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Educational development is bound up with economic progress. A．in accordance with
B．consistent with
C．independent of
D．closely related to
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{{B}}Passage Two{{/B}}Which of the following statements can not be found in the passageA．Those opposed euthanasia say that they believe the right to live is sacreD、
Euthanasia, often called "mercy killing" is a crime everywhere in WesternEurope.But more and more doctors and nurses readily admit to practicing it, most often in the "passive" form of withholding or withdrawing treatment. The long simmering euthanasia issue has lately boiled over into a, sometimes, fierce public debate, with both sides claiming the mantle of ultimate righteousness. Those opposed to the practice see themselves upholding sacred principles of respect for life, while those in favor raise the banner of humane treatment.After years on the defensive, the advocates now seem to be gaining grounD、Recent polls inBritain show that 72 percent ofBritish subjects favor euthanasia ill some circumstances.An astonishing 76 percent of respondents to a poll taken last year in France said they would like the law changed to decriminalize mercy killings.
Euthanasia has been a topic of controversy inEurope since at least 1936, when a bill was introduced in the House of Lords that would have legalized mercy killing under very tightly supervised conditions. That bill failed, as have three others introduced in the House of Lords since then.
Reasons for the latest surge of interest in euthanasia are not hard to finD、Europeans, likeAmericans, are now living longer: Therefore, lingering chronic diseases have replaced critical illnesses as the primary cause of death.And the euthanasists argue that every human being should have the right to "die with dignity," by which they usually mean the right to escape the horrors of a painful or degrading hospitalization (住院治疗).
Most experts believe that euthanasia will continue to be practiced no matter what the law says.
B．Those in favor of euthanasia maintain that they are for humane treatment.
C．Recently the advocates of euthanasia have got more support from the publiC、
D．More and more people like to have the law changeD、小王昨天没来公司上班是因为病了。
小王昨天没来公司上班是因为病了。Geneticallymodified(GM)foodstuffsarehere
A．affordable
The reason GM food will not go away is that we need a three-fold increase in food production by the year 2050 to keep{{U}} (63) {{/U}}with the world’s{{U}} (64) {{/U}}population growth to ten or eleven billion. It’s not just a question of more mouths to feed either.{{U}} (65) {{/U}}is often forgotten is that all these extra people will take up space,reducing the overall land{{U}} (66) {{/U}}for agriculture.
It may well be that in the long term it is the developing world{{U}} (67) {{/U}}benefits most from GM foods. It’s true that for the next ten years or so GM crops may be{{U}} (68) {{/U}}expensive.But the lesson of personal computers is applicable here—once the technology has been developed for money spinning crops,{{U}} (69) {{/U}}maize, soy beans and cotton,it will become{{U}} (70) {{/U}}for all.
This doesn’t mean, unfortunately, that families will{{U}} (71) {{/U}}, but severity and duration will be helped by an{{U}} (72) {{/U}}ability to produce and distribute fooD、
{{U}} (73) {{/U}}we move into this new era of agriculture we’re embarking on a journey the world has seen many number of times with experiments before. We have been refining species of wheat for several thousand years. Genetic engineers like me are not doing anything as{{U}} (74) {{/U}}as making a cabbage into a cauliflower{{U}} (75) {{/U}}has been done by plant breeders in the past.
We’re simply tapping into the whole gene pool, rather than concentrating on one species at a time.
B．expensive
C．countable
D．excitingAssumingthataconstanttravel-timebudget,g
Assuming that a constant travel-time budget, geographic constraints and short-term infrastructure constraints persist as fundamental features of global mobility, what longterm results can one expect In high-income regions, (61) NorthAmerica, our picture suggests that the share of traffic (62) supplied by buses and automobiles will decline as high-speed transport rises sharply. In developing countries, we (63) the strongest increase to be in the shares first for buses and later for automobiles. Globally, these (64) in bus and automobile transport are partially offsetting. In all regions, the share of lowspeed mil transport will probably continue its strongly (65) decline.
We expect that throughout the period 1990—2050, the (66) NorthAmerican will continue to devote most of his or her 1.1-hour travel-time (67) to automobile travel. The very large demand (68) air travel (or high-speed mil travel) that will be manifest in 2050 (69) to only 12 minutes per person a day; a little time goes a long way in the air. In several developing regions, most travel (70) in 2050 will still be devoted to no motorized modes.Buses will persist (71) the primary form of motorized transportation in developing countries for decades. (72) important air travel becomes, buses, automobiles and (73) low-speed trains will surely go on serving vital functions. (74) of the super-rich already commute and shop in aircraft, but average people will continue to spend most c their travel time on the (75) .
