[单项选择]Most people did not like impressionistic painting ______.
A. before 1920
B. between 1920 and 1930
C. between 1930 and 1950
D. after 1950

[单项选择]Most people did not like impressionistic painting ______ .
A. before 1920
B. between 1920 and 1930
C. between 1930 and 1950
D. after 1950

[单项选择]Which of the expressions do most people not like to hear to describe them
A. A big wig and a big wheel.
B. A top banana and a kingpin.
C. A big wheel and a top banana.
D. A big wig and a kingpin.

[单项选择]What fears people most
A. Poultry will infect many people.
B. The disease can spread quickly among people.
C. There will be human-to-human transmission.
D. A new disease combining bird and a human flu will break out.

[单项选择]Where can we most possibly find people like Robinson Crusoe
A. In modern America.
B. Near the North Pole.
C. In a large community.
D. In great metropolitan area.

[单项选择]Why did most British people play sports
A. To keep fit.
B. To foster a competitive spirit.
C. Just because they are keen on this game.
D. Understand the game rules.

[单项选择]Of course, most immigrants did not get rich overnight, but the ______ of them were eventually able to improve upon their former standard of living.
A. maximum
B. minority
C. majority
D. minimum

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Passage Three
If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of the year. A noted scientist, Ellsworth Huntington(1876-1947),concluded from other men’s work and his own among peoples in different climates that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities.
He found that cool weather is much more favorable for creative thinking than is summer heat. This does not mean that all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large numbers of people tend to be lowest in the summer.
Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in the spring man’s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature.
Fall is the next-best season, then win
A. stays the same throughout the year
B. varies from day to day
C. changes with the seasons
D. changes from year to year

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If you are like most people, your intelligence varies from season to season. You are probably a lot sharper in the spring than you are at any other time of the year. A famous scientist concluded that climate and temperature have a definite effect on our mental abilities, and that cool weather is much more favourable for creative thinking than in summer heat. This does not mean all people are less intelligent in the summer than they are during the rest of the year. It does mean, however, that the mental abilities of large members of people tend to be lowest in the summer. Spring appears to be the best period of the year for thinking. One reason may be that in the spring man’s mental abilities are affected by the same factors that bring about great changes in all nature. Autumn is the next best season, then winter. As for summer, it seems to be a good time to take a long vacation from thinking.

According to the passage，your intelligence probably （）
A. varies from month to month
B. remains tile same all the year round
C. varies with the seasons
D. changes without stopping

[单项选择]Which of the following is most like the relationship of the "oyabun-kobun" described in the passage
A. A political candidate and the voting public.
B. A gifted scientist and his learners.
C. A judge and a criminal defendant.
D. An orchestra conductor and its members.