One common theme in Emily Dickinson's poems is about protesting against the repression of _________________.

A man was not stamped as a ___________ for protesting against vivisection.

A、iron

B、triumph

C、crank

D、imbecile

Consumer groups are protesting against higher prices in this city now.

A．clothing with

B．clinging to

C．complaining about

D．clutching with

Consumer groups are protesting against higher prices in this city now.

A．clothing with

B．clinging to

C．complaining about

D．clutching with

Passage Two

In spring, chickens start laying again, bringing a welcome source of protein at winter’s end. So it’s no surprise that cultures around the world celebrate spring by honoring the egg.

Some traditions are simple, like the red eggs that get baked into Greek Easter breads.Others elevate the egg into a fancy art, like the heavily jewel-covered “eggs” that were favored by the Russians starting in the 19th century.

One ancient form. of egg art comes to us from Ukraine. For centuries, Ukrainians have been drawing complicated patterns on eggs. Contemporary artists have followed this tradition to create eggs that speak to the anxieties of our age: Life is precious, and delicate. Eggs are, too.

“There’s something about their delicate nature that appeals to me,” says New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast. Several years ago, she became interested in eggs and learned the traditional Ukrainian technique to draw her very modem characters. “I’ve broken eggs at every stage of the process—from the very beginning to the very, very end.”

But there’s an appeal in that vulnerability. “There’s part of this sickening horror of knowing you’re walking on the edge with this, that I kind of like, knowing that it could all fall apart at any second.” Chast’s designs, such as a worried man alone in a tiny rowboat, reflect that delicateness.

Traditional Ukrainian decorated eggs also spoke to those fears. The elaborate patterns were believed to offer protection against evil.

“There’s an ancient legend that as long as these eggs are made, evil will not prevail in the world,” says Joan Brander, a Canadian egg-painter who has been painting eggs for over 60 years, having learned the art from her Ukrainian relatives.

The tradition, dating back to 300 B.C., was later incorporated into the Christian church. The old symbols, however, still endure. A decorated egg with a bird on it, given to a young married couple, is a wish for children. A decorated egg thrown into the field would be a wish for a good harvest.

Why do people in many cultures prize the egg?

A.It is a welcome sign of the coming of spring

B.It is their major source of protein in winter

C.It can easily be made into a work of art

D.It can bring wealth and honor to them

Why have contemporary artists continued the egg art tradition?A.Eggs serve as an enduring symbol of new life

B.Eggs have an oval shape appealing to artists

C.Eggs reflect the anxieties of people today

D.Eggs provide a unique surface to paint on

What do we learn about the decorated “eggs” in Russia?A.They are shaped like jewel cases

B.They are cherished by the rich

C.They are heavily painted in red

D.They are favored as a form of art

Why does Chast enjoy the process of decorating eggs?A.She never knows if the egg will break before the design is completed

B.She can add multiple details to the design to communicate her idea

C.She always derives great pleasure from designing something new

D.She is never sure what the final design will look like until the end

What do we learn from the passage about egg-painting?A.It originated in the eastern part of Europe

B.It has a history of over two thousand years

C.It is the most time-honored form of fancy art

D.It is especially favored as a church decoration

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

听力原文： More than 100,000 miners, railway workers and London bus drivers staged a one-day strike yesterday, creating chaos for British travelers on the worst day of industrial unrest for years.

The first strike in the railway industry for four years, in protest of proposed job cuts, is expected to halt the whole network on the busiest day of the week for train travel. The bus strike will worsen Londoners' misery. Bus drivers are protesting against new job practices and pay cuts as the bus system prepares for privatization.

Police forecast chaos on the roads ms commuters attempt to get to work by car. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to stay at home to avoid the crush, likely to be made worse by bad weather. About 2 million people travel into London every day and most of them use public transport.

Miners' leaders hope 10,000 people will join a march through the Yorkshire coal town of Barnsley to protest at government-imposed pit closures which will cost 15,000 miners their jobs.

Prime Minister John Major called the railway workers' action "deplorable" on Thursday. But union leaders say they believe the public, concerned at the inexorable rise in unemployment after two years of recession, understand their action.

Yesterday's strike led to complete confusion for______.

