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[单项选择]Bosses would do well to be alarmed. November is here, and with it a good chance that the back office isn’t processing data, but knocking out a novel on the sly. It’s "National Novel Writing Month", a peculiar American invention that has improbably become an eagerly anticipated rite around the world.
Knock out a novel in a month: it can’t be hard. The premise of the NaNoWriMo, as it’s known, is that all writers need a deadline and a kick in the backside. In 30 days contestants have to knock out 50,000 words. How else to get those 1,666 words a day, except on company time Twenty-one Californian writers started the online writing spree in 1999. Last year more than 200,000 joined in worldwide, though fewer than a fifth completed a full manuscript. If growth continues at the present rate, each American citizen will attempt to write a short novel by the year 2027, according to one calculation. The organizers call it all empowering and harmless fun. But still there’s something in the ent
A. Craze.
B. Fear.
C. Disgust.
D. Doubt.
[简答题]原文：He would do anything he was asked to do but return to his old life.
译文：只要能回到旧的生活里去，派他做什么工作都行。
改译：
[单项选择]He said he would come, he didn’t （ ）
A. though
B. although
C. yet
D. too
[填空题]
What would he rather not do by saying that he was not a political animal
[单项选择]（ ） that she liked curry, he would have brought her to an Indian restaurant.
A. If John knows
B. Had John known
C. If John knew
D. Dose John know
[单项选择]What bad deeds would he not do! The possible meaning of the sentence is:（）
A. He has never done bad deeds.
B. He has done many bad deeds.
C. He will do good deeds.
D. He won’t do any bad deeds.
[单项选择]He is the sort of businessman who would do anything in his （） of profit.
A. pursuit
B. catch
C. grasp
D. master
[单项选择]Asked what he would do to improve a government, the ancient Chinese sage Confucius answered that his first measure would be "to correct language". He meant that if words don’t mean what they seem to mean people cannot put any plan into action as intended. The state of language at the dawn of the twenty-first century appears to be more confused than ever—thanks in large part to the enormous influence of television, radio, and print media over what we buy, desire, and believe.
Benjamin Radford, managing editor of The Skeptical Inquirer magazine, offers hundreds of examples of deceptive practices in journalism, advertising, political activism, public relations, and charity appeals. The real danger to the public, he insists, comes not from outright lies about events or individuals, because in most cases facts can ultimately be proven and mistakes corrected. But the emotional power of images, sound bites, and slogans can exert deep and lasting influence on our opinions an
A. deceptive practices
B. outright lies
C. unproved facts and mistakes
D. emotional images, sound bites, and slogans
