[填空题]The passage mainly tells us that prejudice should not be put against the left-handed people.

[填空题]This passage mainly tells us the damage of earthquakes and how to predict an earthquake in order to protect lives and property.

[填空题]This article mainly tells us why dinosaurs ate grass.

[填空题]The passage mainly tells us that the global warming is a threat to our environment.

[单项选择]The second paragraph mainly tells us that ______.
A. parents should be strict with their children
B. parental controls reflect only the needs of the parents and the values of the community
C. parental restrictions vary, and are not always enforced for the benefit of the children alone
D. parents vary in their strictness towards their children according to the situation

[单项选择]The text mainly (主要) tells us that ______.


A. Bob was till a child
B. the customers sometimes got angry
C. lonely people need other people

[单项选择]The conversation tells us that（）
A. the subscriber has never been to the library before so he asks the librarian for help
B. it isn’t the first time for the subscriber to ask the librarian to recommend books to him
C. the librarian is so kind-hearted as to remember the taste of each subscriber
D. the subscriber and the librarian know each other very well

[填空题]This article tells us several different love stories in different countries.

[单项选择]The story Bob Seelert described tells us that
A. performance can be better performed under standard．
B. work can be exactly done under standard．
C. standard is easily maintained once you set it．

[填空题]This article tells us that further studies are needed to assess the potential risks of GM foods even though the technology promises many benefits.

[单项选择]The first paragraph tells us the author （　）
A. was born to a naturalist’s family
B. didn’t like his brothers and sisters
C. lost his hearing when he was a child
D. was interested in flowers and insects in his childhood

[单项选择]The second sentence of the last paragraph tells us that it is ______.
A. preferable to have a sound sleep before a night shift
B. good practice to eat something light before we go to bed
C. essential to make up for lost sleep
D. natural to take a nap whenever we feel the need for it

[单项选择]The conversation tells us every year there are about （） students from other countries who want to enter US colleges.
A. 1,000,000
B. 500,000
C. 3,000
D. 30,000

[填空题]The article tells us that climate and landscape change adversely affects our global environment.

[单项选择] Common sense tells us that there are obvious differences between females and males: after all, biology, not culture, determines whether or not you’’re able to bear children. But culture and cultural myths do shape the roles men and women play in our public and private relationships: we are born female and male, but we are made women and men. Sociologist distinguishes between sex and gender — between one’’s biological identity and the conventional patterns of behavior we learn to associate with each sex. While biological sex remains a constant, the definition of "appropriate" gender behavior varies dramatically from one cultural group or historical period to the next. The variations show up markedly in the way we dress. For example, among many American Indian tribes, men who lived and dressed as women were respected as people who possessed special powers, whereas in contemporary Anglo-American culture, cross-dressers are usually seen as deviant or ridiculous. Male clothing in late s
A. exceptions to universal suffrage (选举权) do not affect political equality
B. James Fenimore Cooper was an antifeminist
C. society is the gainer if women refrain from political controversies and fierce struggles
D. how gender has been used to regulate political relations between sexes