单选题_____AdissatisfyingBdelightingCpleasingDdiscouraging
单选题
_____
A
dissatisfying
B
delighting
C
pleasing
D
discouraging
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解析：
这首歌表达的是对美国军队卷入越南战争的不满。delighting、pleasing的感情色彩与前文中不满的情绪相背离，discouraging的语意与文意不符。故本题选A。
这首歌表达的是对美国军队卷入越南战争的不满。delighting、pleasing的感情色彩与前文中不满的情绪相背离，discouraging的语意与文意不符。故本题选A。
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Passage OneYou've probably had the experience of having someone fall in love with you when you didn't feel the same way. In such a case it's hard to know what to do. You don't want to be so obvious in your efforts that you make an enemy of him.A friend of mine had this problem and handled it in the most tactful (得体的) way I've ever seen. Instead of telling her admirer directly, she devoted herself to introducing him to every girl she knew. Whenever she had a date with him, she arranged to drop in at the home of one of her girl friends. At last he clicked (一见如故) with one of these girls, and then everyone was happy. My friend was rid of a problem and she still had the young man as a friend, which was just what she wanted him to be.Of course this solution may not work for you. You may have your own way of dealing with the problem. But whatever you decide to do, keep one thing in mind—the boy in question has feelings every bit as sensitive as your own. So try to find a way of discouraging him without hurting him.31. The best title for this passage would be______.A. How to Make a FriendB. Problems of DatingC. Good Advice for GirlsD. How to Free Yourself from an Admirer
Text 2Well, no gain without pain, they say. But what about pain without gain? Everywhere you go in America, you hear tales of corporate revival. What is harder to establish is whether the productivity revolution that businessmen assume they are presiding over is for real.The official statistics are mildly discouraging. They show that, if you lump manufacturing and services together, productivity has grown on average by 1.2% since 1987. That is somewhat faster than the average during the previous decade. And since 1991, productivity has increased by about 2% a year, which is more than twice the 1978-1987 average. The trouble is that part of the recent acceleration is due to the usual rebound that occurs at this point in a business cycle, and so is not conclusive evidence of a revival in the underlying trend. There is, as Robert Rubin, the treasury secretary, says, a “disjunction” between the mass of business anecdote that points to a leap in productivity and the picture reflected by the statistics.Some of this can be easily explained. New ways of organizing the workplace—all that re-engineering and downsizing—are only one contribution to the overall productivity of an economy, which is driven by many other factors such as joint investment in equipment and machinery, new technology, and investment in education and training. Moreover, most of the changes that companies make are intended to keep them profitable, and this need not always mean increasing productivity: switching to new markets or improving quality can matter just as much.Two other explanations are more speculative. First, some of the business restructuring of recent years may have been ineptly done. Second, even if it was well done, it may have spread much less widely than people suppose.Leonard Schlesinger, a Harvard academic and former chief executive of Au Bong Pain, a rapidly growing chain of bakery cafes, says that much “re-engineering” has been crude. In many cases, he believes, the loss of revenue has been greater than the reductions in cost. His colleague, Michael Beer, says that far too many companies have applied re-engineering in a mechanistic fashion, chopping out costs without giving sufficient thought to long term profitability. BBDO’s Al Rosenshine is blunter. He dismisses a lot of the work of re-engineering consultants as mere rubbish—“the worst sort of ambulance cashing.”46. According to the author, the American economic situation is ________.[A] not as good as it seems[B] at its turning point[C] much better than it seems[D] near to complete recovery
请阅读短文，完成第小题。We find that bright children are rarely held back by mixed-ability teaching. On the contrary, both their knowledge and experience are enriched. We feel that there are many disadvantages in streaming(把...按能力分班) pupils. It does not take into account the fact that children develop at different rates. It can have a bad effect on both the bright and the not-so-bright child. After all, it can be quite discouraging to be at the bottom of the top grade!Besides, it is rather unreal to grade people just according to their intellectual ability. This is only one aspect of their total personality. We are concerned to develop the abilities of all our pupils to the full, not just their academic ability. We also value personal qualities and social skills and we find that mixed-ability teaching contributes to all these aspects of learning.In our classrooms, we work in various ways. The pupils often work in groups: this gives them the opportunity to learn to cooperate, to share, and to develop their leadership skills. They also learn how to cope with personal problems as well as learning how to think, to make decisions, to analyze and evaluate, and to communicate effectively. The pupils learn from each other as well as from the teacher.Sometimes the pupils work in pairs; sometimes they work on individual tasks and assignments, and they can do this at their own speed. They also have some formal class teaching when this is appropriate. We encourage our pupils to use the library, and we teach them the skills they need in order to do this efficiently. An advanced pupil can do advanced work; it does not matter what age the child is. We expect our pupils to do their best, not their least, and we give them every encouragement to attain this goal.The writer's purpose in writing this passage is to查看材料A．