1、C in the context of D in the light of 8 Thousands of Medicare patients with chronic medical conditions have been wrongly access to necessary care. A grudged B denied C negated D invalidated 9 It has been proposed by many linguists that human language ,our biologically programmed abilith to use langu
2、age, is still not well defined and understood. A potentiality B perception C faculty D acquisition 10 Western medicine, science and practiced by people with academic internationally accepted medical degrees,is only one of many systems of healing. A rooted in B originated from C trapped in D indulged
3、 in 11 When I asked if a black politician could win in France,however ,he responded :”No,conditions are different here.”A ambiguously B implicitly C unhesitatingly D optimistically 12 The development of staff cohesion and a sense of team effort in the workplace can be effectively by the use of humor
4、. A acquainted B installed C regulated D facilitated 13 In both America and Europe,it is to tip the waiter or waitress anywhere from 10% to 20%. A elementary B temporary C voluntary D customary 14 Such an approach forces managers to communicate with one another and helps rigid departmental borndarie
5、s. A pass over B stand for C break down Dset off 15 As a teenager,I was by a blind passion for a slim star I would never meet in my life. A pursued B seduced C consumed D guaranteed 16 His originality as a composer is by the following group of songs. A exemplified B created C performed D realized 17
6、 They are going to London,but their destination is Rome. A ultimate B prime C next D cardinal 18 The poor old man was with diabetes and without proper treatment he would lose his eyesight and become crippled very soon. A suffered B afflicted C induced D infected 19 The bribe and the bridegroom were
7、overwhelmed in happiness when their family offered to take them to Rome to the marriage. A terminate B initiate Cconsummate D separate 20 Join said that the richer countries of the world should make a effort to help the poorer countries. A futile B glittering C frantic D concentrated 21 The problem
8、is inherent and in any democracy,but it has been more severe in ours during the past quarter-century because of the near universal denigration of government,politics and politicians. A perishable B periodical C perverse D perennial 22As is known to all , commodities will definitely do harm to our li
9、fe sooner or later. A counterfeit B fake C imitative D fraudulent 23 It would beto think that this could solve all the areas problems straight away. A subtle Bfeeble C nasty D nave24It is surprising that such an innocent-looking man should have such a crime. A confirmed B clarified C committed D con
10、veryed 25 Hummans are ,which enables them to make dicisions even when they cant justify why. A rational B reasonable C hesitant D intuitive 26 More than 100 cats that used to roam the streets in a Chinese province have now been collected and organized into a tram to fight rodents that are destroying
11、 crops. A loose B tamed C wild D stary 27 To say that his resignation was a shock would be an -it caused panie. A excuse B indulgence C exaggeration D understatement 28 Here the burden of his thought is that the philosopher ,aiming at truth,must not the seduction of trying to write beautifully. A su
12、bject to B carry on C yield to D aim at 29 I found the subject very difficult ,and at one time thought I should have to give it up,but you directions are so clear and that I have succeeded in getting a picture we all think pretty,though wanting in the tender grace of yours. A on the point B off the
13、point C to the point D up to a point 30 They both watched as the crime scene technicians took samples of various fibers and bagged them,dusted for fingerprints,took pictures and tried to what could have happened. A rehearse B reiterate C reinforce D reenact 阅读:A In 1896 a georgia couple suing for da
14、mages in the accidental death of their two year old was told that since the child had made no real economic contribution to the family, there was no liability for damages. in contrast, less than a century later, in 1979, the parents of a three year old sued in New York for accidental-death damages a
15、nd won an award of $750,000. the transformation in social values implicit in juxta- posing these two incidents is the subject of viviana zelizers excellent book, pricing the priceless child. during the nineteenth century, she argues, the concept of the useful child who contributed to the family econ
16、omy gave way gradually to the present-day notion of the useless child who, though producing no income for, and indeed extremely costly to, its parents, is yet considered emotionally priceless. well established among segments of the middle and upper classes by the mid-1800s, this new view of childhoo
17、d spread through- out society in the iate-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuriesasreformersintroducedchild-labor regulations and compulsory education laws predicated in part on the assumption that a childs emotional value made child labor taboo. for zelizer the origins of this transformation were
18、many and complex. the gradual erosion of childrens productive value in a maturing industrial economy, the decline in birth and death rates, especiallyinchild mortality,andthedevelopmentofthe companionate family (a family in which members were united by explicit bonds of love rather than duty) were a
19、ll factors critical in changing the assessment of childrens worth. yet expulsion of children from the cash nexus,. although clearly shaped by profound changes in the economic, occupational, family structures, zelizer maintains. was also part of a cultural process of sacralization of childrens lives.
20、 protecting children from the crass business world became enormously important for late-nineteenth-century middle-class Americans, she suggests; this sacralization was a way of resisting what they perceived as the relentless corruption of human valuesbythe marketplace. instressingthecultural determi
21、nants of a childs worth. zelizer takes issue with practitioners of the new sociological economics, who have analyzed such traditionally sociological topics as crime, marriage, education, and health solely in terms of their economic determinants. allowing only a small role for cultural forces in the
22、form of individual preferences,these sociologists tend to view all human behavior as directed primarily by the principle of maximizing economic gain. zelizer is highly critical of this approach, and emphasizes instead the opposite phenomenon: the power of social values to transform price. as childre
23、n became more valuable in emotional terms, she argues, their exchange or surrender value on the market, that is, the conversion of their intangible worth into cash terms, became much greater. 1. it can be inferred from the passage that accidental-death damage awards in America during the nineteenth
24、century tended to be based principally on the (a) earnings of the person at time of death (b) wealth of the party causing the death (c) degree of culpability of the party causing the death (d) amount of money that had been spent on the person killed 2. it can be inferred from the passage that in the
25、 early 1800s children were generally regarded by their families as individuals who (a) needed enormous amounts of security and affection (b) required constant supervision while working (c) were important to the economic well-being of a family (d) were unsuited to spending long hours in school 3. whi
26、ch of the following alternative explanations of the change in the cash value of children would be most likely to be put forward by sociological economists as they are described in the passage?(a) the cash value of children rose during the nineteenth century because parents began to increase their em
27、otional investment in the upbringing of their children. (b) the cash value of children rose during the nineteenth century because their expected earnings over the course of a lifetime increased greatly. (c) the cash value of children rose during the nineteenth century because the spread of humanitarian ideals resulted in a wholesale reappraisal of the worth of an individual (d) the cash value of children rose during the nineteenth century because compulsory education laws reduced the supply, and thus raised the costs, of available child labor. the primary purp