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Americans are people of action.
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Stevenson's research showed that Asians and Asian-Americans are more intelligent than other students.
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The author feels that values like hhard work, the family and education are unfamiliar to Americans.
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The fact that Americans address the judge in a court as Your Honor shows ________. A. their Old World heritage B. they are common people C. they are afraid of the judge D. their respectability
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When I try to understand ____ that prevents so many Americans from being as one might expect, it seems to me that there are two causes.
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There’s new data out today that _______ that many Americans are not good at math. (2017, 6-2)
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Currently, why are many Americans careful about touching others?
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The top two foreign nationalities are Filipions and Americans in Hong Kong.
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What is considered a bad table manner when we are dining with Americans?
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Time and money are the two elements that Americans save carefully.
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2. In America, a person’s success is based on how much money he makes. And Americans are not afraid of showing their confidence.
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Why do the two “explanations” (Para. 3, Line 1) worry Asian Americans?A) They are a
Why do the two “explanations” (Para. 3, Line 1) worry Asian Americans?
A) They are afraid that they would again be isolated from American society in general.
B) People would think that Asian students rely on their parents for success.
C) Asian American would be a threat to other minorities.
D) American academic achievements have taken on too strong an Asian character.
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听力原文:Americans often say that there are only two things a person can be sure of in life: death and taxes.
What does the speaker mean?
A.Americans are worried about only two things.
B.Americans are worried more about death than about taxes.
C.Americans are as worried about death as about taxes.
D.Americans are as sure of taxes as of death.
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In Florida politically powerful Cuban Americans, most of whom vote Republican, are dismayed by Dole’s hard line on language. Says Mercedes Toural, head of bilingual programs in the state’s Dade County
A.Bilingual education in the county is not very popular.
B.Mom often makes apple pies for their children at homE
C.Bilingual education here is very popular and the county will defend it.
D.People in Florida like apple pie as much as they love their mothers.
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() We subconsciously believe that we are the targets of this advertising, and that the high-cost products and lifestyles portrayed are our birthright as Americans. This leads us to spend well beyond o
A.They spend more money than they have
B.They try to save as much money as they can.
C.They do not spend money.
D.They have a lower incom
E.
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He worked as a man obsessed, oblivious to family and friends, shunning holidays, forgetting anniversaries.
A.nervous about
B.furious about
C.irritated by
D.unaware of
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Many Americans are happy with this kind of marriage. But some other Americans have a different impression of marriage and family responsibilities.
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Passage Four:Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.The decline in moral standards—which has long concerned social analysts—has at last captured the attention of average Americans. And Jean Bethke Elshtain, for one, is glad.
The fact the ordinary citizens are now starting to think seriously about the nation’s moral climate, says this ethics (伦理学) professor at the University of Chicago, is reason to hope that new ideas will come forward to improve it.
But the challenge is not to be underestimated. Materialism and individualism in American society are the biggest obstacles. “The thought that ‘I’m in it for me’ has become deeply rooted in the national consciousness,” Ms. Elshtain says.
Some of this can be attributed to the disintegration of traditional communities, in which neighbors looked out for one another, she says. With today’s greater mobility and with so many couples working, those bonds have been weakened, replaced by a greater emphasis on self.
In a 1996 poll of Americans, loss of morality topped the list of the biggest problems facing the U.S. and Elshtain says the public is correct to sense that: Data show that Americans are struggling with problems unheard of in the 1950s, such as classroom violence and a high rate of births to unmarried mothers.
The desire for a higher moral standard is not a lament (挽歌) for some nonexistent “golden age,” Elshtain says, nor is it a wishful (一厢情愿的) longing for a time that denied opportunities to women and minorities. Most people, in fact, favor the lessening of prejudice.
Moral decline will not be reversed until people find ways to counter the materialism in society, she says. “Slowly, you recognize that the things that matter are those that cant’ be bought.”
第36题:Professor Elshtain is pleased to see that Americans ________.
A) have adapted to a new set of moral standards
B) are longing for the return of the good old days
C) have realized the importance of material things
D) are awakening to the lowering of their moral standards
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A foreigner’s first impression of the U.S.is likely to be that everyone is in a rush-often under pre...<br/>The statement that Americans are impolite to their business colleagues is wrong.
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Trying to get Americans to eat a healthy diet is a frustrating business. Even the best-designed public-health campaigns cannot seem to compete with the tempting flavors of the snack-food and fast-food industries and their fat-and sugar-laden products. The results are apparent on a walk down any American street—more than 60% of Americans are overweight, and a full quarter of them are overweight to the point of obesity.