argue for teaching bright and not-so-bright pupils in the same classB．recommend pair work and group work for classroom activitiesC．offer advice on the proper use of the libraryD．emphasize the importance of appropriate formal classroom teaching
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Text 1 They are falling like dominoes.Executives caught behaving badly might once have been slapped on the wrist.Today they are shown the door.On July 19th Paramount Television fired its president,Amy Powell,over reports of insensitive comments about race.This is only the latest bigwig to go in a line of departures linked to"personal misconduct"."Boards are now holding executives to higher standards,looking not just at how they treat people but also how they talk to and about them,"says Pam Jeffords of Mercer,a consultancy.The thread connecting these incidents is that all are about perceptions of executive integrity,and by extension,trust.Since trust violations are particularly hard for firms to overcome,often more so than incompetence,firms may believe that firing an errant executive can be the safest,most pragmatic course of action.Executives were never alt angels.What has changed is that boards are now far less willing to overlook bad behaviour for the sake of superior performance.A 2017 report from PwC,a professional-services firm,found that the share of chief-executive dismissals that were due to ethical lapses increased between 2007-11 and 2012-2016,not because bosses were behaving worse but because they were held more accountable.Boards seem to be acting thus for two reasons.First,to protect employees and create a safe and inclusive work environment.Second,to protect their brands'reputations.A 2016 study from researchers at Stanford showed that the fallout from chief executives behaving badly,but not unlawfully,was large and lasting.On average each of the 38 incidents studied garnered 250 news stories,with media attention lasting 4.9 years.Shares usually suffered,though not always.And in a third of cases firms faced further damage,including loss of major clients and federal investigations.Should an executive's words be judged as harshly as their actions?From the perspective of protecting the brand,as well as discouraging a toxic work environment,they probably should.The power of social media to turn a whispered comment into a Twitterstorm,and the fact that everyone now has a mobile recording device,demands a decisive response.But boards and the media also risk rushing to judgment and painting the wicked with too broad a brush.An insensitive remark made long ago or as a one-off is not the same as one made as the face of the firm or as part of a consistent pattern.Disney's firing of James Gunn,a director,last week over tweets from a decade ago,before he was hired and for which he has apologised,seems to be one instance in which such distinctions have been papered over.And plenty of companies benefit from environments where people can speak openly and brainstorm out loud.Once the fallen dominos have been counted,some firms may turn out to have been too gung-ho in responding to the"Weinstein effect".Many,perhaps most,exits will be justified.But all?Boards today value most executives_____A.communication skillsB.professional competenceC.moral rntegrityD.loyalty to the company
Text 3 Recently,a coalition of business and advocacy groups from around Washington gathered to kick off a campaign to enact a carbon pricing program Known as the Climate and Community Reinvestment Act of D.C.,the plan would place a new tax on all fossil fuels bought or sold,with the hope of ultimately discouraging the use of these polluting energy sources.The big-picture goal of this campaign is admirable:to address the everdeepening crisis of climate chaos by dissuading the continued use of coal,oil and gas.But unfortunately,the approach-one based in a world of financial markets,trading schemes and enticing new public revenue streams-is inherently flawed.Simply put,carbon pricing is a false solution to climate change and a distraction from real,effective climate solutions we must urgently pursue.To date,there is scant evidence to indicate that carbon taxes lower greenhouse gas emissions.In fact,the opposite is true.Recently Food&Water Watch reviewed the British Columbia carbon tax program,often cited by advocates as an example of success.From 2009（the first full year of the tax）t0 2014,emissions from taxed sources grew by 4.3 percent.And in the seven years after the carbon tax took effect,total gasoline sales increased by 7.37 percent.Supporters of such plans like to focus on a deceivingly simple notion that increasing the price of a consumer good will automatically