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Who were the subjects of the IBD study？
A．Scientific pioneers.
B．Prominent politicians.
C．Outstanding scholars.
D．Successful businessmen.
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Impressionism began with a small group of artists who wanted to ______.
A．use light colors
B．fight the government
C．become scientists
D．show their paintings
Billy: Yes, it is you! Now come over here and sit down. James, you were one of four children, and your father was a bus driver. Of course, your name was then Jason White.
Who is the host of the program？
A．Billy Smith.
B．James White.
C．Jason White.
This is among the conclusions reached by a recent poll. In total 1,120 employed Americans were asked how they occupy themselves on days they are not at work. According to the poll, older people, the rich, and the well-educated are most apt to spend their spare time doing the things they want to do "rather than those they have to",
Overall, high-salaried people were more active than those with lower incomes. They watched less television and were more likely to engage in social and cultural activities.
On the subject of vacations, the study found that college graduates were more likely than those with only high school degrees to have vocation plans (80% versus 60% ). Of those who did intend to take some time off, 46% planned a sightseeing vacation, 34% expected to visit friends or relatives, 22% headed for the beach or a lake, and 12% intended to relax at home.
Which of the following adjectives best describes the passage？
A．Proud.
B．Neutral.
C．Factual.
D．Logical.
Why was Kohoutek referred to as" the comet of the century"？
A．It was thought to be extremely old.
B．It passes the Earth once a century.
C．Scientists predicted it would be very bright.
D．Scientists have been tracking it for a century.
School human resources officials said they have 950 teacher candidates assembled through widely expanded recruitment efforts, including at job fairs in Philadelphia and Detroit.
Still, they are working hard to replace 50 librarians, 50 math teachers and 100 special education teachers--high--demand jobs for which there is always a short supply. About 40 special education teachers were among those dismissed June 30, intensifying the shortage.
"Do we have enough in the pool to fill the math and special education vacancies？ No," said Nicole Wilds, the school system's director of recruitment services. "We're interviewing 30 candidates a week to get them into the pool."
Although the 370 uncertified teachers who were fired represented a range of subject areas, those in the largest group--41--taught special education. Those in the second-largest--20-- taught in the sciences. About 15 of the teachers taught math.
About 290 of the teachers had been hired since 2000. Most of the teachers, who had provisional (临时的) licenses, failed to complete the college coursework needed for full certification, officials said.
As many as 1,400 teachers--about 25 percent of the teaching force in the city--were uncertified as of March 2005. In January, Superintendent Clifford B. Janey announced that he was setting a deadline of June 30 for those teachers to obtain their credentials (证书)--or face dismissal.
The 370 who lost their jobs were part of a total of 820 who were still uncertified in June. School officials, saying they recognized it would be nearly impossible to fill more than 1,000 vacancies from the loss of uncertified and retiring teachers, decided to give 450 of the uncertified instructors an opportunity to remain with the school system for a year.
What is the primary reason for the big shortage of teachers this summer？
A．Retirement of teachers.
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It was not "the comet of the century" experts predicted it might be. However, Kohoutek has provided a bonanza of scientific information. It was first spotted 370 million miles from Earth, by an astronomer who was searching the sky for asteroids, and after whom the comet was named. Scientists who tracked Kohoutek the ten months before it passed the Earth predicted the comet would be a brilliant spectacle. But Kohoutek fell short of these predictions, disappointing millions of amateur sky watchers, when it proved too pale to be seen with the unaided eye. Researchers were very happy nonetheless with the new information they were able to glean from their investigation of the comet.Perhaps the most significant discovery was the identification of two important chemical compounds -- methyl cyanide and hydrogen cyanide -- never before seen in comets, but found it the far reaches of interstellar space. This discovery revealed new clues about the origin of comets.
Most astronomers agree that comets are primordial remnants from the formation of the solar system, but whether they were born between Jupiter and Neptune or much farther out toward interstellar space has been the subject of much debate. If compounds no more complex than ammonia and methane, key components of Jupiter, were seen in comets, it would suggest that comets form. within the planetary orbits. But more complex compounds, such as the methyl cyanide found in Kohoutek, point to formation far beyond the planets;there the deep freeze of space has kept them unchanged.
第 36 题 Why was Kohoutek referred to as" the comet of the century" ？
A．It was thought to be extremely old.
B．It passes the Earth once a century.
C．Scientists predicted it would be very bright.
D．Scientists have been tracking it for a century.
As it is known the word geography【C4】______from two Greek words," ge", the Greek word for" earth" and" graphein",【C5】______means" to write". The English word geography means" to describe the earth".【C6】______geography books focus on a small area【C7】______a town or city. Others deal with a state, a region, a nation, or an【C8】______continent. Many geography books deal with the whole earth. Another【C9】______to divide the study of【C10】______is to distinguish between physical geography and cultural geography. The former focuses on the natural world; the【C11】______starts with human beings and【C12】______how human beings and their environment act【C13】______each other. But when geography is considered as a single subject,【C14】______branch can neglect the other.
