-- In our English study reading is more important than speaking, I think. -- I don’t agree. Speaking is ____ reading.

A . and B . whether C . though D . if

A . we will turn a blind eye to your illegal status B . we will examine the laws in a different way C . there are other ways of enforcing the law D . the existing laws must not be ignored

M: I think so. It’ll be especially helpful if you can check the same story in the newspaper. Q: What does the man mean？ (18) A．Watching TV is better than reading a newspaper. B．The newspaper may give more information. C．TV is more interesting than a newspaper. D．A combination of reading and listening is more effective.

A take this problem into consideration. B develop and expand the trade and business further. C make our company the sole agent in China. D offer to buy equipment for them. E accept payment for this equipment. F start cooperation with other branches and factories. G cooperate with you and realize our common dream.

A、suggested B、wished C、hoped D、asked

In history books,【B10】information about the political life of a country is【B11】; that is, facts about polities axe given,【B12】opinions are not expressed. Art, on the other hand, is【B13】, it reflects emotions and opinions. The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya was perhaps the first【B14】"political" artist. In his well-known painting The Third of May, 1080, he【B15】the Spanish government for its【B16】of power over people. In the same way, art can【B17】a culture's religious beliefs. For hundreds of years in Europe, religious alt was almost the only【B18】of art that existed. Churches and other religious buildings were filled with paintings that【B19】people and stories from the Bible. By【B20】, one of the main characteristics of art in the Middle East was(and still is) its absence of human and animal images. 【B1】 A．usual B．typical C．average D．popular

A．should be B．were C．must be D．are

M: I don't know who you've been talking to. My experience was just the opposite. Q: What does the man mean？ (14) A．He thought Dr. Parker's tests were easy. B．Dr. Parker is no longer teaching history. C．The woman's source of information is reliable. D．He didn't enjoy taking history tests of Dr. Parker's.

I've twice been to the wars, and as I survey the battlefield, something different is happening. It's the one-upmanship among parents. We see our kids' college rating as medals proving how well or how poorly we've raised them. But we can't acknowledge that our obsession is more about us than them. So we've contrived various justifications that turn out to be half-truths, prejudices or myths. It actually doesn't matter much whether Aaron and Nicole go to Stanford. Admissions anxiety afflicts only a minority of parents. It's true that getting into college has generally become tougher because the number of high-school graduates has grown. From 1994 to 2006, the increase is 28 percent. Still, 64 percent of freshmen attend schools where acceptance rates exceed 70 percent, and the application surge at elite schools dwarfs population growth. Take Yale. In 1994, it accepted 18.9 percent of 12,991 applicants; this year it admitted only 8.6 percent of 21,000. We have a full-blown prestige panic; we worry that there won't be enough medals to go around. Fearful parents prod their children to apply to more schools than ever. "The epicenters (of parental anxiety) used to be on the coasts, Boston, New York, Washington, Los Angeles", says Tom Parker, Amherst's admissions dean. "But it's radiated throughout the country". Underlying the hysteria is the belief that scarce elite degrees must be highly valuable. Their graduates must enjoy more success because they get a better education and develop better contacts. All that's plausible and mostly wrong. "We haven't found any convincing evidence that selectivity or prestige matters", says Ernest T. Pascarella of the University of Iowa, co author of "How College Affects Students", an 827-page evaluation of hundreds of studies of the college experience. Selective schools don't systematically employ better instructional approaches than less-selective schools, according to a study by Pascarella and George Kuh of Indiana University. Some do; some don't. On two measures professors' feedback and the number of essay exams selective schools do slightly worse. In the author's eyes, parents pushing their kids to an elite degree are ______. A．aggressive B．misguided C．reasonable D．failing

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Schoolboys gained their skill in Latin in a bitter way.They kept in mind the rules to make learning by heart easier.They first made a word-for-word translation and then an idiomatic translation into English.As they increased their skill they translated their English back into Latin without referring to the book and then compared their translation with the original.The schoolmaster was always at hand to encourage them.All schoolmasters believed Latin should be beaten in . After several years of study the boys began to write compositions in imitation of the Latin writers they read.And as they began to read Latin poems they began to write poems in Latin.Because Milton was already a poet at ten his poems were much better than those painfully put together by the other boys.During the seven years Milton spent at university he made regular use of his command of Latin.He wrote some excellent Latin poems which he published among his works in 1645. 1.What does the passage mainly tell about？[] A.How John Milton wrote“Paradise Lost” B.How John Milton studied Latin C.How John Milton became famous D.How John Milton became a poet 2.Which of the following is true of John Milton’s pronunciation of Latin？[] A.It has a strong Italian accent B.It has an uncommon accent C.It was natural and easy to understand D.It was bad and difficult to understand 3.It can be inferred from the passage that ________. A.Milton’s training in Latin was similar to that of the other boys B.Milton hadn’t learned any foreign language except Latin before going to college C.Milton’s Italian friends helped him with Latin when talking D.Milton's classmates learned Latin harder but worse than Milton 4.Which of the following is suggested in the passage？[] A.The schoolmaster mainly helped those who were bad at Latin B.The schoolmaster usually stood beside the schoolboys with a stick in his hand C.The schoolboys could repeat Latin grammar rules from memory D.Some of the schoolboys were quick at writing compositions in Latin 5.What is the meaning of the underlined part“Latin should be beaten in”that the writer wishes you to understand？[] A.Schoolboys should be punished if they were lazy to learn Latin B.Schoolboys should be encouraged if they had difficulty in learning Latin C.Schoolboys were expected to master Latin in a short time D.Schoolboys had to study Latin in a hard way