A．tourists

B．commuters

C．employers

D．bus drivers

听力原文： More than 100,000 miners, railway workers and London bus drivers staged a one-day strike yesterday, creating chaos for British travelers on the worst day of industrial unrest for years.

The first strike in the railway industry for four years, in protest of pro posed job cuts, is expected to halt the whole network on the busiest day of the week for train travel. The bus strike will worsen Londoners'misery.

Bus drivers are protesting against new job practices and pay cuts as the bus system prepares for privatization.

Police forecast chaos on the roads as commuters attempt to get to work by car. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to stay at home to avoid the crush, likely to be made worse by bad weather. About 2 million people travel into London every day and most of them use public transport.

Miners' leaders hope 10,000 people will join a march through the Yorkshire coal town of Barnsley to pretest at government-imposed pit closures which will cost 15,000 miners their jobs.

Yesterday's strike caused complete confusion for ______.

A．employers

B．commuters

C．bus drivers

D．tourists

SECTION B PASSAGES

Directions: In this section, you will hear several passages. Listen to the passages carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

听力原文： Jane Adams came from a well-to-do and cultural family. She was so distressed about the misery of poor people that she left her fine home to spend her life in the slums of Chicago. In 1889, she established a settlement house where she initiated many projects such as hot lunch service for factory workers, day-care centers for little children, free classes for young people and adults, gymnasium and art gallery. Immigrants and other poor people came to her settlement house for advice and help, as well as for fun.

Jane Adams was also active in fighting against the use of child labor and against war. She worked for women's right to vote and for improving the situation of the blacks. She initiated country vocation programs for poor city children. Jane Adams had great influence on the development of social work in the United States and in other parts of the world. She promoted the idea of responsibility for the welfare of the poor. Settlement houses of a similar kind were founded in many poor neighborhoods to make the lives of the poor more meaningful. In 1931, Jane Adams was awarded the Nobel Prize for what she had done for society.

Where did Jane Adams spend her life after she left her home?

A．In day-care centers where little children were taken care of.

B．In areas in Chicago where poor people lived.

C．In places where hot lunch was provided for factory workers.

D．In schools where free classes were organized for young people.

A nine-year-old schoolgirl single-handedly cooks up a science-fair experiment that ends up debunking (揭穿......的真相)a widely practiced medical treatment. Emily Rosa's target was a practice known as therapeutic (治疗的) touch ( TT for short), whose advocates manipulate patients' “energy field” to make them feel better and even, say some, to cure them of various ills. Yet Emily' s test shows that these energy fields can' t be detected, even by trained TT practitioners (行医者). Obviously mindful of the publicity value of the situation, Journal editor George Lund- berg appeared on TV to declare, "Age doesn't matter. It's good science that matters, and this is good science."

Emily's mother Linda Rosa, a registered nurse, has been campaigning against TT for nearly a decade. Linda first thought about TT in the late' 80s, when she learned it was on the approved list for continuing nursing deduction in Colorado. Its 100,000 trained practitioners (48,000 in the U. S. ) don' t even touch their patients. Instead they waved their hands a few inches from the patient's body, pushing energy fields around until they're in “balance.” TT advocates say these manipulations can help heal wounds, relieve pain and reduce fever. The claims are taken seriously enough that TT therapists are frequently hired by leading hospitals, at up to $ 70an hour, to smooth patients, energy, sometimes during surgery.

Yet Rosa could not find any evidence that it works. To provide such proof, TT therapists would have to sit down for independent testing--something they haven't been eager to do, even though James Randi has offered more than $1 million to anyone who can demonstrate the existence of a human energy field. (He's had one taker so far. She failed. )A skeptic might conclude that TT practitioners are afraid to lay their beliefs on the line. But who could turn down an innocent fourth-grader? Says Emily. “I think they didn't take me very seriously because I'm a kid.”

The experiment was straightforward: 21 TT therapists stuck their hands, palms up, through a screen. Emily held her own hand over one of theirs--left or right---and the practitioners had to say which hand it was. When the results were recorded, they'd done no better than they would have by simply guessing. If there was an energy field, they couldn't feel it.

Which of the following is evidence that TT is widely practiced?

A．TT has been in existence for decades.

B．Many patients were cured by therapeutic touch.

C．TT therapists are often employed by leading hospitals.

D．More than 100,000 people are undergoing TT treatment.