2010年1月SAT真题

Critical ReadingWritten by NaiveLovesmile微笑PrinceguaguamisscowPart OneSC1.Since codfish are ____ part of the marine ecosystem, their ____ would adversely affect theanimals who depend on them as a source of food.Since原因句。

许多把codfish当作食物源的动物会受到很大的负面影响，显然原因是codfish的数量减少了，故根据第二空可以排除（C）和（B）项，由此可以看出，codfish在这样一个ecosystem中的作用是非常重要和关键的，可以排除（A）项negligible：可忽略的，以及（E）项explicable：无法说明的。

故答案为（D）。

2.插入语+状语从句，都起解释说明的作用。

Minou Drouet是一个很有才华的少年诗人（gifted child-poet），因此她应该被唤为（be hailed as）一个奇才，故可以排除（B）项dilettante：业余爱好者，（D）项guru：宗教/精神领袖，以及（E）项charlatan：骗子。

句子最后的从句，说她在享受着孩童时代无法得到的独处状况，因此她肯定是生活在一个相对匿名（anonymity）的状态，避免打扰。

（A）项opulence：富裕，不符句意。

故答案为（C）。

3.定语从句，起解释说明作用。

这个legislator以他的即兴演说口才（oratorical spontaneity）而出名，这意味着他有能力deliver 一场即兴的演讲（an impromptu speech）。

4.状语从句，解释说明主句。

即使是在最变化无常的情况下（the most volatile situations），这个人可以保持自信有把握的（assured），冷静的（self-controlled），即保持镇定（unflappable）。

SAT Math Practice Questions with the Answer Key2010美国高考数学试卷（附答案）1. John drives from his house to a beach 150 miles away, and at the end of the day drives home. If he drives at an average of 50 miles per hour, how long does the round trip take?A: 3 hours B: 2 hours C: 6 hours D: 5 hoursAnswer Key1. C. The trip will be 300 miles in total. Divide the total distance by the speed in miles per hour to determine the duration of the trip.2. If 4x + 10 = 34, then x - 4 =A: 4 B: 7 C: 10 D: 2Answer Key2. D. Solve the first equation for x, and then substitute the value in the second equation.3. What is the slope of 3x + 4y = 24?A: -3/4 B: 6 C: 3/4 D: -8Answer Key3. A. The equation for slope is y = mx + b, in which m is slope.4. A line segment containing the points (0, 0) and (12, 6) also contains:A: (6,4) B: (2,4) C: (8, 4) D: (1,0)Answer Key4. C. The line will have an x-intercept of zero and a slope of 2, so it will pass through points in which the x-coordinate is twice as much as the y-coordinate.5. If y = 6x + 4 and 6x + 8 = 44, then y =A: 46 B: 28 C: 22 D: 40Answer Key5. D. Solve the second equation for x, and then substitute the value for x into the first equation.6. If 5a = 20b, then b/a =A: 4 B: 1/4 C: 4/1 D: 10Answer Key6. B. Substitute any values for a and b that make the first equation correct, and then determine the ratio between a and b.7. If Jane has 5 pairs of pants and 7 shirts, how many different combinations of pants and shirts are possible?A: 25 B: 42 C: 38 D: 35Answer Key7. D. For each pair of pants, there are seven different combinations 5 x 7 = 35.8. 18 is approximately what percent of 44?A: 41%B: 35% C: 49% D: 39%Answer Key8. A. The problem can be solved with the following equation 1844 = x1009. If the median of x consecutive odd integers is 9, then the average is:A: 6 B: 9C: 8 D: 10Answer Key9. B. The median of a set is the value that is in the middle when the entire set is arranged from least to greatest. In this set, then, the median will be the same asthe average, because the values on either side of the median will be the same distance from the median, as for instance 1, 3, 5, in which the median and average are both 3.10. If a cube has a volume of 64, the perimeter of one face of the cube is: A: 8 B: 32 C: 4 D: 16Answer Key10. D. In a cube, the length, width, and height will be the same, and so they will be the cube root of 64, or 4. Each side, then, will be a square with both length and width of four, and so the perimeter will be 16 for each side.。

