单选题Not a few of Jane Austen's personal acquain- tances might have echoed Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, who noticed that "she was fair and Line handsome, slight and elegant, but with cheeks a (5) little too full," while "never suspect[ing] she was an authoress." For this novelist whose personal obscurity was more complete than that of any other famous writer was always quick to insist either on complete anonymity or on the propriety (10) of her limited craft, her delight in delineating just "3 or 4 Families in a Country Village." With her self-deprecatory remarks about her inability to join "strong manly, spirited sketches, full of Variety and Glow" with her "little bit (two Inches (15) wide) of Ivory," Jane Austen perpetuated the belief among her friends that her art was just an accomplishment "by a lady," if anything "rather too light and bright and sparkling." In this respect she resembled one of her favorite contemporaries, (20) Mary Brunton, who would rather have "glid[ed] through the world unknown" than been "sus- pected of literary airs—to be shunned, as literary women are, by the more pretending of their own sex, and abhorred, as literary women are, by the (25) more pretending of the other!—my dear, I would sooner exhibit as a ropedancer." Yet, decorous though they might first seem, Austen's self-effacing anonymity and her modest description of her miniaturist art also imply a (30) criticism, even a rejection, of the world at large. For, as Gaston Bachelard explains, the miniature "allows us to be world conscious at slight risk." While the creators of satirically conceived diminutive landscapes seem to see everything as (35) small because they are themselves so grand, Austen's analogy for her art—her "little bit (two Inches wide) of Ivory"—suggests a fragility that reminds us of the risk and instability outside the fictional space. Besides seeing her art metaphori- (40) cally, as her critics would too, in relation to female arts severely devalued until quite recently (for painting on ivory was traditionally a "lady- like" occupation), Austen attempted through self- imposed novelistic limitations to define a secure (45) place, even as she seemed to admit the impossi- bility of actually inhabiting such a small space with any degree of comfort. And always, for Austen, it is women—because they are too vulnerable in the world at large—who must (50) acquiesce in their own confinement, no matter how stifling it may be.

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单选题Inacertaincountry，apersonisbornevery3secondsandapersondiesevery10seconds．Therefore，thebirthanddeathratesaccountforapopulationgrowthrateofonePersonevery

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单选题Although many brands of gasoline are sold on Haibei Island, gasoline companies there get all of the refined gasoline they sell from Haibei seaports only storage tank, which is always refilled with the same quality of gasoline

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单选题If p and r are prime numbers，which of the following must also be prime? A. pr B. p+r C. pr+1 D. p2+r2 E. None of the above

单选题Until 1984 only aspirin and acetaminophen shared the lucrative nonprescription pain-reliever market． In 1984, however, ibuprofen was expected to account for fifteen percent of all nonprescription pain-reliever sales．On that basis business experts predicted for 1984 a corresponding fifteen percent decrease in the combined sales of aspirin and acetaminophen． The prediction mentioned in the last sentence above was based on which of the following assumptions？

单选题Whoever said the______life is not worth living apparently never intended to go into book publishing, where there is almost no research and where much of the conventional wisdom is______of folklore, myth and wishful thinking.

单选题Flourens would most likely argue that all of the following actions could be localized and differentiated in terms of the brain functions needed to perform them,EXCEPT

单选题Duringthefirstweekofacertainmonth，howmanymoresalesweremadeinStoreXonSaturdaythanonMonday?A.15B.25C.30D.35E.Itcannotbedeterminedfromtheinformationgiven．

单选题If Jason traveled 30 miles in 6 hours and Becky traveled three times as far in half the time, what was Becky's average speed, in miles per hour?A. 5B. 15C. 30D. 45E. 90

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单选题ANARCHY :(A) discipline(B) significance(C) civility(D) trust(E) impartiality

单选题In a certain room，all except 18 of the people are over 50 years of age．If 15 of the people in the room are under 50 years of age，how many people are in the room? A. 27 B. 30 C. 33 D. 36 E. It cannot be determined from theinformation given．

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单选题Which of the following best describes the relationship of the first paragraph of the passage to the passage as a whole?(A) It provides a group of specific examples from which generalizations concerning the nature of drama are drawn later in the passage.(B) It explains principles concerning one aspect of tragedy, which are followed later by principles for other aspects.(C) It defines terms of dramatic principles that are more thoroughly explained later in the passage.(D) It briefly compares and contrasts the principles of drama that are examined in detail later in the passage.(E) It explains a method of judging a work of drama, a method that is used later in the passage.

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