东师英美报刊选读16春在线作业1

一、单选题（共 30 道试题，共 60 分。）V 1. mural

A. a type of music

B. an artist

C. painting done on a wall

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2. What did not the workers do in the run up to the last October’s celebration ?

A. They finished a network of expressways and ramps crisscrossing the city.

B. They built a huge airport in nearby Pudong.

C. They built a large-sized shopping mall in the center of city.

D. They built a cross-river tunnels linking Shanghai to Pudong.

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3. panacea.

A. sth. that will put right all troubles

B. hard working

C. lazy person

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4. discreet

A. prudence

B. secret

C. disagree

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5. Why must local government keep his or her doors to every visitor ?

A. Economic development depends on it.

B. The central government forces them to do that.

C. In order to let more people enjoy the beauty of the sites.

D. They are friendly and hospitable.

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6. The author believes that the proper way to decline gang membership is _____.

A. to show contempt

B. to show politeness

C. to report to the police

D. to show hatred

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7. Mr. Arafat’s compound is situated in ___.

A. Qalqilya

B. Haifa

C. Efrat

D. Ramallah

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8. From this article we know that many ______are leaving Medicare.

A. HMOs

B. medical association

C. health groups

D. patients

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9. Which organization announced an emergency meeting to be held in Geneva this week?

A. WTO

B. WHO

C. USO

D. EU

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10. According to the article, the U.S. Customs Service took a seizure in _____ two weeks ago to generate e’s first big press coverage in years.

A. New York

B. Arizona

C. Los Angeles

D. Phoenix

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11. deteriorate .

A. become worse in quality or condition.

B. make others become happy

C. throw the rubbish

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12. What do you think the people’s attitude to the rule ”Don’t mention sex, politics and religion”?

A. People today still think it is right.

B. Nobody cares about it.

C. People today strictly obey this rule during their social conversations.

D. We don’t know

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13. The phrase---_____now means a situation in which there is only one thing to do .

A. Hobson’s horse

B. Hobson’s idea

C. Hobson’s situation

D. Hobson’s choice

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14. The NRA’s power depends on the relatively few close elections that often determine who controls ____.

A. President

B. Supreme Court

C. Congress

D. jury

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15. Who was hacked and shot to death in 1985 by unnamed members of apartheid-era