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B.oughtn't to
C.may
D.can't
A.must
B.oughtn't to
C.may
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A.must
B.oughtn't to
C.may
D.can't
Sara: Mind if I call you Albert?
Albert: ______.
A、Yes,just call me Al
B、Yes,you may do that
C、OK.Everyone does
D、Of course not.But just a plain ‘Al’ will do
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
In the past, falling oil prices have given a boost to the world economy, but recent forecasts for global growth have been toned down, even as oil prices sink lower and lower. Does that mean the link between lower oil prices and growth has weakened?
Some experts say there are still good reasons to believe cheap oil should heat up the world economy. Consumers have more money in their pockets when they’re paying less at the pump. They spend that money on other things, which stimulates the economy.
The biggest gains go to countries that import most of their oil like China, Japan, and India, But doesn’t the extra money in the pockets of those countries’ consumers mean an equal loss in oil producing countries, cancelling out the gains? Not necessarily, says economic researcher Sara Johnson. “Many oil producers built up huge reserve funds when prices were high, so when prices fall they will draw on their reserves to support government spending and subsidies(补贴) for their consumers.”
But not all oil producers have big reserves, In Venezuela, collapsing oil prices have sent its economy into free-fall.
Economist Carl Weinberg believes the negative effects of plunging oil prices are overwhelming the positive effects of cheaper oil. The implication is a sharp decline in global trade, which has plunged partly because oil-producing nations can’t afford to import as much as they used to.
Sara Johnson acknowledges that the global economic benefit from a fall in oil prices today is likely lower than it was in the past. One reason is that more countries are big oil producers now, so the nations suffering from the price drop account for a larger share of the global economy.
Consumers, in the U.S. at least, are acting cautiously with the savings they’re getting at the gas pump, as the memory of the recent great recession is still fresh in their mind. And a number of oil-producing countries are trimming their gasoline subsidies and raising taxes, so the net savings for global consumers is not as big as the oil price plunge might suggest.
What does the author mainly discuss in the passage?
A.The reasons behind the plunge of oil prices.
B.Possible ways to stimulate the global economy.
C.The impact of cheap oil on global economic growth.
D.The effect of falling oil prices on consumer spending.
A former professor of English at Vassar and Manhattanville, O'Keefe would persuade us that "many girls were damaged by characters, plots, and themes in the books they read and loved," because in these books "female virtue" is invariably bound up with "sit-still, look-good messages." Arguing from supposedly stereotypical literary scenes depictions of mothers making their daughters feel safe and loved, for example-- along with ominous anecdotes attempting to show how the women of her own generation are passive and pliant, O'Keefe insists that until about 1950, a vast literary conspiracy was trying to suck the brains and spirit out of little girls.
What is impressive about this contention is the boldness of its inversion of reality. Indeed, O'Keefe does her readers a favor by sending us scurrying to our shelves to pore through half-forgotten, well-loved stories and confirm that, sure enough, the exact opposite is tree: The great girls' books of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (many of them further popularized in film, television, and stage versions) are filled with active, vibrant young women notable for their moral strength. These novels celebrate character in girls and women in a way that their contemporary counterparts, filled with characters brooding over nasty boys and weight problems, seldom do.
To revisit the girls' classics of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, actually, is to enter a heroines' hall of fame. This doesn't stop O'Keefe from disparaging characters like "brave but passive" Sara Crewe. The central figure in A Little Princes (1950) by the English-born American writer Frances Hodgson Burnett, best, known for The Secret Garden (1911), Sara endures hardship, including her beloved father's death and her resulting poverty, in a way that ahs inspired girls for a century. "You have to bear things," Sara explains to a friend early in the story, when her father has left her at boarding school. "Think what soldiers bear! Papa is a soldier. If there was a war he would have to bear marching and thirstiness and, perhaps, deep wounds. And he would never say a word -- not one word."
This kind of stoicism is bad, O'Keefe explains, because eleven-year-old Sara doesn't escape her awful situation on her own, but merely suffers until a heroic male, her father's old friend, rescues her. Besides, isn't there something sinister, O'Keefe insinuates, about this "father-worship" ? Yet it would be hard for parents to provide their daughters a better model of generosity and resourcefulness than Sara Crewe. With the help of a few friends and a vivid imagination, she creates an inner life as a "princess" that helps her endure the worst circumstances with dignity. In the books' most moving scene, Sara uses a coin she has found to buy six buns, then gives five of them to a beggar girl who is even hungrier than she is.
Sara was talking to herself, though she was sick at heart. "If I'm a princess," she was saying, "If I'm a princess -- when they were poor and driven from their thrones -- they always shared -- with the populace -- if they met one poorer and hungrier than themselves."
Sara's imaginary royalty gives definition to her private sense of who she is: one held to a very high standard. He notion about princesses (whether or not Burnett intended it) reflects the Biblical concept, second nature to nineteenth century readers, that the greatest of all is the person who serves others. It makes Sara so attractive that her story has never gone out of print.
Deborah O'Keefe notwithstanding, yo
A.feminists support the values of girls' classics
B.feminists mystify the roles of girls' classics
C.Deborah O'Keefe echoes the feminists' claim
D.Deborah O'Keefe is a staunch feminist
Sara:Can I help you with the luggage?It looks a bit heavy. Henry:__________.
A.Yes,they are full of books
B.Don’t bother.I can take care of it myself
C.Never mind.You don’t have to be SO polite
D.OK.GO ahead and do it
According to the interview, Sara's grades have fallen probably because ______.
A.She was tired of the study at school.
B.She didn't get enough to eat.
C.She helped too much with the chores.
D.She always slept in the class.
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