The expression "flummoxed by" in the sentence "Politicians, obsessed with inputs and outputs, targets and controls, are flummoxed by immeasurable concepts such as the value people place on spending time with their families." (para. 2) can best be replaced
A. confronted with
B. fascinated with
C. perplexed by
D. haunted by
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George Orwell is mentioned in the passage because ______.
A. he was the one who coined the expression "Big Brother"
B. he was a famous British novelist in the 20th century
C. he described a world where individual privacy is denied
D. he conducted the investigation of the damage done to individual privacy
听力原文：W：I can't imagine you have any interest in attending that lecture on sculpture. For you it is so boring.
M：I do．Now you would remind me of the one. And just now I have the time. So come I.
Q：What do we learn about the man from this conversation？
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A. He'd rather not go to the lecture.
B. He doesn't mind if the woman goes to the lecture.
C. He wants to hear the lecture.
D. He's heard the lecture before.
The inventor of the rocker chair may not be able to launch the chair into the market because ______.
A. he hasn't applied for the patent
B. he himself can't make many chairs
C. the rocker in the chair is protected by the patent
D. the rocker chair has not been proved to be safe
Which of the following caused the author to change his mind about declining his invitation
A. He realized that he had not been invited to the event as a representative of Native Americans.
B. He remembered the sacrifices that his ancestors had made for the privilege of going there, even if only to be ignored.
C. He was eager to read his poetry to an audience of other poets and literary critics.
D. He wanted his writing and the writing of other Native American men and women to take on a more political tone.
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