According to the author, the great outburst of major inventions in early America was in a large part due to ________.

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• 1The author is most critical of ________.

  A.family film owners

  B.landowners

  C.managers

  D.shareholders

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• 2According to the passage, all of the following are true EXCEPT that ________.

  A.the shareholders were unaware of the needs of the workers

  B.the old firm owners had a better understanding of their workers

  C.the limited liability companies were too large to run smoothly

  D.the trade unions seemed to play a positive role

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• 3The growth of limited liability companies resulted in ________.

  A.the separation of capital from management

  B.the ownership of capital by managers

  C.the emergence of capital and labour as two classes

  D.the participation of shareholders in municipal business

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• 4It’s true of the old family firms that ________.

  A.they were spoiled by the younger generations

  B.they failed for lack of individual initiative

  C.they lacked efficiency compared with modern companies

  D.they could supply adequate services to the taxpayers

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• 5The foremost reason why the BBC has to readjust itself is no other than ________.

  A.the emergence of commercial TV channels

  B.the enforcement of Broadcasting Act by the government

  C.the urgent necessity to reduce costs and jobs

  D.the challenge of new satellite channels

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• 6It is implied that adaptiveness and inventiveness of the early American mechanics ________.

  A.benefited a lot from their mathematical knowledge

  B.shed light on disciplined school management

  C.was brought about by privileged home training

  D.owed a lot to the technological development

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• 7A technologist can be compared to an artist because ________.

  A.they are both winners of awards

  B.they are both experts in spatial thinking

  C.they both abandon verbal description

  D.they both use various instruments

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• 8The best title for this passage might be ________.

  A.Inventive Mind

  B.Effective Schooling

  C.Ways of Thinking

  D.Outpouring of Inventions

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• 9“Creationism” in the passage refers to ________.

  A.evolution in its true sense as to the origin of the universe

  B.a notion of the creation of religion

  C.the scientific explanation of the earth formation

  D.the deceptive theory about the origin of the universe

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• 10Kitcher’s book is intended to ________.

  A.recommend the views of the evolutionists

  B.expose the true features of creationists

  C.curse bitterly at this opponents

  D.launch a surprise attack on creationists

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