多选题Commercial trade in endangered species of whales was suspended globally in 1986, but this ______ may end for some species.

多选题Although ore-Columbian jewelry often incorporated complex religious symbolism, its function was generally more ______ than ______.

多选题Some communities in Florida are populated almost exclusively by retired people and contain few, if any, families with small children. Yet these communities are home to thriving businesses specializing in the rental of furniture for infants and small children. Which of the following, if true, best reconciles the seeming discrepancy described above? A. The businesses specializing in the rental of children's furniture buy their furniture from distributors outside of Florida. B. The few children who do reside in these communities all know each other and often make overnight visits to one another's houses. C. Many residents of these communities who move frequently prefer renting their furniture to buying it outright. D. Many residents of these communities must provide for the needs of visiting grandchildren several weeks a year. E. Children's furniture available for rental is of the same quality as that available for sale in the stores.

多选题Recent data recording a bottlenose whale"s phenomenal dive of over 4700 feet ______ earlier ______ that such whales were among the sea"s deepest divers.

多选题 Directions: The passage below is followed by questions based on its content. Once you have read the passage, select the answer choice that best answers each question. Answer all questions on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage. For each of Questions 15-20, select one answer choice unless otherwise instructed. Questions 15-17 are based on the following passage. (The passage was written in the latter half of the 20th century.) The coastlines on the two sides of the Atlantic Ocean present a notable parallelism: the easternmost region of Brazil, inLine Pernambuco, has a convexity that corre- (5) sponds almost perfectly with the concavity of the African Gulf of Guinea, while the con- tours of the African coastline between Rio de Oro and Liberia would, by the same approx- imation, match those of the Caribbean Sea. (10) Similar correspondences are also observed in many other regions of the Earth. This observation began to awaken scientific inter- est about sixty years ago, when Alfred Wegener, a professor at the University of (15) Hamburg, used it as a basis for formulating a revolutionary theory in geological science. According to Wegener, there was origi- nally only one continent or land mass, which he called Pangaea. Inasmuch as continental (20) masses are lighter than the base on which they rest, he reasoned, they must float on the substratum of igneous rock, known as sima, as ice floes float on the sea. Then why, he asked, might continents not be subject to (25) drifting? The rotation of the globe and other forces, he thought, had caused the cracking and, finally, the breaking apart of the origi- nal Pangaea, along an extensive line repre- sented today by the longitudinal submerged (30) mountain range in the center of the Atlantic. While Africa seems to have remained static, the Americas apparently drifted toward the west until they reached their present position after more than 100 million years. Although (35) the phenomenon seems fantastic, accus- tomed as we are to the concept of the rigid- ity and immobility of the continents, on the basis of the distance that separates them it is possible to calculate that the continental (40) drift would have been no greater than two inches per year.

多选题Despite the ______ of popular interest in rain forests and medicinal plants, there is a ______ easy-to-use field guides.

多选题On the verge of financial collapse, the museum was granted a ______, receiving a much-needed ______ of cash in the form of a government loan.

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填空题The very first line of the lengthy saga Anna Karenina gives the reader an immediate sense of Leo Tolstoy's main theme: "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." From this morose observation, it is clear that Tolstoy's characters are probably not going to be bland or blithe. Throughout his novel, Tolstoy depicts the ambiguities and ambivalences felt by seemingly real people in real-life situations. The main character, Anna Karenina, has a quietly desperate air throughout the story. The reader first meets her in an attempt to talk her sister-in-law out of leaving Anna's adulterous brother. Even in this scene, where Anna most extols the joys of married life, she seems to be missing a part of herself. Despite her protestations, she only pretends to be happy and content.

填空题This confounding issue________activists across the board: even when a movement does have specific demands and recommendations, the media and the status quo________acknowledge them.