A geographyer might be described【C15】______one who observes, records, and explains the【C16】______between places. If places were【C17】______, there would be little need for geographers.
We know, however,【C18】______no two places are exactly the same. Geography,【C19】______is a point of view, a special way of【C20】______at places.
【C1】
A．similar
B．various
C．distant
D．famous
My research looks at prejudices that affect how people use advice, including why they often blindly follow recommendations from people who—as far as they know—are as knowledgeable as they are. In studies I conducted with Don Moore of Carnegie Mellon University, for example, I found that people tend to overvalue advice when the problem they're addressing is hard and to undervalue it when the problem is easy.
In our experiments, subjects were asked to guess the weight of people in various pictures, some of which were in focus and some of which were unclear. For each picture, subjects guessed twice: the first time without advice and the second time with input from another participant. When the pictures were in focus, we found, subjects tended to discount the advice; apparently, they were confident in their ability to guess correctly. When the pictures were unclear, subjects leaned heavily on the advice of others and seemed less secure about their initial opinion. Because they misjudged the value of the advice they received-—consistently overvaluing or undervaluing it depending on the difficulty of the problem—our subjects did not make the best guesses overall. They would have done better if they'd considered the advice equally, and to a moderate degree, on both hard and easy tasks.
Another advice-related prejudice I've found compels people to overvalue advice that they pay for. In one study I conducted, subjects answered different sets of questions about American history. Before answering some of the questions, they could get advice on the correct answer from another subject whom they knew was no more expert than they were. In one version of the experiment, people could get advice for free, while in another version, they paid for it. When they paid for advice, people tended to have firm belief in it, I suspect, by a combination of sunk-cost prejudice and the nearly instinctual belief that cost and quality are linked.
In the face of a mission-critical decision, people tend to_______.
A．trust their own efforts
B．rely on research findings
C．get affected by other's opinion
D．seek help from the more knowledgable
听力原文： "Where is the university？" is a question many visitors to Cambridge ask, but no one could point them in any one direction because there is no campus. The university consists of thirty - one self - governing colleges. It has lecture halls, libraries, laboratories, museums and offices throughout the city.
Individual colleges choose their own students, who have to meet the minimum entrance requirements set by the university. Undergraduates usually live and study in their colleges, where they are taught in very small groups. Lectures, and laboratory and practical work are organized by the university and held in university buildings.
The university has a huge number of buildings for teaching and research. It has more than sixty specialist subject libraries, as well as the University Library, which, as a copyright library, is entitled to a copy of every book published in Britain.
Examinations are set and degrees are awarded by the university. It allowed women to take the university exams in 1881, but it was not until 1948 that they ,were a warded degrees.
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A．Because there are no signs to direct them.
B．Because no tour guides are available.
C．Because all the buildings in the city look alike.
D．Because the university is everywhere in the city.
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Faced with a mission-critical decision, who would you turn to for advice？ Someone you had great confidence in, surely. But several lines of research show that our instincts about where to turn to for counsel are often not completely correct.
My research looks at prejudices that affect how people use advice, including why they often blindly follow recommendations from people who-as far as they know-are as knowledgeable as they are. In studies I conducted with Don Moore of Carnegie Mellon University, for example, I found that people tend to overvalue advice when the problem they're addressing is hard and to undervalue it when the problem is easy.
In our experiments, subjects were asked to guess the weight of people in various pictures，some of which were in focus and some of which were unclear. For each picture, subjects guessed twice: the first time without advice and the second time with input from another participant. When the pictures were in focus, we found, subjects tended to discount the advice; apparently, they were confident in their ability to guess correctly. When the pictures were unclear, subjects leaned heavily on the advice of others and seemed less secure about their initial opinion. Because they misjudged the value of the advice they received-consistently overvaluing or undervaluing it depending on the difficulty of the problem-our subjects did not make the best guesses overall. They would have done better if they'd considered the advice equally，and to a moderate degree, on both hard and easy tasks.
Another advice-related prejudice I've found compels people to overvalue advice that they pay for. In one study I conducted, subjects answered different sets of questions about American histo-ry. Before answering some of the questions, they could get advice on the correct answer from an-other subject whom they knew was no more expert than they were. In one version of the experi-ment， people could get advice for free, while in another version, they paid for it. When they paid for advice, people tended to have firm belief in it, I suspect, by a combination of sunk-cost preju- dice and the nearly instinctual belief that cost and quality are linked.
51.1n the face of a mission-critical decision, people tend to _________
[ A] trust their own efforts
[ B ] rely on research findings
[ C] get affected by other's opinion
[D] seek help from the more know ledgable
Why is it difficult to locate Cambridge University？
A．Because there are no signs of direction.
B．Because it lies in a remote place.
C．Because the university is everywhere in the city.
D．Because there are no guides available.