reduce its use.But this just isn't the case when it comes to the purchase of necessities.People must heat their homes in winter,and they must commute to work,regardless of the cost.Those backing the D.C.carbon pricing plan like to note that revenue from the new tax would go toward investment in clean energy sources.But only 20 percent of the generated funds would be allocated in this manner.The rest would be shared out in tax breaks for businesses and rebates for consumers,another factor undercutting the notion that increased costs up front would change consumer behavior in the long run.Meanwhile,fossil fuel giants such as ExxonMobil are increasingly coming out in support of carbon pricing.This should be cause for alarm for anyone concerned with stamping out the use of the dirty energy sources these corporations profit from.Exxon knows that carbon taxes will do little to change the business-as-usual dependence on oil and gas that it relies on to continue operating and enriching shareholders.Furthermore,corporations such as Exxon rightly view carbon pricing schemes as a means of diverting energy and interest from tougher regulations that might actually encroach on their business plans and bottom lines.Despite what well-intentioned activists want to believe,there is no convenient,market-friendly solution to our serious climate condition.There is only the hard truth that we must tackle the problem at its source:We must stop using fossil fuels,and soon.The latest science indicates that in order to avoid the worst effects of deepening climate chaos,society must transition completely to clean,renewable energy by 2035.Which of the following is true,according to Paragraphs 4 and 5?A.Consumers will use less of a good when its price increases.B.Carbon taxes will benefit the development of clean energy.C.Increased cost will do little to change the use of necessities.D.The dependence on fossil fuels will decrease automatically.
Text 3 At first glance the patriarchy appears to be thriving.More than 90%of presidents and prime ministers are male,as are nearly all big corporate bosses.Men dominate finance,technology,films,sports,music and even stand-up comedy.In much of the world they still enjoy social and legal privileges simply because they have a Y chromosome.So it might seem odd to worry about the plight of men.Yet there is plenty of cause for concern.Men cluster at the bottom as well as the top.They are far more likely than women to be jailed,estranged from their children,or to kill themselves.They eam fewer university degrees than women.Boys in the developed world are 50%more likely to flunk basic maths,reading and science entirely.What can be done?Part of the solution lies in a change in cultural attitudes.Over the past generation,middte-class men have leamed that they need to help with child care,and have changed their behaviour.Working-class men need to catch up.Women have learned that they can be SUfgeons and physicists without losing their femininity.Men need to understand that traditional manual jobs arc not coming back,and that they can be nurses or hairdressers without losing their masculinity.Policymakers also need to lend a hand,because foolish laws are making the problem worse.America reduces the supply of marriageable men by locking up millions of young males for non-violent offences and then making it hard for them to find work when they get out（in Georgia,for example,felons are barred from feeding pigs,fighting fires or working in funeral homes）.A number of rich countries discourage poor people from marrying or cohabiting by cutting their benefits ifthey do.More generally,schools need to become more boy-friendly.They should recognise that boys like to rush around more than girls do:it's better to give them lots of organised sports and energy-eating games than to dose them with Ritalin or tell them off for fidgeting.They need to provide more male role models:employing more male teachers in primary schools will both supply boys with a male to whom they can relate and demonstrate that men can be teachers as well as firefighters.The growing equality of the sexes is one of the biggest achievements of the post-war era:people have greater opportunities than ever before to achieve their ambitions regardless of their gender.But some men have failed to cope with this new world.It is time to give them a hand.We can infer from Paragraphs 4 and 5 that——A.dimming measures need to be approved from the govemmentB.discouraging poor people from marriage would be an effective way of policy makingC.employing more male teachers in high schools would cultivate hero modelsD.boys would be less likely to rush around more than girls in school
It was a________room,with beautiful wall paper,waxed floor and nice furniture.A.pleasedB.pleasantC.pleasingD.preasant
