单选题Even if his letter ______ tomorrow, it ______ too late to do anything. A. will arrive.., is B. should arrive.., were C. arrives.., will be D. arrives.., would be

单选题My cousin likes eating very much, but he isn't very ______ about the food he eats. A. special B. peculiar C. particular D. specific

单选题He enjoyed the dessert so much that he accepted a second ______ when it was offered.

单选题Kenya's Tsavo Game Park ______ Susan much of the wildlife park she had visited in New Jersey.A. evokedB. recalledC. remindedD. remembered

单选题This sum of money accounts ______ only 10% of the total budget. A. to B. out C. up D. for

单选题According to the new tax law, my money earned over that level is taxed at the ______ of 39%.

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单选题______ drills that have no real topic have to remain they are. A. Manufacture B. Manipulative C. Manipulate D. Manifest

单选题service scope charge maintenance service n. work done by people that does not involve producing goods The supermarket provides free delivery service. The lawyers offer their services for free to those who cannot afford to pay. serve v. (1) to give (food or drink) to someone at a meal, in a restaurant, etc. The restaurant serves excellent Italian food. The waiter served our meals quickly. (2) to provide service to What can we do 1o serve our customers better? serve as to be used or seen in a particular way The trees can serve as shelter from the rain. scope n. (1) the area that is included in or dealt with by something The essay is comprehensive in scope. The law is of limited scope. That problem is somewhat beyond the scope of this discussion. (2) space or opportunity for action, thought, etc. A bigger budget will allow more scope for innovation. The work has been good, but there's still some scope for improvement. charge v. (1) to put electricity into a battery so that a machine or device will run My cell phone needs to be charged. (2) to give a job or responsibility to The board was charged with deciding where to build a new school. (3) to formally accuse (someone) of a crime He's been charged with possessing guns and attempting to attack the police. (4) to ask for money in return for providing or doing something Agencies are allowed to charge a fee, usually the equivalent of the first week's rent, if you take accommodation they have found for you. (5) to rush toward (a person, place, etc.) Fans charged the stage but were slopped by the security guards. charge n. (1) the responsibility of managing or watching over something He wanted to take charge of the organization. (2) an amount of money that someone asks for in return for doing something There is a charge for the use of the locker. (3) a formal accusation that someone committed a crime They dropped the charges against him. He decided not to bring charges. in charge having control of or responsibility for something She is in charge of hiring new employees. I am not sure who is in charge at the restaurant. maintenance n. (1) the act of keeping things in good condition The building has suffered from years of poor maintenance. (2) the act of providing support for someone or something He had to work hard for the maintenance of his family. maintain v. keep things in good condition, provide support The idea is to maintain the regularity of the heartbeat. He has to maintain a large family on a small salary.The food is good at this hotel, But the ______ is poor; The waiters don't seem to be well trained. A. service B. repair C. charge D. maintenance

单选题This has exposed the Convention to proposals to adopt a number of false solutions which perpetuate biodiversity destruction, climate change and erosion of people's rights, especially those of women, indigenous peoples and local communities. Healthy ecosystems and biodiversity are vital for regulating the climate. False climate solutions which harm biodiversity, communities and ecosystems will further destabilise the climate. They also result in the displacement of, and the loss of rights of indigenous peoples and local communities. We are already witnessing such severe impacts, as the result of false solutions which are currently being implemented on a large scale: Agrofuel (also called biofuel) crops, and industrial tree plantations, which U. N. bodies falsely refer to as "afforestation and reforestation". To make matters worse, certification schemes, standards and criteria falsely promote these damaging activities as being "environmentally sustainable". A range of other false solutions have also been proposed and some of them are already beginning to be implemented. These also threaten to have grave impacts on biodiversity, climate stability and the rights of people. They do not address the root causes of climate change but have the potential to worsen the crisis, and include. GE trees for industrial tree plantations that will be used as agrofuels and "carbon sinks" ; Ocean- "fertilisation" ( for example dumping iron particles in the sea) Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS); This includes fossil fuel combustion with CCS and bioenergy with CCS; Soil carbon sequestration schemes linked to industrial agriculture. Corporations are also promoting false solutions for climate change adaptation. Those include genetic engineering, using patented genes to induce resistance in crops to drought, salinity and extreme temperatures. At a time when rampant free market capitalism has led to financial crisis, with skyrocketing oil and food prices, market based "innovative" financial mechanisms are still being promoted to commodity nature including, carbon trading, carbon offsets, payments for environmental services, REDD, and biodiversity offsets. These "solutions" are more likely to endanger biodiversity, climate and communities. Such false solutions are really for the benefit of corporations. The real agenda behind this is to increase corporate control over land, forests, water, agriculture and biodiversity, using climate change and the biodiversity crisis as an opportunity to further these objectives. This is a new 21st century phase of colonialism. These false solutions are facilitated by false definitions and language. For example, tree plantations are referred to as "forests" and intensive industrial agriculture is Called a "Green Revolution". We call on the international negotiators and representatives of the different sectors and NGOs at CBD COP9 to oppose any intent to water down the Convention and perpetuate corporate interests. They must reject GE trees, industrial agrofuels and plantations, carbon trading and offsets; ocean fertilization, climate ready genes, another destructive "Green Revolution" and any other false solution that ignores and harms community rights, including those of indigenous peoples, degrades ecosystems, and constitutes a threat to biodiversity and climate.

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单选题Most environmental problems exist because adequate measures for preventing them ______ taken in the past.

单选题Women"s minds work differently from men"s. At least, that is what most men are convinced of. Psychologists view the subject either as a matter of frustration or a joke. Now the biologists have moved into this minefield, and some of them have found that there are real differences between the brains of men and women. But being different, they point out hurriedly, is not the same as being better or worse. There is, however, a definite structural variation between the male and female brain. The difference is in a part of the brain that is used in the most complex intellectual processes—the link between the two halves of the brain. The two halves are linked by a trunkline of between 200 and 300 million nerves, the corpus callosum. Scientists have found quite recently that the corpus callosum in women is always larger and probably richer in nerve fibres than it is in men. This is the first time that a structural difference has been found between the brains of women and men and it must have some significance. The question is "What?", and if this difference exists, are there others? Research shows that present-day women think differently and behave differently from men. Are some of these differences biological and inborn, a result of evolution? We tend to think that it is the influence of society that produces these differences. But could we be wrong? Research showed that these two halves of the brain had different functions, and that the corpus callosum enabled them to work together. For most people, the left half is used for word handling, analytical and logical activities; the right half works on pictures, patterns and forms. We need both halves working together. And the better the connections, the more harmoniously the two halves work. And, according to research findings, women have the better connections. But it isn"t all that easy to explain the actual differences between skills of men and women on this basis. In schools throughout the world girls tend to be better than boys at "language subjects" and boys better at maths and physics. If these differences correspond with the differences in the hemispheric trunkline, there is an unalterable distinction between the sexes. We shan"t know for a while, partly because we don"t know of any precise relationship between abilities in school subjects and the functioning of the two halves of the brain, and we cannot understand how the two halves interact via the corpus callosum. But this striking difference must have some effect and, because the difference is in the parts of the brain involved in intellect, we should be looking for differences in intellectual processing.

单选题It is no good ______ to memorize some grammatical rules or vocabulary. You need to practice what you have learned. A. tried B. trying C. to try D. try

单选题From the ______ it was clear that he was guilty, because he did appear on the scene.