The authorities showed no signs of ______ to the kidnapper's demands.A. giving inB. giving offC. giving upD. giving out

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The authorities showed no signs of ______ to the kidnapper's demands.

A. giving in

B. giving off

C. giving up

D. giving out


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2.Passage 2It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems—and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships.I think it is true that parents often misunderstand their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young.Young people often anger their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their intention. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hairstyles anger their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style. and taste.Sometimes you are resistant and proud because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they do approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are the underdog: you can’t win but at least you can keep your honor. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parents’ control. But this way of looking at things ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself. If you plan to control your life, co-operation can be part of that plan. You can charm others, especially your parents, into doing things the way you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.26. The author is primarily addressing _______.A. teachersB. teenagersC. parentsD. authorities

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  • 第1题:

    We have to collect enough evidence()that we have suffered a lot of damages.

    A. showing

    B. to show

    C. showed


    参考答案:B

  • 第2题:

    governments,media and people around the world have become very worried about something called sudan i ( 苏丹红1号).this chemical dye,_1_ in many food products, was said to _2_ cancer. newspapers told everyone to be careful andgovernments pulled this product off supermarket _3_.sudan i is a red dye used for _4_ oils, waxes, petrol, shoe and floor polishes(上光剂). scientists have found if used infood, it can _5_ an increased risk of cancer.on march 4, beijing’s food safety office said that it found the cancer-causing dye in meiweiyuan chili (红辣椒)sauce inthe city. now the _6_, famous us food company heinz, has recalled its chili sauces and chili oils sold in china.this follows news of food companies, including mcdonald ’s, _7_ some products in britain after finding the dye infrance was the first to _8_ the chemical dye in 2003. since then ,foods _9_ sudan i have been banned in the europeanunion._10_ experts say that people who have eaten any of the products should not _11_ too much. the cancer risk fromsudan i is very _12_,as only tiny amounts of it are used in foods.sudan i was banned from food products because experiments on rats _13_ that it could cause serious tumors (肿瘤).but,alan boobies,an expert in london,says there is little _14_ for the public to worry. he said that the levels fed tothe rats were in much,much bigger amounts _15_their body size. the amounts in food products eaten by humans are _16_.the rats that got tumors were given 30 milligrams of sudan i per kilogram of body weight ,every day for two years.animals given half the amount showed no _17_ of cancer.the tumors only _18_ in the rats after many months. for humans ,this means that if the dye were to have any _19_,it wouldtake around 20 years. professor boobis gives a _20_.”it’s just like the cancer risk linked with smoking just one cigarette in alifetime,”he said.

    1. a. stuck b. stored c. found d. offered

    2. a. produce b. cause c. make d. give

    3. a. shelves b. cases c. storage d. tables

    4. a. gluing b. gathering c. coloring d. conducting

    5. a. allow for b. adjust to c. call for d. contribute to

    6. a. seller b. producer c. customer d. farmer

    7. a. breaking up b. putting out c. pulling away d. taking back

    8. a. reject b. invent c. notice d. produce

    9. a. causing b. including c. containing d. using

    10. a. but b. also c. then d. so

    11. a. complain b. disagree c. worry d. blame

    12. a. high b. low c. common d. rare

    13. a. guided b. guaranteed c. rated d. showed

    14. a. concern b. reason c. cause d. right

    15. a. compared to b. regardless of c. used to d. in spite of

    16. a. none b. larger c. tiny d. more

    17. a. signals b. marks c. symbols d. signs

    18. a. produced b. developed c. made d. created

    19. a. effect b. cause c. harm d. change

    20. a. connection b. perception c. recognition d. comparison


    参考答案:1—5. CBACD 6—10 BDCCA 11—15 CBDBA 16—20 CDBAD

  • 第3题:

