问答题Despite the web, we watch more television than ever. In the chaos of today's media and technology brawl- iPod vs. Zune, Google vs. Yahoo, windows vs. Linux, Intel vs. AMD--we can declare one unlikely winner. Standing tall in a field of new tech wonders, it's a geezer technology that are invented in the 1920s and commercialized in the 1940s, and it's still more powerful than any thing created since. (1) As you try to figure out where consumer infotech is going, and what it means for society, remember this big, central reality: People just want more television. If you doubt it, look at today's biggest news in tech. It continually centers on new ways to bring consumers the thing they crave above all else. (2) Sony flooded the recent Consumer Electronics Show with products that put Intemet video on your TV set, as did almost every other consumer electronics company. At the simultaneous Macworld Expo, Apple chief Steve Jobs introduced Apple TV. which does the same thing. Verizon said it will soon offer live TV on cellphone screens. It will also sell full-length programs for viewing whenever you want. Put it all together, and we have achieved a nirvana that didn't exist even a year ago: unlimited television available 24 / 7 on every screen you own. It's no surprise, of course. (3) Ever since the basic facts of steadily multiplying processor power and bandwidth became apparent, seers have confidently predicted this day. They just as confidently predicted what it would mean: traditional television's demise. Once the World Wide Web appeared in the mid-1990s, the future looked very clear. Boring old TV, the scheduled programs that come to you through a coaxial cable or satellite dish or antenna, would fade away. (4) Which is exactly the opposite of what has happened. Despite many Net Age alternatives, we Americans today watch more boring old TV than ever, which is saying something. How can that be? My theory is the Two-Liter Coke Principle. The Coca--Cola company discovered long ago that if it could get people to bring home bigger bottles of Coke, those people would drink more than they used to. Just getting more Coke in front of them increased their consumption. It seems to be the same with TV. Put more of it in front of people-- over 100 channels in many homes--and people will watch more. Seen from this perspective, the latest announcements of new TV-related technology look simply like additional ways to put more TV in front of American consumers. The supposed threat from the Internet was that we'd cut back on TV as we spent more time on MySpace or in Second Life. We may well spend more time on such new Net attractions, but we're unlikely to take that time away from video viewing. We're more likely to cut back on things we consider less important, like sleep. (5) No one has evaluated TV better than the great New Yorker essayist E. B. White, who in 1938 wrote, "We shall stand or fall by television, of that I am sure." We still don't know which it wilt be, but his assessment looks truer than ever.

问答题Privacy and Liberty

问答题Concentrating on improvements to these secondary roads, and on pedestrian awareness everywhere, would be a better use of limited funds than reversing a sensible change that recognizes reality and improves enforcement.

问答题It is hard to predict how science is going to turn out and if it is really good science it is impossible to predict. If the things to be found are actually new they are by definition unknown in advance. You cannot make choices in this matter. You either have science or you don't, and if you have it you are obliged to accept the surprising and disturbing pieces of information, along with the neat and promptly useful bits.

问答题百慕大三角被士兵们看做“大西洋的墓地”，但美国海军并不认为它是一个危险区域。

问答题Wiping away doubts that Dolly the sheep clone was a fluke, University of Hawaii researchers announced they've been cloning mice for months, creating a flock of more than 50 duplicate rodents along the way. 71. The success of the Hawaii group transforms adult cloning from a scientific novelty to a well-defined procedure likely to be .reproduced in labs around the world. The mass production of carbon copy mice, in turn, now allows researchers to test variations of the cloning techniques to see what works best. Cloning the genetically engineered mice used in medical studies should also be cheaper than current breeding methods. The Hawaii researchers use essentially the same recipe used to make Dolly: Take an egg. Scoop out the nucleus, which contains the DNA genetic information, and discard. Take a cell of the animal you wish to clone and insert its DNA into the egg. Add chemicals to tell the egg to start developing into an embryo. Incubate the embryo in a test tube for a few days, and then implant it into a foster mother. Wait for the foster mother to give birth to the clone. 72. Where they modified the recipe was the method for moving the DNA from the animal-to-be-cloned into the egg. Most researchers had thought that mice would be particularly difficult to clone, because the DNA in mice embryos switches on very early, possibly as soon as the egg splits into the two-cell stage. Because adult cells have specific, specialized functions, most of the unused DNA has been turned off. Scientists had thought that the implanted DNA would not have enough time to "repro- gram" itself back to the embryonic, unspecialized state. Thus, most cloning research has focused on animals where the DNA switches on later, allowing more time for the reprogramming. 73. In cows, for example, the DNA switch-on occurs when the embryo reaches the eight-cell stage. No one is sure how the ttawaii group got the mouse DNA to reprogram itself more quickly, but some have the suspicion that getting rid of the outer part of the adult cell speeds the process. In addition to various genetic tests, the researchers used a simple color scheme to verify that the DNA of the babies was not contaminated by either the egg donor or the foster mother. The eggs came from black mice, while the foster mothers were all white mice. The baby mice all came out coffee-colored, the color of their identical DNA mother. The researchers have licensed their technology to venture capital company ProBio America Inc. , based in Honolulu. "This technique we are expanding into the large commercial animals, such as cows and sheep, where much of our business is intended to be," says ProBio's Cameron Reynolds.

