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1.In the words of Thomas De Quincey, "It is notorious that the memory strengthens as you lay burdens upon it." If, like most people, you have trouble recalling the names of those you have just met, try this: The next time you are introduced, plan to remember the names. Say to yourself, "I'll listen carefully; I'll repeat each person's name to be sure I've got it, and I will remember." You'll discover how effective this technique is and probably recall those names for the rest of your life.
The quotation from De Quincey indicates that the memory
A.always operates at peak efficiency
B.breaks down under great strain
C.improves if it is used often
D.becomes unreliable if it tires: C
2.Unemployment was the overriding fact of life when Franklin D. Roosevelt became president of the United States on March 4, 1933. At the time, the government did not systematically collect statistics of joblessness; actually it did not start doing so until 1940. The Bureau of Labor Statistics later estimated that 12,830,000 persons were out of
work in 1933, about one-fourth of a civilian labor force of more than
51 million. Roosevelt signed the Federal Emergency Relief Act on May 12, 1933. The president selected Harry L. Hopkins, who headed the New York relief program, to run FERA. A gifted administrator, Hopkins quickly put the program into high gear. He gathered a small staff in Washington and brought the state relief organizations into the FERA system. While the agency tried to provide all the necessities, food came first. City dwellers usually got an allowance for fuel, and rent for one month was provided in case of eviction.
This passage is primarily about
A.methods of estimating unemployment rates in the 1930s
B.the effect of unemployment on United States families
C.President Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency
D.the creation of President Roosevelt's FERA program: D
3.With varying success, many women around the world today struggle for equal rights. Historically, women have achieved greater equality with men during periods of social
adversity. The following factors initiated the greatest number of improvements for women: violent revolution, world war, and the rigors of pioneering in an
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