He _ the distance between the young man and the mysterious object and wondered if the distance between them was far enough.A. gaugedB. gazedC. engagedD. gained
Fill in the blanks with the words given below.Change the form where necessary.Each word can be used only once.access；apparent；compromise；contact；extent；generate；responsible；significant；survive（1）You are ____ for your own life.You can't keep blaming someone else for your mistakes or failures.（2）The best way to deal with problems at home is to talk things out calmly and honestly to try to reach a（n） ____ .（3）The researchers are carrying out a full study to understand to what ____ the weather has been affected by human activities.（4）People should not hesitate to ____ the police if they notice anyone acting suspiciously.（5）Dense enjoyed being surrounded by family.It was ____ to everyone that family was her greatest treasure.（6）Many Chinese airlines are providing air-ground Internet connectivity service，which means that passengers aboard can have ____ to the Internet during the flight.（7）Since ____ the car accident，Daniel has become a more careful and responsible driver.（8）As a very popular director，her latest movie has ____ a lot of excitement among her fans.（9）Although it is not clear at the moment，this new policy may have a（n） ____ impact on all of us.
Investors need that the risk taken by the company is acceptable to them.A. insureB. assuranceC. insurance 1921D. assure
47)Just as the letter says,please _ , as it will be difficult for you to see what is behind you.A. look backB. watch your backC. answer backD. keep your back
A ) indications B ) expressions C ) disturbances D ) evidence E ) conflicted F ) compromised G ) resolved H ) ensured l ) indicated J ) erodes K ) identify L ) justify M ) involved N ) exhausted O ) significant Stress sets off an alarm in the brain and the nervous system is aroused to sharpen the senses, quicken the pulse, deepen breathing and tense the muscles. Infrequent periods of stress pose little risk. But when stressful situations continue without being 11 ) _, the body is kept in a constantly active state , which increases the harm to biological systems . Finally, the body becomes 12 ) _ and its ability to repair and defend itself can be seriously 13 ) _ . As the body’s self-defense power 14 )__ away , the risk of injury or disease increases. In the past 20 years, many studies have 15 ) __the relationship between job stress and a variety of illnesses . Mood and sleep 16 )___ , upset stomach , and headache are examples of stress-related problems that are quick to develop and are commonly seen in these studies . These early 17 ) _ of job stress are usually easy to recognize . But the effects of job stress on chronic ( 慢性的 ) diseases are more difficult to 18 )___ because chronic diseases take a long time to develop and can be influenced by many factors other than stress. Nevertheless, 19) _ is rapidly increasing to suggest that stress plays a ( n ) 20 ) _ role in several types of chronic health problems - especially cardiovascular ( 心血管的 ) disease , and psychological disorders.
Walk through Times Square—you’re bombarded with advertising. And it turns out, a bumblebee might have a similar feeling, buzzing through a field of flowers. "So these flowers are these billboards, they’re advertising a commodity, this delicious nectar (花蜜) reward, and bees are very picky shoppers," says Anne Leonard, a pollination (授粉) biologist at the University of Nevada, Reno. She describes a flower field as a sort of pollination marketplace. "Bees are nectar experts. They are really good at assessing even really small differences in the sugar concentration of nectar." They also scope out flower shape and size, color and scent. And now Leonard and her colleagues have discovered that bumblebees are also sensitive to pollen.They found that out by lacing batches of cherry pollen with either table sugar or bitter quinine. And to display the pollen to bees, "We got really into it—we started 3-D printing flowers in our lab." And for the anther—the male flower part, which presents the pollen—pipe cleaners. "So we bought out Michael’s craft store supplies of these pipe cleaners and used them in our experiments."It turns out bees would return again and again to the same color flower that dispensed sweet pollen, and spend more time collecting there. But when confronted with the bitter pollen, they sought a different colored flower for their very next stop. All of which suggests that, in addition to savoring nectar, bees taste pollen too—and judge flowers by it. The results are in the journal Biology Letters.The finding means that plants have to find a happy medium: "So can you make your pollen attractive enough that the bees will collect it, but distasteful enough that they won’t collect too much of it?" And that balancing act, of carefully calibrated chemistry (校准化学)—it’s just one of the many transactions that plays out in the buzzing pollination marketplace, where the object is to make a sweet profit.1. What does the author compare a flower field to?A) Times Square. B) A commodity.C) A billboard.D) A shopper.2. Why are bees described as nectar experts?A) Because they are able to detect differences in sugar levels of nectar. B) Because they are capable of discerning different types of flowers.C) Because they know instinctively where to collect more nectar.D) Because they could distinguish sweet pollen from bitter one.3. What are used to present the pollen by Anne and her colleagues in their experiments?A) 3-D printers.B) Pipe cleaners. C) Sugar.D) Quinine.4. How do bees choose where to visit in a flower field according to the passage?A) By color and scent of flowers.B) By taste of nectar and pollen. C) By maleness or femaleness of flowers.D) By shape and size of flowers.5. What do Anne and her colleagues’ research findings suggest?A) Calibrated chemistry is very useful in changing the structure of pollen.B) Attracting more bees to pollinate could make plants more productive.C) The more bees to be attracted, the better it will be for the pollen.D) The taste of pollen can be controlled for commercial purpose.
