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- <单选题>阅读理解My grandfather came from Hungary and was the only one in his family who settled down in the United States The rest of his family remained in Europe When World War I broke out, he seemed to have become another man,downhearted Such obvious change was not born out of concern for his welfare,but out of fear: if his only son,my uncle,had to go to war,it would be cousin fighting against cousinOne day in 1918，my uncle Milton received his draft notice My grandparents were very upset But my mother，at the age of10, felt on top of the world about her soldier brother going off to war Realizing how he was regarded by his little sister and all of her friends，my uncle bought them all service pins，which meant that they had a loved one in the service All the little girls were delighted The moment came when my uncle and the other soldiers，without any training hut all in uniforms，boarded the train The band played and the crowd cheered Although no one noticed, I am sure my grandmother had a tear in her eye for the only son The train slowly pulled out，but not about a thousand yards when it suddenly paused Everyone stared in wonder as the train slowly returned to the station There was a（lead silence before the doors opened and the men started to step out Someone shouted，“The war is over！”For a moment，nobody moved，but then the people heard someone bark orders al the soldiers The men lined up in two lines，walked down the steps，and with the band playing，marched down the street，as returning heroes，to be welcomed home My mother said it was a great day, but she was just a little disappointed that it didnt last a tiny bit longer (1)What the grandfather was most worried about was______( )
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- <单选题>阅读理解In international trade, people buy and sell goods and then send them from one country to another It can be a very risky business If the goods are lost or damaged or if delivery does not take place as scheduled for some other reasons, the climate of confidence between the parties may deteriorate to the point where a lawsuit I launched Nevertheless, the seller and the buyer in international transactions want their deal to be successfully completedFrequently, the parties to international transaction are not aware of the different trading practice in their counterpart’s country This can give rise to misunderstanding, disputes and even litigation, causing waste of time and money In order to avoid these problems and reduce to the minimum the uncertainties of different interpretations of the trade terms, the International Chamber of Commerce prepared and published in1936 a set of international rules, that is, International Rules for the Incoterms of Trade Terms(Incotems for short), and the interpretation of the most commonly unused trade termsSince 1936, the Incoterms have been revised several times to take account of changes in transportation techniques and to render them fully compatible with the new developments in electronic data interchange Amendments and additions were made in 1953, 1967, 1976, 1980 and 1990 in order to bring the rules in line with current international trade practicesNow the Incoterms are presented in a new format with allows both the seller and the buyer to follow a step-by-step process to determine their respective rights andobligations and the new layout makes Incoterms 1990 easier to use If when preparing their contract, both the seller and the buyer specifically refer to one of the Incoterms, they can be sure of defining their respective responsibilities simply and safely In doing so, they can eliminate any possibility of misunderstanding and subsequent disputesThe Incoterms having been amended several times, have become a very useful guideline in international trade and thus fostered greatly in expansionChoose the best answer based on Part C(1)In international trade the selling and buying goods across countries can be risky, because ___________( )
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- <单选题> (阅读理解)阅读理解My ChocolateLast Thursday, after doing all the family shopping in the town, I wanted a rest before catching the train, so I bought a newspaper and some chocolate and went to the station coffee shop—that cheap, self-service place with long tables to sit at I put my heavy bag down on the floor, put the newspaper and chocolate on the table to keep a place and went to get a cup of coffeeWhen I came back with a cup of coffee, there was someone in the next seat It was one of those customers—a young man, with dark glasses and torn clothes and hair colored bright red at the front Not so unusual these days What did surprise me was that he’d started to eat my chocolateNaturally, I was annoyed However, to avoid trouble—really I was rather uneasy about him—I just looked down at the front page of the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate The boy looked at me closely Then he took a second piece of my chocolate I would hardly believe it Still I didn’t dare to start an argument When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece” and I got itThe boy gave me a strange look, and then stood up As he left he shouted out, “This woman is mad!” Everyone stared That was embarrassing enough, but it was worse when I finished my coffee and got ready to leave My face went red——as red as his hair when I realized I’d made a mistake It wasn’t my chocolate he’d been taking There was mine, unopened, just under my newspaper(1)Why did the woman go to town last Thursday( )
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- <单选题>(阅读理解)阅读理解Have a Good ThinkYou want to keep young, sit down and have a good think This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise, and as a result, we are getting old soonProfessor Taiju Matsuzawa at Tokyo National University wanted to find out why quite healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a rather early age, and how the speed of getting old could be slowed down With a team of researcher, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and different jobsComputer technology enabled the researched to get most exact measurements ofthe volume of the front and side parts of the brain, which have something to do with intellect and feeing, and decide the human character As we all know, the back part of the brain, which controls tasks like eating and breathing, does not contract with ageContraction of front and side parts----as cells die off----seen in some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty----and seventy-year-olds Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple way to prevent the contraction----using the headThe findings show that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns “Those with least possibility,” said Matsuzawa, “are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors White collar workers doing the same work day after day in government offices are, however, as likely to have contracting brain as farm workers, bus drivers and shop assistants”(1)The team of doctors wanted to find out__________ ( )
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