[单项选择]The author considers the metaphors of masculinity and femininity we associate with certain pieces of music to be
A. external to the music, imposed in most cases by the interpretational criteria of critics and listeners
B. interesting but unnecessary for the enjoyment of these pieces of music by most listeners
C. evidence that socially-grounded codes are composed into music, and not simply the product of interpretation
D. a means by which familiar and well-loved music can be invested with new and arguably more positive values
E. evidence for a fundamental difference between the music of the avant-garde and more traditional varieties

[单项选择]It can be inferred that the author considers the way schizophrenia has been classified by doctors after 1960 to be an example of which of the following
A. A disease which resisted traditional methods of classification, but has been served well by modern methods of classification
B. A disease which has resisted modern methods of classification, and continues to require a traditional method of classification
C. A disease which satisfies modern methods of classification best, but which scientists prefer to classify through a traditional method
D. A disease which satisfies traditional methods of classification best, but which scientists prefer to classify through a modern method
E. A disease which may be defined equally well by modern methods of classification as by traditional ones

[单项选择]The author considers the example of the creation of ant cemeteries to be novel for which of the following reasons
A. Ant cemeteries exhibit elements of activation but not inhibition, a proposition formerly questioned by Turing’s theory.
B. Ant cemeteries exhibit Turing patterns in the absence of the predator-prey system.
C. Ant cemeteries involve self-amplification activation, as opposed to amplification from outside sources.
D. Ants are considered a higher organism, in which Turing patterns have never previously been established.
E. Turing’s theory has only explained the distribution of ants across the ecosystem, until now.

[填空题]The author considers that a fairy tale is more effective when it is ______.

[单项选择]The author considers "the presumption of veracity" discussed in the second paragraph to be
A. potentially verifiable
B. partially justified
C. wholly unsupported
D. ingenious but flawed
E. capricious but supported

[单项选择](Relying on) these convenient metaphors, politicians and military commanders do not see, or do not want to see, what these metaphors (hide): the reality of pain and death, the long-term health effects (for) (the injury), the psychological effect on veterans, the environmental effects, not to mention the moral aspects of war.
A. Relying on
B. hide
C. for
D. the injury

[填空题]author

[单项选择]In approximating costs, the estimator considers the possible causes of variation of the cost estimates, including (26) .
A. budget
B. plan
C. risk
D. contract

[填空题]Colin Angle considers robots are not so different as to ______.

[单项选择]A. The man considers the woman an excellent speaker.
B. The man doesn’t think the woman’s speech a failure.
C. The man thinks the woman too nervous. D. The man takes her speech as a failure.

[单项选择]The court considers a financial（）to be an appropriate way of punishing him.
A. payment
B. obligation
C. option
D. penalty

[单项选择]The court considers a financial （） to be an appropriate way of punishing him.
A. option
B. duty
C. obligation
D. penalty

[简答题]The World Health Organization considers smoke from dirty stoves to be one of the five most serious health risks that face people in poor, developing countries. Nearly 2 million people die from its effects each year, more than twice the number from malaria. And because the smoke contains greenhouse gasses such as carbon dioxide and methane, as well as black carbon, it contributes to climate change.

[填空题]He is so proud that he always considers himself__________________(优越于)everyone else.

[填空题]Fiske considers it ______ that the research discovers that people have different strengths in remembering and noticing things.

[填空题]The Natural Approach considers ______ as the most important element of any language teaching program.