[单项选择]The Titanic had sixteen lifeboats, and four collapsible boats which could carry just over half the number of people on board her maiden voyage and only a third of the Titanic’s total capacity. Regulations for the number of lifeboats required were based on outdated British Board of Trade regulations written in 1894 for ships a quarter of the Titanic’s size. and had never been revised. Under these requirements, the Titanic was only obliged to carry enough lifeboats to seat 962 people. At design meetings in 1910 ,the shipyard’s managing director had proposed that forty eight lifeboats be installed on the Titanic, but the idea had been quickly rejected as too expensive. Discussion then turned to the ship’s decor, and as the director later described the incident, "We spent two hours discussing carpet for the first Class cabin and fifteen minutes discussing lifeboats".
What did the director mean by saying" We spent two hours discussing carpet for the first class cabin and fifteen minute
A. Carpet for the first class cabin was a very important issue in the design of Titanic.
B. Not enough attention had been paid to safety in the designing of Titanic.
C. The designers had no idea of the dangers Titanic would be exposed to.
D. The designers were careful with the design of’ Titani

[填空题]The owners of Titanic provided lifeboats for only 950 passengers which were far from enough because______.

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Passage Four
Andrea had never seen an old lady hitchhiking(搭车) before. However, the weather and the coming dark ness made her feel sorry for the lady. The old lady had some difficulty climbing in through the car door, and pushed her big brown canvas shopping bag down onto the floor under her feet. She said to Andrea, in a voice that was almost a whisper. "Thank you dearie—I’m just going to Brockbourne."
Something in the way the lady spoke, and the way she never turned her head made Andrea uneasy about this strange hitchhiker. She didn’t know why, but she felt instinctively that there was something wrong, some thing odd, something.., dangerous. But how could an old lady be dangerous It was absurd.
Careful not to turn her head, Andrea looked sideways at her passenger. She studied the hat, the dirty collar of the dress, the shapeless body, the arms with the thick black hairs... Thick black hairs Hairy arms Andrea% blood froz
A. the hitchhiker was an old woman
B. she was curious about the old lady
C. the lady had a heavy bag
D. she knew the old lady

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Passage Four
It had been a long, brutal day on the sales floor for young Brent. He’d had his share of "ups"--what retail salespeople say when it’s their turn with the next customer--and more than his share of downs. And now he was in danger of being shut out for the day.
He hadn’t been shut out in a long time. Even in his early days with the company, he could always sell something to someone. He was a natural.
But not on this day. This, of course, exposed him to some good-natured ridicule from his associates, who took not-so-secret delight in seeing the sales genius get his stroke of misfortune.
Brent had more at stake here than just professional pride and reputation, however. Brent was a new father. He and his wife, Kay, had decided that she would be a full-time morn, which meant he would financially support the family. When he did well on the sales floor, finances weren’t a probl
A. creative
B. hard-working
C. experienced
D. warm-hearted

[单项选择]Last spring, sixteen-year-old Donald Gomes had a problem. Like a lot of children, Donald was fond (喜欢的) of sports. But he didn’t want to play basketball or football, He wanted to play volleyball (排球).
But Donald’s high school didn’t have a boys’ volleyball team (队，组). So what did he do . He tried to join the girls’ team. And he made it.
With that Donald thought (认为, 考虑) his problem was over. But a bigger problem was just beginning (开始,起源). The school didn’t agree that Donald should play on the girls’ team. "If we let Donald on the team," the school said," other boys will want to join. Pretty (相当) soon, there won’t be any girls on the team. And that would not be fair (定期集市,公平的) to the girls." They took Donald off the team.
So, Donald took his case to a judge (判断). Donald was not allowed to play only because he was a boy. This reason, the judge said, is sex discrimination (性别歧视). He then told the school to let Donald back on his team.

The girls’ team agreed to
A. No, they didn’t
B. Yes, they did.
C. No, they couldn’t

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