单选题Obviously these are all factors affecting smooth operation, but the
underlying
problem is still to be identified.
单选题A new technological process may be employed to tap this abundant supply directly. A. produce B. reserve C. exploit D. search
单选题
Despite Denmark's manifest virtues,
Danes never talk about how proud they are to be Danes. When Danes talk to
foreigners about Denmark, they always begin by commenting on its tininess, its
unimportance, the difficulty of its language, the general small-mindedness and
self-indulgence of their countrymen and the high taxes. It is
the land of the silk safety net, where almost half the national budget goes
toward smoothing out life's inequalities, and there is plenty of money for
schools, day care, retraining programs, job seminars—Danes love seminars: three
days at a study centre heating about waste management is almost as good as a ski
trip. It is a culture bombarded by English, in advertising, pop music, the
Internet, and despite all the English that Danish absorbs—there is no Danish
Academy to defend against it. It is the land where a foreigner is struck by the
sweet egalitarianism that prevails. It's a nation of recyclers—about 55 percent
of Danish garbage gets made into something new—and no nuclear power plants. It's
a nation where things operate well in general. A brochure from
the Ministry of Business and Industry says, "Denmark is one of the world's
cleanest and most organized countries, with virtually no pollution, crime, or
poverty. Denmark is the most corruption-free society in the Northern
Hemisphere." So, of course, one's heart lifts at any sighting of Danish sleazo:
skinhead graffiti on buildings ("Foreigners Out of Denmark!"), broken beer
bottles in the gutters, dmnken teenagers slumped in the park.
Nonetheless, it is an orderly land. However, Danes don't think of
themselves as a waiting-at-2-a, m.-for-the-green-light people. Danes see
themselves as jazzy people, improvisers, more free spirited than Swedes, but the
troth is that Danes are very much like Germans and Swedes. Orderliness is a main
{{U}}selling point{{/U}}. Denmark has few natural resources and limited
manufacturing capability; its future in Europe will be as a broker, banker, and
distributor of goods. You send your goods by container ship to Copenhagen, and
these bright, young, English-speaking, utterly honest, highly disciplined people
will get your goods around to Scandinavia, the Baltic States and Russia.
Airports, seaports, highways and rail lines are ultramodern and
well-maintained. The orderliness of the society doesn't mean
that Danish lives are less messy or lonely than yours or mine, and no Dane would
tell you so. But there is a sense of entitlement and security that Danes grow up
with. Certain things are yours by virtue of citizenship, and you shouldn't feel
bad for taking what you're entitled to, you're as good as anyone else. The rules
of the welfare system are clear to everyone, the benefits you get if you lose
your job,the steps you take to get a new one; and the orderliness of the system
makes it possible for the country to weather high unemployment and social unrest
without a sense of crisis.
单选题To study English well, he
habituated
himself to talking with foreigners.
单选题The reporter compares a husband to a particularly tricky musical instrument, one that a wife must learn to play ______ her advantage.
单选题
At the beginning of the twentieth
century, North American society held, as an ideal, the Nuclear Family. This
presumably perfect residential, social, and economic unit consisted of an adult
male, an adult female and their minor children. This structure was thought to be
stable and long lasting. However, a few decades later, the
structure of that ideal family was being altered radically even while it was
being touted as the structure to be aimed for. Popular magazines bemoaned the
loss of the Nuclear Family and its replacement with inferior forms.