2010年1月研究生英语学位课统考真题AGENERAL ENGLISH QUALIFYING TEST FOR NON-ENGLISH MAJOR GRADUATESTUDENTS(GETJAN0310)PAPER ONEPART ⅠLISTENING COMPREHENSIONSection ADirections:In this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questionswill be read only once. Choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.1. A. Nancy shouldn't be too busy.B. Nancy should take a break from her work.C. Nancy must be under great pressure.D. Nancy must feel depressed.2. A. After class.B. The next day.C. Tonight.D. When the woman gets to the bus stop.3. A. Because her grandmother was ill.B. Because it was too late for her to go to the party.C. Because she went to her grandmother's party.D. Because she went to visit her doctor.4. A. She expected to have a better time with Sammy.B. She didn't get along well with Sammy.C. She was very happy together with Sammy.D. She wouldn't go out with Sammy again.5. A. His wife is waiting for him at home.B. His wife is angry today.C. His wife is not home today.D. His wife is sick today.6. A. The man can make a random decision.B. The man should decide later.C. The man should forget about it.D. The man doesn't have to be so serious.7. A. He has won a big lottery.B. He has passed an oral examination.C. He is going to get his driving license.D. He has been relieved from a big burden.8. A. 10 dollars. B. 15 dollars. C. 20 dollars. D. 25 dollars.9. A. The woman can only take some useful courses which are still open.B. The woman will have to wait till the next week to take useful courses.C. The woman will have to go to the registration building herself.D. It's nothing because many students forget to register on time. Section BDirections:In this section you will hear two mini-talks. At the end of each talk, there will be some questions. Both the talks and the questions will be read to you only once. After each question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose the best answer from the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.Mini-talk One10. A. Because she likes old programs on TV.B. Because she was very bored.C. Because she had missed the program earlier.D. Because she doesn't like outdoor activities.11. A. Because she doesn't feel like going out today.B. Because she is very busy today.C. Because she has to meet her parents for dinner today.D. Because she doesn't like the man.12. A. To go to a live outdoor concert.B. To have a picnic for lunch.C. To check out activities by the river.D. To go fishing in the river.Mini-talk Two13. A. Because the small diamonds in the old setting are of different color.B. Because the setting has been damaged.C. Because they want people to see it in its natural beauty.D. Because the style of the setting is too old.14. A. In India. B. In France. C. In England. D. In the U.S..15. A. Over 100 carats. B. 67 carats.C. 60 carats.D. 45 carats.Section CDirections:In this section you will hear a short lecture. Listen to the recording and complete the notes about the lecture. You will hear the recording twice. After the recording you are asked to write down your answers on the Answer Sheet. You now have 25 seconds to read the notes below.16. In this age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are ______.17. According to a survey conducted by Prof. Graham, about 90% of teachers teach handwriting in ______.18. In today's thinking ______ are better for the practice of handwriting.19. Handwriting involves two skills:One is legibility, which means forming the letters so ______.20. According to Prof. Graham, most of the writing done in school is ______.PART ⅡVOCABULARYSection ADirections:There are ten questions in this section. Each question is a sentence with one word or phrase underlined. Below the sentence are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase that is closest in meaning to the underlined one. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.21. Those prisoners at concentration camps were exhausted from a chronic lack of food.A. recentB. acuteC. constantD. severe22. A winner achieves his goal without hurting others or compromising his beliefs and convictions.A. changingB. endangeringC. submittingD. composing23. Failure is the direct result of poor self-esteem and the anticipation of failure.A. eliminationB. designationC. elevationD. expectation24. The government's full public disclosure of the decision only swelled the chorus of protests.A. checkedB. diminishedC. intensifiedD. retrieved25. Their house was in close proximity to ours, so we became intimate friends in time.A. vicinityB. contactC. relationD. community26. Residents in big cities in China tend to dispose of some old furniture when moving.A. get possession ofB. get rid ofC. hold on toD. keep track of27. This is a love that sprang up from friendship and blossomed into marriage.A. divergedB. separatedC. distinguishedD. originated28. This hard-working couple was able to put their two sons through college on their own.A. by their own effortsB. in their own wayC. in their own interestsD. in their own light29. Obama's high-profile failure to win the Olympics for Chicago could feed negative narratives nipping at his heels.A. attitudesB. accountsC. impactsD. responses30. Individual goals have to fit in with the family or business goals as a whole.A. be converted intoB. be superior toC. be in accord withD. be different fromSection BDirections:There are ten questions in this section. Each question is a sentence with something missing. Below each sentence are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Choose one word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.31. I often wonder why some people won't do what it ______ to be successful.A. involvesB. meansC. takesD. likes32. The short story about the missing personnel during the civil war was adapted into a (n) ______ movie.A. winning-awardB. award-winningC. won-awardD. award-won33. A person can explain his professional goals ______ position, prestige or income.A. in terms ofB. in case ofC. in view ofD. in honor of34. Fear is the most destructive force in the world, for it ______ motivation and creativity.A. clutchesB. cripplesC. compelsD. conceives35. There is some reason for not giving up my career and ______ a different one.A. taking inB. bringing aboutC. arising fromD. embarking on36. Finally she decided to do something ______ the thing she disliked ______ herself.A. with...inB. about...forC. about...aboutD. for...by37. The self-image controls a person's attitudes or ______ of what happens to her.A. interpretationsB. approachesC. commitmentsD. simulations38. By the year 2040, Yale University will need over eight acres of land to ______ its library.A. manipulateB. accommodateC. illuminateD. obligate39. If you don't know where you're going in life, you are ______ to wind up somewhere else.A. possibleB. inevitableC. optionalD. liable40. As far as marriage is concerned, it is mutual care and love that ______.A. mountsB. discountsC. countsD. calculatesPART ⅢCLOZE TESTDirections:There are 10 questions in this part of the test. Read the passage through. Then, go back and choose one suitable word or phrase marked A, B, C, or D for each blank in the passage. Mark the corresponding letter of the word or phrase you have chosen with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.Researchers produced evidence to support what most of us already knew--that a cup of tea is the answer to any crisis.Dr. Malcolm Cross, a psychologist at City University London, tested the anxiety levels of a group of people following a (41) situation and revealed that even a single cup of tea has a (42) calming effect. His team gave 42 volunteers a mental arithmetic exam and (43) offered half of them a cup of tea and the other half a glass of water. The water group's anxiety levels soared (44) 25 percent compared to before the task, (45) the tea group actually reported a four percent reduction in anxiety---despite the difficult test, they were more relaxed than when they started.According to a survey carried out for the research, 68 percent of Britons (46) tea in a dilemma, making it the nation's most common response to trouble of (47) kind. About 60 percent said the promise of comfort and warmth was the main reason for putting the kettle on. "The (48) of making and drinking tea--particularly during times of stress---is at the very (49) of British culture," Cross said.This study shows that the social psychological (50) of tea enhance the effects of its chemical make-up on our bodies and brains.41. A. light-hearted B. serious C. comfortable D. stressful42. A. significant B. rigorous C. severe D. selective43. A. previously B. afterwards C. besides D. lately44. A. on B. in C. by D. at45. A. while B. however C. meanwhile D. nevertheless46. A. give up B. owe to C. look on D. turn to47. A. whichever B. whatever C. however D. whoever48. A. ceremony B. function C. ritual D. observance49. A. beginning B. moment C. end D. core50. A. aspects B. faces C. sites D. waysPART ⅣREADING COMPREHENSIONDirections:In this part of the test, there are five short passages. Read each passage carefully, and then do the questions that follow. Choose the best answer from the four choices given and mark thecorresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.Passage OneFrom the goose that laid the golden egg to the race between the tortoise and the hare, Aesop's fables are known for teaching moral lessons rather than literally being true. But a new study says at least one such tale might really have happened.It's the fable about a thirsty crow. The bird comes across a jar with the water level too low for him to reach. The crow raises the water level by dropping stones into the jar. The moral tells: Little by little does the trick, or in other retellings, necessity is the mother of invention.Now, scientists report that some relatives of crows called rooks used the same stone-dropping strategy to get at a floating worm. Results of experiments with three birds were published online by the journal Current Biology.Rooks, like crows, had already been shown to use tools in previous experiments. Christopher Bird of Cambridge University and a colleague exposed the rooks to a 6-inch-tall clear plastic tube containing water, with a worm on its surface. The birds used the stone-dropping trick spontaneously and appeared to estimate how many stones they would need. They learned quickly that larger stones work better.In an accompanying commentary, Alex Taylor and Russell Gray of the University of Auckland in New Zealand noted that in an earlier experiment, the same birds had dropped a single stone into a tube to get food released at the bottom. So maybe they were just following that strategy again when they saw the tube in the new experiment, the scientists suggested. But Bird's paper argued there's more to it: The rooks dropped multiple stones rather than just one before reachingfor the worm, and they reached for it at the top of the tube rather than trying to reach the food at the bottom.The researchers also said Aesop's crow might have actually been a rook, since both kinds of birds were called crows in the past.51. What is the main idea of this passage?A. Animals are smarter than we have expected.B. Aesop's fables tell real morals.C. Necessity is the mother of invention.D. Some of Aesop's fables may be true.52. Aesop's fables have been popular for such a long time because they ______.A. tell us the truth of natureB. tell us interesting stories of animalsC. are teachings of lifeD. are scientific literature53. In the experiments, in order to eat the worm floating on the water surface, the rooks ______.A. found a way to raise the water levelB. broke the tube with larger stonesC. counted how many stones they would needD. cooperated peacefully54. According to Alex Taylor and Russell Gray, it seems that rooks______.A. tend to follow the others' strategyB. can remember their former strategyC. can change strategy in different situationsD. seldom use the same strategy in experiments55. According to the passage, crows and rooks ______.A. are the same kind of birds with different namesB. are very different in behaviorC. had the same name in the pastD. were both used in the experiments56. The word "spontaneously" (Paragraph 4) is closest in meaning to "______".A. surelyB. naturallyC. voluntarilyD. quicklyPassage TwoToo much eating. Too many unhealthy foods. Too many advertisementsfor food. Too little activity.Different explanations are offered for America's weight problem--a problem increasingly shared by other countries. Almost one-fifth of American children and teenagers are overweight.Schools have been urged to increase physical education, an important tool for public health. And many have. Yet now comes a study showing an increase in the number of injuries in physical education class. Injuries increased 150% between 1997 and 2007.he study involved injuries treated in hospital emergency departments. Only 2% were serious. The researchers did not try to identify the causes of the increase, but they have some theories.Lara McKenzie from Ohio State University was the lead researcher. She says one possibility is a decrease in the number of school nurses during the period they studied. For example, a 2004 study showed that the number of school nurses nationally failed to meet federal guidelines. Schools without a nurse on duty may be more likely to send an injured child to a hospital.Another possible reason for more injuries is a change in the traditional idea of physical education. This "New PE." expands the kinds of sports that are taught. But activities that some schools offer now, like rock climbing walls and skateboarding, can also expand the risks, says Cheryl Richardson. She is with the NationalAssociation for Sport and Physical Education. Also, she says not all states require P.E. teachers to be specially trained. Untrained teachers could be less likely to recognize unsafe conditions.Cheryl Richardson also points to one of the study's findings--that injuries are often the result of contact with a person or a structure. This tells her that the teachers were not giving each student enough space to move around safely.Six activities produced 70% of all injuries: running, basketball, football, volleyball, soccer and gymnastics.The researchers say larger class sizes are another possible reasonfor the increase in injuries. Larger classes can mean less supervision. The National Association for Sport and PhysicalEducation says 20 to 30 students in a PE. class should be the limit.57. Overweight problem is ______.A. not common outside the United States of AmericaB. also a headache in other countriesC. caused by too many advertisements for foodD. neglected in many countries58. The increase of physical education ______.A. has reduced the number of overweight childrenB. is the major cause of injuries of children in the U.S.C. has more disadvantages than advantagesD. has caused more injuries in school59. It is implied in Lara McKenzie's study that ______.A. in the past some injuries were treated in schoolB. school nurses are now more irresponsibleC. students don't have enough space to move around in schoolD. schools lack funds in hiring school nurses60. Which of the following is NOT included in the reasons for more injuries?A. More dangerous activities.B. Less specially trained teachers.C. Less supervision.D. More unhealthy food.61. Which of the following activities has caused more injuries?A. Rock climbing.B. Skateboarding.C. Soccer.D. Swimming.62. According to the researchers, the injury problem could be less serious if ______.A. a P.E. class had fewer studentsB. schools reduced the P.E. classesC. schools reduced the outdoor activitiesD. personal contacts were avoidedPassage ThreeThe human body contains enormous quantities of energy. In fact, the average adult has as much energy stored in fat as a one-ton battery. That energy fuels our everyday activities, but what if those actions could in turn run the electronic devices we rely on? Today,innovators around the world are banking on our potential to do just that.Movement produces kinetic energy (动能), which can be converted into power. In the past, devices that turned human kinetic energy into electricity, such as hand-cranked radios, computers and flashlights, involved a person's full participation. But a growing field istapping into our energy without our even noticing it.Consider, for example, a health club. With every step you take on a treadmill and with every muscle curl, you turn surplus calories into motion that could drive a generator and produce electricity. The energy from one person's workout may not be much, but 100 peoplecould contribute significantly to a facility's power needs.That's the idea behind the Green Microgym in Portland, Oregon, where machines like stationary bikes harvest energy during workouts. Pedaling turns a generator, producing electricity that helps to power the building. For now, body energy supplies only a small fraction of the gym's needs, but the amount should increase as more machines are adapted. "By being extremely energy-efficient and combining human power, solar and someday wind, I believe we'll be able to be net-zero for electricity sometime this year," says the gym's owner, Adam Boesel. His bikes, by the way, aren't the first to put pedal power to work. In some parts of the world, cyclists have been powering safety lights for years with devices called bicycle dynamos, which use a generator to create alternating current with every turn of the wheels. Dance clubs are also getting in on the action. In the Netherlands, Rotterdam's new Club WATT has a floor that harnesses the energy created by the dancers' steps. For now, it's just enough to power LED lights in the floor, but in the future, more output is expected from newer technology.63. Using human body energy as power supplies ______.A. requires us to be strongB. is a great new ideaC. proves to be difficultD. is increasingly popular64. Paragraph 3 mainly describes ______.A. the contribution of body energy to power needsB. the theory behind the use of body energyC. the different ways of putting body energy to workD. the latest device turning body energy into power65. It can be learned that the Green Microgym ______.A. is using human, solar and wind power to produce electricityB. is the first to use bikes to harvest human body energyC. will be able to satisfy its power needs by using green energyD. will introduce the technology to other parts of the world66. Adam Boesel would describe the body energy use in his gym as______.A. surprisingly advancedB. far from satisfactoryC. considerably helpfulD. truly irreplaceable67. What is the author's most likely comment on the application of body energy?A. It is unrealistic at present.B. It has a promising future.C. Its effect is still unknown.D. It depends on the energy cost.68. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Regular physical exercise can produce additional benefits.B. The human body can be the source of alternative energy.C. Innovations using body energy may solve the energy problem.D. We are working hard to bring the human potential into full play. Passage FourSevere climate change was the main driver behind the birth of civilisation, a scientist said yesterday. An increase in harsh, arid conditions across the globe around 5,000 years ago forced people to start living in stable communities around remaining water sources. "We can certainly say that the earliest civilisations arose on the backdrop of increasing dryness, which are driven by natural, global-scale changes in climate," said Nick Brooks of the University of East Anglia. "The cultural transitions track changes in environmental conditions quite closely."Dr. Brooks said his research turned traditional ideas of how the world's first civilisations started--such as those in Egypt, China, the Indus Valley region and South America---on their head. Many anthropologists think that civilisation was spread gradually among populations after it began in some part of the world. 'A current popular theory is that the world's first civilisation developed because it could; the environment was relatively friendly," said Dr. Brooks. "This is based on the argument of the last 10,000 years being climatically very stable and quite conducive to flourishing of agriculture and large, urban civilisations."But Dr. Brooks argued that civilisation arose instead from environmental calamities. His work is focused on the Sahara region, where he says the cultural history shows that, around 5～10,000 years ago, the humid areas there abruptly changed into the Sahara desert we see today. The Garamantian tribe, which lived in what is now south-west Libya more than 3,000 years ago, emerged when the land there dried out. After this period, we see the first stone structures, the beginnings of urbanisation, agriculture and the development of novel technologies to access ground water, such as wells," said Dr. Brooks."What we see here is the story of people responding to the environmental change with the drying up of the region. That leads to the emergence of the Garamantian state."He added that the stow was similar in the other cradles of civilisation around the world. Without the driving force of climate change, human societies might have evolved far more slowly, said Dr. Brooks. "Maybe we would have remained village farmers and herders, hunter-gatherers and so on," he said. "Perhaps you'd have a less population-dense kind of civilisation."69. According to Nick Brooks, ______.A. differences in civilizations are the result of differences in climate conditionsB. the emergence of civilizations is closely related to climate changeC. the development of civilizations has caused the world climate changeD. similar civilizations have appeared despite various climate conditions70. The phrase "turn... on their head" (Paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to ______.A. confirmB. extendC. challengeD. supplement71. The traditional theory argues that the rise of civilizations______.A. benefited from a stable and good environmentB. was meant to improve the living environmentC. had little to do with the environmentD. was the result of environmental change72. The Garamantian tribe is mentioned to show ______.A. the relations between human activities and the emergence of desertsB. the human creativity in fighting unfavorable environment conditionsC. the importance of water resources at the beginning of human civilizationsD. the effect of environmental changes on the development of human society73. According to Dr. Brooks, without significant climate change, human civilizations would now be more ______.A. diverseB. predictableC. aggressiveD. primitive74. The purpose of the passage is to ______.A. analyze how climate change affects civilization levelsB. question the link between climates and civilizationsC. introduce a latest study on the rise of civilizationsD. discuss how civilizations spread throughout the worldPassage FiveBefore the arrival of the internet, computer files were exchanged via storage media such as floppy disks (软盘) which were sent by post or delivered by foot, bike, car or train. After the appearance of the internet, a term was invented for such exchange of information: the sneakernet. Now that the internet is established, and our connections have become faster, the sneakernet sounds outmoded. Nevertheless, the opposite is true when larger files are considered. Because storage media evolve much faster than internet connections, it becomes ever more interesting to choose the route of physical transport over the internet.One of the routes is via carrier pigeon(信鸽). This may sound ridiculous (and it has been a popular joke for many years), but thanks to shrinking storage media, the speed and capacity of the pigeon internet promises to become quite amazing.A well trained contemporary carrier pigeon can maintain a speed of 50 kilometres an hour over a distance of 600 kilometres, and carry a weight of 1 gram. One gram does not seem to be much, but this weight can already contain quite some data. For instance, the Transcend Micro SD card weighing 1 gram has a capacity of 2 gigabytes. Compared to a fibre connection, the pigeon has to surrender quite fast. This internet connection only needs 2.6 minutes to send 2 gigabytes. A carrier pigeon only flies 2 kilometres far in that time.A carrier pigeon is thus faster than a fibre connection when the distance is shorter than 2 kilometres. A broadband connection needs 4 hours to send 2 gigabytes, while the pigeon can reach a distance of 200 kilometres in 4 hours. This means that sending 2 gigabytes of information from Amsterdam to Brussels goes faster by carrier pigeon than by a broadband connection. A dial-up connection needs 3.3 days to send 2 gigabytes, so in that case, the pigeon (flying 600 km per day) is faster than the internet up to a distance of about 2,000 kilometres.The bandwidth of a carrier pigeon increases faster than the bandwidth of the internet. Ten years in the future, a pigeon will be able to carry 2 terabytes (around 2,000 gigabytes). Our fibre connection will need 8.5 minutes for sending that amount of data. The carrier pigeon is then faster than a fibre connection if the distance is less than 7 kilometres-compared to 2 kilometres today.75. The term "sneakernet" is probably more related to ______.A. storing larger computer filesB. the fast speed of the internetC. sending digital data on the internetD. traditional ways of sharing digital files76. According to the author, sending digital data via carrier pigeon ______.A. is easier said than doneB. should be taken seriouslyC. has been debated for yearsD. can be dismissed as a joke77. For a distance of 500 km, the second fastest way of sending 2 gigabytes is by ______.A. dial-up connectionB. a carrier pigeonC. fibreD. broadband78. The author believes that in the future a carrier pigeon ______.A. can fly faster to exchange digital informationB. can better perform the task of sending digital dataC. will be widely used to exchange digital informationD. will become an outmoded means of sending digital data79. What is the author's tone in writing the passage?A. Ironic.B. Joking.C. Objective.D. Passionate.80. Which title is most appropriate for the passage?A. Carrier Pigeons versus the InternetB. Limitations of Carrier Pigeons and the InternetC. Hard Choice: Carrier Pigeons or the InternetD. Last Days of Carrier Pigeons in the Internet Age。