六、Section B (总题数:1,分数:71.00)Can societies be rich and green? [A]“If our economies are to flourish,if global poverty is to be eliminated and if the well-being of the world’s people enhanced—not just in this generation but in succeeding generations—we must make sure we take care of the natural environment and resources on which our economic activity depends.”That statement comes not,as you might imagine,from a stereotypical tree-hugging,save-the-world greenie(环保主义者),but from Gordon Brown,a politician with a reputation for rigour,thoroughness and above all,caution. [B]A surprising thing for the man who runs one of the world’s most powerful economies to say?Perhaps;though in the run-up to the five-year review of the Millennium(千年的)Goals,he is far from alone.The roots of his speech,given in March at the roundtable meeting of environment and energy ministers from the G20 group of nations,stretch back to 1972,and the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm. [C]“The protection and improvement of the human environment is a major issue which affects the well-being of peoples and economic development throughout the world,”read the final declaration from this gathering,the first of a sequence which would lead to the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in 1992 and the World Development Summit in Johannesburg three years ago. [D]Hunt through the reports prepared by UN agencies and development groups—many for conferences such as this year’s Millennium Goals review—and you will find that the linkage between environmental protection and economic progress is a common thread. [E]Managing ecosystems sustainably is more profitable than exploiting them,according to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment.But finding hard evidence to support the thesis is not so easy.Thoughts turn first to some sort of global statistic,some indicator which would rate the wealth of nations in both economic and environmental terms and show a relationship between the two. [F]If such an indicator exists,it is well hidden.And on reflection,this is not surprising;the single word“environment”has so many dimensions,and there are so many other factors affecting wealth—such as the oil deposits—that teasing out a simple economy-environment relationship would be almost impossible. [G]The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment,a vast four-year global study which reported its initial conclusions earlier this year,found reasons to believe that managing ecosystems sustainably—working with nature rather than against it—might be less profitable in the short term,but certainly brings long-term rewards. [H]And the World Resources Institute(WRI)in its World Resources 2005 report,issued at the end of August,produced several such examples from Africa and Asia;it also demonstrated that environmental degradation affects the poor more than the rich,as poorer people derive a much higher proportion of their income directly from the natural resources around them. [I]But there are also many examples of growing wealth by trashing the environment,in rich and poor parts of the world alike,whether through unregulated mineral extraction,drastic water use for agriculture,slash-and-burn farming,or fossil-fuel-guzzling(大量消耗)transport.Of course,such growth may not persist in the long term—which is what Mr.Brown and the Stockholm declaration were both attempting to point out.Perhaps the best example of boom growth and bust decline is the Grand Banks fishery.For almost five centuries a very large supply of cod(鳕鱼)provided abundant raw material for an industry which at its peak employed about 40,000 people,sustaining entire communities in Newfoundland.Then,abruptly,the cod population collapsed.There were no longer enough fish in the sea for the stock to maintain itself,let alone an industry.More than a decade later,there was no sign of the ecosystem re-building itself.It had,apparently,been fished out of existence;and the once mighty Newfoundland fleet now gropes about frantically for crab on the sea floor. [J]There is a view that modern humans are inevitably sowing the seed of a global Grand Banks-style disaster.The idea is that we are taking more out of what you might call the planet’s environmental bank balance than it can sustain;we are living beyond our ecological means.One recent study attempted to calculate the extent of this“ecological overshoot of the human economy”,and found that we are using 1.2 Earth’s-worth of environmental goods and services—the implication being that at some point the debt will be called in,and all those services—the things which the planet does for us for free—will grind to a halt. [K]Whether this is right,and if so where and when the ecological axe will fall,is hard to determine with any precision—which is why governments and financial institutions are only beginning to bring such risks into their economic calculations.It is also the reason why development agencies are not united in their view of environmental issues;while some,like the WRI,maintain that environmental progress needs to go hand-in-hand with economic development,others argue that the priority is to build a thriving economy,and then use the wealth created to tackle environmental degradation. [L]This view assumes that rich societies will invest in environmental care.But is this right?Do things get better or worse as we get richer? Here the Stockholm declaration is ambiguous.