| 在职申硕英语考试易错题（2019/7/5） |
| 第1题： {{B}}Passage One{{/B}} Radiocarbon dating of seed fragments clinging to its root, as well as other seeds found with it that didn’t sprout, indicate they were about 2 000 years old—the oldest seed known to have been sprouted and grown. Sallon, director of the Louis L.Borick Natural Medicine ResearchCenter at Hadassah Medical Organization in Israel, updates the {{U}}saga{{/U}} of Methuselah in Friday’s edition of the journal Science. One thing they don’t know yet is whether it’s a boy or girl.Date palms differ by sex, but experts can’t tell the difference until the tree is six or seven years old, Sallon saiD、 She hopes there’s a chance to use it to restore the extinct Judean date palm, once prized not only for its fruit but also for medicinal uses. The researchers have had a look at the plant’sDNA, however, and found it shares just over half its genes with modern date cultivars(栽培品种)． "Part of our project is to preserve ancient knowledge of how plants were used," Sallon said in a telephone interview. "To domesticate them so we have a ready source of raw material. " Her MiddleEastern Medicinal Plant Project is working to conserve and reintroduce plants to the region where they once liveD、 "Many species are endangered and becoming extinct. Raising the dead is very difficult, so it’s better to preserve them before they become extinct," she saiD、 The oldest documented seed to be grown previously was a 1 300-year-old lotus, Sallon saiD、 |
| 第2题： Confucius—a statesman, scholar, and (educator) of (great skill) and reputation-is generally held to be China's (greatest) and most (influence) philosopher. A．educator B．great skill C．greatest D．influence |
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| 第3题：In the 1960’s, medical researchers Thomas Holmes and Richard Rahe developed a checklist of stressful events. They appreciated the tricky point that any major change can be stressful. Negative events like "serious illness of a family member" were high on the list, but so were some positive life-changing events, like marriage. When you take the HolmesRake test you must remember that the score does not reflect how you deal with stress—it only shows how much you have to deal with.And we now know that the way you handle these events dramatically affects your chances of staying healthy. By the early 1970’s, hundreds of similar studies had followed Holmes and Rahe.And millions ofAmericans who work and live under stress worried over the reports. Somehow, the research got boiled down to a memorable message. Women’s magazines ran headlines like "Stress causes illness. " If you want to stay physically and mentally healthy, the articles said, avoid stressful events. But such simplistic advice is impossible to follow.Even if stressful events are dangerous, many—like the death of a loved one—are impossible to avoiD、Moreover, any warning to avoid all stressful events is a prescription (处方) for staying away from opportunities as well as trouble. Since any change can be stressful, a person who wanted to be completely free of stress would never marry, have a child, take a new job or move. The notion that all stress makes you sick also ignores a lot of what we know about people. It assumes we’re all vulnerable (脆弱的) and passive in the face of adversity (逆境).But what about human initiative and creativity Many come through periods of stress with more physical and mental vigor than they had before. We also know that a long time without change or challenge can lead to boredom, and physical and mental strain. The studies on stress in the early 1970’s led to______. A、widespread concern over its harmful effects B．great panic over the mental disorder it could cause C．an intensive research into stress-related illnesses D．popular avoidance of stressful jobs |
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