报刊选读19春在线作业2-0004

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Frustrated  parents  are  lifting  their voices to protest the bulging backpacks of after-school assignments at the following places except________.
A:at basketball practices nationwide
B:at dinner tables
C:at soccer practices nationwide
D:at school-board meetings

The traits that make the students desirable candidates for admission  toYaleare_________.
A:ambition
B:intelligence
C:wit
D:all the above answers

siege
A:infrastructure
B:to rise or fall
C:the surrounding and blockading

deteriorate  .
A:to become better
B:to become worse in quality or condition
C:happy statement

The attitude of Australian government for past wrongs against Aborigines is -----.
A:agree to make official apology
B:refuse official apology

Who was at the  center  of the storm?
A:Edwina Currie
B:Jacques Chirac
C:John Major
D:Helmut Kohl

______ a  Catholic  among  the  following Presidents.
A:Eisenhower was
B:John F. Kennedy was
C:Jimmy Carter is
D:George W. Bush is

elite
A:uncompromising
B:superior intellectual, social, or economic status
C:an agent or a substitute

Who is the first Communist ruler of Afghanistan?
A:Davies
B:Rabbani
C:Omar
D:Najibullah

_______is a spokeswoman for the American Association of Health Plans.
A:Gerald D. Kleczka
B:John Dl Dingell
C:Susan M. Pisano
D:Stephanie Sue Stein

According  to  Clifford  Notarius , ___ causes problems in marriage.
A:difference
B:pressure
C:the misunderstanding
D:the way to deal with the difference

Who was responsible to the Stolen Generation in Australia?
A:Terrorism
B:White parents
C:State and federal government

gratify
A:please or satisfy
B:discourage
C:supremacy

reprisal.
A:punishing others for harm done to oneself
B:come to an end
C:never refuse sb.

If the managers or organizations find their get just fine without the vacationing employee, the employee will be  ___ .
A:paid more
B:promoted
C:given more vacation
D:insecure

glut .
A:overweight
B:an oversupply
C:help others

offensive
A:an attack or assault
B:work even harder
C:never give up

What have Gypsies suffered over centuries?
A:pogroms
B:persecution
C:all above
D:we don‘t know

eligible.
A:to eat without choice
B:qualified or entitled to be chosen.
C:serve sb heart and soul

scourge  .
A:person or thing that causes happiness
B:person or thing that causes suffering
C:ragged

crumbling
A:consternation
B:to help others
C:old and starting to fall down

From this article we  know  that  many __ ____are leaving Medicare.
A:HMOs
B:medical association
C:health groups
D:patients

affluent
A:prosperous or rich
B:of other Spanish-speaking countries
C:of two races

Psychologists believe that how a woman meets midlife ---------------the way she meets any change.
A:has nothing to do with
B:is consistent with
C:is different from
D:is similar to

bellicose .
A:always wanting to fight or argue
B:serious and difficult situation
C:the surrounding

_______ is a distinct advantage if you want a career at what passes for the American establishment.
A:gilt-edged diploma
B:A wealthy family
C:Ability
D:Alumni connection

The Scots and  the Welsh believe that soon they will be able to do without the heavy English ____ that for centuries have tied them to Brussels .
A:subsidies
B:taxes
C:rules
D:enforcement

In Hamilton Country , where  Westfield sits, the Hispanic population has increased----- percent in10 years.
A:70
B:31
C:143
D:58

skirmish.
A:work hard
B:never lose your confidence
C:a minor or preliminary conflict

desperately
A:luckily
B:to give little hope of success
C:hately

In Britain  the monarch remains very much at the heart of its Constitution.
A:错误
B:正确

U.S. estimates the Taliban now controls the whole country of Afghanistan.
A:错误
B:正确

Queen Elizabeth2 cannot choose a prime minister, dissolve Parliament or  declare  war.
A:错误
B:正确

An irritable  person is someone of mild temper.
A:错误
B:正确

An unprecedented chance for Gypsies is to be recognized as a nation, albeit one without a defined territory.
A:错误
B:正确

Most teaching  staffs  in American universities are black.
A:错误
B:正确

The Taliban began as a group of seminary students.
A:错误
B:正确

Krueger and Dale  concluded that smart, talented kids who attended less selective schools didn’t do just as well in their careers as their counterparts at elite colleges.
A:错误
B:正确

Winston Churchill often described parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy
as being imperfect----but the best that man had yet devised.
A:错误
B:正确

Ecstasy, once a club drug for the élite, is suddenly flooding frat houses and high schools.
A:错误
B:正确