“In the developing countries,”it says,“most of the environmental problems are caused by under-development.”So it is saying that economic development should make for a cleaner world?Not necessarily;“In the industralised countries,environmental problems are generally related to industrialisation and technological development,”it continues.In other words,poor and rich both over-exploit the natural world,but for different reasons.It’s simply not true that economic growth will surely make our world cleaner. [M]Clearly,richer societies are able to provide environmental improvements which lie well beyond the reach of poorer communities.Citizens of wealthy nations demand national parks,clean rivers,clean air and poison-free food.They also,however,use far more natural resources-fuel,water(all those baths and golf courses)and building materials. [N]A case can be made that rich nations export environmental problems,the most graphic example being climate change.As a country’s wealth grows,so do its greenhouse gas emissions.The figures available will not be completely accurate.Measuring emissions is not a precise science, particularly when it comes to issues surrounding land use;not all nations have re-leased up-to-date data,and in any case,emissions from some sectors such as aviation are not included in national statistics.But the data is exact enough for a clear trend to be easily discernible.As countries become richer,they produce more greenhouse gases;and the impact of those gases will fall primarily in poor parts of the world. [O]Wealth is not,of course,the only factor involved.The average Norwegian is better off than the average US citizen,but contributes about half as much to climate change.But could Norway keep its standard of living and yet cut its emissions to Moroccan or even Ethiopian levels?That question,repeated across a dozen environmental issues and across our diverse planet,is what will ultimately determine whether the human race is living beyond its ecological means as it pursues economic revival.(分数:71.00)(1).Examples show that both rich and poor countries exploited the environment for economic progress.(分数:7.10) A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. √ J. K. L. M. N. O.
The term “parade”is __________ the Latin word “parare”, to prepare — in a military context — for war.A. incorporate ofB. part ofC. acquired fromD. derived from
I came home one day recently and， for reasons I don't quite understand， my living room smelled like my grandmother's house． Suddenly I felt as if I were 12 years old， happy and relaxed， sitting in her kitchen． I can remember what her house looked like， though it was sold 20 years ago --- her three-level plant stand， the plates lining the walls， the window over her sink-but these visual memories don't have the power that smell does． The funny thing is， I can't even begin to describe the odor （气味） that was so distinctively hers． The best I can do is this： "It smelled like my grandmother's house．" It's a common experience， and a common linguistic （语言学的） problem． In cultures worldwide， people have powerful olfactory-memories． This odor-memory link is also called "the Proust phenomenon，" after Marcel Proust's famous description of the feelings aroused by a cake dipped in tea in "Remembrance of Things Past．" Olfactory memories seem to be more closely bound up with emotions than are visual or auditory ones． Not all these memories are pleasant， of course， and smells can also trigger feelings of pain． It is surprisingly hard for English-speakers to describe the odors that occasion such strong emotions， however． English possesses almost no abstract smell words that pick out links or themes among unrelated aromas （芳香）， We have plenty of these in the visual field． "Yellow，" for example， identifies a characteristic that bananas， lemons， some cars， some flowers， old book pages， and the sun all share． But for odors， we don't have many more than the vague "musty" （smells old and stale） and "musky" （smells perfumery）． We usually have no choice but to say that one thing smells like another --- like a banana， like garlic， like diesel fuel． A few languages， though， do have a rich odor vocabulary． Linguist Asifa Majidhas found that the Jahai， the Semaq Beri， and the Maniq， hunter-gatherer groups in Malaysia and Thailand， employ a wide range of abstract smell words and can identify aromas as easily as we can colors． The Jahai have a word， for example， that describes "the seemingly dissimilar smell of petrol， smoke， bat poop， root of wild ginger and wood of wild mango．" Last year my cat got sprayed by a skunk （臭鼬）， and the vet told me to wash its face with coffee to cover the bad smell． Until then， I had never realized that coffee， which I find delicious， smells remarkably like skunk spray， which I do not． Science has identified the chemicals that both share． They are called mercaptans （硫醇）． But in oral English， we have no word for the underlying note that connects these two odors． If the Jahai drank coffee and encountered skunks， I bet they would．