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e Cstill learning how things Dhave done here.

elopment of human culture than sculptors Dhave.

of the window blind.

In the fifth sentence of first paragraph, the word "pose" can be best replace with_____.

A．Bring about

B．Result

C．Lead to

D．Offer

lacement of Taxi TVs?

A．Excerpt 1 and Excerpt 5

B．Excerpt 3 and Excerpt 4

C．Excerpt 2 and Excerpt 6

D．Excerpt 3 and Excerpt 5

What is said about Apple Inc. with its tablet devices like iPad?

A．It doubled its sale of e-readers during the Christmas season.

B．It controls 73 percent of the tablet device market.

C．It charges customers less in credit card transaction fees.

D．It has long been selling its traditional personal computers

NO LONGER DIFFERS ISSUING A. GOOD MONEY (62)______FROM BAD MONEY

B. MAKE A PROFIT IN COINAGE BY (63)______COINS

C. SILVER COINS ARE (64)______IN CIRCULATION LESS THAN 40 YEARS AGO IN THE UNITED STATES, IT WAS COMMON TO CHANGE A ONE-DOLLAR BILL FOR A DOLLAR"S WORTH OF SILVER. THAT IS BECAUSE THE COINS WERE ACTUALLY MADE OF SILVER. BUT THOSE DAYS ARE GON

E. THERE IS NO SILVER IN TODAY" S COINS. WHEN THE PRICE OF THE PRECIOUS METAL RISES ABOVE ITS FACE VALUE AS MONEY, THE METAL WILL BECOME MORE VALUABLE IN OTHER USES. (65)______BECAUSE THE SILVER IN COINS IS WORTH MUCH MORE THAN THEIR FACE VALU

E. A SILVER FIRM COULD FIND THAT IT IS CHEAPER TO OBTAIN SILVER BY MELTING DOWN COINS THAN BY BUYING IT ON THE COMMODITY MARKETS. COINS TODAY ARE MADE OF AN ALLOY OF CHEAPER METALS. GRESHAM" S LAW, NAMED AFTER SIR THOMAS GRESHAM, ARGUES THAT "GOOD MONEY" IS DRIVEN OUT OF CIRCULATION BY "BAD MONEY" . (66)______BECAUSE IT HAS HIGHER COMMODITY VALU

E. GRESHAM LIVED IN THE 16TH CENTURY IN ENGLAND WHERE IT WAS COMMON FOR GOLD AND SILVER COINS TO BE DEBASE

D. GOVERNMENTS DID THIS BY MIXING CHEAPER METALS WITH GOLD AND SILVER. THE GOVERNMENTS COULD THUS (67)______THAT HAD LESS PRECIOUS METAL THAN THE FACE VALUE INDICATE

D. BECAUSE DIFFERENT MIXINGS OF COINS HAD DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF GOLD AND SILVER, EVEN THOUGH THEY BORE THE SAME FACE VALUE, SOME COINS WERE WORTH MORE THAN OTHERS AS COMMODITIES. PEOPLE WHO DEALT WITH GOLD AND SILVER COULD EASILY SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE " GOOD" AND THE " BAD MONEY. GRESHAM OBSERVED THAT COINS WITH A HIGHER CONTENT OF GOLD AND SILVER WERE KEPT RATHER THAN BEING USED IN EXCHANGE, OR WERE MELTED DOWN FOR THEIR PRECIOUS METAL. IN THE MID-1960S WHEN THE U.S. ISSUED NEW COINS TO REPLACE SILVER COINS, GRESHAM" S LAW WENT RIGHT IN ACTIO

N.

ND POPULAR IMAGES TO THE QUIET ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS A. ENCOURAGING COMPANIES TO (68)______IN ORDER TO REDUCE RUSH-HOUR TRAFFIC AND IMPROVE AIR QUALITY

B. A COMPUTER PROGRAMMER FROM NEW YORK CITY MOVES (69)______

C. AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN (70)______

D. TELECOMMUTING HELPS KEEP HIGH PERFORMERS ON BOARD, (71)______BY ELIMINATING COMMUTERS, ALLOWS PERIODS OF SOLITUDE FOR HIGH-CONCENTRATION TASKS TELECOMMUTING-SUBSTITUTING THE COMPUTER FOR THE TRIP TO THE JOB-HAS BEEN HAILED AS A SOLUTION TO ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS RELATED TO OFFICE WOR

K. FOR WORKERS IT PROMISES FREEDOM FROM THE OFFICE, LESS TIME WASTED IN TRAFFIC, AND HELP WITH CHILD-CARE CONFLICTS. FOR MANAGEMENT, (72)______, AND PROVIDES SCHEDULING FLEXIBILITY. IN SOME AREAS, SUCH AS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE (73)______. BUT THESE BENEFITS DO NOT COME EASILY. MAKING A TELECOMMUTING PROGRAM WORK REQUIRES CAREFUL PLANNING AND (74)______. MANY WORKERS ARE SEDUCED BY ROSY ILLUSIONS OF LIFE AS A TELECOMMUTER. (75)______AND STAYS IN CONTACT WITH HER OFFICE VIA COMPUTER. A MANAGER COMES IN TO HIS OFFICE THREE DAYS A WEEK AND WORKS AT HOME THE OTHER TWO. AN ACCOUNTANT STAYS HOME TO CARE FOR HER SICK CHILD; SHE HOOKS UP HER TELEPHONE MODEM CONNECTIONS AND DOES OFFICE WORK BETWEEN CALLS TO THE DOCTOR.

DISAPPROVAL THAT NOR A. INFLUENCE CHOICES BY VOICING (56)______OF SOMEONE

B. INTERCLASS MARRIAGES ARE NEITHER RARE (57)______SHOCKING

C. THE FACT (58)______THEY ARE RESTRICTED BY FEWER PREJUDICES THAN THEIR PARENTS THIS IS DUE IN PART TO PARENTAL GUIDANC

E. PARENTS CANNOT SELECT SPOUSES FOR THEIR CHILDREN, BUT THEY CAN USUALLY (59)______THEY CONSIDER UNSUITABL

E. HOWEVER , MARRIAGES BETWEEN MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT GROUPS (INTERCLASS, INTERFAITH, AND INTERRACIAL MARRIAGES) ARE INCREASING, PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE GREATER MOBILITY OF TODAY"S YOUTH AND (60)______. MANY YOUNG PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR HOME TOWNS TO ATTEND COLLEGE, SERVE IN THE ARMED FORCES, OR PURSUE A CAREER IN A BIGGER CITY. ONCE AWAY FROM HOME AND FAMILY, THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO DATE AND MARRY OUTSIDE THEIR OWN SOCIAL GROUP. IN MOBILE AMERICAN SOCIETY, (61)______. INTERFAITH MARRIAGES ARE ON THE RISE PARTICULARLY BETWEEN PROTESTANTS AND CATHOLICS. ON THE OTHER HAND, INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE IS STILL VERY UNCOMMO

N. IT CAN BE DIFFICULT FOR INTERRACIAL COUPLES TO FIND A PLACE TO LIVE, MAINTAIN FRIENDSHIPS, AND RAISE A FAMILY. MARRIAGES BETWEEN PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT NATIONAL ORIGIN (BUT THE SAME RACE AND RELIGION) HAVE BEEN COMMONPLACE HERE SINCE COLONIAL TIMES.