单选题It will be safer to walk the streets because people will not need to carry large amounts of cash, virtually all financial {{U}}deals{{/U}} will be conducted by computer. A. transactions B. transmissions C. transitions D. transformations

单选题The attention of the public was first drawn to the dangers threatening the great old houses and castles of Britain by the death of lord Lothian, who left his great seventeenth - century house to the Trust together with the 4,500 -acre park and estate surrounding it. This gift attracted wide publicity and started the Trust's" Country House Scheme". Under this scheme, with the help of the Government and the general public, the Trust has been able to save and make accessible to the public about one hundred and fifty of these old houses, usually at a very small charge. Who was Lord Lothian?A. He was a government official.B. He was a seventeenth -century noble.C. He was the owner of a seventeenth - century house.D. He was the founder of the National Trust in Britain.

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单选题Cars have traditionally been wasteful beasts. Every time a drop of gas explodes inside a cylinder(气缸), the energy gets passed along from the piston(活塞)to the crankshaft(曲轴), flywheel (飞轮), gearbox, drivetrain, and axles(轮轴). By the time the wheels actually turn, four fifths of the original energy has disappeared. The electric Car goes a long way toward reducing wasted energy by replacing the internal - combustion engine with batteries. Even so, electric cars destroy about 60 percent of the energy because mechanical parts are stiu used to deliver energy from the batteries to the wheels. Lately, though, engineers have come up with a far more efficient way to accomplish the same task: by using magnets in the wheels. In traditional cars, four fifths of the original energy has been wasted by the timeA. the gas explodes inside the cylinder.B. the energy gets passed along from the piston to the crankshaft.C. the energy was delivered from the batteries to the wheels.D. the energy is finally passed to the wheels.

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单选题The Family The structure of a family takes different forms around the world and even in the same society. The family's form changes as it adapts to changing social and economic influences. Until recently, the most common form in North America was the nuclear family, consisting of a married couple with their minor children. The nuclear family is an independent unit. It must be prepared to fend for itself, Individual family members strongly depend on one another. There is little help from outside the family in emergencies. Elderly relatives of a nuclear family are cared for only if it is possible for the family to do so. In North America, the elderly often do not live with the family; they live in retirement communities and nursing homes. There are many parallels between the nuclear family in industrial societies, such as North America, and of families in societies such as that of the Inuits, who live in harsh environments. The nuclear family structure is well adapted to a life of mobility. In harsh conditions, mobility allows the family to hunt for food. For North Americans, the hunt for jobs and improved social status also requires mobility. The nuclear family was not always the North American standard. In a more agrarian time, the small nuclear family was usually part of a larger extended family. This might have included grandparents, mother and father, brothers and sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins. In North America today, there is a dramatic rise in the number of single-parent households. Twice as many households in the United States are headed by divorced, separated, or never- married individuals as are comprised of nuclear families. The structure of the family, not just in North America, but throughout the world, continues to change as it adapts to changing conditions.

单选题The immense change of the city astonished every member of the conference. A. surprised B. interested C. bored D. excited

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单选题In spite of a problem with the {{U}}faulty{{/U}} equipment, some very useful work was accomplished. A. imperfect B. temporary C. emergency D. reinstalled

单选题I"m afraid this painting is not by Picasso. It"s only a copy and so it"s worthless .

单选题Strict sanitary procedures help to forestall outbreaks of disease. A．prevent B．control C．minimize D．preview

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单选题There is a growing gap between the rich and the poor.

单选题While serving in the Senate in the early 1970's, Barbara Jordan supported legislation to ban discrimination and to deal with environmental problems.A. listB. forbidC. handleD. investigate

单选题The mountains look glorious at sunrise.