（1）The opening paragraph is mainly intended to ____ ．A． express the writer's affection for his grandmotherB． direct the readers' attention to a linguistic problemC． tell us the odor of the grandmother's house stayed the sameD． prove smell has a greater power than visual memories．（2）Which of the following is related to olfactory memories？ ____ A． Forming an image in mind after seeing the word "injury"．B． Feeling sympathetic when seeing a sick cat．C． Dancing to the music upon hearing it played．D． Missing fried eggs with garlic cooked by mum．（3）The example of the Jahai suggests that ____ ．A． the Jahai don't have many words in the visual fieldB． English possesses many vague words like "musty" and "musky"C． the Jahai has more abstract smell words than EnglishD． skunk and coffee have the same smell， but different functions（4）What can we learn from the passage？ ____ A． The author feels pity about the limitation of his language．B． English has a wide range of visual and odor vocabulary．C． Olfactory memories can bring nothing but pleasant feelings．D． Cultures worldwide always collide with each other．
1. Doctors consider it their ____ duty to protect and save the lives of their patients.A. scaredB. secretC. scarceD. sacred
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The coming of the railways in the 1830s ________ our society and economic life.A. transferredB. transformedC. transportedD. transmitted
The increase in international business and in foreign investment has created a need for executives with knowledge of foreign languages and skills in cross-cultural communication. Americans, however, have not been well trained in either area and, consequently, have not enjoyed the same level of success in negotiation in an international arena as have their foreign counterparts. Negotiating is the process of communicating back and forth for the purpose of reaching an agreement. It involves persuasion and compromise, but in order to participate in either one, the negotiators must understand the ways in which people are persuaded and how compromise is reached within the culture of the negotiation. In many international business negotiations abroad, Americans are perceived as wealthy and impersonal. It often appears to the foreign negotiator that the American represents a large multi-million-dollar corporation that can afford to pay the price without bargaining further. The American negotiator’s role becomes that of an impersonal supplier of information and cash. In studies of American negotiators abroad, several traits have been identified that may serve to confirm this stereotypical perception, while undermining the negotiator’s position. Two traits in particular that cause cross-cultural misunderstanding are directness and impatience on the part of the American negotiator. Furthermore, American negotiators often insist on realizing short-term goals. Foreign negotiators, on the other hand, may value the relationship established between negotiators and may be willing to invest time in it for long-term benefits. In order to solidify the relationship, they may opt for indirect interactions without regard for the time involved in getting to know the other negotiator. Clearly, perceptions and differences in values affect the outcomes of negotiations and the success of negotiators. For Americans to play a more effective role in international business negotiations, they must put forth more effort to improve cross-cultural understanding. [共5题](1)What kind of manager is needed in present international business and foreign investment? [本题2分]A. The man who represents a large multi-million-dollar corporation. B. The man with knowledge of foreign languages and skills in cross-cultural communication. C. The man who is wealthy and impersonal. D. The man who can negotiate with his foreign counterparts.
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6. The children will now play some pieces of music that they ______ themselves. A.were taught posed C.accomplished D.worked7. While she waited,she tried to ______ her mind with pleasant thoughts of the vacation. A.occupy pose C.think D.intensify8. In the film,the peaceful life of a monk ______ the violent life of a murderer. A.is compared with B.is compared to C.is contrasted to D.is contrasted with9. ______ to pay for an order is simplicity itself. A.Use plastic B.Using plastics C.Using plastic D.Used plastic10. Additional time is required for cooking or ______ homemade dishes. A.chill B.to chill C.chilled D.chilling
拼写合适的单词补全句子 ( 答案不区分大小写 ; 单词提示中一根小短线代表一个 字母 ) To aut _ _ _ _ _ a factory , office , or industrial process means to put in machines which can do the work instead of people.
