单选题According to the author, economists were confuse because ______.A People's behavior was disorderly on the TitanicB People did not act in their own interest on the TitanicC most men did not act in their own interest on the LusitaniaD women and children
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People's behavior was disorderly on the Titanic
People did not act in their own interest on the Titanic
most men did not act in their own interest on the Lusitania
women and children could not climb into the lifeboats
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第1题：
According to the passage，most farmers' debts had to be paid______.
A. when the autumn harvest had just been completed
B. because wheat prices were high
C. as soon as the Winnipeg Grain Exchange demanded payment
D. when crop failure caused depression
正确答案：A
[解析] 见第二段第四、五行，事情经常是农民在收获后卖掉小麦，农场债务也随之到期。
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第2题：
according to the author, the articles of confederation failed because of the following reasons. which is not true?
A. The Congress could not raise money to pay the national army and to pay debts owed to France and other nations.
B. The Congress had no power to tax any citizen.
C. The new states did not cooperate with the Congress or with each other.
D. Some new states wanted to be free from the Union
参考答案：D
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第3题：
We may safely conclude that ______.
A) the author belongs to the anti-railway group
B) the author belongs to the pro-railway group
C) the author speaks highly of the railway
D) the author may never take train because of its potential dangers
正确答案：A
答案：A
[试题分析]事实判断题。
[详细解答]文中完全都是在谈论反对火车的人的一些论据，可以推断作者是反对者无疑。可以确定正确答案为 A。后三项都与文章内容不符或缺乏事实依据。
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第4题：
The author easily built a team of his company because __________.A.they were underpaid at their previous jobs
B.they were turned down by other companies
C.they were confident of the author and his business
D.they were satisfied with the salaries in his company答案：C解析：文章第三段“I started to build a team who trusted me even though I didn’t have money forpaychecks yet．”由此可见，团队成员对作者及其创办的公司很有信心，否则不会不计后果地给他做事。故选C项。 -
第5题：
单选题According to the writer, the barrio boys had negative images of themselves because they.Acouldn’t play basketball well.
Bfelt that their language and culture were inferior.
Cdidn’t have the kinds of sneakers the Churchill boys had.
Ddidn’t speak as many languages as the Churchill boys.
正确答案： A解析：
第四段开头作者提到他们有“negative images of ourselves”，接着描述到他们小时候猜疑自己种族的人在本质上存在问题：小学的时候他们不能说西班牙语，到高中的时候虽然政策改变了但在白人面前说自己的语言仍然会感到羞耻，因为“the supposed inferiority of our language and culture”，由此可见the barrio boys有负面的自我形象是因为他们感觉自己的语言和文化低人一等。 -
第6题：
单选题The auctioneer may decide to sell the “lots” out of the order because _____.Ahe sometimes wants to confuse the buyers
Bhe knows from experience that certain people will want to buy certain items
Che wants to keep certain people waiting
Dhe wants to reduce the number of buyers
正确答案： C解析：
由文章第三段中：he may wait until he registers the fact that certain dealers are in the room and then produce the lots they are likely to be interested in，拍卖商不按常规拍卖，是为了确定准买家的情况，推测他们可能喜欢的东西，再决定拍卖。B选项符合题意。 -
第7题：
单选题According to the author, economists were confused because ______.Apeople's behavior was disorderly on the Titanic
Bpeople did not act in their own interest on the Titanic
Cmost men did not act in their own interest on the Lusitania
Dwomen and children could not climb into the lifeboats
正确答案： A解析：
细节推测题。根据文章第一段中“This behavior is puzzling to economists，who like to believe that people tend to act in their own self interest” 以及后面的“There was no pushing”和“very, very orderly behavior”可知经济学家感到不解就是因为泰坦尼克号上的秩序是井然的，人们没有根据自己的利益来行事，而是遵循了一定的社会规范，这与选项B的说法一致。 -
第8题：
问答题What can you find in Second Avenue and Union Street according to the author?正确答案： Benaroya Hall.解析：
事实细节题。根据文章第五段首句“From Seattle Center stroll down the hill on second Avenue to the newly constructed Benaroya Hall (Second Avenue and Union Street)…”可以得知沿着小山向下，在第二大道和联合大街上有一个新建的Benaroya Hall。 -
第9题：
单选题According to the passage, _____ may NOT be the character of the author’s father.Ademanding
Bpractical
Cstubborn
Dliberal
正确答案： A解析：
推理题。本题为反选题。原文第四段的前两句话说到：So we enjoyed Mrs. Orr’s cake with white icing twice a year. Nothing fancy, nothing pretentious—just like Dad.可见，作者将父亲比作朴实无华的蛋糕，说明了父亲务实的性格，故B选项的说法正确，可排除。原文第三、五两段的段末，均出现了silly question一词，来表明作者觉得句没自己必要提出前面的问题，同时也说明了父亲固执不愿意改变的性格，故C选项的说法正确，可排除。原文第五段第一句话中的generous一词说明父亲慷慨大方性格，故D选项的说法也是正确的，也可排除。而A选项“苛求的”在原文中并没有体现，因此本题正确答案为A。 -
第10题：
单选题It can be inferred that the author of the text most likely regards the criticism of methanol as ______.Aflawed because of the assumptions on which it is based
Binapplicable because of an inconsistency in the critics’ arguments
Cmisguided because of its exclusively technological focus
Dinaccurate because it ignores consumers’ concerns
正确答案： B解析：
细节推导题。文章第四段首句指出“Like any alternative fuel, methanol has its critics”，可知接下来要讲的就是methanol“甲醇”的不足之处，第二句提到“Yet much of the criticism is based on the use of “gasoline clone” vehicles that do not incorporate even the simplest design improvements that are made possible with the use of methanol.”即作者认为人们觉得甲醇有问题是因为所基于的假设，A项正确。 -
第11题：
单选题According to Ron Yasbin, all the cheating students _____.Ashould be severely punished for their dishonesty
Bdidn’t have much time to study before the exam
Ccould get the highest grades if they had studied hard enough
Dcould be excused because they were not familiar with the new system
正确答案： C解析：
第一段最后一句作者引用内华达大学拉斯维加斯分校教务长的话“假如他们花更多的时间在学习上的话，他们都能得到A。” -
第12题：
单选题According to the author, the economy of East Asian countries grew very fast because of the following measures EXCEPT ______.Aencouraging export
Bopening up to foreign investments
Climiting international financial flows
Dcontrolling import
正确答案： C解析： -
第13题：
According to the author, happiness lies in______.
