单选题Scientists who study the brain have found out a great deal about how we learn. They have 1 that babies learn much more from the sights and sounds around them than we 2 before. You can help your baby by taking advantage of her hunger to learn. From the 3 beginning, babies try to imitate the 4 they hear us make. They "read" the 5 on our faces and our movements. That is 6 it is so important to talk, sing and smile to your child. Hearing you talk is your baby"s first 7 toward becoming a reader, because it 8 her to love language and to learn words. As your child grows older, 9 talking with her. Ask her about the things she does. Ask her about the events and people in the story you 10 together. Let her know you are carefully 11 what she says. By keeping her in 12 and listening, you are 13 encouraging your child to think as she speaks. 14 , you are showing that you respect her knowledge and her ability to 15 learning.

单选题We can infer from the passage that the author thinks that ______.

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单选题Despite the influence of western culture, {{U}}orthodox{{/U}} ideas about love and marriage are still dominant.

单选题To make his point, the author uses ______.

单选题Most economists in the United States seem excited by the spell of the free market. Consequently, nothing seems good or normal that does not accord with the requirements of the free market. A price that is determined by the seller or, for that matter, established by anyone other than the aggregate of consumers seems harmful. Accordingly, it requires a major act of will to think of price-fixing (the determination of prices by the seller) as both "normal" and having a valuable economic function. In fact, price-fixing is normal in all industrialized societies because the industrial system itself provides, as an effortless consequence of its own development, the price-fixing that it requires. Modern industrial planning requires and rewards great size. Hence, a comparatively small number of large firms will be competing for the same group of consumers. That each large firm will act with consideration of its own needs and thus avoid selling its products for more than its competitors charge is commonly recognized by advocates of free-market economic theories. But each large firm will also act with full consideration of the needs that it has in common with the other large firms competing for the same customers. Each large firm will .thus avoid significant price-cutting, because price-cutting would be prejudicial to the common interest in a stable demand for products. Most economists do not see price-fixing when it occurs because they expect it to be brought about by a number of explicit agreements among large firms; it is not. Moreover, those economists who argue that allowing the free market to operate without interference is the most efficient method of establishing prices have not considered the economies of non-socialist countries other than the United States. These economies employ intentional price-fixing, usually in an overt fashion. Formal price-fixing by cartel and informal price-fixing by agreements covering the members of an industry are commonplace. Were there something peculiarly efficient about the free market and inefficient about price- fixing, the countries that have avoided the first and used the second would have suffered drastically in their economic development. There is no indication that they have. Socialist industry also works within a framework of controlled prices. In the early 1970's. the Soviet Union began to give firms and industries some of the flexibility in adjusting prices that a more informal evolution has accorded the capitalist system. Economists in the Unites States have hailed the change as a return to the free market. But Soviet firms are no more subject to prices established by a free market over which they exercise little influence than are capitalist firms; rather, Soviet firms have been given the power to fix prices.

单选题He was chosen leader by general ______. A. compromise B. command C. consent D. conviction

单选题Mr. Smith kept on (studying) Chinese and (use) it (until) he (had mastered) it. A. studying B. use C. until D. had mastered

单选题The global market share of Wall Street investment banks has increased to 50% . European firms have shrunk. Asian aspirants have trodden water.

单选题It can be learned from the text that an assistant should offer you help

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单选题The president promised to keep all the board members ______ of how the negotiations were going on. A. informed B. be informed C. inform D. informing

单选题A：What a surprise. You had your hair permed.B：Yes, and another surprise. I'm going to get married next Saturday.A：______. A. Oh, sorry, I've nearly forgot that. B. Really? Congratulations. C. How about another time? I'll be busy then. D. Well done. The dating for the marriage is well chosen.

单选题(Though) some people have suggested that women (would return to) housework (in order to) leave more jobs for men, but the idea has been rejected (by) both women and men in public polls.

