[单项选择]It is obvious that the opinion of famous people ______.


A. is often ignored by the public
B. is seldom expressed to the point
C. is often imposed on the public
D. has a strong influence on people

[单项选择]It is obvious that the opinion of famous people ______.


A. is often ignored by the public
B. is seldom expressed to the point
C. is often imposed on the public
D. has a strong influence on people

[单项选择]What was not David' s opinion towards people and machinery

[单项选择]Most of the people ______ to the party were famous scientists.
A. invited
B. to inviting
C. being invited
D. inviting

[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

[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

[单项选择]Her sadness was obvious, but she believed that her feeling of depression was ______.
A. torrent
B. transient
C. tensile
D. textured

[单项选择]By saying "the conclusions to be drawn are obvious" (Para. 4 ), the writer means that ______.


A. women’s inconstancy in their choice of clothing is often laughed at
B. women are better able to put up with discomfort
C. men are also exploited greatly by fashion designers
D. men are more reasonable in the matter of fashion

[单项选择]According to the passage, what is the most obvious difference between the spas in 1984 and that in 2002


A. In 1984, spas were very popular among people from all social backgrounds.
B. In 1984, people have spas for many different reasons.
C. In 2002, spas have a great variety of taste.
D. In 2002, only wealthy women can afford spas.

[单项选择]It is obvious from Paragraph 4 that the chief cause leading to the disaster is ______.


A. the leakage of the O rings
B. cold weather
C. structure failures
D. the faulty fuel tank

[单项选择]An obvious change of attitude at the top towards women' s status in society will
______ through the current law system in that country.
A. permeate
B. violate
C. probe
D. grope

[单项选择]Which two speeches made Emerson famous


A. Nature and Essays.
B. Representative Men and English Traits.
C. Nature and English Traits.
D. The American Scholar and The Divinity School Address.

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Text 4
The city of Venice may not be the obvious place for a call for the moral revival of Europe. This is where Lord Byron used to swim naked down the Grand Canal between pink palaces and swaying gondolas in the early morning hours after nights of carousing. This is where Thomas Mann a century later celebrated the beauty of decline in "Death in Venice".
For the past four years, however, Venice has also been home to the "Venice Colloquium", sponsored by the Fondazione Liberal, an Italian free-market group, headed by member of parliament Ferdinando Adornato. The purpose of the event is to bring likeminded Europeans and Americans together in an effort to bridge the transatlantic divide. It is a call to common values, mostly perhaps directed at Europeans, for whom values these days seem like archaic encumbrances.
Americans are therefore a great puzzle to many Europeans. So are President Bush and his newly nominated secretary of stat
A. they are indifferent to the war.
B. they cannot defeat terrorism.
C. they hate the global war.
D. they would pay a great deal of money.