According to the passage, the railroad industry preferred steel to iron because steel was ____.

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• 1It can be inferred from the passage that Emily Dickinson lived in a society that was characterized by ____.

  A.strong Puritan beliefs

  B.equality of men and women

  C.the encouragement of nonconformity

  D.the appreciation of poetic creativity

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• 2The author implies that many people attribute Emily Dickinson’s seclusion to ____.

  A.physical illness

  B.a failed love affair

  C.religious fervor

  D.her dislike of people

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• 3According to the passage, biographers of Emily Dickinson have traditionally ____.

  A.criticized most of her poems

  B.ignored her innocence and emotional fragility

  C.seen her life in romantic terms

  D.blaming her parents for restricting her activities

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• 4Which of the following is not mentioned as being one of Emily Dickinson’s eccentricities、

  A.Refusing to eat.

  B.Wearing only white.

  C.Avoiding visitors.

  D.Staying in her room.

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• 5What’s the author’s main purpose in the passage、

  A.To interpret Emily Dickinson’s eccentric behavior.

  B.To promote the popular myth of Emily Dickinson.

  C.To discuss Emily Dickinson’s failed love affair.

  D.To describe the religious climate in Emily Dickinson’s tim

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• 6According to the passage, how did Bessemer method make the mass production of steel possible、

  A.It directed air at melted iron in a furnace, removing all impurities.

  B.It slowly heated iron ore then stirred it and heated it again.

  C.It changed iron ore into iron which was a substitute for steel.

  D.It could quickly find deposits of iron ore under the ground.

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• 7According to the passage, where were large deposits of iron uncovered、

  A.In Pittsburgh.

  B.In the Mesabi Range.

  C.Near Lake Michigan.

  D.Near Lake Eri

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• 8The words “Barges and steamers” could best be replaced by which of the following、

  A.Trains.

  B.Planes.

  C.Boats.

  D.Trucks.

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• 9It can be inferred from the passage that the mass production of steel caused ____.

  A.a decline in the railroad industry

  B.a revolution in the industrial world

  C.an increase in the price of steel

  D.a feeling of discontent among steel workers

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• 10With what is the passage mainly concerned、

  A.The drawbacks of descriptive and inferential statistics.

  B.Applications of inferential statistics.

  C.The development and use of statistics.

  D.How to use descriptive statistics.

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