I argued with Morton until the wee hours of the morning, but he remained （ ）in his refusal to finance the project.
A.subdued B.generous C.obstinate D.courteous
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Psychologists think of attitudes as being predisposition toward objects or events that determine the way people react to different stimuli.
A.prior inclinations B.prescriptions C.precautions D.principal commitments
The 150 million people who live outside the country of their birth make up less than 2.5 percent of world population, but they have an importance far beyond their numbers. Some international migrants are refugees or students, but those with the most impact are economic migrants, drawn to places such as Los Angeles, where the wages may be three times greater than those in Bombay. These migrants tend to be young and willing to work for low wages. Though traditionally unskilled, a growing number are highly educated.Immigration is now the major contributor to demographic change in many developed countries. In the U.S., according to the latest U. S. Census Bureau projection, the population will grow by 129 million in the period from 2000 to 2050, but if immigration stops it would go up by just 54 million. Western Europe’s population is 42 percent greater than that of the U. S., but its projected immigration is only about half that of the U. S.; as a consequence, the region expected to lose 28 million people over the next 50 years. Japan, which has close to zero net migration, is projected to lose 26 million by 2050. (Deaths will start outrunning births in west Europe and Japan around the middle of this decade).During the past six years, the U. S. received 27 percent of the world international migrants, compared with 9 percent by Germany, the second most popular destination. One fourth of all migrants to the U. S. went to California; favorite cities, in order of the number of foreign-bom, are Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Miami and Chicago.International migrants primarily come from developing countries, with China at 14 percent and Mexico at 8 percent being the latest sources. A few developing countries, such as Afghanistan, Bosnia, Liberia and Rwanda, have had significant influxes in recent years, but these reflect mainly the movement of refugees. Most developing countries had negative net migration.In the past few years, European country with considerable immigration has had a reaction against foreign work, according to social scientist Christopher Jencks of Harvard University. Some Asian countries hit hard by recession in the late 1990s tried to repatriate migrant workers. Thus far the U. S. shows no signs of reinstituting the extremely restrictive Immigration, laws of the past, a major reason being the dependence of many industries on a supply of foreign labor. Indeed, the AFL-CIO, once an opponent of high immigration quotas has reverse position and is now attempting to organize immigrant. This change in attitude among other reasons leads Jencks to conclude that a substantial reversal of the current liberal policies is unlikely.1.Which of the following statements does NOT exactly describe the economic migrants?2.According to the passage, the U. S. immigrants in the period from 2000 to 2050 will grow by （ ）.3.Many refugees move from their nations to such developing countries as （ ）.4.What happened to some Asian countries hit hard by recession in the late 1990s?5.The AFL-CIO likes to organize immigrants now because（ ）.
A.They tend to be young B.Many of them are highly educated C.They are willing to work for low wages D.They constitute 2.5% of the world population.
问题2：
A.129 million B.54 million C.75 million D.28 million
问题3：
A.Afghanistan B.China C.Mexico D.Pakistan
问题4：
A.They tried to attract mire migrant workers. B.They wanted to depend more on foreign workers. C.They managed to organize immigrants. D.They attempted to send back foreign workers
问题5：
A.it is an opponent of high immigrant quotas B.its development is dependent on foreign labor C.it has a reaction against foreign workers D.it shows no sign of reinstituting immigration laws
From his directions, it shouldn't be difficult to （ ）the beach house in the map, even though you have never been there before.
A.determine B.locate C.unearth D.ascertain
It’s a very （ ）kitchen. Though it is small, there is plenty of cupboard-room to put everything in.
A.complete B.complex C.packed D.compact
Imagine a world in which there was suddenly no emotion—a world in which human beings could feel no love or happiness, no terror or hate. Try to imagine the consequences of such a transformation. People might not be able to stay alive: knowing neither joy nor pleasure, neither anxiety nor fear, they would be as likely to repeat acts that hurt them as acts that were beneficial. They could not learn: they could not benefit from experience because this emotionless world would lack rewards and punishments. Society would soon disappear: people would be as likely to harm one another as to provide help and support. Human relationships would not exist: in a world without friends or enemies, there could be no marriage, affection among companions, or bonds among members of groups. Society’s economic underpinnings would be destroyed: since earning $10 million would be no more pleasant than earning $10, there would be no incentive to work. In fact, there would be no incentives of any kind. For as we will see, incentives imply a capacity to enjoy them.In such a world, the chances that the human species would survive are next to zero, because emotions are the basic instrument of our survival and adaptation. Emotions structure the world for us in important ways. As individuals, we categorize objects on the basis of our emotions. True we consider the length, shape, size, or texture, but an object's physical aspects are less important than what it has done or can do to us--hurt us, surprise us, anger us or make us joyful. We also use categorizations colored by emotions in our families, communities, and overall society. Out of our emotional experiences with objects and events comes a social feeling of agreement that certain things and actions are “good” and others ate “bad”, and we apply these categories to every aspect of our social life from what foods we eat and what clothes we wear to how we keep promises and which people our group will accept. In fact, society exploits our emotional reactions and attitudes, such as loyalty morality, pride shame, guilt, fear and greed, in order to maintain itself. It gives high rewards to individuals who perform important tasks such as surgery, makes heroes out of individuals for unusual or dangerous achievements such as flying fighter planes in a war, and uses the legal penal system to make people afraid to engage in antisocial acts.1.The reason why people might not be able to stay alive in a world without emotion is that（ ）.2.According to