A、frankly
B．exceptionally
C．unfortunately
D．notablyA:HaveyouinvitedSusantothepartyB:______A
A: Have you invited Susan to the partyB: ______A．Yes, because I know she wants to stay at home.
B．Not yet, because I know she prefers to stay at home.
C．No, because I know she likes to join us.
D．Yes, because I've to think about it carefully.WhatareblackholesThisquestionisdifficult
What are black holes This question is difficult to answer, since we do not have the necessary words to describe them. Scientists think that a black hole is a region of space into which matter has fallen and from which nothing can escape. So we cannot see a black hole.
A、black hole exerts a strong gravitational pull and yet it has no matter. It is only space. The exploration of black holes is just beginning. There are many speculations about them. There might be a huge hole at the centre of our galaxy swallowing up stars at a very rapid rate. Mankind may one day meet this fate. On the other hand, scientists have suggested that very advanced technology could one day harness the energy of black hole for human’s use on earth. These speculations sound like science fictions.But the theory of black holes is accepted by many scientists and astronomers.Afewyearsago,intheirsearchforwaystosellm
A、few years ago, in their search for ways to sell more goods, advertising men hit on a new and controversial gimmick. It is a silent, invisible commercial that, the ad men claim, can be rushed past the consumer’s conscious mind and planted in his subconscious—and without the consumer’s knowledge.
Developed by James Vicary, a research man who studies what makes people buy, this technique relies on the psychological principle of subliminal perception. Scientists tell us that many of the sights coming to our eyes are not consciously "seen". We select only a few for conscious "seeing" and ignore the rest.Actually, the discarded impressions are recorded in the brain though they are below the threshold of consciousness.
There’s little doubt in Vicary’s mind as to the subliminal ad’s effectiveness. His proof can be summed up in just two words: sales increase.
In an unidentified movie house not so long ago, unknown audiences saw a curious film program.At the same time, on the same screen on which the film hero was courting the heroine a subliminal projector was flashing its visible commercials.
"Get popcorn," ordered the commercial for a reported one three-thousands of a second every five seconds. It announced "Coca-Cola" at the same speed and frequency to other audiences.At the end of a six weeks trial, popcorn sales had gone up 57 percent,Coke sales 18 percent.
Experimental Films. Inc, says the technique is not new. It began research on subliminal perception in 1954.Experimental Films stresses that its equipment was designed for helping problematic students and treating the mentally ill.At NYU two doctors showed twenty women the projected image of an expressionless face. They told the subjects to watch the face for some change of expression. Then they flashed the word angry on the screen at subliminal speeds. Now the women thought the face looked unpleasant. When the word happy was flashed on the screen instead, the subjects thought the woman’s facial expression looked much more pleasant.
Subliminal techniques, its promoters believe, are good for more than selling popcorn. Perhaps the process can even be used to sell political candidates, by leaving a favorable impression of the candidate in the minds of the electorates subliminally.
How convincing are these invisible commercials Skeptical psychologists answer that they aren’t anywhere near as effective as the ad men would like to think they are. Nothing has been proven yet scientifically, says a prominent research man.
Subliminal ads are invisible because they are shown very______.
A、fast
B．naturally
C．often
D．vaguelyFromchildhoodtooldage,wealluselanguageas
From childhood to old age, we all use language as a means of broadening our knowledge of ourselves and the world about us. When humans first (61) , they were like newborn children, unable to use this (62) tool. Yet once language developed, the possibilities for human kind’s future (63) and cultural growth increaseD、
Many linguists believe that evolution is (64) for our ability to produce and use language. They (65) that our highly evolved brain provides us (66) an innate language ability not found in lower (67) . Proponents of this innateness theory say that our (68) for language is inborn, but that language itself develops gradually, (69) a function of the growth of the brain during childhooD、Therefore there are critical (70) times for language development.
