单选题It can be inferred from the passage that ______.A most movie theaters had a pianist, a hand or an orchestraB sound-effects machines were common because they were more effectiveC full-scale orchestras could effectively synchronize sound with picturesD g

We can assume from the passage that ______.

A. red beards were more fashionable than black ones

B. everyone in fourteenth-century Spain shaved

C. false beards were considered foolish by those who had real beards

D. the popularity of false beards largely died out after the fourteenth century

Passage One

Long time ago, the ancient people could not travel to any far away places for they had no vehicle to carry them across the wide oceans, deep valleys, long rivers or high mountains.

Nowadays people take advantage of steamships, trains, airplanes and modern bridges. Airplanes can carry us to the far countries in a short time; steamships can travel across the wide oceans. It is convenient to the modern people.

Travelling is a good idea to us because we can get more knowledge, such as the customs, the geography of other countries. And people could travel among the different countries in the world. For it is easy to travel from the land by trains, or from the sea by ships.

We learnt that the Italian who made the world large was Mr. Columbus. He was a brave man. Up to the middle of the 15th century, the people were afraid of traveling because they believed it was a dangerous thing.

There is a saying in China, which is "Travelling for thousands is better than reading for ten years." It is to say that we can learn more in different places than we can learn from books.

36. The people in ancient times couldn't travel too far away places because______.

A. they found it no use doing so

B. they liked staying at home

C. there was no modern transportation

D. they were forbidden to go to other countries

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Chinese students won most of the awards.

B. Not all the themes were about local subjects

C. The blogs could be written in Chinese or Singlish.

D. The judges were from university in Singapore and China.

It can be inferred from the passage that early historians of women’s labor in the United States paid little attention to women’s employment in the service sector of the economy because________．

A．fewer women found employment in the service sector than in factory work

B．the wages paid to workers in the service sector were much lower than those paid in the industrial sector

C．women’s employment in the service sector tended to be much more short—term than in factory work

D．employment in the service sector seemed to have much in common with the unpaid work associated with homemaking

This passage implies that ______.

A) buying a false degree is not moral

B) personnel officers only consider applicants from famous schools

C) most people lie on applications because they were dismissed from school

D) society should be greatly responsible for lying on applications

According to the passage，most farmers' debts had to be paid______.

A. when the autumn harvest had just been completed

B. because wheat prices were high

C. as soon as the Winnipeg Grain Exchange demanded payment

D. when crop failure caused depression

It can be inferred from the passage that by the end of World War Ⅱ , most Americans ______.

A. were very rich

B. lived in poverty

C. did not own automobiles

D. had own automobiles

Why does author say that they were lucky in the third paragraph?

A. Because her situation was not serious.

B. Because many other places were flooded.

C. Because she had been to Northern India.

D. Because some others suffered even more.

It can be inferred from the increase of fruit consumption that ______.

A) people had to spend more on transportation and furniture

B) people were more health conscious

C) people were more money conscious

D) the price of fruit dropped dramatically