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　　考试时间：2011年2月22日 下午15:00

　　考试地点：上海财经大学

　　issue72、One can best understand the most important characteristics of a society by studying its major cities.

　　146、People who are the most deeply committed to an idea or policy are the most critical of it.

　　argument167.A folk remedy* for insomnia, the scent in lavender flowers, has now been proved fective. In a recent study, 30 volunteers with chronic insomnia slept each night for three weeks on lavender-scented pillows in a controlled room where their sleep was monitored. During the first week, volunteers continued to take their usual sleeping medication. They slept soundly but wakened feeling tired. During the second week, the volunteers discontinued their medication. As a result, they slept less soundly than the previous week and felt even more tired. During the third week, the volunteers slept longer and more soundly than in the previous two weeks. This shows that over a short period of time lavender cures insomnia. A folk remedy is usually a plant-based form of treatment common to traditional forms of medicine, ones that developed bore the advent of modern medical services and technology.

　　考试时间：2011年2月22日 上午10点半

　　考试地点：上海财大

　　Issue8 "It is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public."

　　109 "The purpose of many advertisements is to make consumers want to buy a product so that they will &aposbe like&apos the person in the ad. This practice is fective because it not only sells products but also helps people feel better about themselves."

　　Argument239.The following appeared as an editorial in the local newspaper of Dalton. “When the neighboring town of Williamsville adopted a curfew four months ago that made it illegal for persons under the age of 18 to loiter or idle in public places after 10 p.m., youth crime in Williamsville dropped by 27 percent during curfew hours. In Williamsville&aposs town square, the area where its citizens were once most outraged at the high crime rate, not a single crime has been reported since the curfew was introduced. Therore, to help reduce its own rising crime rate, the town of Dalton should adopt the same kind of curfew. A curfew that keeps young people at home late at night will surely control juvenile delinquency and protect minors from becoming victims of crime."

　　Issue226."People are mistaken when they assume that the problems they confront are more complex and challenging than the problems faced by their predecessors. This illusion is eventually dispelled with increased knowledge and experience."

　　165 "In any given field, the leading voices come from people who are motivated not by conviction but by the desire to present opinions and ideas that differ from those held by the majority."

　　Argument11.The following appeared in a memo from the mayor of the town of West Egg. “Two years ago, our consultants predicted that West Egg&aposs landfill, which is used for garbage disposal, would be completely filled within five years. During the past two years, however, town residents have been recycling twice as much aluminum and paper as they did in previous years. Next month the amount of material recycled should further increase, since charges for garbage pickup will double. Furthermore, over ninety percent of the respondents to a recent survey said that they would do more recycling in the future. Because of our residents&apos strong commitment to recycling, the available space in our landfill should last for considerably longer than predicted."