Even then several states automati cally exempted women from jury duty unless they personally　asked to have their names included on the jury list. This practice was justified by the claim that women

　　were needed at home, and it kept juries unrepresentative of women through the 1960s.

　　Q. Even in the 1960s, women were seldom on the jury list in some states because _____.

　　A. they were automatically banned by state laws B. they fell far short of the required qualifications

　　C. they were supposed to perform domestic duties D. they tended to evade public engagement

　　Ruth Simmons joined Goldman Sachs’s board as an outside director in January 2000; a year later　she became president of Brown University. For the rest of the decade she apparently managed both roles　without attracting much criticism. But by the end of 2009 Ms. Simmons was under fire for having sat on　Goldman’s compensation committee; how could she have let those enormous bonus payouts pass　unremarked? By February the next year Ms. Simmons had left the board. The position was taking up too　much time, she said.

　　Q. According to Paragraph 1, Ms. Simmons was criticized for ______

　　A. gaining excessive profits B. failing to fulfill her duty

　　C. refusing to make compromises D. leavi ng the board in tough times

　　The longest bull run in a century of art-market history ended on a dramatic note with a sale of 56　works by Damien Hirst, Beautiful Inside My Head Forever，at Sotheby’s in London on September 15th　2008. All but two pieces sold, fetching more than ￡70m, a record for a sale by a single artist. It was a last　victory. As the auctioneer called out bids, in New York one of the oldest banks on Wall Street , Lehman　Brothers, filed for bankruptcy.

　　Q. In the first paragraph, Damien Hirst’s sale was referred to as “a last victory” because ____.

　　A. the art market had witnessed a succession of victories

　　B. the auctioneer finally got the two pieces at the highest bids

　　C. Beautiful Inside My Head Forever won over all masterpieces

　　D. it was successfully made just before the world financial crisis

　　Ironically, the trend of technological innovation that has threatened minority languages could also　help save them. For example, some experts predict that computer software translation tools will one day　permit minority language speakers to browse the internet using their native tongues. Linguists are currently　usi ng computer-aided learning tools to teach a variety of threatened languages.

　　Q. Computer technology is helpful for preserving minority languages in that it ______.

　　A. makes learning a global language unnecessary

　　B. facilitates the learning and usi ng of those languages

　　C. raising public awareness of saving those languages

　　D. makes it easier for linguist to study those languages

　　Ms. Carr put her cancer experience in a recent Learning Channel documentary, and she has written　a practical guide about how she coped. Cancer isn't funny, but Ms. Carr often is. She swears, she makes up　names for the people who treat her ( Dr. Fabulous and Dr. Guru ), and she even makes second sound fun　("cancer road trips," she calls them).

　　Q. Kris Carr make up names for the people who treat her because ________

　　A. she is depressed and likes swearing B. she is funny and likes playing jokes on doctor

　　C. she wants to leave the medical advice to doctor D. she tries to leave a good impression on doctor