Your comments ________my work have proved to be helpful.

A.traditional universities do a good job serving the society

B.universities must meet the needs of the society

C.research and teaching are of great importance inuniversities

D.universities play an important role in our society

A.universities in the UK have produced too much good forgraduates

B.such abstract subjects as philosophy is no longer useful

C.education should serve the social needs

D.it is advisable for today’s philosophers to know computerscience

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