Which of the following best defines the word "rapport"（Line 5, Paragraph 4)？A．Rapidity.B．E

A foreigners first impression of the U. S. is that

A．fast-food industry in America is prosperous.

B．Americans are not polite in public eating-places.

C．Americans do not invite visitors to dinners to develop friendship.

D．Americans are often in a hurry to do things.

d"(Lines 3-4, Paragraph 2), the writer means that

A．the sands that cannot be replaced will disappear.

B．the past time cannot come back again.

C．the hourglass cannot save time for people.

D．people should not wear hourglass with sands.

From the text, we can conclude that overindulging children may

A．lessen parental guilt but cannot make children feel more loved.

B．make children greedy and not crave for parents" attention and love.

C．let parents feel less regretful for not having been so strict or ungenerous.

D．result in children"s inconsideration for the others, starting from their parents.

Which of the following best defines the word "resentment"(Line 5, Paragraph 4)?

A．Reset.

B．Resistance.

C．Bitterness.

D．Hurt.

Parents overindulge their children out of a sense of guilt because the parents

A．cannot earn enough money to provide children with material possessions.

B．use the material things to make up for the shortage of time with children.

C．cannot stand up to their children"s unreasonable demands.

D．vacillate between feeling guilty and being too strict.

According to the text, the overindulgence of children refers to the

A．overabundance of toys and clothes.

B．generosity of parents being taken for granted by children.

C．expensive gifts that parents cannot afford.

D．excessive material possessions and privilegess.

The writer uses the example of his staying overnight in a familys home to

A．argue that American kids have many toys.

B．complain about kids being given too much by their parents.

C．illustrate the fact of overindulgence in America and its bad effects.

D．prove the difficulty of laying out his things due to an overabundance of toys.

The purpose of writing this text is probably to

A．praise the high technological level of Harvard Medical School.

B．comfort those patients who have developed coronary heart disease.

C．introduce a new therapy to cure heart disease.

D．criticize the traditional bypass surgery.

What is Dr. Oesterles attitude towards the new bypass?

A．Critical.

B．Positive.

C．Indifferent.

D．Neutral.

It can be concluded that after the new bypass treatment,

A．the wire inside the vein widens the channel.

B．blood flows in the opposite direction to the former one.

C．the starved heart tissue is fed through the previous blood route.

D．the patient was implanted with a new electronic heart.