单选题One word describes what makes Singapore work: discipline .(2003年春季电子科技大学考博试题)

单选题Those regions inhabited mostly by national minorities in the Northwest of the country are retarded in terms of social progress and economic development ______ the coastal provinces.

单选题Scientists claim that air pollution causes a decline in the world' s average air temperature. In order to prove that theory, ecologists have turned to historical data in relation to especially huge volcanic eruptions. They suspect that volcanoes effect weather changes that are similar to air pollution. One source of information is the effect of the eruption of Tambora, a volcano in Sumbawa, the Dutch East Indies ( the former name of the Republic of Indonesia) ,in April 1815. The largest recorded volcanic eruption, Tambora threw 150 million ton of fine ash into the stratosphere. The ash from a volcano spreads worldwide in a few days and remains in the air for years. Its effect is to turn in coming solar radiation into space and thus cool the earth. For example, records of weather in Eng land show that between April and November 1815, the average temperature had fallen 4.5°F during the next twenty-four months, England suffered one of the coldest periods of its history. Farmers' re cords from April 1815 to December 1818 indicate frost throughout the spring and summer and sharp decreases in crop and livestock markets. Since there was a time lag of several years between cause and effect, by the time the world agricultural commodity community had deteriorated, no one realized the cause. Ecologists today warn that we face a twofold menace. The ever-present possibility of volcanic eruptions, such as that of Mt. St. Helens in Washington, added to man' s pollution of the atmosphere with oil, gas, coal, and other polluting substances, may bring us increasingly colder weather.

单选题No one is so _____ as the person who has no wish to learn.

单选题We should ______ all advanced science and technology to develop our economy.

单选题The prevailing wind is the wind direction most often observed during a given time period. Wind speed is the rate at which the air moves past a stationary object. A. motionless B. massive C. flexible D. noticeable

单选题Giving the child problems he cant solve will only frustrate him. A. baffle B. worry C. alarm D. cultivate

单选题From the passage we learn that the World Bank______.

单选题In the post Cold War world few articles have influenced how Western policymakers view the world more than Samuel Huntington's 1993 article, "The Clash of Civilizations. " Suggesting that the world was returning to a civilization dominated world where future conflicts would originate from clashes between 'civilizations,' the theory has been broadly criticized for oversimplification, ignoring local conflicts and for incorrectly predicting what has happened in the decade since its publication. The claim made by many that September the 11 th has vindicated Huntington is simply not supported by the evidence. Huntington's thesis outlines a future where the "great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of conflict will be cultural. " He divides the world's cultures into seven current civilizations, Western, Latin American, Confucian, Japanese, Islamic, Hindu and Slavic-Orthodox. In addition he judged Africa only as a possible civilization depending on how far one viewed the development of an African consciousness had developed. These civilizations seem to be defined primarily by religion with a number of ad hoc exceptions. Huntington predicts conflicts occurring between states from different civilizations for control of international institutions and for economic and military power. He views this mix of conflicts as normal by asserting that nation-states are a new phenomenon in a world dominated for most of its history by conflicts between civilizations. This is a dubious statement as the inter-civilizational conflict driven mainly by geo-political factors rather than cultural differences is an equally if not more persuasive way to view much of history. The theory at least differentiates between non-Western civilizations rather than grouping them together. He also explains how the West presents pro-Western policies as positive for the entire world and that the very idea of a universal culture is a Western idea. However, his escape from a Eurocentric bias is only temporary. He completely fails to account for local cultures even though one can argue they collectively comprise a separate civilization. The article also predicts future conflicts will be started by non-Western civilizations reacting to Western power and values ignoring the equally plausible situation where Western states use their military superiority to maintain their superior positions. The policy prescriptions he suggests to counter this perceived threat equate to increasing the power of the West to forestall any loss of the West's pre-eminence. Thus he suggests the Latin American and Orthodox-Slavic civilizations be drawn further into the Western orbit and the maintenance of Western military superiority.

单选题An argument was______because they disliked each other so intensely.

单选题The dying soldier had the message ______ straight to the headquarters.

