The Aristotle example is used to make the point that________

A.art is useful only when it is made into a money earner

B.the promotion of economic growth is the only goal of today’ssociety

C.universities should not provide literature or art courses

D.the society needs both technical skills and arts

A.America’s first man of letters

B.a writer who had great success both in and outside his owncountry

C.a man who was able to move from literature to politics

D.a man whose personal charm enabled him to get by withbasically inferior work

A.Irving enjoyed great popular admiration.

B.Scott, Poe and Hawthorne were primarily responsible forIrving’s success.

C.Irving’s work was not only popular, but also of highliterary quality.

D.More Americans than Britons admired Irving.

A.It fostered his love for the theater.

B.It developed his skill in business.

C.It prompted his interest in law.

D.It had almost no effect on his life.

A.They feared competition from American writers.

B.They did not expect the United States to produce goodwriters.

C.They disapproved of the language American writers used.

D.They thought of the United States as a purely commercialpower.

A.slept well

B.could drink a lot of water

C.had to stay below deck

D.had a big room of more than 5 foot high

A.Passengers had a lot of vegetables, but no fruit.

B.The sailors had four tins of beer a day.

C.The people on the ship often fell ill because of the lack of food.

D.The food for the passengers was more and better than that for the crew.

A.They often had to set the sails in bad weather.

B.So they had less courage

C.They were happy to be swept overboard in a strong wind

D.A 70-day-journey across the Atlantic was their happiest thing

A.with a cold and wet climate

B.with a surprising climate

C.with a pleasant climate

D.with a variety of climates

A.flowers and vegetables from Devon are on the market one month earlier

B.farmers in the southwest grow as many vegetables and flowers as farmers elsewhere

C.people in the southwest have to pay a higher price for vegetables and flowers

D.vegetables in Cornwall ripen as much as a month earlier than flowers