单选题{{B}}Passage Four{{/B}} Japan's old imperial army never went into the field without a group of "comfort women" for the troops. Many male office workers in modern Japan (and in Japanese branches abroad) seem to think they are still at war. Women workers, even those with university degrees, are expected to do all the humble tasks: greet the visitors, make the tea, tidy up the office afterwards and then leave the firm as soon as they get married and have a child. Come party time, they are often pressed into behaving like bar hostesses. The fort of Japanese male chauvinism—the old guard of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party—has unintentionally done more than most to change all that. The sex scandal that marked the brief prime ministership of Mr. Sosuke Uno last summer outraged many women, and helped the opposition to its success in the upper-house election in July. Mr. Uno is forgotten, but the resentment (怨恨) of women about their treatment at the hands of men lingers (逗留) on. Over the past few months Japanese women have started campaigning much more vigorously for laws to protect them from sexual bothering at work. Japan's first lawsuit claiming sexual bothering opened last week in a city court in Fukuoka. A 32-year-old woman, whose name has been kept from being known (another first), is seeking about $ 26 000 in damages from her former boss and the publishing company she worked for. She claims his sexual hints forced her to leave the company and give up her career. She stakes her claim on the ground, among others, that her rights under Article 14 of the Japanese Constitution were violated; this guarantees equal treatment for the sexes. Women's lobbying groups have been springing up all over Japan. The lead has been taken by lawyers at the Second Bar Association in Tokyo. Last month the association held a call-in for women to expose their grievances. Its telephone lines were jammed for six hours. By the end of the session, some 137 formal complaints had been registered. "Nearly 40% of them were from women who had been compelled to have sexual relations with their superiors at work," says Miss Shizuko Sugii, a lawyer with the bar association. Ten of the cases have since been classified as rape or attempted rape.

单选题{{B}}Passage Four{{/B}} Social change is more likely to occur in societies where there is a mixture of different kinds of people than in societies where people are similar in many ways. The simple reason for this is that there are more different ways of looking at things present in the first kind of society. There are more ideas, more disagreements in interest, and more groups and organizations with different beliefs. In addition, there is usually a greater worldly interest and greater tolerance in mixed societies. All these factors tend to promote social change by opening more as of life to decision. In a society where people are quite similar in many ways, there are fewer occasions for people to see the need or the opportunity for change because everything seems to be the same. And although conditions may not be satisfactory, they are at least customary and undisputed. Within a society, social change is also likely to occur more frequently and more readily in the material aspects of the culture than in the non-material, for example, in technology rather than in values; in what has been learned later in life rather than what was learned early; in the less basic and less emotional aspects of society than in their opposite; in the simple elements rather than in the complex ones; in form rather than in substance; and in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange elements. Furthermore, social change is easier if it is gradual. For example, it comes more readily in human relations on a continuous scale rather than one with violent changes. This is one reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans as compared to other American minorities, because of the sharp difference in appearance between them and their white counterparts.

单选题W: Having visited so many countries, you must be able to speak several different languages!M: I wish I could. But Japanese and, of course English are the only languages I can speak.Q: What do we learn from the conversation? A. The man can speak a foreign language. B. The woman hopes to improve her English. C. The woman knows many different languages. D. The man wishes to visit many more countries.

单选题He knows much about stylistics, ______ about literature. A. still less B. rather more C. let alone D. of course

单选题Scientific evidence from different ______ demonstrates that in most humans the left hemisphere of the brain controls language. A. scopes B. ranges C. disciplines D. arrays

单选题A: ______ B: Yes. What size is that light blue shirt? I hope it fits me.

单选题M: Excuse me, do you have change for a ten-dollar note? I need to pay the parking motor.W: I'm sorry, but I think you can get it through the money changer in the shopping center across the street.Q: What is the man trying to do? A. Get some small change. B. Find a shopping center. C. Cash a check at a bank. D. Find a parking meter.

