单选题{{B}}Text 4{{/B}} Cyberspace, data superhighway, multi-media—for those who have seen the future, the linking of computers, television and telephones will change our lives forever. Yet for all the talk of a forthcoming technological utopia little attention has been given to the implications of these developments for the poor. As with all new high technology, while the West concerns itself with the "how". the question of "for whom" is put aside once again. Economists are only now realizing the full extent to which the communications revolution has affected the world economy. Information technology allows the extension of trade across geographical and industrial boundaries, and transnational corporations take full advantage of it. Terms of trade, exchange and interest rates and money movements are more important than the production of goods. The electronic economy made possible by information technology allows the haves to increase their control on global markets--with destructive impact on the have-nots. For them the result is instability. Developing countries which rely on the production of a small range of goods for export are made to feel like small parts in the international economic machine. As "futures" are traded on computer screens, developing countries simply have less and less control of their destinies. So what are the options for regaining control? One alternative is for developing countries to buy the latest computers and telecommunications themselves—so-called "development communications" modernization. Yet this leads to long-term dependency and perhaps permanent constraints on developing countries' economies. Communications technology is generally exported from the U. S., Europe or Japan; the patents, skills and ability to manufacture remain in the hands of a few industrialized countries. It is also expensive, and imported products and services must therefore be bought on credit--credit usually provided by the very countries whose companies stand to gain. Furthermore. when new technology is introduced there is often too low a level of expertise to exploit it for native development. This means that while local elites, foreign communities and subsidiaries of transnational corporations may benefit, those whose lives depend on access to the information denied it.

单选题I wish to meet you to______ for my rudeness on Saturday this week.

单选题The crowd ______ into the hall and some had to stand outside.

单选题It is a treasure hunt with a difference: conducted not with metal detectors, but by negotiation. Italy is at last reaping the benefits of a two-year campaign to regain smuggled antiquities. Five American museums have been talked into returning works that they claim to have acquired in good faith. Almost 70 of the finest are now on display in Rome—and they have just been joined by the only known intact work by Euphronios, an Athenian vase-painter. New ground is also being broken with the return of nine items from the private collection of a New York philanthropist, Shelby White. This is the first pact negotiated with an individual. Francesco Rutelli, the culture minister, met Ms White twice in America before the deal was done. She has always maintained that she and her late husband had no idea that the pieces were suspect. A tenth item from their collection, also by Euphronios, is being sent back to Italy in 2010. Under Italian law, any classical artefacts found on Italian soil belong to the state, even if (like Euphronios" vases) they originated in Greece. A former head of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles and an American art dealer have been on trial for almost three years in Rome, charged with trafficking in illegally excavated objects. Both deny wrongdoing. Their charge was followed by a deal that officials say is crucial for efforts to curb the traffic in smuggled antiquities. Switzerland has undertaken to require importers of classical artifacts to produce proofs of origin and of legal export. The deals with the museums have all involved give-and-take. In exchange for works claimed by Italy, the museums have been given others on long-term loan. "Italian lovers of art and archaeology will get back what has been stolen, while others abroad will profit from the exhibition of sometimes even more beautiful works," says Mr Rutelli. The deal with the Getty museum was the hardest to do but also the most productive. 40 of the works on show in Rome come from there. But they do not include the "Getty bronze", which the Italians had hoped to retrieve. This third-century BC statue, attributed to Lysippos, Greek sculptor, was caught by Italian fishermen in 1964. The Getty insists that it was found in international waters. The Italians say it was still illegally exported.

单选题The chief ______ of that young man are his generosity and energy. A. traits B. tempers C. trends D. traces

单选题If you don't ______ the children properly, Mr. Chiver, they'll just run riot.

单选题Up until the age of 18, I read very little. I 1 myself to what was necessary for a secondary-school 2 . I was always busy either playing soccer or falling in love. Then came the day when, as a young columnist, my main 3 was to read. And I got to like it. My head spun! An unknown passion took 4 of me. What happened? For me, it was the 5 of a new state of being in love. I began to take possession of books and to annotate them. 6 I would tell them, in an only slightly 7 way, how much I liked them or didn"t. Today, 25 years later, I 8 through my books from those days and it"s magic, finding myself face to face with the young man I once was. Sometimes I 9 him. Other times I find him 10 Certain remarks seem 11 to me now. Others make me happy. I was right about that, I sometimes say to myself. Twenty-five years later I find the 12 trace of my thoughts, my 13 of that time. That"s why I never lend out my books. I give 14 the ones of which I have two 15 and the ones I"ve never read. But the ones I"ve 16 up cannot 17 : they have become my journals, my 18 . To let someone read them would be 19 myself up to scrutiny. I would be allowing others to break into me like a 20 breaks into a house.

