It seems that many people pretend to choose to live a rural life characterized by ______.

A．pageant B．patronage C．paradox D．pendulum

A．nothing B．anything C．everything D．none

A．is nothing but an illusion B．means little to poor children C．is cherished by all Americans D．keeps on inspiring poor children

A．Right. B．Wrong. C．Doesn't Say.

A B C D _____________

The most important development, however, is a non-event: the collapse of global capitalism has not occurred. Instead, the post-crisis world is likely to be even more market-oriented than the one that preceded it, with a proliferation of new rules and practices that will help markets to operate more smoothly. The countries recovering best, such as Thailand and South Korea, are doing so by moving further in a free-market direction. None of the affected nations has tried to isolate itself from the global economy, and the widely feared worldwide wave of protectionism has not yet materialized. Nor has there been the great rethinking of economic globalization that some feared and others advocated. The critics of global capitalism pounced on the crisis as proof of globalization's fatal flaws. Their analyses often concluded that "there must be something better." On the contrary, economists have taken free-market principles as the starting point for new ideas, not called them into question. There has been much criticism of the so-called Washington consensus—the traditional free-market orthodoxy that uniformly prescribes fiscal discipline, deregulation, and financial liberalization. Partly as a result of the crisis, a new consensus simply adds extra prescriptions—such as better financial supervision, labor market, etc.—to the list. It is an elaboration of the original consensus, not a new departure. Numerous studies also show that engagement in the global economy leads to higher growth and helps to reduce poverty in developing countries. Today's economic arguments are not over fundamental free-market policies, but what must be done to supplement them. Likewise, the efforts to devise a new "international financial architecture" in the wake of the crisis, due to continue during the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, will not involve rebuilding the system from scratch. The aim is to make incremental improvements in financial rules and practices that will oil the wheels of the market system, not to trade it in for a non-existent new model. What is the main idea of the first paragraph？ A．After the severe Asian Financial Crisis, the world economy began to recover. B．Asian Financial Crisis is as devastating as a neutron bomb and causes great damage. C．There are still direct and indirect impacts so that the economy cannot recover. D．The direct impact of Asian Financial Crisis has gone.

A．Yes, it did. B．No, it didn't. C．Yes, it could.

A．Because it is considered by psychologists to be an undesirable trait. B．Because it is not a trait associated with social animals. C．Because our ancestors were not shy, so we should be like them. D．Because shy people could not have survived in early human society.

Much more interest has been shown in preventive medicine in recent years. This is probably due in part to the increasing costs of medical treatment, but the writings of such people as Dr. Keneth Cooper have also played an important role. In his book Aerobics. Dr. Cooper communicated his message of the benefits of exercise so effectively that many other authors have flowed in his trail, and literally millions of readers have put on their sports shoes and taken to the highways and byways of America. A recent survey showed that over 17 million people are jogging. Many of these are so serious that they have trained themselves to run the 26 miles and 385 yards of the hard and tiring marathons that are sponsored all over the country. The last time I was in Honolulu, I was amazed to see hundreds of people, young and old, running for their lives, and I discovered many of them have run in the Hawaiian Marathon. Exercise has also become a major part of conversation. A1 a dinner party recently, the president of a bank asked me, "You look like a runner; how far do you run each day？" A few days later when I appeared on a national television show, the host suddenly asked me if I was a regular runner. On both occasions the conversation turned to the subject of exercise and I found, as I have found whenever I have traveled recently, that this is a subject on many people's minds. Of course, there are still many people who are less than enthusiastic about exercise. They appreciate the philosophy of Robert M. Hutchins who said, "Whenever the thought of exercise occurs to me, I lie down till it passes." The first paragraph indicated that medical workers ______. A．are in great demand？ B．make a lot of money C．are concerned with their own health D．like sports more than ordinary people

A、contradicted them by saying, make B、countered by saying, make for C、opposed by saying, make up D、have been lagged behind, slip off

One important cause of the generation gap is the opportunity that young people have to choose their own ways of life.In a more traditional society, when children grow up, they are expected to live in the same area as their parents, to marry people that their parents know and like, and often to continue the family jobs.In our society, young people often travel great distances for their education, move out of the family at an early age, marry or live with people whom their parents have never met, and choose jobs different from those of their parents. In our society, parents often expect their children to do better than they did, to find better jobs, to make more money and to do all the things that they were unable to do.Often, that is another cause of the gap between them.Often, they discover that they have very little in common with each other. Finally, the speed at which changes take place in our society is the third cause of the gap between the generations.In a traditional culture, senior people are valued for their knowledge, but in our society the knowledge of a lifetime may become out of date.The young and the old seem to live in two very different worlds, separated by different skills and abilities.No doubt, the generation gap will continue in American life for some time to come. 1.The first paragraph tells us that ______. A、the problem of the generation gap draws much attention from people B、it is out of date to talk about the generation gap C、children and parents are trying to understand each other D、it is very important for people to frequently communicate with each other 2.In a more traditional society, old people_______. A、have their children respect and listen to them B、do not care for their children at all C、expect their children to rebel against them D、do not live together with their children 3.In American society young people________. A、do not need to find jobs B、leave home at an early age C、have better education than their parents D、marry people younger than them 4.Which of the following is NOT the cause of the generation gap______. A、Young people like to depend more on themselves. B、Parents do not love their children dearly. C、American society changes rapidly. D、Parents expect too much of their children. 5.The main idea of the passage is ________. A、that the generation gap needs considering B、when the generation gap is necessary in American society C、why the generation gap exist D、how we can reduce the generation gap

A．look upon life as their elders do B．are more like American that their elders in their way of thinking C．look more like Americans than their elders D．expect more from Americans than from their elders

A．看来这台小小的智能手机无所不能 B．这智能手机太小什么事都干不成 C．这智能手机不是任何事都能干