单选题Coming Soon to a Theater Near You! What are special effects? Do you enjoy movies that use a lot of special effects? Dinosaurs from the distant past! Space battles from the distant future! There has been a revolution in special effects, and it has transformed the movies we see. The revolution began in the mid-1970s with George Lucas"s Star Wars , a film that stunned (使震惊) audiences. That revolution continues to the present, with dramatic changes in special-effects technology. The company behind these changes is Lucas"s Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). And the man behind the company is Dennis Muren, who has worked with Lucas since Star Wars . Muren"s interest in special effects began very early. At age 6, he was photographing toy dinosaurs and spaceships. By 10, he had an 8-millimeter movie camera and was making these things move through stop-motion. (Stop-motion is a process in which objects are shot with a camera, moved slightly, shot again, and so on. When the shots are put together, the objects appear to move.) Talk to Muren and you"ll understand what ILM is all about: taking on new challenges. By 1989, Muren decided he had pushed the old technology as far as it would go. He saw computer graphics (CG) technology as the wave of the future and took a year off to master it. With CG technology, images can be scanned into a computer for processing, for example, and many separate shots can be combined into a single image. CG technology has now reached the point, Muren says, where special effects can be used to do just about anything so that movies can tell stories better than ever before. The huge success of Jurassic Park and its sequel, The Lost World, the stars of which were computer-generated dinosaurs, suggests that this may very well be true.

单选题Changes of Women's Role The role of women in Britain has changed a lot in this century, (51) in the last twenty years. The main change has been (52) giving women greater equality with men. Up to the beginning of this century, women seem to have trod (53) rights. They could not vote and were kept at home. (54) , as far as we know, most women were happy with this situation. Today, women in Britain certainly (55) more rights than they used to. They were (56) the vote in 1919. In 1970 a law was passed to give them an equal (57) of wealth in the case of divorce, (58) the Equal Pay Act gave them the right of equal pay with men for work of equal value in the same year. Yet (59) these changes, there are still great difference in status between men and women. Many employers seem to (60) the Equal Pay Act, and the average working women is (61) to earn only about half that a man earns for the same job. (62) a survey, at present, only one-third of the country's workers are (63) women. This small percentage is partly (64) a shortage of nurseries. If there were (65) nurseries, twice as many women might well go out to work.

单选题Mary looked pale and weary.A. gloomyB. uglyC. sillyD. exhausted

单选题I didn't help him. I would have, however, I didn't have the money.

单选题This poem depicts the beautiful scenery of a town in the South.

单选题The author attributes a soccer player's success to all the following factors EXCEPT

单选题Which of the following does the writer cite as a source of moral void?

单选题Managers do not employ those who are quite different from them.

单选题The book made a great impact on its readers.

单选题The firemen managed to extinguish the fire in time.

单选题The retired couple lived a life of ease.

单选题Christmas is America's most popular holiday. Some people attend church and observe Christmas as the birthday of Christ. For others Christmas is just a day of fun and celebration, a time for family and friends to get together, exchange girls and enjoy a huge holiday dinner- During the last days of November American homes and stores begin to be decorated with Christmas trees and bright lights. Schools and churches prepare special holiday concerts. People go to parties, buy fine gifts and prepare special Christmas food. When do Americans begin their Christmas activities?A. At the end of November.B. In the middle of November.C. At the beginning of December.D. In the middle of December.

单选题In the process, the light energy converts to heat energy.

单选题The tower remains （intact） even after two hundred years.

