单选题The Western world is beset (with) the range of (problem) that characterize (mature., postindustrial (societies). A. with B. problem C. mature D. societies

单选题The food and water that people (consume them) come from the environment, (provided) either by nature (or through) the work of farmers and (other) producers.

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单选题ROAD BUILDING AND THE AUTOMOBILE 1 Car registrations in the United States rose from one million in 1913 to ten million in 1923. By 1927, Americans were driving some twenty-six million automobiles, one car for every five people in the country. Automobile sales in the state of Michigan outnumbered those in Great Britain and Ireland combined. For the first time in history, more people lived in cities than on farms, and they were migrating to the city by automobile. 2 The automobile was every American's idea of freedom, and the construction of hard- surface roads was one of the largest items of government expenditure, often at great cost to everything else. The growth of roads and the automobile industry made cars the lifeblood of the petroleum industry and a major consumer of steel. The automobile caused expansions in outdoor recreation, tourism, and related industries--service stations, roadside restaurants, and motels. After 1945, the automobile industry reached new heights, and new roads led out of the city to the suburbs, where two-car families transported children to new schools and shopping malls. 3 In 1956 Congress passed the Interstate Highway Act, the peak of a half-century of frenzied road building at government expense and the largest public works program in history. The result was a network of federally subsidized highways connecting major urban centers. The interstate highways stretched American mobility to new distances, and two-hour commutes, traffic jams, polluted cities, and Disneyland became standard features of life. Like almost everything else in the 1950s, the construction of interstate highways was justified as a national defense measure. 4 The federal government guaranteed the predominance of private transportation. Since the 1950s, 75 percent of federal funds for transportation has been spent on highways, while a scant one percent has gone to buses, trains, or subways. Even before the interstate highway system was built, the American bias was clear, which is why the United States has the world's best road system and nearly its worst public transit system.

单选题According to the passage, why is the Lake Wales Ridge valuable?

单选题In the early 1900's Pennsylvania's (industries) grew rapidly, a (growth sometimes) (accompanied) by (disputes labor).

单选题With the exception of gold, silver is most malleable and ductile of all metals. A B C D

单选题(Much) of the work of (the) anthropologist Margaret Mead was (devoting) to a study of patterns of (child rearing) in various cultures.

单选题What aspect of painting in the nineteenth century does the passage mainly discuss?

单选题Of every the major traditions of wood carving, the one that is closest in structure to the tree is the crest pole made by the Native Americans of the Northwest coast.

单选题What aspects of Europe prior to World War I does the professor discuss?

单选题What is the lecture mainly about? A. Traditional agricultural practices B. The shortage of clean water C. The high use of water by irrigation D. Why water evaporates from fields

单选题The (first) piloted balloon (flight) across the Atlantic Ocean (took) place (at) 1978.

单选题According to the passage, which of the following contributes to a dull sound being produced by a violin?

单选题Onyx is a mineral that can be recognized its regular and straight parallel bands of white, black, or brown.

单选题The word "they" in line 20 refers to

单选题The celesta, an orchestral percussion instrument, resembles___

单选题According to the passage, which of the following was one of the distinguishing characteristics of Impressionist painting?

单选题Marshes, wetland (areas characterized. by (plant grassy) growth, are distinguished (from) swamps, wetlands (where trees) grown. A. areas characterized B. plant grassy C. from D. where trees

单选题The mountains, especially the Rocky Mountains, formerly constituted a seriously barrier to east-west trade in British Columbia.