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“On the Internet, nobody knows youre a dog,” read the title of a famous Peter Steiner cartoon,【C1】______nowhere is it truer than Internet dating. The experience is by now familiar: the【C2】______mate who seemed just your【C3】______in a profile turns out to be a disappointment in person. There may be ways, however, to【C4】______a lying person before you find yourself【C5】______from him or her at a table lit by candles. Researchers from Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison compared the【C6】______heights, weights, and ages of 78 Internet dating participants to their profiles on four dating websites. They noticed several【C7】______from people who were less than【C8】______. For example, they were less likely to【C9】______to themselves as 'I'; used indirect expressions,【C10】______'not boring' instead of 'exciting' to describe themselves; and stuck to【C11】______descriptions. 'People do this because they want to【C12】______themselves from their misleading statements,' explained Catalina Toma, an author of the study, in a statement. Using these indications, the researchers【C13】______identified liars about 65 percent of the time. People lied most frequently about their【C14】______, with women slimming down, on average, by 8.5 pounds, and men by 1.5 pounds. At least half the subjects【C15】______their height, and nearly 20 percent changed their age. Despite the【C16】______of lies, volunteers proved【C17】______at catching them. Fortunately, Toma and the teams research【C18】______up the possibility of a software that could【C19】______lies for you, though Internet dating participants should be careful what they wish for—nearly everyone in the study lied in some【C20】______way.

【C3】()

A.opposite
B.age
C.type
D.equal


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“On the Internet, nobody knows youre a dog,” read the title of a famous Peter Steiner cartoon,【C1】______nowhere is it truer than Internet dating. The experience is by now familiar: the【C2】______mate who seemed just your【C3】______in a profile turns out to be a disappointment in person. There may be ways, however, to【C4】______a lying person before you find yourself【C5】______from him or her at a table lit by candles. Researchers from Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison compared the【C6】______heights, weights, and ages of 78 Internet dating participants to their profiles on four dating websites. They noticed several【C7】______from people who were less than【C8】______. For example, they were less likely to【C9】______to themselves as 'I'; used indirect expressions,【C10】______'not boring' instead of 'exciting' to describe themselves; and stuck to【C11】______descriptions. 'People do this because they want to【C12】______themselves from their misleading statements,' explained Catalina Toma, an author of the study, in a statement. Using these indications, the researchers【C13】______identified liars about 65 percent of the time. People lied most frequently about their【C14】______, with women slimming down, on average, by 8.5 pounds, and men by 1.5 pounds. At least half the subjects【C15】______their height, and nearly 20 percent changed their age. Despite the【C16】______of lies, volunteers proved【C17】______at catching them. Fortunately, Toma and the teams research【C18】______up the possibility of a software that could【C19】______lies for you, though Internet dating participants should be careful what they wish for—nearly everyone in the study lied in some【C20】______way.

【C2】()

A.only
B.innocent
C.unique
D.potential

6.单项选择题To stay economically competitive on a global scale,the United States needs 8million more college graduates ___36___That may sound impossible,___37___according to Education at a Glance 2013,the ___38___international report on the state of education ___39___Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),the ___40___is still the world leader in producing college graduates.___41___,OECD data ___42___that almost half of the world ’s university graduates come from three countries —the United States,China and Japan.
___43___the 34OECD countries,___44___26percent of the total 255million college-educated ___45___between the ages of 25and 64come from the United States.China comes in a distant second at 12.1percent and Japan is a ___46___third at 11.4percent.
Global prosperity(繁荣)won’t increase if only three nations ___47___higher education output,so it ’s exciting to see that the number of students ___48___to college increased 25percent across all OECD countries ___49___1995and 2012.If that ___50___continues,59percent of young adults in those countries will go on to college,___51___19percent will enter vocational programs over their lifetimes.
The number of students who actually graduate ___52___college has increased as well.In 2012,an average of 39percent of students in OECD nations ___53___college,up from 20percent in 1995.Since college dropouts ___54___the U.S.economy billions of dollars every year,an international increase in graduation ___55___is good news for the entire planet.55处应选择()

