[单项选择]There are generally two approaches to the study of words, namely synchronic and ______.
A. chronic
B. realistic
C. specific
D. diachronic

[简答题] Directions:
Study the two pictures above carefully and write an essay entitled "On Education of China". In the essay, you should (1) describe the pictures; (2) interpret their meaning; (3) give your opinion about the phenomenon.
You should write about 200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.

[简答题]A study found that people generally become happier and experience less worry after age fifty. In fact, it found that by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were at eighteen. And happiness is not the only thing that apparently improves with age. In another study, people in their eighties reported the fewest problems with the quality of their sleep. Researchers surveyed more than 150 000 American adults. The original goal was to confirm the popular belief that aging is connected with increased sleep problems. The survey did find an increase during middle age, especially in women. But except for that, people reported that they felt their sleep quality improved as they got older.

[单项选择]The study of language acquisition is generally known as （　）.
A. theoretical linguistics
B. psycholinguistics
C. applied linguistics
D. historical linguistics

[单项选择]I appreciated（）the opportunity to study abroad two years ago.
A. having been given
B. having given
C. to have been given
D. to have given

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Today, there are two approaches to how Americans perceive themselves.
(46) "You can consider yourself valuable no matter what people think of you, but that’s very difficult because we are social creatures and Care what others think of us--so we improve our outward appearance because that’s really all we have. We get our own self-image from the way in which other people view us."
Americans now have a different idea of happiness than did their 18th-century predecessors, says Nancy Pearcey, author of "Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity".
(47) "When the Founders talked about ’the pursuit of happiness’, they were using that term in the classical definition, in which it was thought to be the result of virtue. Happiness was something attained late in life, if at all, because it takes an entire lifetime to develop virtuous character," Mrs. Pearcey says. The Founders b

[填空题]Generally, it is hard to study emotions because ______.

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Passage Two
According to a study, intellectual activities make people eat more than when just resting. This has shed new light on brain food. This finding might also help explain the obesity epidemic of a society in which people often sit.
Researchers split 14 university student volunteers into three groups for a 45-minute session of either relaxing in a sitting position, reading and summarizing a text, or completing a series of memory, attention, and alert tests on the computer. After the sessions, the participants were invited to eat as much as they pleased.
Though the study involved a very small number of participants, the results were stark. The students who had done the computer tests downed 253 more calories or 29.4 percent more than the couch potatoes. Those who had summarized a text consumed 203 more calories than the resting group.
Blood samples taken before, during, and after revealed that intellectual work causes
A. consuming fewer calories can lead to sharper brains
B. thinking consumed more calories than resting
C. resting more can make people fat
D. brain cells need more energy than other cells in the body

[填空题]The author found that his two fields of study did not mix well and he could not apply them easily.

[填空题]Two American students come to our class to study Chinese.
______ two American students coming to our class to study Chinese.