单选题The United States is not usually thought of as a nation of parakeet lovers．Yet in a census of parakeet owners in selected comparable countries, the United States ranked second, with eleven parakeet owners per hundred people．The conclusion can be drawn from this that people in the United States are more likely to own parakeets than are people in most other countries． Knowledge of which of the following would be most useful in judging the accuracy of the conclusion？

单选题Which of the following best describes the relation-ship between the McLaurin decision and the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision?(A) The McLaurin decision superseded the Brown decision.(B) The Brown decision provided a precedent for the McLaurin decision.(C) The Brown decision reversed the McLaurin decision.(D) The McLaurin decision limited the application of the Brown decision.(E) The McLaurin decision provided legal authority for the Brown decision.

单选题FIRE : WOOD ::(A) motor : boat(B) sunlight : forest(C) oil : water(D) gears : bicycle(E) automobile : gasoline

单选题ALACRITY:(A) benevolence(B) submissiveness(C) aimlessness(D) defiance(E) sensible purpose

单选题It can be inferred from the passage that the author regards the correlations drawn in recent decades between sunspots and terrestrial phenomena as(A) more reliable than similar correlations drawn in the past, but still inconclusive(B) solid evidence of the complexity of the climate system and the simultaneous interaction of its many influences(C) poorly supported by the statistics mentioned at the beginning of the passage(D) unlikely given the predominant role played by greenhouse gases(E) likely to be established with absolute certainty in the near future

单选题DISTEND:

单选题60．Howmanycompaniesofferedthecompressed-workweekoption?A.39B.30C.27D.13E.9

单选题Though______in his youth, Muir grew in the fullness of time to acquire truly______habits envied by even the most hardened of his fellow survivalists.(A) a stoic … gourmet(B) a sycophant … humble(C) an eccentric … practical(D) a sensualist … spartan(E) an ideologue … catholic

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单选题The Lincoln Memorial, located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., is one Line of the most profound symbols of American democracy in the world. Dedicated in 1922, it won the prestigious Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects for its architect, Henry Bacon. The physical presence of the memorial is awe- (5) inspiring. There are a total of 36 Doric columns around the building, each representing one of the 36 states of the union at the time of Lincoln's death in 1865. Stones from various states were used in the construction of the memorial. The names of the 48 states in the Union at the time of the memorial's completion are carved on the outside walls. The north wall of the Lincoln Memorial boasts (30) the sixteenth president's second inaugural address, while on the south wall, the Gettysburg Address is proudly carved. Above the statue of Abraham Lincoln are these words: "In this Temple, as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the Union, the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever./

单选题The author regards the new means of water-use reduction under discussion as(A) wholly effective, but typically ignored(B) inexpensive, but insufficiently useful(C) promising, but difficult to implement(D) necessary, but likely to produce ill side-effects(E) universally accessible, but unnecessary

单选题According to the passage, Turner, Becker, and Jameson have done which of the following? Ⅰ. They failed to acknowledge the colonists' desire to affirm the existing order as a principle motive behind the American Revolution. Ⅱ. They have emphasized, but not sufficiently, the concept of the American Revolution as a genuine revolution. Ⅲ. As a group they have failed to reach agreement on the root causes of the American Revolution.(A) Ⅰ only(B) Ⅱ only(C) Ⅰ and Ⅱ only(D) Ⅱ and Ⅲ only(E) Ⅰ,Ⅱ, and Ⅲ

单选题FACETIOUS: SPEECH::

单选题Except in times of -------, we would scarcely allow public officials to declare states of emergency that replace some normal rules with those more ------- to extraordinary circumstances.

单选题WHISPER : SPEAK ::(A) brush : touch(B) skip : walk(C) listen : hear(D) request : ask(E) whimper : whine

单选题ARGOT: SUBCULTURE : :

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单选题There are sixquestions below， A researcher has designed an experiment to evaluate a theory about the health benefits of exercise at differ-ent times during the day．Nine subjectsF, G, H, J, K, M, O, P, and Smust be divided into three groups of three subjects each．Group 1 will exercise in the morning; group 2 will exercise in the afternoon; group 3 will exer- cise in the evening．The researcher must assign subjects to groups according to the following conditions： F must be assigned to group 2

单选题Though a leading authority on Romantic literature, the chairperson is a speaker whose lectures on even the most exciting literary anecdotes of that time span cause students to yawn and fidget.(A) grandiloquent(B) self-assured(C) eminent(D) conscientious(E) lackluster