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[单项选择]Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.
When Mary was hospitalized with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, was eager to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her demanding job.
They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching the industry. "We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldn’t match the big chains dollar for dollar," says Mary. One figure caught her attention: She’d read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries (推理小说), and many buyers spent more $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.
On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a
A. to study industrial management
B. to buy and read more mystery books
C. to do market research on book business
D. to work harder to save money for the bookstore
[填空题]Sandy borrowed many books from her classmate Yu Jie.
Sandy’s classmate Yu Jie ______ to him.
[单项选择]What kind of plant do Mary and her husband like to grow ()
A. Grass.
B. Vegetables.
C. Roses.
D. Trees.
[填空题]You can tell her I would like to see her (person)()if it causes her no trouble.
[填空题]Who has the(many) () books, Kate, Rose, Mary
[单项选择]What does Nancy like best about her job
A. Meeting interesting people in the city.
B. Being able to enjoy the world of nature.
C. Driving in unsettled weather.
D. Taking long drives outside the city.
[简答题] Many people like to buy books and keep them in their house. However, people do not do tiffs for the same or single reason. Write an essay on the topic "Why People Save Books "
Requirement:
Your writing should have a good beginning paragraph, which brings out the questions. And the middle part should be devoted to answering the question, preferably by classification. Then the essay should come to a natural conclusion or summary. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Length: Approximately 400 words.
Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.
[单项选择]Like many other social problems in contemporary America, the wide gap between men and women in jobs and earnings is often regarded as an () fact of life.
A. inevitable
B. inferior
C. initiative
D. inherent
[简答题]Like many concepts in social psychology, aggression has many definitions, even many evaluations. (1)Some think of aggression as a great virtue(e, g. "the aggressive businessperson"), while others see aggression.
The fact they we do keep the same word anyway suggests that there is a commonality: Both positive and negative aggression serve to enhance the self. (2)The positive version, which we could call assertiveness, is acting in a way that enhances the self, without the implication that we are hurting someone else. The negative version, which we might call violence, focuses more on the" disenchantment of others as a means to the same end.
Although the life of animals often seems rather bloody, we must take care not to confuse predation--the hunting and killing of other animals for food-with aggression. (3)Predation in carnivorous species has more in common with grazing in vegetarian species than with aggression between members of the same species. Take a good look
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Improve Computer-research Skills
Like many college students, Jose Juarez carries around a pocket-sized computer that lets him watch movies, surf the Internet and text—message his friends.
He’s part of "Generation M" — those born after 1985 who
(51) up connected to everything from video game to cellphones.
"For us, it’s everyday life," said Juarez, 18, a freshman
(52) California State University at Sacramento (CSUS).
(53) , educators are now saying that not all Generation M-ers can synthesize the piles of in- formation they’re accessing.
"They’re geeky, but they don’t know what to
(54) with their geekdom(滑稽)," said Barbara O’Connor, a Sacramento State communications studies professor who has been involved in a nationwide
(55) to improve students’ computer-research skills.
In a recent nationwide test to
(56) their technological "literacy" — their ability to use the In
A. out
B. from
C. on
D. off