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The _____ simplicity in consumers' choice can be seen in the recent months.
A.trend of
B.trend towards
C.represent of
D.representative of
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A.trend of
B.trend towards
C.represent of
D.representative of
A.Subject to
B.Contrary to
C.Familiar to
D.Similar to
A. Sobriety and simplicity
B. Faith in the value of individualism
C. Intuitive perception
D. Adoration for the natural world
A.Subject to
B.Contrary to
C.Familiar to
D.Similar to
A、The repricing model.
B、The maturity model.
C、The duration model.
D、The convexity model.
E、The option pricing model.
It is said that Lincoln prepared his speech on the train while going to Gettysburg. Late that night, alone in his hotel room and tired out, he again worked briefly on the speech. The next day Everett spoke first. He spoke for an hour and 57 minutes. His speech was a perfect example of the rich oratory of the day. Then Lincoln rose. The crowd of 15,000 people at first paid little attention to him. He spoke for only nine minutes. At the end there was little applause. Lincoln turned to a friend and remarked, "I have failed again." On the train back to Washington, he said sadly, "That speech was a flat failure, and the people are disappointed."
Some newspapers at first criticized the speech. But little by little people read the speech. They began to understand better. They began to appreciate its simplicity and its deep meaning. It was a speech which only Abraham Lincoln could have made.
(6) Today, every American school child learns Lincoln's Gettysburg Address by heart. Now everyone thinks of it as one of the greatest speeches ever given in American history.
In 1863, Abraham Lincoln was______.
A.very critical
B.unpopular
C.very popular
D.very courteous
Micro apartments are very common in cities like Tokyo and Hong Kong, where there are so many people living.Now this tiny housing solution is gaining ground in urban areas in the U.S. and Canada.
The micro apartment is an experiment in simplicity in American culture.So small-scale home life is part of a hot trend in U.S.real estate.Some people are proud of it.Some of them can find the humor and fun in their small places.But not everyone is in favor of the trend.
1.According to the passage, the next big trend in U.S.real estate is ()
A.big house
B.micro apartment
C.traditional house
2.As the population keeps climbing, people in the city have to face the reality that ()
A.housing is in short supply
B.housing is very sufficient
C.housing is a luxury goods
3.Why is the micro apartment so appealing? ()
A.It meets the need of someone
B.It's very strange
C.It's excellent
4.Micro apartments are very common in some cities like ()
A.Beijing
B.London
C.Tokyo
5.How do people think of the micro apartment? ()
A.Everyone likes it very much
B.Some people think it's humorous and fun
C.Not everyone is in favor of the trend
Passage 4
Marie Curie was the first female professor at Sevres, a college for girls who wanted to teach higher education. These twenty-year-olds would _1_ become professors. Marie was not liked by her pupils during her first year as a professor. By her second year, the students loved her. One student reported that the courses taught by Marie were “the _2_ reference during the entire length of my career. She didn’t dazzle us, she _3_ us, attracted us, held us with her simplicity, her desire to be useful to us, the sense she had of both our ignorance and our _4_ She was the first to take her students into the laboratory to physically manipulate their newly-learned theories. She also taught by example, and invited the physics class to hear the _5_ of her dissertation (论文). Marie argued for the elimination of additional, difficult tests given only to the female students. She also _6_ the dean to provide calculus classes to the female students. Marie wanted the girls to have the tools to succeed in academia and fought tooth and nail to provide every _7_. This woman is known for her scientific discoveries and the progress _8_ from them. Of course her scientific discoveries are _9_ and usefull.It is also important to understand the kind of woman that she was.She was stubborn, and she hated to lose, but it was her goal to use science to help the world in whatever way possible. Her stubbornness led to persistence and _10_. These qualities promoted the use of her brilliance. The love and support of her family taught Marie to never question the possibilities that stood before her.
A) trivial
B) convinced
C) possibilities
D) merely
E) reassured
F) impressive
G) opportunity
H) dispensable
I) derived
J) adaptabilities
K) eventually
L) defense
M) confused
N) determination
O) essential
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