[单项选择]Most American newspapers try to entertain their readers because ______ .
A. they have to keep up a good relation with them
B. they have to compete with television
C. they have to write about crime, sex and minor
D. they have to give factual news in an interesting way

[单项选择]In which way did American artists try to be more successful
A. By strictly following British example.
B. By getting overseas education.
C. By increasing their commissions.
D. By moving to other countries.

[单项选择]As is suggested in the passage, the most likely result of the two alternatives in solving the fiscal problem is ______.
A. a greater concentration of middle-class residents in central cities
B. a sharp decline of the life quality in central cities
C. a boom in setting up factories and offices in central cities
D. a rapid development of public transportation

[单项选择]The word "arbiters" (Paragraph 4) most probably refers to those ________.
A. who work as coordinators
B. who function as judges
C. who supervise transactions
D. who determine the price

[单项选择]The most recognizable differences between American English and British English are in（）and vocabulary.
A. usage
B. grammar
C. pronunciation
D. structure

[单项选择]Most married American women now work outside their home.

[单项选择]Carter agreed to try to reduce American oil imports and control ______ in the United States.
A. infection
B. inflation
C. inspection
D. inspiration

[单项选择]The money most American firms put in training mainly goes to _______.
A. workers who can operate new equipment
B. technological and managerial staff
C. workers who lack basic, ground skills
D. top executives

[单项选择]In most American high schools, selling soft drinks is ______.
A. encouraged
B. allowed
C. unlawful
D. unprofitable

[单项选择]Youth Courts try most cases involving people under（）
A. 17
B. 18
C. 19
D. 20

[单项选择]Most of the American poor people are not qualified for employment because ______.
A. they do not have any motivation to work
B. they are not very self-confident
C. they are too young or too old to work
D. they have physical and family problems

[单项选择]Most Asian-American students' academic success is due to the help of______.
A. their teachers
B. their mothers
C. their parents
D. their friends

[单项选择]Most American children go to school at the age of six.

[单项选择]The money most American firms put in work force training mainly goes on______.
A. technological and managerial staff
B. workers who will run new equipment
C. workers who lack basic background skills
D. top executives

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Ask most people how they define the American Dream and chances are they’ll say, "Success." The dream of individual opportunity has been at home in American since Europeans discovered a "new world" in the Western Hemisphere. Early immigrants like Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur praised highly the freedom and opportunity to be found in this new land. His glowing descriptions of a classless society where anyone could attain success through honesty and hard work fired the imaginations of many European readers: in Letters from an American Farmer (1782)he wrote, "We are all excited at the spirit of an industry which is unfettered (无拘无束的)and unrestrained, because each person works for himself... We have no princes, for whom we toil(干苦力活), starve, and bleed: we are the most perfect society now existing in the world." The promise of a land where "the rewards of a man’s industry follow with equal steps the progress of his labor" drew poor i
A. the more diligent one is, the bigger his returns
B. laborious work ensures the growth of an industry
C. a man's business should be developed step by step
D. a company's success depends on its employees' hard work