【正文】 f problems characteristically involves attempts to make predictions using a sample of observations. For example, a school superintendent wishes to determine the proportion of children in a large school system who e to school without breakfast, have been vaccinated for flu, or whatever. Having a little knowledge of statistics, the superintendent would know that it is unnecessary and inefficient to question each child。t good enough for them? I don39。t see the stop sign in front of her, so she runs it. Two: The two women are talking and at the last minute the driver realizes there is her turn, so she stops really quick in front of you and you almost rearend her. So women please pay more attention to your driving and, for the love of God, use your turn signals——they I know all women out there are yelling at me and saying, “Women are better drivers than guys.” If women were better drivers than men, why do guys drive on dates? Why don39。 (3) Initial adjustment。 those who hope to improve their looks through starvation belong to the subtractive category. Both groups have Eating disorders afflict as many as five to ten million women and one million men in the United States. One out of four female college students suffers from an eating disorder. But why? Card Kirby, a University of Nebraska mental health counselor, says that body image and eating disorders are continuum addictions in which individuals seek to discover their identities. The idea that we should look a certain way and possess a certain shape is instilled in us at a very early age. Young girls not only play with Barbie dolls that display impossible, even ical, proportions, but they are also bombarded with images of supermodels. These images leave an indelible mental imprint of what society believes a female body should look like. Kirby adds that there is a halo effect to body image as well: “We immediately The media can be blamed for contributing to various bodyimage illnesses. We cannot walk into a bookstore without being exposed to perfect male and female bodies on the covers of magazines. We see such images every day——on mercials, billboards, on television, and in movies. These images continually remind women and young girls that if you want to be happy you must be beautiful, This ideal may be the main objective of the fashion, cosmetic, diet, fitness, and plastic surgery industries who stand to make millions from bodyimage anxiety, but does it work for us? Are women who lose weight in order to be toothpick thin really happy? Are women who have had breast implants really happy? What truly defines a person? Is it his or her physical appearance or is it character? Beauty is People are killing themselves for unrealistic physical standards dictated by our popular culture. We need to be made more aware of this issue. To be celebritythin is not to be beautiful nor happy. It can also be unattractive. Individuals who are obsessed with their bodies are only causing damage to themselves and their loved ones. But as long as the media maintain their message that “thin is in,” then the medical and psychological pro 91. What issue is this passage mainly concerned about? C. Physica 92. How does the author feel about this issue? A. Concerned Compromising 93. With the two stories in Paragraph 2, the author explains A. what are addictive and subtractive body image can cause death or dam 94. Which of the following is not mentioned as the cause of bodyimage anxiety? 95. What is the author39。 his concern is with leadership, with planning, and with direction giving. He is an “educated” man。s first job Part Ⅳ Directions: In this part, please write an essay of about 300 words on the topic “China in the 21st Century and Her Returning Scholars”. You should base your essay on the following outline: 1. Today, many countrymen are returning af 試題詳解 Part Ⅰ （略） Part Ⅱ Vocab 31. C 32. C 33. B 34. B 35. C 36. D 37. B 38. A 39. C 40. D 41. D 42. A 43. D 47. B 48. C 49. A 50. C 51. B 52. B 53. A 54. D 55. A 56. B 57. C 58. B 59. D 60. A 61. A 62. B 63. D 64. A 65. C 66. C 67. D 68. A 69. B 70. B Part Ⅲ 71. D 72. D 73. A 78. C 79. D 81. A 82. A 83. B 84. C 85. A 86. C 87. B 90. A 91. C 92. A 93. D 94. D 95. A 96. B 97. C 98. B 99. D 100. C Part Ⅳ 參考范文 There was once a time almost every intellectual wanted to go abroad to study, work or live. But the situation seems quite the opposite nowadays——a great many overseas academicians now choose to return to China to crave out their careers after There are some reasons accounting for these schola