Current (71) of innateness theory are mixed, however, evidence supporting the existence of some innate abilities is undeniable. (72) , more and more schools are discovering that foreign languages are best taught in (73) grades. Young children often can learn several languages by being (74) to them, while adults have a much harder time learning another language once the (75) of their first language have become firmly fixeD、
A．essential
B．available
C．reliable
D．responsibleIrealizedIhadletmyselfinsomethingfromwhi
I realized I had let myself in something from which there was no turning _____. A．around
B．back
C．away
D．down
Man:HowabouttheexaminationlastweekWoman:
Man: How about the examination last week Woman: If I'd got more time, I could have made it. Question: What does the woman implyA．She was asked to take another examination.
B．She failed the examination last week.
C．She did quite well in the examination.
D．She didn't take the examination last week.Imagineaworldinwhichtherewassuddenlynoem
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, 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 emotional 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 (支柱) 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 implant ( 嵌入, 插入)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 are "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 and penal (刑法的) system to make people afraid to engage in antisocial acts.
According to the passage, people’s learning activities are possible because they ______A．enjoy being rewarded for doing the right thing
B．know what is vital to the progress of society
C．believe that emotions are fundamental for them to stay alive
D．benefit from providing help and support to one anotherFormorethanthirtyyearsafterastronautsfir
For more than thirty years after astronauts first set foot on the Moon, scientists have been unable to unravel the mystery of where theEarth’s only satellite came from.But now there is direct evidence that the Moon was born after a giant collision between the youngEarth and another planet.
Previous studies of rocks from theEarth and the Moon have been unable to distinguish between the two, suggesting that they formed from the same material.But this still left room for a number of theories explaining how—for example, that the Moon andEarth formed from the same material at the same time. It was even suggested that the earlyEarth spun so fast it formed a bulge that eventually broke off to form the Moon.
Franck Poitrasson, and his colleagues at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have compared Moon rocks with rocks fromEarth and discovered a surprising difference. They analysed the weight of the elements present in the rock using a highly accurate form of mass spectroscopy(光谱研究) that involves vaporising a sample by passing it through an argon (氩) flame.Although they appeared very similar in most respects, the Moon rocks had a higher ratio of iron-57 to iron-54 isotopes(同位素)than theEarth rocks. "The only way we could explain this difference is that the Moon and theEarth were partly vaporised during their formation," says Poitrasson.
Only the popular "giant planetary impact" theory could generate the temperatures of more than 1700℃ needed to vaporise iron. In this scenario, a Mars-sized planet known as Theia crashed intoEarth 50 million years after the birth of the Solar System. This catastrophic collision would have released 100 million times more energy than the impact believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs—enough to melt and vaporise a large portion of theEarth and completely destroy TheiA、The debris from the collision would have been thrown into orbit around theEarth and eventually coalesced to form the Moon.
When iron is vaporised, the lighter isotopes burn off first.And since the ejected debris that became the Moon would have been more thoroughly vaporised, it would have lost a greater proportion of its lighter iron isotopes thanEarth diD、This would explain the different ratios that Poitrasson has founD、
Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE、according to the passageA．The Moon was born after a giant collision between the youngEarth and another planet.
B．The Moon rocks had a higher ratio of iron 57 to iron 54 isotopes than theEarth rocks.
C．The Moon and theEarth have almost the same portion of iron.
D．This catastrophic collision would have released much more energy than the impact believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs.Ifsomeonejuststudiesafewrecentcorporater
If someone just studies a few recent corporate recruitment advertisements, there will be at least one thing he or she will find common in almost all. of them. The recruiters are putting much emphasis on hiring a one-team man rather than a one-man team, in the management category at least.
In accordance to this shift, the office atmosphere is changing too.CEOs of the companies at present are accessible to general employees move than’ ever before. The visual distance is cut short. Office decorations are changing with more and more interlinked and free sitting
arrangements.At this age, one can never ignore the psychological affect on human beings created by the respective surroundings.
The corporate houses these days are spending huge amounts to unite the workforce into an active team.Active and spontaneous participation of employees in both internal and external affairs of the company and even in the decision making process are regarded as the path of progress.
The main problem in the corporate team building process namely ’distancing’ is predominantly inherent in employees’ as well as in the employer’s psyche. It is one of the basic instincts of human beings.
The primary team building process is constantly fighting to throw away ’distancing’ to a great distance. The ideal corporate team building events concentrate on bringing together employees who do not always get the chance to come in close, if not in personal contact with each other.
