Chairperson or chair is the neutral term of chairman or chairwoman.
It is not necessary to replace chairman with chairperson.
Chairman can express the same meaning as the word chairwoman.
People are very sensitive to the use of chairman in the past.
第1题:
The chairman of the board _______ on me the unpleasant job of dismissing good workers the firm can no longer afford to employ.
A compelled B posed C pressed D tempted
第2题:
What does the word “this” underlined in the third paragraph refer to?
A.We will lose much more than we can gain.
B.Humans have begun destroying rainforests.
C.People have a strong desire for resources.
D.Much carbon dioxide comes from burning rainforests.
第3题:
We can infer from the last paragraph that the e-nose_____.
A. is unable to tell the smell of flowers
B. is not yet used in greenhouses
C. is designed by scientists at Purdue
D. is helpful in killing harmful insects
第4题:
The chairman suggested that we _____ the meeting to a close by singing the national anthem.
A、bring
B、brought
C、be bringing
D、would bring
第5题:
A、get along with
B、get down upon
C、get out of
D、get away with
第6题:
We can infer from this passage that______.
A. people cannot sent visible information until 19th century
B. we cannot communicate without sound
C. the ways of communication are similar in different countries
D. in ancient time, enough people is necessary to send messages over distance
55.答案为D 通过阅读前三段可知古代的信息需要足够的人手来依次传递才有可能传送到很远的距离。
第7题:
From the passage we can () that this disease can be cured.
A、insult
B、inspire
C、refuse
D、infer
第8题:
What can we infer from the last paragraph?
[A] Monkeys can be trained to develop social emotions.
[B] Human indignation evolved from an uncertain source.
[C] Animals usually show their feelings openly as humans do.
[D] Cooperation among monkeys remains stable only in the wild.
第9题:
We feel ()tonight to have as our distinguished guest Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs.
A、privileged
B、privileging
C、privily
D、privity
第10题:
From the first paragraph we can learn that ______.
A) very few people have the sensitivity of the blind'
B) blind people can manage to see things, but not clearly
C) not everybody sees with his eyes
D) it is possible to narrow the photosensitive areas of the body