The last half of the nineteenth century ________ the steady improvement in the means of travel.

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• 1According to the passage diversity can be achieved in American society by ________.

  A.expanding the pool of potential employees

  B.promoting policies that provide skills to employees

  C.training more engineers, scientists lawyers and business managers

  D.providing education for all regardless of race or sex

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• 2It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

  A.meritocracy can never be realized without diversity

  B.American political circles will not accept diversity

  C.it is unlikely that diversity will occur in the U.S. media

  D.minorities can only enter the fields where no debate is heard about diversity

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• 3High corporate leaders seem to be in favor of promoting diversity so as to ________.

  A.lower the rate of unemployment

  B.win equal political rights for minorities

  C.be competitive in the world market

  D.satisfy the demands of a growing population

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• 4Which of the following groups of people still differ in their views on diversity、

  A.Minorities.

  B.Politicians.

  C.Professors.

  D.Managers.

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• 5The word “imperative” (Line 5, Par

  A.1) most probably refers to something ________.A.superficial

  B.remarkable

  C.debatable

  D.essential

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• 6The shy girl felt ________ and uncomfortable when she could not answer her teacher’s questions.

  A.amazed

  B.awkward

  C.curious

  D.amused

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• 7Ann never dreams of ________ for her to be sent abroad very soon.

  A.there being a chance

  B.there to be a chance

  C.there be a chance

  D.being a chance

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• 8It was very kind of you to do the washing-up, but you ________ it.

  A.mustn’t have done

  B.wouldn’t have done

  C.mightn’t have done

  D.didn’t have to do

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• 9Frequently single-parent children ________ some of the functions that the absent adult in the house would have served.

  A.take off

  B.take after

  C.take in

  D.take on

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• 10He gives people the impression ________ all his life broad.

  A.of having spent

  B.to have spent

  C.of being spent

  D.to spend

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