超星 - Sentence Reading

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Tom should have known better when he asked her to go out with him, her parents being so very old-fashioned.

A. Tom did not ask her to go out with him because he did not know her better than he actually did.
B. Knowing that she would not go out with him any way since her parents were old-fashioned. Tom did not ask her.
C. She refused to go out with Tom.
D. She went out with Tom in spite of her parents’ strong objection.

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The Tao Yuan International Airport, now being built, is one of our ten major construction projects. In view of our increasing tourist business, the importance of the new airport cannot be overemphasized.

A. The new international airport must be completed as soon as possible.
B. The new international airport is extremely important to our increasing tourist business.
C. Building a new international airport is the most important of our ten major construction projects.
D. We should not overemphasize the importance of the new international airport.

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No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements. Much as we may pride ourselves on our good taste, we are no longer free to choose the things we want, for advertising exerts a subtle influence on us. In their efforts to persuade us to buy this or that product, advertisers have made a close study of human nature and have classified all our little weaknesses.

A. In spite of our good taste, we still may be forced by advertisements to buy what we do not want.
B. Our good taste will guide us to buy the things we want despite advertisements.
C. Advertisements have often neglected human nature.
D. Advertisers tend to overlook our little weaknesses.

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Ending air pollution is not going to be cheap. However, since many scientists tell us that a normal, healthy person can live about five weeks without food, and five days without water, but only five minutes without air, it may be well worth the price.

A. We can lower the price of food by going without it for five weeks.
B. A lot of money can be saved because man can live five weeks without food.
C. Ending air pollution is expensive, but it may be worth the money that we have to spend on it, because clean air is so important to us.
D. That a person can live five weeks without food shows how healthy people are.

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A general feature of modern society is the gap that separates the adult from the young, and it is most painfully felt between parents and children.In this sentence, we are talking about the gap between .

A. families
B. society
C. parents
D. generations

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As there are so many laws, probably no one knows all of them. Consequently, it may happen that a man violates a law without knowing it. In such a case, his ignorance of the law does not excuse him from getting punished.

A man without the knowledge of laws can't be excused from punishment if he violates them.
B. One who does not know laws should be punished.
C. If someone knows all of the laws, he can be excused from getting punished.
D. If one is ignorant of the laws, he won't violate them.

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Dr. Drew has a younger brother and couple of sisters, older than he is.Including Dr. Drew and his parents, how many members are there in his family?

A. Three.
B. Six.
C. Four.
D. Five.

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France, ignoring the worldwide protest and concern for safety of mankind, conducted nuclear test in the South Pacific. Most people have got very angry at the news.What do you know from the information of the sentence above?

A. Nuclear tests are safe for mankind.
B. World opinion had no effect onFrance’s behavior.
C. France gave up the test in the South Pacific.
D. The French love the South Pacific.

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If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it just as hard to get along with them as we do with people.The sentence tells us that .

A. it’s painful for us to get along with dogs
B. it’s fortunate that dogs could not talk
C. it’s difficult to get along with dogs
D. it’s not easy for us to get along with people as well as dogs

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It has been said that fire is a good servant, but a bad master. While fire does for us what we want to do, nothing can be more helpful. When fire gets beyond our control, nothing is more harmful.Which of the following statements is true?

A. In fact, fire is both helpful and harmful.
B. As nothing is more harmful than fire, we’d better get rid of it.
C. It is advisable for man to have a good servant control the fire.
D. A bad master will always try to let fire get beyond control.

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