The prime ideological stand is that, if an employee does not know his or her co-workers then he or she cannot actively participate to boost up the company profile and morale as a whole. It is all about fixing the SELF, not into the category called OTHER, but under the umbrella named WE、
The corporate event management companies divide the employees into various groups.Apparently, it seems that the process is breaking the basic notion of team building activities, but in fact, it just adds to the notion.
The participants here never feel rivalry among themselves. They are conscious that it is merely a game though they need to win. Thus, they fail to concentrate on the issue that it is a part of the team building exercise tailored by the company. This lack of concentration on the subtle issue ultimately does the trick. The idea of the team is built in the consciousness of the participant that excludes the visual divisions.
The participants never feel rivalry among themselves simply because ______.A．they are open-minded and willing to help others
B．they want to establish a close , relationship with other participants
C．they feel as if they were playing a virtual game but actually not
D．they don’t mind losing the game{{B}}PassageOne{{/B}}JohnGrishamwasborno
{{B}}Passage One{{/B}}It can be inferred from the passage that Grisham has built ballfields on his property _____A．to achieve his life’s goal as a professional baseball player
One day at theDessotoCounty courthouse, Grisham heard the horrifying testimony of a 12-year-old rape victim. He decided to write a novel exploring what would have happened if the girl’s father had murdered her attackers. He proceeded to get up every morning at 5A、m. to work on the novel, calledA、Time to Kill, which was published in 1988. Grisham’s next novel, The Firm, was one of the biggest hits of 1991, spending 47 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list. Grisham lives with his wife and two children, div/ding their time between their Victorian home on a 67 acre firm in Mississippi and a 204 acre plantation nearCharlottesville, VirginiA、
When he’s not writing, Grisham devotes time to charitable causes, including mission trips with his church group.As a child, he dreamt of becoming a professional baseball player, and now serves as the local Little League commissioner. He has built six ballfields on his property and hosts children from 26 Little League teams.
B．to coach children in baseball
C．to see his childhood dream being realized in the children
D．to provide facilities of baseball training{{B}}PassageThree{{/B}}Thewanderingshipw
{{B}}Passage Three{{/B}}According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE、A．TheAmerican ship eventually found a port and dumped its garbage before it returned home.
New York, like other communities throughout the world is running out of space to put its trash.As throwaway societies, the US and other industrialized countries expect their garbage to be picked up by trucks that magically transported the refuse to some out-of-sight incinerator(焚化炉) or dump.But in the developing counties ofAsia,Africa and LatinAmerica, thousands of tons of trash collected daily are thrown into open dumps, where it feeds huge populations of rats that swarm through poor neighborhoods.
"The world is literally swimming in garbage," says a scientist, "Communities worldwide are being forced to confront the problem." Green Peace spokesmanBryanBence adds, "The crisis in garbage stems in part from the fact that we’ve ignored long-term disposal problem in favor of cheap quick fixes."
The garbage glut (过选剩) has inspired many communities in the U.S., Japan and WesternEurope to start recycling programs. Once considered a curious counter culture activity recycling has moved firmly into the mainstream.
Recycling involves separating usable products from trash, processing them so they can be substituted for more expensive raw materials and returning them to the marketplace as parts of new products. Many countries now have mandatory recycling programs, and others plan to follow the trend soon. Most notably, Japan has stood out as a model and leader of the waste management trend, recycling an estimated 65 percent of its waste. "That’s what we should do, to the garbage crisis", saysDavidAntonioli, a staff member with the New York Public Interest ResearchCorp. "The earth is not a dump!"
B．Throwaway societies don’t need to transport their refuse and garbage to incinerator because they have a lot of space to put them.
C．The wandering ship with garbage reflected the fact that garbage problem became very serious.
D．The huge populations of rats swarm through poor neighborhood in many WesternEuropean countries because the garbage is thrown into the open dumps.
A:Howabouthavinglunchwithmetoday,PaulB:_
A: How about having lunch with me today, PaulB: ______A．I'll see you then.
B．Thanks a lot.
C．Sounds great!
D．I can come any time.Outline:1.Lookyourbest.2.Monitoryourbody
Outline:1. Look your best.2. Monitor your body language.3. Say what you mean.我国城市土地资产经营中，政府、企业和个人的目标各是什么
我国城市土地资产经营中，政府、企业和个人的目标各是什么