单选题 The Psychology of Weddings A. Weddings, like any other major life event, can bring out the best and worst in all of us: generosity, creativity, humor, as well as jealousy, control, and even boredom. Many times, women and men approach weddings from vastly different points of view. It seems that women are more obvious about their feelings, yet weddings also deeply affect men as well—especially, of course, the groom. Here are some insights into women's psychology of weddings. B. All women have, at some level, an amount of 'wedding indoctrination (教条)' buried deep within. We are raised to believe in the 'fairy-tale romance', and whether the idea is appealing or revolting, we've all been exposed over and over again to the notion of being rescued by a handsome prince riding on a white horse. There's also not much of a leap between a bride and a princess in the female psyche. The traditional bridal gown is our one opportunity to be 'Queen for a Day'. Our officiant (司仪牧师) 'crowns' us in front of loving spectators and pronounces us husband and wife, and after much fanfare (号角声), we are served an elegant meal by those who wait on us. The bride even has her very own attendant and the maid of honor. C. The ceremony itself is expected by many women to be 'perfect'; a wealth of advertising budgets are spent convincing you that one service or product will help you 'create the perfect day'. 'Perfect', in fact, is probably the word used most often in wedding advertising. Ladies, it's our one opportunity in life to play the ultimate dress-up, make a grand entrance with the perfect dress, hair, makeup, and more. We express our vows with perfect grace and poise, exchange rings as symbols of our eternal bond and then turn to face our adoring audience as they spend the remainder of the day congratulating and admiring us. The photographer captures each precious moment as it unfolds. As we arrive at the reception and are presented (complete with our new title), we are seated above the crowd, surrounded by our admirers, beautiful flowers, gifts, and music. We are the first to be served, the first to dance, and the first to cut the cake. When else in our lives is one day centered completely around us? D. While men tend to think of all this that women take very seriously as a lot of hoopla (喧闹), those who take it a little too seriously turn into the dreaded 'Bridezilla'—the ultimate control freak (控制欲强的人) and perfectionist who delights in bossing others around, who is never satisfied. For most brides, however, the wedding is an experience in the ultimate event planning. Although many advertisers claim that weddings can and should be stress-free, we all know that they never are. We place too much importance—consciously or unconsciously—on our wedding to have a casual attitude about it. What is it within us women, in particular, that demands such impossibly high standards? E. First, let's look at the 'Queen for a Day' analogy (类比). Women still struggle with discrimination, even in 21st-century America. We all share the same wound, whether we are self-made CEOs bathing in the limelight (关注的中心), or berated (挨骂的) customer service agents bathing in a sea of gray corporate cubicles (小隔间). We all struggle to be taken seriously, even if it is just for a day. Rather ironic, then, is that a large and often complex event like a wedding offers us symbolic respite (暂缓) from the lack of control we often feel in our daily life. Men, by contrast, truly don't seem to get angry when the bouquet (花束) is not what was originally chosen. Men just seem to be able to roll with these things, generally speaking, so much better than women. F. And 'better than' is exactly what's deeply buried underneath all our expectations, hopes, and dreams. While women strive to show that, on this one single day, they can be 'better' than any other day, men sail through all the planning details with nonchalance (冷淡). When men get involved in the planning details, the meaning of it all just isn't there like it is for women. Men don't care if there are roses or lilies. Somehow, they've managed to keep their focus on the one thing that really counts: that they are committing to the love of their lives if they're married at the end of the day, that's all that really matters. We know it, and they know it. So, how do we as women find our balance? G. First, we have to take a bold and daring look inside ourselves. In our drive for perfectionism, we as women have possibly encountered some degree of ironic failure. It's more often that men, our beloved husbands, who keep a cool head and (if we have just a little awareness) show us that, they are 'better'. They've probably not lost any sleep over the details of the planning. They may have tossed and turned the night before the wedding when the reality of 'lifelong commitment' starts to sink in, but that's fodder (素材) for another article. H. So ladies, what's the worst that could happen if our wedding isn't perfect? Do we think our audience of beloved family and friends will realize we aren't perfect either? Oh no! Perhaps they will think we don't deserve our new status. Or, even worse, maybe they just won't take us seriously. I. This may all sound too harsh, but as a woman, a bride, a bridesmaid, and a wedding guest, I've seen it firsthand. All of us—women and men included—strive to prove to ourselves each day that we matter, that we are important, capable, and above all, worthy. We can convince ourselves that everyone adores us and is ever so impressed by us. For women, delusions of grandeur (妄自尊大) come out in full force at our weddings, and many other more mundane occasions. And, to be fair, men's do too—just usually not at weddings.