    Text 4 Many Americans regard the jury system as a concrete expression of crucial democratic values,including the principles that all citizens who meet minimal qualifications of age and literacy are equally competent to serve on juries;that jurors should be selected randomly from a representative cross section of the community;that no citizen should be denied the right to serve on a jury on account of race,religion,sex,or national origin;that defendants are entitled to trial by their peers;and that verdicts should represent the conscience of the community and not just the letter of the law.The jury is also said to be the best surviving example of direct rather than representative democracy.In a direct democracy,citizens take turns governing themselves,rather than electing representatives to govern for them.But as recently as in 1968,jury selection procedures conflicted with these democratic ideals.In some states,for example,jury duty was limited to persons of supposedly superior intelligence,education,and moral character.Although the Supreme Court of the United States had prohibited intentional racial discrimination in jury selection as early as the 1880 case of Strauder v.West Virginia,the practice of selecting socalled elite or blueribbon juries provided a convenient way around this and other antidiscrimination laws.The system also failed to regularly include women on juries until the mid20th century.Although women first served on state juries in Utah in 1898,it was not until the 1940s that a majority of states made women eligible for jury duty.Even then several states automatically exempted women from jury duty unless they personally asked to have their names included on the jury list.This practice was justified by the claim that women were needed at home,and it kept juries unrepresentative of women through the 1960s.In 1968,the Congress of the United States passed the Jury Selection and Service Act,ushering in a new era of democratic reforms for the jury.This law abolished special educational requirements for federal jurors and required them to be selected at random from a cross section of the entire community.In the landmark 1975 decision Taylor v.Louisiana,the Supreme Court extended the requirement that juries be representative of all parts of the community to the state level.The Taylor decision also declared sex discrimination in jury selection to be unconstitutional and ordered states to use the same procedures for selecting male and female jurors.
    The practice of selecting socalled elite jurors prior to 1968 showed______

    A.the inadequacy of antidiscrimination laws
    B.the prevalent discrimination against certain races
    C.the conflicting ideals in jury selection procedures
    D.the arrogance common among the Supreme Court judges

    答案:A
    解析:
    推理题【命题思路】这是一道封闭式推理题。考生在回文定位后可以通过某个句子推理出正确答案,主要考查了正话反说。【直击答案】根据题干提供的年代信息和“socalled elite jurors”定位在第二段的最后一句话,句子的重点信息在后半句话:选举所谓的精英或者一流的陪审员这一做法为绕开这种或者其他反歧视的法律提供了便捷的道路,从侧面反映出了反歧视法律的不全面,A项属于正话反说,为正确选项。【干扰排除】B项属于过度推理,文章只是提到了在陪审团选举的过程中存在种族歧视现象,但不能从中推出种族歧视现象盛行。C项属于答案信息残缺和跨越范围型干扰项。文章第二段首句指出jury selection procedures conflicted with these democratic ideals.而C项中democratic缺失,ideal的范围被放大。此外,“选举过程中理念的冲突”在时间上属于“as recently as in 1968”管辖的范围。而题干中的时间是“prior to 1968”,两者时间不一致,属于“跨越范围”干扰。D项无中生有,文中并未提及最高法院任何陪审员的表现,故排除。

  • 第4题:

    A week ago, I sent him a statement()the amount overdue.

    A.show

    B. showing

    C. showed


    参考答案:B

  • 第5题:

    The practice of selecting so-called elite jurors prior to 1968 showed( )

    [A] the inadequacy of antidiscrimination laws

    [B] the prevalent discrimination against certain races

    [C] the conflicting ideals in jury selection procedures

    [D] the arrogance common among the Supreme Court judges


    正确答案:A
    在1968年以前选拔所谓的精英陪审员这一做法表现出______。
    [A]反歧视法的不足
    [B]对某些种族的普遍歧视
    [C]与陪审团选举程序相矛盾的观念
    [D]最高法院法官中普遍存在的傲慢态度
    答案解析:[A]推理判断题。文章第二段最后一句“Although…the practice of selecting so-called elite or blue一ribbon juries provided a convenient way around this and other antidiscrimination laws.”提到“尽管美国的最高法院已经早在1880年的斯特劳德诉西弗吉尼亚州一案中就禁止在陪审员选拔中出现故意的种族歧视,选拔所谓的精英或一流陪审团给这种或其他反歧视法提供了方便之路”,故[A]为正确答案。[B]过于宽泛;[C]与原文不符;[D]在文中未提及。

  • 第6题:

    Kidnap绑架,nap是指偷窃,kid是指小孩,绑架小孩的人就叫做kidnapper。()


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