[单项选择]Henry Ford changed the American society ______.（　）
A. through numerous mechanical inventions
B. through automotive technological revolution
C. through great social revolution
D. through radical political reforms

[单项选择]Henry Ford regarded history as "bunk". This word probably means _______.


A. a narrow bed
B. real knowledge
C. a useful discipline of study
D. nonsense

[单项选择]______, I wrote a letter to Henry Ford Ⅱ and told him what happened.
A. Desperate
B. Despite
C. Inspiring
D. Exciting

[单项选择]______, I wrote a letter to Henry Ford II and told him what happened.
A. Desperate
B. Despite
C. Inspiring
D. Exciting

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When foreigners are sometimes asked what seems most strange about American society, somewhere on the top of the list will be the fact the average citizen is allowed to possess guns.
Although it is true that many people carry guns legally in the United States, it is also known that many who possess guns carry illegally. Others, who don’t have guns, feel that guns can be acquired quite easily. A recent survey indicated that many high school students, especially in the inner cities, can acquire gun with little difficulty.
Although most people would never want to own a gun, others have taken up hunting as a sport and enjoy hunting wild game in season. Hunting for deer and duck in fall and winter is very much a part of the American culture.
Also, some farmers in rural areas who raise cattle and sheep feel they need to protect their animals against wolves that attack their herds and flocks at night. To defend and
A. Many Americans acquire guns illegally.
B. Ordinary people can possess guns legally.
C. The average citizen does not try to possess guns.
D. Many school children carry guns legally.

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In recent years American society has become increasingly dependent on its universities to find solutions to its major problems. It is the universities that have been charged with the principal responsibility for developing the expertise to place men on the moon; for dealing with our urban problems, and with our deteriorating environment; for developing the means to feed the world’s rapidly increasing population. The effort involved in meeting these demands presents its own problems. In addition, this concentration on the creation of new knowledge significantly impinges on the universities’ efforts to perform their other principal functions, the transmission and interpretation of knowledge -- the imparting of the heritage of the past and the preparing of the next generation to carry it forward.
With regard to this, perhaps their most traditionally sanctioned task, colleges and universities today find themselves in a serious bind generally. On the one hand, ther
A. creating new knowledge
B. providing solutions to social problems
C. making experts on sophisticated industries out of their students
D. preparing their students to transmit inherited knowledge

[填空题]Diversity can be achieved in American society by providing education for all ______ (不论种族和性别).

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In recent years American society has become increasingly dependent on its universities to find solutions to its major problems. It is the universities that have been charged with the principal responsibility for developing the expertise to place men on the moon; for dealing with our urban problems, and with our deteriorating environment; for developing the means to feed the world’s rapidly increasing population. The effort involved in meeting these demands presents its own problems. In addition, this concentration on the creation of new knowledge significantly impinges on the universities’ efforts to perform their other principal functions, the transmission and interpretation of knowledge -- the imparting of the heritage of the past and the preparing of the next generation to carry it forward.
With regard to this, perhaps their most traditionally sanctioned task, colleges and universities today find themselves in a serious bind generally.
A. promote
B. rely on
C. have an impact on
D. block