简答题When the earthquake suddenly struck, many houses in the region just ________ and people inside scarcely had any time to escape. A、crushed B、crunched C、crumbled D、crouched简答题_______ markets, such as China, Brazil and Russia, are playing a major role in the present global economy and it is believed that the growth of the US economy will be led by them. A、Appearing B、Submerging C、Emerging D、Diverging简答题After experiencing many different kinds of jobs, he felt teaching was his _______. So he made up his mind to devote his whole life to the education of children. A、career B、calling C、profession D、vocation简答题What lives together with the little prince on his planet is only a(an) _________ flower that needs constant care and protection. A、rough B、tough C、intense D、delicate简答题School bullying will never stop if we do not address the _______ that bullying is just a normal rite of passage – some inevitable part of growing up. A、myth B、mystery C、legend D、fable简答题When the society has become more open about people’s desire to be attractive, plastic surgery no longer has a negative __________. A、orientation B、connotation C、convention D、denotation判断题When we talk about Americans barely into adulthood who are saddled with unbearable levels of debt, the conversation is almost always about student loan debt. But there’s a growing body of evidence suggesting that today’s young adults are also drowning in credit-card debt — and that many of them will take this debt to their graves.More than 20% overspent their income by more than 20 drinks in trendy (时尚的）lounges. They’re struggling with much more daily financial demands.To a disturbingly large extent, the young and the broke are relying on credit cards to make it until their next payday. This obviously isn’t sustainable in the long run, and it’s going to put a huge drag on their spending power even after they reach their peak earning years, because they’ll still be paying interest on that bottle of orange juice or box of spaghetti (意式面条）they bought a decade earlier.A new study out of Ohio State University found that young adults are accumulating credit card debt at a more rapid rate than other age groups, and that they’re slower at paying it off. “If what we found continues to hold true, we may have more elderly people with substantial financial problems in the future,” warns Lucia Dunn, professor of economics at Ohio State University. “If our findings persist, we may be faced with a financial crisis among elderly people who can’t pay off their credit cards.”Dunn says a lot of these young people are never going to get out from under their credit card debt. “Many people are borrowing on credit cards so heavily that payoff rates at these levels are not sufficient to recover their credit card debt by the end of their life which could have loss implications for the credit card issuing banks.” 6. What is the main idea of the first paragraph? Many young Americans will never be able to pay off their debts. Credit cards play an increasingly important role in college life. Credit cards are doing more harm than student loans. The American credit card system is under criticism. 7. Why do young people have to pay a higher interest on their credit card debt? They tend to forget about the deadlines. They haven’t developed a credit history. They are often unable to pay back in time. They are inexperienced in managing money. 8. What is said to be the consequence of young adults relying on credit cards to make ends meet? It will place an unnecessary burden on society. It will give them no motivation to work hard. It will exert psychological pressure on them. It will affect their future spending power. 9. What will happen to young adults if their credit card debt keeps accumulating according to Lucia Dunn? They will have to pay an increasingly higher interest rate. They may experience a financial crisis in their old age. Their quality of life will be affected. Their credit cards may be cancelled. 10. What does Lucia Dunn think might be a risk for the credit card issuing banks? They go bankrupt as a result of over-lending. They lose large numbers of their regular clients. Their clients leave their debts unpaid upon death. Their interest rates have to be reduced now and then.简答题Laws should not be rigid or fixed. Instead, they should be flexible enough to take _________ of various circumstances, times, and places. A、account B、count C、discount D、accountant简答题When I went for my first _________ for this job I arrived extremely early. A、interview B、interval C、internet D、interconnect简答题After the police successfully cracked down on the riot and regained the control of the area a week later, the government _________ the state of emergency. A、imposed B、elevated C、boosted D、lifted多选题0|show" data-onresultcheck="*redo|*.na|hide@*correct|*.na|hide@*reset|*.na|hide"> There may be a downside for a man who is the breadwinner in a household — at least if he’s younger. It turns out that as married millennial men take on more economic responsibility in their households, their psychological well-being and overall physical health slightly suffer, according to a new working paper. However, as millennial women take on more economic responsibility, their psychological well-being may get improved. “So, the effect is kind of opposite here for this psychological well-being component,” said Christin Munsch, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut and lead author of the paper. She presented the research at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association on Sunday. “In some ways, I was surprised,” she said of the findings. “But there’s no one-size-fits-all solution for all families. This is just showing trends in the data. There are women who want to stay home or men who really want to be breadwinners, and similarly, there are women who want to be breadwinners and men who prefer to stay home. So, I think that the take-home message is that we need to have these conversations with our partners.” 