[单项选择]When the novelist Jodi Picoult was approached to write a few installments of the "Wonder Woman" comics series, her first （　） was to take the character out of her trademark.
A. conspiracy
B. subversion
C. impulse

[单项选择]Fighting for a Brighter Future for Women
When I was asked what it means to be a woman running for president, I always gave the same answer that I was proud to be running as a woman, but I was running because I thought I’d be the best president.
But I am a woman and, like millions of women, I know there are still barriers and biases (偏见) out there, often unconscious, and I want to build an America that respects and embraces the potential of every last one of us.
I ran as a daughter who benefited from opportunities my mother never dreamed of. I ran as a mother who worried about my daughter’s future and a mother who wants to leave all children brighter tomorrows.
To build that future I see, we must make sure that women and men alike understand the struggles of their grandmothers and their mothers, and that women enjoy equal opportunities, equal pay, and equal respect.
Let us resolve and work toward achieving very simple propositions (命题) :There are no accep
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned

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Glynis Wang
I first piled on the pounds when I was pregnant and I couldn’ t lose them afterwards. Then I joined a slimming club. My target was 10 stone and I lost 2 stone and 21bs in six months. I felt great and people kept saying how good I looked. But Christmas came and I started to slip back into my old eating habits. I told myself I’ d lose the weight at slimming classes in the new year, but it didn’ t happen. Instead of losing the pounds, I put them on. I’ d lost the willpower and tried to convince myself that the old bag of crisps didn’ t make any difference—but the scales don’ t lie.
Roz Juma
To be honest, I never weigh myself any more—I’ ve learned to be happy with myself. It seemed ridiculous to feel guilty about every morsel that passed my lips. My philosophy is simple: You shouldn’ t be preoccupied with food and dieting. Instead, you should get on with life and stop dreami
A. I put on weight after I got married.
B. The heavier, the merrier.
C. Facts speak louder than words.
D. I like myself as I am.
E. I’ m constantly at war with my weight.
F. Fame doesn’t necessarily mean success.
G. I think I’ ll be slim again.

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M: My mother used to make those cookies when she was here.
F: Don’t you think mine tastes as good

What does the woman mean（　）.
A. Her cookies taste the same.
B. Her cookies are better than his mother’s.
C. His mother’s cookies used to be good.

[填空题]I decided to buy the books that I wanted when it was 5 o’clock.
I ______ decide which books to buy ______ it was 5 o’clock.

[填空题]The worker taught us (run)（）the machines when we worked in that factory.

[单项选择]My wallet is nowhere to be found. I （） it when I was on the bus.
A. must drop
B. had dropped
C. must have dropped
D. should have dropped

[单项选择]You can’t believe that he was a （） model when he was young.
A. tall handsome fashion
B. fashion tall handsome
C. tall fashion handsome
D. handsome fashion tall

[单项选择]I remember ______ to the zoo by my father when I was a child.
A. to be taken
B. had been taken
C. being taken
D. to be taking

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Passage One