单选题He never gave much thought to the additional kilograms he had ______ lately.

单选题Some people find that certain foods ______ their headaches. A. introduce B. trigger C. summon D. create

单选题After a number of disagreements with the committee, the chairman decided to______his present job.(厦门大学2012年试题)

单选题They are taught by their superiors that a soldier who ______ his post in time of war is to be shot. A. deserts B. deflects C. detains D. throws

单选题 At least since the Industrial Revolution, gender roles have been in a state of transition. As a result, cultural scripts about marriage have undergone change. One of the more obvious{{U}} (31) {{/U}}has occurred in the roles that women{{U}} (32) {{/U}}. Women have moved into the world of work and have become adept at meeting expectations in that arena,{{U}} (33) {{/U}}maintaining their family rules of nurturing and creating a(n){{U}} (34) {{/U}}that is a haven for all family members.{{U}} (35) {{/U}}many women experience strain from trying to "do it all," they often enjoy the increased{{U}} (36) {{/U}}that can result from playing multiple roles. As women's roles have changed, changing expectations about men's roles have become more{{U}} (37) {{/U}}. Many men are relinquishing their major responsibility{{U}} (38) {{/U}}the family provider. Probably the most significant change in men's roles, however, is in the emotional{{U}} (39) {{/U}}of family life. Men are increasingly{{U}} (40) {{/U}}to meet the emotional needs of their families,{{U}} (41) {{/U}}their wives. In fact, expectations about the emotional domain of marriage have become more significant for marriage in general. Research on{{U}} (42) {{/U}}marriage has changed over recent decades points to the increasing importance of the emotional side of the relationships and the importance of sharing in the "emotion work"{{U}} (43) {{/U}}to nourish marriages and other family relationships. Men and women want to experience marriages that are interdependent,{{U}} (44) {{/U}}both partners nurture each other, attend and respond to each other, and encourage and promote each other. We are thus seeing marriages in which men's and women's roles are becoming increasingly more{{U}} (45) {{/U}}.

单选题In recent years, there has been a steady assault on salt on from the doctors: salt is bad for you—regardless of your health. Politicians also got on board. "There is a direct relationship," U. S. congressman Neal Smith noted, "between the amount of sodium a person consumes and heart disease, circulatory disorders, stroke and even early death. " Frightening, if true! But many doctors and medical researchers are now beginning to feel the salt scare has gone too far. "All this hue and cry about eating salt is unnecessary," Dr. Dustan insists. "For most of us it probably doesn't make much difference how much salt we eat. " Dustan's most recent short-term study of 150 people showed that those with normal blood pressure underwent no change at all when placed on an extremely low salt diet, or later when salt was reintroduced. Of the hypertensive subjects, however, half of those on the low-salt diet did experience a drop in blood pressure, which returned to its previous level when salt was reintroduced. "An adequate to somewhat excessive salt intake has probably saved many more lives than it has cost in the general population," notes Dr. John H. Laragh. "So a recommendation that the whole population should avoid salt makes no sense. " Medical experts agree that everyone should practice reasonable "moderation" in salt consumption. For an average person, a moderate amount might run from four to ten grams a day, or roughly 1/2 to 1/3 of a teaspoon. The equivalent of heart problems may have to limit dietary salt, if their doctor advises. But even the very vocal "low salt " exponent, Dr. Arthur Hull Hayes, Jr. , admits that "we do not know whether increased sodium consumption causes hypertension". In fact, there is increasing scientific evidence that other factors may be involved: deficiencies in calcium, potassium, perhaps magnesium; obesity(much more dangerous than sodium); generic predisposition; stress. "It is not your enemy," says Dr. Laragh, "Salt is the No. 1 natural component of all human tissue, and the idea that you don't need it is wrong. Unless your doctor has proven that you have a salt related health problem, there is no reason to give it up. "

单选题John goes in for tennis while his wife goes in for painting and sculpture.

单选题This selection is primarily concerned with ______.