The author uses " You are the salt of the earth" in the first paragraph to imply that_____

At the end of the passage, the writer makes it obvious that______.

A．sleepwalkers are often awakened by dangers

B．the underlying cause of sleepwalking is more serious than sleepwalking itself

C．most sleepwalkers are deranged or insane

D．most children will fall into habitual sleepwalking behavior. when they grow up

Which statement is CORRECT concerning Dr. Zelda Teplitz?

A．He studies sleepwalking for at least ten years.

B．He concludes that sleepwalkers are totally asleep in their sensory area.

C．He maintains that it is a mistaken belief that sleepwalkers are immune to injury.

D．He is the leading expert on sleep in America.

According to the passage, which of the following is CORRECT about sleepwalking?

A．It is caused by emotional conflict.

B．It is the acting out of a vivid dream.

C．Somnambulists are asleep during their sleepwalking.

D．It is dangerous to waken a sleepwalker.

Who was believed to deserve the worlds championship of sleepwalking?

A．The man walked sixteen miles along a dangerous road.

B．The boy walked five hours in his sleep.

C．The student habitually walked to the Iowa River and swam in his sleep.

D．The man danced a minuet in his sleep.

What does the phrase "taken with a barrel of salt" mean in the second paragraph?

A．Rampant.

B．Conceivable.

C．Enormous.

D．Implausible.

It can be inferred from the passage that______.

A．all the European countries fall behind the average as far as the women on boards are concerned

B．the more females in the boardroom, the better the corporation"s performance will be

C．females" first choice of their career may exert far-lasting influences on their future development

D．meritocracy in the corporation is the root that causes low female representation

ons?

A．The deficiency of experience on the mainstream of the corporations.

B．The relatively bad performance of the corporations.

C．The male-elite system existing among the corporations.

D．The hierarchical system among the corporations.

The author quotes the example of LVMH in the fifth paragraph to______.

A．show that Delphine Arnault is a successful female chief executive

B．illustrate that a company with a few women can still be very successful

C．convince us that the company should list more female directors to get more success

D．prove that a comparatively high number of females will produce good result

Which of the following will the author most probably agree with?

A．Boardrooms with more women will be more likely to have new ideas.

B．Boardrooms with more women tend to perform. better than those with less.

C．Women can lead the boardrooms to think more independently.

D．Boardrooms with more women may lead to worse performance.

According to the first three paragraphs, which of the following is CORRECT?

A．French firms have to give the 169 positions held by men to women by 2016.

B．British companies would have to add women to their boardrooms after this week.

C．Quotas for women policy don"t arouse obvious sensation among the businessmen in Norway.

D．The reason for European countries to impose quotas for women is that they lag behind America.