填空题One theory argues that we are near the end of a so-called “Little Ice Age”，and the return of the glaciers is natural result of this cycle. Whether natural or produced by humans， there is little hope for the immediate future of glaciers as we know them.

填空题{{B}}Section A{{/B}} There are 5 blanks in the passage. For each blank, two or three letters of the word have been given. Read the passage below and decide which word best fits each blank. Use only one word in each blank. Remember to write the answers on the Answer Sheet. The Future of Tall Buildings Architects responsible for the construction of many skyscrapers believe that a tall building must always have a certain minimum width but that there is no limit to its absolute he{{U}} (71) {{/U}} This means that the skyscrapers of the future are likely to be even taller. Engineers agree with this, but there is dis{{U}} (72) {{/U}} over the best shape for very tall, slim buildings. The effects of wind pressure mean that cylindrical designs have enjoyed some pop{{U}} (73) {{/U}} in recent years, and these are quite pleasing to the eye. Unfortunately, however, the ideal shape is an ugly square with heavily rounded corners. Would these tall buildings of the future offer more than a won{{U}} (75) {{/U}} view? Some believe tall towers could contain all the requirements for modern living. The inh{{U}} (75) {{/U}} of these vertical villages would travel up and down between their home and work zones and would rarely need to journey to ground level.

填空题Can you guess what Terry Porter was before he was a coach?

填空题In the two numerical sequences below, one number that appears in the top sequence should appear in the bottom sequence and vice versa. Which two numbers should be changed round? 16, 39, 63, 90, 120 18, 36, 60, 88, 120

填空题Dad refused to look at me for the first time in his life and turned toward the blank green wall next to his hospital bed.

填空题If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one pill every half hour, how long will it take to take them all?

填空题The same word can be added to the end of GRASS and the beginning of SCAPE to form two other English words?

填空题 The annals of natural history contain many astonishing examples of the ability of animals to find their way home after making distant journeys. Salmons, for example, are born in freshwater streams and soon afterward journey down to sea. Several years later, after they have attained maturity, they swim back upstream to spawn and, in many cases, to die. The particular stream .that serves as the journeys end is almost invariably the same one in which they were born. It is chosen out of dozens or hundreds of equally suitable streams. The expression "almost invariably" is used advisedly in this case. In one investigation by Canadian biologists, 469, 326 young sockeye salmon were marked in a tributary of the Fraser River. Several years later almost 11,000 were recovered after they had completed a return journey to the very same stream, but not a single one was ever recovered from other streams nearby. What underwater guideposts can these fish possibly follow? It has been discovered by A.D. Hasler and his associates at the University of Wisconsin that the salmon, like many other fish, have an acute sense of smell and are able tore member slight differences in the chemical composition of water. The most reasonable theory to explain salmon homing is that each individual remembers the distinctive "fragrance" of its native stream. As it moves upstream it makes the correct choice each time a new tributary is encountered, until finally it arrives home. Long-distance migration is especially common in birds, because many species must make annual journeys between their nesting grounds and prime feeding areas far away. Each year over 100,000 sooty terns, an attractive tropical sea bird, travel from the waters off the west coast of Africa all the way across the Atlantic to Bush Key, a tiny island near the tip of Florida. Here they build their nests and breed. Once the young can fly, all journey back over the Atlantic. Why do the sooty terns migrate at all? Like many other seabirds, they find protection from cats, foxes, and other predators on isolated islands. It is evidently safer for them to make an entire transoceanic voyage to reach one such haven than it would be to try to nest on the nearby African shores. A somewhat different reason lies behind the north-south migration of birds in the temperate zones. Each spring a legion of migratory forms, from robins, thrushes, and warblers to geese and ducks, makes its way north into the greening countryside, where large quantities of food are becoming freshly available. Working rapidly, they are able to rear one or more broods of young. As winter approaches and the food supply declines, all head south again. Some species proceed all the way to Central and South America. The record annual journey in the Western Hemisphere is made by the golden plover, one group of which travels from northern Canada to southern South America. A second group of the same species migrates from Alaska to Hawaii and the Marquesas Islands. Human beings could never make such journeys unaided by maps and navigational instruments. How do the birds do it? A large part of the answer lies in their ability to use celestial clues. At migration time, caged starlings become unusually restless. If permitted to see the sun, they begin to fly toward the side of the cage that lies in the direction of their normal migration route. However,. when the sky is overcast and the sun is obscured from view, their movements persist, but they are non directional. Other migratory birds fly at night and can evidently use the position of the stars to guide them. This surprising fact has been established by several biologists, including S. T. Emlen of Cornell University, who allowed a type of bird called indigo buntings to attempt flights under the artificial night sky of a planetarium. The birds oriented "correctly" with reference to the planetarium sky even when the positions of its constellations did not correspond with the position of the true constellations outside. Thus other outside influences were eliminated, and it could be concluded that the birds were able to orient to what they believed to be the position of the stars. Animals are able to get back home after they make long journeys. Salmon, for example, are known to swim back several years later to {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}where they were born. What guide these fish upstream? According to scientists at the University of Wisconsin, salmon {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}and follow the fragrance of their native stream as they have a sharp {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Birds also make long distance migration each year. Sooty terns, a type of tropical sea bird, travel across the Atlantic from Africa to an island near Florida, where they breed and can {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}from predators. 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填空题Developing Environmental Management Strategies Strong and sustainable economic activity depends on healthy environmental management. It is being increasingly recognized by the public, government and industry that there is no need to shift moothly from a "react and cure" approach to an ",anticipate and prevent" approach. The mechanism governing this change started to appear three to four years ago and the momentum for change has been gathering steadily ever since. Whilst the need to embrace these changes is almost universally accepted, the mechanisms for change and the priorities for action have been far from clear. The public and the media point to anecdotal evidence of lack of progress, or setbacks, over a bewildering range of topics. These inci-dents are catalogued by local and national pressure groups to enhance their own campaigns for change. The Government, under pressure from the European Community, has introduced legislation which, although progressive, often appears to industry to be fragmented and difficult to digest. There is, therefore, a clear and often expressed need on the part of British and European management for techniques to identify and prioritize the key environmental issues for allocation of resources and action. The technique emerging as the most effective is a strategy which involves the formulation of a policy statement setting out the organization's philosophy on the environment and the aims to be achieved. A detailed assessment of the environmental status and performance of the operation is then undertaken, key issues identified and targets set. The performance of the operationor unit is regularly audited to measure progress towards the targets set. This environmental strategy is often called an Environmental Management System or simply referred to as an Environmental Audit. Summary: There has been a steady movement towards more efficient, proactive environmental management. Whilst the (26) is generally accepted, the means have yet to be agreed upon. Attempts at introducing (27) have, so far, been unsatisfactory. Techniques are currently being defined for allocating (28) or action on key environmental issues. The most useful approach is to draw up a (29) which clarifies the environmental attitudes and aims of the organization. Performance and progress towards these targets can then be measured. A detailed evaluation or (30) is regularly carried out.

