He was the king of farce and the most influential neoclassical playwright. His characters were used to （ ） real people, and he was interested in showing the reality of human weakness as much as possible.

A.depict B.ridicule C.amuse D.imitate

Max Weber proposed a complex approach to inequality which expressly takes account of non-economic dimensions of ranking and inequality. Against Marx, Weber maintains that the operation of power in societies is yet more fundamental than their economic basis. Power（1）the capacity of individuals or groups to realize their will even （2） the opposition of others. This yields three categories fundamental to the analysis of inequality: class, status and party. Inequality may be located in economically defined（3）but could also be founded in status groups and political parties. In this elaboration he sought to refine the measurement of inequality and to show the potential singularity of his criteria （4） their connectedness. For example, power is often linked to class-based wealth but it can be separated in situations （5） power is linked to knowledge. Status refers to style of life. It also refers to social esteem, the respect and admiration （6） a person according to his or her social position and this can be local （7）structural and take account of interpersonal subjectivities. Marx’s stress on structural relationships and on the duplicitous nature of culture tends to be replaced by a view of classes as ranked hierarchies of fixed groupings（8）individuals may be mobile. While the categories are fixed and classes are bounded, individuals may, （9）, change their class position. （10）, Weber’s discussion emphasizes how both class and status distinction can affect people’s life chances, that is, the chances that an individual has to share in the economic and cultural goods of a society. Material and cultural goods are often （11）distributed and class and status rankings will ensure that people will have（12）access to these goods. These features of Weber’s thought are important to （13）when considering non-class based systems of（14 ）. The opening up of the relationship between inequality, meaning and manifestation allows for the consideration of systems of inequality other than class. There are ranked societies where there is unequal access to positions of status and prestige and these are not necessarily linked to （15）. An example is found in those traditional African societies where the chiefs did not live at a （16 ）standard of living than their subjects and where economies were redistributive, （17）, the chief received tribute which he then（18） his followers as a mark of his status and largesse. The position of many European noble families is a contemporary example of ranked society: access to （19） a title is limited, usually to family members, and many of these titled families are （20） wealthy and have no power by virtue of their nobility in their societies.

A.has defined to B.is defined to C.is defined as D.defines as
问题2：
A.from the face of B.in the face of C.on the face of D.to the face of
问题3：
A.societies B.categories C.dimensions D.classes
问题4：
A.as well as B.besides C.except D.except for
问题5：
A.that B.which C.why D.where
问题6：
A.accorded B.accords C.is accorded to D.to accord
问题7：
A.rather to B.rather than C.no other than D.other than
问题8：
A.where B.through which C.in which D.to which
问题9：
A.more or less B.any the less C.none the less D.no less
问题10：
A.However B.Nevertheless C.Furthermore D.But
问题11：
A.symmetrically B.asymmetrically C.fairly D.unfairly
问题12：
A.differential B.similar C.the same D.unequal
问题13：
A.bear them to mind B.bear them in mind C.bear to mind D.bear in mind
问题14：
A.hierarchy B.ranking C.singularity D.inequality
问题15：
A.economic wealth B.cultural goods C.status distinctions D.class rankings
问题16：
A.high B.higher C.low D.lower
问题17：
A.for example B.such as C.that is D.what’s more
问题18：
A.gave to B.gave it to C.gave back to D.gave it back
问题19：
A.claim B.ask C.inherit D.assume
问题20：
A.more B.much more C.less D.no longer

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Early research on attitudes assumed that they were casually related to behavior; that is, the attitudes people hold determine what they do. Common sense, too, suggests a relationship. Isn’t it logical that people watch television programs they like, or that employees try to avoid assignments they find distasteful? However, in the late 1960s, this assumed effect of attitudes on behavior was challenged by a review of the research. One researcher—Leon Festinger—argued that attitudes follow behavior. Did you ever notice how people change what they say. so it doesn’t contradict what they do? Perhaps a friend of yours has consistently argued that the quality of US cars isn’t up to that of imports and that he’d never own anything but a Japanese or German car. But his dad gives him a late-model Ford Mustang, and suddenly US cars aren't so bad. Festinger argued that these cases of attitude following behavior illustrate the effects of cognitive dissonance. Cognitive dissonance refers to any incompatibility an individual might perceive between two or more attitudes or between behavior and attitudes. Festinger argued that any form of inconsistency is uncomfortable and that individuals will attempt to reduce the dissonance and, hence, t

To begin to （ ） the pollution causing climate change, cities around the world need to be made more efficient, adopting measures ranging from reducing the energy costs of sanitation to constructing buildings that waste less energy.

