[填空题]An important social use of language is the inter-personal function, by which people establish and maintain their status in a society.（）

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One of the most important social developments that helped to make possible a shift in thinking about the r01e of public education was the effect of the baby boom of the 1950s and 1960s on the schools. In the 1920s, but especially in the Depression conditions of the 1930s, the United States experienced a declining birth rate—every thousand women aged fifteen to forty-four gave birth to about 118 live children in 1920, 89.2 in 1930, 75.8 in 1936, and 80 in 1940. With the growing prosperity brought on by the Second World War and the economic boom that followed it, young people married and established households earlier and began to raise larger families than had their predecessors during the Depression. Birth rates rose to 102 per thousand in 1946, 106.2 in 1950, and 118 in 1955. Although economics was probably the most important determinant, it is not the only explanation for the baby boom. The increased value placed on the idea of the family also helps to explain this rise i
A. Economy
B. Public education
C. Family
D. Earlier marriage

[单项选择]According to the author, the most important social factor in purchasing process is
A. reference groups.
B. social classes.
C. culture.

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An important consequence arises because the social security program is purely pay-as-you-go financed, （） most pension plans, at least in the private sector, are fully funded. Thus, greater contracting-out implies greater prefunding of pension commitments.

A. whereas
B. because
C. so that
D. therefore

[简答题]What is the most important aspect of language according to the Grammar-Translation Method

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[单项选择]Why is a person’s social contacts one important factor in loneliness
A. We need our friends to share similar interests and activities.
B. We need our teachers to guide us.
C. We need co-workers to help us.
D. A lonely person’s popularity may be increased with more social contacts.

[单项选择] The way in which people use social space reflects their social relationships and their ethnic identity. Early immigrants to America from Europe brought with them a collective style of living, which they retained until late in the 18th century. Historical records document a group-oriented existence, in which one room was used for eating, entertaining guests, and sleeping. People ate soups from a communal pot, shared drinking cups, and used a common pit toilet. With the development of ideas about individualism, people soon began to shift to the use of individual cups and plates; the eating of meals that included meat, bread, and vegetables served on separate plates; and the use of private toilets. They began to build their houses with separate rooms to entertain guests—living rooms, separate bedrooms for sleeping, separate work areas— kitchen, laundry room, and separate bathrooms. In Mexico, the meaning and organization of domestic space is strikingly different. Houses are organ
A. Their concepts of domestic space.
B. Their social relationships.
C. The functions of their rooms.
D. The layout of their houses.