全国2010年1月高等教育自学考试综合英语(一)试题(总分100, 做题时间150分钟)课程代码：00794I．用适当语法形式或词汇填空。

从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，并将所选答案的字母写在答题纸相应的位置上。

(本大题共20小题，每小题1分，共20分)1.How many ______ are there in your neighborhood?SSS_SINGLE_SELA Jones'B JonesesC Jone'sD Jonese该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:B2.Where are my glasses? ______ on the desk over there.SSS_SINGLE_SELA They areB It isC There areD There is该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:A3.He is the ______ when he is reading a novel alone at home.SSS_SINGLE_SELA happyB more happyC happiestD most happy该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:C4.The teacher told the student to ______ his pronunciation.SSS_SINGLE_SELA take care ofB pay attention toC look afterD pay duty to该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:B5.In spite of what we said, he refused to ______ to the police station.SSS_SINGLE_SELA give awayB give offC give himselfD give himself up该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:D6.______ you ______ War and Peace before?SSS_SINGLE_SELA Had, readB Have, readC Are, readingD Have, been reading该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:B7.My mother wanted to know if I would mind ______ to look after myself.SSS_SINGLE_SELA leavingB to be leftC to leaveD being left该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:D8.Since this is the first time she has made such a mistake,, you ______ forgive her.SSS_SINGLE_SELA could as wellB can as wellC should as wellD might as well该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:D9.Sunday is a holiday ______ most people do not go to work.SSS_SINGLE_SELA whenB thatC whatD which该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:A10.It is unlikely ______ he will become a manager in two years.SSS_SINGLE_SELA whenB whichC thatD what该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:C11.It ______ be a good film but it turned out to be a disaster.SSS_SINGLE_SELA is suppose toB is supposed toC was suppose toD was supposed to该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:D12.The American Civil War ______ in 1861.SSS_SINGLE_SELA broke outB broke downC broke awayD broke into该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:A13.His eyesight is poor; he ______ wear glasses at least in class.SSS_SINGLE_SELA canB mustC mayD could该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:B14.The doctor said that the patient had ______ at once.SSS_SINGLE_SELA to operateB to be operatedC to operate onD to be operated on该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:D15.The pop star has not _____ yet and I doubt if she will appear.SSS_SINGLE_SELA turned onB turned offC turned upD turned out该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:C16.It was dark and late. I was only half way there. It was ______ to get there on time.SSS_SINGLE_SELA out of questionB possibleC out of the questionD important该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:C17.He had nothing ______ an apple for lunch in order to lose weight.SSS_SINGLE_SELA forB withC butD besides该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:C18.______ we've done what you want, there is no reason for you to complain any more.SSS_SINGLE_SELA Now thatB BecauseC In caseD For fear that该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:A19.He was deprived ______ the right to take care of his child.SSS_SINGLE_SELA fromB ofC awayD off该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:B20.______, the president went from one country to another.SSS_SINGLE_SELA Traveling by planeB To travel by planeC Having traveled by planeD To have traveled by plane该题您未回答:х该问题分值: 1答案:AII．阅读理解。

