单选题Why do people become too fat It is indeed unfortunate that in our modern era of technologic and scientific achievement, there is no adequate explanation for a seemingly simple question: "why do people become too fat and what can be done to prevent it?" about 50 million men and 60 million women between the ages of 18 and 79 are "too fat" and need to reduce excess weight. This amount to about 377 million kg of excess fat for men and 667 million kg for women, or a total of t044 million kg (2297 million 1b) for the United States adult population! If the overfat men and women dieted by consuming 600 fewer calories each day to reduce to a "normal" value of body fat (achievable in 68 days for men and 101 days for women), the reduced caloric intake would equal 5.7 trilling calories. Translating this into fossil fuel energy and considering such factors as the energy required to plant, cultivate, harvest, feed, process, transport, wholesale, retail, acquire, store and cook the food, the annual energy savings would be equal to that required to supply the residential electric demands of Boston, Chicago, san Francisco and Washington DC, or 13 billion gallons of gasoline to fuel 900,000 autos per year. Until recently, the major cause of obesity was believed to be overeating. However, if gluttony (贪食) and overindulgence were the only factors associated with an increase in body fat, the easiest way to permanently reduce would surely to be cut back on food. Of course, if it were that simple, obesity would soon be eliminated as a major health problem. There are obviously other factors operative such as genetic, environmental, and social influences. However, these causes probably overlap. It seems fairly certain that the treatment procedures devised so far, whether they be diets, surgery, drugs, psychologic methods, or exercise, either alone or in combination, have not been particularly successful in solving the problem on a long-term basis. There is nonetheless, optimism that as researchers continue to investigate the many facets of. obesity, as well as to test and quantify various treatment modes, significant progress can be made to conquer this major health problem.

单选题Muren feels that with CG technology, special effects can be used to make movies more expressive.

单选题During the past ten years there have been dramatic changes in the international situation.

单选题The children trembled with fear when they saw the policeman.

单选题You can ask your child to tell stories based on pictures.

单选题If I make a mistake, I will try to remedy it.

单选题Computer Virus The computer virus is an outcome of the computer overgrowth in the 1980s. The cause of the term "computer virus" is the likeness between the biological virus and the evil program infected with computers. The origin of this term came from an American science fiction "The Adolescence of P—1" written by Thomas J·Ryan, published in 1977. Human viruses invade a living cell and turn it into a factory for manufacturing viruses. However, computer viruses are small programs. They replicate by attaching a copy of themselves to another program. Once attached to host Program, the viruses then look for other programs to "infect". In this way, the virus can spread quickly throughout a hard disk or an entire organization when it infects a LAN or a multi—user system. At some point, determined by how the virus was programmed the virus attacks. The timing of the attack can be linked to a number of situations, including a certain time or date, the presence of a particular file, the security privilege level of the user, and the number of times a file is used. Likewise, the mode of attack varies. So—called "benign" viruses might simply display a message, like the one that infected IBM"s main computer system last Christmas with a season"s greeting. Malignant viruses are designed to damage the system. The attack is to wipe out data, to delete flies or to format the hard disk. What Kind of Viruses Are There? There are four main types of viruses: shell, intrusive, operating system and source ode. Shell viruses wrap themselves around a host program and don"t modify the original program. Shell programs are easy to write, which is why about half of viruses are of this type. Intrusive viruses Invade an existing program and actually insert a portion of themselves into the host program. Intrusive viruses are hard to write and very difficult to remove without damaging the host file.

单选题The dancers moved across the dimly lit stage.A. inadequatelyB. hardlyC. faintlyD. sufficiently

单选题She is always diplomatic when she deals with naughty students.______

单选题Choreographer Twyla Tharp uses familiar dance movements in original ways to create works filled with clever gestures and abrupt changes in motion and mood. A．graceful B．creative C．sudden D．dramatic

单选题The odd thing was that he didn"t recognize me.

单选题Afterwards there was just a feeling of let-down .

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单选题 Man of Few Words Everyone chases success, but not all of us want to be famous. South African writer John Maxwell Coetzee is {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}for keeping himself to himself. When the 63-year-old was named the 2003 Nobel Prize winner for literature earlier this month, reporters were warned that they would find him "particularly difficult to {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}". Coetzee lives in Australia but spends part of the year teaching at the University of Chicago. He seemed {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}by the news he won the $1.3 million prize. "It came as a complete surprise. I wasn't even aware they were due to make the announcement," he said. His {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}of privacy led to doubts as to whether Coetzee will attend the prize-giving in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 10. But despite being described as {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}to track down, we critics agree that his writing is easy to get to know. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, to all English-speaking family, Coetzee {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}his breakthrough in 1980 with the novel Waiting for the Barbarians. He {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}his place among the world's leading writers with two Booker prize victories, Britain's highest honour for novels. He first {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}in 1983 for the Life and Times of Michael K and his second title came in 1999 for Disgrace. A major theme in his work is South Africa's former apartheid system, which divided whites from blacks. {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}with the problems of violence, crime and racial division that still exist in the country, his books have enabled ordinary people to understand apartheid {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}within. "I have always been more interested in the past than the future," he said in a rare interview. "The past {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}its shadow over the present. I hope I have made one or two people think {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}about whether they want to forget the past completely." In fact this purity in his writing seems to be {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}in his personal life. Coetzee is a vegetarian, a cyclist rather than a motorist and doesn't drink alcohol. But what he has {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}to literature, culture and the people of South Africa is far greater than the things he has given up. "In looking at weakness and failure in life," the Nobel prize judging panel said, "Coetzee's work {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}the divine spark in man."

单选题Without the friction between their feet and the ground, people would never be able to walk.

单选题No part of New Hampshire is far from water.

单选题Successful leaders dominate events rather than react to them.

单选题Many of Edith Wharton"s best stories were completed under great personal strain.

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单选题Charter Schools American public education has changed in recent years. One change is that increasing numbers of American parents and teachers are starting independent public schools (1) charter schools (特许学校). In 1991, there were no charter schools in the United States. Today, more than 2,300 charter schools (2) in 34 states and the District of Columbia. 575,000 students (3) these schools. The students are from 5 years of age through 18 or older. A charter school is (4) by groups of parents, teachers and community (社区) members. It is similar in some ways (5) a traditional public school. It receives tax money to operate just as other public schools do. The (6) it receives depends on the number of students. The charter school must prove to local or state governments that its students are learning. These governments (7) the school with the agreement, or charter that permits it to operate. Unlike a traditional public school, (8) , the charter school does not have to obey most laws governing public schools. Local, state or federal governments cannot tell it what to (9) . Each school can choose its own goals and decide the ways it wants to (10) those goals. Class sizes usually are smaller than in many traditional public schools. Many students and parents say (11) in charter schools can be more creative. However, state education agencies, local education-governing committees and unions often (12) charter schools. They say these schools may receive money badly (13) by traditional public schools. Experts say some charter schools are doing well while others are struggling. Congress provided 200 million dollars for (14) charter schools in the 2002 federal budget (预算). But, often the schools say they lack enough money for their (15) . Many also lack needed space.