单选题Whydidthemanlookpale?

单选题Whatisthemaintopicofthisconversation?A.Theman'sgraduation.B.Thecouple'sengagement.C.Theman'ssmoking.D.Theman'sstress.

单选题{{B}}Text 1{{/B}} "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 independent family—hence the tremendous importance of marriage in British life. For both man and 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 parents' 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.

单选题Questions 11-13 are based on the following passage.

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单选题Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time. If corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people"s. In the same way, children learn to do all the other things without being taught—to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle—compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, let alone correct them. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Soon he becomes dependent on the teacher. Let him do it himself. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what his word says, what the answer is to the problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not. If it is a matter of right answers, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can"t find the way to get the right answer. Let"s end all this nonsense of grades, exams, marks. Let us throw them all out, and let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, how to know what they know or do not know. Let them get on with this job in the way that seems most sensible to them, with our help as school teachers if they ask for it. The idea that there is a body of knowledge to be learnt at school and used for the rest of one"s life is nonsense in a world as complicated and rapidly changing as ours. Anxious parents and teachers say, "But suppose they fail to learn something essential, something they will need to get on in the world?" Don"t worry! If it is essential, they will go out into the world and learn it.

单选题How many lives could probably be saved each year in the United States by eating fish according to the Dutch study?

单选题{{I}}Questions 18-21 are based on the following dialogue.{{/I}}

单选题Text American (10) groups are afraid (11) competing with Chinese imports, because more and more American consumers begin to find Chinese goods a much cheaper (12) . So they (13) this political view that China’s rapid growth is not a blessing (14) all concerned. Instead it was being thought as a force threatening other Asia (15) and America’s too. President George W. Bush "encourages the (16) of money, industrial capacity and technology to China that will (17) its development but will threaten the US and its (18) ", charges William Hawkins, a supporter (19) protecting US business and industry. Then there’s also people saying that China’s (20) is basically (21) every one else’s loss. An increasingly globalized and modernized nation of 1.3 billion is not a win-win for almost everyone. It’s a losing situation for every-one, (22) for China. That’s absurd, I think. Sure, China’s (23) in Asia are (24) about Chinese competition and they know they have to work (25) in order to compete with China. (26) , it is unnecessarily sending scare by imagining that economic growth will be greatly reduced, domestic stock markets will get (27) and employment levels will become lower. Certainly, China’s economic progress will cause some (28) moments. But, on the whole, Asia and the rest of the world will benefit (29) China’s success.

单选题Who is the woman talking to?

单选题Questions 14-17 are based on the following dialogue．

单选题According to the author, the water price should ______.