2010年1月SAT 考试真题ESSAYTime－25 minuteThe essay gives you an opportunity to show how effectively you can develop and express ideas. You should, therefore, take care to develop your point of view, present your ideas logically and clearly, and use language precisely.Your essay must be written on the lines provided on your answer sheet－you will receive no other paper on which to write. You will have enough space If you write on every line, avoid wide margins, and keep your handwriting to a reasonable size. Remember that people who are not familiar with your handwriting will read what your write. Try to write or print so that what you are writing is legible to those readers.Important Reminders:● A pencil is required for the essay. An essay written in ink will receive a score of zero.●Do not write your essay in your test book. You will receive credit only for what you write on your answer sheet.●An off-topic essay will receive a score of zero.You have twenty-five minutes to write an essay on the topic assigned below.ESSAYTime－25 minuteThe essay gives you an opportunity to show how effectively you can develop and express ideas. You should, therefore, take care to develop your point of view, present your ideas logically and clearly, and use language precisely.Your essay must be written on the lines provided on your answer sheet－you will receive no other paper on which to write. You will have enough space If you write on every line, avoid wide margins, and keep your handwriting to a reasonable size. Remember that people who are not familiar with your handwriting will read what your write. Try to write or print so that what you are writing is legible to those readers.Important Reminders:● A pencil is required for the essay. An essay written in ink will receive a score of zero.●Do not write your essay in your test book. You will receive credit only for what you write on your answer sheet.●An off-topic essay will receive a score of zero.You have twenty-five minutes to write an essay on the topic assigned below.ESSAYTime－25 minuteThe essay gives you an opportunity to show how effectively you can develop and express ideas. You should, therefore, take care to develop your point of view, present your ideas logically and clearly, and use language precisely.Your essay must be written on the lines provided on your answer sheet－you will receive no other paper on which to write. You will have enough space If you write on every line, avoid wide margins, and keep your handwriting to a reasonable size. Remember that people who are not familiar with your handwriting will read what your write. Try to write or print so that what you are writing is legible to those readers.Important Reminders:● A pencil is required for the essay. An essay written in ink will receive a score of zero.●Do not write your essay in your test book. You will receive credit only for what you write on your answer sheet.●An off-topic essay will receive a score of zero.You have twenty-five minutes to write an essay on the topic assigned below.ESSAYTime－25 minuteThe essay gives you an opportunity to show how effectively you can develop and express ideas. You should, therefore, take care to develop your point of view, present your ideas logically and clearly, and use language precisely.Your essay must be written on the lines provided on your answer sheet－you will receive no other paper on which to write. You will have enough space If you write on every line, avoid wide margins, and keep your handwriting to a reasonable size. Remember that people who are not familiar with your handwriting will read what your write. Try to write or print so that what you are writing is legible to those readers.Important Reminders:● A pencil is required for the essay. An essay written in ink will receive a score of zero.●Do not write your essay in your test book. You will receive credit only for what you write on your answer sheet.●An off-topic essay will receive a score of zero.You have twenty-five minutes to write an essay on the topic assigned below.SECTION 2Time －25 minutes24 Questions1.Deer overbrowsing has dramatically reduced plant ______ in many eastern United States forest: the few surviving plantspecies are those that regrow quickly or that deer find ______.(A)dominance…edible(B)longevity…nutritious(C)diversity…unpalatable(D)mortality…inaccessible(E)disease…toxic2.The teacher unabashedly used ______, flattering his students in an attempt to coax them to ______ research projectsfor extra credit.(A)subterfuge… suppress(B)coercion…accept(C)innuendo…synthesize(D)cajolery…undertake(E)chicanery…glorify3.No ______ the case exists: in reaching a decision, the court is bound to break new legal ground.(A)interest in(B)demand for(C)precedent for(D)authentication of(E)record of4.Her actions did nothing but good, but since she performed them out of self-interest, they could not be called ______.(A)altruistic(B)placatory(C)benign(D)fortuitous(E)punctilious5.Max Roach is regarded as a ______ of modern jazz drumming because he was one of the first artists to ______ themelodic rather than merely rhythmic, possibilities of his instrument.(A)pioneer…mimic(B)progenitor…exploit(C)devotee…jettison(D)chronicler…explore(E)forebear…repudiateQuestions 6-7 are based on the following passage.Passage 1Being funny has no place in the workplace and can easily wreak havoc on an otherwise blossoming career. Of course, laughter is necessary in life. But if you crack jokes and make snide remarks at work, you will eventually not be taken seriously by o t hers. You will be seen as someone who wastes time that could better be spent discussing a project or an issue. Additionally, many corporate-minded individuals do not have t he time to analyze comments with hidden meanings ― they will take what you say as absolute and as an accurate representation of your professionalism in the workplace.Passage 2Are we now compelled, as a culture, t o be comical, no matter the setting or the endeavor? And if so, what on earth gave rise t o this troubling idea? One possible culprit may be corporate America, where being funny is now seen as a valuable asset. Fortune 500 companies actually doleout big fees t o comedy consultants who offer humor seminars and improvisational workshops — all in t he name of improved productivity. But how exactly are funnier employees better for business? According to Tim Washer, a former improv performer who is now a communicationsexecutive at a large corporation, humor helps foster team building and, of course, “ thinking outside the box. ”6 ．passage 1( “Bui if …workplace “) serve primarily to(A) provide a creative solution to an ongoing problem(B) mock a particular way of behaving(C) outline the consequences of particular actions(D) suggest a more tolerant approach(E) criticize a common practice7 ．In Passage 2 , t he author’s attitude toward the value of “ comedy consultants” is bestdescribed as(A) fascination(B) approval(C) ambivalence(D) skepticism(E) hostility8 ．Tim Washer (Passage 2) would most likely respond to the author of Passage 1 by(A) arguing that humorous employees can help to create a more productive work environment(B) suggesting that corporate executives spend more time analyzing humorous comments(C) agreeing that humor can harm the careers of ambitious corporate employees(D) challenging the assertion that laughter is necessary in life(E) disagreeing that humor occurs regularly in t he workplace9 ．Both authors would agree with which of the following statements?(A) Workplace culture has gradually changed over time.(B) Consultants can help employees learn how to succeed professionally.(C) Humorous employees are usually popular.(D) Humor is not appropriate in all situations.(E) Humor is not valued by corporate executives.Question 10-15 are based based on the following wing passage.The following is adapted from a 1992 autobiography by an African American writer traveling to Africa for the first time.I walk through the center of Tunis and I look into the eyes of the strangers I pass. The face of Africa here has Arab eyes. All the eyes are brown, a deep rich and dark brown, eyes that speak to me but in a language I do not understand. Every woman sneaks a glance; every man stares. I am more than stranger, I am also strange.I am tall and I am very dark. I have not shaved my beard and there is not another beard in this city. I wear clothes that set me apart and attract attention: a bright red T-shirt with long sleeves, baggy pants held up by blue suspenders, hiking boots that are heavy and durable. From a belt loop on my trousers hangs a watch I refuse to wear. My clothes are not African clothes.By journey ’ s end. I will not be the man I am today. Africa will have changed me in ways I cannot predict, perhaps in ways profound, perhaps only superficial. Perhaps I will lose a few pounds, perhaps the arrogance in my walk. Perhaps my walk, even my way of looking at things, will be a little more African. But for now, I am different, I am not one of these Africans. Not yet , and may not ever be. The color of my skin says that I could be Algerian or Senegalese or from Chad. But the Tunisian eyes that watch me can see that I at least am not from Tunisia. They know I am not one of them, but they do not know where I come from.The whole of Africa lies before me and I have no plan, no itinerary. It might be better if I were searching for somethree-legged zebra, for at least I would know when I found it . Without a plan, without a goal, a traveler is at the mercy of the road. Traveling overland is not tike t raveling on a river. The river has a beginning. It has an end. The path, though not straight, is defined. Not so traveling overland. The prospects, like t he possibilities and promises of life, are endless and varied and varied and arbitrary. An old man asks , “Where in Tunisia do you want to go? ”I have no idea. It isn’t always the getting there that is important. Sometimes it’s just the going.“Go t o Sous se. ” he tells me. “ Go to Sfax. ”I have been feeling my way through town , searching the brown eyes of Arabs for some sign of recognition. Somewhere on this continent there is a man who looks like me. When I find him, our hearts will shake hands.10 ．The primary purpose o f t he passage is t o(A) relate a traveler ’ s experience of feeling foreign(B) illustrate certain aspects of Tunisian culture(C) contrast two different cultures(D) describe a mysterious set of circumstances(E) argue that traveling alone is ultimately unrewarding11 ．The statement in paragraph 1 ( “I am more …s t range ”) primarily refers to the(A) author ’s inability to understand the local language(B) difference between the author ’s appearance and that of native Tunisi ans(C) changes t ha t Africa will make in the author ’s behavior(D) aimlessness of the author ’s itinerary(E) author ’s search for someone from his own country12 ．Word repetition is used in paragraph 3 primarily to(A) stress the likelihood of an encounter(B) create a sense of continuous confusion(C) demonstrate a breadth of knowledge(D) emphasize the uncertainty of an outcome(E) illustrate a decision-making process13 ．In paragraph 3 (“ By …different” ), the author implies that , compared to himself. Africans typically(A) are less conscious of people ’s nationalities(B) travel with less advance planning(C) walk more modestly(D) dress more colorfully(E) speak more effusively14 ．As presented in paragraph 4, the most significant difference b etween traveling on a river and traveling overland is that(A) rivers follow an unambiguous path(B) rivers offer a faster means of traveling(C) river travel requires careful planning(D) overland travel requires no special equipment(E) overland travel can occur in a straight line15 ．The old man’s question in paragraph 5 primarily serves t o(A) dramatize the Tunisians ’ interest in the author(B) emphasize the Tunisians’ pride in, and knowledge of , their culture(C) allow t he author to further emphasize his lack of a clear destination(D) enable the author to express a judgment about t he character of Tunisians(E) highlight the author ’s ability to converse with people from different culturesQuestions 16-24 are based on the following passage.This passage is adapted from a 1983 book based on interviews with women in the sciences.Laboratory research is at the heart of scientific life; scientists ’ real work consist s of testing out ideas that come to them as they ponder the mysteries of the world around them. A natural biologist walks through a city park or across a suburban lawn and is half-consciously wondering: Why two leaves instead of three? Why pink flowers instead of white? Such rumination goes on without end in a scientist ’ s mind, a continuous accompanim ent to the rhyt hm of daily life. Whatever a scientist is doing ― reading, cookin g, talking, playing ― science t houghts are always there at the edge of the mind. They are the way the world is taken in; all that is seen is filtered through an ever present scientific musing.How a would-be scientist decides on a discipline, settles on a problem , and goes t o work is often as much a mailer of chance as it is of temperament . One can as easily become a chemist or a neuroanatomist because of where one went to school or whose influence one happened to come under as because of a compelling early response to the logic of chemistry or the beauty of the human nervous system. No matter. Once the discipline is established, the problem chosen, and the scientist immersed in the work, he or she becomes as persuaded as need be of the centrality and urgency of the particular work being done. Such adaptive myopia is necessary in science because the grinding, repetitive minuteness of daily laboratory work is so time- consuming (for weeks, months, even years at a time) t hat , often, even to remember the original impetus for the work is a psychological trick of the highest order. To stimulate the memory back into existence with fair regularity, one must believe in the fundamental importance of what oneis doing. Those who do are the most energetic, vital, exciting, and excited of scientists.Carol Steiner, a geneticist, comes up with a fine metaphor for how to make a working proposition of scientific mystery. “ Imagine, ” she says, “ that you h ave a jigsaw puzzle with no picture printed on it. All you have are pieces you have n’t a clue how to make sense of. The pieces are your separate scient ific observations. Here’s an example of how you might try to get a handle on the puzzle:“ We have a microorganism with a secretory structure on one a end . We know this structure is always on the same place in the cell and t hat the position o f this structure is inherited. The question we want to answer is, how can inherited information be translated into positional information ? Why in that one place and no place else? Is the genetic code involved, and if so, how? The answer will tell us how the genes work in concert with the rest of the cell to put things where they belong.