单选题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} There are 4 reading passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. You should decide on the best choice and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET by blackening the corresponding letter in the brackets. One phase of the business cycle is the expansion phase. This phase is a two-fold one, including recovery and prosperity. During the recovery period there is ever-growing expansion of existing facilities, and new facilities for production are created. More businesses are created and older ones expanded. Improvements of various kinds are made. There is an ever increasing optimism about the future of economic growth. Much capital is invested in machinery or "heavy" industry. More labor is employed. More raw materials are required. As one part of the economy develops, other parts are affected. For example, a great expansion in automobiles results in an expansion of the steel, glass, and rubber industries. Roads are required. Thus the cement and machinery industries are stimulated. Demand for labor and materials results in greater prosperity for workers and suppliers of raw materials, including farmers. This increases purchasing power and the volume of goods bought and sold. Thus prosperity is diffused among the various segments of the population. This prosperity period may continue to rise and rise without an apparent end. However, a time comes when this phase reaches a peak and stops spiraling upwards. This is the end of the expansion phase.

单选题When he lived in Tibet in the 1950s, radio was the only means he had to keep ______ of current events in the country.

单选题According to some doctors and politicians, the amount of salt consumed______.

单选题"Sloganeering' stems from a word that was used ______.

单选题How men first learned to invent words is unknown; (21) , the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain (22) to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, (23) they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed (24) certain signs, called letters, which could be (25) to represent those sounds, and which could be (26) Those sounds, whether spoken (27) written in letters, we call words. The power of words, then, lies in their (28) —the things they bring up before our minds. Words become (29) with meaning for us by experience; (30) the longer we live, the more certain words (31) to us the happy and sad events of our past: and the more we (32) , the more the number of words that mean something to us (33) Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal (34) to our minds and emotions. This (35) and telling use of words is what we call (36) style. Above all, the real poet is a master of (37) He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music, and which (38) their position and association can (39) men to tears. We should, therefore, learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will (40) our speech or writing silly and vulgar.

单选题Every member of society has to make a ______ to straggle for the freedom of the country.

单选题The stability of the U.S. banking system is maintained by means of supervision and regulation, inspections, deposit insurance, and loans to troubled banks. For over 50 years, these precautions have prevented banking panics. However, there have been some close calls. The collapse of Continental Illinois Bank & Trusted Company of Chicago in 1984 did not bring down the banking system, but it certainly rattled some windows. In the late 1970s, Continental soared to a leadership position among Midwestern banks. Parts of its growth strategy were risky, however. It made many loans in the energy field, including $1 billion that it took over from Penn Square Bank of Oklahoma City. To obtain the funds it needed to make these loans, Continental relied heavily on short term borrowing from other banks and large 30-day certificates of deposit—"hot money", in banking jargon. At least one Continental officer saw danger signs and wrote a warning memo to her superiors, but the memo went unheeded. Although the Comptroller of the Currency inspected Continental on a regular basis, it failed to see how serious its problems were going to be. Penn Square Bank was closed by regulators in July 1982. When energy prices began to slip, most of the $1 billion in loans that Continental had taken over from the smaller banks turned out to be bad. Other loans to troubled companies such Chrysler, International Harvester, and Braniff looked questionable. Seeing these problem, "hot money" owners began to pull their funds out of Continental. By the spring of 1984, a run on Continental had begun. In May, the bank had to borrow $3.5 billion from the Fed to replace overnight funds it had lost. But this was not enough. To try to stem the outflow of deposits from Continental, the FDIC agreed to guarantee not just the first $100,000 of each depositor's money but all of it. Nevertheless, the run continued. Federal regulators tried hard to find a sound bank that could take over Continental — a common way of rescuing failing banks. But Continental was just too big for anyone to buy. By July, all hope of a private sector rescue was dashed. Regulators faced a stark choice: Let Continental collapse, or take it over themselves. Letting the bank fail seemed too risky. It was estimated that more than 100 other banks had placed enough funds in Continental to put them at risk if Continental failed. Thus, on a rainy Thursday at the end of July, the FDIC in effect nationalized Continental Illinois at a cost of $4.5 billion. This kept the bank's doors open and prevented a chain reaction. However, in all but a technical sense, Continental had become the biggest bank failure in U.S. history.

单选题That community must now lead extensive reform of the region's universities and scientific institutions, rather than ______ against it.