填空题Unravelthereasoningbehindthisstarandfillinthemissingletter.

填空题If presented with the words MAR. AM and FAR and asked to find the shortest word that contained all the letters from which these words could be produced，you should come up with the word FARM. Here is a further list of words: ANGRY, LYNCH, MAGIC What is the shortest English word that can be produced using all these letters? (Clue: captivatingly)

填空题Have you ever thought about inventing something? Were you worried that your idea was too strange or unrealistic? Well, maybe you should think again. Strange and unrealistic ideas never stopped Arthur Pedrick. Pedrick was a British inventor. Originally a government clerk, he spent his retirement in the 1960s and 1970s developing new and unusual ideas. Some of these ideas contradicted basic physics, but that didn't stop Pedrick. One of his strangest ideas was a plan to connect Australia and Antarctica using large tubes, a distance of 10,000 km! These tubes were designed to carry giant ice balls from Antarctica to Australia. The ice would then melt in the Australian desert, and the water would be used for irrigation. Another of Pedrick's inventions was a radio-controlled golf ball. A golfer could change the speed and direction of the golf ball using small flaps attached to the ball, which could be controlled by computer chips. Using radio waves, golfers could also find their lost golf balls. Arthur Pedrick had thousands of bizarre ideas for inventions, most of which were never constructed. Though many of Pedrick's inventions were never developed, a lot of other strange ideas have been. In 1989, a company designed and sold a theft-prevention device for expensive cars. As part of this device, several tubes were attached to the bottom of a car. If someone tried to steal the car, super hot flames were emitted from the tubes and burned the car thief. Some people who were not thieves, however, were seriously injured by this device which they accidentally set off by walking past the car. Other strange inventions include underwear for dogs and pens with drinkable ink. The underwear keeps dogs from making a mess when they go out for a walk. Also if you were ever thirsty during a test, a pen with drinkable ink would be very handy! If you have an idea that seems a little out in left field, don't let that stop you from trying it. You'll be in good company. Summary: Most inventions are for useful things that help people in everyday life. Some inventions, however, are just (61) Some of the world's weirdest ideas for inventions came from a man named Arthur Pedrick. Pedrick's inventions included irrigation (62) that would carry ice from Antarctica to Australia and (63) golf balls. Not all weird inventions came from Pedrick, however. Every year many people (64) products that could be (65) unusual. Things like underwear for dogs and pens with drinkable ink are good examples.

