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单选题Preserve the Environment Throughout history man has changed his physical environment in order to improve his way of life. With the tools of technology he has altered many physical features of the earth. He has transformed woodlands into farmland, and made lakes and reservoirs out of rivers for irrigation purposes or hydroelectric power. Man has also modified the face of the earth by draining marshes and cutting through mountains to build roads and railways. However, man's changes to the physical environment have not always had beneficial results. Today, pollution of the air and water is an increasing danger to the health of the planet. Each day thousands of tons of gases come out of the exhausts of motor vehicles; smoke from factories pollutes the air of industrialized areas and the surrounding areas of countryside. The air in cities is becoming increasingly unhealthy. The pollution of water is equally harmful. In the sea, pollution from oil is increasing and is killing enormous numbers of algae(水藻), fish and birds. The whole ecological balance of the sea is being changed. The same problem exists in rivers. Industrial wastes have already made many rivers lifeless. Conservationists believe that it is now necessary for man to limit the growth of technology in order to survive on earth.

单选题Happy Therapy (诊疗) Norman Cousins was a businessman from the United States who often traveled around the world on business. He enjoyed his work and traveling. Then, after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to Russia, Mr. Cousins got sick. Because he had pushed his body to the limit of its strength on the trip, a chemical change began to take place inside him. The material between his bones became weak. In less than one week after his return, he could not stand. Every move that he made was painful. He was not able to sleep at night. The doctors told Mr. Cousins that they did not know how to cure his problems and he might never get over the illness. Mr. Cousins, however, refused to give up hope. Mr. Cousins thought that unhappy thoughts were causing bad chemical changes in his body. He did not want to take medicine to cure himself. Instead, he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness. He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospital by watching funny shows on television. Mr. Cousins quickly found that ten minutes of real laughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night. Deciding that the doctors could not help him, Mr. Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could continue his experiments with laughter. For eight days, Mr. Cousins rested in the hotel room watching funny shows on television, reading funny books, and sleeping whenever he felt tired. Within three weeks, he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for exercise. After a few months, Mr. Cousins returned to work. He had laughed himself back to health.

单选题One Good Reason to Let Smallpox Live It"s now a fair bet that we will never see the total extinction of the smallpox virus. The idea was to cap the glorious achievement of 1980, when smallpox was eradicated in the wild, by destroying the killer virus in the last two labs that are supposed to have it—one in the US and one in Russia. If smallpox had truly gone from the planet, what point was there in keeping these reserves? 1 reality, of course, it was naive to 2 that everyone would let 3 of such a potent potential weapon. Undoubtedly several nations still have 4 vials. 5 the last "official" stocks of live virus bred mistrust of the US and Russia, 6 no obvious gain. Now American researchers have 7 an animal model of the human disease, opening the 8 for tests on new treatments and vaccines. So once again there"s a good reason to 9 the virus—just in 10 the disease puts in a reappearance. How do we 11 with the mistrust of the US and Russia? 12 . Keep the virus 13 international auspices in a well-guarded UN laboratory that"s open to all countries. The US will object, of course, just at it rejects a multilateral approach to just about everything. But it doesn"t 14 the idea is wrong. If the virus 15 useful, then let"s make it the servant of all humanity—not just a part of it.

单选题Don't apply ice or butter or any other type of grease to burns. Also, don't cover a bum with a towel or blanket, because loose fibers might stick to the skin. When dealing with a serious burn, be careful not to break any blisters or pull off clothing stuck to the skin. Do wash and apply antibiotic (抗生素) ointment (软膏) to mild burns. Head to the hospital for any bums to the eyes, mouth, or genital (生殖器的) areas, even if mild; any burn that covers an area larger than your hand; and any bum that causes blisters or is followed by a fever. The paragraph centers onA. when to go to hospital.B. how to deal with bums.C. when antibiotic ointment is needed.D. how to use lee or butter to burns.

单选题A good employer gives hints to his or her employees without interfering with their creativity.

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单选题 Step Back in Time Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us? One hundred years ago the average woman lived to be 45. But now, she can live until at least 80. One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after ourselves better. We know which foods are good for U. S. and what we have to eat to make sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need. We know why we sometimes get ill and what to do to get better again. And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to keep our hearts beating healthily. But in order that we don't slip back into bad habits, let's have a look at what life was like 100 years ago. Families had between 15 and 20 children, although many babies didn't live long. Children suffered from lots of diseases, especially rickets (佝偻病) and scurvy (坏血病), which are both caused by bad diets. This is because many families were very poor and not able to feed their children well. Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London and Manchester often slept standing up, bending over a piece of string, because there was no room for them to lie down. People didn't have fridges until the 1920s. They kept fresh food cold by storing it on windowsills (窗台板), blocks of ice, or even burying it in the garden. Some children had to start work at the age of seven or eight to earn money for their parents. If you had lived 100 years ago, you might well be selling matchsticks (火柴杆) (a job done by many children)or working with your dad by now.

单选题I perceived a note of unhappiness in her voice.