“In order to gather pieces of the jigsaw puzzle (that is, pieces of information), we poke at the cell. We change it a little … .A specific mutation that altered the membranestructure of the cell was found t o turn off the synthesis of the secretory structure. This was a piece of the jigsaw puzzle . But ju st one piece. Because we hadn’t a clue as to how this had happened or could happen. ” Steiner indicates that there will be many further questions that willsuggest experiments whose results may allow us to print pictures on the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle: “ Not put the puzzle together, mind you. But help us think about what the picture will ultimately look like. ”The realized picture on Carol Steiner ’ s jigsaw puzzle is the map of gene expression laid out clearly with all roads, pathways, connecting signal points, and railway junctions marked so that any tourist can find his or her way in t his beautiful country , which is confusing only when one iswandering about in i gnorance ― as we all are now ― with a highly incomplete map.16 ．The primary purpose of the passage is t o convey information about the(A) occupational hazards encountered by laboratory workers(B) problem-solving skills taught by chemists and neuroanatomists(C) puzzling nature of everyday phenomena(D) professional collaboration necessary for geneticists(E) thought processes distinctive to research scientists17 ．I n line 1, the author characterizes “Laboratory research ”as something that is(A) fundamental (B) ambitious (C) challenging(D) time-consuming (E) well regarded18 ．The author indicates that the process of “rumination ”(line 4) is(A) subjective (B) vexatious (C) incessant (D) innovative (E) futile19 ．In paragraph 2, “No matter ”dismisses as irrelevant the means by which(A) science students learn research skills(B) scientists choose research specialties(C) laboratory reports explain methodologies(D) scientific knowledge is perceived by the public(E) researchers make use of laboratory workers20 ．In paragraph 2, “t rick ”most nearly means(A) ruse (B) feat (C) prank (D) illusion (E) peculiarity21. The “ memory ” referred to in paragraph 2 is that of the(A) initial fascination with a scientific goal(B) steps required to establish scientific truth(C) data collection process used in the experiment(D) day-to-day repetitiveness of the work(E) relevant training in the academic field22 ．In paragraph 2 ( “Those …scientists” ) , the author’s feeling toward certain scientists is best described as one of(A) astonishment (B) appreciation (C) perplexity (D) envy (E) reproach23 ．The passage implies that the discovery of the “specific mutation” (paragraph 5) was most significant for(A) demonstrating the random nature of scientific breakthroughs(B) proving that multiple factors affect microorganisms(C) providing a clue to the solution of a research question(D) justifying the expense of a major research project(E) revealing a flaw in a scientific methodology24 ．Which best de scribes the function of Steiner’s account of her research in the overalldevelopment of the passage?(A) A digression from t he author ’ s central argument(B) A refutation o f criticisms raised earlier in the passage(C) A recapitulation of points made in the opening paragraph(D) An observation that challenges previous assertions(E) An example that expands upon preceding generalizationsSECTION 4Time －25 minutes25 Questions1 ．Since codfish are ------- part of the marine ecosystem, their ------- would adversely affect theanimals who depend on them as a source of food.(A) a negligible .. migration(B) a vital .. existence(C) a compatible .. proximity(D) an integral .. extinction(E) an inexplicable .. eradication2 ．The gifted child-poet Minou Drouet, hailed in the 1950s as an artistic ------- , now lives in relative------- , enjoying a privacy unavailable to her as a child.( A) paragon . . opulence( B ) dilettante .. oblivion(C) prodigy . . anonymity( D ) guru .. passivity( E ) charlatan . . seclusion3 ．The legislator is known on Capitol Hill for his oratorical spontaneity, his ability to deliver --- ---- speech.(A) an enigmatic (B) an abrasive (C) an impromptu (D) a meticulous (E) a lackluster4 ．Ms. Núñez was -------, remaining assured and self-controlled even in the most volatile ofsituations.(A) ungainly (B) autocratic (C) unflappable (D) egotistical (E) demonstrative5 ．The delegates’ behavior at t he convention was utterly disgraceful and fully deserving of the ---- --- it provoked.(A) rancor (B) lethargy (C) commiseration (D) forbearance ( E) compunction6 ．Gwen’s ambitious desert hike was impeded by the heat that sapped her strength and resolve, leaving her ----- -- and -------- .(A) disoriented . . unerring(B) dexterous . . circumspect(C) dehydrated .. dissolute(D) feverish .. resilient(E) debilitated .. disheartened7 ．Because of t heir spare, while appearance, ancient Greek statues in modern museums are often considered ------- ; yet newly unearthed antiquities showing traces of bright pigment are not so - -----(A) plain .. ornate(B) elaborate .. spartan(C) ostentatious .. vivid(D) austere .. unadorned(E) commonplace .. unattainabletight . ”(A) a distaste .. aphorisms(B) a knack . . epistles(C) a penchant .. locutions(D) a yen .. paradigms(E) an antipathy .. euphemismsQuestions 9-10 are based on the following passage.From the earliest times, the complications inherent in deciphering the movements of planets in the night sky must have seemed a curse to baffled astronomers. In the long run, though, they proved a blessing to the development of cosmology, the study of the physical universe. Had the celestial motions been simple, it might have been possible to explain them solely in terms of the simple, poetic tales that had characterized the early cosmologies. Instead,these motions proved to be so intricate and subtle that astronomers could not predict them accurately without eventually coming to terms with t he physical reality of how and where the Sun, Moon, and planets actually move in real, three-dimensional space.9 ．The primary purpose of the passage is to(A) emphasize the importance of myth in ancient civilizations(B) explain how an astronomical problem affected the development of a physical science(C) predict the motions of planets outside of our solar system(D) challenge the major achievements of some ancient astronomers(E) compare celestial movements in different time periods10 ．The passage indicates that ancient astronomers were “baffled “ (line 2) because(A) their observations disproved the poetic tales of early cosmologies(B) they lacked the mathematical sophistication needed to calculate astronomical distances(C) they did not properly distinguish between astronomy and cosmology(D) their theories of planetary movements were more complicated than the movements themselves(E) they could not reliably predict observable celestial phenomenaQuestions 11-12 are based on the following passage.Most advertising researchers who work f o r and advise businesses assume that consistent , lo n g- term advertising campaigns are an effective way to project a solid, enduring image and to maintain an ongoing relationship between consumers and the company’s products; however, there is little published research on the effectiveness of such a strategy. This is partly because most advertising studies, in an a ttempt to control for “ background knowledge, ” focus on new ads or fictitious brands . Also , while the proverbial wisdom may be to use a consistent long-term campaign, businesses rarely do so. More commonplace is the switching of campaigns to gain consumers ’ interest.11 ．The author indicates that the assumption described ( “that …products ”) is(A) unsubstantiated (B) self-defeating (C) self-serving(D) trendy (E) reckless12 ．The passage implies that advertisers frequently attempt t o “gain consumers ’interest ”by using(A) flattery (B) novelty (C) persistence (D) shock (E) humorQuestions 13-25 are based on the following passage.This passage, adapted from a novel, is set during the 1950s. A boy and his father are drivingto New York City, where the father, Earl, hopes to begin a career as a musician.Earl ’ s aim was t o take two-lane highways all the way from Chicago t o New York. “ This way. ” he explain ed, as we moved out into the hot July dawn, “ we’ll actually see where we ’ re going. I hate those turnpikes, Virgil. They ’ re inhuman an d, just you wait, one day they’ll t ake over the whole country. Everything will be concrete. ” There were other, less sentimental reasons for taking the back roads: no tolls to pay, cheaper gasoline stations, and a chance to price shop when we were hungry.He had me laughing from the moment we left town. I ’ d never seen him in better spirits. He did imitations all across Indiana. In Ohio, our road sometimes moved right alongside the turnpike and we could see the new cars, with their outlandish fins, passing us as regularly as cards being dealt off the top of an endless deck. Earl urged the Pontiac on with whoops and slaps at the steering wheel, like a cowbo y racing his horse against a train. He made remarks to the waitresses in the little restaurants we ’ d s top in every three hours, coolly demanding boiling water for his imported lea bags and then lavishly complimenting their culinary skills. He even let me listen to the car radio and seemed t o develop a taste for Elvis Presley singing “ Won ’ t You Wear My Ring Around Your Neck. ” We were like convicts escaping; every mile crossed testified to our incredible good fortune, our giddy peril.Earl wanted to make it across the country in one sprint, without wasting money on a motel. He asked me to keep an eye out for hitchhikers, so we might have someone to share the driving. My father had , however, exacting tastes in hitchhikers and though we passed perhaps a half dozen. I had no luck in finding someone who me t Earl’s standards.“No, I won ’ t ride with servicemen, ” said my casually seditious father, as he slowed down and peered at a young soldier and then resumed his full cruising speed, while I, patriotically offended, watched the stunned defender of my freedoms kicking a t his duffle bag and getting smaller and smaller as planet Pontiac continued its fuming orbit. We passed teenagers, we passed old men , we passed a man in a suit who held a gas can , and each time Earl had a different excuse for no t stopping.Finally , I felt the sullen rage o f one whose suggestions have been systematically rejected and I exploded, “ Why don ’ t y ou ever slop? It ’ s not fair t o look a t people and then no t stop! ”Earl looked at my face. “ I don ’ t know, Virgil, ” he said. “ I think the reason is that I don’t want anyone in the car. W e never have any time alone and I like it with just the two of us. ”“But you’re getting so tired. ” It was no use, though. My reply was a weak reflex and i t could not control the surprise I felt a t his unexpected tenderness nor could it conceal the t ears in my eyes. He wanted us to be alone! How wonderful, yet how disturbing, and how unprepared I was to hear it.We pulled in for the night some twelve hours after leaving Chicago and checked into a nameless motel. We stayed in a cabin t hat smelled like a brand new shoe. It had two double beds, soft as éclairs, pink walls, sanitized glasses, and a TV that received but one channel and even that rather ectoplasmically. It was in this mold that my father and I spent one of the best nigh t s of our lives. He watched television with me for a while and then he cadged a deck of cards from the motel manager and did card t ricks for me ― a talent I had no idea he possessed. Then my father and I played casino and were so entertained and comforted by t he game that we took the deckwith us when we drove for a late night snack of ham and eggs. The sky was riddled with stars and before we went to bed we turned out all the lights in our room and looked out the window. I thought about my mother because I always imagined her beneath a sky bright and thick with stars. planets, comets, and moons. Earl had a soft, distant expression on his face and I was certain his thoughts moved in the same direction as mine, and for t ha t moment our loss combined with our blood, and he was my friend. We whispered to each other in bed , like boys who fear t hey might be overheard. He told m e what he remembered of New York, a city which, in his mind, held hope itself in its huge electron ic fist. I don ’ t remember wha t I said, but I was sure he was listening, and certain that , perhaps for the very first time, I truly interested him.。

