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Many artists late in the last century were in search of a means to express their individuality. Modern dance was one of the ways some of these people sought to free their creative spirit. At the beginning there was no exacting technique, no foundation from which to build. In later years, trial, error, and genius founded the techniques and the principles of the movement. Eventually, innovators even drew from what they considered the dread ballet, but first they had to discard all that was academic so that the new could be discovered. The beginnings of modern dance were happening before Isadora Duncan, but she was the first person to bring the new dance to general audiences and see it accepted and acclaimed.
Her search for natural movement form sent her to nature. She believed movement should be as natural as the swaying of the trees and the rolling waves of the sea, and should be in harmony with the movements of the Earth. Her great contributions are in three areas.
A. Something to conquer
B. A model for movement
C. A place to find peace
D. A symbol of disorder
[单项选择]How many people were killed in the attacks last week
A. Almost eighty.
B. Eighteen.
C. Sixty-ninth.
D. Fifty.
[填空题]Some improvements were made in radio communication during World War Ⅱ.
[单项选择]Although glasswares that were made in England dominated the early North American market,glassblowers from Great Britain were not easily persuaded to go to the North American colonies. The eighteenth century was the golden age of English glass: the industry and its employees prospered. Glassmakers were discouraged from emigrating because if English-quality glass were produced in the colonies the home industry would have been threatened. In one instance, five English glassmakers were arrested in England as they boarded a ship for America.
In spite of England’s disapproval of American manufacturing, an interest in glassmaking recurred periodically during the entire colonial era. The actual number of glass factories erected was small, only twelve or so, probably because the manufacturing of glass required a considerable initial investment in a large facility and a team of skilled workers. Glasshouses, as the glassmaking factories were called, could not be erected anywhere. Rather,
A. Glassmaking in colonial America.
B. Effects of immigration on colonial American industry.
C. The use of glass products in colonial America.
D. Competition among glassmakers in colonial Pennsylvani
[单项选择] Many publications made private inquiries before presidential election, generally by means of questionnaires sent to subscribers and by telephone surveys. The principle common to all these inquiries was that they depended on quantity rather than quality; little effort was made to reach representatives of all segments of the population. Still, the erroneous belief persisted that the greater the number of questionnaires, the more accurate the results would be. The record was held by the American monthly Literary Digest, which sent out millions of postcards with short and pointed questions before each election, and received many hundreds of thousands of replies. In fact, in 1932, the Literary Digest’’s forecast was off by only 1%.
In view of such striking achievements, it seemed rather improper for the young American journalist, George Gallup, to claim that large numbers were irrelevant, and that equally accurate or better predictions could be made with a small but carefully selec
A. It was successful because it took all sections of the population into consideration.
B. It was successful because the publications sent out numerous questionnaires.
C. It was unsuccessful because it didn’’t take the composition of the electorate into consideration.
D. It was unsuccessful because it put emphasis on quality instead of quantity.
[填空题]People in the rural areas were made fun of because they celebrated the New Year______________.
