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[单项选择]Why do people feel squeezed when their average income rises considerably
A. Their material pursuits have gone far ahead of their earnings.
B. Their purchasing power has dropped markedly with inflation.
C. The distribution of wealth is uneven between the rich and the poor.
D. Health care and educational costs have somehow gone out of control.
[单项选择]What do American people always do when servings are too large for them
A. They take the food home with a doggie bag for their dogs.
B. They leave the food on the table and go away.
C. They take the food home with a doggie bag and enjoy the food later.
D. They ask the waitress or waiter to keep the food for them.
[单项选择]What do people always make when they hold the Olympic Games
[单项选择]When Edison died, it was proposed that the American people ______ all power for several minutes in honour of this great man.
A. turned off
B. turn off
C. would turn off
D. must turn off
[单项选择]The Club decided to allow people to play tennis on their beautiful lawns because ______.
A. few people enjoyed playing croquet
B. its members became more interested in tennis
C. lawn tennis seemed to have more action
D. the club needed money
[单项选择] (When) Edison died, it was proposed that the American people (turned off) (all power) in their homes,streets, and factories for several minutes (in honor of) this great man.
A. When
B. turned off
C. all power
D. in honor of
[单项选择]What made British people happy when Ann Jones won the ladies' singles in 1969
A. There were her family members among the people who watched the match.
B. She was the first member of the club who ever won a game.
C. She was the first British winner for a long time.
D. She was beautifully dressed.
[单项选择]What does the writer suggest people do when they finish smoking
A. Throw the cigarette end (烟头) on the floor.
B. Try to blow off the ash.
C. Keep the cigarette end burning.
D. Use an ash receiver and put out the cigarette completely.
[单项选择]What sort of attitude do people have when they look at classified advertisement, according to the writer
A. They are in the frame of mind to buy anything.
B. They are looking for something they need.
C. They feel lost because there are so many advertisements.
D. They feel the same as when they look at display advertisements.
[单项选择]Many people felt great sorrow when they heard that the brilliant young actor ______ a heart attack at the age of 95.
A. died from
B. died of
C. died for
D. died to
[单项选择]Why aren't people enjoying better lives when they have jobs
A. Because many families are divorced.
B. Because government aid is now rare.
C. Because their wages are low.
D. Because the cost of living is rising.
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When I decided to quit my full time employment it never occurred to me that I might become a part of a new international trend. A lateral move that hurt my pride and blocked my professional progress prompted me to abandon my relatively high profile career although, in the manner of a disgraced government minister, I covered my exit by claiming "I wanted to spend more time with my family." Curiously, some two-and-a-half years and two novels later, my experiment in what the Americans term "downshifting" has turned my tired excuse into an absolute reality. I have been transformed from a passionate advocate of the philosophy of "having it all", preached by Linda Kelsey for the past seven years in the pages of She magazine, into a woman who is happy to settle for a bit of everything. I have discovered, as perhaps Kelsey will after her much publicized resignation from the editorship of She after a build up of stress, that abandoning the doctrine of "j
A. the quick pace of modern life
B. man's adventurous spirit
C. man's search for mythical experiences
D. the economic situation
[单项选择]Many people, when ill, see their doctors and ask them to _____ something that will make them feelbetter.
A. describe
B. prescribe
C. revise
D. devise
