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In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied 1 by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of the Employment has the right to 2 or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 3 about it. It would be extremely unwise 4 a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 5 to immediate deportation. There are some 6 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who are 7 to work without permits, and who are often given 8 residence permits of up to five years. Some 9 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, 10 and others, can work without permits.
The problem with the act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 11 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 12 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 13 to appeal 14 the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no 15 but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the 16 visitors badly, and appear to accept or 17 them for no 18 reason. Which side of the political 19 you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the Act, for it causes frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real 20 .

A．for
B．off
C．to
D．in

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At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce.
Women already 21 the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of 22 workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 23 many of the world"s great companies, from Pepsico in America to Areva in France. Women"s 24 empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women were 25 confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 26 to casual sexism and were expected to 27 their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 28 second-class citizens. Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives. 29 millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to 30 this trend—most notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countries—will pay a heavy price in the form of wasted talent and frustrated citizens.
This revolution has been 31 with only a modicum of friction. Men have, 32 , welcomed women"s invasion of the workplace, 33 even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that women are still 34 at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America"s largest companies and 5% of their 35 in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men 36 average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples routinely 37 that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children— 38 in places like America and Britain that have 39 high levels of female 40 in the labor force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care.

A．make from
B．make of
C．make up
D．make of

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Bilingual education is controversial in the United States. 41 , a growing body of research shows that 42 speaking two languages comes with certain types of improved mental 43 . Being able to use two languages and never knowing which one to be used right now is good to the brain. The attentional executive system, crucial for all higher thought, seems to be 44 .
Executive functioning allows us to keep a goal in mind, take 45 to achieve that goal, and to ignore other information that might 46 us from that goal. The question is: Would it be the case that bilinguals, by the 47 need for controlling the two languages, develop a more efficient executive functioning system. The results suggest that bilinguals 48 have this positive collateral effect, which is even stronger when it goes to kids and older people. These are ages 49 executive functioning is worse.
Bilinguals do better at tests that require multitasking, including ones that 50 driving and talking on a phone. And the longer people have spoken multiple languages, the greater the cognitive 51 . There are even benefits when languages were 52 at later ages.
Certainly, bilingualism comes with some 53 . Bilinguals have more "tip-of-the-tongue" problems. There are a couple of milliseconds before they can target. Bilingual children, also, have 54 a smaller vocabulary in each of their languages than monolingual children, 55 they probably know more words altogether.
Still, all of these findings are 56 abstract. It is difficult to take laboratory findings showing better executive functioning in bilinguals and demonstrate that they 57 into better performance in the workplace or some other practical 58 . The only real-world application preliminarily demonstrated may be that multilingualism can 59 health benefits to Alzheimer"s patients. Bilinguals show 60 of the disease up to four years later than monolinguals.

A．Hereafter
B．Therefore
C．However
D．Meanwhile

单项选择题

In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied 1 by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of the Employment has the right to 2 or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 3 about it. It would be extremely unwise 4 a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 5 to immediate deportation. There are some 6 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who are 7 to work without permits, and who are often given 8 residence permits of up to five years. Some 9 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, 10 and others, can work without permits.
The problem with the act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 11 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 12 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 13 to appeal 14 the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no 15 but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the 16 visitors badly, and appear to accept or 17 them for no 18 reason. Which side of the political 19 you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the Act, for it causes frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real 20 .

A．allow
B．admit
C．present
D．grant

单项选择题

At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce.
Women already 21 the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of 22 workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 23 many of the world"s great companies, from Pepsico in America to Areva in France. Women"s 24 empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women were 25 confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 26 to casual sexism and were expected to 27 their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 28 second-class citizens. Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives. 29 millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to 30 this trend—most notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countries—will pay a heavy price in the form of wasted talent and frustrated citizens.
This revolution has been 31 with only a modicum of friction. Men have, 32 , welcomed women"s invasion of the workplace, 33 even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that women are still 34 at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America"s largest companies and 5% of their 35 in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men 36 average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples routinely 37 that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children— 38 in places like America and Britain that have 39 high levels of female 40 in the labor force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care.

A．professional
B．responsible
C．skillful
D．special

单项选择题

In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied 1 by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of the Employment has the right to 2 or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 3 about it. It would be extremely unwise 4 a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 5 to immediate deportation. There are some 6 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who are 7 to work without permits, and who are often given 8 residence permits of up to five years. Some 9 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, 10 and others, can work without permits.
The problem with the act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 11 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 12 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 13 to appeal 14 the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no 15 but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the 16 visitors badly, and appear to accept or 17 them for no 18 reason. Which side of the political 19 you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the Act, for it causes frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real 20 .

A．made
B．done
C．explained
D．talked

单项选择题

Bilingual education is controversial in the United States. 41 , a growing body of research shows that 42 speaking two languages comes with certain types of improved mental 43 . Being able to use two languages and never knowing which one to be used right now is good to the brain. The attentional executive system, crucial for all higher thought, seems to be 44 .
Executive functioning allows us to keep a goal in mind, take 45 to achieve that goal, and to ignore other information that might 46 us from that goal. The question is: Would it be the case that bilinguals, by the 47 need for controlling the two languages, develop a more efficient executive functioning system. The results suggest that bilinguals 48 have this positive collateral effect, which is even stronger when it goes to kids and older people. These are ages 49 executive functioning is worse.
Bilinguals do better at tests that require multitasking, including ones that 50 driving and talking on a phone. And the longer people have spoken multiple languages, the greater the cognitive 51 . There are even benefits when languages were 52 at later ages.
Certainly, bilingualism comes with some 53 . Bilinguals have more "tip-of-the-tongue" problems. There are a couple of milliseconds before they can target. Bilingual children, also, have 54 a smaller vocabulary in each of their languages than monolingual children, 55 they probably know more words altogether.
Still, all of these findings are 56 abstract. It is difficult to take laboratory findings showing better executive functioning in bilinguals and demonstrate that they 57 into better performance in the workplace or some other practical 58 . The only real-world application preliminarily demonstrated may be that multilingualism can 59 health benefits to Alzheimer"s patients. Bilinguals show 60 of the disease up to four years later than monolinguals.

A．deliberately
B．skillfully
C．accurately
D．regularly

单项选择题

At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce.
Women already 21 the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of 22 workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 23 many of the world"s great companies, from Pepsico in America to Areva in France. Women"s 24 empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women were 25 confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 26 to casual sexism and were expected to 27 their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 28 second-class citizens. Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives. 29 millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to 30 this trend—most notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countries—will pay a heavy price in the form of wasted talent and frustrated citizens.
This revolution has been 31 with only a modicum of friction. Men have, 32 , welcomed women"s invasion of the workplace, 33 even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that women are still 34 at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America"s largest companies and 5% of their 35 in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men 36 average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples routinely 37 that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children— 38 in places like America and Britain that have 39 high levels of female 40 in the labor force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care.