填空题Lookattheabovegroupofthreesquares.Theyhaveacertainfeaturewhichissharedbyonlyoneofthegroupsofthreesquaresbelow.Whichonehasthematchingfeature?

填空题 Allow me to give you a little advice about writing (21) . First, make your characters (22) Make sure that they behave and talk as (23) In real life, everyone is (24) . If all your characters speak the same way and (25) to things in the same way, you'll lose your readers at the start. Once your readers believe in your characters, you must get them to care. Each reader must be able to (26) at least one character, to "become" that character in his or her mind. You can do this by developing characters with (27) human traits, both good and bad. The individuals who populate your story should have human (28) Now it's time to weave your tale, to create a plot. Your readers are part of the story now; they are (29) One last thing your story must touch its readers (30) . If you can make them laugh and cry along with your characters, you are on the way to becoming a successful writer. Allow me to give you a little advice about writing (21) . First, make your characters (22) Make sure that they behave and talk as (23) In real life, everyone is (24) . If all your characters speak the same way and (25) to things in the same way, you'll lose your readers at the start. Once your readers believe in your characters, you must get them to care. Each reader must be able to (26) at least one character, to "become" that character in his or her mind. You can do this by developing characters with (27) human traits, both good and bad. The individuals who populate your story should have human (28) Now it's time to weave your tale, to create a plot. Your readers are part of the story now; they are (29) One last thing your story must touch its readers (30) . If you can make them laugh and cry along with your characters, you are on the way to becoming a successful writer.

填空题Not too many decades ago it seemed "obvious" both to the general public and to sociologists that modern society haschanged people's natural relations, loosed their responsibilities 【M1】______to kins and neighbors, and substituted in their place 【M2】______for superficial relationships with passing acquaintances. 【M3】______However, in recent years a growing body of research has revealed that the "obvious" is not true. It seems that if you are a city resident, you typically know a smaller proportion of yourneighbors than you if you are a resident of a smaller community. 【M4】______But, for the most part, this fact has a few significant 【M5】______consequences. It does not necessarily follow that if you know few of your neighbors you will know no one else. Even in very large cities, people maintain close social ties within small, private social worlds. Indeed, the number and quality ofmeaningful relationships do not differ from more and less 【M6】______urban people. Small-town residents are more involved with kinthan do big-city residents. Yet city dwellers compensate by 【M7】______developing friendships with people who share similar interests and activities. Urbanism may produce a different style of life,but the quality of life does not differ between town and city. Nor 【M8】______are residents of large communities any likely to display 【M9】______psychological symptoms of stress or alienation than are residents of smaller communities. However, city dwellers doworry more about crime, and which leads them to a distrust of 【M10】______strangers.

填空题More than ten percent of motorway deaths are caused by drivers falling sleep at the wheel, in particular between the hours of 2 am and 1 4 am, and 2 pm and 4 pm. Face with these statistics, the motor 2 industry has finally decided to do something about the problem. 3 Together with several companies, particularly Japan ones, they are 4 working to develop wake-up alarms. The alarms are fitted with a device that has the ability to adapt it to the driving patterns of the driver. 5 When they vary, for example, if the driver loosen his grip on the 6 steering wheel, the car begins to sway and there is a change in the 7 braking pattern, a signal goes off. These alarms are unexpensive to fit 8 and the technology is almost ready so they will soon available to the 9 majority of motorists. There are fears, moreover, that they might give a 10 false sense of security.

填空题When was the last time you come out of a very successful 1 film and really felt you"d got your money"s worthy? It"s 2 hard to be disappointed nowadays, since every film receives huge 3 amounts of popularity month before it"s released, and inevitably 4 it won"t live up your expectations. Even Hollywood seems to 5 have realized that its best film-making years are over, that 6 is possibly the reason why we seem to be faced for so many 7 remarks recently. Nevertheless, professional opinion is that surely there are another 8 stories worthy of the big screen. When you remark at a classic, it is easy 9 to guess that the result will always be a poor imitation. 10

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填空题Have a card up one's sleeve. What is the possible Chinese meaning of the sentence?

填空题Which of the following numbers can replace the question mark? 17 8 5 5 13 7 5 4 6 2 6 3 10 6 4 ？ A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7