单选题We shall take the treasure away to a
safe
place.
单选题Theories of teaching have not been as fully developed as have theories of learning. A.thoroughly B.liberally C.eagerly D.properly
单选题For financial reasons, scientists are often compelled to {{U}}forsake{{/U}} their research.
单选题{{B}}第三篇{{/B}}
On a September day in 1991,two Germans
were climbing the mountains between Austria and Italy.High up on a mountain
pass,they found the body of a man lying on the ice.At that height(10,499 feet,or
3,200 meters),the ice is usually permanent,but 1991 had been an especially warm
year.The mountain ice had melted more than usual and so the body had come to the
surface. It was lying face downward.The skeleton(骨架)was in
perfect condition,except for a wound in the head.There was still skin on the
bones and the remains of some clothes.The hands were still holding the wooden
handle of an ax and on the feet there were very simple leather and cloth
boots.Nearby was a pair of gloves made of tree bark(树皮)and a holder for arrows.
Who was this man?How and when had he died?Everybody had a
different answer to these questions.Some people thought that it was from this
century,perhaps the body of a soldier who died in World War I,since several
soldiers had already been found in the area.A Swiss woman believed it might be
her father,who had died in those mountains twenty years before and whose body
had never been found.The scientists who rushed to look at the body thought it
was probably much older,maybe even a thousand years old. With
modern dating techniques,the scientists soon learned that the Iceman was about
5,300 years old.Born in about 3300 B.C.,he lived during the Bronze Age in
Europe.At first scientists thought he was probably a hunter who had died from an
accident in the high mountains.More recent evidence,however,tells a different
story.A new kind of X-ray shows an arrowhead still stuck in his shoulder.It left
only a tiny hole in his skin,but it caused internal damage and bleeding.He
almost certainly died from this wound,and not from the wound on the back of his
head.This means that he was probably in some kind of a battle.It may have been
part of a larger war,or he may have been fighting bandits.He may eyen have been
a bandit himself. By studying his clothes and tools,scientists
have already learned a great deal from the Iceman about the times he lived in.We
may never know the full story of how he died,but he has given us important clues
to the history of those distant times.
单选题Differences of Policemen Real policemen hardly recognize any resemblance between their lives and what they see on TV. The first difference is that a policeman's real life revolves round criminal law. He has to know exactly what actions are crimes and what evidence can be used to prove them in court. He has to know nearly as much law as a professional lawyer, and what is more, he has to apply it on his feet, in the dark and rain, running down a street after someone he wants to talk to. Little of his time is spent in chatting, he will spend most of his working life typing millions of words on thousands of forms about hundreds of sad, unimportant people who are guilty of stupid, petty crimes. Most television crime drama is about finding the criminal: as soon as he's arrested, the story is over. In real life, finding criminals is seldom much of a problem. Except in very serious cases like murders and terrorist attacks little effort is spent on searching. Having made an arrest, a detective really starts to work. He has to prove his case in court and to do that he often has to gather a lot of difference evidence. At third big difference between the drama detective and the real one is the unpleasant pressures. first, as members of a police force they always have to behave absolutely in accordance with the law; secondly, as expensive public servants they have to get results. They can hardly ever do both. Most of the time some of them have to break the rules in small ways. If the detective has to deceive the world, the world often deceives him. Hardly anyone he meets tells him the truth. And this separation the detective feels between himself and the rest of the world is deepened by the simple-mindedness—as he sees it—of citizens, social workers, doctors, law-makers, and judges, who, instead of eliminating crime punish the criminals less severely in the hope that this will make them reform. The result, detectives feel, is that nine-tenths of their work is recatching people who should have stayed behind bars. This makes them rather cynical.
单选题The workers finally
called off
the strike.
单选题Hercules Once upon a time there was a great Greek hero, Hercules. He was taller and stronger than anyone you have ever seen. On his shoulder he carried a club and in his hand he held a bow. He was known as the hero of a hundred adventures. Hercules served a king. The king was afraid of him. So again and again he sent him on difficult tasks. One morning the king sent for him and told him to fetch three golden apples for him from the garden of the Singing Maidens. But no one knew where the garden was. So Hercules went away. He walked the whole day and the next day and the next. He walked for months before he saw mountains far in the distance one fine morning. One of the mountains was in the shape of a man, with long, long legs and arms and huge shoulders and a huge head. He was holding up the sky. Hercules knew it was Atlas, the Mountain God. So he asked him for help. Atlas answered, "My head and arms and shoulders all ache. Could you hold up the sky while I fetch the golden apples for you?" Hercules climbed the mountain and shouldered the sky. Soon the sky grew very heavy. When finally Atlas came back with three golden apples, he said, "Well, you are going to carry the mountain for ever. I'm going to see the King with the apples. " Hercules knew that he couldn't fight him because of the sky on his back. So he shouted. "Just one minute's help. My shoulders are hurting. Hold the sky for a minute while I make a cushion for my shoulders." Atlas believed him. He threw down the apples and held up the sky. Hercules picked up the apples and ran back to see the king.
