[填空题]All of the following are the author’ s impressions of today’ s college sudents except that they pay ______and respect to old people.

[填空题]All of the following are the author’ s impressions of today’ s college sudents except that they pay ______and respect to old people.

[单项选择]Which of the following best describes the author’s statement that "an emphasis on reality as invariably perceptually seamless may be an exaggeration" (lines 27-28)
A. An assumption based on evidence already presented
B. A concession to the view opposing that of the author’s
C. A hypothesis concerning a possible problem with the nomenclaturist view
D. An allusion to an argument presented earlier in the passage
E. An example of the application of the author’s view of language

[单项选择]The author cites all of the following as obstacles to the success of African American cinema EXCEPT
A. The pursuit of needless celebrity
B. Negative imagery
C. A restricted body of film products
D. Lack of budget
E. Assumptions by film studios

[单项选择]The author mentions all of the following as evidence that the revolutionary colonists were more intent upon expanding their roles in the old power order than in creating a new one EXCEPT
A. The system of commerce implemented after the revolution was relatively similar to the one that existed before it.
B. They established a chain of executive command which strongly resembled that which was in place before the revolution.
C. Their only attempt to change class structure was to outlaw the development of an aristocracy.
D. They maintained the same exclusive and undemocratic system of suffrage that existed prior to the war.
E. The colonists remained indifferent to the institution of slavery which a genuine revolution might have rectified.

[单项选择]The author mentions all of the following as examples of complications arising from the application of spatial markers EXCEPT
A. An area of a country smaller than the nation considers itself to be a nation.
B. A boundary is demarcated around a nation which does not include the people of the nation.
C. A continent is divided into two areas for implicit ideological purposes.
D. Two nations dispute the exact geography of a border based on an ancient historical claim.
E. The history of a nation is erroneously conflated with the character of one particular region.

[单项选择]The author presents all of the following as elements of contemporary chemistry that must be corrected EXCEPT
A. the emphasis on chemical solutions for the immediate future
B. a lack of concern with human health in chemistry education
C. the flow of chemically spent materials into the ecosphere
D. the use of chemical selectivity in the development of new processes
E. the separation of various chemistries into "distinct" compartments

[单项选择]The author mentions all of the following as factors which limit the persuasiveness of the evidence suggesting a link between environmental pollutants and cancer EXCEPT
A. The lack of study of the effects of pollutants on human health
B. Increased diagnosis rates
C. An increase in the worldwide breast cancer rate
D. A decrease in the worldwide uterine cancer rate
E. Geographical differences in cancer susceptibility

[单项选择]Which of the following best states the author’s main point about the theory of cultural essentialists
A. It is a sterile, abstract theory, which fails to make experimental predictions.
B. It is a historically important element in the linguistic discourse on enculturation, but is incorrect.
C. It is a convincing and cogent alternative to the theories of linguistic expressivists.
D. It is experimentally accurate but theoretically inconsistent.
E. It is overly focused on the complicated nature of non-linguistic reality.

[单项选择]Which of the following is NOT the author’s view
A. Asians are at a higher risk of alcoholism.
B. Organic vegetables are not always safer.
C. We may rust from absorbing too much iron.
D. Moderate amount of sun exposure is good.

[单项选择]The author employs all of the following in the passage EXCEPT
A. An illustrative analogy
B. An admission of uncertainty
C. A comparison of processes
D. The coining of a new term
E. A counter-example

[单项选择]The author offers all of the following ideas as proof that there is no direct correspondence between words and things EXCEPT
A. Language has other functions than that of reference.
B. Once a word is grouped into a class, no one-to-one correspondence exists between it and what it signifies.
C. Many words refer to objects that do not exist in the world.
D. Function words do not refer to objects.
E. Proper nouns usually refer to unique entities.

[单项选择]The author mentions all of the following as uses to which photography has been employed since its invention EXCEPT
A. Surveillance
B. Supplying evidence
C. Idealizing a subject
D. Providing a historical reference
E. Questioning the viewers’ assumptions