When a college tries to be “all things to al people” (Lines 1-2, Par

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• 1The emotional aspects of an object are more important than its physical aspects in that they ________.

  A.help society exploit its members for profit

  B.encourage us to perform important tasks

  C.help to perfect the legal and penal system

  D.help us adapt our behavior to the world surrounding us

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• 2Emotions are significant for man’s survival and adaptation because ________.

  A.they provide the means by which people view the size or shape of objects

  B.they are the basis for the social feeling of agreement by which society is maintained

  C.they encourage people to perform dangerous achievements

  D.they generate more love than hate among people

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• 3It can be inferred from the passage that the economic foundation of society is dependent on ________.

  A.the ability to make money

  B.the will to work for pleasure

  C.the capacity to enjoy incentives

  D.the categorizations of our emotional experiences

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• 4According to the passage, people’s learning activities are possible because they ________.

  A.believe that emotions are fundamental for them to stay alive

  B.benefit from providing help and support to one another

  C.enjoy being rewarded for doing the right thing

  D.know what is vital to the progress of society

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• 5The reason why people might not be able to stay alive in a world without emotion is that ________.

  A.they would not be able to tell the texture of objects

  B.they would not know what was beneficial and what was harmful to them

  C.they would not be happy with a life without love

  D.they would do things that hurt each other’s feelings

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• 6By saying that “in too many academic fields, the work has no context” (Lines 4-5, Pare. 1) the author means that the teaching in these areas ________.

  A.ignores the actual situation

  B.is not based on the right perspective

  C.only focuses on an integrated core of common learning

  D.gives priority to the cultivation of a global vision among students

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• 7One of the reasons for the current crisis in American colleges and universities is that ________.

  A.a narrow vocationalism has come to dominate many colleges

  B.students don’t have enough freedom in choosing what they want to learn

  C.skills are being taught as a means to an end

  D.students are only interested in obtaining credentials

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• 8American colleges and universities failed to graduate half of their four-year degree candidates because ________.

  A.most of them lack high-quality faculties

  B.the interests of most faculty members lie in research

  C.there are not enough incentives for students to study hard

  D.they attach greater importance to research and publication than to teaching

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• 9It can be inferred from the passage that high-quality college education calls for ________.

  A.putting academic work in the proper context

  B.a commitment to students and effective teaching

  C.the practice of putting leaning to productive ends

  D.dedication to research in frontier areas of knowledge

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• 10The Space Age ________ in October 1957 when the first artificial satellite was launched by the Soviet Union.

  A.initiated

  B.originated

  C.embarked

  D.commenced

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