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单选题Tom is still Ufull of beans/U at 70.

单选题The Invention of the Telephone In the nineteenth century, the invention of the telegraph made it possible to send noises, signals, and even music over wires from one place to another. However, the human voice 1 this way. Many inventors tried to find a 2 to send a voice over wires, and in 1876 some of their efforts were crowned with success. 3 American inventors, Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray, 4 at almost the same time. The United States Supreme Court finally had to decide which of the two 5 the first inventor of the telephone. The Court decided 6 Bell"s favor. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Bell grew up in a family 7 was very interested in teaching people to speak. His grandfather had been an actor who left 8 to teach elocution; his father was a teacher 9 deaf-mutes learn how to speak. However, probably none of the 10 inventions gave Bell the same feeling of triumph 11 he had on the day when he spilled some acid from his batteries. It was after he had worked for months to find ways to send something more 12 metallic twangs over the wires. Thinking Watson, 13 , was in the next room, Bell called, "Mr. Watson, 14 I want you." Watson was not in the next room. He was down in his laboratory, 15 to the receiver. To Watson"s surprise, he heard the words perfectly. He ran to tell Bell the news. the wires had carried Bell"s voice perfectly.

单选题Recent studies have shown that the stature of male Americans has scarcely changed in the past two hundred years.

单选题I don't quite follow what she is saying. A．observe B．understand C．explain D．describe

单选题Too Polite for Words A Japanese colleague the other day was talking about a meeting with a man whom she abruptly described using the English word "jerk". I thought she was toning down her Japanese for my benefit, so I asked her how to say "jerk" in Japanese. "There's no such word, "she answered helplessly. "We have to use 'jerk'". Heaven knows it's not as if there are no jerks in Japan. But the Japanese language is just not made for sniping at people. At first, I thought maybe my Japanese teachers had been too polite to teach me the real lingo, so I watched to see what Japanese drivers would say to each other after a car accident. It turned out that they say: "I'm sorry. " Gradually I came to realize that there is perhaps no language so ill suited to invective as Japanese. Linguistically, these guys are wimps. Take the vicious Japanese insult "kisama, "which is deeply offensive. It means: "your honorable self. "That's right. Instead of using all kinds of dirty words, the Japanese insult each other by frowning and growling."Your honorable self. " Likewise, a nasty expression for a woman is "ama, 'another term not to try with the nice woman at the sushi restaurant. But literally it means "nun". Sure, sarcasm may be intended, hut still most women would probably prefer to be characterized as a nun than as a female dog. Since people are least inhibited when they are shaking their fists at each other, insults offer a window into a culture. I've been interested in such terms ever since I arrived in Cairo a dozen years ago to study Arabic and discovered that my name was a curse. "Nick" sounds very much like the imperative of an extremely vulgar verb for sex. I would introduce myself in Arabic, and my new acquaintance would flee in horror. There's no such danger in Japanese. There are explicit terms for sex and for body parts, crude as well as clinical, but they are descriptive rather than insulting. There is one exception. One of the meanest things one Japanese child can say to another is: "Omaeno kaachan debeso. "That means. "Your mom's belly button sticks out. "This has no deep Freudian meaning; it simply means that your mother is rude and ugly.

单选题The American Family In the American family the husband and wife usually share important decision making. When the children are (51) enough, they take part as well. Foreigners are often surprised by the permissiveness (宽容) of American parents. The old rule that "children should be seen and not heard" is rarely (52) , and children are often allowed to do (53) they wish without strict control of their parents. The father seldom expects his children to listen to him (54) question, and children are encouraged to be (55) at an early age. Some people believe that American parents carry this freedom (56) far. Others think that a strong father image would not (57) the American values of equality and independence. Because Americans emphasize the importance of independence, young people are expected to (58) their parental families by the time they have (59) their late teens or early twenties. Indeed, not to do so is often regarded as a (60) , a kind of weak dependence. This pattern of independence often results in serious (61) for the aging parents of a small family. The average American is expected to live (62) the age of 70. The job-retirement age is (63) 65. The children have left home, married, and (64) their own households. At least 20 percent of all people over 65 do not have enough retirement incomes. (65) the major problem of many elderly couples is not economic. They feel useless and lonely with neither an occupation nor a close family group.

单选题They tried their best to resolve the Uresidual/U problems.

单选题Strict sanitary procedures help to forestall out-breaks of disease.

单选题The old man lodged an official complaint about his neighbours' behaviour. A. did B. put C. made D. set up

单选题The town is famous for its Umagnidicent/U buildings．

单选题Norman Blarney is an artist of deep convictions. A. statements B. beliefs C. suggestions D. claims

单选题The book provides a concise analysis of the country"s history.

单选题She read a poem which depicts the splendor of the sunset.

