单选题What Makes a Soccer Player Great? Soccer is played by millions of people all over the world, hut there have only been few players who were truly great. How did these players get that way-was it through training and practice, or are great players "born, not made"? First, these players came from places that have had famous stars in the past-players that a young boy can look up to and try to imitate. In the history of soccer, only six. countries have ever won the World Cup-three from South America and three from western Europe. There has never been a great national team-or a really great player-from North America or from Asia. Second, these players have all had years of practice in the game. Alfredo Di Stefano was the son of a soccer player, as was Pele. Most players begin playing the game at the age of three or four. Finally, many great players come from the same kind of neighborhood-a poor, crowded area where a boy's dream is not to be a doctor, lawyer, or businessman, but to become a rich, famous athlete or entertainer. For example, Liverpool, which produced the Beetles, had one of the best English soccer teams in recent years. Pele practiced in the street with a "ball" made of rags. And George Best learned the tricks that made him famous by bouncing the ball off a wall in the slums of Belfast. All great players have a lot in common, hut that doesn't explain why they are great. Hundreds of boys played in those Brazilian streets, but only one became Pele. The greatest players are born with some unique quality that sets them apart from all the others.

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单选题The idea was quite brilliant .

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单选题Friends May B to Living Longer Looking for the secret of a long life? Look closely at your friends. New research suggests that having a strong network of friends helps people live longer. "Older people with better social networks of friends were less likely to 31 over a 10-year follow-up (随访) period than older people with 32 friends networks," Lynne C. Giles of Flinders University in Australia told Reuters Health. But in what may come as a surprising finding to older people 33 rely on their children and other relatives, having a large network of relatives was not associated with longer life, according 34 Giles and her colleagues. "Of course, that is not to say that social networks 35 children and other relatives are not important in many other ways," Giles said. Study after study has shown that elderly people who 36 connected with lots of people tend to live longer lives. 37 , few studies have examined whether different types of relationships—with friends, partners, children and 38 relatives—have different effects on longevity (长寿). Giles"s team set out to examine the relationship between various types of social networks and 39 in a group of almost 1,500 Australians who were at least 70 years 40 . Volunteers answered 41 about their social networks and then were followed for 10 years. The researchers took into account several factors that could have influenced how long a person lived, 42 sex, age, health and smoking status. What the study showed was 43 older people who reported with better social networks of friends were 44 likely to be alive at the end of the study than people with fewer friends. But relationships with children and other relatives did not have 45 effect on survival in the study.

单选题 Technology Transfer in Germany When it comes to translating basic research into industrial Success, few nations can match Germany. Since the 1940s, the nation's vast industrial base has been fed with a constant stream of new ideas and {{U}}expertise{{/U}} from science. And though German prosperity (繁荣) has faltered (衰退) over the past decade because of the huge cost of unifying east and west as well as the global economic decline, it still has an enviable record for turning ideas into profit. Much of the reason for that success is the Fraunhofer Society, a network of research institutes that exists solely to solve industrial problems and create sought—after technologies. But today the Fraunhofer institutes have competition. Universities are taking an ever larger role in technology transfer, and technology parks are springing up all over. These efforts are being complemented by the federal programmes for pumping money into start-up companies. Such a strategy may sound like a recipe for economic success, but it is not without its critics. These people worry that favoring applied research will mean neglecting basic science, eventually starving industry of fresh ideas, ff every scientist starts thinking like an entrepreneur (企业家), the argument goes, then the traditional principles of university research being curiosity-driven, free and widely available will suffer. Others claim that many of the programmers to promote technology transfer are a waste of money because half the small businesses that are promoted are bound to go bankrupt within a few years. While this debate continues, new ideas flow at a steady rate from Germany's research networks, which bear famous names such as Helmholtz, Max Planck and Leibniz. Yet it is the fourth network, the Fraunhofer Society, that plays the greatest role in technology transfer. Founded in 1949, the Fraunhofer Society is now Europe's largest organization for applied technology, and has 59 institutes employing 12000 people. It continues to grow. Last year, it swallowed up the Heinrich Hertz Institute for Communication Technology in Berlin. Today, there are even Fraunhofers in the US and Asia.

单选题Most cloud formations occur when air masses of different temperatures collide .

单选题I have been trying to quit smoking.

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单选题I'm sorry I'm late: I never expected the taxi to take so long to get here.A. long timeB. shortC. tallD. high

单选题Your dog needs at least 20 minutes of vigorous exercise every day.

单选题Many people have the illusion that wealth is the chief source of happiness.

单选题The children trembled with fear when they saw the policeman.

单选题They are endeavoring to change society as a whole.

