In an effort to （ ）religious devotion, the officials ordered that the school day begin with the singing of a hymn.
A.relinquish B.denigrate C.inculcate D.nonplus
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In an effort to （ ）religious devotion, the officials ordered that the school day begin with the singing of a hymn.
The New York male and the London male: two species of dude so similar, in many respects they seem to have been separated at birth. Both stomp triumphantly around financial and media capitals. Both feel they live at the centre of the known universe. And both spend far too much time on their hair. But there are marked differences between these tribes, from confidence and sense of humour to mating rituals and dress sense.So who’s best? There’s only one way to find out: wholly unscientific means of anecdotes from people who have lived in both cities.MasculinityAlexander T., a British-born doctor living in Harlem, thinks that “maleness” is a much more consciously performed thing in Manhattan than in London. “Your clothes, what you order in a restaurant, your ability to deliver a sincere patter about your goals and passions—these are things that will help get you laid in New York. Sometimes the London approach of just relying on being funny and self-deprecating will fail to impress.” But only sometimes, Alexander stresses. “For every woman who judges you harshly for your lack of a five-year plan, there will be others driven so mad with trauma by wretched and disgusting New York males that a few hours of you listening and being a nice guy will make you seem like the catch of the century.”AppearancesJulia B. is a fundraiser in London, who lived in New York for seven years. “London men dress better in general, and look a million miles better in suits. For some reason, New Yorkers are obsessed with boxy, ill-fitting suit jackets, Wall Street types being the worst offenders. New York men are probably more muscular, and more image-conscious in general.” New Yorkers seem much more reluctant to grow up, she thinks. “New York men try and retain their youth for longer. There are more 45 year olds with skateboards in Williamsburg, Brooklyn than there are in Hackney. London men will want to settle down sooner than New Yorkers. As a woman, there’s more danger of being single in New York since men want to stay 20 in their minds forever, so women don’t want to commit either, because they see all these immature dudes around. In London, men understand women’s biological clocks a little better."HumourThe commonplace New Yorker has an annoying reputation, but graphic designer Michael L. says the two years he spent in London upended that stereotype for him. “London guys wear a grim, unpleasant face a lot of the time. People in New York were a lot more willing to be friendly. And that’s what English people will describe as fake. They think the New York niceness is not genuine. So there you have it. Are you a London man seeking fun? You should definitely spend a few weeks in New York. Your superior wardrobe, mature behavior and refreshing self-deprecation will land in fertile, man-boy traumatized soil in the City That Never Sleeps. But London women? Avoid the siren song of the New York male. No matter how ill-tempered your London fellow is, he’s a better overall package than the flashy New Yorker. Yes, that charming Manhattanite just romantically asked you out in the middle of the street. But, a) he asks out every woman with a pulse, and, b) he probably works at a discount shoe store.What’s your take on the differences between New York and London men? Who would you rather be stuck in a lift, on a road trip, or in the bar?1.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?3.Women in New York are more likely to stay single because （ ）.4.What is the author’s warning to London women?5.The underlined word dude may mean a man who is（ ）.
Once it was possible to define male and female roles easily by the division of labor. Men worked outside the home and earned the income to support their families, while women cooked the meals and took care of the home and the children. These roles were firmly fixed for most people, and there was not much opportunity for women to exchange their roles. But by the middle of this century, men’s and women’s roles were becoming less firmly fixed.In the 1950s, economic and social success was the goal of the typical American. But in the 1960s a new force developed called the counterculture. The people involved in this movement did not value the middle-class American goals. The counterculture presented men and women with new role choices. Taking more interest in childcare, men began to share child-raising tasks with their wives. In fact, some young men and women moved to communal homes or farms where the economic and childcare responsibilities were shared equally by both sexes. In addition, many Americans did not value the traditional male role of soldier. Some young men refused to be drafted as soldiers to fight in the war in Vietnam.In terms of numbers, the counterculture was not a very large group of people. But its influence spread to many parts of American society. Working men of all classes began to change their economic and social patterns. Industrial workers and business executives alike cut down on “overtime” work so that they could spend more leisure time with their families. Some doctors, lawyers, and teachers turned away from high paying situations to practice their professions in poorer neighborhoods.In the 1970s, the feminist movement, or women’s liberation, produced additional economic and social changes. Women of all ages and at all levels of society were entering the work force in greater numbers. Most of them still took traditional women’s jobs as public school teaching, nursing, and secretarial work. But some women began to enter traditionally male occupations: police work, banking, dentistry, and construction work. Women were asking for equal work, and equal opportunities for promotion.Today the experts generally agree that important changes are taking place in the roles of men and women. Naturally, there are difficulties in adjusting to these transformations.1.Which of the following best express the main idea of Paragraph 1?2.Which sentence best expresses the main idea of Paragraph 2?3.In the passage the author proposes that the counterculture （ ）.4.It could be inferred from the passage that （ ）.5.The best title for the passage may be（ ）.