单选题The drinking water has become (contaminated) with lead.
单选题Radios are not
permitted
in the library.
单选题Hundreds of species are declared to be extinct in the coming century.
单选题Loud noises can be
irritating
.
单选题What Makes a Soccer Player Great?
Soccer is played by millions of people all over the world, but there have only been few players who were truly great. How did these players get that way—was it through training and practice, or are great players "born, not made"? First, these players came from places that have had famous stars in the past—players that a young boy can look up to and try to imitate (效仿). In the history of soccer, only six countries have ever won the World Cup—three from South America and three from Western Europe. There has never been a great national team—or a really great player—from North America or from Asia. Second, these players have all had years of practice in the game. Alfredo Di Stefano was the son of a soccer player, as was Pele. Most players begin playing the game at the age of three or four.
Finally, many great players come from the same kind of neighbourhood (聚居区)—a poor, crowded area where a boy"s dream is not to be a doctor, lawyer, or businessman, but to become a rich, famous athlete or entertainer. For example, Liverpool, which produced the Beatles (甲壳虫乐队), had one of the best English soccer teams in recent years. Pele practiced in the street with a "ball" made of rags (破布). And George Best learned the
tricks
that made him famous by bouncing the ball off a wall in the slums (贫民窟) of Belfast.
All great players have a lot in common, but that doesn"t explain why they are great. Hundreds of boys played in those Brazilian streets, but only one became Pele. The greatest players are born with some unique quality that sets them apart from all the others.
单选题
{{B}}Well-being of women{{/B}} In our
culture, the sources of what we call a sense of "mastery"—feeling important and
worthwhile—and the sources of what we call a sense of "pleasure"—finding life
enjoyable—are not always identical. Women often are told, "You can't have it
all". Sometimes what the speaker really is saying is "You choose a career, so
you can't expect to have closer relationships or a happy family life," or "You
have a wonderful husband and children—what's all this about wanting a career?"
but women need to understand and develop both aspects of well-being, if they
have to feel good about themselves. Our study shows that, for
women, well-being has two dimensions. One is mastery, which includes self-esteem
(自尊), a sense of control over your life, and low levels of anxiety and
depression. Mastery is closely related to the "doing" side of life, to work and
activity~ Pleasure is the other dimension, and it is composed of happiness,
satisfaction and optimism. It is tied more closely to the "feeling" side of
life. The two are independent of each other. A woman could be high in mastery
and low in pleasure, and vice versa. For example, a woman who has a good job,
but whose mother has just died, might be feeling very good about herself and in
control of her work life, but the pleasure side could be damaged for a
time. The concepts of mastery and pleasure could help us
identify the source of well-being for women, and remedy past mistakes. In the
past, women are encouraged to look only at the feeling side of life as the
source of all well-being. But we know that both mastery and pleasure are
critical. And mastery seems to be achieved largely through work. In our study,
all the groups of employed women rated significantly high in mastery than did
women who were not employed. A woman's well-being is enhanced
(增进) when she takes on multiple roles. At least by middle adulthood, the women
who were involved in the combination of roles—marriages, motherhood, and
employment--were the highest in well-being, despite warnings about stress and
strain.
单选题TV Games Shows One of the most fascinating things about television is the size of the audience. A novel can be on the best sellers list with a sale of fewer than 100,000copies, but a popular TV show might have 70 million TV viewers. TV can make anything or anyone well known overnight. This is the principle behind quiz or game shows, which put ordinary people on TV to play a game for the prize and money. A quiz show can make anyone a star, and it can give away thousands of dollars just for fun. But all of this money can create problems. For instance, in the 1950s, quiz shows were very popular in the U.S. and almost everyone watched them. Charles Van Doren, an English instructor, became rich and famous after winning money on several shows. He even had a career as a television personality. Put one of the losers proved that Charles Van Doren was cheating. It turned out that the show's producers, who were pulling the strings, gave the answers to the most popular contestants beforehand. Why? Because if the audience didn't like the person who won the game, they turned the show off. Based on his story, a movie under the title Quiz Show is on 40 years later. Charles Van Doren is no longer involved with TV. But game shows are still here, though they aren't taken as seriously. In fact, some of them try to be as ridiculous as possible. There are shows that send strangers on vacation trips together, or that try to cause newly-married couples to fight on TV, or that punish losers by humiliating them. The entertainment now is to see what people will do just to be on TV. People still win money, but the real prize is to be in front of an audience of millions.