A．own
B．run
C．possess
D．love

单项选择题

Bilingual education is controversial in the United States. 41 , a growing body of research shows that 42 speaking two languages comes with certain types of improved mental 43 . Being able to use two languages and never knowing which one to be used right now is good to the brain. The attentional executive system, crucial for all higher thought, seems to be 44 .
Executive functioning allows us to keep a goal in mind, take 45 to achieve that goal, and to ignore other information that might 46 us from that goal. The question is: Would it be the case that bilinguals, by the 47 need for controlling the two languages, develop a more efficient executive functioning system. The results suggest that bilinguals 48 have this positive collateral effect, which is even stronger when it goes to kids and older people. These are ages 49 executive functioning is worse.
Bilinguals do better at tests that require multitasking, including ones that 50 driving and talking on a phone. And the longer people have spoken multiple languages, the greater the cognitive 51 . There are even benefits when languages were 52 at later ages.
Certainly, bilingualism comes with some 53 . Bilinguals have more "tip-of-the-tongue" problems. There are a couple of milliseconds before they can target. Bilingual children, also, have 54 a smaller vocabulary in each of their languages than monolingual children, 55 they probably know more words altogether.
Still, all of these findings are 56 abstract. It is difficult to take laboratory findings showing better executive functioning in bilinguals and demonstrate that they 57 into better performance in the workplace or some other practical 58 . The only real-world application preliminarily demonstrated may be that multilingualism can 59 health benefits to Alzheimer"s patients. Bilinguals show 60 of the disease up to four years later than monolinguals.

A．reaction
B．condition
C．performance
D．structure

单项选择题

In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied 1 by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of the Employment has the right to 2 or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 3 about it. It would be extremely unwise 4 a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 5 to immediate deportation. There are some 6 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who are 7 to work without permits, and who are often given 8 residence permits of up to five years. Some 9 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, 10 and others, can work without permits.
The problem with the act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 11 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 12 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 13 to appeal 14 the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no 15 but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the 16 visitors badly, and appear to accept or 17 them for no 18 reason. Which side of the political 19 you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the Act, for it causes frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real 20 .

A．for
B．to
C．as
D．in

单项选择题

At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce.
Women already 21 the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of 22 workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 23 many of the world"s great companies, from Pepsico in America to Areva in France. Women"s 24 empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women were 25 confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 26 to casual sexism and were expected to 27 their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 28 second-class citizens. Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives. 29 millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to 30 this trend—most notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countries—will pay a heavy price in the form of wasted talent and frustrated citizens.
This revolution has been 31 with only a modicum of friction. Men have, 32 , welcomed women"s invasion of the workplace, 33 even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that women are still 34 at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America"s largest companies and 5% of their 35 in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men 36 average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples routinely 37 that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children— 38 in places like America and Britain that have 39 high levels of female 40 in the labor force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care.

A．political
B．cultural
C．economical
D．economic

单项选择题

In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied 1 by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of the Employment has the right to 2 or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 3 about it. It would be extremely unwise 4 a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 5 to immediate deportation. There are some 6 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who are 7 to work without permits, and who are often given 8 residence permits of up to five years. Some 9 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, 10 and others, can work without permits.
The problem with the act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 11 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 12 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 13 to appeal 14 the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no 15 but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the 16 visitors badly, and appear to accept or 17 them for no 18 reason. Which side of the political 19 you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the Act, for it causes frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real 20 .

A．apt
B．likely
C．liable
D．inclined

单项选择题

Bilingual education is controversial in the United States. 41 , a growing body of research shows that 42 speaking two languages comes with certain types of improved mental 43 . Being able to use two languages and never knowing which one to be used right now is good to the brain. The attentional executive system, crucial for all higher thought, seems to be 44 .
Executive functioning allows us to keep a goal in mind, take 45 to achieve that goal, and to ignore other information that might 46 us from that goal. The question is: Would it be the case that bilinguals, by the 47 need for controlling the two languages, develop a more efficient executive functioning system. The results suggest that bilinguals 48 have this positive collateral effect, which is even stronger when it goes to kids and older people. These are ages 49 executive functioning is worse.
Bilinguals do better at tests that require multitasking, including ones that 50 driving and talking on a phone. And the longer people have spoken multiple languages, the greater the cognitive 51 . There are even benefits when languages were 52 at later ages.
Certainly, bilingualism comes with some 53 . Bilinguals have more "tip-of-the-tongue" problems. There are a couple of milliseconds before they can target. Bilingual children, also, have 54 a smaller vocabulary in each of their languages than monolingual children, 55 they probably know more words altogether.
Still, all of these findings are 56 abstract. It is difficult to take laboratory findings showing better executive functioning in bilinguals and demonstrate that they 57 into better performance in the workplace or some other practical 58 . The only real-world application preliminarily demonstrated may be that multilingualism can 59 health benefits to Alzheimer"s patients. Bilinguals show 60 of the disease up to four years later than monolinguals.

A．altered
B．enhanced
C．reflected
D．depressed

单项选择题

At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce.
Women already 21 the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of 22 workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 23 many of the world"s great companies, from Pepsico in America to Areva in France. Women"s 24 empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women were 25 confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 26 to casual sexism and were expected to 27 their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 28 second-class citizens. Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives. 29 millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to 30 this trend—most notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countries—will pay a heavy price in the form of wasted talent and frustrated citizens.
This revolution has been 31 with only a modicum of friction. Men have, 32 , welcomed women"s invasion of the workplace, 33 even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that women are still 34 at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America"s largest companies and 5% of their 35 in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men 36 average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples routinely 37 that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children— 38 in places like America and Britain that have 39 high levels of female 40 in the labor force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care.

A．largely
B．wholly
C．partly
D．specially

单项选择题

In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied 1 by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of the Employment has the right to 2 or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 3 about it. It would be extremely unwise 4 a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 5 to immediate deportation. There are some 6 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who are 7 to work without permits, and who are often given 8 residence permits of up to five years. Some 9 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, 10 and others, can work without permits.
The problem with the act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 11 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 12 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 13 to appeal 14 the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no 15 but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the 16 visitors badly, and appear to accept or 17 them for no 18 reason. Which side of the political 19 you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the Act, for it causes frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real 20 .

A．exemptions
B．exceptions
C．excerptions
D．expositions

单项选择题

Bilingual education is controversial in the United States. 41 , a growing body of research shows that 42 speaking two languages comes with certain types of improved mental 43 . Being able to use two languages and never knowing which one to be used right now is good to the brain. The attentional executive system, crucial for all higher thought, seems to be 44 .
Executive functioning allows us to keep a goal in mind, take 45 to achieve that goal, and to ignore other information that might 46 us from that goal. The question is: Would it be the case that bilinguals, by the 47 need for controlling the two languages, develop a more efficient executive functioning system. The results suggest that bilinguals 48 have this positive collateral effect, which is even stronger when it goes to kids and older people. These are ages 49 executive functioning is worse.
Bilinguals do better at tests that require multitasking, including ones that 50 driving and talking on a phone. And the longer people have spoken multiple languages, the greater the cognitive 51 . There are even benefits when languages were 52 at later ages.
Certainly, bilingualism comes with some 53 . Bilinguals have more "tip-of-the-tongue" problems. There are a couple of milliseconds before they can target. Bilingual children, also, have 54 a smaller vocabulary in each of their languages than monolingual children, 55 they probably know more words altogether.
Still, all of these findings are 56 abstract. It is difficult to take laboratory findings showing better executive functioning in bilinguals and demonstrate that they 57 into better performance in the workplace or some other practical 58 . The only real-world application preliminarily demonstrated may be that multilingualism can 59 health benefits to Alzheimer"s patients. Bilinguals show 60 of the disease up to four years later than monolinguals.

