简答题Iceland’s flag stands for features of the land. Red for the fire ofIceland’s volcanoes. White is for ice, blue is for the mountains. OnIndia’s flag, the blue wheel stands for peace and progress. The white stripe behind it is for truth. The black stripe on the flag ofMalawistands for the Negro people of that African land. The red stripe represents the blood they shed to free themselves from foreign rule. A、Colors and patterns on national flags of different countries are for different meanings. B、All national flags have symbolic meanings. C、Colors are important for national flags. D、Colors and stripes on national flags show the past history of a country.简答题The bow is the oldest projectile-throwing weapon man still uses, and for perhaps 30,000 years its form changed little: a bent stick and a string. When the English archer was the terror of Europe, his legendary longbow could send an arrow about 280 yards. The Turkish bow of the seventeenth century achieved 600 to 800 yards. Today? The world record, achieved in 1970 on a California salt flat in dead-calm air, is one mile, 101 yards, one foot, eight inches. A、The English archer inspried the modern bow. B、An ancient weapon, the bow has survived the test of time. C、California's low altitude is ideal for archery. D、Over the years, the bow has undergone a drastic change.简答题The technology exist today to operate automobiles on CNG and LPG which would meet the second objective. In fact, buses and trucks in many urban areas of Asia and Europe operate on CNG and LPG. Expansion of the use of clean-burning gaseous fuels (CNG, LPG and hydrogen) for private automobiles, however, has been slow. Among the obstacles to overcome are low-energy storage density (total miles driven per filling of fuel tank), poor economics (the low price of petroleum-based products have historically not provided much incentive for turning to these alternatives) and major engineering challenges in adapting the current internal combustion engine to these fuels. A、In fact, buses and trucks in many urban areas of Asia and Europe operate on CNG and LPG. B、It was slow to expand the use of clean-burning gaseous fuels. C、There are several obstacles to the expansion of the use of clean-burning fuels. D、CNG and LPG would meet the second objective.简答题"The very idea of retirement is a relatively new invention. For most of human history, people worked until they died or were too infirm to lift a finger (at which point they died pretty fast anyway). It was the German statesman Otto von Bismarck who first floated the concept, in 1883, when he proposed that his unemployed countrymen over the age of 65 be given a pension. This move was designed to fend off Marxist agitation—and to do so on the cheap, since few Germans survived to that ripe old age." A、In the past people always worked till they were disabled. B、 The idea of retirement is a new one. C、Why it was the german who invented the idea of retirement. D、The idea of retirement was a good invention.简答题The band’s early concert tours proved more popular than the subsequent ones. A、first B、later C、unexpected简答题Economists are used in this paragraph as A、the main idea B、major details C、minor details简答题First of all, though CAI has something superior to blackboard in the way of showing pictures, movies of something else, I think CAI lacks a way letting teachers and students communication. Studying is a progress and you should not just show a slide next to a slide instead of writing the way you think on the blackboard. In addition, students can have access to the PPT even though they do not listen to the class. CAI encourages students absence in the class in another way. Sometimes, some teacher just read after what PPT reads and it’s very boring. A、 CAI lacks a way letting teachers and students communication. B、CAI is superior to blackboard in some way in teaching. C、CAI makes the class boring to some degree. D、CAI sometimes leads to students' absence.简答题Test A Stereotyping consists of assigning traits to people solely on the basis of a category. Some researchers suggest that stereotyping has four clear phases. First, a person distinguishes some category of people, for example, economists. Second, the person notes that one or more of the people in this category have certain traits, for example, dullness. Third, the person generalizes that everyone in this category has these characteristics, for example , that all economists are dull. Finally, when meeting someone the person is not acquainted with but knows to be, for example, an economist, the person stereotypes this individual as dull. In general, the major supporting details of this paragraph are A、A. Characteristics given to people solely on the basis of their class or category. B、B. People who have studied stereotypes. C、C. Examples of stereotypes. D、D. The stages people go through when they stereotype.