单选题The American party system is a two-party system which is unlikely to become anything else. It is not just that the two-party polarization has the weight of tradition behind it but also that the two-party polarization is built into our constitutional and legal system. Our entire electoral arrangements, the absence of proportional representation, the exorbitant cost of political campaigns, the legal difficulties in getting on and staying on the ballot in many states-all these things work against the rise of minor parties. Also the single member legislative district, the division of power between the nation and the states, the method of electing a president with the winner itself, work to keep power in the hands of the two major parties. Major parties (like the Federalists and the Whigs) have broken up and been replaced as new parties have emerged in the past. But no minor party has ever gradually risen to achieve the stature of a major party, and no third party has lasted very long in any prominent capacity. All this is not to say that third parties do not have a function in the American system. However, their function is largely that of pressure groups, and in this respect they are a curious combination of European special-interest parties and American interest groups. They have at various times been useful in bringing to the fore the interests of neglected groups in the public at large. The Populist party of 1890's as was a notable case in point. What happens characteristically, however, is that as soon as third parties begin to make their mark, one or both of the major parties appropriates enough of their principles or program to absorb the discontent on which they were flourishing. For this reason it has been said that third parties are like bees: once they have stung they must die.

单选题"Family" is of course an elastic word. And in different countries it has different meanings. But when British people say that their society is based on family life, they are thinking of "family" in its narrow, peculiarly European sense of mother, father and children living together in their own house as an economic and social unit. Thus, every British marriage indicates the beginning of a new and in- dependent family—hence the tremendous importance of marriage in British life. For both the man and the woman, marriage means leaving one's parents and starting one's own life. The man's first duty will then be to his wife, and the wife's to her husband. He will be entirely responsible for her financial support, and she for the running of the new home. Their children will be their common responsibility and their alone. Neither the wife's parents nor the husband's, nor their brothers or sisters, aunts or uncles, have any right to interfere with them—they are their own masters. Readers of novels like Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice will know that in former times, marriage among wealthy families were arranged by the girl's parents, that is, it was the patents' duty to find a suitable husband for their daughter, preferably a rich one, and by skillful encouragement to lead him eventually to ask their permission to marry her. Until that time, the girl was protected and maintained in the parents' home, and the financial relief of getting rid of her could be seen in their giving the newly married pair a sum of money called a dowry(嫁妆). It is very different today. Most girls of today get a job when they leave school and become financially independent before their marriage. This has had two results. A girl chooses her own husband, and she gets no dowry. Every coin has two sides; independence for girls is no exception. But it may be a good thing for all of the girls, as their social status are much higher and they are no longer the subordinate (部下，下级) of their parents and husbands.

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单选题Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank. People of Burlington are being disturbed by the sound of bells. Four students from Burlington College of Higher Education are in the bell tower of the {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}and have made up their minds to {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}the bells nonstop for two weeks as a protest against heavy trucks which run {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}through the narrow High Street. "They not only make it {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}to sleep at night, but they are {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}damage to our houses and shops of historical {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}," said John Norris, one of the protesters. "{{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}we must have these noisy trucks on the roads," said Jean Lacey, a biology student, "why don't they build a new road that goes round the town? Burlington isn't much more than a {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}village. Its streets are never {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}for heavy traffic." Harry Fields also studying {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}said they wanted to make as much {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}possible to force the government officials to realize what everybody was shaving to {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}. "Most of them don't {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}here anyway," he said, "they come in for meetings and that, and the Town Hall is soundproof, so they probably don't {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}. It's high time they realized the problem." The fourth student, Liza Vernum, said she thought the public were {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}on their side, and even if they weren't they soon would be. I asked if they were {{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}that the police might come to {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}them. "Not really," she said, "actually we are {{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}bell ringers. I mean we are assistant bell ringers for the church. There is no {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}against practicing." I {{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}the church with the sound of the bells ringing in my ears.

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单选题Wherearethesetwospeakersfromrespectively?A.ThemanisfromtheUSandthewomanisfromTurkey.B.ThemanisfromTurkeyandthewomanisfromtheUS.C.BotharefromtheUS.D.BotharefromTurkey.

单选题{{B}}Text 2{{/B}} Imagine, if you will, the average games player．What do you see? A guy who never grew up? Or a nervous 18-year-old pushing buttons on his controller, lost and alone in a violent onscreen world?Sorry,you lose．The average garner is starting to look pretty much like the average person．For the first time, according tO a U.S．poll commissioned by AOL(American On Line)Games, roughly half of those surveyed, ages 12 to 55, are tapping away at some kind of electronic game—whether on a PC, a cell phone or another handheld device—for an average of three hours every week． The games people play say a lot about who they are．Machines like the Xbox and PlayStation 2 are largely the territory of twenty—something men, who prefer to picture themselves as sports stars and racing drivers．Men 50 and older prefer military games． Teenage girls are much more likely than boys to play games on their phone, while older women make up the majority of people playing card games such as Hearts online． Is it a good thing，all this time spent on games? Or is it as harmful as television，pulling people ever further from reality?The AOL survey suggests some players are in denial about the extent of their habit．One in 10 garners finds it is impossible to resist games; 1 in 4 admits to losing a night's sleep to play games; and another quarter has been too absorbed to have meals． But don't think we're all heading into a world with everyone plugged into, if not totally controlled by, his own game．Quite the contrary: gamers appear to be more engaged with reality than other kinds of couch potatoes．According to a comprehensivesurvey by the Entertainment Software Association(ESA—whose members, of course， want you to think video games are healthy), gamers spend an average of 23 hours a week volunteering and going to church, concerts, museums and other cultural events． More enthusiastic gamers who play 11 hours a week or more spend even more time out in the cultural world (34 hours)．

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单选题Howdoyouexplainthatwearemoving?A.Bywatchingthingsmovepast.B.Byfeelingthespeed.C.Byfeelingourselvesbeingshaken.D.BothAandC.

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单选题{{B}}Text 2{{/B}} Judging from recent surveys, most experts in sleep behavior agree that there is virtually an epidemic of sleepiness in the nation. "I can't think of a single study that hasn't found Americans getting less sleep than they ought to," says Dr David. Even people who think they are sleeping enough would probably be better off with more rest. The beginning of our sleep-deficit crisis can be traced to the invention of the light bulb a century ago. From diary entries and other personal accounts from the 18th and 19th centuries, sleep scientists have reached the conclusion that the average person used to sleep about 9. 5 hours a night. "The best sleep habits once were forced on us, when we had nothing to do in the evening down on the farm, and it was dark." By the 1950s and 1960s, that sleep schedule had been reduced dramatically, to between 7.5 and 8 hours, and most people had to wake to an alarm clock. "People cheat on their sleep, and they don't even realize they're doing it," says Dr David. "They think they're okay because they can get by on 6.5 hours, when they really need 7.5, 8 hours or even more to feel ideally vigorous." Perhaps the most merciless rubber of sleep, researchers say, is the complexity of the day. When ever pressures from work, family, friends and community mount, many people consider sleep the least expensive item on his programme. "In our society, you're considered dynamic if you say you only need 5.5 hours' sleep. If you've got to get 8.5 hours, people think you lack drive and ambition." To determine the consequences of sleep deficit, researchers have put {{U}}subjects{{/U}} through a set of psychological and performance tests requiring them, for instance, to add columns of numbers or recall a passage read to them only minutes earlier. "We've found that if you're in sleep deficit, performance suffers," says Dr David. "Short-term memory is weakened, as are abilities to make decisions and to concentrate."