The Space Age （ ）in October 1957 when the first artificial satellite was launched by the Soviet Union.
A.embarked B.initiated C.commenced D.originated
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While fashion is thought of usually in relation to clothing, it is important to realize that it covers a much wider domain. It is to be found in manners, the arts, literature, and philosophy, and may even reach into certain areas of science. In fact, it may operate in any field of group life, apart from the technological and utilitarian area and the area or the sacred. Its operation requires a class society, for in its essential character it does not occur either in a homogeneous society like a primitive group, or in a caste society.Fashion behaves as a movement, and on this basis it is different from custom which by comparison, is static. This is due to the fact that fashion is based fundamentally on differentiation and emulation. In a class society, the upper classes or the so-called social elite are not able to differentiate themselves by fixed symbols or badges. Hence the more external features of their life and behavior are likely to be imitated by classes immediately below them, who, in turn, imitated by groups immediately below them in the social structure. This process gives to fashion a vertical descent. However, the elite class finds that it is no longer distinguishable, by reason of the imitation made by others, and hence is led to adopt new differentiating criteria, only to displace these as they in turn are imitated. It is primarily his feature that makes fashion into a movement and which has led one writer to remark that a fashion, once launched, move to its doom.As a movement, fashion show little resemblance to any of the other movements which wc have considered. While it occurs spontaneously and moves along in a characteristic cycle, it involves little in the way of crowd behavior and it is not dependent upon the discussion process and the resulting public opinion. It does not depend upon the mechanisms of which we have spoken. The participants are not recruited through agitation. No morale is built up among them. Nor does the fashion movement have, or require an ideology. Further, since it does not have a leadership imparting conscious direction to the movement, it does not build up a set of tactics. People take part in the fashion movement voluntarily and in response to the interesting and powerful kind of control which fashion imposes on them.1.It is known from the first paragraph that （ ）.2.Which of the following statements is true?3.According to the author, a fashion movement （ ）.4.It can be inferred from the passage that a fashion movement（ ）.
A.fashion operates in every society B.fashion is found only in a few fields of group life C.fashion originates in a class society D.people like to keep up with fashion in a primitive society
问题2：
A.Fashion, as a movement, is static. B.A fashion is destined to disappear once it is launched. C.A fashion will never vanish once it is launched. D.The upper classes play a little role in fashion movements.
问题3：
A.will eventually develop into a social organization B.has little in common with other movements C.has a powerful leadership guiding it D.has a set of symbols and values
问题4：
A.is a form of expressive behavior B.contributes a great deal to the way of crowd behavior C.can boost the morale of its participants D.functions in the same way as specific social movements
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A.as good as B.in addition to C.as substitutes for D.instead of
Americans like to go（ ）by car as this is the most convenient way to take home purses.
A.buying B.purchasing C.bargain D.shopping
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A.modifying B.duplicating C.accelerating D.stimulating
1.This passage centers on（）.2.Which of the following is true about Fox's Shadow?3.What can be inferred from the passage?4.What is Not the Beijing boy's opinion of chatting online?5.This passage may be a （）.
'>Your friends might be in Australia or maybe just down the road, but they are all just a few clicks away. Life has changed for millions of teenagers across the world who now make friends online. Whether you use chat rooms, QQ, MSN or ICQ, you are part of a virtual community.“I rarely talk with my parents or grandparents, but I talk a lot with my old friends on QQ,” said Fox's Shadow, the online nickname used by a Senior 2 girl in China. “Eighty percent of my classmates use QQ after school.”QQ is the biggest messaging service in China. A record shows 4 million people used it one Saturday night in October, according to Tencent, the company which developed QQ.And Fox's Shadow might well have been one of them. “I log in on Friday nights, and Saturdays or Sundays when I feel bored. I usually spend about 10 hours chatting online every week,” she said. “But I rarely talk with strangers, especially boys or men.”Even though she likes chatting, she is careful about making friends with strangers online. “You don't know who you're talking to. You should always be careful about who you trust online.”Many people would like to meet offline when they feel they have got to know someone very well. Fox's Shadow once met one of her online friends face to face. It was a girl who was a comic fan like herself and they went to a comic show together.However, not all teenagers have been so fortunate. At the beginning of this year, a 17-year-old girl in Liaoning Province was raped after meeting a friend she had found on QQ. The criminal wasn't caught until last month.A 16-year-old Beijing boy, known online as Bart Simon, dislikes QQ users. “I used to chat on QQ, but I found that most people were talking nonsense,” he said. Now he chats online in English, using MSN. “I only chat online because I've got friends in Japan, the US and Singapore,” he said.“I want to learn more about foreign cultures.” But he spends little time chatting as he sees it a waste of time and money.“If you are really addicted to it, someti