[单项选择]_______ the obvious differences in size and population, the states of the U.S. have many things in common with Australi


A. A． In spite ofB. Instead ofC. Even ifD. Because of

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With the development of mass entertainment, popular music （） away and has gradually developed a stronger life of its own to the point where it has become （） with the classics.（）

A. split; incompatible
B. cut; inconsistent
C. cracked; incidental
D. branched; incongruous

[单项选择]This passage contrasts a folk culture and a popular along all the following lines EXCEPT_______.


A. transportation
B. social relationship
C. identity
D. religion

[单项选择]What is Martine's conclusion about Brazil's population growth

[单项选择]The most recognizable differences between American English and British English are in______ and vocabulary.


A. structure
B. grammar
C. usage
D. pronunciation

[单项选择]It is obvious that real life is


A. less romantic than that in the movies
B. more romantic than that in the movies
C. as romantic as that in the movies
D. no less romantic than that in the movies

[单项选择]The worsening financial situation made it obvious that an economic depression was ______.
A. attainable
B. remote
C. imminent
D. eminent

[单项选择]She persevered in her ideas despite obvious objections raised by friends.
A. persisted
B. consisted
C. resisted
D. suggested

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Text 4
Despite their many differences of temperament and of literary perspective, Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, and Whitman share certain beliefs. Common to all these writers is their humanistic perspective. Its basic premises are that humans are the spiritual center of the universe and that in them alone is the clue to nature, history, and ultimately the cosmos itself. Without completely denying the existence either of a deity (the God) or of irrational matter, this perspective nevertheless rejects them as exclusive principles of interpretation and prefers to explain humans and the world in terms of humanity itself. This preference is expressed most clearly in the Transcendentalist principle that the structure of the universe literally duplicates the structure of the individual self; therefore, all knowledge begins with self-knowledge.
This common perspective is almost always universalized. Its emphasis is not upon the individual as a particular E
A. the relationship of humans to the external nature.
B. the immense difficulties involved in self-realization.
C. the emphasis upon the individual as an universal one.
D. the human nature and its dependency on the world and universe.

[单项选择]Differences in positions adopted by oxygen and hydrogen atoms account for variations in the structure of different forms of ice.
A. are caused by
B. explain
C. derive from
D. constitute

[简答题]Topic: People can recognize differences between children and adults. Can you simply say that college students are adults What events(experiences or ceremonies)make a person an adult Your composition should be no less than 500 words. And please write your composition on the Answer Sheet.

[单项选择]The most obvious and rapid change in the development of a language takes place in the area of
A. pronunciation
B. vocabulary
C. grammar
D. speech