单选题Cosmetic Surgery Surgery that can improve the way a person looks is becoming more and more popular in the United States. This kind of surgery is called cosmetic surgery, and both men and women are turning to this treatment as a way of keeping their appearance young as well as keeping competitive (有竞争力的) in their jobs. Men especially are beginning to turn to face-lifts (面部拉皮手术), liposuction (taking fat out of the body), and implants (putting artificial parts into their bodies) to help them look younger. As companies downsize (缩编) and move younger employees into higher positions, older employees in their late forties and early fifties fee[ the need to look and act younger in order to stay competitive. These operations are not without dangers, however. One young woman had an eye operation to get rid of the bags under her eyes. She described her experience as terrible. She said, "When he started cutting, I was fully awake. Even though he"d given me an injection near my eyes, I saw everything." She went on to explain, "I knew I had to keep still because of what he was doing. He was scraping (刮) away fat underneath my eyes. It took about ten minutes. After he finished, I felt I couldn"t walk. I was so faint." Her troubles did not end after the operation for two weeks. Her eyes were swollen (肿胀的) and almost completely closed, and even dark glasses could not hide the side effects of the operation. Liposuction, taking fat out of the body, is probably the most popular cosmetic operation in the United States. It seems simple enough. First, a small cut is made over the place where the patient wants the fat removed. Next, a small pipe is put into the cut. A machine like a vacuum cleaner is then used to suck the fat out of the body. However, as one doctor explained, some problems can happen after the operation. He warned: "Irregular lumps and loose skin can result from this operation. If it is not evenly done, liposuction can produce a very lumpy result." Patients often must have more liposuction to correct the problem.

单选题Where Did All the Ships Go? The Bermuda Triangle (三角区) is one 1 the greatest mysteries of the sea. In this triangular area between Florida, Puerto Rico and Bermuda in Atlantic, ships and airplanes 2 to disappear more often than in 3 parts of the ocean. And they do so 4 leaving any sign of an accident or any dead bodies. It is 5 that Christopher Columbus was the first person to record strange happenings in the area. His compass stopped working, a flame came down from the sky, and a wave 100 to 200-feet-high carried his ship about a mile away. The most famous disappearance in the Bermuda Triangle was the US Naval (海军的) Air Flight 19. 6 December 5, 1945, five bomber planes carrying 14 men 7 on a training mission from the Florida coast. Later that day, all communications with Flight 19 were lost. They just disappeared without a trace. The next morning, 242 planes and 19 ships took part in the largest air-sea search in history. But they found nothing. Some people blame the disappearances 8 supernatural (超自然的) forces. It is suggested the 9 ships and planes were either transported to other times and places, kidnapped (绑架) by aliens (外星人) 10 attacked by sea creatures. There are 11 natural explanations, though. The US Navy says that the Bermuda Triangle is one of two places on earth 12 a magnetic compass (指南针) points towards true north 13 magnetic north. 14 , planes and ships can lose their way if they don"t make adjustments. The area also has changing weather and is known 15 its high waves. Storms can turn up suddenly and destroy a plane or ship. Fast currents could then sweep away any trace of an accident.

单选题New Ideas Iceland's President Olafur Grimsson is trying to drive carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) underground to (51) its release into the air. Over the next two years, a team of scientists will try to (52) carbon dioxide—charged water into the rock underground. Scientists say this should work. The CO2 will react with the rock to form a stable mineral that remains in the (53) for millions of years. If the experiment succeeds, Iceland could give the world a new (54) to reduce emissions. Sigurdur Gislason, a university professor in Iceland, says his country has an (55) over other countries. "We have enormous amounts of clean (56) and a small society. You can do experiments here that you can't do anywhere else." In an attempt to cut back on the use of air conditioners during summer, the Japanese government in2005 (57) a campaign to keep office temperatures at 28℃ in summer. Men were also encouraged to change business suits for (58) wear. In other words, no more ties. "The (59) is meant to show the government's resolve to achieve Japan's target of reducing greenhouse (温室) gas emissions by 6 percent," said Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda. The (60) has cut an estimated 79,000 tons of carbon dioxide gas emissions each year. As the country's 2005 Energy Policy Act (61) into force this year, more Americans will be encouraged to use (62) cars and energy sources. According to the new law, those who buy hybrid (混合) cars such as the Toyota Prius can earn tax credits, or rebates (退款),of (63) to ＄2,600 a year. Homemakers (主妇) can also save when they renovate, claiming tax rebates (64) around ＄500 simply by fitting their homes with energy—saving insulation (绝缘). If they (65) in solar water heating, the payoff at tax time is equal to 30 percent of the appliance's cost or a maximum of ＄2,000.

单选题Our teacher Unotified/U us that there would be test on Monday.

单选题When she was invited to the party, she readily accepted.

单选题ILM is the company responsible for many of the changes in special-effects technology.