单选题 阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出了4个选项，请根据短文的内容从4个选项中选择1个最佳答案。 {{B}} Hospital Mistreatment{{/B}} According to a study, most medical interns report experiencing mistreatment, including humiliation by senior doctors, {{U}}(51) {{/U}} threatened, or physical abuse in their first year out of medical school. The findings come from analysis of the {{U}}(52) {{/U}} a 13-page survey mailed in January 1991 to 1,733 second-year residents. The survey and {{U}}(53) {{/U}} appear in the April 15th issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Overall, out of the 1,277 residents {{U}}(54) {{/U}} completed surveys, 1,185 said that they had experienced at least one incident of mistreatment in their intern year. {{U}}(55) {{/U}} reporting incidents where they were abused, more than 45% of the residents said they had witnessed at least one incident where other persons {{U}}(56) {{/U}} false medical records. Moreover, nearly three quarters of the residents said they had witnessed mistreatment of patients by other residents, attending physicians, or nurses. Almost 40% said patient mistreatment was a frequent {{U}}(57) {{/U}} More than 10% of the residents said they were {{U}}(58) {{/U}} to have enough sleep, and the average number of hours {{U}}(59) {{/U}} sleep was 37.6. The average on-call time during a {{U}}(60) {{/U}} week was 56.9 hours, but about 25% of the residents said their on-call assignments were more than 80 hours some weeks. {{U}} (61) {{/U}} 30% of the residents said they experienced some type of sexual harassment or discrimination, verbal abuse was the most common problem cited, When abusive incidents were limited to events occurring three or more times, 53% of the respondents reported that they {{U}}(62) {{/U}} belittled or humiliated by more senior residents, while just over 21% reported someone taking credit fore their work. Being" {{U}}(63) {{/U}} tasks for punishment," "being pushed, kicked or hit," and {{U}}(64) {{/U}} someone "threatening your reputation or career," were reported as a more {{U}}(65) {{/U}} occurrence by over 10% of the responding residents.

单选题Freezing to Death for Beauty People in Beijing wear a lot of clothing during winter to fend (抵御) off the cold. In the United States, however, people wear 1 , partly because the car is the primary mode of transportation. Cars take 2 straight to their workplaces, which are heated well. The American diet is full of calories, so the 3 can afford to burn heat more quickly. Fewer layers of clothing give people the opportunity to stay 4 . Lots of Yale girls wear skirts 5 when it"s 10 degrees Centigrade (摄氏温度) outside. Some of them at least wear boots, tights, and leg-warmers. Some, however, really just go for the look 6 the risk of health. These girls have nothing to prevent their legs 7 the wind, and no socks to protect their feet. A mini skirt and a pair of stilettos (高跟鞋) are all that they wear. Typically, the ones pursuing fashion are 8 with little body fat. Just by the nature of their bodies, they are already at a disadvantage compared with normal people in 9 weather. I have always 10 , whenever I pass these girls, how they manage to refrain from shivering and just smile like spring had arrived. And then there are the guys. The girls can be said to 11 health for beauty. But why do guys 12 so little? It is not like, once they shed (脱掉) some layers, they suddenly become better-looking. They are not exactly being fashionable when they 13 wear sporty (花哨的) shorts and shower slippers in the midst of winter. It"s not cute. Of course, people have the freedom to look whatever 14 they want. I am just surprised that, given the vast difference between winter and summer temperatures in Connecticut, they can still 15 like they are partying on the beach in the middle of February.

单选题______ by the police, the robbers had no choice but to surrender.A. To be surroundedB. SurroundedC. SurroundingsD. to surround

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单选题 Preserving Nature for Future Demands for stronger protection for wildlife in Britain sometimes hide the fact that similar needs are felt in the rest of Europe. Studies by the Council of Europe, of which 21 countries are members, have shown that 45% of reptile (爬行动物) species and 24% of butterflies (蝴蝶) are in danger of dying out. European concern for wildlife was outlined by Dr. Peter Baum, an expert in the environment and natural resources division of the council, when he spoke at a conference arranged by the administrators of a British national park. The park is one of the few areas in Europe to hold the council's diploma (证书) for nature reserves (自然保护区) of the highest quality, and Dr. Baum had come to present it to the park once again. He was afraid that public opinion was turning against national parks, and that those set up in the 1960s and 1970s could not be set up today. But Dr. Baum clearly remained a strong supporter of the view that natural environments needed. To be allowed to survive in peace in their own right. "No area could be expected to survive both as a true nature reserve and as a tourist attraction", he went on. The short sighted view that reserves had to serve immediate human demands for outdoor recreation (户外娱乐) should be replaced by full acceptance of their importance as places to preserve nature for the future. "We forget that they are the guarantee of life systems, on which any built-up area ultimately depends," Dr. Baum went on. "We could manage without most industrial products, but we could not manage without nature. However, our natural environment areas, which are the original parts of our countryside, have shrunk (缩小) to become mere islands in a spoiled and highly polluted Landmass."

单选题John is collaborating with Mary in writing an article A. cooperating B. competing C. combining D. arguing

单选题A health profile is a portrait of all of the factors that influence your health. To draw your health profile, you will need to know what diseases run in your family, what health hazards you may be exposed to at work, how your daily diet compares to the recommended standards, how much time per week you spend exercising and what type of exercise you engage in, how stressful your work and family environments are, what kinds of illnesses you get regularly, and whether or not you have any one of a number of addictions. To complete this portrait, you should have a checkup to determine how your blood, heart, and lungs are functioning. This checkup will seine as a baseline (基础，起点), to which you can then compare later tests. A physical checkup on one's blood, heart and lungs serves asA. the basis on which one can evaluate his health status.B. part of one's health profile.C. the starting point of improving one's health.D. an example of a health profil

单选题We had a long conversation about her parents.

单选题This kind of animals is on the verge of extinction .

单选题The Passamaquoddy and Penobscot people were confederates of the colonists in Maine at the time of the Revolutionary War.A. guardiansB. teachersC. alliesD. observers

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