America is in no immediate danger of "running out of water". People in the West have been aware that water is a precious commodity and must be conserved. In the damp East, an excess of water led to complacency until two factors created con

　41. The function that broadband technology has on the new digital economy is ________.

　　A) further

　　B) critical

　　C) costly

　　D) global

　　42. How much does a user pay if he has broadband technology installed?

　　A) It depends On the length of time.

　　B) It depends on the times of dial-up.

　　C) He pays at a fixed monthly rate.

　　D) He pays a lot of money.

　　43. Compared with the modem speed the broadband technology can transmit data ________.

　　A) at up to forty times of ordinary speed

　　B) much more faster

　　C) at a high speed

　　D) within a second

　　44. Who can take advantage of the broadband technology according to the passage?

　　A) Family members.

　　B) College students.

　　C) Both home owners and businessmen.

　　D) Only businessmen and their partners.

　　45. With the broadband technology companies can have all their operations done

　　A) during the work days.

　　B) during the whole week

　　C) online

　　D) offline

　36."A buyer will get something for nothing"in paragraph 2 may probably mean ________.

　　A) a buyer will not get what he pays for

　　B)a buyer will get more than what he pays for

　　C) a buyer will get something useful free of charge

　　D) a buyer will get more but pay less

　　37. From the pasage we know the buyer pays more attention to ________.

　　A) the size of a container

　　B) a container with attractive picture

　　C) a well-designed container

　　D) a plain container with low cost

　　38. What suggestion does the writer give in the passage?

　　A) It's not good to buy the product which is sold in a glass or dish.

　　B) The quality of a container has nothing to do with the quality of the product.

　　C) The best choice for a buyer is to buy a product in a plain package.

　　D) A buyer should buy what he needs most rather than a well-designed package.

　　39. Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?

　　A) In fact glasses or dishes used for packaging do not cost money at all.

　　B)"Family Size"printed on the package means that it is rather economic.

　　C) To a child, even to an adult, the form is far more important than the content.

　　D) Words and pictures written on the package are thought to be an advertisement.

　　40. What do you think is the best title for the passage?

　　A) How to Package a Product.

　　B) How to Make an Advertisement.

　　C) How to Sell Product.

　　D) How to Attract More Buyers.

　1."A buyer will get something for nothing"in paragraph 2 may probably mean ________.

　　A) a buyer will not get what he pays for

　　B)a buyer will get more than what he pays for

　　C) a buyer will get something useful free of charge

　　D) a buyer will get more but pay less

　　2. From the pasage we know the buyer pays more attention to ________.

　　A) the size of a container

　　B) a container with attractive picture

　　C) a well-designed container

　　D) a plain container with low cost

　　3. What suggestion does the writer give in the passage?

　　A) It's not good to buy the product which is sold in a glass or dish.

　　B) The quality of a container has nothing to do with the quality of the product.

　　C) The best choice for a buyer is to buy a product in a plain package.

　　D) A buyer should buy what he needs most rather than a well-designed package.

　　4. Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?

　　A) In fact glasses or dishes used for packaging do not cost money at all.

　　B)"Family Size"printed on the package means that it is rather economic.

　　C) To a child, even to an adult, the form is far more important than the content.

　　D) Words and pictures written on the package are thought to be an advertisement.

　　5. What do you think is the best title for the passage?

　　A) How to Package a Product.

　　B) How to Make an Advertisement.

　　C) How to Sell Product.

　　D) How to Attract More Buyers.

　　1. What did King think of his nomination as leader of the Montgomery Boycott?

　　A) He hadn't expected it. www.yingyusanji.com

　　B) He had to think about it carefully.

　　C) He would refuse to accept it.

　　D) He was prepared to accept it.

　　2. Why was King unwilling to lead the movement at first?

　　A) Because he doubted if the boycott would be successful.

　　B) Because he was troubled with a traffic accident at that time.

　　C) Because he thought he was too young to be a leader.

　　D) Because he himself didn't start the boycott.

　　3. Which of the following is Not mentioned as something that happened at the beginning of the black people's movement?

　　A) King was put into prison.

　　B) Black people disagreed with each other.

　　C) King's armed revolt proposal was turned down.

　　D) Black people found it hard to accept the policy pursued in Montgomery.

　　4. Which of the following was the immediate cause that made King change his view on violence?

　　A) The education he received in college.

　　B) The attack of his home.

