[单项选择]The present downturn is similar to traditional ones in that ________.


A. we can never predict which way the economy will head
B. the economic prospects have been unfavorable for 10 years
C. the government has done relatively little to intervene the market
D. physical laborers are the chief victims of the economic decline

[单项选择]The present downturn is similar to traditional ones in that ________.


A. we can never predict which way the economy will head
B. the economic prospects have been unfavorable for 10 years
C. the government has done relatively little to intervene the market
D. physical laborers are the chief victims of the economic decline

[单项选择]Freezing is at present one of the ______ of preserving meat, fruit and Vegetables.
A. most methods important
B. methods most important
C. most important methods
D. important most methods

[单项选择]Many traditional societies see the use of one's family name as a sign of ______.
A. respect
B. distance
C. importance
D. gratitude

[单项选择]One of the traditional complaints about English food is the way（）vegetables are cooked.
A. in which
B. how
C. which
D. that

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Passage One
We first think of the traditional or nuclear family. This is a two-generation family, the father and the mother and their own children. Most couples wanted to have four children, two boys, two girls.
Some nuclear families, however, may add one or more grandparents to come to live with them, that is three generations. This kind of family with grandparents, parents, and grandchildren is called an extended family. This family type was not very common during the later half of the twentieth century, but it’s becoming more common now as an elderly grandparent moves in to live with a son or daughter. This is more possible now that American homes have become larger. What is interesting, however, is that after the grandchildren move out of the home and start their own families, this extended family shrinks back to a nuclear family, with just two generations again living together, a grandparent and parents, with the grandchildren coming only for occ
A. two generations
B. three generations
C. four generations
D. one generation

[单项选择]One day Mr. West went to buy his wife a present ______.


A. during the lunch hour
B. after work
C. after his lunch in a restaurant