填空题Fear is a normal, legitimate response to genuine danger. However, when fear spirals out of control, becoming persistent and irrational, it constitutes a phobia. Phobias affect a significant portion of the American population. Some experts believe that nearly twenty-five percent of Americans live with irrational fears that prevent them from performing everyday activities. Phobias, like other anxiety disorders, can greatly affect quality of life. Generally defined as an unrelenting, anomalous, and unfounded fear of an object or situation, a phobia is normally developed from a past negative experience or encounter. Children might adopt phobias by observing a family member"s reaction to specific stimuli. There is also data to suggest genetic factors linked to phobias.

填空题 We packed early. An 8 a.m. international flight, especially one to be taken with children, demands strict attention to detail and advance preparation. But with that chore finished, it was time to spend one last afternoon in Paris. We chose to see the Louvre. We planned our visit strategically: the Mona Lisa, of course, followed by the Venus De Milo. The Napoleon buff in our party insisted on seeing the Jacques Louis David's seemingly life-sized painting of the emperor's coronation, while the children were thrilled by the Egyptian mummies. I think we walked for miles. Despite the frenetic pace, we saw only a fraction of the museum before it was time to head home--home being a tiny, sixth-floor apartment in the 10th arrondissement. Sitting amongst our suitcases, we flipped through our souvenirs and swapped stories with our host until bedtime. Lifting a glass toward our window view of a sparkling Eiffel Tower, we toasted each other--and a beautiful day in Paris.

填空题A baby polar bear named Knut at the Berlin Zoo is the epicenter of a debate about animal rights and the ethics of keeping animals in captivity. Knut and his brother were abandoned by their mother after being born at the zoo. Knut"s sibling died, and Knut himself would have died as well, had the zoo officials not intervened. The zoo workers have been bottle-feeding the bear, and providing it with nourishment and care. Yet certain animal-rights activists say that the bear would have been better off dead than raised by humans, and some go as far as to say that Knut should be killed. They believe that the current treatment of the bear is inhumane, and will lead to future difficulty for Knut in interacting with other polar bears. They argue that since the mother rejected the cub, the zoo workers should have abided by the laws of nature, and the cub should have been allowed to die. Others have argued that in light of the fact that polar bears are an endangered species, it makes sense to keep as many bears as possible alive in captivity so that they can breed. The author mentions animal-rights activists in order to

填空题Despite certain________habits of the North American screech owl, it performs the majority of its hunting alone, in alpine forests, unfettered by________.

填空题 The Earthquake Country Alliance (ECA) recently released its guidelines for protective action in case of an earthquake. Operating under the slogan, "Drop, Cover, and Hold on," the ECA urges individuals experiencing an earthquake to drop to the ground, seek the cover of a sturdy table, and hold on. The ECA's most important message is stay put. Individuals should not try to leave the room, even if better cover could be found elsewhere. The secondary message includes what not to do. Persons caught in an earthquake are now told not to seek shelter in doorways. Structurally, doorways are no safer than the rest of the building, and they provide no protection from falling debris. Similarly, individuals should avoid the so-called "triangle of life" on the side of furniture or automobiles.

填空题For Questions 1 through 3, select the two answer choices that, when used to complete the sentence, fit the meaning of the sentence as a whole and produce completed sentences that are alike in meaning.

填空题Most people choose a lawyer on the basis of such________considerations as his cost, his field of expertise, and the fees he charges.

填空题Nine times as many Americans died in the farmlands near Antietam Creek in the fall of 1862 than died on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, the so-called longest day of World War II. The bloodiest single day of war in the nation"s history came when General Robert E. Lee"s Confederate Army undertook its first engagement on northern soil. According to the Antietam National Battlefield park service, when the fighting had subsided, more than 23,000 soldiers lay dead or wounded, more than all of the dead or wounded Americans in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, and Spanish-American War combined. Just a week after his army"s victory in the Second Battle of Bull Run, Lee resolved to advance the front into Northern territory. The vast farm fields of western Maryland were ready for harvest, and Lee saw in them an opportunity to nourish his soldiers, replenish his supplies, and turn the residents of the undecided border state to his cause.

填空题Though________in his youth, Muir grew in the fullness of time to acquire truly________habits envied by even the most hardened of his fellow survivalists.