单选题It was ______ the chief engineer came ______ we began the experiment. A. not until; that B. not until; then C. until; that D. until; when

单选题Speaker A: Looks like you've got a lot of reading to do. Speaker B: ______ A. Do you like reading in your spare time? B. Yes, if you like, you may borrow some of my books. C. And that's just for my philosophy class. D. That's right, because reading is a good way to enlarge your vocabulary.

单选题Speaker A: I'd like to check in, please. Speaker B: ______ A. Certainly. Do you have a reservation? B. Sorry, I don't see what you mean. C. Sure, I can help you with the checking. D. Thank you, we provide first class service here.

单选题The greatest inventor Thomas Edison said that his success should be ______ to 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration.

单选题The destruction of these treasures was a loss for mankind that no amount of money could ______. A. keep up with B. stand up for C. put up with D. make up for

单选题"The moose (驼鹿) is odd and awkward to look at. Why should it stand so high at the shoulders? Why have so long a head?" The 19th-century writer of those words, Henry David Thoreau, was hardly alone in his comment of the moose. Moose"s funny appearance makes us think that it is clumsy and slow-witted. Is that true? Researchers in North America have uncovered many facts about this unusual animal. No one denies that the moose is a giant. Adult moose can grow as high as 1.5 to 2 meters, and weigh as much as 816kg. Although it has long legs that make it seem foolish, it can run up to 55km per hour, and those legs can kick off an entire pack of wolves. Moose is vegetarian. It feeds on woody plants, leaves and water plants. It learns to swim within days of birth, and they have been observed swimming for miles and diving to a depth of nearly 6 meters to feed on water plants! A moose can move its eyes and detect motion almost directly behind it without turning its head. Its nose is also an effective tool. Researchers suggest that because the moose"s nostrils(鼻 孔) are far apart, they may give it the unusual ability to locate the objects on a 3D scale. The moose"s hearing adds another merit to its sensory package. Its ears can turn to all directions, and they can pickup sounds from other moose as far as 3 km away! Baby moose tend to be curious and carefree. Their mothers protect them by providing tender and loyal care. They will attack any who are too close to their young, including wolves, bears, and even humans. Finally, when the young is about a year old and its mother is newly pregnant, the mother aggressively drives it away so that it can begin caring for itself.

单选题The tanker broke in the middle, ______ out a great amount of oil into the sea. A. poured B. pouring C. to pour D. having poured

单选题According to the law of that country, the Parliament will have to be ______ before the General Election. A. decomposed B. distributed C. dissolved D. disintegrated

单选题Research on animal intelligence always makes me wonder just how smart humans are. (51) the fruit-fly experiments described in Carl Zimmer's piece in the Science Times on Tuesday. Fruit flies who were taught to be smarter than the average fruit fly (52) to live shorter lives. This suggests that (53) bulbs burn longer, that there is an advantage in not being too terrifically bright. Intelligence, it (54) , is a high-priced option. It takes more upkeep, burns more fuel and is slow off the starting line because it depends on learning—a (55) process—instead of instinct. Plenty of other species are able to learn, and one of the things they've apparently learned is when to (56) . Is there an adaptive value to (57) intelligence? That's the question behind this new research. I like it. Instead of casting a wistful glance (58) at all the species we've left in the dust I.Q.-wise, it implicitly asks what the real (59) of our own intelligence might be. This is on the mind of every animal I've ever met. Research on animal intelligence also makes me wonder what experiments animals would (60) on humans if they had the chance.

单选题I had to wait for half an hour before he ______ see me. A. can B. may C. might D. could

单选题Speaker A: You'll never guess what was going on in our school last week. Speaker B: ______. A. Go on, surprise me B. Yes, that must be lovely C. Yes, I can D. You are telling me

单选题The rocks are carefully crushed ______ the diamonds are not destroyed.

单选题The painting is not a (n) ______ works; it is a copy.