单选题The Population Situation in India With 950 million people, India ranks second to China among the most populous countries. But since China 1 a family planning program in 1971, India has been closing the gap. Indians have reduced their birth rate but not nearly 2 the Chinese have. If current growth rates continue, India"s population will 3 China"s around the year 2028 at about 1.7 billion. Should that happen, it won"t be the 4 of the enlightened women of Kerala, a state in southern India. While India as a whole adds almost 20 million people a year, Kerala"s population is virtually 5 . The reason is no mystery: nearly two-thirds of Kerala women practice birth control, 6 about 40% in the entire nation. The difference 7 the emphasis put on health programs, including birth control, by the state authorities, 8 in 1957 became India"s first elected Communist government. And an educational tradition and matrilineal (母系的) customs in parts of Kerala help girls and boys get 9 good schooling. While one in three Indian women is 10 , 90% of those in Kerala can read and write. Higher literacy rates 11 family planning. "Unlike our parents, we know that we can do more for our children if we have 12 of them," says Laial Cherian, 33, who lives in the village of Kudamaloor. She has limited herself 13 three children—one below the national 14 of four. That kind of restraint (抑制，克制) will keep Kerala from putting added 15 on world food supplies.

单选题Easy Death In ancient Greek, the term euthanatos meant "easy death". Today euthanasia (安乐死) generally refers to mercy killing, the voluntary (自愿) ending of the life of someone who is terminally ill. Like abortion, euthanasia has become a legal, medical, and moral issue over which opinion is divided. Euthanasia can be either active or passive. Active euthanasia means that a physician or other medical personnel takes an action that will result in death, such as giving an overdose of deadly medicine. Passive euthanasia means letting a patient die for lack of treatment, or stopping the treatment that has begun. Examples of passive euthanasia include taking patients off a breathing machine or removing other life-support systems. Stopping the food supply is also considered passive. A good deal of the debate about mercy killing originates from the decision-making process. Who decides whether a patient is to die? This issue has not been solved legally in the United States. The matter is left to state law, which usually allows the physician in charge to suggest the option of death to a patient's relatives, especially if the patient is brain dead. In an attempt to make decisions about when their own lives should end, several terminally ill patients in the early 1990s used a controversial suicide device, developed by Dr. Jack Kevorkian, to end their lives. In parts of Europe, the decision-making process has become very flexible. Even in cases where the patients are not brain dead, patients have been put to death without their approval at the request of relatives or at the suggestion of physicians. Many cases of passive euthanasia involve old people or newborn infants. The principle justifying this practice is that such individuals have a "life not worthy of life". In countries where passive euthanasia is not legal, the court systems have proved very tolerant in dealing with medical personnel who practice it. In Japan, for example, if physicians follow certain guidelines they may actively carry out mercy killings on hopelessly ill people. Courts have also been somewhat tolerant of friends or relatives who have assisted terminally ill patients to die.

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单选题The State of Marriage Today Is there something seriously wrong with marriage today? During the past 50 years, the rate of divorce in the United States has exploded: almost 50% of marriages end in divorce now, and the evidence suggests it is going to get worse. If this trend continues, it will lead to the breakup of the family, according to a spokesperson for the National Family Association. Some futurists predict that in 100 years, the average American will marry at least four times and extramarital affairs will be even more common than they are now. But what are the reasons for this, and is the picture really so gloomy? The answer to the first question is really quite simple: marriage is no longer the necessity it once was. The institution of marriage has been based for years partly on economic need. Women used to be economically dependent on their husbands as they usually didn't have jobs outside the home. But with the rising number of women in well-paying jobs, this is no longer the case, so they don't feel that they need to stay in a failing marriage. In answer to the second question, the outlook may not be as pessimistic as it seems. While the rate of divorce has risen, the rate of couples marrying has never actually fallen very much, so marriage is still quite popular. In addition to this, many couples now cohabit and don't bother to marry. These couples are effectively married, but they do not appear in either the marriage or divorce statistics. In fact, more than 50% of first marriages survive. The statistics are deceptive because there is a higher number of divorces in second and third marriages than in first marriages. So is marriage really an outdated institution? The fact that most people still get married indicates that it isn't. And it is also true that married couples have a healthier life than single people: they suffer less from stress and its consequences, such as heart problems, and married men generally consider themselves more contented than their single counterparts. Perhaps the key is to find out what makes a successful marriage and apply it to all of our relationships!