Several bloggers reported last week that they had received Acer Ferrari laptops, which can sell （4） more than $2,200, from Microsoft.A spokeswoman for Microsoft confirmed Friday that the （5） had sent out about 90 computers to bloggers （6 ） wrote about technology and other subjects that could be （7） by the new operating system, like photography and, oddly, parenting.
But while those on Microsoft's mailing list initially greeted the machines with enthusiasm, many （8 ） bloggers soon objected - not because they had been left off the list but, they said, because bloggers are bound by the （9） rules as traditional journalists, who should not accept （10）gifts from companies they cover.
'>In Microsoft's latest attempt to reach out to bloggers, the company recently gave away expensive laptops loaded （1）its new Windows Vista operating system. But the gifts generated controversy as well as good （2） , with some bloggers accusing Microsoft of bribery and their peers （3 ） unethical behavior.
Several bloggers reported last week that they had received Acer Ferrari laptops, which can sell （4） more than $2,200, from Microsoft.A spokeswoman for Microsoft confirmed Friday that the （5） had sent out about 90 computers to bloggers （6 ） wrote about technology and other subjects that could be （7） by the new operating system, like photography and, oddly, parenting.
But while those on Microsoft's mailing list initially greeted the machines with enthusiasm, many （8 ） bloggers soon objected - not because they had been left off the list but, they said, because bloggers are bound by the （9） rules as traditional journalists, who should not accept （10）gifts from companies they cover.
As the cup final was drawing closer, the injury of the best player was a（ ）for the whole team.
Many people seem to think that science fiction is typified by the covers of some of the old pulp magazines （廉价并且趣味低级的杂志）, the Bug-Eyed Monster, embodying every trait and feature that most people find repulsive, is about to grab, and presumably ravish, a sweet, blonde, curvaceous, scantily clad Earth girl. This is unfortunate because it demeans and degrades a worthwhile and even important literary endeavor. In contrast to this unwarranted stereotype, science fiction rarely emphasizes sex, and when it does, it is more discreet than other contemporary fiction. Instead, the basic interest of science fiction lies in the relation between man and his technology and between man and the universe. Science fiction is a literature of change and a literature of the future, and while it would be foolish to claim that science fiction is a major literary genre at this time, the aspects of human life that it considers make it well worth reading and studying for no other literary from does quite the same things.What is science fiction? To begin, the following definition should be helpful: science fiction is a literary subgenre which postulates a change (for human beings) from conditions as we know them and follows the implications of these changes to a conclusion. Although this definition will necessarily be modified and expanded, it covers much of the basic groundwork and provides a point of departure.The first point — that science fiction is a literary subgenre — is a very important one, but one which is often overlooked or ignored in most discussions of science fiction. Specifically, science fiction is either a short story or a novel. There are only a few dramas which could be called science fiction, with Karel Capek’s RUR (Rossum’s Universal Robots) being the only one that is well known, the body of poetry that might be labeled science fiction is only slightly larger. To say that science fiction is a subgenre of prose fiction is to say that it has all the basic characteristics and serves the same basic functions in much the same way as prose fiction in general, that is, it shares a great deal with all other novels and short stories.Everything that can be said about prose fiction, in general, applies to science fiction. Every piece of science fiction, whether short story or novel, must have a narrator, a story, a plot, a setting, characters, language, and theme. And like any prose, the themes of science fiction are concerned with interpreting man’s nature and experience in relation to the world around him. Themes in science fiction are constructed and presented in exactly the same ways that themes are dealt with in any other kind of fiction. They are the result of a particular combination of narrator, story, plot, character, setting, and language. In short, the reasons for reading and enjoying science fiction, and the ways of studying and analyzing it, are basically the same as they would be for any other story or novel.1.Science fiction is called a literary subgenre because （ ）.2.The final sentence in the passage implies that （ ）.3.From the last paragraph, we know that people read science fiction especially for （ ）.4.An appropriate title for this passage would be （ ）.5.According to the author, the popular image of science fiction is（ ）.