正确答案：
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第14题：
Since the author did not stick to the topic, I found his article very() (confuse) and hard to follow.参考答案：confusing
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第15题：
Which of the following statements is true?__________A.The author believes that a born naturalist can not be a scientist
B.The author read a lot of books about the natural world and oil industry
C.The author's brothers and sisters were good at music and languages
D.The author spend a lot of time working on riddles答案：C解析：由第一段“Unlike them，I had no ear for music and languages”，可知，作者的兄弟姐妹们擅长于音乐和语言，故C项正确。A项无中生有，B项oilindustry错误，D项与第三段矛盾。 -
第16题：
According to the passage,coins once had real value as currency because they______.A.represented a great improvement over barter
B.permitted easy transportation of wealth
C.were made of precious metals
D.could become collector’s items答案：C解析： -
第17题：
单选题According to the author, what would parents eventually do with a sleepless, troublesome newborn baby?AThey might turn themselves into pediatricians themselves after some years.
BThey would treasure the experience because it would become a distant dream.
CThey would be overcome with bitter envy for some regularly sleeping children.
DThey would probably become some abusive parents because of sleep insufficiency.
正确答案： B解析：
推理判断题。从文章最后一句“even the best parents might slip into child abuse when sleep is not sufficient.”可知，即使是最好的父母，在睡眠不足的情况下也会发脾气，虐待孩子，因此D为正确答案。作者对医生并不满意，因为医生没有真正关心带给患者家庭的影响，文章也没有提到几年后父母会成为儿科医生，所以A错误；文章提到这对父母自从孩子12个月时没被打扰睡过一夜后，就每夜不得安宁了，不可能“珍惜”，所以B不正确；C不是解决办法，只是心态。所以选D。 -
第18题：
单选题According to Ryan Dapremont, _____.Aexaminations taken with pens and paper were useless in fighting cheating
Bhis examination paper was under-graded because of his bad hand-writing
Ccheating was more serious in writing papers than in examinations
Dit was more difficult for him to lift other people’s writings off the Internet
正确答案： C解析：
第三段第二句讲到Dapremont说科技的发展使作弊越来越容易，论文写作中的剽窃可能是最严重的问题。 -
第19题：
填空题According to the author, youth hostels are economical and tidy.____正确答案： B解析：
由题干中“youth hostels”定位至B段。可知作者认为青年旅社经济，且舒适整洁实惠，故匹配段落为B段。 -
第20题：
单选题According to the passage, Asian civilizations, which were ahead of Europe’s, fell behind because ______.AAsian languages were more difficult to learn
BEuropean languages had simple alphabets
Cthey didn’t have the technology to spread ideas
Dpeople’s communication skills were not good enough
正确答案： B解析：
第三段第二句指出“One reason why Asia’s civilizations, in 1000 far ahead of Europe’s, then fell behind was that they lacked the technology to reproduce and diffuse ideas”，由此可知曾经领先于欧洲的亚洲文明落后的原因是他们缺乏传播思想的技术，因此选项C符合文意。reproduce复制；再生。diffuse扩散；传播。 -
第21题：
单选题According to the author, living in a city causes stress because there are so many people who are ______.Ain need of help
Bnaturally aggressive
Clikely to commit crime
Danxious to succeed
正确答案： B解析：
事实细节题。由关键词causes stress定位第一段首句“its motivating force is, money”可知多数城市人迫于成功而感到压力。其他三项都是城市人口增多带来的社会问题，故不符合题意。 -
第22题：
单选题According to the author, a born naturalist should first of all be _____.Afull of enthusiasm
Bself-disciplined
Cfull of ambition
Dknowledgeable
正确答案： A解析：
文章前三段讲述作者从小就对自然世界有着极大的热情和兴趣，且在文章第三段第二句话提到“I have a strong love of the natural world, and my enthusiasm has led me into varied investigations”。故A项为正确答案。 -
第23题：
单选题According to the passage, gramophones were sometimes ineffective because they ______.Agot out of synchronization with pictures
Bwere too large for most movie theaters
Cwere newly invented
Dchanged speeds when the needle jumped
正确答案： A解析：
第一段最后一句介绍了把留声机作为音响系统所存在的弊端，指出如果gramophone needle（唱针）jumped，或投影仪的速度发生了变化，那么声音和图像就会变得unsynchronized（不同步的），因此A项符合题意。