单选题 During the past three years, the staff members of the Smithsonian Institution's Family Folklore Project have interviewed hundreds of persons about their family folklore. To prepare for these interviews we drew upon our academic backgrounds in folklore and American studies, and upon our personal backgrounds as members of families, in addition, we reviewed the major instruction guides in genealogy, oral history, family history, and folklore fieldwork. Although these publications were all helpful in some way, no single book was completely adequate since family folklore combines aspects of all the above disciplines. Over time we have developed guidelines and questions that have proven successful for us; we hope that the following suggestions will be helpful to anyone who wishes to collect the folklore of his or her own family.

单选题This tank is big enough for ten gallons．It is a______.

单选题Although the social sciences {{U}}different{{/U}} a great deal from one another, they share a common interest in human relationship.

单选题The recent findings are also applicable to other areas of design engineering.

单选题After the seed is planted, new, taller shoots appear until the bamboo reaches______ height.

单选题He {{U}}felt cheap{{/U}} about rushing to get in line before the old lady carrying heavy parcels.

单选题It is {{U}}futile{{/U}} to argue with him once he has made up his mind.

单选题The 16 percent fare increase would bring Chicago fares in line with those of other big cities.

单选题______ are the first formal socialization agents.

单选题The reduction of calories in the diet is particularly good for people who suffer from

单选题Criticism without suggesting areas of improvement is not ______ and should be avoided if possible.

单选题A man has to make______for his old age by putting aside enough money to live when olD．

单选题Many educators today insist that every good story will not only {{U}}attract{{/U}} its viewers but also give them some insight into what it means to be a human being.

单选题The role played by supranational entities, such as the WTO, ITU and telecoms MOU bodies ______ in and regulating this environment will be examined.

单选题Tom was {{U}}avid{{/U}} for learning and imitating and read everything he could.

单选题The border was actually two towns, though no one was big enough to amount to anything. A. not one B. neither one C. none D. nor

单选题This reflects the priority being attached to economic over political activity, partly caused by a growing reluctance to enter a {{U}}calling{{/U}} blighted by relentless publicity that all too often ends in destroying careers and reputations.

单选题 In 1930, W. K. Kellogg made what he thought was a sensible decision, grounded in the best economic, social and management theories of the time. Workers at his cereal plant in Battle Greek, Mich. were told to go home two hours earlier, every day for good. The Depression-era move was hailed in {{I}}Factory and Industrial Management{{/I}} magazine as the "biggest piece of industrial news since Henry Ford announced his five-dollar-a-day policy." It's believed that industry and machines would lead to workers' paradises where all would have less work, more free time, and yet still produce enough to meet their needs. So what happened? Today, instead of working less, our hours have stayed steady or risen- and today many more women work so that families can afford the trappings of suburbia. In effect, workers chose the path of consumption over leisure. With unemployment at a nine-year high and many workers worded about losing their jobs- or forced to accept cutbacks in pay and benefits -- work is hardly the paradise economists once envisioned. The modern environment would seem alien to pre-industrial laborers. For centuries, the household -- from farms to "cottage" craftsmen -- was the unit of production. The whole family was part of the enterprise, be it farming, blacksmithing, or baking. "In pre-industrial society, work and family were practically the same thing," says Gillis. The Industrial Revolution changed all that. Mills and massive iron smelters required ample labor and constant attendance. For the first time, work and family were split. Instead of selling what they produced, workers sold their time. With more people leaving farms to move to cities and factories, labor became a commodity and placed on the market like any other. Innovation gave rise to an industrial process based on machinery and mass production. The theories of Frederick Taylor, a Philadelphia factory foreman, led to work being broken down into component parts, with each step timed to coldly quantify jobs that skilled craftsmen had worked a lifetime to learn. Workers resented Taylor and his stopwatch, complaining that his focus on process stripped their jobs of creativity and pride, making them irritable. Long before anyone knew what "stress" was, Taylor brought it to the workplace- and without sympathy. The division of work into components that could be measured and easily taught reached its apex in Ford's River Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Mich., where the assembly line {{U}}came of age{{/U}}. To maximize the production lines, businesses needed long hours from their workers. But it was no easy to sell. Labor leaders fought back with their own propaganda. For more than a century, a key struggle for the labor movement was reducing the amount of time workers had to spend on the job. Between 1830 and 1930, work hours were cut nearly in half, with economist John Maynard Keynes famously predicting in 1930 that by 2030 a 15-hour workweek would be standard. While work had once been a means to serve God, two centuries of choices and industrialization had turned work into an end in itself, stripped of the spiritual meaning that sustained the Puritans who came ready to tame the wilderness. By the end of the 1970s, companies were reaching out to spiritually drained workers by offering more engagement while withdrawing the promise of a job for life, as the American economy faced a stiff challenge from cheaper workers abroad. By the 1990s, technology made working from home possible for a growing number of people. Seen as a boon at first, telecommuting and the rapidly proliferating "electronic leash" of cell phones made work inescapable, as employees found themselves on call 24/7. Today, almost half of American workers use computers, cell phones, E-mail, and faxes for work during what is supposed to be nonwork time. Home is no longer a refuge but a cozier extension of the office. When the stock market bubble burst and the economy fell into its recent recession, workers were forced to re-evaluate their priorities. They want a better quality of life; they're asking for more flextime to spend with their families. But there's still the question of fulfillment. A recent study shows that work doesn't satisfy workers' deeper needs. "We expect more and more out of our jobs," says Hunnicutt. "We expect to find wonderful people and experience all around us."

单选题Icy roads and poor visibility are familiar hazards in the midwest. A. chances B. dangers C. conditions D. occurrences

单选题The girl led the blind women______the arm to the other side of the road．