单选题Why did some African Americans accept the white standards of beauty?A Because they tried to keep socially fashionable.B Because they did not have their own standards of beauty.C Because they were not well educated as white Americans.D Because they want

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单选题
Why did some African Americans accept the white standards of beauty?
A

Because they tried to keep socially fashionable.

B

Because they did not have their own standards of beauty.

C

Because they were not well educated as white Americans.

D

Because they wanted to become part of the mainstream.


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  • 第1题:

    Why did American city residents want to live in the suburbs after World War Ⅱ?

    A. Because older American cities were dying.

    B. Because they were richer and needed more space.

    C. Because cities contained the wont pare of society.

    D. Because they could hardly afford a live in the city.


    正确答案:B

  • 第2题:

    Why does author say that they were lucky in the third paragraph?

    A. Because her situation was not serious.

    B. Because many other places were flooded.

    C. Because she had been to Northern India.

    D. Because some others suffered even more.


    正确答案:D

  • 第3题:

    The Puerto Rican did not help the white woman because he was afraid that _______.


    正确答案:

     

  • 第4题:

    Why do American restaurants serve large portions?

    A Because Americans associate quantity with value.
    B Because Americans have big bellies.
    C Because Americans are good eaters.
    D Because Americans are greedy.

    答案:A
    解析:

  • 第5题:

    Why did she go for long walks along the country roads? __________

    A.Because she enjoyed the country’s fresh air
    B.Because she was afraid to disturbed the rest of the family
    C.Because she lived in a small house far away
    D.Because she was afraid to practice the tones

    答案:B
    解析:
    根据第一段“As she lived in a small house,where she could not practice.without disturbingthe rest of the family”可推知她是怕打扰其他人。故答案为B。

  • 第6题:

    Why were the French troops in Canada defeated by the British during theSeven Years.War?()

    • A、Because they were not used to the weather in Canada.
    • B、Because they did not get support from the local people.
    • C、Because they did not receive the supplies they needed so badly.
    • D、Because the British had larger and better settlements in Canada.

    正确答案:C

  • 第7题:

    填空题
    Why were the Americans in 1910 thinner than today?Because they worked ____ physically.

    正确答案: Harder
    解析:
    细节辨认题。本题问1910年的美国人比今天的美国人瘦的原因。录音中提到“In those days people worked harder physically”,在那时候人们做更好多的体力活动,故应填harder。

  • 第8题:

    单选题
    Why did the electric fence fail? It is because of _____.
    A

    The deer are smart

    B

    The winter is cold

    C

    The fence is of low quality

    D

    Snowpack serves as an insulator


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    文章第三段第三句话写到“…was that the insulating snowpack would prevent an animal from completing the circuit with the ground.”由此可见,由于积雪场绝缘,这样可以防止动物接触到地上的电路,D正确。

  • 第9题:

    单选题
    African Americans stopped using chemical straighteners or hot irons because ______.
    A

    they reversed the attitude the white people had towards them

    B

    they started to see beauty in their thick curly hair

    C

    they feel good and comfortable in being different

    D

    they accepted the white standards of beauty


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    第二段说“自然发型gave African Americans a closer tie to their heritage,并且是对自己族群团结的证明,自爱与自我价值的表现,因此她们开始停止对发型的改变”,表明黑人群体认识到了自己民族发型美之所在,选项B正确。

  • 第10题:

    单选题
    —Why did the car hit the boy?—Because the driver ______ on the phone at that time.
    A

    talk

    B

    is talking

    C

    was talking

    D

    have talked


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    句意:——为什么那辆车撞到了那个小男孩?——因为司机那时候正在打电话。本题考查动词时态。根据问句中的did和答语中的at that time可知时态为过去进行时。故选为C项。

  • 第11题:

    单选题
    At first it looked as if the Romans would win because _____.
    A

    the Scots were not brave

    B

    the Roman army was so strong

    C

    the Scots did not have a good leader

    D

    the Romans had the support from the Scottish


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    文章第一段倒数第一、二句提到“They fought hard to drive the enemy out of Scotland, but there were too many of the Romans. It looked as if the Romans would win.”。罗马人多势众,所以一开始视乎罗马人很可能赢得这场战争。故选B。

  • 第12题:

    单选题
    The author most probably mentions the reactions of northern White writers to non-Europeanized “sorrow songs” in order to _____.
    A

    suggest that White writers benefited more from exposure to African American art forms than Black writers did from exposure to European art forms

    B

    contrast White writers’ earlier appreciation of these songs with the growing tendency after the Civil War to regard Europeanized versions of the songs as more acceptable

    C

    show that the requirement that such songs be Europeanized was internal to the African American tradition and was unrelated to the literary standards or attitudes of White writers

