单选题At first he didn't realize that he had succeeded.A. knowB. find outC. recognizeD. look into
单选题The conclusion can be deduced from the premises. A.gone B.derived C.done D.come
单选题The Pop Art of the 1960’s used imagery {{U}}drawn from {{/U}}the everyday world.
单选题Thousands of people {{U}}perished {{/U}}in the storm
单选题I will not {{U}}tolerate{{/U}} that sort of behavior in my class.
单选题Mr. Henley has accelerated his sale of shares over the past year.A. heldB. offeredC. increasedD. expected
单选题The old concerns lose importance and some of them vanish altogether. A. develop B. disappear C. link D. renew
单选题The park is a good place for {{U}}strollers.{{/U}}
单选题{{B}}第三篇{{/B}}
{{B}}The Rising Oil Price{{/B}} Could the
bad old days of economic decline be about to return? Since OPEC agreed to
supply-cuts in March, the price of crude oil has jumped to almost $ 26 a barrel,
up from less than $10 last December. This near-tripling of oil prices calls up
scary memories of the 1973 oil shocks resulted in double-digit inflation and
global economic decline. So where are the headlines warning of gloom and doom
this time? The oil price was given another push up this week
when Iraq suspended oil exports. Strengthening economic growth, at the dame time
as winter grips the northern hemisphere, could push the price higher still in
the short term. Yet there are good reasons to expect the
economic consequences now to be less severe than in the 1970s. In most countries
the cost of crude oil now accounts for a smaller share of the price of petrol
than it did in the 1970s. In Europe, taxes account for up to four-fifths of the
retail price, so even quite big changes in the price of crude have a more muted
effect on pump prices than in the past. Rich economics are also
less dependent on oil than they were, and so less sensitive to swings in the oil
price. Energy conservation, a shift to other fuels and a decline in the
importance of heavy, energy-intensive industries have reduced oil consumption.
Software, consultancy and mobile telephones use far less oil than steel or car
production. For each dollar of GDP (in constant prices) rich economics now use
nearly 50% less oil than in 1973. The OECD estimates in its latest Economic
Outlook that, if oil prices averaged $ 22 a barrel for a full year, compared
with $13 in 1998, this would increase the oil import bill in rich economies by
only 0.25%~0.5% of GDP. That is less than one-quarter of the income loss in 1974
or 1980. On the other hand, oil-importing emerging economies—to which heavy
industry has shifted— have become more energy-intensive, and so could be more
seriously squeezed. One more reason not to lose sleep over the
rise in oil prices is that, unlike the rises in the 1970s, it has not occurred
against the background of general commodity-price inflation and global excess
demand. A sizable portion of the world is only just emerging from economic
decline. The Economist’s commodity price index is broadly unchanging from a year
ago. In 1973 commodity prices jumped by 70%, and in 1979 by almost
30%.
单选题For some
obscure
reason, the simple game is becoming very popular.
单选题There is always excitement at the Olympic Games when an athlete {{U}}breaks{{/U}} a previous record of performance.
单选题Universities usually give diplomas or certificates to students who complete course requi-rements adequately. A. responsibly B. sufficiently C. patiently D. successfully
单选题What Is a Dream?
For centuries, people have wondered about the strange things that they dream about. Some psychologists say that this nighttime activity of the mind has no special meaning. Others, however, think that dreams are an important part of our lives. In fact, many experts believe that dreams can tell us about a person"s mind and emotions.
Before modem times, many people thought that dreams contained messages from God. It was only in the twentieth century that people started to study dreams in a scientific way.
The Austrian psychologist, Sigmund Freud, was probably the first person to study dreams scientifically. In his famous book,
The Interpretation of Dreams
(1900), Freud wrote that dreams are an expression of a person"s wishes. He believed that dreams allow people to express the feelings, thoughts, and fears that they are afraid to express in real life.
The Swiss psychiatrist Car Jung was once a student of Freud"s. Jung, however, had a different idea about dreams. Jung believed that the purpose of a dream was to communicate a message to the dreamer. He thought people could learn more about themselves by thinking about their dreams. For example, people who dream about falling may learn that they have too high an opinion of themselves. On the other hand, people who dream about being heroes may learn that they think too little of themselves.
Modern-day psychologists continue to develop theories about dreams. For example, psychologist William Domhoff from the University of California, Santa Cruz, believes that dreams are tightly linked to a person"s daily life, thoughts, and behavior. A criminal, for example, might dream about crime.
Domhoff believes that there is a connection between dreams and age. His research shows that children do not dream as much as adults. According to Domhoff, dreaming is a mental skill that needs time to develop.
He has also found a link between dreams and
gender
. His studies show that the dreams of men and women are different. For example, the people in men"s dreams are often other men, and the dreams often involve fighting. This is not true of women"s dreams. Domhoff found this gender difference in the dreams of people from 11 cultures around the world, including both modern and traditional ones.
Can dreams help us understand ourselves? Psychologists continue to try to answer this question in different ways. However, one thing they agree on is this: If you dream that something terrible is going to occur, you shouldn"t panic. The dream may have meaning, but it does not mean that some terrible event will actually take place. It"s important to remember that the world of dreams is not the real world.
单选题The immense change of the city Uastonished/U every member of the conference.
单选题Jack is a Udiligent/U worker.
单选题Henry cannot resist the
lure
of drugs.
单选题Cell Phone Lets Your Secrets Out
Your cell phone holds secrets about you. Besides the names and numbers that you"ve programmed into it,
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of your DNA linger (遗留) on the device, according to a new study.
DNA is genetic (遗传的) material
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appears in every cell. Like your fingerprint, your DNA is
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to you—unless you have an identical twin. Scientists today analyze DNA in blood, saliva (唾液), or hair left
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at the scene of a crime. The results often help detectives identify
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and their victims. Your cell phone can reveal more about you
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you might think.
Meghan J. McFadden, a scientist at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, heard about a crime in which the suspect bled onto a cell phone and later dropped the
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. This made her wonder whether traces of DNA lingered on cell phones—even when no blood was
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. She and colleague Margaret Wallace of the City University of New York analyzed the flip-open phones (翻盖手机) of 10 volunteers. They used swabs (药签) to collect
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traces of the users from two parts of the phone: the outside, where the user
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it, and the speaker, which is placed at the user"s ear.
The scientists cleaned the phones using a solution made mostly
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alcohol. The aim of washing was to remove all detectable traces of DNA. The owners got their phones back for another week. Then the researchers
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the phones and cleaned each phone once more.
The scientists discovered DNA that
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to the phone"s speaker on each of the phones. Better samples were collected from the outside of each phone, but those swabs also picked up DNA that belonged to other people who had apparently also
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the phone.
Surprisingly, DNA showed up even in swabs that were taken immediately after the phones were scrubbed. That suggests that washing won"t remove all traces of
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from a criminal"s device. So cell phones can now be added to the list of clues that can clinch (确定) a crime-scene investigation.
单选题Penicillin was discovered {{U}}by chance{{/U}} in 1928.
单选题I will
draft
a letter for you.
单选题South Carolina’s mineral resources are abundant, but not all of them can be {{U}}lucratively{{/U}} mined.
