The holiday has had many influences from many cultures over the centuries ， such as from the Roman's Pomona Day, from the Celtic festival of Samhain, to the Christian holidays of All Saints and All Souls Days.

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W: I know that, but I needed it immediately. I had an important meeting to attend. Q: What are the two speakers discussing？ (19) A．They are discussing how to celebrate the coming Christmas holidays. B．They are discussing whether the woman should buy the new dress. C．They are discussing when the woman will attend the meeting. D．They are discussing what to do after the Christmas holidays.

W: I know that, but I needed it immediately. I had a wedding reception to attend. When did the woman buy the dress？ A．Shortly after the New Year’s Day. B．In the spring. C．During the New Year's holidays. D．During a sale.

A．applied B．demanded C．owned D．disagreed

A．put up B．put down C．put on D．put out

A．judgment B．crime C．jury D．convict

A．The air pollution is caused by the development of industry. B．The city was poor because there wasn't much industry then. C．The woman's exaggerating the seriousness of the pollution. D．He might move to another city very soon.

A．Never B．Once C．Twice D．Five times

A．September 9th B．September 11th C．November 9 th D．November 11th

Ms Byron is one of 419 students (out of 8,744 who applied) who were accepted for Google's "summer of code". While it sounds like a hyper-nerdy summer camp, the students neither went to Google's campus in Mountain View, California, nor to wherever their mentors at the 41 participating open-source projects happened to be located. Instead, Google acted as a matchmaker and sponsor. Each of the participating open-source projects received $500 for every student it took on; and each student received $4,500 ($500 right away, and $4,000 on completion of their work). Oh, and a T-shirt. All of this is the idea of Chris DiBona, Google's open-source boss, who was brainstorming with Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google's founders, last year. They realised that a lot of programming talent goes to waste every summer because students take summer jobs flipping burgers to make money, and let their coding skills degrade. "We want to make it better for students in the summer," says Mr. DiBona, adding that it also helps the open source community and thus, indirectly, Google, which uses lots of open source software behind the scenes. Plus, says Mr. DiBona, "it does become an opportunity for recruiting." Elliot Cohen, a student at Berkeley, spent his summer writing a "Bayesian network toolbox" for Python, an open-source programming language. "I'm a pretty big fan of Google," he says. He has an interview scheduled with Microsoft, but "Google is the only big company that I would work at," he says. And if that doesn't work out, he now knows people in the open-source community, "and it's a lot less intimidating." Ms. Byron's comment on her own summer experiment is ______. A．negative B．biased C．puzzling D．enthusiastic

Now, those instincts are being put to the test. Many Fed watchers--and some policymakers inside the central bank itself--are beginning to wonder whether Greenspan has lost his touch. Despite rising risks to the economy from a swooning stock market and soaring oil prices that could hamper growth, the Greenspan-led Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) opted to leave interest rates unchanged on Sept.24 . But in a rare dissent, two of the Fed's 12 policymakers broke ranks and voted for a cut in rates--Dallas Fed President Robert D. McTeer Jr. and central bank Governor Edward M. Gramlich. The move by McTeer, the Fed's self-styled "Lonesome Dove", was no surprise. But Gramlich's was. This was the first time that the monetary moderate had voted against the chairman since joining the Fed's board in 1997. And it was the first public dissent by a governor since 1995. Despite the split vote, it's too soon to count the maestro of monetary policy out. Greenspan had good reasons for not cutting interest rates now. And by acknowledging in the statement issued after the meeting that the economy does indeed face risks, Greenspan left the door wide open to a rate reduction in 'the future. Indeed, former Fed Governor Lyle Gramley thinks chances are good that the central bank might even cut rates before its next scheduled meeting on Nov. 6, the day after congressional elections. So why didn't the traditionally risk-averse Greenspan cut rates now as insurance against the dangers dogging growth？ For one thing, he still thinks the economy is in recovery mode. Consumer demand remains buoyant and has even been turbocharged recently by a new wave of mortgage refinancing. Economists reckon that homeowners will extract some ＄100 billion in cash from their houses in the second half of this year. And despite all the corporate gloom, business spending has shown signs of picking up, though not anywhere near as strongly as the Fed would like. Does that mean that further rate cuts are off the table？ Hardly. Watch for Greenspan to try to time any rate reductions to when they'll have the most psychological pop on business and investor confidence. That's surely no easy feat, but it's one that Greenspan has shown himself capable of more than once in the past. Don't be surprised if he surprises everyone again. Alan Greenspan owes his reputation much to ______. A．his successful predictions of economy B．his timely handling of interest rates C．his unusual economic policies D．his unique sense of dangers

I realize that everyone has her or his own way of living. I want to change my lifestyle. Of course I will keep studying. Yet I plan to look for a part-time job, which might turn out to be a good chance to get to know society. I still believe that working my hardest does make me happy. I will still stay on in college, but I will not allow it to shelter me from the real world. 1. From this passage, we know that the author回答. A. does not think education is the most important thing in her life any more B. thinks that communication with other people is more important than education C. realizes that it is more important to really develop oneself than just to store knowledge 2. By saying that she is "a junior student" in her college, the author means that she is回答. A. a student in her third year in college B. a very young college student C. younger than most students in college 3. The author thinks the awards she has received 回答. A. show that she is a top student B. show how much time she has spent in learning C. don&39;t necessarily reflect her real self 4. The author fears that she will be of no use to society, mainly because回答. A. she feels she is a loser B. she does not know how to communicate with others C. studying takes too much of her time 5. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage, when the author says that she wants to find a part-time job？回答 A. The job might enable her to get to know society. B. She wants to change her lifestyle. C. She wants to get some shelter from the real world.

One important cause of the generation gap is the opportunity that young people have to choose their own ways of life.In a more traditional society, when children grow up, they are expected to live in the same area as their parents, to marry people that their parents know and like, and often to continue the family jobs.In our society, young people often travel great distances for their education, move out of the family at an early age, marry or live with people whom their parents have never met, and choose jobs different from those of their parents. In our society, parents often expect their children to do better than they did, to find better jobs, to make more money and to do all the things that they were unable to do.Often, that is another cause of the gap between them.Often, they discover that they have very little in common with each other. Finally, the speed at which changes take place in our society is the third cause of the gap between the generations.In a traditional culture, senior people are valued for their knowledge, but in our society the knowledge of a lifetime may become out of date.The young and the old seem to live in two very different worlds, separated by different skills and abilities.No doubt, the generation gap will continue in American life for some time to come. 1.The first paragraph tells us that ______. A、the problem of the generation gap draws much attention from people B、it is out of date to talk about the generation gap C、children and parents are trying to understand each other D、it is very important for people to frequently communicate with each other 2.In a more traditional society, old people_______. A、have their children respect and listen to them B、do not care for their children at all C、expect their children to rebel against them D、do not live together with their children 3.In American society young people________. A、do not need to find jobs B、leave home at an early age C、have better education than their parents D、marry people younger than them 4.Which of the following is NOT the cause of the generation gap______. A、Young people like to depend more on themselves. B、Parents do not love their children dearly. C、American society changes rapidly. D、Parents expect too much of their children. 5.The main idea of the passage is ________. A、that the generation gap needs considering B、when the generation gap is necessary in American society C、why the generation gap exist D、how we can reduce the generation gap

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