[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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How do we choose our favorite colors
A. Our favorite color is inborn.
B. We choose our favorite color as we grow up.
C. With the instruction of our parents we select them.
D. We get them by chance.

[单项选择] Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage , you will be giv en 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.


How do we choose our favorite colors
A. Our favorite color is inborn.
B. We choose our favorite color as we grow up.
C. With the instruction of our parents we select them.
D. We get them by chance.

[单项选择]Questions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
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Which of the following is CORRECT about the difference between optimists and pessimists
A. Optimists live a more wealthy life than pessimists.
B. Optimism can help explain the setbacks while pessimism cannot.
C. Pessimists attribute failure to temporary causes, but optimists don’t.
D. Pessimists usually blame themselves for their mistakes, while optimists don’t.

[单项选择]Questions 17 to 20 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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Daily attendance is required______.
A. at all American universities
B. only in elementary and high schools in America
C. for bad students only
D. by some college professors

[单项选择] Questions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.
BRITAIN’S universities are in an awful spin. Top universities were overwhelmed by the 24% of A-level applicants with indistinguishable straight As newer ones are beating the byways for bodies.
Curiously, both images of education—the weeping willows of Cambridge and the futuristic architecture of UEL—are cherished by the government. Ministers want to see half of all young people in universities by 2010 (numbers have stalled at 42%), without letting go of the world-class quality of its top institutions.
Many argue that the two goals are incompatible without spending a lot more money. Re searchers scrabble for funds, and students complain of large classes and reduced teaching time. To help solve the problem, the government agreed in 2004 to let universities increase tuition fees.
Though low, the fees have introduced a market into higher education. Universities can offer cut-price tuition, althoug
A. researchers and scholars will be tempted overseas
B. top universities will have to become more competitive
C. universities will have to cut their tuition prices further
D. bottom universities will have to struggle harder to survive

[填空题] Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
Although clichés about the "vulnerability" of women in the economy have been disproved by hard BLS data, we want to believe them. When women lose jobs, the victims are women. When men lose jobs, the victims are, women, because they have to make up for that lost male income. The scale of male job losses was evident even when the stimulus bill was passed. That did not stop incoming Congressman Jared Polls, a Colorado Democrat, from warning Obama that "gender imbalance in occupations related to basic facility development means that the direct job creation will benefit mostly men."
Men still make up 53% of the workforce, and the percentage of society’s work they do is considerably higher, owing to women’s shorter hours and more frequent leave for child-rearing. In prosperous times, women may yearn for more time at home. But economic realities have a way of washing away these yearnings. One such reality is the r

[单项选择]Questions 23 to 26 are based on the following passage．
　 American money can be quite confusing．The bills or paper money are all of the same color and size．One has to look carefully to he sure he is giving out a $1 bill and not a$10 bill，for example．Furthermore，new bills stick together easily，Be sure this does not happen to you．Coins are also confusing．This is partly because some of them have two names，partly because the size does not indicate the value．The ten．cent coin is smaller than the five—cent coin，for example．In addition，all coins are silver—colored except the penny(one cent)which is brown color or copper-colored．
　 One cent，or a penny，is the coin of smallest value，equal to 1/100 of a dollar．It is useful for some parking meters and some sales taxes but a penny does not buy very much! Five pennies are equal to one nickel．A coin of ten cents，the smallest in size of all the coins，is one of the most useful．It is used for pay-phones，buying newspapers from coi
A. copper-colored
B. gold—colored
C. iron—colored
D. silver-colored

[单项选择]Questions 36 to 45 are based on the following passage. One principle of taxation, called the benefit principle, states that people should pay taxes based on the benefits they receive from government services. This principle tries to make public goods similar to __36__ goods. It seems reasonable that a person who often goes to the movies pays more in __37__ for movie tickets than a person who rarely goes. And __38__ a person who gets great benefit from a public good should pay more for it than a person who gets little benefit. The gasoline tax, for instance, is sometimes __39__ using the benefits principle. In some states, __40__ from the gasoline tax are used to build and maintain roads. Because those who buy gasoline are the same people who use the roads, the gasoline tax might be viewed as a __41__ way to pay this government service. The benefits principle can also be used to argue that wealthy citizens should pay higher taxes than poorer ones, __42__ because the wealthy benefi

[单项选择]Questions 32 to 35 are based on the following passage．
　 A national survey showed that many of America’s public school teachers spend their own time expanding the knowledge and skins．Professional training is a way of life for many teachers．Some even go to summer schools to learn new skills and keep up with advances in technology．
The average teacher has 25 years of classroom experience and mole than half hold a master’s degree．Nearly 23 percent began fulltime teaching within the past five years．This statistic should cause some concerns because it means a large number of teachers are reaching the retirement age．If this trend is not recognized，at some point this will result in an experience gap．
With salaries based on fewer hours and no overtime，the complaints of the teachers become more understandable．Many outsiders feel that the long summer vacations justify lower pay scales，but in reality，many teachers spend a good part of their vocation honing their ski
A. They either have a master’s degree or enough experience．
B. They spend time expanding their knowledge and skills．
C. They are asked to keep up with advanced technology．
D. They must go to summer school to learn new skills．

[单项选择] Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
Some families in America and elsewhere have started buying child friendly mobile phones outfitted with GPS (Global Positioning System) technology.
These phones and their related tracking services allow parents to pinpoint the location of their children with ease. Parents agree to pick up the phone bill in return for the reassurance of knowing where their children are; children are prepared to put up with the watching if they are allowed to have a phone.
Mobile operators in America are now launching tracking services. Under a federal decree known as E911, they had to upgrade their networks to ensure that anyone dialing the 911 emergency number could be located to within 100 metres. Some operators opted for triangulation technology, which determines the location of the handset by comparing the signals received by different base stations. But Verizon and Sprint chose to adopt the more expensive but more
A. It is popular with children who have a mobile phone.
B. It provides both parents and children with much fun.
C. It sends alerts to parents without the child’s awareness.
D. It alerts the child if he strays outside a specified zone.

[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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The best title for this selection is
A. Food from Coal and Gas
B. Non-spoiling and New Foods
C. Spacecraft Food
D. The Shortage of Food