单选题The Battle of Waterloo was won by the Duke of Wellington over the great ______. A. Robert E. Lee B. George Washington C. Jordan D. Napoleon

单选题Which of the following is NOT written by Eugene Gladstone O'Neill? A. Anna Christie. B. The Iceman Cometh. C. Long Day 's Journey into Night. D. Invisible Man.

单选题{{B}}TEXT C{{/B}} {{B}} English as a National Foreign Language{{/B}} India has two national languages for central administrative purposes: Hindi and English. Hindi is the national, official, and main link language of India. English is an associate official language. The Indian Constitution also officially approves twenty-two regional languages for official purposes. Dozens of distinctly different regional languages are spoken in India, which share many characteristics such as grammatical structure and vocabulary. Apart from these languages, Hindi is used for communication in India. The homeland of Hindi is mainly in the north of India, but it is spoken and widely understood in all urban centers of India. In the southern states of India, where people speak many different languages that are not much related to Hindi, there is more resistance to Hindi, which has allowed English to remain a lingua franca to a greater degree. Since the early 1600s, the English language has had a toehold on the Indian subcontinent, when the East India Company established settlements in Chennai, Kolkata, and Mumbai, formerly Madras, Calcutta, and Bombay respectively. The historical background of India is never far away from everyday usage of English. India has had a longer exposure to English than any other country which uses it as a second language, its distinctive words, idioms, grammar and rhetoric spreading gradually to affect all places, habits and culture. In India, English serves two purposes. First, it provides a linguistic tool for the administrative cohesive- ness of the country, causing people who speak different languages to become united. Secondly, it serves as a language of wider communication, including a large variety of different people covering a vast area. It overlaps with local languages in certain spheres of influence and in public domains. Generally, English is used among Indians as a "link" language and it is the first language for many well-educated Indians. It is also the second language for many who speak more than one language in India. The English language is a tie that helps bind the many segments of our society together. Also, it is a linguistic bridge between the major countries of the world and India. English has special national status in India. R has a special place in the parliament, judiciary, broadcasting, journalism, and in the education system. One can see a Hindi-speaking teacher giving their students instructions during an educational tour about where to meet and when their bus would leave, but all in English. It means that the language permeates daily life. It is unavoidable and is always expected, especially in the cities. The importance of the ability to speak or write English has recently increased significantly because English has become the de facto standard. Learning English language has become popular for business, commerce and cultural reasons and especially for Internet communications throughout the world. English is a language that has become a standard not because it has been approved by any "standards" organization but because it is widely used by many information and technology industries and recognized as being standard. The call centre phenomenon has stimulated a huge expansion of Internet-related activity, establishing the future of India as a cyber-technological super-power. Modern communications, videos, journals and newspapers on the Internet use English and have made 'knowing English indispensable. The prevailing view seems to be that unless students learn English, they can, only work in limited jobs. Those who do not have basic knowledge of English cannot obtain good quality jobs. They cannot communicate efficiently with others, and cannot have the benefit of India's rich social and cultural life. Men and women who cannot comprehend and interpret instructions in English, even if educated, are unemployable. They cannot help with their children's school homework everyday or decide their revenue options of the future. A positive attitude to English as a national language is essential to the integration of people into Indian society. There would appear to be virtually no disagreement in the community about the importance of English language skills. Using English you will become a citizen of the world almost naturally. English plays a dominant role in the media. It has been used as a medium for inter-state communication and broadcasting both before and since India's independence. India is, without a doubt, committed to English as a national language. The impact of English is not only continuing but increasing.