3. What does the new working paper say about being a breadwinner in a household? A、Women are generally younger than men. B、Women have more responsibilities than men. C、Women benefit more psychologically than men. D、Women improve less economically than men.简答题Name-calling and blaming are not _________ to the settlement of the dispute. We should sit down and have a serious talk. A、conducive B、conductive C、conservative D、conventional简答题If we do not want to get ourselves into trouble, while travelling in a foreign land, we’d better ________ with the local laws and regulations. A、conform B、compose C、comply D、comprehend简答题In the United States, people are getting married and having kids later in life, but those are just optional trappings of adulthood, not the thing itself. (Para. 6) A、Getting married and having kids are only the outward signs associated with adulthood, not adulthood itself, not even the necessary parts of it. B、Getting married and having kids are only the necessary parts of adulthood, not adulthood itself.多选题0|show" data-onresultcheck="*redo|*.na|hide@*correct|*.na|hide@*reset|*.na|hide"> More than 1.2 million young people in Japan spent Monday dressing up, riding roller coasters and drinking alcohol as they participated in the country’s annual Coming of Age Day festivities. Coming of Age Day, held every year on the second Monday of January, is a national holiday that honors the country’s newest adults, who turned 20 over the past year. Coming of Age Day is a tradition that dates back to the 700s and became official in the 1940s. However, the age a young person enters adulthood was not set at 20 for both genders until 1876. Whereas initially young adults would cut their hair and dye their teeth black for the holiday, these days they honor the transition to adulthood by dressing in expensive traditional Japanese clothes furisode and kimono, taking part in serious ceremonies, having family parties, dancing in the streets and going clubbing with friends. They also legally smoke and drink. Everyone who turned 20 during the previous academic year — April to April — is invited to the festivities. 2. Who is Coming of Age Day honored for? A、Those who still like traditional Japanese clothes. B、Those who have turned 20 during the previous year. C、Those who have become new immigrants in Japan. D、Those who graduated from high school last April.判断题A. adolescenceB. anticipateC. easesD. emergingE. exceedsF. fascinatingG. financiallyH. identifyI. identityJ. independentlyK. obligationL. optimisticM. positiveN. stableO. typicalWho is an “adult”? Many would (1)_______ having completed schooling, working steadily, living (2)_______ of one’s parents, marrying, and having children as the markers of adulthood, traditionally achieved between the late teens and the early thirties. However, compared with their parents’ generation, young people today are taking longer to complete their schooling, to settle into steady employment, to establish their own households, to get married, and to fulfil the (3)_______ to raise children. The psychologist Jeffrey Arnett describes the phase of life for those now between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five as a period of relative independence from social roles and expectations. As such, (4)_______ adulthood provides some younger people, especially those who have access to parental resources and supports into their twenties, with new opportunities for exploring their (5)_______, particularly in the areas of work, love, and worldviews. Those who do not have resources, however, (6)_______ problems. Many observers have thought about the factors that have made the transition from (7)_______ to adulthood more complex and variable. Some believe that industrialization, improved health, and increased life expectancies have changed the (8)_______ life sequences of the early twentieth century. Others think that the rising cost of housing in some parts of the country explains why young people are increasingly likely to live with their parents. Still others suggest that because this generation’s parents has fewer children, they are able to provide support that (9)_______ the needs of each child, allowing their children to prolong their dependence and lengthening the time it takes them to complete their education and find (10)_______ employment and independent living arrangements.简答题While looking for a good deal on the Internet, we should be careful not to have bought ________ goods. A、counterpart B、councilor C、courtesy D、counterfeit简答题They’ll have to _________ their political differences and find a solution. A、put on B、put up C、put off D、put aside简答题Businesses are required to place the original of their business license in a(an) _______ location in the place of business. A、conspicuous B、extraordinary C、remarkable D、outstanding简答题The horse was critically ill and in great pain, so his master had to give him a shot to ________ him of his misery. A、relieve B、release C、relive D、deceive