There are a number of factors that are acting in concert to apply pressure
on the Nuclear Family and generate a variety of new structures. Some of these
are: The definition of marriage has changed somewhat in that
few people now consider it to last "until death do us part." The concept of
monogamy (the marriage of one man and one woman) has been modified to a form now
referred to as serial monogamy (the marriage of one man and one woman at a
time). This reflects the increasing equality of women and men in terms of
economic advantage and the recognition that many women no longer depend on men
for their survival. Women are acquiring independence and have become empowered
to make their own choices. With this independence, the need to form a
relationship with a man becomes less important. This change embodies the concept
that the marriage is temporary and can be terminated by either partner at any
time. Associated with this, of course, is the relaxation of the divorce laws and
the significant reduction of the shame that had one time been attached to
divorce. The economy of North America has resulted in a
two-tier system of a few rich who control most of the resources and a large
portion of the population who control almost none of the resources. Because of
this, many couples are forced to have both partners with full-time jobs outside
the home. There are unintended byproducts of the need for a double income. The
most important of these is the replacement of a mother-oriented socialization of
children to a "stranger-oriented" socialization system reflected in the growth
of the childcare industry. Also, either partner is financially able to end the
marriage without significant hardship. The combination of these
changes will in the coming decades have a profound effect on the structure of
the family of North America. As a result, the family will be a fluid, constantly
changing structure with variable household arrangements as the norm.
单选题Justices of the peace have jurisdiction over the trials of some civil suits and of criminal cases involving minor offenses.
单选题With all its advantages, the computer is by no means without its ______. A. boundaries B. restraints C. confinements D. limitations
单选题While he was in the office he ______ doing something to doing nothing. A. preferred B. liked C. favored D. approved
单选题He murmured a few words of complaint and went out the room quite irritated. A. numerated B. fragmented C. mumbled D. hostiled
单选题Historically, a cornerstone of classical empiricism has been the notion that every true ______ must be confirmable by specific observations.
单选题Fashion is partly a search for new language to discredit the old, a way in which each generation can ______ its immediate predecessor and distinguish itself.
单选题Experiments have shown that 160 decibels of noise are {{U}}lethal{{/U}} for small fur-bearing animals.
单选题Asia's first democracy — a country that has a freely elected government — was ______ which became self-governing in 1935.
单选题Animals that could not ______ themselves to the changed environment perished and those that could survived. A. change B. adapt C. modify D. conform
单选题In a negotiation, if neither side is ready to ______ what is necessary for peace, hostility will be resumed.
单选题{{B}}PASSAGE 1{{/B}}
{{B}}To Err Is Human{{/B}}by Lewis Thomas
Everyone must have had at least one personal experience with a computer
error by this time. Bank balances are suddenly reported to have jumped from $379
into the millions, appeals for charitable contributions are mailed over and over
to people with crazy sounding names at your address, department stores send the
wrong bills, utility companies write that they're turning everything off, that
sort of thing. If you manage to get in touch with someone and complain, you then
get instantaneously typed, guilty letters from the same computer, saying, "Our
computer was in error, and an adjustment is being made in your
account." These are supposed to be the sheerest, blindest
accidents. Mistakes are not believed to be the normal behavior of a good
machine. If things go wrong, it must be a personal, human error, the result of
fingering, tampering a button getting stuck, someone hitting the wrong key. The
computer, at its normal best, is infallible. I wonder whether
this can be true. After all, the whole point of computers is that they represent
an extension of the human brain, vastly improved upon but nonetheless human,
superhuman maybe. A good computer can think clearly and quickly enough to beat
you at chess, and some of them have even been programmed to write obscure verse.
They can do anything we can do, and more besides. It is not yet
known whether a computer has its own consciousness, and it would be hard to find
out about this. When you walk into one of those great halls now built for the
huge machines, and standing listening, it is easy to imagine that the faint,
distant noises are the sound of thinking, and the turning of the spools gives
them the look of wild creatures rolling their eyes in the effort to concentrate,
choking with information. But real thinking, and dreaming, are other matters. On
the other hand, the evidence of something like an unconscious, equivalent to
ours, are all around, in every mail. As extensions of the human brain, they have
been constructed the same property of error, spontaneous, uncontrolled, and rich
in possibilities.
单选题When he realized he had been {{U}}suggested{{/U}} to sign the contract by intrigue, he threatened to start legal proceedings to cancel the agreement.
单选题"Holmes!" I whispered. "What on earth are you doing in this {{U}}disgusting{{/U}} place?"
单选题The foreign minister would reveal nothing about his recent tour of the Middle East beyond what had already been announced at the press conference. A. as for B. in addition to C. along with D. in relation to