单选题{{B}}TEXT C{{/B}} In the beginning, E. Mavis Hetherington was looking for as much pathology as the next person. It was the early 1970s, with the American family in free fall, and she fully expected that her just-launched study. of the impact of divorce would find dysfunction and plenty of it: parents unable to cope, maladjusted children with long-term difficulties. By almost any measure-emotional, social or ecademic-"we expected them to blow it." Yet here's the surprising thing about her families, with all their couplings and uncouplings and even recouplings during the years that followed: the vast majority of parents rebounded from the pain and upheaval. Resiliency overshadowed pathology. And by the time the children were young adults, considering marriage and families of their own, Hetherington discovered at least 75% coping fairly well--some very well--with life. Divorce, it seems, is not predestined. Now at the close of her pioneering career, Hetherington, 75, wants to get the word out. More than that, with the publication of For Better or for Worse: Divorce Reconsidered, she wants to change the public debate about divorce. Her book offers reassurance to the millions of Americans who don't make it till death does part them. More than 40% of marriage end in divorce, down from the high record of the 1980s hut hardly a statistic for celebration. The most decisive aspect has long centered on the harm inflicted on children-irreparable damage, some researchers contend. Hetherington, a University of Virginia professor, believes she offers "a more hopeful look, a more realistic look" at the consequences. She says the hook, authored with New York writer John Kelly, is neither anti-marriage (though angry e-mails already are accusing her of such) nor pro-divorce. Rather, it explains the challenges people face and the diverse choices they make. It doesn't ignore the downside. While most children adapt and adjust to their parents' split, she says, 20% to 25% are left deeply scarred. "I harbour no doubts about the ability of divorce to devastate," she writes. "It can and does ruin lives. But that, I also think much current writing on divorce--both popular and academic--has exaggerated its negative effects and ignored its sometimes considerable positive effects." After three decades exploring the most important nexus of human relations, through the stability or dissolution of nearly 1,400 marriages, she wishes others weren't so skeptical, "Why are people so afraid to say that in the long run, people end up living reasonable constructive lives?" Hetherington officially retired three years ago. The emeritus title relieved the 80-hour weeks she'd maintained at the university since her sons were little. She continues to write scholarly article, rising at 4 a.m. to begin work in her study--in Longhand, on yellow legal pads--and still lectures internationally. Hetherington knows that recasting the way America thinks about divorce won't be easy or politically popular. The pendulum swung far right during the 1990's, with lawmakers debating, and. sometimes passing, measures to encourage couples to-stay married and prevent them from divorcing too quickly. "It's very hard to legislate family relations," Hetherington says, as dubious now as then. "If we could legislate family relations, we wouldn't have people getting married with these unrealistic expectations about marriage." Far better to understand the dynamics that sustain and threaten families. Far better, she writes, to accept that "divorce is a reasonable solution to an unhappy, acrimonious, destructive marital relationship." Instead of a narrow focus on the hazards, why not acknowledge that it can be an opportunity to build a better life? "It isn't a matter of whether the glass is half empty or half full. In the long run," she concludes, "the glass is three-quarters full of reasonably happy and competent adults and children, who have been resilient in coping with the challenges of divorce."

单选题______ forced Nixon to resign in 1973.

单选题The poem A Psalm of Life was written by ______.

单选题According to the passage, phrenology was______.

单选题It is implied at the end of the passage that highly original individuals feel isolated because ______.

单选题The authority of the Federal Reserve______.

单选题The topics of the Green EFL program probably will NOT include ______.

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单选题Which of the following works is NOT written by Arthur Miller?A. Howl B. All My Sons.C. Death of a Salesman. D. The Crucible.

单选题______and William Shakespeare are the best representatives of the English humanism.

单选题In 1932, in the depth of the depression, the American people chose ______ as their next president who promised a "new deal" to get America out of depression.

单选题TensionshaveflaredbecauseA.Malaysia'sHighCourtusedtheword"Allah".B.aRomanCatholicnewspaperusedtheword"Allah".C.aCatholicnewspaperwaspermittedtouse"Allah".D.Muslimgroupsdon'tallownewspaperstouse"Allah".

单选题Questions 7 and 8 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 20 seconds to answer the questions. Now listen to the news.

单选题Which of the following states is the first state that passed the compulsory education law in the United States?[A] Massachusetts.[B] Texas.[C] Iowa.[D] California.

单选题The investigation was dangerous because ______. A. the mine was badly damaged B. the ventilation system was broken C. the mine was too deep D. the safety facility was destroyed

单选题Which term of the following is used for oppositeness of meaning?A. Homonymy. B. Polysemy.C. Antonymy. D. Synonymy.

单选题James Fenimore Cooper"s Leatherstocking Tales consists of the following works EXCEPT ______.