简答题Plants can be surprisingly destructive. Invading plants, ____, can relatively quickly turn an abandoned factory site into a field and then into woodland. Dense vegetation completely overwhelms abandoned cities, especially in tropical areas, and the cities can be lost for centuries. A、however B、furthermore C、for example D、moreover简答题Try the following experiment. Ask a friend to drop a large handful of loose papers in the middle of a busy sidewalk, pretending that it is an accident. Observe from afar how many people stop to help your friend pick up the papers. Then try the same thing a second time, using the same or a ____ location at a similarly busy hour. This time, however, you should help pick up the papers, all the while pretending to be a stranger. You will probably find that when you help, others are more likely to help, too A、other B、similar C、and D、final简答题I’m over 21 years of age. I am a citizen of theUnited States. I have not been convicted of felony. And I have not been treated or confined for drug addiction, drunkenness, or mental illness. According to the National Firearms Act of 1934, I thus qualify to purchase a fully automatic machine gun capable of firing hundreds of bullets with a single squeeze of the trigger. A、I'm qualified to purchase a gun. B、I'm a good citizen. C、Anyone under 21 can't legally own a gun. D、Drug addiction may disqualify one to own a gun.简答题Claustrophobia is the fear of being confined in small places.简答题First of all, though CAI has something superior to blackboard in the way of showing pictures, movies of something else, I think CAI lacks a way letting teachers and students communication. Studying is a progress and you should not just show a slide next to a slide instead of writing the way you think on the blackboard. In addition, students can have access to the PPT even though they do not listen to the class. CAI encourages students absence in the class in another way. Sometimes, some teacher just read after what PPT reads and it’s very boring. A、CAI lacks a way letting teachers and students communication. B、CAI is superior to blackboard in some way in teaching. C、CAI makes the class boring to some degree. D、CAI sometimes leads to students' absence.简答题Grasshoppers are a prized food in some places, but most people in the Western societies find them repugnant. A、delightful B、confusing C、disgusting简答题Red makes you feel aggressive and alive. Blue, on the other hand, can be calming or it can be depressing. If you wear yellow, you will probably feel cheerful, if for no other reason than because people say, “you look cheerful today dressed in yellow.” Black can look smashing and chic, or it can look drab, depending on how you accent it. Probably the worst color to wear at all is gray. You just fade into the crowd. A、Different colors and different mood B、Yellow makes you look cheerful. C、Colors of clothing often reflect your mood. D、People prefer red to gray.简答题The bow is the oldest projectile-throwing weapon man still uses, and for perhaps 30,000 years its form changed little: a bent stick and a string. When the English archer was the terror of Europe, his legendary longbow could send an arrow about 280 yards. The Turkish bow of the seventeenth century achieved 600 to 800 yards. Today? The world record, achieved in 1970 on a California salt flat in dead-calm air, is one mile, 101 yards, one foot, eight inches. A、The English archer inspried the modern bow. B、An ancient weapon, the bow has survived the test of time. C、California's low altitude is ideal for archery. D、Over the years, the bow has undergone a drastic change.简答题In the space provided, write the letter of the inference that is most firmly based on the given facts in each selection. 1.Charles read the newspaper very slowly, for he was a poor reader. A、Charles was not very bright. B、Charles was a high-school dropout. C、Charles hadn’t learned how to read well.简答题Learning that their son had cancer devastated the Millers. A、annoyed B、greatly upset C、endangered简答题During America’s Great Depression, unemployment was prevalent. Over twelve million people were out of work by 1932. A、unlikely B、old-fashioned C、widespread简答题Clothing is not only a means of keeping warm and decently covered; it’s also a means of communication. We affect others’ perceptions of us by the way we dress. If we are trying to establish ourselves as part of a group, we adopt the dress style of that group. That’s the ____ an applicant for an executive position shows up for the interview dressed like an executive: dark suit, conservative shoes, subdued jewelry. A、why B、also C、still D、reason