Oscar Wilde was particularly well known for his role in the aesthetic and decadent movements.

It is not revealed by the passage that Ellis lied about______.

A．his role in the anti-war movement

B．his athletic records in high school

C．his family background

D．his own war experience in Vietnam

Tocqueville, a nineteenth-century writer known for his study of democracy in the United States, believed that a government that centralizes power in one individual or institution is dangerous to its citizens. Biographers claim that Tocqueville disliked-centralized government because he blamed Napoleons rule for the poverty of his childhood in Normandy. Which of the following, if true, would cast the most serious doubt on the biographers claim?

A．Although Napoleon was popularly blamed at the time for the terrible living conditions in Normandy, historians now know that bad harvests were really to blame for the poor economic conditions.

B．Napoleon was notorious for refusing to share power with any of his political associates.

C．Tocqueville said he knew that if his father had not suffered ill health, his family would have had a steady income and a comfortable standard of living.

D．Although Tocqueville asserted that United States political life was democratic, the United States of the nineteenth century allowed political power to be concentrated in a few institutions.

E．Tocqueville once wrote in a letter that, although his childhood was terribly impoverished, it was not different from the experience of his friends and neighbors in Normandy.

听力原文：M: I'm Jack with human resources consultant Sharon Smith, and (19) this week on our program World master —(20) surviving a job interview! Ms. Smith, what's your advice for an interviewee?

W: Well, (21) firstly avoid a flat monotone voice that people sometimes get when they are nervous. Besides, showing your passion and your eagerness to work for that company will add much.

M: (20) What should the interviewee do for interview questions?

W: Good interviewers will ask you very detailed questions and they'll want to know specifically your role in a particular project. So the key to giving a good answer to an interview question is to do what I call a STAR, S-T-A-R. The S and the T stand for explaining a situation or a task that you were given, the A is the action you took and the R is the results.

M: So what you're saying is that you need to be prepared before you walk in the door.

W: Right. Go through some mock interviews. Practice in the mirror, answering questions. Go in with three or four things you really want to stress about yourself. Then you can bring those out no matter what question is asked.

M: (20) How do you follow up after an interview?

W: Please send a thank-you letter or e-mail. Express sincere appreciation for the time that they spent interviewing you. (22) You have an opportunity tore-emphasize some of your strongest qualities and how your skills match their needs.

(23)

A．In a company.

B．In a studio.

C．In a classroom.

D．At the woman's home.

One of the best-known proverbs must be "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise". The promises of health, wealth, and wisdom to those who join the ranks of the early retires and risers must be particularly appealing to many people in our contemporary society. There is no doubt that one of the greatest concerns of modem man is his health. It is estimated that in the United States $ 200 billion are spent on health care each year. The medical field has grown into such a big business that it employs 4. 8 million people, and it appears that in many places, more staff is needed to meet the demands of the people who are concerned about their physical well-being.

Much more interest has been shown in preventive medicine in recent years. This is probably due in part to the increasing costs of medical treatment, but the writings of such people as Dr. Cooper have also played an important role. In his book Aerobics, Dr. Cooper communicated his message of the benefits of exercise so effectively that many other authors have flowed in his trail, and literally millions of readers have put on their sports shoes and taken to the highways and byways of America. A recent survery showed that over 17 million people are jogging. Many of these are so serious that they have trained themselves to run the 26 miles and 38. 5 yards of the hard and tiring marathons that are sponsored all over the country. The last time I was in Honolulu, I was amazed to see hundreds of people, young and old, running for their lives, and I discovered many of them have ran in the Hawaiian Marathon.

Exercise has also become a major part of conversation. At a dinner party recently, the president of a bank asked me, "You look like a runner; how far do you run each day'?" A few days later when I appeared on a national television show, the host suddenly asked me if I was a regular runner. On both occasions the conversation turned to the subject of exercise and I found, as l have found whenever I have traveled recently, that this is a subject on many people's minds. Of course, there are still many people who are less than enthusiastic about exercise. They appreciate the philosophy of Robert M. Hutchins who said, "Whenever the thought of exercise occurs to me, I lie down fill it passes. "

The first paragraph indicates that medical workers ______.

A．are in great demand

B．make a lot of money

C．are concerned with their own health

D．like sports more than ordinary people

One of the best-known proverbs must be "early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." The promises of health, wealth, and wisdom to those who join the ranks of the early retires and risers must be particularly appealing to many people in our contemporary society. There is no doubt that one of the greatest concerns of modern man is his health. It is estimated that in the United States $ 200 billion are spent on health care each year. The medical field has grown into such a big business that it employs 4.8 million people, and it appears that in many places, more staff is needed to meet the demands of the people who are concerned about their physical well-being.

Much more interest has been shown in preventive medicine in recent years. This is probably due in part to the increasing costs of medical treatment, but the writings of such people as Dr. Keneth Cooper have also played an important role. In his book Aerobics. Dr. Cooper communicated his message of the benefits of exercise so effectively that many other authors have flowed in his trail, and literally millions of readers have put on their sports shoes and taken to the highways and byways of America. A recent survey showed that over 17 million people are jogging. Many of these are so serious that they have trained themselves to run the 26 miles and 385 yards of the hard and tiring marathons that are sponsored all over the country. The last time I was in Honolulu, I was amazed to see hundreds of people, young and old, running for their lives, and I discovered many of them have run in the Hawaiian Marathon.

