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[填空题]Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage.
Recently a sociologist from the University of New Hampshire, Murray Straus, presented a paper suggesting that corporal punishment leaves a long-lasting mark—in the form of lower IQ. Straus found that kids who were physically punished had up to a five-point lower IQ score than kids who weren’t—the more children were spanked, the lower their IQ—and that the effect could be seen not only in individual children, but across entire nations. Straus found that countries with higher GDP tended to be those where corporal punishment was used less often. In the U. S., the tendency to hit also varies with income, geography and culture.
So how might getting spanked on the butt actually affect the workings of the brain Straus notes that being spanked or hit is associated with fright and stress; kids who experience that kind of trauma (创伤)have a harder time focusing and learning.
It’s not clear if spanking ca
[单项选择]Questions 11 to 15 are based on the following passage:
We use both words and gestures to express our feelings, but the problem is that these words and gestures can be understood in different ways.
It is true that a smile means the same thing in any language. So does laughter or crying. There are also a number of striking similarities in the way different animals show the same feelings. Dogs, tigers and humans, for example, often show their teeth when they are angry. This is probably because they are born with those behavior patterns.
Fear is another emotion that is shown in much the same way all over the world. (80) In Chinese and in English literature, a phrase like "he went pale and begin to tremble" suggests that the man is either very afraid or he has just got a very big shock. However, "he opened his eyes wide" is used to suggest anger in Chinese whereas in English it means surprise. In Chinese "surprise" can be described in a phrase like "they s
A. words are used-as frequently as gestures
B. words are often found difficult to understand
C. words and gestures are both used in expressing feelings
D. gestures are more efficiently used than words
[单项选择]Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.
Almost everyone agrees that America’s health-care system has the incentives all wrong. Under the fee-for-service system, doctors and hospitals get paid for doing more, even ff added tests, operations and procedures have little chance of improving patients’ health. So what happens when someone proposes that we alter the incentives to reward better care, not more care
Spiraling health spending is the crux (症结)of our federal budget problem. In 1965, health spending was 2.6 percent of the budget. In 2010, it was 26.5 percent. The Obama administration estimates it will be 30.3 percent in 2016. By contrast, defense spending is about 20 percent; scientific research and development is 4 percent.
Uncontrolled health spending isn’t simply crowding out other government programs; it’s also restraining overall living standards. Health economists Michael Chernew, Richard Hirth and David Cutler recently repo
A. Its problems should be made clear to the public.
B. It should protect the rights of both the doctors and nurses.
C. The benefits should be further explored.
D. The incentives should be used to reward better care rather than more.
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Questions 25 to 29 are based on the following passage.
Prices determine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system of the United States is a very complex network composed of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a myriad of services, including labor, professional, transportation, and public-utility services. The interrelationships of all these prices make up the "system" of prices. The price of any particular product or service is linked to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less upon everything else.
If one were to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define "price", many would reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service or, in other words, that price is the money
A. labor and education
B. transportation and insurance
C. utilities and repairs
D. products and services
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Questions 30 to 34 are based on the following passage.
One phase of the business cycle is the expansion phase. This phase is a two-fold one, including recovery and prosperity. During the recovery there is every-growing expansion of existing facilities, and new facilities for production are created. More businesses are created and older ones expanded. Improvements of various kinds are made. There is an ever increasing optimism about the future of economic growth. Much Capital is invested in machinery and "heavy" industry. More labor is employed. More raw materials are required. As one part of the economy develops, other parts are affected. For example, a great expansion in automobiles result in an expansion of the steel, glass, and rubber industries. Roads are required; thus the cement and machinery industries are stimulated. Demand for labor and materials results in greater prosperity for workers and suppliers of raw materials, including farmer
A. cyclical industries
B. union demands
C. the higher cost of living
D. the recession period
[填空题] Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage.
Global warming refers to an increase in global surface temperature resulting from an increase in the amount of carbon dioxide, methane, and certain other trace gases in the atmosphere. These gases are (47) known as greenhouse gases because they (48) to the warming of the earth’s surface and lower atmosphere, a phenomenon called the greenhouse effect. Partly because the (49) of carbon dioxide is related to the essential use of the carbon based energy sources, the (50) of global warming incorporates a broad, scientific and political debate about its significance and consequences.
Today, as the results of the efforts of thousands of scientists over several decades who have studied climate and its (51) with the global land-ocean-atmosphere system, the scientific understanding of global warming is both more clear and complex. Scientists have obtained strong
[单项选择]Questions 17 to 20 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.Which of the following may improve the levels of sugar in the blood
A. Spinach.
B. Broccoli.
C. Omega 3.
D. Oats.
[单项选择]Questions 14 to 16 are based on the following passage. At the end of the passage, you will be given 15 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the passage.When did home-schooling begin in the U.S.
A. In 1852.
B. In the middle of the nineteenth century.
C. At the time the District of Columbia established.
D. At the time the country establishe
[单项选择] Questions 14 to 17 are based on the following passage.
At the end of the passage, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the
questions.
Now listen to the passage.
What is the main subject of the talk
A. How thermographic photography was invented.
B. The advantages of X-rays over thermography.
C. Scientific photography for diagnostic purposes.
D. Several new techniques for reducing pain.
[单项选择]Questions 18 to 20 are based on the following passage.What did NOT happened, when Sandburg was 13
A. He left school.
B. War broke out.
C. He began to write poetry.
D. He joined the army.
[单项选择]Questions 11 to 13 are based on the following passage.According to the passage, if all students attend year-round schools in U.S. they would
A. have a 3-month long summer holiday.
B. have the same arrangement for schooling.
C. go to school at a differently organized time.
D. attend school for nine weeks before a vacation.
[单项选择]Questions 27 to 31 are based on the following passage.
What should you think about when trying to find your career You are probably better at some school subjects than others. There may show strengths that you can use in your work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work. So it is important to know the subjects you do well at school. On the other hand, you may not have any specially strong subjects but your records show a general satisfactory standard. Although not all subjects can be used directly in a job, they may have indirect value. A knowledge of history is not required for most jobs but if history is one of your good subjects, you will have learned to remember facts and details. This is an ability that can be useful in many jobs.
Your school may have taught you skills, such as typing or technical drawing, which you can use in your work. You may be good a
A. face one’s own weak points wisely
B. study harder for a new school record
C. make full use of one’s own weak points
D. feel sorry for one’s own school record