单选题Unfortunately, the rate of his expenditure surpasses that of his income.A. precedesB. dominatesC. exceedsD. prevails

单选题The high-speed trains can have a major {{U}}impact{{/U}} on our lives. A. effort B. problem C. concern D. influence

单选题Study Helps Predict Big Mediterranean Quake Scientists have found evidence that an overlooked fault in the eastern Mediterranean is likely to produce an earthquake and tsunami every 800 years as powerful as the one that destroyed Alexandria in AD 365. Using radiocarbon dating techniques, simulations and computer models, the researchers recreated the ancient disaster in order to identify the responsible fault. "We are saying there is probably a repeat time of 800 years for this kind of earthquake," said Ms. Beth Shaw, an earthquake scientist at the University of Cambridge, who led the study. Scientists study past earthquakes in order to determine the future possibility of similar large shocks. Identifying the fault for the AD 365 earthquake and tsunami is important for the tens of millions of people in the region, Ms. Shaw said. The fault close to the southwest coast of Crete last produced a big enough quake to generate a tsunami about 1300, which means the next powerful one could come in the next 100 years, she added in a telephone interview. Ms. Shaw and her colleagues calculate the likely intervals by measuring the motion of either side of the fault to find how often such large earthquakes would have to occur to account for that level of motion, she said. Their computer model suggested an 8 magnitude quake on the fault would produce a tsunami that floods the coastal regions of Alexandria and North Africa, the southern coast of Greece and Sicily all the way up the Adriati to Dubrovnik. This would be similar to the ancient quake in AD 365 that caused widespread destruction in much of Greece and unleashed a tsunami that flooded Alexandria and the Nile Delta, likely killing tens of thousands of people, she said.

单选题They Say Ireland"s the Best Ireland is the best place in the world to live in for 2005, according to a life quality ranking that appeared in Britain"s Economist magazine last week, The ambitious attempt to compare happiness levels around the world is based on the principle that wealth is not the only measure of human satisfaction and well-being. The index of 111 countries uses data on incomes, health, unemployment, climate, political stability, job security, gender equality as well as what the magazine calls "freedom, family and community life". Despite the bad weather, troubled health service, traffic congestion (拥挤), gender inequality, and the high cost of living, Ireland scored an impressive 8. 33 points out of 10. That put it well ahead of second-place Switzerland, which managed 8.07. Zimbabwe, troubled by political insecurity and hunger, is rated the gloomiest (最差的), picking up only 3.89 points. "Although rising incomes and increased individual choices are highly valued," the report said, "some of the factors associated with modernization such as the breakdown (崩溃) in traditional institutions and family values in part take away from a positive impact." "Ireland wins because it successfully combines the most desirable elements of the new with the preservation of certain warm elements of the old, such as stable family and community life." The magazine admitted measuring quality of life is not a straightforward thing to do, and that its findings would have their critics. No. 2 on the list is Switzerland. The other nations in the top 10 are Norway, Luxembourg, Sweden, Australia, Iceland, Italy, Denmark and Spain. The UK is positioned at No. 29, a much lower position chiefly because of the social and family breakdown recorded in official statistics. The US, which has the second highest per capita GDP (人均国内生产总值) after Luxembourg, took the 13th place in the survey. China was in the lower half of the league at 60th.

单选题Their parents once lived under very Usevere/U conditions.

单选题The Net Cost of Making a Name for Yourself Companies are paying up to $10,000 to register a domain name on the Internet even though there is no guarantee that they will get the name they want. The task of registering domains ending in. com, org, .edu and. net is at present contracted out by the US government to the Virginia-based company Network Solutions. The contract runs out this year, and the government wants to bring in a different scheme. But last year, an ad hoc committee of the Internet's great and good revealed its own plan. This involved setting up seven new domains, each indicating the kind of business or organisation using that name. The committee recruited 88 companies around the world to act as registrars for its firm, . shop, . web, . arts, . rec, . info and. nom domains. The US government has still to give the system its blessing, and may yet push ahead with its original scheme. Despite this, the 88 registrars have been taking applications for several months. They are due to start registering names this month with the Internet Council of Registrars, which grew out of the ad hoc committee. To prevent conflicting names from being registered, the council will take one name from each registrar in mm before going back for the second name in their queues, and so on. This has led to a flourishing trade, with companies trying to buy a place near the head of the queue. Global Names of Singapore is charging $10,000 to make sure a request for a name is the first one it sends off to the central database. Other registrars are charging nonrefundable deposits for places at the top of the queue. David Maher, chairman of the Policy Oversight Committee that is helping to set up and oversee the system, says that all registrars are subject to local laws regarding consumer protection and competition. But he says that the committee "will not act as an enforcement body in this area./