[单项选择]The author refers to the example of Oedipus the King (line 15) most likely in order to
A. suggest that Aristotle did not consider Greek tragedy which involved accidental crimes to be truly sound in dramatic terms
B. argue that exceptions existed in Greek tragedy to Aristotle’s principle that intentional crimes were more impressive
C. suggest that protagonists who committed accidental crimes in Greek tragedies tended to be better received than intentional criminals
D. to suggest that the spectator of a tragedy featuring an accidental crime would himself feel pity and terror
E. illustrate an application of Aristotle’s theory of character to a specific dramatic example

[单项选择]The author refers to the increase in animal bones in the fourth paragraph primarily in order to
A. demonstrate the increase of the availability of grazing mammals during the desiccation of the African landscape
B. suggest a reason why robust proto-humans eventually failed in the competition with Homo for animal prey
C. provide proof that environmental changes did indeed occur around a time of rapid evolution for Homo
D. explain the means by which Homo was able to make use of the appearance of the antelope and gazelle
E. offer evidence that with the desiccation of the African landscape, Homo’s diet changed from that of the australopithecine

[单项选择]The author refers to "external mechanisms" primarily in order to
A. suggest that a biochemical analysis of dinosaur thermoregulation might be a waste of time
B. suggest that other means than warm-bloodedness may account for evidence of dinosaur thermoregulation
C. explain why scientists are interested in looking for an absence of seasonal variations in oxygen 18 traces
D. suggest that metabolic rates, not warm-bloodedness, may have been the key factor in certain dinosaurs’ survival
E. imply that other factors beside temperature may dictate the ratio of oxygen isotopes

[填空题]By "functionally illiterate", the author refers to ______.

[单项选择]The author refers to lead and cadmium (line 18) in order to show
A. elements commonly used in biochemistry
B. elements that produce only a single desired product through their reaction
C. elements more common in nature than alkali metals
D. elements less efficient at producing electrical charges than alkali metals
E. elements which are sometimes used in simple reagent design

[单项选择]The author refers to the "largest fish" (lines 11-12) primarily in order to
A. suggest a refuge from the long history of sexist literary criticism
B. offer a sense of political purpose that can only be awakened through literature
C. articulate the possibility for escape from the confines of gendered identity
D. reference a unique feminist identity that must be extracted somehow from the body
E. indicate a source of the patriarchal identification traditionally suffered by women writers

[单项选择]The author refers to charms and quarks (lines 3-4) primarily in order to
A. demonstrate the similarity between these particles and the gluon
B. make a distinction between apposite and inapposite terminology
C. offer an objection to suggestions of similar frivolous names
D. provide illustrations of idiosyncratic nomenclature in contemporary physics
E. cite preliminary experimental evidence sup-porting the existence of gluons

[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]By citing the example of Los Angeles, the author means to demonstrate ______.

[单项选择]The author uses the example of the question of life in other galaxies primarily in order to
A. question whether in certain situations the truth may ever be determined
B. illustrate that truth has an objective existence even when there are few empirical grounds for determining it
C. suggest that the answer to certain scientific questions plays only a minor role in people’s lives
D. support the thesis that skepticism plays a vital role in the scientific process
E. assess the answers pseudo-sciences like ufology provide for unanswerable questions

[填空题]The author uses the example of monkey to argue that robots are ______.

[简答题]Why does the author mention the example of two reporters from the Washington Post and President Nixon in the second paragraph

[填空题]The author cites the example of Emily Hoffman to show that ______ is / are one cause of overweight.

[单项选择]AIO refers to
A. actions, involvement and options.
B. activities, interests and opinions.
C. advertising, impact and opportunities.

[单项选择]Phatic communication refers to
A. language’s function of the expression of identity.
B. social interaction of language.
C. language’s function of expressing itself.
D. sociological use of language.

[单项选择]

Vocational Education
Vocational education refers to education for a particular occupation. Industrialized countries have seen a fall in demand for unskilled workers, and an increase in jobs in the professional, technical, commercial, and administrative sector. Vocational education is traditionally associated with trades and crafts: young people were apprentice to employers for a number of years and learned on the job. Today the focus has shifted from the workplace to secondary and higher education institutions, and from employers’ to government provision and finance. Trainees in most occupations combine workplace training with study at a technical or academic institution. In the former Soviet Union, school and work were always strongly linked from primary school. Germany provides nine out of ten young people not entering higher education with vocational training, and training is planned from national down to locate level through joint committees of government
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Not mentioned