单选题The conclusion which can be drawn safely from the second paragraph is that ______.

单选题"People seldom feel neutral about poetry" (in Para. 1) in this context means that______.

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单选题Whatdoesthewomanwantthemantodo?

单选题For millennia man has exploited and often destroyed the riches of the land. Now man covets the wealth of the oceans, which cover nearly three-quarters of the earth. But the scramble for minerals and oil, for new underwater empires, could heighten international tensions and set a new and wider stage for world conflict. Even the most conservative estimates of sources in the seabed stagger the imagination. In the millions of miles of ocean that touch a hundred nations live four out of five living things on earth. In the seabed, minerals and oil have been proved to exist in great supply. The oceans are a source of pure water and food protein, of drugs and building materials; they are even possibly a living place for man himself and a key to survival for doubling population on the land. Man may yet learn to use a tiny fraction of this wealth. Unless international law soon determines how it shall be shared, that fraction alone could set off a new age of colonial war. Is the deep seabed, like the high seas, common to all? Or, like the wilderness areas of land, is it open to national claim by the use and occupation of the first or the strongest pioneer? The question of what is to be done to regulate and control exploitation of the seabeds is no longer a theoretical matter. It is a problem of international concern. We must decide how to divide this great wealth equitably among nations. But wealth is not the only thing at stake. We must also learn how to protect the oceans from the threat of pollution. A few years ago, "practical" men dismissed speculations about wealth in the sea. "That is economic foolishness," they said. It will never be economically profitable to exploit the seabeds, no matter how great the riches to be found there. Unfortunately, they underestimated the temptation of gold as the mother of invention.

单选题Art exhibition: More than one hundred art works about American life are showing now. All the works are from Chinese who live in America. They use their brushes and pencils to draw what they have seen and experienced in America. All the works are spoken very high, and some of them have won prizes in International matches. Time: 8:00 a.m.～8:00 p.m., the first week of July. Place: International Exhibition Center Telephone: 67937284 Australian dance: The Australian Dance Company, one of the best dance group in the world, is going to give shows in five cities around China: Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu and Nanjing. The names of their show are "Search for the Sun" and "The Dance of Sea" The dancers are all famous ones, for example, Patricia Ella, first of the Australian dancing match, Louis Jackson and Lily Wang. The dancing group will give three shows at the Renming Theatre. Time: 7: 30pm, July 24～26 Place: Renming Theatre, 40 Renming Road, Beijing Telephone: 65534988

单选题Whatarethemanandwomandiscussing?A.TrashorbitingEarth.B.AtripbyanastronauttotheMoon.C.ThetoomuchgarbageonEarth.D.Becomingspacescientists.

单选题{{I}}Questions 14 ～ 17 are based on the following dialogue.{{/I}}

单选题The Spring Festival is 1 . As a tradition, people are 2 to have something new to use or wear, 3 children, no matter they are rich or poor. Therefore, you can see many faro/lies going shopping on the streets. And, interestingly enough, you may notice that men"s shopping style is different 4 that of women. Let"s look at men"s clothes shops: A man comes into a shop, has a 5 at the whole shop and goes to his 6 area. He has a 7 look of the colors and begins to ask the shop assistant for the right size. He tries it on, 8 his arms or kicking his 9 to check if it is 10 enough. The clothing 11 him and he asks for a plastic bag. He pays the money, puts the new dress in the bag and leaves the shop. The 12 is done in only a few minutes. If the dress is sold in package, he doesn"t want to be 13 to unpack it. So, you see men"s shopping is quite direct and hence 14 Now enters a 15 The man is just doing the same as the 16 man. The difference is that the lady checks it carefully before she pays. She 17 the surface of the dress, turns it over and check the 18 side as well. She 19 much attention to the stitches and the ironing. 20 . she is sure that the clothes seem perfect will she pay. A lady is more careful when shopping. ...

单选题The ostrich, the largest bird in the world at present, lives in the drier regions of Africa outside the actual deserts. Because of its very long, powerful legs and the floating effect of its extended wings, it is able to run at great speed over considerable distances. The female ostrich normally produces about twenty eggs every rainy season. When the female ostrich begins to lay her eggs, however, she does not begin in her own nest. Instead she goes off in search of the nests of neighboring females and lays two or three eggs in each of them. By the time she has laid eight or nine eggs, she returns and lays the rest in her own nest. Because of the size of the eggs, the female ostrich cannot lay more than one every two days, so it takes her three weeks to finish laying in her own nest. During that period, she spends a lot of time away from her nest looking for food. And while she is off her nest, other females visit it to lay their eggs amongst hers. By the time she is ready to sit on the eggs to hatch them, there could be up to thirty eggs in her nest, over half of which are not her own. The female ostrich can comfortably cover only about twenty eggs when she is sitting on the nest, so before settling down she pushes the surplus ten or so eggs out of the nest. The rejected eggs, however, never include any of her own. Each female is remarkably consistent in the size and shape of the eggs she produces, so it is not difficult for her to distinguish her own from those of strangers. Of all the eggs laid by a colony of ostriches, only a very small number hatch into young birds. There are times when nests are left unprotected, for there are too few males to sit on all the nests at night. Thus there are ample opportunities for their natural enemies to raid the nests and eat the eggs. In fact, nearly 80% of the nests are destroyed. But even if a particular female's nest suffers this fate, there is a good chance that one or two of her eggs will be hatched in the nest of one of her neighbors.

单选题In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally (26) them and the job they do-although there are certain people who do not believe that the police (27) have the power that do. What does a policeman actually do? It is not (28) job to describe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in (29) In Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and (30) most of his time (31) up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to keep the traffic (32) and help when there is an accident. A policeman has to help keep the (33) , too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance, we (34) the police to come and restore order. And they often have to (35) situation at great risk to their own (36) We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman, (37) be is not a detective, will often have to help (38) and arrest criminals. And (39) do we call when there is an emergency-an air crash, a (40) , a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police. (41) a policeman has to be (42) to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the (43) world. The police do an absolutely necessary job, they do it (44) well and I support them, but I do not envy policemen, I do not think that I could (45) do the job of a policeman.

单选题Questions 14-17 are based on the following conversation between a man and woman about taking a vacation.

单选题The older New England villages have changed relatively little ______ a gas station or two in recent decades.

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