A．courage
B．actions
C．chances
D．advice

单项选择题

At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce.
Women already 21 the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of 22 workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 23 many of the world"s great companies, from Pepsico in America to Areva in France. Women"s 24 empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women were 25 confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 26 to casual sexism and were expected to 27 their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 28 second-class citizens. Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives. 29 millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to 30 this trend—most notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countries—will pay a heavy price in the form of wasted talent and frustrated citizens.
This revolution has been 31 with only a modicum of friction. Men have, 32 , welcomed women"s invasion of the workplace, 33 even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that women are still 34 at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America"s largest companies and 5% of their 35 in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men 36 average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples routinely 37 that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children— 38 in places like America and Britain that have 39 high levels of female 40 in the labor force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care.

A．aimed
B．subjected
C．prohibited
D．linked

单项选择题

Bilingual education is controversial in the United States. 41 , a growing body of research shows that 42 speaking two languages comes with certain types of improved mental 43 . Being able to use two languages and never knowing which one to be used right now is good to the brain. The attentional executive system, crucial for all higher thought, seems to be 44 .
Executive functioning allows us to keep a goal in mind, take 45 to achieve that goal, and to ignore other information that might 46 us from that goal. The question is: Would it be the case that bilinguals, by the 47 need for controlling the two languages, develop a more efficient executive functioning system. The results suggest that bilinguals 48 have this positive collateral effect, which is even stronger when it goes to kids and older people. These are ages 49 executive functioning is worse.
Bilinguals do better at tests that require multitasking, including ones that 50 driving and talking on a phone. And the longer people have spoken multiple languages, the greater the cognitive 51 . There are even benefits when languages were 52 at later ages.
Certainly, bilingualism comes with some 53 . Bilinguals have more "tip-of-the-tongue" problems. There are a couple of milliseconds before they can target. Bilingual children, also, have 54 a smaller vocabulary in each of their languages than monolingual children, 55 they probably know more words altogether.
Still, all of these findings are 56 abstract. It is difficult to take laboratory findings showing better executive functioning in bilinguals and demonstrate that they 57 into better performance in the workplace or some other practical 58 . The only real-world application preliminarily demonstrated may be that multilingualism can 59 health benefits to Alzheimer"s patients. Bilinguals show 60 of the disease up to four years later than monolinguals.

A．distract
B．separate
C．guide
D．deceive

单项选择题

In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied 1 by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of the Employment has the right to 2 or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 3 about it. It would be extremely unwise 4 a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 5 to immediate deportation. There are some 6 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who are 7 to work without permits, and who are often given 8 residence permits of up to five years. Some 9 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, 10 and others, can work without permits.
The problem with the act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 11 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 12 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 13 to appeal 14 the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no 15 but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the 16 visitors badly, and appear to accept or 17 them for no 18 reason. Which side of the political 19 you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the Act, for it causes frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real 20 .

A．prescribed
B．qualified
C．entitled
D．certified

单项选择题

At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce.
Women already 21 the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of 22 workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 23 many of the world"s great companies, from Pepsico in America to Areva in France. Women"s 24 empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women were 25 confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 26 to casual sexism and were expected to 27 their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 28 second-class citizens. Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives. 29 millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to 30 this trend—most notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countries—will pay a heavy price in the form of wasted talent and frustrated citizens.
This revolution has been 31 with only a modicum of friction. Men have, 32 , welcomed women"s invasion of the workplace, 33 even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that women are still 34 at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America"s largest companies and 5% of their 35 in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men 36 average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples routinely 37 that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children— 38 in places like America and Britain that have 39 high levels of female 40 in the labor force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care.

A．pursue
B．seek
C．abandon
D．change

单项选择题

Bilingual education is controversial in the United States. 41 , a growing body of research shows that 42 speaking two languages comes with certain types of improved mental 43 . Being able to use two languages and never knowing which one to be used right now is good to the brain. The attentional executive system, crucial for all higher thought, seems to be 44 .
Executive functioning allows us to keep a goal in mind, take 45 to achieve that goal, and to ignore other information that might 46 us from that goal. The question is: Would it be the case that bilinguals, by the 47 need for controlling the two languages, develop a more efficient executive functioning system. The results suggest that bilinguals 48 have this positive collateral effect, which is even stronger when it goes to kids and older people. These are ages 49 executive functioning is worse.
Bilinguals do better at tests that require multitasking, including ones that 50 driving and talking on a phone. And the longer people have spoken multiple languages, the greater the cognitive 51 . There are even benefits when languages were 52 at later ages.
Certainly, bilingualism comes with some 53 . Bilinguals have more "tip-of-the-tongue" problems. There are a couple of milliseconds before they can target. Bilingual children, also, have 54 a smaller vocabulary in each of their languages than monolingual children, 55 they probably know more words altogether.
Still, all of these findings are 56 abstract. It is difficult to take laboratory findings showing better executive functioning in bilinguals and demonstrate that they 57 into better performance in the workplace or some other practical 58 . The only real-world application preliminarily demonstrated may be that multilingualism can 59 health benefits to Alzheimer"s patients. Bilinguals show 60 of the disease up to four years later than monolinguals.

A．urgent
B．basic
C．constant
D．social

单项选择题

In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied 1 by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of the Employment has the right to 2 or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 3 about it. It would be extremely unwise 4 a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 5 to immediate deportation. There are some 6 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who are 7 to work without permits, and who are often given 8 residence permits of up to five years. Some 9 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, 10 and others, can work without permits.
The problem with the act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 11 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 12 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 13 to appeal 14 the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no 15 but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the 16 visitors badly, and appear to accept or 17 them for no 18 reason. Which side of the political 19 you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the Act, for it causes frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real 20 .

A．current
B．temporary
C．conditional
D．transient

单项选择题

Bilingual education is controversial in the United States. 41 , a growing body of research shows that 42 speaking two languages comes with certain types of improved mental 43 . Being able to use two languages and never knowing which one to be used right now is good to the brain. The attentional executive system, crucial for all higher thought, seems to be 44 .
Executive functioning allows us to keep a goal in mind, take 45 to achieve that goal, and to ignore other information that might 46 us from that goal. The question is: Would it be the case that bilinguals, by the 47 need for controlling the two languages, develop a more efficient executive functioning system. The results suggest that bilinguals 48 have this positive collateral effect, which is even stronger when it goes to kids and older people. These are ages 49 executive functioning is worse.
Bilinguals do better at tests that require multitasking, including ones that 50 driving and talking on a phone. And the longer people have spoken multiple languages, the greater the cognitive 51 . There are even benefits when languages were 52 at later ages.
Certainly, bilingualism comes with some 53 . Bilinguals have more "tip-of-the-tongue" problems. There are a couple of milliseconds before they can target. Bilingual children, also, have 54 a smaller vocabulary in each of their languages than monolingual children, 55 they probably know more words altogether.
Still, all of these findings are 56 abstract. It is difficult to take laboratory findings showing better executive functioning in bilinguals and demonstrate that they 57 into better performance in the workplace or some other practical 58 . The only real-world application preliminarily demonstrated may be that multilingualism can 59 health benefits to Alzheimer"s patients. Bilinguals show 60 of the disease up to four years later than monolinguals.

