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[单项选择]Early American industries depended largely on skilled artisans working in small shops to serve a local market. But the Industrial Revolution that started in England during the 18th century did not take long to cross the Atlantic. It brought many changes to American industry between 1776 and 1860. Because labor was scarce in the United States and wages were high, employers welcomed any new method that could reduce the requirement for labor.
One key development was the introduction of the factory system, which gathered many workers together in one workplace and produced goods for distribution over a wide area. The first factory in the United States is generally dated to 1793, when an Englishman named Samuel Slater came to America to build a cotton cloth factory. He built the machinery from memory, because it was a crime to carry factory plant out of England. The success of Slater’s factory started a process of change that turned the northeastern region of the United States into a
A. built by an American engineer named Henry Ford.
B. built by an American named Eli Whitney.
C. built by an Englishman who built it from memory.
D. built by an American who wanted to build a cotton cloth factory.
[填空题]In the early 1950s, largely because of ______, many institutions of higher learning adopted regulations requiring loyalty oaths from university teachers.
[填空题]Employers want evidence of good communication skills, confidence and outward-looking attitudes, so a language qualification__________________. (可以为简历增色不少).
[填空题]
While experts in basic science are important,
skilled talents should be the
overridingmajority since they are
at heavy demand in the market.
- A.While
- B.skilled talents
- C. overriding
- D.at heavy demand
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Students will need (21) all of their language skills in order (22) understand the reading selections in Reader’s Choice. The book contains many types of selection on a wide variety of topics. These selections provide practice (23) using different reading strategies to extract the message of the writer. They also give students practice in four (24) reading skills: skimming, scanning, reading for (25) comprehension, and critical reading.
Skimming is quick reading for the general ideas of a passage. This kind of rapid reading is (26) when you are trying to decide if careful reading is desirable or when there is not time to read something carefully.
Like skimming, (27) is also quick reading. However, in this case the search is more (28) . To scan is to read (29) in order to locate specific information, when you read to find a particular date, or number you are scanning.
Reading for thorough
A. better
B. thorough
C. basic
D. general
