[单项选择]Text 3 Daffodils bloom and chocolate eggs melt as the long Easter weekend draws near. Alongside such pleasures is another, equally seasonal: the annual outpouring from the teaching unions’ conferences, whose massed pedagogues can always be relied on to provide a few news stories to delight the headline writers. Guaranteed are lamentations about parents and pupils, both inferior to those of yesteryear in various, not always consistent, ways. Fairly standard attempts to blame the raw materials rather than inadequate workmen, but these moans are given a ready hearing because they confirm the fears of many readers (and not a few editors) that the nation’s moral fibre is in shreds. Also lapped up are the crazy conference motions, such as the proposal in 2007 for a curriculum based on fancy "skills" rather than fusty "knowledge". Union activists in most walks of life are well to the left of those they represent, and teaching-union loyalists are no exception. But such storie
A. they produce delightful news stories about teachers and students.
B. they coincide with the coming of the spring and Easter holiday.
C. teachers’ quality has become a consistent public concern.
D. teachers’ complaints are in agreement with the public fear of moral decline.

[单项选择]Text 3 Daffodils bloom and chocolate eggs melt as the long Easter weekend draws near. Alongside such pleasures is another, equally seasonal: the annual outpouring from the teaching unions’ conferences, whose massed pedagogues can always be relied on to provide a few news stories to delight the headline writers. Guaranteed are lamentations about parents and pupils, both inferior to those of yesteryear in various, not always consistent, ways. Fairly standard attempts to blame the raw materials rather than inadequate workmen, but these moans are given a ready hearing because they confirm the fears of many readers (and not a few editors) that the nation’s moral fibre is in shreds. Also lapped up are the crazy conference motions, such as the proposal in 2007 for a curriculum based on fancy "skills" rather than fusty "knowledge". Union activists in most walks of life are well to the left of those they represent, and teaching-union loyalists are no exception. But such storie
A. Teaching-union activists are more left-leaning than teachers they represent.
B. Teaching-union activists disagree on what should be included in curriculum.
C. Teachers are perceived by the public as a conservative group.
D. Teachers view themselves as liberal and left-leaning Guardian readers.

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W: Can you hand me four eggs, please
M: Sure. Do you need anything else
W: Yes. Give me some sugar and chocolate. Now everything is ready for my super chocolate pie.

What can we learn from the conversation（）
A. The woman will buy a chocolate pie.
B. The man doesn’t like cooking.
C. The woman is making a chocolate pie.

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W: Can you hand me four eggs, please
M: Sure. Do you need anything else
W: Yes. Give me some sugar and chocolate. Now everything is ready for my super chocolate pie.

What can we learn from the conversation（　）.
A. The woman will buy a chocolate pie.
B. The man doesn’t like cooking.
C. The woman is making a chocolate pie.

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As my wife greeted me one evening, her voice came through the door, "Guess what "
I always take a deep (26) on this very leading question. "What " I asked.
"I just won a sales contest at work and the (27) is dinner for two at the new fancy restaurant down by the river-front!"
She was so (28) . We knew the restaurant was extremely good. "See I told you there would be a (29) for me to wear my new spring outfit," she shyly reminded me.
" (30) can play at that game," I responded, "I will wear my gray suit, my Borsalino-imported straw hat and a new silk tie. We will be well (31) ." It was early (32) and nearing dusk as the waiter took us to a table by a window, with a(n) (33) of the river. And the table was (34) set, with a smoke-gray table cloth and bright colored napkins.
A delicious meal (35)
A. spring
B. summer
C. autumn
D. winter