How to evaluate the imperial examination system in ancient China？

What is the conversation mainly about?

A．How to do well in poetry examination.

B．The effect of caffeine.

C．Some causes of heart disease.

D．Problems with the man"s cafeteria.

In an effort to explain how most of language, which is not so directly relatable to meaning, derived from an onomatopoeic beginning, the discipline of etymology began. Through studying the derivational history of words(etymology)the naturalists tended to【M1】______ demonstrate that the origin of all of language was ultimately relatable to words which directly reflected the meanings of their referents. The first philosophical forum on language eventually was【M2】______ developed into a discussion on the regularity of language patterns. Two basic theoretical positions merged as explanatory frameworks【M3】______ for language, that which opted for irregularity and that which insisted that language was essentially regular. From the pre-eminence of latter position it became popular to explain the【M4】______ irregularities of language on the basis language somehow became【M5】______ corrupted with proper usage through time; this theoretical position【M6】______ regarded the older forms of language to be the pure forms.【M7】______ By the Nineteenth Century there was a severe reaction to the highly speculative nature of the philosophizing about the original language of man which had characterized much of the study of language up until then. The interest was still historical, and the【M8】______ goal was not so idealistic. It was a romantic era of a rediscovery of the national past; the mother tongues of nations and families of nations rather than the mother tongue of the whole human race became the focus of attention. The romantic nationalism was a definite influence, but perhaps a more basic cause of the more real【M9】______ goal was the reaction to previously unscientific speculations.【M10】______

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Nowadays, the athletes expenses are paid for______.

IN ANCIENT GREECE ATHLETIC FESTIVALS WERE VERY IMPORTANT AND HAD STRONG RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS. THE OLYMPIAN ATHLETIC FESTIVAL HELD EVERY FOUR YEARS IN HONOUR OF ZEUS, KING OF THE OLYMPIAN GODS, EVENTUALLY LOST ITS LOCAL CHARACTER, BECAME FIRST A NATIONAL EVENT AND THEN, AFTER THE RULES AGAINST FOREIGN COMPETITORS HAD BEEN ABOLISHED, INTERNATIONAL. NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY HOW FAR BACK THE OLYMPIC GAMES GO, BUT SOME OFFICIAL RECORDS DATE FROM 776

B.

C. THE GAMES TOOK PLACE IN AUGUST ON THE PLAIN BY MOUNT OLYMPUS. MANY THOUSANDS OF SPECTATORS GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF GREECE, BUT NO MARRIED WOMAN WAS ADMITTED EVEN AS A SPECTATOR. SLAVES, WOMEN AND DISHONORED PERSONS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO COMPET

E. THE EXACT SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IS UNCERTAIN, BUT EVENTS INCLUDED BOY"S GYMNASTICS, BOXING, WRESTLING, HORSE RACING AND FIELD EVENTS, THOUGH THERE WERE FEWER SPORTS INVOLVED THAN IN THE MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES. ON THE LAST DAY OF THE GAMES, ALL THE WINNERS WERE HONORED BY HAVING A RING OF HOLY OLIVE LEAVES PLACED ON THEIR HEADS. SO GREAT WAS THE HONOUR THAT THE WINNER OF THE FOOT RACE GAVE HIS NAME TO THE YEAR OF HIS VICTORY. ALTHOUGH OLYMPIC WINNERS RECEIVED NO PRIZE MONEY, THEY WERE, IN FACT, RICHLY REWARDED BY THEIR STATE AUTHORITIES. HOW THEIR RESULTS COMPARED WITH MODERN STANDARDS, WE UNFORTUNATELY HAVE NO MEANS OF TELLIN

G. AFTER AN UNINTERRUPTED HISTORY OF ALMOST 1 200 YEARS, THE GAMES WERE SUSPENDED BY THE ROMANS IN 394 A.

D. THEY CONTINUED FOR SUCH A LONG TIME BECAUSE PEOPLE BELIEVED IN THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND THE OLYMPICS: THE IDEA THAT A HEALTHY BODY PRODUCED A HEALTHY MIND, AND THAT THE SPIRIT OF COMPETITION IN SPORTS AND GAMES WAS PREFERABLE TO THE COMPETITION THAT CAUSED WARS. IT WAS OVER 1 500 YEARS BEFORE ANOTHER SUCH INTERNATIONAL ATHLETIC GATHERING TOOK PLACE IN ATHENS IN 1896. NOWADAYS, THE GAMES ARE HELD IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN TUR