A.mitigate B.migrate C.magnify D.militate

s="" bank="" participants="" try="" to="" fade="" into="" the="" background="" and="" finally="" put="" financial="" crisis="" behind="" them.="" public="" panels="" include="" only="" two="" or="" three="" devoted="" services.="" at="" more="" productive="" private="" meetings="" fringes,="" bankers="" say="" discussion="" is="" upbeat="" than="" it="" has-been="" since="" began="" half="" a="" decade="" ago.="" improving="" eurozone="" sentiment="" slowly="" brightening="" mood="" among="" banks'="" corporate="" clients="" heartening="" for="" bankers.="" all="" same="" no="" one="" can="" let="" go="" of="" topic="" that="" has="" most="" vexed="" them="" years:="" ever-increasing="" regulation. On the core eurozone discussion, the tone is of cautious optimism. “The system is slowly coming back to life,” said one investment bank boss, pointing to steady signs of eurozone recovery, most recently evident in this week’s Spanish sovereign debt auction. “There’s definitely a change of tone,” added the board member of a US bank. “Our clients are definitely more upbeat.” Around that average sentiment views ranged widely, stretching from the complacent to the doom laden. “It’s hard to see what could go wrong,” said one investment bank boss. That was in stark contrast with a warning from Axel Weber, chairman of UBS and former president of Germany’s Bundesbank, who said that patchwork fixes by central banks were just disguising problems that will return. "We’re Jiving a better life now at the expense of future generations,” Mr. Weber said.As at recent Davos forums, the regulatory agenda has provided a focus. Bankers this year have bemoaned the breakdown in an international regulatory framework. Mr. Weber said: “You need a global standard. But this is not happening." He warned that, without a harmonized rule book, the dangers in the global banking system would increase. He contrasted the “Alpine” capital requirements in Switzerland with the diverse structural reforms under way in the US, the UK and potentially the EU.Worse still was the failure of policy makers to look across the financial services industry and join up the thinking on how banks and insurers should be regulated, critics said. One chief executive of a large US financial group said the regulatory situation was "really horrific". "If you take a nice business like the insurance business," the chief executive said. "Here's an industry that went through the crisis and had almost no problems. They've put in a whole new regulatory regime to make sure they can't make money. It's astonishing." Another bank boss said privately he was "extremely worried" about the inability of European insurance companies to finance banks, under the prospective Solvency II rules. Tidjane Thiam, chief executive of UK insurer Prudential, said: "There is a lack of joined-up thinking. The insurance industry is traditionally the biggest investor in the banking industry but Solvency II says we can't invest in banks."Friction was also evident between investors and companies, particularly financial groups. Paul Singer, head of Elliott Capital Management, slammed banks for "completely opaque’’ disclosures that made it impossible to know whether they were “risky or sound”. Most pernicious of all among the regulatory initiatives was the continuing - and arguably worsening -sense of uncertainty over what regulators and politicians have in mind next, particularly in Europe.

1.How would you characterize the atmosphere at Davos forums 2013?

2.Axel Weber would most probably argue that（ ）.

3.It may be inferred from the passage that （ ）.

4.The regulatory situation is in a bad shape in that （ ）.

5."Completely opaque disclosures” in the last paragraph refers to the fact that （ ）.

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The term “remote sensing” refers to the techniques of measurement and interpretationof phenomena from a distance. Prior to the mid-1960’s the interpretation of film images was the primary means for remote sensing of the Earth’s geologic features. With the development of the optomechanical scanner, scientists began to construct digital multispectral images using data beyond the sensitivity range of visible light photography. These images are constructed by mechanically aligning pictorial representations of such phenomena as the reflection of light waves outside the visible spectrum, the refraction of radio waves, and the daily changes in temperature in areas on the Earth’s surface. Digital multispectral imaging has now become the basic tool in geologic remote sensing from satellites.The advantage of digital over photographic imaging is evident: the resulting numerical data are precisely known, and digital data are not subject to the vagaries of difficult-to-control chemical processing. With digital processing, it is possible to combine a large number of spectral images. The acquisition of the first multispectral digital data set from the multispectral scanner (MSS) aboard the satellite Landsat in 1972 consequently attracted the attention of the entire geologic community. Landsat MSS data are now being applied to a variety of geologic problems that are difficult to solve by conventional methods alone. These include specific problems in mineral and energy resource exploration and the charting of glaciers and shallow seas.A more fundamental application of remote sensing is to augment conventional methods for geologic mapping of large areas. Regional maps present compositional, structural, and chronological information for reconstructing geologic evolution. Such reconstructions have important practical applications because the conditions under which rock units and other structural features are formed influence the occurrence of ore and petroleum deposits and affect the thickness and integrity of the geologic media in which the deposits are found.Geologic maps incorporate a large, varied body of specific field and laboratory measurements, but the maps must be interpretative because field measurements are always limited by rock exposure, accessibility and labor resources. With remote-sensing techniques it is possible to obtain much geologic information more efficiently than it can be obtained on the ground. These techniques also facilitate overall interpretation. Since detailed geologic mapping is generally conducted in small area, the continuity of regional features that have intermittent and variable expressions is often not recognized, but in the comprehensive views of Landsat images these continuities are apparent. However, some critical information cannot be obtained through remote sensing, and several characteristics of the Landsat MSS impose limitations on the acquisition of diagnostic data. Some of these limitations can be overcome by designing satellite systems specifically for geologic purposes; but to be most effective, remote-sensing data must still be combined with data from field surveys and laboratory tests, the techniques of the earlier twentieth century.1.By using the word “interpretative” in line32. The author is indicating which of the following?

2.With which of the following statements about geologic mapping would the author be most likely to agree?

3.According to the passage, measurements of which of the following can be provided by the optomechanical scanner but not by visible-light photography?

4. It can be inferred from the passage that a major disadvantage of photographic imaging in geologic mapping is that such photography .

5. It can be inferred from the passage that Landsat images differ from conventional geologic maps in that Landsat images .

6.The passage provides information about each of the following topics EXCEPT （ ）.

7.The passage suggests which of the following about the “conventional methods” mentioned in line 24?

A.Some maps are based more on