[填空题]All states prohibited the teaching of any foreign language during the first eight years of schooling after World Wax I.

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[单项选择]A. Other American states. B. Foreign countries.
C. Regions outside the city where people live. D. Other cities in the state where people live.

[单项选择]The foreign visitors were all amazed to see（）here in the past few years.
A. how great changes has taken place
B. how changes had taken place
C. what to have changed

[单项选择]Any United States flag manufactured outside the United States should be banned from importation, since some foreign manufacturers superimpose images on the United States flag and sell such products with relative impunity. United States manufacturers, on the other hand, would face penalties for such violations of the United States flag code.
Which of the ’following is the best criticism of the argument above
A. The argument reiterates its conclusion instead of providing a reason for it.
B. The argument makes an irrelevant distinction between foreign and United States manufacturers.
C. The reason given for the ban undermines rather than supports the conclusion.
D. The reason given for the ban does not explain why images superimposed on the United States flag are offensive.
E. (E) The reason given for the ban applies only to a part of the group of manufacturers whose flags are included in the ban, not necessarily to all.

[单项选择] In the United States during 1992, any family of four with an annual cash income of less than $14,335 (before taxes) was considered poor. The dollar amount was called the poverty line, an economic measuring rod devised in 1964. The line was set at three times the amount needed to provide the cheapest nutritionally balanced diet. The poverty line is adjusted annually for inflation. While the poverty line in the United States was more than $14,000, the average annual per-person income in Bangladesh was $200, in Ethiopia $130, in Haiti $340, and in Mali $265. Anyone in those nations with an income of $14,000 would be considered wealthy. During the Great Depression in the United States, when half the population was considered poor, a family with an income at the 1992 poverty line could afford to buy a house, a car, clothing and food. The reality of poverty varies with location and social and political conditions. Poverty basically means a lack of, or an insufficient amount of,
A. you are out of a job
B. you earn less than three times the amount needed to provide the cheapest diet
C. you earn less than $14,335 (before tax) a year
D. the amount of money you earn is below the current poverty line