N. THE HOST COUNTRY PROVIDES VAST FACILITIES, INCLUDING A STADIUM, SWIMMING POOLS AND LIVING ACCOMMODATION, BUT COMPETING COUNTRIES PAY THEIR OWN ATHLETES" EXPENSES. THE OLYMPICS START WITH THE ARRIVAL IN THE STADIUM OF A TORCH, LIGHTED ON MOUNT OLYMPUS BY THE SUN"S RAYS. IT IS CARRIED BY A SUCCESSION OF RUNNERS TO THE STADIU

M. THE TORCH SYMBOLIZED THE CONTINUATION OF THE ANCIENT GREEK ATHLETIC IDEALS, AND IT BURNS THROUGHOUT THE GAMES UNTIL THE CLOSING CEREMONY. THE WELL-KNOWN OLYMPIC FLAG, HOWEVER, IS A MODERN CONCEPTION, THE FIVE INTERLOCKING RINGS SYMBOLIZE THE UNITING OF ALL FIVE CONTINENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE GAMES.

Passage One

Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.

As a person who writes about food and drink for a living, I couldn’t tell you the first thing about Bill Perry or whether the beers he sells are that great. But I can tell you that I like this guy. That’s because he plans to ban tipping in favor of paying his servers an actual living wage.

I hate tipping.

I hate it because it’s an obligation disguised as an option. I hate it for the post-dinner math it requires of me. But mostly, I hate tipping because I believe I would be in a better place if pay decisions regarding employees were simply left up to their employers, as is the custom in virtually every other industry.

Most of you probably think that you hate tipping, too. Research suggests otherwise. You actually love tipping! You like to feel that you have a voice in how much money your server makes. No matter how the math works out, you persistently view restaurants with voluntary tipping systems as being a better value, which makes it extremely difficult for restaurants and bars to do away with the tipping system.

One argument that you tend to hear a lot from the pro-tipping crowd seems logical enough: the service is better when waiters depend on tips, presumably because they see a benefit to successfully veiling their contempt for you. Well, if this were true, we would all be slipping a few 100-dollar bills to our doctors on the way out their doors, too. But as it turns out, waiters see only a tiny bump in tips when they do an exceptional job compared to a passable one. Waiters, keen observers of humanity that they are, are catching on to this; in one poll, a full 30% said they didn’t believe the job they did had any impact on the tips they received.

So come on, folks: get on board with ditching the outdated tip system. Pay a little more up-front for your beer or burger. Support Bill Perry’s pub, and any other bar or restaurant that doesn’t ask you to do drunken math.

46.What can we learn about Bill Perry from the passage?

A.He runs a pub that serves excellent beer.

B.He intends to get rid of the tipping practice.

C.He gives his staff a considerable sum for tips.

D.He lives comfortably without getting any tips.

47.What is the main reason why the author hates tipping?A.It sets a bad example for other industries.

B.It adds to the burden of ordinary customers.

C.It forces the customer to compensate the waiter.

D.It poses a great challenge for customers to do math.

48.Why do many people love tipping according to the author?A.They help improve the quality of the restaurants they dine in.

B.They believe waiters deserve such rewards for good service.

C.They want to preserve a wonderful tradition of the industry.

D.They can have some say in how much their servers earn.

49.What have some waiters come to realize according to a survey?A.Service quality has little effect on tip size.

B.It is in human nature to try to save on tips.

C.Tips make it more difficult to please customers.

D.Tips benefit the boss rather than the employees.

50.What does the author argue for in the passage?A.Restaurants should calculate the tips for customers.

B.Customers should pay more tips to help improve service.

C.Waiters deserve better than just relying on tips for a living.

D.Waiters should be paid by employers instead of customers.

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

A、apply

B、imply

C、reply

D、comply