[简答题]A reader in Florida, apparently bruised by some personal experience, writes in to complain, "If I steal a nickel’s worth of merchandise, I am a thief and punished; but if I steal the love of another’s wife, I am free."
This is a prevalent misconception in many people’s minds—that love, like merchandise, can be "stolen". Numerous states, in fact, have enacted laws allowing damages for "alienation of affections".
But love is not a commodity; the real thing cannot be bought, sold, traded or stolen. It is an act of the will, a turning of the emotions, a change in the climate of the personality.
When a husband or wife is "stolen" by another person, that husband or wife was already ripe for the stealing, was already predisposed toward a new partner. The "love bandit" was only taking what was waiting to be taken, what wanted to be taken.

[简答题]To solve the problem of domestic violence, some people suggest that a kind of special service educating abusive partners should be used so as to ___________________________________.

[单项选择]Comets are still regarded with (fright) by some people.
A. dread
B. concern
C. detachment
D. resentment

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It is estimated that some seven hundred million people--about half of the world’s population are unable to read and write, and there are probably two hundred and fifty million more people whose level of attainment is so slight that it barely outlives a literacy.
Recently the attack on illiteracy (文盲) has been stepped up . A world plan has been drawn up by a committee of UNESCO experts in Paris, as part of the United Nations Development Decade, and an international conference on the subject has the aim. People must learn the basic skills of responsible citizenship: the ability to read notices, newspapers, timetables, letters, pricelists, to keep simple records and accounts, to sort out the significance of the information gathered, and to fill informs.
The major areas of illiteracy are in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. In Africa
there are at least one hundred million illiterates, compromising(牵连) eighty to eighty-five per cent of the tota
A. approximately seven hundred million
B. approximately one hundred and twenty-five million
C. approximately eight or eight point five thousand million
D. exactly twenty-four million

[简答题]The manager praised some workers for their good performance and gave a dinner in their honor.

[简答题]Nowadays, some famous universities in China are permitted to enrol part of their students through interviews or some other forms of exams. The chosen students need not take part in the entrance examination, thus just waiting for the opening of the college life. Whether this method of enrolling students should be encouraged or not {{I}} Write a composition of about 400 words. In the first part of your essay you should state clearly your main argument, and in the second part you should support your argument with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary. You should supply an appropriate title far your essay. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.{{/I}}

[单项选择]In some remote places there are still very poor people who can’t afford to live in ______ conditions.
A. gracious
B. decent
C. honorable
D. positive

[单项选择]In some ways the employment interview is like a persuasive(有说服力的) speech because the applicant seeks to persuade the employer to employ him or her. A job applicant has the responsibility for getting certain types of information before the interview. First, the applicant knows what kind of job he wants and how the job relates to his career objectives. It is important that the applicant be able to speak out his reasons for wishing to work for a company. Second, the applicant should seek as much information about the company as possible. Relevant information for the applicant to locate includes such items as the location of the home and regional offices, the financial status of the company, plans for expansion, and company philosophy, information about most major companies available in reference books and periodicals.
After gathering a company’s information, the applicant is ready for the interview. The interviewer’s first impression comes from the interviewee’s appearance. For most
A. personal
B. persuasive
C. informative
D. conservative