2010英语一真题(后附答案详解)阅读理解Passage 1文章摘要：本文讨论了生育与工作的平衡问题，认为传统的观念使得女性难以在事业与家庭之间取得平衡。

作者提出了一些建议，以促进女性在职场与家庭中取得更好的平衡。

文章主要观点：1.传统观念对女性造成了困扰，不利于她们在事业与家庭之间取得平衡。

2.需要改变传统观念，鼓励女性在职场中追求成功，并提供更好的支持与资源。

3.女性在事业与家庭之间取得平衡对整个社会都有益处。

解题思路：本文主要讲述了生育与工作的平衡问题，作者观点明确，文章结构清晰，很容易找到答案。

答案详解：1.According to the author, a successful career womanis usually one who ______.因为前半部分提到了“What does it take for a woman to become successful in business? Talent, stamina, and theability to work long hours…” 后半部分又提到了“My ownresearch, on the other hand, suggests that becoming asuccessful business woman usually requires a largemeasure of luck.” 可知，作者认为一个成功的职业女性通常需要的是运气而不是实力。

答案：D. has more than a fair share of luck.2.It can be inferred from the passage that ______.根据文章最后一句可以判断出以上观点都是错误的。

答案：A. none of the traditional views on balancing work and family is correct.3.What is preventing women from striking a balancebetween family and work, according to some researchers?根据文章最后一段的描述可以得知，很多研究者认为传统的观念对女性造成了困扰，防碍了她们在事业和家庭之间取得平衡。

2010年01月30日雅思阅读考题回顾考试日期2010-1-30Passage 1Title:Liar DetectorQuestiontypes：Yes/No/Not Given; Matching大致内容文章的大致内容是说人们说谎的时候会有一些特别的反映，如出汗，紧张，面部表情变化等，测谎仪是如何侦测的，然后具体说了人在说谎的时候面部表情的变化，如眉毛发生变化，额头上的lines（皱纹的意思）等，这些对应的人的情绪有悲伤（sadness），高兴（happiness）和生气（angr y），这是一个matching题。

Sample：问是不是所有动物都自保——yes 人类是不是会处于保护自己的目的撒谎——yes 作为一个好的liar，必须学会观察对方情绪——yesPassage 2Title:Handedness Questi on typ es：Matching People with Opinion; True/False/Not Given: Locating Inf ormation in the Paragraph大致内容第二篇讲的是关于人的right handedness and left handedness，文章的意思就是讲左撇子和右撇子，如左撇子的形成，左撇子人的特点，以及左撇子和右撇子反应的大脑工作的区域，左撇子的人和右撇子人的语言特点等。

段落matching，5个题，有四个是对应ABCD四段，各种职业的对应G 段Passage 3Title:Dune ResearchQuestiontypes：Paragraph Heading; Multiple Choice; Summary大致内容第三篇是关于流沙的研究（dune）。

先讲沙化现在多严重，再将沙化分类，接着才进入正题。

其中很小比例的是流沙的的现象。

后面的文章主要是关于这种沙地会发一种低频声音的研究科学家找到了一些线索，并且仿制出了类似的声音。

2010 年全国攻读工商管理硕士学位研究生入学考试英语试卷考生需知1. 选择题的答案须用 2B 铅笔填涂在答题卡上，其他笔填涂的或做在试卷或其他类型答题卡上的答案无效。