单选题Scientists claim that air pollution causes a decline in the world's average air temperature. In order to prove that theory, ecologists have turned to historical data in relation to especially huge volcanic eruptions. They suspect that volcanoes effect weather changes that are similar to air pollution. One source of information is the effect of the eruption of Tambora, a volcano in Sumbawa, the Dutch East Indies (the former name of the Republic of Indonesia), in April 1815. The largest recorded volcanic emption, Tambora threw 150 million tom of fine ash into the stratosphere. The ash from a volcano spreads worldwide in a few days and remains in the air for years. Its effect is to turn incoming solar radiation into space and thus cool the earth. For example, records of weather in England show that between April and November 1815, the average temperature had fallen 4.5°F. During the next twenty-four months, England suffered one of the coldest periods of its history. Farmers' records from April 1815 to December 1818 indicate frost throughout the spring and summer and sharp decreases in crop and livestock markets. Since there was a time lag of several years between cause and effect, by the time the world agricultural commodity community had deteriorated, no one realized the cause. Ecologists today warn that we face a twofold menace. The ever-present possibility of volcanic eruptions, such as that of Mt. St. Helens in Washington, added to man's pollution of the atmosphere with oil, gas, coal, and other polluting substances, may bring ms increasingly colder weather.

单选题When a fire ______ at the National Exhibition in London, at least ten priceless paintings were completely destroyed.

单选题To which of the following statements would the author most likely agree?

单选题My sister has ______ friends at school. But she has ______ good friends. A. few, a few B. a few, few C. little, a little D. a little, little

单选题They had to go on looking for two months before they eventually found a house that ______ them.

单选题I' d rather you ______ anything about this matter this evening.A. sayB. didn' t sayC. don' t sayD. not say

单选题We were frightened by the ______ of the crowd. A. hospitality B. honesty C. humanity D. hostility

单选题Direct advertising includes all forms of sales appeals, mailed, delivered, or exhibited directly to the prospective buyer of an advertised product or service, without use of any indirect medium, such as newspapers or television. Direct advertising logically may be divided into three broad classifications, namely, direct-mail advertising, mail order advertising, and unmailed direct advertising. All forms of sales appeals that are sent through the mails are considered direct-mall advertising. The chief functions of direct-mail advertising are to familiarize prospective buyers with a product, its name, its maker, and its merits and with the products local distributors. The direct-mall appeal is designed also to support the sales activities of retailers by encouraging the continued patronage of both old and new customers. When no personal selling is involved, other methods are needed to persuade people to send in orders by mail. In addition to newspapers, magazines, radio, and television, other special devices, order promotions are designed to accomplish a complete selling job without salespeople. Used for the same broad purposes as direct-mail advertising, unrolled direct-mail advertising, includes all forms of indoor advertising displays and all printed sales appeals distributed from door to door, handed to customers in retail stores or conveyed in some other manner directly to the recipient. With each medium competing keenly for its share of the business, advertising agencies continue to develop new techniques for displaying and selling wares and services. Among these techniques have been vastly improved printing and reproduction methods in the graphic field, adapted to magazine advertisements and to direct-mail enclosures; the use of color in newspaper advertisements and in television; and outdoor signboards more attractively designed and efficiently lighted. Many subtly effective improvements are suggested by advertising research.

单选题What do you suppose was the attitude of Dr. Samuel Johnson towards ladies preaching?______

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单选题 Read carefully the following excerpt on parenting debate, and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should: ● summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then ● comment on whether abandonment is the right way to discipline children. You should support yourself with information from the excerpt. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. The Lost Boy and Japan's Parenting Debate A boy was lost in the woods while the family was foraging for wild vegetables. But then the story changed—he was lost because he had been abandoned by his parents and not just once, but twice in a very short period of time. Abuse? Monster parents? Or was it just bad parenting? Hardly anybody voiced support for the father, there was simply no debate about that. It was the consensus that the parents should not have let the boy out of their sight. Naoki Ogi, a TV personality and pedagogy expert, better known as 'Ogi-mama,' condemned the parents outright, saying this was neglect and abuse. He also noted and criticized how many parents in Japan tend to see their children as their personal possessions. One famous morning talk show host, Tomoaki Ogura, sympathized with the parents on Monday. On his Fuji TV show 'Tokudane!' Mr Ogura said, 'To say 'If you're so bad, we can't take you along, just stay here' is valid way of scolding a child.' Kiyomimi, a mother of a child nearly two years old tweeted, 'Forced discipline is wrong, but when your child is throwing stones at people and cars, and won't listen to reason, then what are you supposed to do?' So the Japanese public has spent this past week discussing good and bad parenting, and what is acceptable punishment and what is abuse.

单选题A thief broke ______ when I was leaving for my office.

单选题According to the author, British businesses ______.

单选题No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted like a pig when he lifted something heavy. (78)Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him—water splashing, bees humming, a stone falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language. People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains many thousands of words. A very large English dictionary, for example, contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life. The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary bigger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy English for you to read. You will enjoy them. When you meet a new word, find it in your dictionary. Your dictionary is your most useful book.

单选题Nowadays, in the labor market, more ______ graduates, who can use the computer, communicate in English and give specialized knowledge, are welcome.

单选题______ your information, we have received a crowd of enquiries from buyers in other directions. A．On B．For C．By D．At

单选题Admiral Cervera knew he was being ordered to certain destruction but felt compelled to obey. He chose the morning of July 3 for a Ugallant/U escape attempt.

单选题Mr. Brown's condition looks very serious and it is doubtful if he will A. pull back B. pull up C. pull through D. pull out