在职攻硕英语考试

【单选题】1960年～1970年间，非洲国家津巴布韦境内的狩猎者猎捕了6500多头大象以获取象牙，这一时期津国大象总数从35000头下降到30000头以下。1970年津国采取保护大象措施，1970年～1980年期间逮捕并驱逐了800多名狩猎人。但是，到1980年津国大象总数还是下降到21000头。
下列哪项如果为真，最有助于解释上述表面上的矛盾现象？（）
A.1960年～1980年问逮捕的狩猎者并未被判处长期徒刑。
B.公众反对滥捕大象呼声高涨，1970年～1980年间象牙的需求下降。
C.津国的一个邻国1970年～1980年间大象数量略有回升。
D.1970年以前，津国反对捕杀大象的法律没有得到执行。
E.1970年～1980年间，津国大量砍伐了大象赖以生存的森林。

【单选题】most CritiCAl plot points in hArry pottEr AnD thE sorCErEr’s stonE CAmE From j. k. rowling’s imAginAtion, But FlAmEl AnD his powErFul pEBBlE wErE lEgEnDAry long BEForE hArry wEnt to hogwArts. thE 14th CEntury AlChEmist CrEAtED thE philosopEr’s stonE (CAllED "sorCErEr’s" in u.s.EDitions oF pottEr ), with whiCh hE turnED mErCury to golD AnD gAinED EtErnAl liFE.But FlAmEl’s tAlE—likE his stonE AnD his sCiEnCE—wAs no morE rEAl thAn A mAgi
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thE philosophEr’s stonE wAs thE kEy to AlChEmy, thE mEDiEvAl prEDECEssor to ChEmistry thAt AimED to CurE All illnEssEs, mAkE thE Elixir oF liFE, AnD trAnsmutE BAsE mEtAls into golD、thE lAst mADE pErFECt sEnsE At thE timE. thEAristotEliAn thEory oF ElEmEnts stAtED thAt All things ConsistED oF FirE, Air, wAtEr, AnD EArth. so A littlE shiFt in onE mEtAl’s Composition CoulD CrEAtE golD、
FlAmEl wAs rEnownED As An AlChEmiCAl suCCEss. in 1382, AFtEr 25 yEArs oF stuDying An AnCiEnt Book By "ABrAhAm thE jEw", hE is sAiD to hAvE proDuCED thE philosophEr’s stonE. his tExts, notABly A DEConstruCtion oF thE "ABrAhAm" work, wErE stAnDArD rEADing For Aspiring sCiEntists likE isAAC nEwton.
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"this sort oF thing hAppEns in AlChEmy," sAysBill nEwmAn, Author oF AlChEmiCAl history gEhEnniCAl FirE. whEn An AlChEmist CoulDn’t BACk up his iDEAs, hE might puBlish thEm in thE guisE oF A "lost" work. FlAmEl’s wEAlth mADE A gooD CAnDiDAtE For AlChEmiCAl iDEntity thEFt.
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ACCorDing to thE pAssAgE, thAt FlAmEl gAinED EtErnAl liFE with thE AiD oF his powErFul pEBBlE ______.
A、CAmE From j. k. rowing’s imAginAtion
B、wAs lEgEnDAry long BEForE rowling wrotE thE Book
C、turnED out to BE A mAgiC in pottEr
D、wAs BEliEvED By mAny AlChEmists

【单选题】smAll, pink AnD vEry ugly. hArDly thE quAlitiEs oF A stAr, But thEy DEsCriBE thE DEFormED mousE thAt wAs thE mEDiA DArling At A rECEnt sCiEnCE ExhiBition inBEijing. with A ComplEx tissuE struCturE in thE shApE oF A humAn EAr grAFtED on to its BACk, thE rosy roDEnt wAs A stunning symBol oF thE sErious striDEsChinA is mAking in thE FiElD oF BiotEChnology.
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thErE rEmAin, howEvEr, sErious BArriErs to thE DEvElopmEnt oF A strong BiotECh inDustry.Among thEm ArE A poor DomEstiC lEgAl FrAmEwork, wEAk EnForCEmEnt oF intEllECtuAl-propErty rights AnD loosE ADhErEnCE to intErnAtionAl stAnDArDs.ChinA is A signAtory oF thE intErnAtionAlBio sAFEly protoCol, whiCh shoulD mEAn ADhErEnCE to gloBAl stAnDArDs govErning thE ConDuCt oF FiElD triAls.But somE oBsErvErs ArE skEptiCAl. "thE rEgulAtions look gooD, But i hAvEn’t mEt onE sCiEntist who BEliEvEs thEy ArE BEing Fully ADhErED to," sAys AEuropEAn sCiEnCE AnAlyst.
iF shortCuts ArE tAkEn, thEn somE oF thE rECEnt sCiEntiFiC AChiEvEmEnts trumpEtED in thE oFFiCiAl prEss mAy nEvEr mAkE it to mArkEt.But no mAttEr how striCt lAB tEst ArE, othEr proBlEms liE in wAit. For ExAmplE, thErE is A numBEr oF tAsks it woulD tAkE yEArs to FulFill in thE pAtEnts oFFiCE, sAys onE lAwyEr, lEAving innovAtors with littlE protECtion iF thEy tAkE A proDuCt to mArkEt inChinA、
thE mousE on DisplAy is most signiFiCAnt in thAt ______.
A、it hAs An EAr in thE shApE oF A humAn EAr
B、it is unusuAlly smAll AnD ugly As A stAr
C、it is thE FoCus oF thE mEDiA At thE ExhiBition
D、it inDiCAtEsChinA’s progrEss in BiotEChnology

【单选题】The United States has historically had higher rates of marriage than those of other industrialized countries. The current annual marriage (51) in the United States—about 9 new marriages for every 1,000 people—is (52) higher than it is in other industrialized countries. However, marriage is (53) as widespread as it was several decades ago. (54) ofAmerican adults who are married (55) from 72 percent in 1970 to 60 percent in 2002. This does not mean that large numbers of people will remain unmarried (56) their lives. Throughout the 20th century, about 90 percent ofAmericans married at some (57) in their lives.Experts (58) that about the same proportion of today’s young adults will eventually marry.
The timing of marriage has varied (59) over the past century. In 1995 the average age of women in the United States at the time of their first marriage was 25. The average age of men was about 27. Men and women in the United States marry for the first time at an average of five years later than people did in the 1950s. (60) , young adults of the 1950s married younger than did any previous generation in U. S. history.
A、not any longerB、no more
C、no longer
D、not any more

【单选题】The writer thinks that the U.S. government's definition of the homeless reveals ______.
A．an insincere attitude toward the homeless
B．an unbearable attitude toward the homeless
C．an uncivilized attitude toward the homeless
D．an unsympathetic attitude toward the homeless

【单选题】In the last paragraph, the word “patrons” probably means____.
A．professional people
B．academic researchers
C．librarians
D．readers

【单选题】No other drug is available at present ______ can produce the same therapeutic effect with less risk.
A．that
B．than
C．when
D．as

【单选题】Accuracy is ______ to the programing of computers.
A．elementary
B．fundamental
C．characteristic
D．primary

【单选题】It is virtually impossible to______the number of people in the world who have acquired an adequate working knowledge of English in addition to their own languages.
A．appraise
B．evaluate
C．assess
D．estimate