2. 其他题一律用蓝色或黑色钢笔或圆珠笔在答题纸上按规定要求作答，凡做在试卷上或未做在指定位置的答案无效。

3. 交卷时，请配合监考人员验收，并请监考人员在准考证相应位置签字（作为考生交卷的凭据）。

否则，所产生的一切后果由考生自负。

Directions:Read the following text.Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and markA,B,C,D on answer sheet1(10points)The outbreak of swine flu that was first detected in Mexico was declared a global epidemic on June 11, 2009. It is the first worldwide epidemic ___1___ by the Word Health Organization in 41 years.The heightened alert ____2___ an emergency meeting with flu experts in Geneva that assembled after a sharp rise in cases in Australia, and rising _____3___ in Britain, Japan, Chile and elsewhere.But the epidemic is” ____4____” in severity, according to Margaret Chan, the organization‟s director general, ____5___ the overwhelming majority of patients experiencing only mild symptoms and a full recovery, often in the ____6___ of any medical treatment.The outbreak came to global ____7____ in late April 2009, when Mexican authorities noted an unusually large number of hospitalizations and deaths ___8_____ healthy adults. As much of Mexico City shut down at the height of a panic, cases began to ____9____ in New York City, the southwestern United States and around the world.In the United States, new cases seemed to fade ____10____ warmer weather arrived. But in late September 2009,officials reported there was___11__ flu activity in almost every state and that virtually all the ____12____ tested are the new swine flu, also known as(A)H1N1,not seasonal flu. In the U.S, it has____13____more than one million people,and caused more than 600 deaths and more than 6,000 hospitalizations.Federal health officials ____14___ Tamiflu for children from the national stockpile and began ___15___ orders from the states for the new swine flu vaccine. The new vaccine, which is different from the annual flu vaccine, is ____16___ ahead of expectations. More than three million doses were to be made available in early October 2009, though most of those ___17__ dose were of the FluMist nasal spray type, which is not ____18 ___ for pregnant women, people over 50 or those with breathing difficulties, heart disease or several other ___19__. But it was still possible to vaccinate people in other high-risk group，health care workers, people ___20____infants and healthy young people.1. [A]criticized [B]appointed [C]commented [D]designated2. [A]proceeded [B]activated [C]followed [D]prompted3. [A]digits [B]numbers [C]amounts [D]sums4. [A]moderate [B]normal [C]unusual [D]extreme5. [A]with [B]in [C]from [D]by6. [A]progress [B]absence [C]presence [D]favor7. [A]reality [B]phenomenon [C]concept [D]notice8. [A]over [B]for [C]among [D]to9. [A]stay up [B]crop up [C]fill up [D]cover up10. [A]as [B]if [C]unless [D]until11. [A]excessive [B]enormous [C]significant [D]magnificent12. [A]categories [B]examples [C]patterns [D]samples13. [A]imparted [B]immersed [C]injected [D]infected14. [A]released [B]relayed [C]relieved [D]remained15. [A]placing [B]delivering [C]taking [D]giving16. [A]feasible [B]available [C]reliable [D]applicable17. [A]prevalent [B]principal [C]innovative [D]initial18. [A]presented [B]restricted [C]recommended [D]introduced19. [A]problems [B]issues [C]agonies [D]sufferings20. [A]involved in [B]caring for [C]concerned with [D]warding offSection ⅡReading comprehensionPart ADirections:Read the following four passages. Answer the questions below each passage by choosing A, B, C and D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.(40 points)Text1The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56 works by Damien Hirst, “Beautiful Inside My Head Forever”, at Sotheby‟s in London on September 15th 2008 (see picture). All but two pieces sold, fetching mo re than ā70m, a record for a sale by a single artist. It was a last hurrah. As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street, Lehman Brothers, filed for bankruptcy.The world art market had already been losing momentum for a while after rising vertiginously since 2003. At its peak in 2007 it was worth some $65 billion, reckons Clare McAndrew, founder of Arts Economics, a research firm—double the figure five years earlier. Since then it may have come down to $50 billion. But the market generates interest far beyond its size because it brings together great wealth, enormous egos, greed, passion and controversy in a way matched by few other industries.In the weeks and months that followed Mr Hirst‟s sale,spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable, especially in New York, where the bail-out of the banks coincided with the loss of thousands of jobs and the financial demise of many art-buying investors. In the art world that meant collectors stayed away from galleries and salerooms. Sales of contemporary art fell by two-thirds, and in the most overheated sector—for Chinese contemporary art—they were down by nearly 90% in the year to November 2008. Within weeks the world‟s two biggest auction houses, Sot heby‟s and Christie‟s, had to pay out nearly $200m in guarantees to clients who had placed works for sale with them.The current downturn in the art market is the worst since the Japanese stopped buying Impressionists at the end of 1989, a move that started the most serious contraction in the market since the second world war. This time experts reckon that prices are about 40% down on their peak on average, though some have been far more volatile. But Edward Dolman, Christie‟s chief executive, says: “I‟m pretty confident we‟re at the bottom.”What makes this slump different from the last, he says, is that there are still buyers in the market, whereas in the early 1990s, when interest rates were high, there was no demand even though many col lectors wanted to sell. Christie‟s revenues in the first half of 2009 were still higher than in the first half of 2006. Almost everyone who was interviewed forthis special report said that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell. The three Ds—death, debt and divorce—still deliver works of art to the market. But anyone who does not have to sell is keeping away, waiting for confidence to return.21.In the first paragraph,Damien Hirst's sale was refer red to as “a last victory”because ____-.A.the art market hadwitnessed a succession of victoryiesB.the auctioneer finally got the two pieces at the highest bidsC.Beautiful Inside My Head Forever won over all masterpiecesD.it was successfully made just before the world financial crisis22.By saying “spending of any sort became deeply unfashionable”(Line 1-2,Para.3),the author suggests that_____ .A . collectors were no longer actively involved in art-market auctionsB .people stopped every kind of spending and stayed away from galleriesC.art collection as a fashion had lost its appeal to a great extentD .works of art in general had gone out of fashion so they were not worth buying23.Which of the following statements is NOT ture?A .Sales of contemporary art fell dramatically from 2007to 2008.B.The art market surpassed many other industries in momentum.C.The market generally went downward in various ways.D.Some art dealers were awaiting better chances to come.24.The three Ds mentioned in the last paragraph are ____A.auction houses ' favoritesB.contemporary trendsC.factors promoting artwork circulationD.styles representing impressionists25.The most appropriate title for this text could be ___A.Fluctuation of Art PricesB.Up-to-date Art AuctionsC.Art Market in DeclineD.Shifted Interest in ArtsText2I was addressing a small gathering in a suburban Virginia living room -- a women's group that had invited men to join them. Throughout the evening one man had been particularly talkative frequently offering ideas and anecdotes while his wife sat silently beside him on the couch. Toward the end of the evening I commented that women frequently complain that their husbands don't talk to them. This man quickly concurred. He gestured toward his wife and said "She's the talker in our family." The room burst into laughter; the man looked puzzled and hurt. "It's true" he explained. "When I come home from work I have nothing to say. If she didn't keep the conversation going we'd spend the whole evening in silence."This episode crystallizes the irony that although American men tend to talk more than women in public situations they often talk less at home. And this pattern is wreaking havoc with marriage.The pattern was observed by political scientist Andrew Hacker in the late '70s. Sociologist Catherine Kohler Riessman reports in her new book "Divorce Talk" that most of the women she interviewed -- but only a few of the men -- gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces. Given the current divorce rate of nearly 50 percent that amounts to millions of cases in the United States every year -- a virtual epidemic of failed conversation.In my own research complaints from women about their husbands most often focused not on tangible inequities such as having given up the chance for a career to accompany a husband to his or doing far more than their share of daily life-support work like cleaning cooking social arrangements and errands. Instead they focused on communication: "He doesn't listen to me" "He doesn't talk to me." I found as Hacker observed years before that most wives want their husbands to be first and foremost conversational partners but few husbands share this expectation of their wives.In short the image that best represents the current crisis is the stereotypical cartoon scene of a man sitting at the breakfast table with a newspaper held up in front of his face while a woman glares at the back of it wanting to talk.26.What is most wives' main expectation of their husbands?A.Talking to them.B.Trusting them.C.Supporting their careers.D. Shsring housework.27.Judging from the context ,the phrase “wreaking havoc”(Line 3,Para.2)most probably means ___ .A generating motivation.B.exerting influenceC.causing damageDcreating pressure28.All of the following are true EXCEPT_______A.men tend to talk more in public tan womenB.nearly 50percent of recent divorces are caused by failed conversationC.women attach much importance to communication between couplesDa female tends to be more talkative at home than her spouse29.Which of the following can best summarize the mian idea of this text ?A.The moral decaying deserves more research by sociologists .B.Marriage break_up stems from sex inequalities.C.Husband and wofe have different expectations from their marriage.D.Conversational patterns between man and wife are different.30.In the following part immediately after this text,the author will most probably focus on ______A.a vivid account of the new book Divorce TalkB.a detailed description of the stereotypical cartoonC.other possible reasons for a high divorce rate in the U.S.D a brief introduction to the political scientist Andrew HackerTxet3over the past decade, many companies had perfected the art of creating automatic behaviors —habits —among consumers. These habits have helped companies earn billions of dollars when customers eat snacks, apply lotions and wipe counters almost without thinking, often in response to a carefully designed set of daily cues.“There are fundam ental public health problems, like hand washing with soap, that remain killers only because we can‟t figure out how to change people‟s habits,” Dr. Curtis said. “We wanted to learn from private industry how to create new behaviors that happen automatically.”The companies that Dr. Curtis turned to —Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive and Unilever —had invested hundreds of millions of dollars finding the subtle cues in consumers‟ lives that corporations could use to introduce new routines.If you look hard enough, you‟ll find that many of the products we use every day — chewing gums, skin moisturizers, disinfecting wipes, air fresheners, water purifiers, health snacks, antiperspirants, colognes, teeth whiteners, fabric softeners, vitamins — are results of manufactured habits. A century ago, few people regularly brushed their teeth multiple times a day. Today, because of canny advertising and public health campaigns, many Americans habitually give their pearly whites a cavity-preventing scrub twice a day, often with Colgate, Crest or one of the other brands.A few decades ago, many people didn‟t drink water outside of a meal. Then beverage companies started bottling the production of far-off springs,and now office workers unthinkingly sip bottled water all day long. Chewing gum, once bought primarily by adolescent boys, is now featured in commercials as a breath freshener and teeth cleanser for use after a meal. Skin moisturizers are advertised as part of morning beauty rituals,slipped in between hair brushing and putting on makeup.“Our products succeed when they become part of daily or weekly patterns,” said Carol Berning, a consumer psychologist who recently retired from Procter & Gamble, the company that sold $76 billion of Tide, Crest and other products last year. “Creating positive habits is a huge part of improving our consumers‟ lives, and it‟s essential to making new products commercially viable.”Through experiments and observation, social scientists like Dr. Berning have learned that there is power in tying certain behaviors to habitual cues through relentless advertising. As this new science of habit has emerged, controversies have erupted when the tactics have been used to sell questionable beauty creams or unhealthy foods.31.According to Dr.Curtis,habits like hand washing with soap________.[A] should be further cultivated[B] should be changed gradually[C] are deepiy rooted in history[D] are basically private concerns32.Bottled water,chewing gun and skin moisturizers are mentioned in Paragraph 5 so as to____[A] reveal their impact on people‟habits[B] show the urgent need of daily necessities[C]indicate their effect on p eople‟buying power[D]manifest the significant role of good habits33.which of the following does NOT belong to products that help create people‟s habits?[A]Tide[B]Crest[C]Colgate[D]Unilver34.From the text wekonw that some of consumer‟s habits are developed due to _____[A]perfected art of products[B]automatic behavior creation[C]commercial promotions[D]scientific experiments35.the author‟sattitude toward the influence of advertisement on people‟s habits is____[A]indifferent[B]negative[C]positive[D]biasedText4Many Americans regard the jury system as a concrete expression of crucial democratic values, including the principles that all citizens who meet minimal qualifications of age and literacy are equally competent to serve on juries; that jurors should be selected randomly from a representative cross section of the community; that no citizen should be denied the right to serve on a jury on account of race, religion, sex, or national origin; that defendants are entitled to trial by their peers; and that verdicts should represent the conscience of the community and not just the letter of the law. The jury is also said to be the best surviving example of direct rather than representative democracy. In a direct democracy, citizens take turns governing themselves, rather than electing representatives to govern for them.But as recently as in 1986, jury selection procedures conflicted with these democratic ideals. In some states, for example, jury duty was limited to persons of supposedly superior intelligence, education, and moral character. Although the Supreme Court of the United States had prohibited intentional racial discrimination in jury selection as early as the 1880 case of strauder v. West Virginia,the practice of selecting so-called elite or blue-ribbon juries provided a convenient way around this and other antidiscrimination laws.The system also failed to regularly include women on juries until the mid-20th century. Although women first served on state juries in Utah in 1898,it was not until the 1940s that a majority of states made women eligible for jury duty. Even then several states automatically exempted women from jury duty unless they personlly asked to have their names included on the jury list. This practice was justified by the claim that women were needed at home, and it kept juries unrepresentative of women through the 1960s.In 1968, the Congress of the United States passed the Jury Selection and Service Act, ushering in a new era of democratic reforms for the jury.This law abolished special educational requirements for federal jurors and required them to be selected at random from a cross section of the entire community. In the landmark 1975 decision Taylor v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court extended the requirement that juries be representative of all parts of the community to the state level. The Taylor decision also declared sex discrimination in jury selection to be unconstitutional and ordered states to use the same procedures for selecting male and female jurors.36.From the principles of theUS jury system,welearn that ______[A]both litcrate and illiterate people can serve on juries[B]defendants are immune from trial by their peers[C]no age limit should be imposed for jury service[D]judgment should consider the opinion of the public37.The practice of selecting so—called elite jurors prior to 1968 showed_____[A]the inadcquavy of antidiscrimination laws[B]the prevalent discrimination against certain races[C]the conflicting ideals in jury selection procedures38.Even in the 1960s,women were seldom on the jury list in some states because_____[A]they were automatically banned by state laws[B]they fell far short of the required qualifications[C]they were supposed to perform domestic duties[D]they tended to evade public engagement39.After the Jury Selection and Service Act was passed.___[A]sex discrimination in jury selection was unconstitutional and had to be abolished[B]educational requirements became less rigid in the selection of federal jurors[C]jurors at the state level ought to be representative of the entire community[D]states ought to conform to the federal court in reforming the jury system40.in discussing the US jury system,the text centers on_______[A]its nature and problems[B]its characteristics and tradition[C]its problems and their solutions[D]its tradition and developmentSection ⅢTranslation46.Directions:In this section there is a text in English .Translate it into Chinese. Write your translation on ANSWER SHEET2 .(15points)“Suatainability” has become apopular word these days, but to Ted Ning, the concept will always have personal meaning. Having endured apainful period of unsustainability in his own life made itclear to him that sustainability-oriented values must be expressed though everyday action and choice.Ning recalls spending aconfusing year in the la te 1990s selling insurance. He‟d been though the dot-com boom and burst and,desperate for ajob,signed on with a Boulder agency.It didin‟t go well. “It was a really had move because that‟s not my passion,” says Ning, whose dilemma about the job tr anslated, predictably, into a lack of sales. “I was miserable, I had so much anxiety that I would wake up in the middle of the night and stare at the ceiling. I had no money and needed the job. Everyone said, …Just wait, you‟ll trun the corner, give it som e time.‟”翻译参考“坚持不懈”如今已成一个流行词汇，但对TedNing而言，这个概念一直有个人含义，经历了一段痛苦松懈的个人生活，使他清楚面向以坚持不懈为导向的价值观，必须贯彻到每天的行动和选择中。

