The author had to conduct the two women’s funerals probably because ________.

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• 1What is said about the two deceased elderly women、

  A.They lived out a natural life.

  B.They died due to lack of care by family members.

  C.They died of exhaustion after the long plane ride.

  D.They weren’t accustomed to the change in weather.

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• 2Putting the new science and math standards into practice will prove difficult because ________.

  A.many schoolteachers challenge the acceptability of these standards

  B.there is always controversy in educational circles

  C.not enough educators have realized the necessity for doing so

  D.school districts are responsible for making their own decisions

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• 3The new National Science Education Standards are good news in that they will ________.

  A.solve most of the problems in school teaching

  B.provide depth to school science education

  C.quickly dominate U.S. educational practice

  D.be able to meet the demands of the community

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• 4By saying that the U.S. educational environment is “a mile wide and an inch deep” (Line 2, Par

  A.5), the author means U.S. educational practice ________.A.scratches the surface of a wide range of topics

  B.lays stress on quality at the expense of quantity

  C.encourages learning both in depth and in scope

  D.offers an environment for comprehensive education

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• 5The fundamental flaw of American school education is that ________.

  A.it attaches too much importance to intensive study of school subjects

  B.it relies heavily on the initiative of individual teachers

  C.it sets a very low academic standard for students

  D.it lacks a coordinated national program

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• 6People feel guilty for the deaths of their loved ones because ________.

  A.they believe that they were responsible

  B.they had neglected the natural course of events

  C.they couldn’t find a better way to express their grief

  D.they didn’t know things often turn out in the opposite direction

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• 7In the context of the passage, “... the world makes sense” (Line 2, Para, 4) probably means that ________.

  A.we have to be sensible in order to understand the world

  B.everything in the world is predetermined

  C.there’s an explanation for everything in the world

  D.the world can be interpreted in different ways

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• 8People have been made to believe since infancy that ________.

  A.every story should have a happy ending

  B.their wishes are the cause of everything that happens

  C.life and death is an unsolved mystery

  D.everybody is at their command

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• 9By “stupid endeavor” (Line 2, Par

  A.1), Westhusin means to say that ________.A.human cloning is a foolish undertaking

  B.animal cloning is absolutely impractical

  C.human cloning should be done selectively

  D.animal cloning is not worth the effort at all

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• 10What does the first paragraph tell us about Westhusin’s dog cloning project、

  A.Its success is already in sight.

  B.It is doomed to utter failure.

  C.It is progressing smoothly.

  D.Its outcome remains uncertain.

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