[单项选择]From Taiwan to Algeria, thousands of foreigners (47) to U.S. universities to study. Those who come praise the libraries and the research facilities. Others praise the informality of the classroom where teachers encourage students to analyze and question what they read. Still others praise the (48) at universities, which pushes students to be creative thinkers as well as (49) thinkers. Yet, despite the high quality of many universities, tests given by the United Nations reveal there are some (50) in the educational quality in U.S. schools. Some call it "cultural illiteracy." This means that on general-knowledge questions concerning world topics, these students (51) very low. For example, many thought that the population of the U. S. was (52) than that of the P. R. C. (中国). Some said that Picasso painted in the twelfth century. Many did not even know when Christopher Columbus came to America. Another area Where students performed (53) was geography. The United Stat

[单项选择]From Taiwan to Algeria, thousands of foreigners (47) to U.S. universities to study. Those who come praise the libraries and the research facilities. Others praise the informality of the classroom where teachers encourage students to analyze and question what they read. Still others praise the (48) at universities, which pushes students to be creative thinkers as well as (49) thinkers. Yet, despite the high quality of many universities, tests given by the United Nations reveal there are some (50) in the educational quality in U.S. schools. Some call it "cultural illiteracy." This means that on general-knowledge questions concerning world topics, these students (51) very low. For example, many thought that the population of the U. S. was (52) than that of the P. R. C. (中国). Some said that Picasso painted in the twelfth century. Many did not even know when Christopher Columbus came to America. Another area Where students performed (53) was geography. The United Stat

[简答题]1) Every day, thousands of people die from traffic accidents in the world.
2) a. Drivers pay no attention to their driving behavior.
b. The whole society indulgent towards the peace breaker; too much traffic in both the city and the countryside.
3) Make laws and regulations to prevent accidents.

[单项选择]Thousands of people（）from Greece every year to work in West Germany.
A. emigrate
B. leave
C. abandon
D. immigrate

[单项选择]Many foreigners who have not visited Britain call all the inhabitants English, for they are used to thinking of the British Isles as England. (1)_____, the British Isles contain a variety of peoples, and only the people of England call themselves English. The others (2)_____ to themselves as Welsh, Scottish, or Irish, (3)_____ the ease may be; they are often slightly annoyed (4)_____ being classified as "English". Even in England there are many (5)_____ in regional character and speech. The chief (6)_____ is between southern England and northern England. South of a (7)_____ going from Bristol to London, people speak the type of English usually learnt by foreign students, (8)_____ there are local variations. Further north regional speech is usually "(9)_____" than that of southern Britain. Northerners are (10)_____ to claim that they work harder than Southerners, and are more (11)_____. They are open-hearted and hospitable; foreigners often find that they make friends with them (12)_____. Northerners generally have hearty (13)_____: the visitor to Lancashire or Yorkshire, for instance, may look forward to receiving generous (14)_____ at meal times. In accent and character the people of the Midlands (15)_____ a gradual change from the southern to the northern type of Englishman. In Scotland the sound (16)_____ by the letter "R" is generally a strong sound, and "R" is often pronounced in words in which it would be (17)_____ in southern English. The Scots are said to be a serious, cautious, thrifty people, (18)_____ inventive and somewhat mystical. All the Celtic peoples of Britain (the Welsh, the Irish, the Scots) are frequently (19)_____ as being more "fiery(暴躁的，易怒的)" than the English. They are (20)_____ a race that is quite distinct from the English.
A. appetites
B. tastes
C. interests
D. senses