　　C) The influence of two active non-violence advocates.

　　D) The verdict of the Supreme Court.

　　5. In Paragraph 4, the last sentence "King's home was 'an arsenal'" means

　　A) King's home was a place where people got together.

　　B) King's home was a place where people tested bombs.

　　C) King's home was a place where weapons were stored.

　　D) King's home was a place where bombs exploded.

　　1. The study of children and television shows that

　　A) it is useless for television companies to delay adult viewing to the later hours.

　　B) It is a waste of time for children to watch adult programs on TV.

　　C) Children should not watch television programs late into the night.

　　D) Children are supposed to learn a lot from television programs.

　　2. "Recall was in reverse proportion to the amount they had watched" (in Paragraph 2) has almost the same meaning as

　　A) "the more they watch the less they remember".(in Paragraph 1)

　　B) "Programs seeking to put over serious messages are strongly disliked". (in Paragraph 2)

　　C) "They see them as short programs in their own right".(in Paragraph 2)

　　D) "educational television is probably least successful of all in imparting attitudes or information".(in Paragraph 3)

　　3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the new study of children and television?

　　A) Some children stay up late to watch the programs they like

　　B) Children enjoy watching challenging programs.

　　C) Children don't like serious messages and high-pressured ads.

　　D) Though children like watching ads, most of them don't believe what ads say about the product.

　　4. Cullingford concludes that www.yingyusanji.com

　　A) children are excited when they watch TV.

　　B) Watching TV has little real effect on children.

　　C) Parents should spend less time watching TV.

　　D) Parents should be worried about the effect of TV on children.

　　5. Whom would the result of the new study upset?

　　A) the advertisers.

　　B) The children viewers.

　　C) The movie stars.

　　D) The educators.

　　1. Which of the following statements would Bowlby support?

　　A) Statistical studies should be carried out to assess the positive effect of day care for children at the age of three or older. www.yingyusanji.com

　　B) Early day care can delay the occurrence of mental illness in children.

　　C) The first three years of one's life is extremely important to the later development of personality.

　　D) Children under three get used to the life at nursery schools more readily than children over three.

　　2. Which of the following is derivable from Bowlby's work?

　　A) mothers should not send their children to day care centers until they are three years or older.

　　B) Day care nurseries have positive effects on a child's development.

　　C) A child sent to a day care center before the age of three may have emotional problems in later life.

　　D) Day care would not be so popular if it has noticeable effects on a child's personality.

　　3. It is suggested that modern societies differ from traditional societies in that

　　A) the parents-child relationship is more exclusive in modern societies.

　　B) a child more often grows up with his/her brothers or sisters in traditional societies.

　　C) mother brings up children with the help of her husband in traditional societies.

　　D) children in modern societies are more likely to develop mental illness in later years.

　　4. Which of the following statements is NOT an argument against Bowlby's theory?

　　A) many studies show that day care has a positive effect on children's development.

　　B) Day care is safe, otherwise there wouldn't be so many nursery schools.

　　C) Separation from parent for very young children is common in some traditional societies.

　　D) Parents find the immediate effects of early day care difficult to deal with.

　　5. Which of the following best expresses the writer's attitude towards early day care?

　　A) Children under three should stay with heir parents.

　　B) Early day care has positive effects on children's development.

　　C) The issue is controversial and its settlement calls for the use of statistics.

　　D) The effects of early day care on children are exaggerated and parents should ignore the issue.

　1. Until recently, body heat has caused problems because it ______.

　　A. was difficult to collect

　　B. came in a variety of forms

　　C. was difficult to get rid of

　　D. tended to be absorbed by physical objects

　　2. Which of the following is true of the heating system of the Johnstown campus?

　　A. The heat is supplied by human bodies only.

　　B. The heat is supplied by both human bodies and other heat-emitting objects.

　　C. The heat is supplied by both human bodies and conventional fuel.

　　D. The heat is supplied by human bodies, other heat-emitting objects, and conventional fuel.

　　3.The phrase "even in winter" (in line 8) most nearly means ______.