单选题Passage 2For Chen Hua，28，an automobile engineer in Shanghai，reading out English text aloud after taking pronunciation lessons on a mobile app has become an evening routine. Chen might skip dinner，but wouldn't trade even one language class delivered by the app for anything.Not having been using English much since leaving college，Chen feels the pressure to pick it up using spare time. The"pressure"arises from a constant fear of being left behind as English-proficient peers appear to get ahead. Academic circles refer to this as "middle-class anxiety"，which is grasping some sections of China's population.In a report released by leading online recruiter Zhaopin in January，one-fourth of surveyed white-collar workers said they feel more stressed than inspired，citing reasons from unstable paychecks to gloomy career prospects. Most important of all many people worry that the worth and utility of their knowledge and qualifications could erode due to thriving technological progress，globalism and entrepreneurship."Intensified peer pressure, especially at workplaces, is one factor that fuels our business,"said Wang Yi, CEO of Liulishuo, an English-learning app that Chen uses every day. Wang,a Princeton computer science graduate and former product manager at Google Inc, launched the app over five years ago with the intention to disrupt China's hidebound brick-and-mortar language schools.Liulishuo-it is Chinese for"speaking fluently"-brings social media and gaming elements to the genre. Wang said that unlike pre-school or K12 education, the adult-learning market is characterized by an inherent desire for self-improvement. Students of online adult education courses feel the fee is money well spent.To personalize offerings, Liulishuo has introduced big data and algorithms to quantify multiple dimensions of speech, as well as automatically tailor courses so that the courses could walk a fine line between challenging the students and discouraging them to the extent that they quit learning.Actually, this is not just confined to language courses. China's growing learners have shown they will spend time on the right educational programs.What was the purpose of Wang Yi launching Liulishuo over five years ago?ATo pick up English.BTo satisfy the desire for self-improvement.CTo break China's old-fashioned way of learning.DTo intensify peer pressure, especially at workplaces.
单选题Which of the following is true according to the text?AAli the patients whom Dr Starzl operated on died on the operating table.BTo Dr Starzl it was very discouraging that his first liver transplant failed.CMany doctors had performed organ transplant before Dr Starzl.DDr Starzl didn’t give up even though he had failed in his attempts.
问答题[A] To start, states that gain approval to measure student growth will also be required to chart progress the old way, comparing this year’s students with those of last year’s. The Education Department wants to see that data to help determine whether charting growth is a fair, accurate measure. Patricia Sullivan, director of the independent Center on Education Policy, praised federal leaders for showing flexibility and clearly outlining what states must do to get it. [B] Tinkering again with enforcement of the No Child Left Behind education law, the US government plans to let some states fundamentally change how they measure yearly student progress. In an experiment that’s been months in the making, up to 10 states will be allowed to measure not just how students are performing, but how that performance is changing over time. [C] Education Secretary Margaret Spellings was announcing the “growth model” policy on Friday to a gathering of state school chiefs in Richmond, Virginia, The Associated Press learned. “We’re open to new ideas, but we’re not taking our eyes off the ball,” Spellings said in remarks prepared for delivery to the state school officials. Frustrated states have been pleading for permission to measure growth by students, which may make it easier for schools to meet their goals and avoid penalties. Spellings has promised to be flexible in enforcing the law. Schools that receive federal poverty aid but don’t make “adequate yearly progress” for at least two years face mounting penalties, from allowing students to transfer and providing tutoring to poor children to eventual restructuring of the school and its staff. Spellings said it makes sense to give schools credit for progress that students make. [D] A growth model could benefit not just struggling students but also gifted ones who may be challenged anew to show their own yearly progress, beyond the school’s standard benchmark. “This is clearly what States have been asking for,” Sullivan said. “It makes a lot of sense to measure growth. It’s so discouraging for teachers when students make tremendous gains but don’t get the credit because they don’t get all the way over the bar.” [E] The states that win approval for the new flexibility, however, must do more than show growth. They still will have to get all children up to par in reading and maths by 2014, as the law requires, and show consistent gains along the way. The Education Department, eager to show it is not weakening the law, will require states to take many steps before they can qualify for the “growth” option. States must have data systems to track individual students, close achievement gaps between whites and minorities, and prove they have at least one year of baseline testing. The law requires yearly testing in grades three to eight and once in high school. [F] The latest shift in enforcement of the President Bush’s No Child Left Behind law is politically significant, one that is central to Bush’s domestic agenda. Other recent changes have dealt with testing, teacher quality and students with debilities. [G] Currently, schools are judged based only on how today’s students compare to last year’s students in moths and reading—such as fourth-graders in 2005 versus fourth-graders in 2004. Many state leaders don’t like the current system of comparison because it doesn’t recognize changes in the population or growth by individual students. So it often faces criticism in statehouses and schoolhouses.Order：
