Asian languages were more difficult to learn
European languages had simple alphabets
they didn’t have the technology to spread ideas
people’s communication skills were not good enough
第1题：
According to the passage，in the late 1960's some residents of Boston were concerned with which aspect of skyscrapers?
A. The noise from their construction.
B. The removal of trees from building sites.
C. The harmful effects on the city's grass.
D. The high cost of rentable office space.
第2题：
According to the passage, which of the following can NOT be typed into the same category?
A． Cloud
B． Sheep
C． Trees
D． Goose
第3题：
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Chinese students won most of the awards.
B. Not all the themes were about local subjects
C. The blogs could be written in Chinese or Singlish.
D. The judges were from university in Singapore and China.
第4题：
Nano-based.
Carbon-based.
Crystal-based.
Silicon-based.
第5题：
trained sculptors
laid-off stone masons
Black Hills volunteers
visitors to Mount Rushmore
第6题：
Which is not the reason for the startling of the visiting teacher in an Asian country?
A、The students were too noisy and naughty.
B、The art teacher was too strict.
C、The teaching methods were very different from the ways of teaching in her own country.
D、She feels uncomfortable in the new place.
第7题：
第8题：
According to the passage, false beards were worn by those who considered themselves to be ______.
A. handsome and mature
B. too young to have beards
C. aristocrats or fashionable dandies
D. royalty
第9题：
Fossil fuels were burned for the first time.
Greater amounts of land were cleared than at any time before.
The average temperature at the Earth’s surface has become 2℃ cooler.
The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased measurably.
第10题：
degree to which policies were based on tradition
form of economic interdependency between different cultural groups
treatment of the native inhabitants
relationship between the military and the settlers