问题：问答题Practice 10 What we today call American folk art was, art of, by, and for ordinary, everyday I “folks” who, with increasing prosperity and leisure, created a market for art of all kinds, and especially for portraits. Citizens of prosperous, essentially middle-class republics—whether ancient Romans，seventeenth-century Dutch burghers, or nineteenth-century Americans—have always shown a marked taste for portraiture. Starting in the late eighteenth century, the United States contained an increasing number of such people, and of the artists who could meet their demands. The earliest American folk art portraits come, not surprisingly, from New England—especially Connecticut and Massachusetts—for this was a wealthy and populous region and the center of a strong craft tradition. Within a few decades after the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the population was pushing westward, and the portrait painters could be found at work in western New York, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri. Midway through its first century as a nation, the United States' population had increased roughly five times, and eleven new states had been added to original thirteen. During these years, the demand for portraits grew and grew, eventually to be satisfied by camera.
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问题：问答题Practice 7 As you approach Wolfeboro from any direction you will pass by lovely old homes and inns until you arrive at the picturesque center of the village with views of Wolfeboro Bay and the lake beyond. Along Main Street you will find channing boutiques and specialty shops of every description, a range of restaurants from casual family spots to historic inn dining rooms and taverns. A beautifully situated park on the lake's shore provides a perfect spot to savor an ice cream while watching the boats darting about on the bay or the exciting arrival of the famous M/S Mount Washington as she docks nearby. This park hosts many cultural and entertaining events throughout the year and is the center point for summertime entertainment. Visitors will enjoy such events as musical performances, fine art shows, craft fairs, the New England Antique Boat Museum, fireworks and many other activities. A unique way to view Lake Winnipesaukee and its natural surroundings is by Kayak. Views of this region provide a great escape into nature.
问题：问答题Practice 2 位于上海老城厢的豫园是著名的古典园林，距今已有400多年历史。花园设计独特，具有明清两代南方的建筑艺术的风格。园内共有40余景，均有回廊曲径可通，亭台楼阁、假山池塘布局精致，有“小中见大”之特色，在有限的空间创造出无限的意境，完美地展示了宏伟秀丽的景色 豫园前面有一漂亮的莲花池，池上有九曲桥，桥中央有湖心亭。湖心亭重建于1784年，后改为茶楼。这个上海著名的茶楼深受老年人喜爱，他们喜欢在这里喝茶聊天。
问题：单选题The killing of the Sudanese student is to illustrate ______.A the brutality of attacks on black peopleB the fallout affecting anyone in povertyC the traffic problems in south LondonD the unconcerned attitude of police
问题：单选题Which of the following best describes the organization of the text as a whole?A A phenomenon is described and an interpretation presented and rejected.B A generalization is made and supporting evidence is supplied and weighed.C A contradiction is noted and a resolution is suggested and then modified.D A series of observations is presented and explained in terms of the dominant theory.
问题：单选题The word “mania” (para.2) most probably means ______.A funB crazeC hysteriaD excitement
问题：单选题The author seems to indicate that ______.A there are many controversial issues like the right amount of sleepB among many issues the right amount of sleep is the least controversialC the right amount of sleep is topic of much controversy among doctorsD people are now moving towards solving many controversial issues concerning sleep
问题：问答题Topic 2：My View on College Students’ Use of Mobile Phones Questions for reference: 1) What is the phenomenon of college students’ using mobile phones? 2) What might be the advantages and disadvantages of their using mobile phones? 3) What could be done to this problem?
问题：问答题Practice 3 Franklin's life is full of charming stories which all young men should know- how he peddled ballads in Boston, and stood, the guest of kings, in Europe; how he worked his passage as a stowaway to Philadelphia, and rode in the queen's own litter in France; how he walked the streets of Philadelphia, homeless and known, with three- penny rolls for his breakfast, and dined at the tables of princes, and received his friends in a palace; how he raised a kite from a cow shed, and was showered with all the high degrees the colleges of the world could give; how he was duped by a false friend as a boy, and became the friend of all humanity as a man; how he was made Major General Franklin, only to resign because, as he said, he was no soldier, and yet helped to organize the army that stood before the trained troops of England and Germany. This poor Boston boy, with scarcely a day's schooling, became master of six languages and never stopped learning; this neglected apprentice tamed the lightning, made his name famous, received degrees and diplomas from colleges in both hemispheres, and became forever remembered as “Doctor Franklin”, philosopher, patriot, scientist, philanthropist and statesman.