单选题The relatively theory is {{U}}basically{{/U}} made up of two parts: the restricted and the general relativity theory.

单选题Meaning is extracted from text or speech by relating what is presented to information stored in short-term memory.

单选题—What did you do last weekend? —______ went on a picnic.

单选题Long after the 1998 World Cup was won, disappointed fans were still cursing the disputed refereeing (裁判) decisions that denied victory to their team. A researcher was appointed to study the performance of some top referees. The researcher organized an experimental tournament (锦标赛) involving four youth teams. Each match lasted an hour, divided into three periods of 20 minutes during which different referees were in charge. Observers noted down the referees' errors, of which there were 61 over the tournament. Converted to a standard match of 90 minutes, each referee made almost 23 mistakes, a remarkably high number. The researcher then studied the videotapes to analyse the matches in detail. Surprisingly, he found that errors were more likely when the referees were close to the incident. When the officials got it right, they were, on average, 17 meters away from the action. The average distance in the case of errors was 12 meters. The research shows the optimum (最佳的)distance is about 20 meters. There also seemed to be an optimum speed. Correct decisions came when the referees were moving at a speed of about 2 meters per second. The average speed for errors was 4 meters per second. If FIFA, football's international ruling body, wants to improve the standard of refereeing at the next World Cup, it should encourage referees to keep their eyes on the action from a distance, rather than rushing to keep up with the ball, the researcher argues. He also says that FIFA's insistence that referees should retire at age 35 may be misguided. If keeping up with the action is not so important, their physical condition is less critical.

单选题{{B}}Text 3{{/B}} The best salespeople first establish a mood of trust and rapport by means of "hypnotic pacing" statements and gestures that play back a customer' s observations, experience, or behavior. Pacing is a kind of mirror-like matching, a way of suggesting: "I am like you. We are in sync. You can trust me." The simplest form of pacing is "descriptive pacing", in which the seller formulates accurate, if banal, descriptions of the customer's experience. "It's been awfully hot these last few days, hasn't it? ... You said you were going to graduate in June." These statements serve the purpose of establishing agreement and developing an unconscious affinity between seller and customer. In clinical hypnosis, the hypnotist might make comparable pacing statements. "You are ham today to see me for hypnosis." "You told me over the phone about a problem that concerns you." Sales agents with only average success tend to jump immediately into their memorized sales pitches or to hit the customer with a barrage of questions. Neglecting to pace the customer, the mediocre sales agent creates no common ground on which to build trust. A second type of hypnotic pacing statement is the "objection pacing" comment. A customer objects or resists, and the sales agent agrees, matching his or her remarks to the remarks of the customer. A superior insurance agent might agree that "insurance is not the best investment out there", just as a clinical hypnotist might tell a difficult subject. "You are resisting going into trance. That's good. I encourage that." The customer, pushing against a wall, finds that the wall has disappeared. The agent, having confirmed the customer's objection, then leads the customer to a position that negates or undermines the objection. The insurance salesperson who agreed that "insurance is not the best investment out there" went on to tell his customer, "but it does have a few uses." He then described all the benefits of life insurance. Mediocre salespeople generally respond to resistance head-on, with arguments that presumably answer the customer's 0biection. This response often leads the customer to dig in his heels all the harder. The most powerful forms of pacing have more to do with how something is said than with what is said. The good salesperson has an ability to pace the language and thought of any customer. With hypnotic effect, the agent matches the voice tone, rhythm, volume, and speech rate of the customer. He matches the customer's posture, body language, and mood. He adopts the characteristic verbal language of the customer. If the customer is slightly depressed, the agent chares that feeling and acknowledges that he has been feeling "a little down" lately. Ill essence, the top sales producer becomes a sophisticated biofeedback mechanism, sharing and reflecting the customer's reality—even to the point of breathing in and out with the customer.

单选题At present, it is not possible to confirm or to refute the suggestion that there is a causal relationship between the amount of fat we eat and the______of heart attacks