单选题New US Plan for Disease Prevention Urging Americans to take responsibility for their health, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson on Tuesday launched a $15 million program to try to encourage communities to do more to prevent chronic diseases like heart disease, cancer and diabetes. The initiative highlights the cost of chronic diseases—the leading causes of death in the United States—and outlines ways that people can prevent them, including better diet and increased exercise. "In the United States today, 7 of 10 deaths and the vast majority of serious illness, disability and health care costs are caused by chronic diseases," the Health and Human Services Department said in a statement. The causes are often behavioral—smoking, poor eating habits and a lack of exercise. "I am convinced that preventing disease by promoting better health is a smart policy choice for our future," Thompson told a conference held to launch the initiative. "Our current health care system is not structured to deal with the escalating costs of treating diseases that are largely preventable through changes in our lifestyle choices." Thompson said heart disease and strokes will cost the country more than $ 351 billion in 2003. "These leading causes of death for men and women are largely preventable, yet we as a nation are not taking the steps necessary for US to lead healthier, longer lives," he said. The $15 million is slated to go to communities to promote prevention, pushing for changes as simple as building sidewalks to encourage people to walk more. Daily exercise such as walking can prevent and even reverse heart disease and diabetes, and prevent cancer and strokes. The money will also go to community organizations, clinics and nutritionists who are being encouraged to work together to educate people at risk of diabetes about what they can do to prevent it and encourage more cancer screening. The American Cancer Society estimates that half of all cancers can be caught by screening, including Pap tests for cervical cancer, mammograms for breast cancer, colonoscopies, and prostate checks. If such cancers were all caught by early screening, the group estimates that the survival rate for cancer would rise to 95 percent.
单选题Ethnic Tensions in Belgium
Belgium has given the world Audrey Hepburn, René Magritte (surrealist artist), the saxophone (萨克斯) and deep-fried potato chips that are somehow called French.
But the story behind this flat, twice-Beijing-size country is of a bad marriage between two nationalities living together that cannot
stand
each other. With no new government, more than a hundred days after a general election, tumors run wild that the country is about to disappear.
"We are two different nations, an artificial state. With nothing in common except a king, chocolate and beer," said Filip Dewinter, the leader of the Flemish Bloc, the extreme-right Flemish party.
Radical Flemish separatists like Mr Dewinter want to divide the country horizontally along ethnic end economic lines: to the north, Flanders—where Dutch (known locally as Flemish) is spoken and money is increasingly made; to the south, French-speaking Wallonia, where today old factories dominate the landscape.
The area of present-day Belgium passed to the French in the 18
th
century. Following the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, Belgium was given to the kingdom of the Netherlands, from which it gained independence as a separate kingdom in 1830.
Since then, it has struggled for cohesion (结合). Anyone who has spoken French in a Flemish city quickly gets a sense of the mutual hostility that is part of daily life there.
But there are reasons Belgium is likely to stay together, at least in the short term.
The economies of the two regions are tightly linked, and separation would be a financial nightmare.
But there is also deep resentment in Flanders that its much healthier economy must subsidize (补贴) the south, where unemployment is double that of the north. French speakers in the south, meanwhile, favor the status quo (现状).
Belgium has made it through previous threats of division. Although some political analysts believe this one is different, there is no panic just now.
"We must not worry too much," said Baudouin Bruggeman, a 55-year-old school teacher. "Belgium has survived on compromise since 1930. You have to remember that this is Magritte"s country, the country of surrealism. Anything can happen."
单选题6 That guy is really {{U}}witty{{/U}}.
单选题If any man here does not agree with me, he should {{U}}advance{{/U}} his
own plan for improving the living conditions of these people.
A. put on
B. put out
C. put in
D. put forward
单选题She was
close
to success.
单选题It is said that the houses along this street will soon be
{{U}}demolished{{/U}}.
A. pulled down
B. rebuilt
C. renovated
D. whitewashed