问答题Some young people like to carry out a research project on their own, while others like to do it in group. Which way do you prefer? Explain why. Your composition should be no less than 200 words on the ANSWER SHEET.

问答题Steve Jobs名言： 1 Stay hungry,stay foolish 2 We live to change the world

问答题TOPIC: The more I learn, the more ignorant I find myself to be.

问答题Part A Directions: Translate the following into English. 我们也不应该忘记，广告给我们的钱袋作出了积极的贡献。没有这笔收入来源，报 纸、商业电台和电视公司就不能生存。我们花很少的钱就能买到一份日报，或者能够欣赏 如此众多的广播节目，完全是由于广告商付了这部分钱。想想看，要是让你付全价，报纸 会有多贵!

问答题都市寸土千金，地价炒得越来越高，今后将更高。拥有一个小小花园的希望，对寻常之辈不啻是一种奢望，一种梦想。 我想，其实谁都有一个小小花园，这便是我们的内心世界。人的智力需要开发，人的内心世界也是需要开发的。人和动物的区别，除了众所周知的诸多方面，恐怕还在于人有内心世界。心不过是人的一个重要脏器．而内心世界是一种景观，它是由外部世界不断地作用于内心渐渐形成的。每个人都无比关注自己及至亲至爱之人心脏的渐损，以至于稍有微疾便惶惶不可终日。但并非每个人都关注自己及至亲至爱之人的内心世界的阴晴。

问答题Directions: There are many reasons for a person planning to do PhD research (for example, new experiences, career preparation, and increased knowledge). Why do you think people should pursue a doctoral degree? Write an essay of no less than 200 words about your opinion on this topic. Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET2.

问答题{{I}} First, write an outline for your essay, and then according to your outline, write your essay. Both your outline and your essay should be written clearly on your ANSWER SHEET.{{/I}}

问答题The total number of national holidays in China is stipulated by law. Yet people still argue about whether there should be "long holidays" or "short holidays" i.e. greater number of holidays concentrated around a great festival, or holidays scattered over a number of festivals. Which do you subscribe to, and why?

问答题一位奥地利科学家认为，秋天出生的人比春天出生的人更长寿，而且在老年阶段不易得慢性病。马克斯·普兰克人口研究院的科学家们运用奥地利、丹麦和澳大利亚一百多万人的人口普查数据得出结论：人过50以后，出生月份与预期寿命有一定的关联。母亲孕期因季节而变化，一年当中的传染病也不大相同，两者都会对新生儿的健康产生影响，也有可能影响他们老年时的预期寿命。一位科学家说：“春天分娩的母亲在冬天度过妊娠期的最后阶段吃进去的维生素要比夏天少，她停止哺乳，开始让婴儿正常进食。此时正好赶上夏天最热的那几个星期，这段时间婴儿容易感染消化系统疾病。”在奥地利，秋天出生的成人比春天出生的成人多活4个月。南半球的情况有点相似，秋天出生的澳大利亚人比春天出生的澳大利亚人多活4个月。这项研究利用死亡证明和人口普查数据，着重调查20世纪初出生的人。尽管自那以后人们在一年当中不同时期的营养状况已有所改善，但这种季节性差异依然存在。

问答题Never lose heart if you fail in the career that is done in your own right. There is a different world between "I have failed three times" and "I am a loser". As long as you do not think negatively of yourself and do not identify yourself with the failure, but always try to learn something from the failure, you will be likely to succeed in the future.

问答题吾人在世，不可厌“今”而徒回思“过去”，梦想“未来”，以徒耗“现在”的努力；又不可以“今”境自足，毫不拿出“现在”的努力，谋取“将来”的发展。宜善用“今”，以努力为“将来”之创造。

问答题 Parks contribute to the quality of the urban environment. Fortunately it is no longer necessary that every lecture or every book about this subject has to start with the proof of this idea. (111) {{U}}At present it is generally accepted, although more as a self-evident statement than on the basis of a closely-reasoned scientific proof.{{/U}} The recognition of the importance of greenery in the urban environment is a first step on the right way. (112) {{U}}This does not mean, however, that sufficient details are known about the functions of greenery in towns and about the way in which the inhabitants are using these spaces.{{/U}} As to this rather complex subject I shall, within the scope of this lecture, enter into one aspect only, namely the recreative function of parks. (113) {{U}}The theoretical separation of living, working traffic and recreation which for many years has been used in town-and-country planning, has in my opinion resulted in disproportionate attention for forms of recreation far from home, whereas there has been relatively little attention for improvement of recreative possibilities in the direct neighborhood of the home.{{/U}} (114) {{U}}We have come to the conclusion that this is not right, because an important part of the time which we do not pass in sleeping or working is used for activities at and around home.{{/U}} So it is obvious that recreation in the open air has to begin at the front door of the house. (115) {{U}}The urban environment has to offer as many recreation activities as possible, and the design of these has to be such that more obligatory activities can also have a recreative aspect.{{/U}} The very best standard of living is nothing if it is not possible to take a pleasant walk in the district; if the children cannot be allowed to play in the streets, because the risks of traffic are too great; if during shopping you can nowhere find a spot for enjoying for a moment the nice weather; in short, if you only feel yourself at home after the front door of your house is closed behind you.

问答题那位富有的女土再三要求签订婚前协议，令其未婚夫自尊心大大受损，结果以拒婚告终。