2010年1月考研英语真题及答案（一）S ection I Use of EnglishDnecclious:Read the following text.Choose the bcsl word(s) for each numbcred blank.and mark[A]，[B]，[C]or[D]on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)In 1924 American' National Research Council sent to engineer to supervise监督a series of experiments at a telephone-parts factory called the Hawhtore Plant near Chicago It hoped 【they would learn how stop-floor Egnting __1__ workors productivity生产率Instea d（eg: I don’t like offee.Could I please have tea instead?）】他们想通过实验探究车间照明是如何影响工人的生产率的，the studies ended__2__ giving their name to the―Hawhthome effect‖the extremely非常inflentlcel ldea the veey__3__to bemg expenmented upon changed subjects’behavior The idea arose because of the__4__behavior of the women in the plato.Accordmg to __5__of the cxpetmems.their.houriy output rose when hghtmg was increased.but also when it was dimmed. It did not __6__what was done in the expenment. __7__sometmg was changed.produchnty rose A(n) __8__ that they were bemg experimented upon seemed to be __9__t0 alterworkers' bchamor __10__ uselfAfter several decades，the salile data were __11__to econometric the analysis Hawthorne experiments has another surprise store j2一the descnpuons on record，no systematic __13__was foundthat lcvcls of produchxnty wererelated to changes in lightingIt turns out that peculiar way of conducting the c~enments may be have let to __14__interpretation of what happed.__15__，tighring was always changed on a Sunday When work started again on Monday, output __16__ rose compared with the previous Saturday and __17__ to rise for the next couple of days __18__ , a comparison with data for weeks whenthere was no expenmentation showed that output always went up On Monday, workers __19__to be duigent for the first few days of the week in any case，before __21__a plateau and then slackening off This suggests that the alleged‖ Hawthorne effect―is hard to ptn down1.[A] affected 影响[B]achieved [C]exlracted提取。

2010年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（全国卷Ⅰ）第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置，听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题，每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What will Dorothy do on the weekend?A. Go out with her friend.B. Work on her paper.C. Make some plans.2. What was the normal price of the T-shirt?A. $15.B. $30.C. $50.3. What has the woman decided to do on Sunday afternoon?A. To attend a wedding.B. To visit an exhibition.C. To meet a friend.4. When does the bank close on Saturday?A. At 1:00 pm.B. At 3:00 pm.C. At 4:00 pm.5. Where are the speakers?A. In a store.B. In a classroom.C. At a hotel.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话和独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A B C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置，听每段对话和独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5分钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话和独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What do we know about Nora?A. She prefers a room of own.B. She likes to work with other girls.C. She lives near the city center.7. What is good about the flat?A. It has a large sitting room.B. It has good furniture.C. It has a big kitchen.听第七段材料，回答第8、9题。