A．will
B．can
C．must
D．may

单项选择题

At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce.
Women already 21 the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of 22 workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 23 many of the world"s great companies, from Pepsico in America to Areva in France. Women"s 24 empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women were 25 confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 26 to casual sexism and were expected to 27 their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 28 second-class citizens. Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives. 29 millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to 30 this trend—most notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countries—will pay a heavy price in the form of wasted talent and frustrated citizens.
This revolution has been 31 with only a modicum of friction. Men have, 32 , welcomed women"s invasion of the workplace, 33 even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that women are still 34 at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America"s largest companies and 5% of their 35 in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men 36 average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples routinely 37 that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children— 38 in places like America and Britain that have 39 high levels of female 40 in the labor force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care.

A．as
B．for
C．with
D．at

单项选择题

In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied 1 by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of the Employment has the right to 2 or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 3 about it. It would be extremely unwise 4 a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 5 to immediate deportation. There are some 6 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who are 7 to work without permits, and who are often given 8 residence permits of up to five years. Some 9 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, 10 and others, can work without permits.
The problem with the act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 11 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 12 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 13 to appeal 14 the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no 15 but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the 16 visitors badly, and appear to accept or 17 them for no 18 reason. Which side of the political 19 you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the Act, for it causes frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real 20 .

A．more
B．fewer
C．others
D．other

单项选择题

Bilingual education is controversial in the United States. 41 , a growing body of research shows that 42 speaking two languages comes with certain types of improved mental 43 . Being able to use two languages and never knowing which one to be used right now is good to the brain. The attentional executive system, crucial for all higher thought, seems to be 44 .
Executive functioning allows us to keep a goal in mind, take 45 to achieve that goal, and to ignore other information that might 46 us from that goal. The question is: Would it be the case that bilinguals, by the 47 need for controlling the two languages, develop a more efficient executive functioning system. The results suggest that bilinguals 48 have this positive collateral effect, which is even stronger when it goes to kids and older people. These are ages 49 executive functioning is worse.
Bilinguals do better at tests that require multitasking, including ones that 50 driving and talking on a phone. And the longer people have spoken multiple languages, the greater the cognitive 51 . There are even benefits when languages were 52 at later ages.
Certainly, bilingualism comes with some 53 . Bilinguals have more "tip-of-the-tongue" problems. There are a couple of milliseconds before they can target. Bilingual children, also, have 54 a smaller vocabulary in each of their languages than monolingual children, 55 they probably know more words altogether.
Still, all of these findings are 56 abstract. It is difficult to take laboratory findings showing better executive functioning in bilinguals and demonstrate that they 57 into better performance in the workplace or some other practical 58 . The only real-world application preliminarily demonstrated may be that multilingualism can 59 health benefits to Alzheimer"s patients. Bilinguals show 60 of the disease up to four years later than monolinguals.

A．where
B．why
C．that
D．which

单项选择题

At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce.
Women already 21 the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of 22 workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 23 many of the world"s great companies, from Pepsico in America to Areva in France. Women"s 24 empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women were 25 confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 26 to casual sexism and were expected to 27 their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 28 second-class citizens. Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives. 29 millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to 30 this trend—most notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countries—will pay a heavy price in the form of wasted talent and frustrated citizens.
This revolution has been 31 with only a modicum of friction. Men have, 32 , welcomed women"s invasion of the workplace, 33 even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that women are still 34 at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America"s largest companies and 5% of their 35 in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men 36 average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples routinely 37 that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children— 38 in places like America and Britain that have 39 high levels of female 40 in the labor force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care.

A．And
B．But
C．Yet
D．Nevertheless

单项选择题

In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied 1 by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of the Employment has the right to 2 or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 3 about it. It would be extremely unwise 4 a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 5 to immediate deportation. There are some 6 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who are 7 to work without permits, and who are often given 8 residence permits of up to five years. Some 9 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, 10 and others, can work without permits.
The problem with the act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 11 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 12 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 13 to appeal 14 the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no 15 but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the 16 visitors badly, and appear to accept or 17 them for no 18 reason. Which side of the political 19 you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the Act, for it causes frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real 20 .

A．farmers
B．authors
C．taxi drivers
D．waiters

单项选择题

Bilingual education is controversial in the United States. 41 , a growing body of research shows that 42 speaking two languages comes with certain types of improved mental 43 . Being able to use two languages and never knowing which one to be used right now is good to the brain. The attentional executive system, crucial for all higher thought, seems to be 44 .
Executive functioning allows us to keep a goal in mind, take 45 to achieve that goal, and to ignore other information that might 46 us from that goal. The question is: Would it be the case that bilinguals, by the 47 need for controlling the two languages, develop a more efficient executive functioning system. The results suggest that bilinguals 48 have this positive collateral effect, which is even stronger when it goes to kids and older people. These are ages 49 executive functioning is worse.
Bilinguals do better at tests that require multitasking, including ones that 50 driving and talking on a phone. And the longer people have spoken multiple languages, the greater the cognitive 51 . There are even benefits when languages were 52 at later ages.
Certainly, bilingualism comes with some 53 . Bilinguals have more "tip-of-the-tongue" problems. There are a couple of milliseconds before they can target. Bilingual children, also, have 54 a smaller vocabulary in each of their languages than monolingual children, 55 they probably know more words altogether.
Still, all of these findings are 56 abstract. It is difficult to take laboratory findings showing better executive functioning in bilinguals and demonstrate that they 57 into better performance in the workplace or some other practical 58 . The only real-world application preliminarily demonstrated may be that multilingualism can 59 health benefits to Alzheimer"s patients. Bilinguals show 60 of the disease up to four years later than monolinguals.

A．simulated
B．controlled
C．pretended
D．performed

单项选择题

At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce.
Women already 21 the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of 22 workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 23 many of the world"s great companies, from Pepsico in America to Areva in France. Women"s 24 empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women were 25 confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 26 to casual sexism and were expected to 27 their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 28 second-class citizens. Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives. 29 millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to 30 this trend—most notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countries—will pay a heavy price in the form of wasted talent and frustrated citizens.
This revolution has been 31 with only a modicum of friction. Men have, 32 , welcomed women"s invasion of the workplace, 33 even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that women are still 34 at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America"s largest companies and 5% of their 35 in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men 36 average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples routinely 37 that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children— 38 in places like America and Britain that have 39 high levels of female 40 in the labor force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care.

A．insist
B．persist
C．consist
D．resist

单项选择题

In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied 1 by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of the Employment has the right to 2 or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 3 about it. It would be extremely unwise 4 a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 5 to immediate deportation. There are some 6 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who are 7 to work without permits, and who are often given 8 residence permits of up to five years. Some 9 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, 10 and others, can work without permits.
The problem with the act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 11 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 12 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 13 to appeal 14 the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no 15 but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the 16 visitors badly, and appear to accept or 17 them for no 18 reason. Which side of the political 19 you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the Act, for it causes frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real 20 .

