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• 1According 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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• 2According 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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• 3According to the passage, the railroad industry preferred steel to iron because steel was ____.

  A.cheaper and more plentiful

  B.lighter and easier to mold

  C.cleaner and easier to mine

  D.stronger and more durable

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• 4It 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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• 5The 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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• 6It 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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• 7With 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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• 8Why does the author mention the “mother” and “father” in the first paragraph、

  A.To point out that parents can teach their children statistics.

  B.To introduce inferential statistics.

  C.To explain that there are different kinds of variables.

  D.To present the background of statistics in a humorous and understandable way.

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• 9Which of the following is NOT given as an example of qualitative variable、

  A.Gender.

  B.Height.

  C.College major.

  D.Type of personality.

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• 10Which of the following statements about descriptive statistics is best supported by the passage、

  A.It simplifies unwieldy masses of data.

  B.It leads to increased variability.

  C.It solves all numerical problems.

  D.It changes qualitative variables to quantitative variables.

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