[单项选择]The judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible on the grounds that it was （） to the issue at hand.
A. irrational
B. unreasonable
C. invalid
D. irrelevant

[单项选择]A judge must be ______ when weighing evidence.
A. interested
B. disinterested
C. separated
D. disconnected

[单项选择]About a hundred years ago, Britain ruled an empire that had colonies in ______.
A. Europe, Africa and Asia
B. Australia, Africa and Europe
C. Asia, Africa and North America
D. Europe, Africa and North America

[单项选择]Considerable research evidence suggests that students who are the most successful in school are those with the largest vocabularies．


A. 据调查所得证据，那些在学校最成功的学生就是有着词汇量的最大的人。
B. 深入的表明，在学校里最成功的学生是那些有最大词汇量的学生拥有者。
C. 相当多的研究结果表明，学习成绩最好的学生就是那些拥有词汇量最大的学生。
D. 大量的研究证据表明，在学校里学习最好的学生就是那些词汇量大的学生。

[单项选择]Scientific evidence from different （　） demonstrates that in most humans the left hemisphere of the brain controls language.
A. scopes
B. ranges
C. disciplines
D. arrays

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Passage 1
Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time: if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the differences between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’ s. In the same way, children learning to do all the other things they learn to do without being taught——to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle——compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it him sel
A. not really important skills
B. more important than other skills
C. basically different from learning adult skills
D. basically the same as learning other skills

[单项选择]The traffic police were searching for evidence to prove the accused man’s ________, but in vain.


A. mistake
B. guilt
C. fault
D. defect

[单项选择]Some scientists believe that there is no evidence that cholestrol in food is directly linked to ______.


A. blood disease
B. heart disease
C. infectious disease
D. mental disorder

[单项选择]Evidence indicated that a high percentage of fathers were involved in the parenting process which amounted to ______.


A. about two-thirds of the fathers involved in the study
B. slightly less than half Of the fathers studied
C. more than three-quarters of all the fathers
D. a little less than one hundred percent of all fathers

[单项选择]Supported by sufficient evidence, his argument seems to have a great deal of ______.

[单项选择]Evidence from the economists and the building industries shows that _________.


A. exposure to asbestos fibers is cancer causing
B. asbestos is in extensive use in building industry
C. use of asbestos is being reduced gradually
D. exposure to asbestos fibers can be reduced

[单项选择]The judge remained sober despite the lawyer's ludicrous attempt to prove the defendant's innocence.
A. sad
B. sorry
C. serious
D. surprised

[单项选择]Evidence came up （　） specific sounds are recognized by babies as young as 6 months old.
A. what
B. that
C. which
D. whose

[单项选择]Experiments enable young scientists to judge accurately what must be accepted and what must be viewed with suspicion.（　）
A. doubt
B. belief
C. curiosity
D. judgment

[单项选择]The presiding judge described the terrorist attack as an ______ crime．
A. alluring
B. abusive
C. abnormal
D. abominable

[单项选择]Which of the following is listed as being evidence for global warming


A. Water shortages in cities.
B. Earlier thawing of lakes and rivers.
C. Increased levels of greenhouse gases.
D. The rapid extinction of the polar bear.

[单项选择]He has brought forward conclusive evidence, which______ for further dispute.


A. makes room
B. leaves no room
C. spares no efforts
D. takes no pains

[单项选择]According to the first paragraph, what evidence is there that crows have interested people for a long time


A. The large number of stories about crows.
B. The frequency with which crows are sighted.
C. The amount of research that has been conducted on crows.
D. The ease with which crows are identified.

[单项选择]Sometimes, evidence of intelligence can be seen in attempts to deceive.（）
A. 有时，动物的智能可以从其欺骗的企图中得以证明。
B. 有时，动物的智能可以从其欺骗的行为中得以证明。
C. 有时，动物试图欺骗来证明它们有智能
D. 有时，动物用它们的智能来试图欺骗。