A．the way
B．that
C．the time
D．what

单项选择题

Bilingual education is controversial in the United States. 41 , a growing body of research shows that 42 speaking two languages comes with certain types of improved mental 43 . Being able to use two languages and never knowing which one to be used right now is good to the brain. The attentional executive system, crucial for all higher thought, seems to be 44 .
Executive functioning allows us to keep a goal in mind, take 45 to achieve that goal, and to ignore other information that might 46 us from that goal. The question is: Would it be the case that bilinguals, by the 47 need for controlling the two languages, develop a more efficient executive functioning system. The results suggest that bilinguals 48 have this positive collateral effect, which is even stronger when it goes to kids and older people. These are ages 49 executive functioning is worse.
Bilinguals do better at tests that require multitasking, including ones that 50 driving and talking on a phone. And the longer people have spoken multiple languages, the greater the cognitive 51 . There are even benefits when languages were 52 at later ages.
Certainly, bilingualism comes with some 53 . Bilinguals have more "tip-of-the-tongue" problems. There are a couple of milliseconds before they can target. Bilingual children, also, have 54 a smaller vocabulary in each of their languages than monolingual children, 55 they probably know more words altogether.
Still, all of these findings are 56 abstract. It is difficult to take laboratory findings showing better executive functioning in bilinguals and demonstrate that they 57 into better performance in the workplace or some other practical 58 . The only real-world application preliminarily demonstrated may be that multilingualism can 59 health benefits to Alzheimer"s patients. Bilinguals show 60 of the disease up to four years later than monolinguals.

A．results
B．effects
C．growth
D．response

单项选择题

In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied 1 by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of the Employment has the right to 2 or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 3 about it. It would be extremely unwise 4 a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 5 to immediate deportation. There are some 6 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who are 7 to work without permits, and who are often given 8 residence permits of up to five years. Some 9 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, 10 and others, can work without permits.
The problem with the act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 11 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 12 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 13 to appeal 14 the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no 15 but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the 16 visitors badly, and appear to accept or 17 them for no 18 reason. Which side of the political 19 you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the Act, for it causes frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real 20 .

A．out of
B．to
C．from
D．off

单项选择题

At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce.
Women already 21 the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of 22 workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 23 many of the world"s great companies, from Pepsico in America to Areva in France. Women"s 24 empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women were 25 confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 26 to casual sexism and were expected to 27 their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 28 second-class citizens. Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives. 29 millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to 30 this trend—most notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countries—will pay a heavy price in the form of wasted talent and frustrated citizens.
This revolution has been 31 with only a modicum of friction. Men have, 32 , welcomed women"s invasion of the workplace, 33 even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that women are still 34 at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America"s largest companies and 5% of their 35 in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men 36 average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples routinely 37 that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children— 38 in places like America and Britain that have 39 high levels of female 40 in the labor force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care.

A．modified
B．achieved
C．changed
D．complemented,

单项选择题

Bilingual education is controversial in the United States. 41 , a growing body of research shows that 42 speaking two languages comes with certain types of improved mental 43 . Being able to use two languages and never knowing which one to be used right now is good to the brain. The attentional executive system, crucial for all higher thought, seems to be 44 .
Executive functioning allows us to keep a goal in mind, take 45 to achieve that goal, and to ignore other information that might 46 us from that goal. The question is: Would it be the case that bilinguals, by the 47 need for controlling the two languages, develop a more efficient executive functioning system. The results suggest that bilinguals 48 have this positive collateral effect, which is even stronger when it goes to kids and older people. These are ages 49 executive functioning is worse.
Bilinguals do better at tests that require multitasking, including ones that 50 driving and talking on a phone. And the longer people have spoken multiple languages, the greater the cognitive 51 . There are even benefits when languages were 52 at later ages.
Certainly, bilingualism comes with some 53 . Bilinguals have more "tip-of-the-tongue" problems. There are a couple of milliseconds before they can target. Bilingual children, also, have 54 a smaller vocabulary in each of their languages than monolingual children, 55 they probably know more words altogether.
Still, all of these findings are 56 abstract. It is difficult to take laboratory findings showing better executive functioning in bilinguals and demonstrate that they 57 into better performance in the workplace or some other practical 58 . The only real-world application preliminarily demonstrated may be that multilingualism can 59 health benefits to Alzheimer"s patients. Bilinguals show 60 of the disease up to four years later than monolinguals.

A．taken over
B．taken in
C．taken back
D．taken up

单项选择题

In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied 1 by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of the Employment has the right to 2 or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 3 about it. It would be extremely unwise 4 a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 5 to immediate deportation. There are some 6 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who are 7 to work without permits, and who are often given 8 residence permits of up to five years. Some 9 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, 10 and others, can work without permits.
The problem with the act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 11 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 12 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 13 to appeal 14 the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no 15 but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the 16 visitors badly, and appear to accept or 17 them for no 18 reason. Which side of the political 19 you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the Act, for it causes frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real 20 .

A．honor
B．force
C．right
D．authority

单项选择题

At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce.
Women already 21 the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of 22 workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 23 many of the world"s great companies, from Pepsico in America to Areva in France. Women"s 24 empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women were 25 confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 26 to casual sexism and were expected to 27 their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 28 second-class citizens. Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives. 29 millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to 30 this trend—most notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countries—will pay a heavy price in the form of wasted talent and frustrated citizens.
This revolution has been 31 with only a modicum of friction. Men have, 32 , welcomed women"s invasion of the workplace, 33 even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that women are still 34 at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America"s largest companies and 5% of their 35 in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men 36 average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples routinely 37 that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children— 38 in places like America and Britain that have 39 high levels of female 40 in the labor force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care.

A．by or large
B．by and again
C．by and large
D．by and by

单项选择题

Bilingual education is controversial in the United States. 41 , a growing body of research shows that 42 speaking two languages comes with certain types of improved mental 43 . Being able to use two languages and never knowing which one to be used right now is good to the brain. The attentional executive system, crucial for all higher thought, seems to be 44 .
Executive functioning allows us to keep a goal in mind, take 45 to achieve that goal, and to ignore other information that might 46 us from that goal. The question is: Would it be the case that bilinguals, by the 47 need for controlling the two languages, develop a more efficient executive functioning system. The results suggest that bilinguals 48 have this positive collateral effect, which is even stronger when it goes to kids and older people. These are ages 49 executive functioning is worse.
Bilinguals do better at tests that require multitasking, including ones that 50 driving and talking on a phone. And the longer people have spoken multiple languages, the greater the cognitive 51 . There are even benefits when languages were 52 at later ages.
Certainly, bilingualism comes with some 53 . Bilinguals have more "tip-of-the-tongue" problems. There are a couple of milliseconds before they can target. Bilingual children, also, have 54 a smaller vocabulary in each of their languages than monolingual children, 55 they probably know more words altogether.
Still, all of these findings are 56 abstract. It is difficult to take laboratory findings showing better executive functioning in bilinguals and demonstrate that they 57 into better performance in the workplace or some other practical 58 . The only real-world application preliminarily demonstrated may be that multilingualism can 59 health benefits to Alzheimer"s patients. Bilinguals show 60 of the disease up to four years later than monolinguals.

