单选题The manger would rather his daughter ______ in the same office.

单选题{{B}}Section A{{/B}} There is one passage in this section followed by five questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice, then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre. The age at which young children begin to make moral discriminations about harmful actions committed against themselves or others has been the focus of recent research into the moral development of children. Until recently, child psychologists supported pioneer developmentalist Jean Piaget in his hypothesis that because of their immaturity, children under age seven do not take into account the intentions of a person committing accidental or deliberate harm, but rather simply assign punishment for transgressions on the basis of the magnitude of the negative consequences caused. According to Piaget, children under age seven occupy the first stage of moral development, which is characterized by moral absolutism (rules made by authorities must be obeyed) and imminent justice (if rules are broken, punishment will be meted out). Until young children mature, their moral judgments are based entirely on the effect rather than the cause of a transgression. However, in recent research, Keasey found that six-year-old children not only distinguish between accidental and intentional harm, but also judge intentional harm as naughtier, regardless of the amount of damage produced. Both of these findings seem to indicate that children, at an earlier age than Piaget claimed, advance into the second stage of moral development, moral autonomy, in which they accept social rules but view them as more arbitrary than do children in the first stage. Keasey's research raises two key questions for developmental psychologists about children under age seven: do they recognize justifications for harmful actions, and do they make distinctions between harmful acts that are preventable and those acts that have unforeseen harmful consequences? Studies indicate that justifications excusing harmful actions might include public duty, self-defense, and provocation. For example, Nesdale and Rule concluded that children were capable of considering whether or not an aggressor's action was justified by public duty: five year olds reacted very differently to "Bonnie wrecks Ann's pretend house" depending on whether Bonnie did it "so somebody won't fall over it" or because Bonnie wanted "to make Ann feel bad". Thus, a child of five begins to understand that certain harmful actions, though intentional, can be justified; the constraints of moral absolutism no longer solely guide their judgments. Psychologists have determined that during kindergarten children learn to make subtle distinctions involving harm. Darley observed that among-acts involving unintentional harm, six-year-old children just entering kindergarten could not differentiate between foreseeable, and thus preventable, harm and unforeseeable harm for which the perpetrator cannot be blamed. Seven months later, however, Darley found that these same children could make both distinctions, thus demonstrating that they had become morally autonomous. Questions:

单选题{{B}}Section A{{/B}} There is one passage in this section followed by five questions. For each question, there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should decide on the best choice, and then mark the corresponding letter on the answer sheet with a single line through the centre. Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage. Low levels of literacy and numeracy have a damaging impact on almost every aspect of adult life, according to a survey published yesterday, which offers evidence of a developing underclass. Tests and interviews with hundreds of people born in a certain week in 1958 graphically illustrated the handicap of educational underachievement. The effects are seen in unemployment, family breakdown, low incomes, depression and social inactivity. Those who left school at 16 with poor basic skills had been employed for up to four years less than good readers by the time they reached 37. Professor John Bynner, who carried out the research, said that today's unqualified teenagers would have even greater problems because the supply of manual jobs had dried up. Almost one in five of the 1,700 people interviewed for yesterday's report had poor literacy skills and almost half struggled with numeracy, a proportion in line with other surveys for the Basic Skills Agency. Some could not read even from a child's book, and most found difficulty with following written instructions. Poor readers were twice as likely to be earning a low wage and four times as likely to live in a household where partner worked. Women in this position were five times as likely to be classified as depressed. Alan Wells, the agency's director, said, "The results emphasize the dangers of developing an underclass of excluded people, out of work, increasingly depressed and often labeled themselves as failures. There is a growing circle of marginalization, with the dice loaded against these people and their families. " Only 300,000 people out of more than five million thought to have poor basic skills take remedial courses each year. Mr. Wells said that a "major catch-up initiative" would benefit society as well as the individuals involved. "It is not true that 20 per cent have been getting nothing out of education in the last five years, but maybe 50 years," he said. "The long tail of under-achievement is something we have always had. " The survey is part of the National Child Development Study, which has tracked 17,000 people at five-yearly intervals since 1958. The current study employed eight reading and nine mathematical tests of varying difficulty. They included the ability to read a Yellow Pages directory to find a plumber and measure the floor space of a room. Questions:

单选题He has courage all right, but in matters requiring judgment, he has often been found sadly ______. A. lack it B. absent C. in need of it D. wanting

单选题At first the company refused to purchase the equipment, but that decision was ______ revised. A. subsequently B. subjectively C. predominantly D. preliminarily

单选题They were married for fifteen years but have now ______ up and live apart.

单选题The news that the examination would be held two weeks earlier caused quite a among the students.

单选题______, explorers could never have found the cave.

单选题The game was cancelled because most of the team members ______ a match without a standard court.

单选题Although the Earth's chemical composition had been studied for years, only toward the end of the nineteenth century ______ as a discipline in its own right. A. when geochemistry was recognised B. was geochemistry recognised C. then recognised geochemistry D. as geochemistry was recognized

单选题He operates the new computer as if he ______ special training in it. A. has received B. had received C. would received D. received

单选题______ felt that society forced too many rules on people and kept them from living a full, natural life. His forceful writing on daring themes shocked many. Sons and Lovers, based partly on his own life, is one of his finest novels.

单选题WhydidDavedecideonafull-timecareerasadivinginstructor?A.Hehadalwayslikedteachingdiving.B.Histraineeswerepleasedwithhim.C.Itwasachancetoearnmoremoney.

单选题My mother bought me a new pair of boots on my birthday ______ she had promised.

单选题Which countries did President Bush seriously criticize in his Iraq policy address?

单选题What made Gerard Depardieu give up his French passport?

单选题The United States is a nation of immigrants. By the year 2000, more than 11% of all Americans were foreign born. Which state has the largest number of immigrants? A. New Jersey B. California C. New York D. Arizona

单选题The teacher was worried about the play her young class was putting on for the parents but, fortunately, everything ______ off without any problems. A. passed B. took C. called D. walked

单选题Instead of being sent to prison, the shoplifter was______with a fine.

单选题His mother _____ hated city life longed to return to the village in ____ she grew up.