大学英语大学英语大学英语专业八级TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (2001)&-GRADE EIGHT-

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• 31The purpose of the passage is to  ___.

  A.review some newly-published interior-design books

  B.explore the potential market for interior-design books

  C.persuade people to buy some good books

  D.stress the importance of reading good books

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• 32The writer of the passage mainly intends to ___.

  A.criticize Germany’s tax system

  B.help companies ease their tax burden

  C.examine the current corporate tax rates

  D.propose ways to reform the tax system

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• 33The following passage emphasizes the role of ___ in health conservation.

  A.advertising

  B.research

  C.governments

  D.taxation

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• 34The passage is primarily ___ in the development of the thesis.

  A.persuasive

  B.descriptive

  C.narrative

  D.expository

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• 35According to the census prediction, the average male Americans will b e expected    to live up to ___ years of age by 2050.

  A.73.3

  B.75.1

  C.81.3

  D.83.6

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• 36Crime experts predict that in the near future crime rates will first decrease in ___.

  A.South and Southwest

  B.North and Northeast

  C.Southwest and Midwest

  D.Northeast and Midwest

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• 37The formal diplomatic relations between China and the United States w ere established on ___.

  A.February 28,1972

  B.January 28,1979

  C.December 16,1978

  D.January 1,1979

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• 38The Five Principles for the establishment of a new type of Sino -US r elationship were put forward by Chinese President Jiang Zemin in  ___.

  A.Seattle

  B.Jakarta 

  C.Manila

  D.New York

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• 39Whose works would you most probably choose to read if you were intere sted in satire、

  A.Alexander Pope.

  B.Oliver Goldsmith.

  C.R.B.Sheridan.

  D.W.M. Thackeray.

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• 40Which of the following writers was a Nobel-Prize winner、

  A.Alexander Pope.

  B.John Galsworthy.

  C.Thomas Hardy.

  D.W.M. Thackeray.

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