A．outcome
B．mistake
C．cost
D．upset

单项选择题

In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied 1 by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of the Employment has the right to 2 or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 3 about it. It would be extremely unwise 4 a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 5 to immediate deportation. There are some 6 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who are 7 to work without permits, and who are often given 8 residence permits of up to five years. Some 9 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, 10 and others, can work without permits.
The problem with the act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 11 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 12 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 13 to appeal 14 the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no 15 but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the 16 visitors badly, and appear to accept or 17 them for no 18 reason. Which side of the political 19 you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the Act, for it causes frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real 20 .

A．for
B．in
C．to
D．by

单项选择题

Bilingual education is controversial in the United States. 41 , a growing body of research shows that 42 speaking two languages comes with certain types of improved mental 43 . Being able to use two languages and never knowing which one to be used right now is good to the brain. The attentional executive system, crucial for all higher thought, seems to be 44 .
Executive functioning allows us to keep a goal in mind, take 45 to achieve that goal, and to ignore other information that might 46 us from that goal. The question is: Would it be the case that bilinguals, by the 47 need for controlling the two languages, develop a more efficient executive functioning system. The results suggest that bilinguals 48 have this positive collateral effect, which is even stronger when it goes to kids and older people. These are ages 49 executive functioning is worse.
Bilinguals do better at tests that require multitasking, including ones that 50 driving and talking on a phone. And the longer people have spoken multiple languages, the greater the cognitive 51 . There are even benefits when languages were 52 at later ages.
Certainly, bilingualism comes with some 53 . Bilinguals have more "tip-of-the-tongue" problems. There are a couple of milliseconds before they can target. Bilingual children, also, have 54 a smaller vocabulary in each of their languages than monolingual children, 55 they probably know more words altogether.
Still, all of these findings are 56 abstract. It is difficult to take laboratory findings showing better executive functioning in bilinguals and demonstrate that they 57 into better performance in the workplace or some other practical 58 . The only real-world application preliminarily demonstrated may be that multilingualism can 59 health benefits to Alzheimer"s patients. Bilinguals show 60 of the disease up to four years later than monolinguals.

A．on occasion
B．on average
C．on purpose
D．on principle

单项选择题

At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce.
Women already 21 the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of 22 workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 23 many of the world"s great companies, from Pepsico in America to Areva in France. Women"s 24 empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women were 25 confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 26 to casual sexism and were expected to 27 their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 28 second-class citizens. Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives. 29 millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to 30 this trend—most notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countries—will pay a heavy price in the form of wasted talent and frustrated citizens.
This revolution has been 31 with only a modicum of friction. Men have, 32 , welcomed women"s invasion of the workplace, 33 even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that women are still 34 at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America"s largest companies and 5% of their 35 in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men 36 average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples routinely 37 that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children— 38 in places like America and Britain that have 39 high levels of female 40 in the labor force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care.

A．yet
B．and
C．before
D．when

单项选择题

In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied 1 by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of the Employment has the right to 2 or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 3 about it. It would be extremely unwise 4 a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 5 to immediate deportation. There are some 6 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who are 7 to work without permits, and who are often given 8 residence permits of up to five years. Some 9 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, 10 and others, can work without permits.
The problem with the act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 11 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 12 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 13 to appeal 14 the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no 15 but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the 16 visitors badly, and appear to accept or 17 them for no 18 reason. Which side of the political 19 you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the Act, for it causes frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real 20 .

A．choice
B．selection
C．variety
D．option

单项选择题

Bilingual education is controversial in the United States. 41 , a growing body of research shows that 42 speaking two languages comes with certain types of improved mental 43 . Being able to use two languages and never knowing which one to be used right now is good to the brain. The attentional executive system, crucial for all higher thought, seems to be 44 .
Executive functioning allows us to keep a goal in mind, take 45 to achieve that goal, and to ignore other information that might 46 us from that goal. The question is: Would it be the case that bilinguals, by the 47 need for controlling the two languages, develop a more efficient executive functioning system. The results suggest that bilinguals 48 have this positive collateral effect, which is even stronger when it goes to kids and older people. These are ages 49 executive functioning is worse.
Bilinguals do better at tests that require multitasking, including ones that 50 driving and talking on a phone. And the longer people have spoken multiple languages, the greater the cognitive 51 . There are even benefits when languages were 52 at later ages.
Certainly, bilingualism comes with some 53 . Bilinguals have more "tip-of-the-tongue" problems. There are a couple of milliseconds before they can target. Bilingual children, also, have 54 a smaller vocabulary in each of their languages than monolingual children, 55 they probably know more words altogether.
Still, all of these findings are 56 abstract. It is difficult to take laboratory findings showing better executive functioning in bilinguals and demonstrate that they 57 into better performance in the workplace or some other practical 58 . The only real-world application preliminarily demonstrated may be that multilingualism can 59 health benefits to Alzheimer"s patients. Bilinguals show 60 of the disease up to four years later than monolinguals.

A．and
B．but
C．so
D．or

单项选择题

At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce.
Women already 21 the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of 22 workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 23 many of the world"s great companies, from Pepsico in America to Areva in France. Women"s 24 empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women were 25 confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 26 to casual sexism and were expected to 27 their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 28 second-class citizens. Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives. 29 millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to 30 this trend—most notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countries—will pay a heavy price in the form of wasted talent and frustrated citizens.
This revolution has been 31 with only a modicum of friction. Men have, 32 , welcomed women"s invasion of the workplace, 33 even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that women are still 34 at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America"s largest companies and 5% of their 35 in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men 36 average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples routinely 37 that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children— 38 in places like America and Britain that have 39 high levels of female 40 in the labor force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care.

A．undervalued
B．underperformed
C．undermined
D．underrepresented

单项选择题

In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied 1 by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of the Employment has the right to 2 or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 3 about it. It would be extremely unwise 4 a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 5 to immediate deportation. There are some 6 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who are 7 to work without permits, and who are often given 8 residence permits of up to five years. Some 9 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, 10 and others, can work without permits.
The problem with the act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 11 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 12 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 13 to appeal 14 the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no 15 but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the 16 visitors badly, and appear to accept or 17 them for no 18 reason. Which side of the political 19 you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the Act, for it causes frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real 20 .

A．confused
B．awed
C．stunned
D．amazed

单项选择题

Bilingual education is controversial in the United States. 41 , a growing body of research shows that 42 speaking two languages comes with certain types of improved mental 43 . Being able to use two languages and never knowing which one to be used right now is good to the brain. The attentional executive system, crucial for all higher thought, seems to be 44 .
Executive functioning allows us to keep a goal in mind, take 45 to achieve that goal, and to ignore other information that might 46 us from that goal. The question is: Would it be the case that bilinguals, by the 47 need for controlling the two languages, develop a more efficient executive functioning system. The results suggest that bilinguals 48 have this positive collateral effect, which is even stronger when it goes to kids and older people. These are ages 49 executive functioning is worse.
Bilinguals do better at tests that require multitasking, including ones that 50 driving and talking on a phone. And the longer people have spoken multiple languages, the greater the cognitive 51 . There are even benefits when languages were 52 at later ages.
Certainly, bilingualism comes with some 53 . Bilinguals have more "tip-of-the-tongue" problems. There are a couple of milliseconds before they can target. Bilingual children, also, have 54 a smaller vocabulary in each of their languages than monolingual children, 55 they probably know more words altogether.
Still, all of these findings are 56 abstract. It is difficult to take laboratory findings showing better executive functioning in bilinguals and demonstrate that they 57 into better performance in the workplace or some other practical 58 . The only real-world application preliminarily demonstrated may be that multilingualism can 59 health benefits to Alzheimer"s patients. Bilinguals show 60 of the disease up to four years later than monolinguals.