Exercise has also become a major part of conversation. A1 a dinner party recently, the president of a bank asked me, "You look like a runner; how far do you run each day?" A few days later when I appeared on a national television show, the host suddenly asked me if I was a regular runner. On both occasions the conversation turned to the subject of exercise and I found, as I have found whenever I have traveled recently, that this is a subject on many people's minds. Of course, there are still many people who are less than enthusiastic about exercise. They appreciate the philosophy of Robert M. Hutchins who said, "Whenever the thought of exercise occurs to me, I lie down till it passes."

The first paragraph indicated that medical workers ______.

A．are in great demand?

B．make a lot of money

C．are concerned with their own health

D．like sports more than ordinary people

Ozone is a form. of oxygen. It is found in the air we breathe and in the upper atmosphere. Near the Earth, ozone in the air is a danger to life because it is a pollutant. But between ten and fifty kilometers up in the atmosphere, ozone protects life on the Earth. Ozone forms in the atmosphere through the action of radiation from the sun. Ozone blocks harmful radiation from reaching the Earth. Scientists say a decrease in ozone and an increase in the harmful radiation will cause many more cases of skin cancer. And it will harm crops, animals and fish.

Ozone problems first became known in 1985. British scientists reported that ozone levels in the Antarctic atmosphere near the South Pole fell sharply each year in October and November. 1987 was the first year that a huge hole developed in the ozone layer above the Antarctic.

A recent study of the atmosphere over the Arctic area near the North Pole showed extreme thinning of the ozone. Officials from the American space agency said the latest study is a result of the largest campaign yet to measure ozone amounts and changes in the Arctic area. NASA researcher Paul Newman said some of the measurements show ozone in the Arctic decreased about sixty percent between January and the middle of March. These measurements are similar to the ozone losses observed in this area a few years ago.

Other studies have shown that man-made chemicals were destroying ozone in the atmosphere. An international agreement halted production of the most harmful chemicals. The new findings support the idea that recovery of the ozone layer may be delayed.

Ozone is______.

A．harmful

B．a form. of oxygen

C．rare

D．oxygen

We’ve known for a long time a high—fat diet，obesity and lack of exercise can increase the risk of developing heart disease and type 2 diabetes，two conditions affecting millions of Americans．What we are finding out now is those same lifestyle. factors also play an important role in cancer． That’s the bad news．The good news is you can do something about your lifestyle. If we grew thin ner，exercised regularly，avoided diets rich in red meat and ate diets rich in fruits and vegetables．and stopped using tobacco，we would prevent 70 percent of aU cancers． The strongest evidence of the importance of lifestyle. in cancer is most common cancers arise at dramatically different rates in different parts of the globe Several cancers that are extremelv common in the United States——colon，prostate and breast cancer---are relatively rare in other parts of theworld，occurring only 1／10th or 1／20th as often．Equally striking，when people migrate from other parts of the world to the United States，with in a generation their cancer rates approach those of US whose families have lived in this country for a long time Even if people in other parts of the world stay put，but adopt a U．S．1ifestyle，their risk of cancer rise；as Japanese have embraced Western habits，their rates of colon，breast and prostate cancer have skyrocketed What is it about our lifestyle. that raises the risk of many types of cancer?The main culpritsseem to be the Western diet，obesity and physical inactivity．While we’ve known about the importance of tobacco and cancer for more than 50 years，we are just beginning to understand how diet，ahealthy body weight and regular exercise can protect US against cancer． A striking example of the profound influence of diet was reported last summer in The Journal of the American Medical Association．Doctors determined the eating habits of patients with colon cancer in the years following surgical removal of the cancer．Over the next five years，those who ate a traditional Western diet had a threefold greater likelihood of developing a recurrence of the disease than did those who ate a“prudent”diet rich in fruits and vegetables and including only small amounts of red meat．How had diet affected these patients?The surgery clearly had not removed all their colon cancer cells：prior to the surgery，some cells had already spread from the primary tumor．The West erR diet had somehow stimulated the growth of these small deposits of residual cancer cells． Obesity is the second most important factor in causing cancer in Western populations after to bacco．There is evidence that maintaining a healthy weight is protective against the disease A studyby the American Cancer Society in 2003 found the heaviest people，in comparison with the leanest，had a significantly increased risk of death from 1 0 different kinds of cancer in men，and 12 different kinds in women．The most extreme examples were liver cancer in men and uterine cancer in women．

According to paragraph 2，which of the following statements is true?__________

A．Different rates of common cancers in different regions result from different lifestyles．

B．The rate of several extremely common cancers in the U．S．is higher by 1／1 0 or 1／20．

C．People who migrate to the United States have high cancer rates after a generation．

D．If people out of the western world stay at home，their risk of cancer won’t rise