单选题What time is it now?

单选题The majority of people, about nine out of ten, are right-handed. (26) until recently, people who were left-handed were considered (27) , and once children showed this tendency they were forced to use their right hands. Today left-handedness is generally (28) , but it is still a disadvantages in a world (29) most people are right-handed. For example, most tools and implements are still (30) for right- handed people. In sports (31) contrast, doing things with the left hand or foot, is often an advantage. Throwing, kicking, punching or batting from the (32) side may result in throwing (33) many opponents who are more accustomed to dealing with the (34) of players who are right-handed. This is why, in many (35) at a professional level, a (36) proportion of players are left-handed than in the population as a whole. The word "right" in many languages means "correct" or is (37) with lawfulness, whereas the words associated (38) "left", such as "sinister", generally have (39) associations. Moreover, among a number of primitive peoples, there is (40) close association between death and the left hand. In the past, in (41) western societies, children were often forced to use their right hands, especially to write with. In some cases the left hand was (42) behind the child's back so that it could not be used. If, in the future, they are allowed to choose, (43) will certainly be more left-handers, and probably (44) people with minor psychological disturbances as a result of being forced to use their (45) hand.

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单选题Which is NOT true according to the passage?

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单选题听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17题。

单选题 Questions 22-25 aye based on the dialogue between a reporter and thefoyer director of the Louvre．a world-famous museum in Paris.

单选题 Questions 22～25 are based on the following conversation.

单选题We can see from the first paragraph that the first Labor Day march ______.

单选题 Questions 11～14 are based on the following monologue.

单选题 Hardly a week goes by without some advance in technology that would have seemed in- credible 50 years ago. And we can expect the rate of change to accelerate rather than slow down within our lifetime. The developments in technology are bound to have a dramatic effect on the future of work. By 2010, new technology will have revolutionized communications. People will be transmitting messages down telephone lines that previously would have been sent by post. Not only postmen but also clerks and secretaries will vanish in a paper-free society. All the routine tasks they perform will be carried on a tiny silicon chip so that they will be as obsolete as the horse and cart after the invention of the motor car. One change will make thou-sands, if not millions, redundant. Even people in traditional professions, where expert knowledge has been the key, are unlikely to escape the effects of new technology. Instead of going to a solicitor, you might go to a computer which is programmed with all the most up-to-date legal information. Doctors, too, will find that an electronic competitor will be able to carry out a much quicker and more accurate diagnosis and recommend more efficient courses of treatment. In education, teachers will be largely replaced by teaching machines far more knowledgeable than any human being. Most learning will take place in the home via video conferencing. Children will still go to school though, until another place is created where they can make friends and develop social skills. What can we do to avoid the threat of unemployment? We shouldn't hide our heads in the sand. Unions will try to stop change but they will be fighting a losing battle. People should get computer literate as this just might save them from professional extinction. After all, there will be a few jobs left in law, education and medicine for those few individuals who are capable of writing and programming the software of the future. Strangely enough, there will still be jobs like rubbish collection and cleaning as it is tough to programme tasks which are largely unpredictable.

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单选题 Questions 11～13 are based on the following dialogue about post service.

单选题People from many countries find it difficult to understand how the majority of Americans live comfortable lives without the support of a public welfare system. Medical care in the United States is expensive; university education can cost ＄20,000 per year; living well after a worker retires requires more money than will be paid through the Social Security System. Most Americans prepare for those needs by saving a part of their salaries in saving banks; others invest in industries or service corporations in hopes of receiving greater profits. Most Americans also buy insurance of many kinds. In buying insurance, a working person agrees to pay a set sum of money every month or at other regular intervals. In exchange, he or she receives money when needed. Life insurance guarantees a sum of money to survivors of the person in case of death. Medical and hospital insurance guarantees payment of large medical and hospital bills. There is also dental insurance and insurance that pays money when a home burns down. An American can also insure a car, furniture or other personal belongings. Other benefits for working Americans are provided by the companies they work for or the labor unions to which they belong. All large businesses and many smaller ones offer their workers benefits. These benefits can include free or low-cost medical insurance and life insurance. Many companies also have retirement plans. The companies put money aside to pay their workers when they retire. There are also profit-sharing plans through which extra money is put aside for workers when the company makes a great deal of money in any one year. Many labor unions also have special funds from which workers can receive monthly checks when they retire or if they become disabled and cannot work. Some unions also pay for medicine that the workers need but which may not be purchased by medical insurance. Some pay workers a small amount of money if they lose their jobs. The cost of higher education is usually paid by a combination of private savings, income from a part-time job held by the student, and low interest loans or grants of money given to needy students by the federal government but administered by the university.