses, whether public or private, not usually because of mismanagement but because of the nature of the enterprise. They lose money on every customer, and they can go bankrupt either from too few students or too many students. Even a very goo

[单项选择]Questions 15 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.

This passage is mainly about
A. an accident in a river.
B. a sea captain.
C. a boat crossing a river full of ice.
D. a noble deed by a brave man.

[单项选择]Questions 11 to 14 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
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When Rod Laver got behind, he would
A. play a "safe" game.
B. become nervous.
C. forget what the score was.
D. play a relaxed game.

[单项选择]Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will he given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
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In ______, the English language had the most important changes.
A. 1056
B. 1256
C. 1456
D. 1656

[单项选择]Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
From bankers to factory staff, employees in the West face the bleak prospect of losing their jobs as a global recession starts to bite. For colleagues in the East, the pain is more likely to come through a pay cut.
Human resource experts say cultural differences explain why Asian firms try harder to preserve jobs in difficult times, which will stem unemployment and may help keep Asian economies afloat at a time of slowing exports. The East Asian attitude may also make it easier for firms to recover quickly from the economic downturn since they will not need to rehire or train new staff, leaving some experts predicting a Western shift to Eastern flexibility.
"In the Confucian mindset, the right thing to do is to share the burden. There’s that sense of collective responsibility whereas in the West, it’s more about individual survival," said Michael Benoliel, associate professor of organizational
A. different economic situations
B. different life styles
C. different attitudes towards work
D. different cultures

[单项选择]Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
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According to the passage, which statement is CORRECT
A. The elephant is the biggest animal In the world.
B. Female and male elephants live together all life long.
C. The elephant has a good memory.
D. The male elephant often has lots of male friends.

[单项选择]Questions 62 to 66 are based on the following passage.
Researchers have created a "beauty machine" they say can turn a woman’s photo into the likeness of a cover model with the push of a button. The goal is not just to toy with pictures. Sure, the new computer software could help editors distort magazine cover photos even more than they already do. But it could also guide plastic surgeons (整形医师) in efforts to achieve some perceived level of perfection in a patient. Or the software might even be incorporated into future digital cameras to make us all appear gorgeous, the researchers suggest.
Attractiveness—for men or women--can be objectified by a computer and boiled down to a function of mathematical distances or ratios, Cohen-Or said, admitting that the work is likely to be controversial. "Beauty can be quantified by mathematical measurements and ratios. It can be deigned as average distances between features, which a majority of people agree are the mo
A. It can be used by any person who wants herself/himself to be beautiful.
B. It can just help editors make more beautiful pictures.
C. It can lead plastic surgeons achieve a better result in a patient.
D. It can be used in digital camera to make us more beautiful now.

[单项选择]Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
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What can we know about the 1920 Olympic Games
A. It was held in Melbourne, Australia.
B. The Olympic Oath was not recited then.
C. There was torch relay in the opening ceremony.
D. The Olympic Flag was flown for the first time.