问题：单选题According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true about the woman?A She is married to a school teacher.B Her eyes move around a lot at times.C She is ten years older than Jerome.D She has found what she is looking for.
问题：问答题Practice 7 中国积极致力于推进国际军控、裁军与防扩散事业。迄今为止，中国已加入了所有国际军控与防扩散条约。在防扩散方面，中国一贯严格履行所承担的国际义务，积极致力于中国防扩散机制的法制化建设，已建立起一个相当完备的防扩散出口控制体系。 中国政府一向重视人权并为此做出了不懈的努力。中国已加入了包括《经济、社会及文化权利国际公约》在内的18项人权公约，并已签署了《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》。
问题：单选题Breeding the hybrid offspring to fix desirable traits is called ______.A naturally selectingB inbreedingC pedigree breedingD pure-breeding
问题：单选题To achieve the desired result, humorous stories should be delivered ______.A in well-worded languageB as awkwardly as possibleC in exaggerated statementsD as casually as possible
问题：单选题From the last paragraph, we know that the causes of school phobia ______.A can be easily determinedB are complex and manifoldC lie exclusively in the Japanese educational systemD originate from the Japanese way of bringing up children
问题：单选题The author implies that an innovative scientific contribution is one that ______.A is accepted immediately by the scientific communityB dies not relegate particulars to the role of dataC presents a new scientific factD introduces a new valid generalization
问题：单选题We learn from the passage that the author ______.A revises someone else’s opinionB explains an opinion of his ownC favors one of the three opinionsD comments on three different opinions
问题：问答题Practice 1 Twenty years ago, Motorola looked upon the Japanese with something close to fear. The Chicago company’s television-manufacturing division had been large and profitable in the 1960s. By the early 1970s, however, high costs and a rising tide of inexpensive Japanese TVs were taking a heavy toll. “The Japanese were very aggressive”, recalls Motorola spokesman Mario Salvadori. “They wanted to get market share.” With cutthroat pricing, they did—eventually running nearly every U.S. electronic company out of the TV business. Motorola sold its Quasar TV unit to a Japanese company in 1974. But while other U.S. companies were floored for foreign competition, Motorola refocused its energies, It turned to wireless communications—an industry it had pioneered (with mobile radios and walkie-talkie) in the 1920s. It was a prescient move.
问题：单选题According to the passage, one of the reasons why readers in the 1920s and 130s were attracted by free insurance policies was that ______.A they were afraid of being unable to workB jobs were more dangerous thenC they had bigger families to look afterD money was given away with the policies
问题：单选题Dr. Hartmann is mentioned in the passage ______.A as the opponent of Dr. Ian OswaldB because he has strange sleeping habitsC as the pioneering sleep scientistD because of his observation and analysis of sleep habits
问题：问答题Practice 1 A symbol of abundance to the rest of the world, the Amazon is experiencing a crisis of overfishing. As stocks of the most popular species diminish to worrisome levels, tensions are growing between subsistence fishermen and their commercial rivals, who are eager to enrich their bottom line and satisfy the growing appetite for fish of city-dwellers in Brazil and abroad. In response, peasants up and down the Amazon, here in Brazil and in neighboring countries like Peru, are forming cooperatives to control fish catches and restock their rivers and lakes. But that effort, increasingly successful, has only encouraged the commercial fishing operations, as well as some of the peasants' less disciplined neighbors, to step up their depredations. “The industrial fishing boats, the big 20- to 30-ton vessels, they have a different mentality than us artisanal fishermen, who have learned to take the protection of the environment into account,” said the president of the local fishermen's union. “They want to sweep everything up with their dragnets and then move on, benefiting from our work and sacrifice and leaving us with nothing.”