A．somewhat
B．someway
C．somehow
D．sometimes

单项选择题

In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied 1 by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of the Employment has the right to 2 or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 3 about it. It would be extremely unwise 4 a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 5 to immediate deportation. There are some 6 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who are 7 to work without permits, and who are often given 8 residence permits of up to five years. Some 9 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, 10 and others, can work without permits.
The problem with the act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 11 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 12 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 13 to appeal 14 the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no 15 but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the 16 visitors badly, and appear to accept or 17 them for no 18 reason. Which side of the political 19 you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the Act, for it causes frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real 20 .

A．inject
B．object
C．project
D．reject

单项选择题

At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce.
Women already 21 the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of 22 workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 23 many of the world"s great companies, from Pepsico in America to Areva in France. Women"s 24 empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women were 25 confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 26 to casual sexism and were expected to 27 their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 28 second-class citizens. Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives. 29 millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to 30 this trend—most notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countries—will pay a heavy price in the form of wasted talent and frustrated citizens.
This revolution has been 31 with only a modicum of friction. Men have, 32 , welcomed women"s invasion of the workplace, 33 even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that women are still 34 at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America"s largest companies and 5% of their 35 in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men 36 average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples routinely 37 that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children— 38 in places like America and Britain that have 39 high levels of female 40 in the labor force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care.

A．peers
B．competitor
C．colleagues
D．friend

单项选择题

Bilingual education is controversial in the United States. 41 , a growing body of research shows that 42 speaking two languages comes with certain types of improved mental 43 . Being able to use two languages and never knowing which one to be used right now is good to the brain. The attentional executive system, crucial for all higher thought, seems to be 44 .
Executive functioning allows us to keep a goal in mind, take 45 to achieve that goal, and to ignore other information that might 46 us from that goal. The question is: Would it be the case that bilinguals, by the 47 need for controlling the two languages, develop a more efficient executive functioning system. The results suggest that bilinguals 48 have this positive collateral effect, which is even stronger when it goes to kids and older people. These are ages 49 executive functioning is worse.
Bilinguals do better at tests that require multitasking, including ones that 50 driving and talking on a phone. And the longer people have spoken multiple languages, the greater the cognitive 51 . There are even benefits when languages were 52 at later ages.
Certainly, bilingualism comes with some 53 . Bilinguals have more "tip-of-the-tongue" problems. There are a couple of milliseconds before they can target. Bilingual children, also, have 54 a smaller vocabulary in each of their languages than monolingual children, 55 they probably know more words altogether.
Still, all of these findings are 56 abstract. It is difficult to take laboratory findings showing better executive functioning in bilinguals and demonstrate that they 57 into better performance in the workplace or some other practical 58 . The only real-world application preliminarily demonstrated may be that multilingualism can 59 health benefits to Alzheimer"s patients. Bilinguals show 60 of the disease up to four years later than monolinguals.

A．convert
B．develop
C．integrate
D．translate

单项选择题

In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied 1 by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of the Employment has the right to 2 or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 3 about it. It would be extremely unwise 4 a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 5 to immediate deportation. There are some 6 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who are 7 to work without permits, and who are often given 8 residence permits of up to five years. Some 9 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, 10 and others, can work without permits.
The problem with the act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 11 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 12 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 13 to appeal 14 the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no 15 but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the 16 visitors badly, and appear to accept or 17 them for no 18 reason. Which side of the political 19 you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the Act, for it causes frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real 20 .

A．self-evident
B．apparent
C．declared
D．clear-cut

单项选择题

At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce.
Women already 21 the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of 22 workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 23 many of the world"s great companies, from Pepsico in America to Areva in France. Women"s 24 empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women were 25 confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 26 to casual sexism and were expected to 27 their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 28 second-class citizens. Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives. 29 millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to 30 this trend—most notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countries—will pay a heavy price in the form of wasted talent and frustrated citizens.
This revolution has been 31 with only a modicum of friction. Men have, 32 , welcomed women"s invasion of the workplace, 33 even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that women are still 34 at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America"s largest companies and 5% of their 35 in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men 36 average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples routinely 37 that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children— 38 in places like America and Britain that have 39 high levels of female 40 in the labor force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care.

A．in
B．at
C．on
D．with

单项选择题

Bilingual education is controversial in the United States. 41 , a growing body of research shows that 42 speaking two languages comes with certain types of improved mental 43 . Being able to use two languages and never knowing which one to be used right now is good to the brain. The attentional executive system, crucial for all higher thought, seems to be 44 .
Executive functioning allows us to keep a goal in mind, take 45 to achieve that goal, and to ignore other information that might 46 us from that goal. The question is: Would it be the case that bilinguals, by the 47 need for controlling the two languages, develop a more efficient executive functioning system. The results suggest that bilinguals 48 have this positive collateral effect, which is even stronger when it goes to kids and older people. These are ages 49 executive functioning is worse.
Bilinguals do better at tests that require multitasking, including ones that 50 driving and talking on a phone. And the longer people have spoken multiple languages, the greater the cognitive 51 . There are even benefits when languages were 52 at later ages.
Certainly, bilingualism comes with some 53 . Bilinguals have more "tip-of-the-tongue" problems. There are a couple of milliseconds before they can target. Bilingual children, also, have 54 a smaller vocabulary in each of their languages than monolingual children, 55 they probably know more words altogether.
Still, all of these findings are 56 abstract. It is difficult to take laboratory findings showing better executive functioning in bilinguals and demonstrate that they 57 into better performance in the workplace or some other practical 58 . The only real-world application preliminarily demonstrated may be that multilingualism can 59 health benefits to Alzheimer"s patients. Bilinguals show 60 of the disease up to four years later than monolinguals.

A．purpose
B．undertaking
C．approach
D．environment

单项选择题

In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied 1 by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of the Employment has the right to 2 or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 3 about it. It would be extremely unwise 4 a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 5 to immediate deportation. There are some 6 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who are 7 to work without permits, and who are often given 8 residence permits of up to five years. Some 9 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, 10 and others, can work without permits.
The problem with the act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 11 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 12 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 13 to appeal 14 the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no 15 but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the 16 visitors badly, and appear to accept or 17 them for no 18 reason. Which side of the political 19 you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the Act, for it causes frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real 20 .

A．road
B．wall
C．fence
D．fiver

单项选择题

At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce.
Women already 21 the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of 22 workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 23 many of the world"s great companies, from Pepsico in America to Areva in France. Women"s 24 empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women were 25 confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 26 to casual sexism and were expected to 27 their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 28 second-class citizens. Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives. 29 millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to 30 this trend—most notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countries—will pay a heavy price in the form of wasted talent and frustrated citizens.
This revolution has been 31 with only a modicum of friction. Men have, 32 , welcomed women"s invasion of the workplace, 33 even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that women are still 34 at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America"s largest companies and 5% of their 35 in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men 36 average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples routinely 37 that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children— 38 in places like America and Britain that have 39 high levels of female 40 in the labor force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care.

