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Passage Two
In old days, when a glimpse of stocking was looked upon as something so shocking as to distract the serious work of an office, secretaries were men.
Then came the First World War and the male secretaries were replaced by women. A man’s secretary became his personal servant, in charge of remembering his wife’s birthday and buying her presents; taking his suits to the dry-cleaners; telling lies on the telephone to keep away people he did not wish to speak to; and, of course, typing and filing and taking short hand.
Now all this may be changing again. The microchip (芯片) and high technology is sweeping the British office, taking with it much of the routine clerical (文书的) work that secretaries did.
"Once office technology takes over generally, the status of the job will rise again because it will involve the high-tech work--and then men will want to do it again."
That was said by one of the executives (ma
A. be her boss's memory
B. do everything her boss asks her to do
C. clean her boss's clothes
D. telephone the boss's wife

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Passage Two
In old days, when a glimpse of stocking was looked upon as something so shocking as to distract the serious work of an office, secretaries were men.
Then came the First World War and the male secretaries were replaced by women. A man’s secretary became his personal servant, in charge of remembering his wife’s birthday and buying her presents; taking his suits to the dry-cleaners; telling lies on the telephone to keep away people he did not wish to speak to; and, of course, typing and filing and taking short hand.
Now all this may be changing again. The microchip (芯片) and high technology is sweeping the British office, taking with it much of the routine clerical (文书的) work that secretaries did.
"Once office technology takes over generally, the status of the job will rise again because it will involve the high-tech work--and then men will want to do it again."
That was said by one of the executives (ma
A. were less efficient and less trained than men
B. were looked down upon by men
C. would have disturbed the other office workers
D. wore stockings and were not as serious as men

[单项选择]When Midori was two years old, she was not allowed to touch her mother's violin because____________.


A. she was too young to play the violin
B. the violin was too expensive
C. the violin was too big for her
D. her mother wanted her to play the piano

[单项选择]When doves are about two weeks old, they are covered with grey feathers and are ready to try their wings.
A. grow
B. wrap
C. hide
D. test

[单项选择]The two old debates are significant because.

[单项选择]"Restricted activity days" are days when ________.
A. sick people have to stay in hospital for further treatment
B. one takes a long holiday away from work
C. sick people have to keep from their normal activities
D. one is restricted in his freedom of action

[单项选择]The days when the only fender a businessman needed to stave off a midlife crisis was on the end of a Ferrari are gone.
A. shorten
B. better off
C. keep away from
D. strive for

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On the past few days, two nations with large numbers of AIDS-infected people have announced plans to distribute a triple cocktail of life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs free to all who need it. China has been treating 5,000 patients and plans to expand the program to cover everyone in the country. South Africa’s cabinet approved a plan that includes drugs for all who need them.
China spent years denying it had an AIDS problem. Until recently, South Africa’s top officials minimized the epidemic, questioned whether H. I. V. was the cause of AIDS and labeled antiretroviral drugs "poisons". Both countries have now taken a courageous and essential step.
But only one is likely to succeed. Indeed, China’s program is already failing. One in five Chinese who have received antiretroviral drugs has already stopped taking them, which can lead to the creation of drug-resistant strains of the virus. China has only about 100 doctors nationwide with e
A. worried.
B. indifferent.
C. optimistic.
D. frustrated.