A.fee
B.benefits
C.rates
D.advantages

7.单项选择题To stay economically competitive on a global scale,the United States needs 8million more college graduates ___36___That may sound impossible,___37___according to Education at a Glance 2013,the ___38___international report on the state of education ___39___Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),the ___40___is still the world leader in producing college graduates.___41___,OECD data ___42___that almost half of the world ’s university graduates come from three countries —the United States,China and Japan.
___43___the 34OECD countries,___44___26percent of the total 255million college-educated ___45___between the ages of 25and 64come from the United States.China comes in a distant second at 12.1percent and Japan is a ___46___third at 11.4percent.
Global prosperity(繁荣)won’t increase if only three nations ___47___higher education output,so it ’s exciting to see that the number of students ___48___to college increased 25percent across all OECD countries ___49___1995and 2012.If that ___50___continues,59percent of young adults in those countries will go on to college,___51___19percent will enter vocational programs over their lifetimes.
The number of students who actually graduate ___52___college has increased as well.In 2012,an average of 39percent of students in OECD nations ___53___college,up from 20percent in 1995.Since college dropouts ___54___the U.S.economy billions of dollars every year,an international increase in graduation ___55___is good news for the entire planet.54处应选择()

A.give
B.cost
C.bring
D.plan

8.单项选择题To stay economically competitive on a global scale,the United States needs 8million more college graduates ___36___That may sound impossible,___37___according to Education at a Glance 2013,the ___38___international report on the state of education ___39___Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),the ___40___is still the world leader in producing college graduates.___41___,OECD data ___42___that almost half of the world ’s university graduates come from three countries —the United States,China and Japan.
___43___the 34OECD countries,___44___26percent of the total 255million college-educated ___45___between the ages of 25and 64come from the United States.China comes in a distant second at 12.1percent and Japan is a ___46___third at 11.4percent.
Global prosperity(繁荣)won’t increase if only three nations ___47___higher education output,so it ’s exciting to see that the number of students ___48___to college increased 25percent across all OECD countries ___49___1995and 2012.If that ___50___continues,59percent of young adults in those countries will go on to college,___51___19percent will enter vocational programs over their lifetimes.
The number of students who actually graduate ___52___college has increased as well.In 2012,an average of 39percent of students in OECD nations ___53___college,up from 20percent in 1995.Since college dropouts ___54___the U.S.economy billions of dollars every year,an international increase in graduation ___55___is good news for the entire planet.53处应选择()

A.tried
B.hunted
C.left
D.completed

9.单项选择题To stay economically competitive on a global scale,the United States needs 8million more college graduates ___36___That may sound impossible,___37___according to Education at a Glance 2013,the ___38___international report on the state of education ___39___Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),the ___40___is still the world leader in producing college graduates.___41___,OECD data ___42___that almost half of the world ’s university graduates come from three countries —the United States,China and Japan.
___43___the 34OECD countries,___44___26percent of the total 255million college-educated ___45___between the ages of 25and 64come from the United States.China comes in a distant second at 12.1percent and Japan is a ___46___third at 11.4percent.
Global prosperity(繁荣)won’t increase if only three nations ___47___higher education output,so it ’s exciting to see that the number of students ___48___to college increased 25percent across all OECD countries ___49___1995and 2012.If that ___50___continues,59percent of young adults in those countries will go on to college,___51___19percent will enter vocational programs over their lifetimes.
The number of students who actually graduate ___52___college has increased as well.In 2012,an average of 39percent of students in OECD nations ___53___college,up from 20percent in 1995.Since college dropouts ___54___the U.S.economy billions of dollars every year,an international increase in graduation ___55___is good news for the entire planet.52处应选择()

A.for
B.against
C.from
D.in

10.单项选择题To stay economically competitive on a global scale,the United States needs 8million more college graduates ___36___That may sound impossible,___37___according to Education at a Glance 2013,the ___38___international report on the state of education ___39___Tuesday by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD),the ___40___is still the world leader in producing college graduates.___41___,OECD data ___42___that almost half of the world ’s university graduates come from three countries —the United States,China and Japan.
___43___the 34OECD countries,___44___26percent of the total 255million college-educated ___45___between the ages of 25and 64come from the United States.China comes in a distant second at 12.1percent and Japan is a ___46___third at 11.4percent.
Global prosperity(繁荣)won’t increase if only three nations ___47___higher education output,so it ’s exciting to see that the number of students ___48___to college increased 25percent across all OECD countries ___49___1995and 2012.If that ___50___continues,59percent of young adults in those countries will go on to college,___51___19percent will enter vocational programs over their lifetimes.
The number of students who actually graduate ___52___college has increased as well.In 2012,an average of 39percent of students in OECD nations ___53___college,up from 20percent in 1995.Since college dropouts ___54___the U.S.economy billions of dollars every year,an international increase in graduation ___55___is good news for the entire planet.51处应选择()

A.so
B.while
C.before
D.because