A．deem
B．believe
C．agree
D．complain

单项选择题

In order to work here the foreigner needs a work permit, which must be applied 1 by his prospective employer. The problem here is that the Department of the Employment has the right to 2 or refuse these permits, and there is little that can be 3 about it. It would be extremely unwise 4 a foreign visitor to work without a permit, since anyone doing so is 5 to immediate deportation. There are some 6 to this rule, most notably people from the Common Market countries, who are 7 to work without permits, and who are often given 8 residence permits of up to five years. Some 9 people, such as doctors, foreign journalists, 10 and others, can work without permits.
The problem with the act is not just that some of its rules are unfair but 11 it is administered, and the people who administer it.
An immigration official has the power to stop a visitor 12 these shores coming into the country. If this happens the visitor has the 13 to appeal 14 the Immigration Appeal Tribunal. While the appeals are being considered, the visitor has no 15 but to wait sometimes for quite a long time.
Critics of the law say that immigration officials treat the 16 visitors badly, and appear to accept or 17 them for no 18 reason. Which side of the political 19 you are on, there seems to be an urgent need for a good look at the Act, for it causes frequent argument, and in the eyes of many real 20 .

A．injustice
B．justice
C．benefit
D．fruit

单项选择题

Bilingual education is controversial in the United States. 41 , a growing body of research shows that 42 speaking two languages comes with certain types of improved mental 43 . Being able to use two languages and never knowing which one to be used right now is good to the brain. The attentional executive system, crucial for all higher thought, seems to be 44 .
Executive functioning allows us to keep a goal in mind, take 45 to achieve that goal, and to ignore other information that might 46 us from that goal. The question is: Would it be the case that bilinguals, by the 47 need for controlling the two languages, develop a more efficient executive functioning system. The results suggest that bilinguals 48 have this positive collateral effect, which is even stronger when it goes to kids and older people. These are ages 49 executive functioning is worse.
Bilinguals do better at tests that require multitasking, including ones that 50 driving and talking on a phone. And the longer people have spoken multiple languages, the greater the cognitive 51 . There are even benefits when languages were 52 at later ages.
Certainly, bilingualism comes with some 53 . Bilinguals have more "tip-of-the-tongue" problems. There are a couple of milliseconds before they can target. Bilingual children, also, have 54 a smaller vocabulary in each of their languages than monolingual children, 55 they probably know more words altogether.
Still, all of these findings are 56 abstract. It is difficult to take laboratory findings showing better executive functioning in bilinguals and demonstrate that they 57 into better performance in the workplace or some other practical 58 . The only real-world application preliminarily demonstrated may be that multilingualism can 59 health benefits to Alzheimer"s patients. Bilinguals show 60 of the disease up to four years later than monolinguals.

A．promise
B．predict
C．provide
D．prove

单项选择题

At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce.
Women already 21 the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of 22 workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 23 many of the world"s great companies, from Pepsico in America to Areva in France. Women"s 24 empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women were 25 confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 26 to casual sexism and were expected to 27 their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 28 second-class citizens. Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives. 29 millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to 30 this trend—most notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countries—will pay a heavy price in the form of wasted talent and frustrated citizens.
This revolution has been 31 with only a modicum of friction. Men have, 32 , welcomed women"s invasion of the workplace, 33 even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that women are still 34 at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America"s largest companies and 5% of their 35 in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men 36 average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples routinely 37 that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children— 38 in places like America and Britain that have 39 high levels of female 40 in the labor force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care.

A．specially
B．largely
C．particularly
D．mostly

单项选择题

Bilingual education is controversial in the United States. 41 , a growing body of research shows that 42 speaking two languages comes with certain types of improved mental 43 . Being able to use two languages and never knowing which one to be used right now is good to the brain. The attentional executive system, crucial for all higher thought, seems to be 44 .
Executive functioning allows us to keep a goal in mind, take 45 to achieve that goal, and to ignore other information that might 46 us from that goal. The question is: Would it be the case that bilinguals, by the 47 need for controlling the two languages, develop a more efficient executive functioning system. The results suggest that bilinguals 48 have this positive collateral effect, which is even stronger when it goes to kids and older people. These are ages 49 executive functioning is worse.
Bilinguals do better at tests that require multitasking, including ones that 50 driving and talking on a phone. And the longer people have spoken multiple languages, the greater the cognitive 51 . There are even benefits when languages were 52 at later ages.
Certainly, bilingualism comes with some 53 . Bilinguals have more "tip-of-the-tongue" problems. There are a couple of milliseconds before they can target. Bilingual children, also, have 54 a smaller vocabulary in each of their languages than monolingual children, 55 they probably know more words altogether.
Still, all of these findings are 56 abstract. It is difficult to take laboratory findings showing better executive functioning in bilinguals and demonstrate that they 57 into better performance in the workplace or some other practical 58 . The only real-world application preliminarily demonstrated may be that multilingualism can 59 health benefits to Alzheimer"s patients. Bilinguals show 60 of the disease up to four years later than monolinguals.

A．symptoms
B．decline
C．incidences
D．spread

单项选择题

At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce.
Women already 21 the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of 22 workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 23 many of the world"s great companies, from Pepsico in America to Areva in France. Women"s 24 empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women were 25 confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 26 to casual sexism and were expected to 27 their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 28 second-class citizens. Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives. 29 millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to 30 this trend—most notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countries—will pay a heavy price in the form of wasted talent and frustrated citizens.
This revolution has been 31 with only a modicum of friction. Men have, 32 , welcomed women"s invasion of the workplace, 33 even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that women are still 34 at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America"s largest companies and 5% of their 35 in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men 36 average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples routinely 37 that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children— 38 in places like America and Britain that have 39 high levels of female 40 in the labor force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care.

A．combined
B．advocated
C．disagreed
D．halted

单项选择题

At a time when the world is short of causes for celebration, here is a candidate: within the next few months women will cross the 50% threshold and become the majority of the American workforce.
Women already 21 the majority of university graduates in the OECD countries and the majority of 22 workers in several rich countries, including the United States. Women 23 many of the world"s great companies, from Pepsico in America to Areva in France. Women"s 24 empowerment is arguably the biggest social change of our times. Just a generation ago, women were 25 confined to repetitive, humble jobs. They were routinely 26 to casual sexism and were expected to 27 their careers when they married and had children. Today they are running some of the organizations that once treated them 28 second-class citizens. Millions of women have been given more control over their own lives. 29 millions of brains have been put to more productive use. Societies that try to 30 this trend—most notably the Arab countries, but also Japan and some southern European countries—will pay a heavy price in the form of wasted talent and frustrated citizens.
This revolution has been 31 with only a modicum of friction. Men have, 32 , welcomed women"s invasion of the workplace, 33 even the most positive changes can be incomplete or unsatisfactory. This particular advance comes with two stings. The first is that women are still 34 at the top of companies. Only 2% of the bosses of America"s largest companies and 5% of their 35 in Britain are women. They are also paid significantly less than men 36 average. The second is that juggling work and child-rearing is difficult. Middle-class couples routinely 37 that they have too little time for their children. But the biggest losers are poor children— 38 in places like America and Britain that have 39 high levels of female 40 in the labor force with a reluctance to spend public money on child care.

A．anticipation
B．negotiation
C．participation
D．association

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