单选题 阅读下面的短文，文中有15处空白，每处空白给出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。 "Much of the sickness and death attributed to the major communicable diseases is in fact caused by malnutrition which makes the body less able to withstand infections when they strike," said Dr Hiroshi Nakajima, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO). "At the same time," he added, "in developing countries today, malnutrition is the cause of 174 million children under five years of age being{{U}} (51) {{/U}}, and 230 million being stunted(阻碍)in their growth. Such{{U}} (52) {{/U}}represent deprivation, suffering and wasted human potential{{U}} (53) {{/U}}a scale that is unacceptable from every point of view. Whether we think in{{U}} (54) {{/U}}of humanitarian concern, common justice or development needs, they demand a{{U}} (55) {{/U}}, both from national governments and from the international community." It is now{{U}} (56) {{/U}}that 6.6 million out of the estimated 12.2 million deaths{{U}} (57) {{/U}}among children under-five--or 54% of young child mortality in developing countries-is associated with malnutrition, In some{{U}} (58) {{/U}}, such as sub-Saha-ran Africa and south Asia, stagnation(停滞)of nutritional improvement{{U}} (59) {{/U}}with a rapid rise in population has resulted in an{{U}} (60) {{/U}}increase in the total number of malnourished children.{{U}} (61) {{/U}}, over two-thirds of the world's malnourished children live in Asia (especially south Asia), followed by Africa and Latin America. As Dr Nakajima noted, "The globalization of industry, trade, travel and communication has brought{{U}} (62) {{/U}}it unprecedented possibilities for mutual cooperation in{{U}} (63) {{/U}}hunger and malnutrition. At the same time, however, the acceptability of certain foods, and the cultural aspects of their production, distribution and preparation, are now recognized as{{U}} (64) {{/U}}in the promotion of good nutrition. Without the attention{{U}} (65) {{/U}}them, little progress can be made towards household food security, appropriate diets, the control of micronutrient(微量元素)deficiencies, the promotion of breast-feeding, and other strategies listed in the Plan of Action adopted in 1992 (at the International Conference on Nutrition in Rome)."

单选题The chemical is lethal to rats but safe to cattle.A. toxicB. harmfulC. deadlyD. contagious

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单选题U. S. to Start $ 3.2 Billion Child Health Study in January "A study that will cost $ 3.2 billion and last more than two decades to track the health of 100,000 U. S. children from before birth to age 21 will be launched in January. " U. S. health officials said on Friday. Officials from the U. S. government's National Institutes of Health said they hope the study, to be conducted at 105 locations throughout the United States, can help identify early-life influences that affect later development, with the goal of learning new ways to treat or prevent illness. The study will examine hereditary and environmental factors such as exposure to certain chemicals that affect health. Researchers will collect genetic and biological samples from people in the study as well as samples from the homes of the women and their babies including air, water, dust and materials used to construct their residences, the NIH said. Officials said more than $ 200 million has been spent already and the study is projected to cost $ 3.2 billion. "We anticipate that in the long term , what we learn from the study will result in a significant savings in the nation's health care costs. " Dr. Duane Alexander, who heads the NIH's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, told reporters. The study will begin in January when the University of North Carolina and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York start signing up pregnant women whose babies will then be followed to age 21. Some of the early findings will be about factors behind pre-term birth, which has become more common in recent years, according to Dr. Peter Scheidt of the NIH, who heads the study. The people taking part will be from rural, urban and suburban areas, from all income and educational levels and from all racial groups, the NIH said.

单选题Medical Education In 18th-century colonial America, those who wanted to become physicians either learned as personal students from established professionals or went abroad to study in the traditional schools of London, Paris, and Edinburgh. Medicine was first taught formally by specialists at the University of Pennsylvania, beginning in 1765, and in 1767 at King"s College (now Columbia University), the first institution in the colonies to give the degree of doctor of medicine. Following the American Revolution, the Columbia medical faculty (formerly of King"s College) was combined with the College of Physicians and Surgeons, chartered in 1809, which survives as a division of Columbia University. In 1893 the Johns Hopkins Medical School required all applicants to have a college degree and was the first to afford its students the opportunity to further their training in an attached teaching hospital. The growth of medical schools attached with established institutions of learning went together with the development of proprietary (私营的) schools of medicine run for personal profit, most of which had low standards and poor facilities. In 1910 Abraham Flexner, the American education reformer, wrote Medical Education in the United States and Canada, exposing the poor conditions of most proprietary schools. Subsequently, the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) laid down standards for course content, qualifications of teachers, laboratory facilities, connection with teaching hospitals, and licensing of medical practitioners (开业医师) that survive to this day. By the late 1980s the U. S. and Canada had 142 4-year medical colleges recognized by the Liaison (联络) Committee on Medical Education to offer the M. D. degree; during the 1987-1988 academic year, 47,262 men and 25,686 women entered these colleges and an estimated 11,752men and 5,958 women were graduated. Graduates, after a year of internship (实习期), receive licenses to practice if they pass an examination given either by a state board or by the National Board of Medical Examiners.