[单项选择]Critical Period Hypothesis is related to all the following EXCEPT ______.
A. age
B. language development
C. language acquisition
D. the linguistic environment

[单项选择]The deadline for reporting all work-related expenses for the fiscal year is fast ______ .


A. assigning
B. setting
C. declaring
D. approaching

[单项选择]Receipts for all travel-related expenses must be submitted to the accounting department ______ than Thursday.
A. no more
B. no less
C. no later
D. no further

[单项选择]（）：A collection of related information，organized for easy retrieval.
A. Data
B. Database
C. Buffer
D. Stack

[单项选择]Which of the following is NOT related to the new French way of life


A. Shorter lunch hour.
B. Greater output.
C. Creature comforts.
D. Leisurely cafe talk.

[单项选择]The discretionary budget category covers all the following EXCEPT ______.


A. Government spending
B. Human Services
C. Education
D. Health

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The period of adolescence, i.e. , the period between childhood and adulthood, may be long or short, depending on social expectations and on society’s definition as to what constitutes maturity and adulthood. In primitive societies adolescence is frequently a relatively short period of time, while in industrial societies with patterns of prolonged education coupled with laws against child labor, the period of adolescence is much longer and may include most of the second decade of one’s life. Furthermore, the length of the adolescent period and the definition of adulthood status may change in a given society as social and economic conditions change. Examples of this type of change are the disappearance of the frontier in the latter part of the 19th century in the United States, and more universally, the industrialization of an agricultural society.
In modern society, ceremonies for adolescence have lost their formal recognition and symbolic significance and ther
A. graduations from schools and colleges
B. social recognition
C. socio-economic status
D. certain behavioral changes

[单项选择]The electronic version of newspapers has all the following advantages except that______


A. it can be carried around
B. it can be read in many places
C. it can be immediately accessed
D. it requires little delivery cost

[单项选择]Which period lasted longest


A. Paleolithic
B. Ice Age
C. Mesolithic
D. Neolithic

[单项选择]英译汉：“Issuing date；Valid period；warranty period”，正确的翻译为( )。
A. 签发日期；保质日期；有效期限
B. 签发日期；有效期限；保质期
C. 有效期限；签发日期；保质日期
D. 检验日期；签发日期；保持期