问题 单项选择题

图形是一种说明性的(),在纸或其它表面上表现为形状、绘画、摄影、象形文字等

A.语言符号

B.视觉符号

C.图像符号

D.文字符号

答案

参考答案:B

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                                                          James's New Bicycle
      James shook his money box again.Nothing!He carefully   1   the coins that lay on the
bed.$24.52 was all that he had.The bicycle he wanted was at least $90!  2   on earth was
he going to get the   3   of the money?
      He knew that his friends all had bicycles.It was   4   to hang around with people when
you were the only one without wheels.He thought about what he could do.There was no   5  
asking his parents,for he knew they had no money to   6  .
     There was only one way to get money,and that was to   7   it.He would have to find a job.
  8  who would hire him and what could he do?He decided to ask Mr.Clay for advice,who
usually had   9   on most things. "Well,you can start right here," said Mr.Clay."My windows
need cleaning and my car needs washing."
     That was the   10   of James's odd job(零工) business.For three months he worked every day
after finishing his homework.He was amazed by the   11   of jobs that people found for him to
do.He took dogs and babies for walks,cleared out cupboards,and mended books.He lost count
of the   12   of cars he washed and windows he cleaned,but the   13   increased and he knew that
he would soon have   14   for the bicycle he longed for.
     The day   15   came when James counted his money and found $94.32.He   16   no time and
went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted.He rode   17   home,looking forward to
showing his new bicycle to his friends.It had been hard   18   for the money,but James knew that
he valued his bicycle far more   19   he had bought it with his own money.He had   20   what he
thought was impossible,and that was worth even more than the bicycle.
( )1.A.cleaned  
( )2.A.How      
( )3.A.amount    
( )4.A.brave    
( )5.A.point    
( )6.A.split    
( )7.A.borrow    
( )8.A.Or        
( )9.A.decisions
( )10.A.beginning
( )11.A.similarity
( )12.A.brand    
( )13.A.effort  
( )14.A.all      
( )15.A.finally  
( )16.A.gave    
( )17.A.patiently
( )18.A.applying
( )19.A.since    
( )20.A.deserved
B.covered    
B.Why        
B.part        
B.hard        
B.reason      
B.spend      
B.earn        
B.So          
B.experience  
B.introduction
B.quality    
B.number      
B.pressure    
B.enough      
B.instantly  
B.left        
B.proudly    
B.asking      
B.if          
B.benefited  
C.counted  
C.Who      
C.sum      
C.smart    
C.result    
C.spare    
C.raise    
C.For      
C.opinions  
C.requirement
C.suitability
C.size      
C.money    
C.much      
C.normally  
C.took      
C.silently  
C.looking  
C.than      
C.achieved  
D.checked    
D.What      
D.rest      
D.unfair    
D.right      
D.save      
D.collect    
D.But        
D.knowledge  
D.opening
D.variety    
D.type      
D.trouble    
D.some      
D.regularly  
D.wasted    
D.tiredly    
D.working    
D.though    
D.learned    
填空题

For more than two centuries, American’s colleges and universities have been the backbone of the country’s progress. They have educated the technical, managerial, (1) and provided generation after generation of national leaders. Today educators from around the globe are turning to U. S. institutions of higher learning (2) . They are apt to find many reasons for the excellence of American universities, but (3) stand out as watersheds:
Education (4) : In 1862 Congress enacted the Land-Grant College Act, which essentially extended the opportunity of higher education (5) , including such disenfranchised groups as women and minorities. Each state was permitted to sell large tracts of (6) and use the proceeds to endow at least one public college.
(7) : Over the years, the decentralization and diversity of the America’s colleges and universities have promoted competition for students and resources. Competitive pressure first arose (8) . The academy’s impact really grew after World War II, when (9) commissioned by President Roosevelt argued that it was the federal government’s responsibility to (10) for basic research. Instead of being centralized in government laboratories, scientific research (11) in American universities and generated increasing investment. It also gave graduate students research opportunities and helped (12) far and wide, to the benefit of industry, medicine and society as a whole.
(13) : The end of the World War II saw passage of the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944. The law, which provided for (14) for returning veterans, made an already democratic higher-education system accessible in ways that were (15) in Europe, opening the doors of the best universities to men and women who had (16) of going to college.
(17) : The creation of federal loan guarantees and subsidy programs, as well as outright grants for college students brought (18) to higher education and further helped to democratize access. Since its founding (19) , the Federal Family Education Loan Program has funded more than 74 million student loans worth more than (20) .