ⅢComplete the following sentences with the given sentence structures-|||-get ready for.sa为························备-|||-e.g.Susan has to buy a lot of things to get ready for her trip.(苏珊不得不买很多东西为旅行做准备。)-|||-1 The boy got up early to __ (为上学做准备).-|||-2 I have a lot of work to do to __ (为明天做准备).
拼写合适的单词补全句子 ( 答案不区分大小写 ; 单词提示中一根小短线代表一个 字母 ) To enh ---- something means to improve its value, quality, or attractiveness.
question or statement.Hot pot is a traditional dish in China. It is believed to date back more than 1,000 years to the time of the Jin Dynasty. Hot pot's origins can be found in the dining practices of Mongolian horsemen who rode across the steppe and into northern China. Legend has it that the Mongols used their helmets as pots to simmer (炖) broth (汤底) over open fires, and cooked chunks of meat in the broth.Hot pot cooking seems to have spread to northern China during the Tang Dynasty. In the regional variations developed with different ingredients such as seafood. In the centuries that witnessed the growth of the Song Dynasty, hot pot moved — and changed — further south, with each successive region adapting it to their local ingredients and tastes.The ingredients in a hot pot vary a lot from region to region. Perhaps the most famous hot pot is the Chongqing or Sichuan hot pot. It features a dark red broth chock-full (塞满了的) of spices, chili peppers, and the uniquely mouth-numbing Sichuan peppers. In Beijing and elsewhere in the north, hot pot broth tends to be mild and, compared to its racy southern "cousins", a little light. In the northeast of China, a kind of local sauerkraut (酸菜) is used to add some tang (强烈的味道), making the broth a bit sour. People can choose a version of hot pot according to their taste.1 Hot pot is believed to date back more than 1,000 years to the time of _______.A. the Jin Dynasty B. the Tang DynastyC. the Song Dynasty D. the Yuan Dynasty
These drugs are available over-the-counter without a(n)__________. （）A. infectionB. dosageC. prescription
拼写合适的单词补全句子 ( 答案不区分大小写 ; 单词提示中一根小短线代表一个字母 ) A seq----- of events or things is a number of events or things that come one after another in a particular order.
If you_________in a job for several years, you may be able to accumulate a lot of work experience and skills that would be beneficial to your future career development.A. have workedB. had workedC. have been workingD. had been working
拼写合适的单词补全句子(答案不区分大小写;单词提提示中一根小短线代表一个字母)Something that is inf- - - - - has no limit,end,or edge.
Elder and weaker Mr. Mag paid_visits to his old friends.A. scarceB. rare()C. insufficientD. inadequate
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拼写合适的单词补全句子 ( 答案不区分大小写 ; 单词提示中一根小短线代表一个 字母 ) If there is a bo-- in the economy, there is an increase in economic activity.
The Harry Potter series, written by J.K. Rowling, is perhaps the most popular set of novels of the modern era. With seven books and many successful films to its name, the series has gathered about 15 billion dollars in sales. How did the series become so popular? The reason can be broken down into several areas.The first book in the series was rejected 12 times before it was picked up by Bloomsbury—a small publisher in England. So receiving this contract was Rowling's first step to success. However, getting a book contract does not ensure the success of a book. The story was soon loved by children and adults alike. In light of this, Bloomsbury Publishing published a second version of the books with “adult” (less colorful and more boring) book covers. This made it easier for a full range of ages to enjoy the series.Another factor that worked like a charm was that the publisher and Rowling herself, through the books, conducted midnight releases, promotions, and pre-ordering more readers. Customers who feared that their local bookstore would run out of copies responded by pre-ordering over 700,000 copies before the July 8, 2000 release.What does the underlined word “releases” (Para. 3) mean?A. The activity that frees or expresses energy or emotion.B. The announcement about the book’s publishing information.C. The sales of books that is available only at midnight.
拼写合适的单词补全句子（答案不区分大小写；单词提示中一根小短线代表一个字母） Someone or something that is so---- is very serious rather than cheerful or humorous.