　　A. if the winter is especially warm

　　B. during all of the year except the winter

　　C. in the winter as well as in other seasons

　　D. during the evenings in the winter

　　4. The phrase "heat recovery" refers to a ______.

　　A. method of concealing the source of heat

　　B. special form of air conditioning

　　C. supplementary hot water system

　　D. way of reclaiming and re-using heat

　　5. According to the passage which of the following would produce the LEAST amount of heat?

　　A. A fat female who studies hard.

　　B. A thin female who does not study.

　　C. A fat male who does not study.

　　D. A thin male who studies hard.

　　1. What does the word "air" in the first sentence mean?

　　A. dry 　　B. express 　　C. breathe 　　D. broadcast

　　2. What does "more than first lady" in the first paragraph suggest?

　　A. Hillary is not a first lady.

　　B. Hillary does much more than what a first lady is expected to do.

　　C. There are more women in America who does better than Hillary does.

　　D. Hillary is doing better than her husband.

　　3.Which of the following statement is true regarding the Senator campaign according the passage?

　　A. Hillary has appeared on TV shot for numerous times.

　　B. Hillary rarely makes her public appearance.

　　C. Giuliani has made TV advertisement for himself.

　　D. Hillary has a bigger chance to win the campaign.

　　4. Hillary's campaign focuses on all the flowing except_____.

　　A. children's health care

　　B. school education for children

　　C. combating child abuse

　　D. family planning policy

　　5.Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage?

　　A. First Lady's Senator Campaign

　　B. Hillary's TV Advertisement

　　C. A Rivalry for New York's Senate Seat

　　D. The Focuses of Hillary Campaign

　　1. It can be inferred that the author consider those historians who describe early feminists in the United States as “solitary” to be

　　[A] insufficiently familiar with the international origins of nineteenth-century American feminist thought.

　　[B] overly concerned with the regional diversity of feminist ideas in the period before 1848.

　　[C] not focused narrowly enough in their geographical scope.

　　[D] insufficiently aware of the ideological consequences of the Seneca Falls conference.

　　2. The author’s attitude toward European historians who have studied the Saint-Simonians is primarily one of

　　[A] approval of the specific focus of their research.

　　[B] disapproval of their lack of attention to the issue that absorbed most of the Saint-Simonians’ energy after 1832.

　　[C] approval of their general focus on social conditions.

　　[D] disapproval of their lack of attention to links between the Saint-Simonians and their American counterparts.

　　3. The author mentions all of the following as characteristic of the Saint-Simonians EXCEPT

　　[A] The group included many women among its members.

　　[B] The group believed in a world that would be characterized by sexual equality.

　　[C] The group was among the earliest European socialist groups.

　　[D] Most members believed that women and men were inherently similar in ability and character.

　　4. It can be inferred from the text that the Saint-Simonians envisioned a utopian society having which of the following characteristics?

　　[A] It would be worldwide.

　　[B] It would emphasize dogmatic religious principles.

　　[C] It would most influence the United States.

　　[D] It would have armies composed of women rather than of men.

　　5. According to the text, which of the following would be the most accurate description of the society envisioned by most Saint-Simonians?

　　[A] A society in which women were highly regarded for their extensive education.

　　[B] A society in which the two genders played complementary roles and had equal status.

　　[C] A society in which women did not enter public life.

　　[D] A social order in which a body of men and women would rule together on the basis of their spiritual power.

　　1.

　　What is the main idea of the passage?

　　A. Careful training is required to teach animals to perform tricks involving numbers

　　B. Animas cannot count more than one kind of object

　　C. of all animals, dogs and horses can count best

　　D. Although some animals may be aware of quantities, they cannot actually count

　　2.

　　The author refers to Gilbert’s book in paragraph 1 in order to___.

　　A. show how attitudes have changed since 1786

　　B. Contradict the idea that animals can count.

　　C. provide evidence that some birds are aware of quantities.

　　D. Indicate that more research is needed in this field.

　　3.

　　The word “surreptitiously” in line 4 is closest in meaning to ___.

　　A. quickly

　　B. secretly

　　C. occasionally

　　D. stubbornly

　　4.

　　The author mentions that all of the following are aware of quantities in some way EXCEpT___.

　　A. plovers

　　B. mice

　　C. caterpillars

　　D. wasps

　　5.

　　According to the information in the passage, which of the following is LEAST likely to occur as a result of animal’s intuitive awareness of quantities?

　　A. A pigeon is more attracted by a box containing two pieces of food than by a box containing one piece.

　　B. When asked by its trainer how old it is, a monkey holds up five fingers.

　　C. When one of its four kittens crawls away, a mother cat misses it and searches for the missing kitten.

　　D. A lion follows one antelope instead of a herd of antelopes because it is easier to hunt a single prey.