单选题Passage 2For Chen Hua，28，an automobile engineer in Shanghai，reading out English text aloud after taking pronunciation lessons on a mobile app has become an evening routine. Chen might skip dinner，but wouldn't trade even one language class delivered by the app for anything.Not having been using English much since leaving college，Chen feels the pressure to pick it up using spare time. Thepressurearises from a constant fear of being left behind as English-proficient peers appear to get ahead. Academic circles refer to this as middle-class anxiety，which is grasping some sections of China's population.In a report released by leading online recruiter Zhaopin in January，one-fourth of surveyed white-collar workers said they feel more stressed than inspired，citing reasons from unstable paychecks to gloomy career prospects. Most important of all many people worry that the worth and utility of their knowledge and qualifications could erode due to thriving technological progress，globalism and entrepreneurship.Intensified peer pressure, especially at workplaces, is one factor that fuels our business,said Wang Yi, CEO of Liulishuo, an English-learning app that Chen uses every day. Wang,a Princeton computer science graduate and former product manager at Google Inc, launched the app over five years ago with the intention to disrupt China's hidebound brick-and-mortar language schools.Liulishuo-it is Chinese forspeaking fluently-brings social media and gaming elements to the genre. Wang said that unlike pre-school or K12 education, the adult-learning market is characterized by an inherent desire for self-improvement. Students of online adult education courses feel the fee is money well spent.To personalize offerings, Liulishuo has introduced big data and algorithms to quantify multiple dimensions of speech, as well as automatically tailor courses so that the courses could walk a fine line between challenging the students and discouraging them to the extent that they quit learning.Actually, this is not just confined to language courses. China's growing learners have shown they will spend time on the right educational programs.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?AWhite-collar Workers Feeling StressedBOnline Adult Education Gaining PopularityCYoung Learners Leading the New TrendDMobile Apps Used in English Learning
问答题Passage 2 In January 2002, during the first week of a six-month stay at the Children’ s Hospital of Philadelphia for leukemia (白血病) treatment, Michael wandered over to his hospital window in search of relaxation. The (1)______ first-grader watched a construction crew (2)______ on a 10-storey addition to the hospital. (3)______ Michael’s third-floor window, Ritchie, an iron-worker from the East Falls section of Philadelphia, (4)______ and saw "this kid with no hair (5)______ face was pressed up to the window. I waved, and he smiled and (6)______ I’ll never forget that," says Ritchie, a father of three. As winter (7)______ spring, Michael watched, fascinated (着迷), as 3,000 tons of steel (8)______ formed the skeleton of the building. One day he colored a message for the crew and held (9)______ up to the window: Hi, Local Iron Workers. I’ m Mike. Ritchie and the (10)______ crew messaged back. Over the (11)______ months, as his treatment continued, Ritchie and the crew (12)______ Michael up and cheered him with (13)______ signs like Be Strong Mike. (14)______ the construction reached the third floor, Ritchie jumped across the (15)______ between the buildings and the two had a (16)______ chat. The hard hat with the tender heart wells up (涌出眼泪) when he thinks about it. “Michael (17)______ my life,” says Ritchie. “I was a real hard-core (顽固不化的) person without a lot of sympathy. But I’d (18)______ seeing this kid every day waving at me and excited about the construction. I look at life (19)______ thanks to him. “Today Michael is a 10-year-old third-grader in complete recovery. What does he hope to (20)______ when he grows up? “A construction worker,” he says.1. A. strange B. curious C. serious D. anxious2. A. playing B. studying C. living D. working3. A. Below B. Above C. Under D. Over4. A. watched out B. watched at C. looked up D. looked down5. A. whom B. whose C. which D. that6. A. came back B. came on C. waved back D. waved on7. A. went off B. went out C. turned into D. turned to8. A. gradually B. immediately C. successfully D. usually9. A. that B. it C. one D. itself10. A. hospital B. repair C. construction D. school11. A. first B. last C. long D. next12. A. cheered B. lighted C. called D. woke13. A. discouraging B. encouraging C. surprising D. interesting14. A. Before B. Since C. While D. When15. A. ground B. floor C. space D. storey16. A. face-to-face B. hand-in-hand C. neck-and-neck D. step-by-step17. A. gave B. changed C. saved D. took18. A. pay attention to B. get down to C. be used to D. look forward to19. A. differently B. happily C. sadly D. excitedly20. A. have B. get C. be D. appreciate