Now, health advocates say, an ill-conceived redesign-has taken one of the more successful public-health campaigns—the Food Guide Pyramid—and rendered it confusing to the point of uselessness. Some of these critics worry that America's Department of Agriculture caved to pressure from parts of the food industry anxious to protect theft products.
The Food Guide Pyramid was a graphic which emphasizes that a healthy diet is built on a base of gains, vegetables and fruits, followed by ever-decreasing amounts of dairy products, meat, sweets and oils. The agriculture department launched the pyramid in 1992 to replace its previous program, which was centered on the idea of four basic food groups. The "Basic Four" campaign showed a plate divided into quarters, and seemed to imply that meat and dairy products should make up haft of a healthy diet, with grains, fruits and vegetables making up the other half. It was replaced only over the strenuous objections of the meat and dairy industries.
The old pyramid was undoubtedly imperfect. It failed to distinguish between a doughnut and a whole-grain roll, or a hamburger and a skinless chicken breast, and it did not make clear exactly how much of each foodstuff to eat. It did, however, manage to convey the basic idea of proper proportions in an easily understandable way. The new pyramid, called "My Pyramid", abandons the effort to provide this information. Instead, it has been simplified to a mere logo. The food groups are replaced with unlabelled, multi-colored vertical stripes which, in some versions, rise out of a cartoon jumble of foods that look like the aftermath of a riot at a grocery store. Anyone who wants to see how this translates into a healthy diet is invited to go to a website, put in their age, sex and activity level, and get a custom-designed pyramid, complete with healthy food choices and suggested portion sizes. This is free for those who are motivated, but might prove too much effort for those who most need such information.
Admittedly, the designers of the new pyramid had a tough job to do. They were supposed to condense the advice in the 84-page United States' Dietary Guidelines into a simple, meaningful graphic suitable for printing on the back of a cereal box. And they had to do this in the face of pressure from dozens of special interest groups—from the country's Potato Board, which thought potatoes would look nice in the picture, to the Almond Board of California, which felt the same way about almonds. Even the National Watermelon Promotion Board and the California Avocado Commission were eager to see their products recognized.
Nevertheless, many health advocates believe the new graphic is a missed opportunity. Although officials insist industry pressure had nothing to do with the eventual design, some critics suspect that political influence was at work. On the other hand, it is not clear how much good even the best graphic could do. Surveys found that 80% of Americans recognized the old Food Guide Pyramid—a big success in the world of public-health campaigns. Yet only 16% followed its advice.
Trying to get Americans to eat a healthy diet is a frustrating business can be easily proved by the fact that
A.public-health campaigns cannot compete with tempting flavors.
B.snack-food and fast-food industries are flourishing in the US.
C.most food in America are profoundly rich in fat and sugar.
D.fat people account for a large proportion of American population.
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Work is a very important part of life in the United States. Americans spend most of their lives working. For most Americans, their work defines them. They are what they do. What happensd, then, when a person can no longer work?
Most Americans stop working at the age of sixty-five or seventy and retire. Because work is such an important part of life in American culture, retirement can be very difficult for Americans. Retirees often feel that they are useless and unproductive. Of course, some people are happy to retire, but leaving one's job, whatever it is, is a difficult change, even for those who look forward to retiring. Retirement can also bring financial problems. Many people depend on Social Security checks every month. During their working years, employees contribute a certain percentage of their salaries to the government. Each employer also gives a certain percentage to the government. When people retire, they receive this money as income. Sometimes these checks do not provide enough money to live on, because prices are prone to increasing, a process known as "inflation". Senior citizens, those over sixty-five, typically have to have savings in the bank or other retirement plans to make ends meet. In addition, many senior citizens have to change their lifestyles after retirement. They have to spend carefully to be sure that they can afford to buy food, fuel and other necessities(必需品).
Of course, many senior citizens are happy with their retirement. They have time to spend with their families or to enjoy their hobbies. Some continue to work part-time, others do volunteer work. Some, like those in the Retired Business Executives Association, even help young people to start new businesses. Many retired citizens also belong to "Golden Age" groups. These organizations plan trips and social events. There are many other opportunities for retirees.
Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?
A.Golden Age Groups
B.The American Opinion of Work
C.The Importance of Work in America
D.The Problems of Retirement in America
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The author criticizes women's obsession with thinness ______.
A.from a historical and religious standpoint
B.from sociological and medical points of view
C.from an economic and educational perspective
D.in the light of moral principles
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What are the Americans concerned about accordingto the poll? A.Age of the children using the Internet. B.Government protection from the Internet problems. C.Information overload. D.The flow of phone calls,faxesand e-mails.
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____________ has been discovered that the two countries are making secret contact wit
A.A.What
B.B.That
C.C.All
D.D.It