    D

    demonstrate that such songs in their non-Europeanized form were more imaginative


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    作者提到美国北方白人作家对于“非欧洲化”的黑人灵歌的反应,是为了进行对比。早期他们很欣赏此类歌曲,在内战结束后,他们逐渐将欧洲化的歌曲视为可以接受的版本。第一段中“It might be pointed out that…had been Europeanized to make them acceptable within these African American traditions after the Civil War.”一句指出这些歌曲欧洲化之后才能被接受,之后一句即举了北方白人作家态度的转变过程的例子。

  • 第13题:

    25. Why do we call the sun"a life-giving star"?

    A. Because it gives us warmth.

    B. Because there are some living things on it.

    C. Because plants and animals can't live without it.

    D. Because people have to live in the dark without it.


    正确答案:C
    z5.C【解析】由最后一段中“The' sun gives us...1t makes life possible on our earth.”可知。

  • 第14题:

    Why did Sturgeon's electromagnet could support nine pounds of iron?

    A. Because the iron rod was bent into the shape of a “horseshoe”.

    B. Because the rod was coated with varnish.

    C. Because a layer of copper wire was wrapped around the rod.

    D. Because the rod was made magnetic by the passing current.


    正确答案:D
    [解析] 答案见文章第3第4句。电流通过金属丝,使得金属棒带有磁性,由于磁性的吸引,金属棒可以承受9磅的铁。

  • 第15题:

    Why did Jennifer try to stop her boyfriend?

    A. Because they would miss their train.

    B. Because he didn’t see the train coming.

    C. Because she was sure Lisa was hard to lift.

    D. Because she was afraid the train would kill him.


    正确答案:D
    【解析】由最后一段最后一句I saw the train coming and I was thinking he was going to die暗示可知。

  • 第16题:

    Why did the driver stop his car suddenly and jump out of it? __________

    A.Because he supposed something must have gone wrong with his car
    B.Because he was moved by the pretty voice of Mrs.Janes
    C.Because he wondered what had happened to Mrs.Janes
    D.Because he was frightened by the terrible voice of Mrs.Janes

    答案:A
    解析:
    根据第二段“she saw an anxious expression came over the driver’s face.He stopped his cal"suddenly,jumped out and began to examine all his tyres carefully”可推知司机以为是他的车出毛病了。故答案为A。

  • 第17题:

    Ninety-four studies were deleted because they did not
    A.______the inclusion criteria.

    A.make
    B.meet
    C.put
    D.keep

    答案:B
    解析:
    题目意为“94项研究被删除,因为它们没有___纳入标准。”选项A意为“制作”;选项B意为“遇见,满足”;选项C意为“放”;选项D意为“保持”。结合题干,这些研究由于没有达到纳入标准,故被删除,meet the criteria为固定搭配,意为“符合标准”,故选项B符合题意。
      

  • 第18题:

    单选题
    -She didn't come to school yesterday, did she? -______ . Because she was not feeling well .
    A

    No, she didn't

    B

    No, she did

    C

    Yes, she didn't

    D

    Yes, she did


    正确答案: A
    解析:

  • 第19题:

    单选题
    According to the author, economists were confused because _____.
    A

    people’s behavior was disorderly on the Titanic

    B

    people did not act in their own interest on the Titanic

    C

    most men did not act in their own interest on the Lusitania

    D

    women and children could not climb into the lifeboats


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    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的是,泰坦尼克号上秩序尽然,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20题:

    单选题
    Many students agreed to come, but some students against because they said they don’t have time.
    A

    were against because they said they did not

    B

    were against because they say they don’t

    C

    were against it because they said they did not

    D

    were against coming because they said they don’t


    正确答案: B
    解析:
    时态应用。连词but表示前后并列,而原句中but所在句的主句缺少谓语。由于该句为并列句,为保持一致,划线部分的主句和原因状语从句均应为一般过去时态。所以选项C正确。

  • 第21题:

    单选题
    The students were surprised because ______.
    A

    they thought the teacher unfair

    B

    Donald did as well as Tommy

    C

    the teacher would give them a prize


    正确答案: C
    解析:
    细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段可知“学生们惊讶是因为他们觉得老师不公平”。

  • 第22题:

    单选题
    Felix did not feel the arrangements Miss Bohun had made were satisfactory because ______.
    A

    he knew Miss Bohun was disappointed in him

    B

    he could not have regular lessons

    C

    he did not like Mr. Posthorn

    D

    he didn’t like studying at Miss Bohun’s


    正确答案: A
    解析:
    文章首段提到有时候Felix去Mr. Posthorn办公室学习,偶尔Mr. Posthorn去拜访Miss Bohun时会腾出一小时空闲时间来辅导Felix,但大多部分时间Felix都是在自己卧室学习;从该段倒数第二句提到的“He knew he would not get far in this way...”,可知Felix并不满意这样的安排,因为他不能正常上课。

  • 第23题:

    填空题
    Why do more Americans have to drive to work?Because they have moved out of the ____to the suburbs.

    正确答案: large cities
    解析:
    细节题。从听力原文中“Many people have moved outside of the large cities to the suburbs”一句可以判断,此处应该填large cities。