问题:单选题Which of the following statements best describes the organization of the author’s discussion of the role of political knowledge in the formation of political ideology during adolescence?A He acknowledges its importance, but then modifies his initial assertion of that importance.B He consistently resists the idea that it is important, using series of examples to support his stand.C He wavers in evaluating it and finally uses analogies to explain why he is indecisive.D He takes care not to make an initial judgment about it, but later confirms its critical role.
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问题:问答题Passage 2 They were, by far, the largest and most distant objects that scientists had ever detected: a strip of enormous cosmic clouds some 15 billion light years from earth. (1) But even more important, it was the farthest that scientists had been able to look into the past, for what they were seeing were the patterns and structures that existed 15 billion years ago. That was just about the moment that the universe was born. What the researchers found was at once both amazing and expected; the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Cosmic Background Explorer satellite—Cobe—had discovered landmark evidence that the universe did in fact begin with the primeval explosion that has become known as the Big Bang (the theory that the universe originated in an explosion from a single mass of energy). (2) The existence of the giant clouds was virtually required for the Big Bang, first put forward in the 1920s, to maintain its reign as the dominant explanation of the cosmos. According the theory, the universe burst into being as a submicroscopic, unimaginable dense knot of pure energy that flew outward in all directions, emitting radiation as it went, condensing into particles and then into atoms of gas. Over billions of years, the gas was compressed by gravity into galaxies, stars, plants and eventually, even humans. Cobe is designed to see just the biggest structures, but astronomers would like to see much smaller hot spots as well, the seeds of local objects like clusters and superclusters of galaxies. They shouldn’t have long to wait. (3) Astrophysicists working with ground based detectors at the South Pole and balloon borne instruments are closing in on such structures, and may report their findings soon. (4) If the small hot spots look as expected, that will be a triumph for yet another scientific idea, a refinement of the Big Bang called the inflationary universe theory. Inflation says that very early on, the universe expanded in size by more than a trillion fold in much less than a second, propelled by a sort of antigravity. (5) Odd though it sounds, cosmic inflation is a scientifically plausible consequence of some respected ideas in elementary particle physics, and many astrophysicists have been convinced for the better part of a decade that it is true.
问题:单选题The author’s proposal differs from the Immigration and Naturalization Act of 1990 in ______.A the kind of green card.B the amount of investment capital.C the budget for the whole process.D the certainty of issuing green cards.
问题:问答题Passage 1 Despite the basic biological, chemical, and physical similarities found in all living things, a diversity of life exists not only among and between species but also within every natural population. The phenomenon of diversity has had a long history of study because so many of the variations that exist in nature are visible to the eye. (1) It has been suggested that sexual reproduction became the dominant type of reproduction among organisms because of its inherent advantage of variability, which is the mechanism that enables a species to adjust to changing conditions. New variations are potentially present in genetic differences, but how preponderant a variation becomes in a gene pool depends upon the number of offspring the mutants or variants produce (differential reproduction). (2) It is possible for a genetic novelty (new variation) to spread in time to all members of a population, especially if the novelty enhances the population’s chances for survival in the environment in which it exists. Thus, when a species is introduced into a new habitat, it either adapts to the change by natural selection or by some other evolutionary mechanism or else it eventually dies off. Because each new habitat means new adaptations, habitat changes have been responsible for the millions of different kinds of species and for the heterogeneity within each species. The total number of animal and plant species is estimated at between 2,000,000 and 4,500,000; authoritative estimates of the number of extinct species range from 15,000,000 up to 16,000,000,000. (3)Although the use of classification as a means of producing some kind of order out of this staggering number of different types of organisms appears as early as the book of Genesis—with references to cattle, beasts, fowl, creeping things, trees, etc.—the first scientific attempt at classification is attributed to the Greek philosopher Aristotle, who tried to establish a system that would indicate the relationship of all things to each other. He arranged everything along a scale, or “ladder of nature”, with nonliving things at the bottom; plants were placed below animals, and man was at the top. (4)Other schemes that have been used for grouping species include large anatomical similarities, such as wings or fins, which indicate a natural relationship, and also similarities in reproductive structures. (5) At the present time taxonomy is based on two major assumptions: one is that similar body construction can be used as a criterion for a classification grouping; the other is that, in addition to structural similarities, evolutionary and molecular relationships between organisms can be used as a means for determining classification.
问题:单选题Steven Muller believes that higher education fails to ______.A inform the students of what is right or wrong.B tell the students which scientific method is valuable.C present valuable religious ideas to students.D familiarize students with means of inquiry.
问题:单选题The superiority of the Canadian health care system is seen in ______.A its low medical cost and better public health.B the immediate compensations form insurance companies.C its prompt application of advanced technological innovations.D the low charges made by medical personnel.
问题:单选题It can be inferred that Charles Francis Adams Jr. ______.A devoted his later years to classical educationB was an advocate of education in historyC was an opponent to classical educationD regretted diminishing the importance of the distinction
问题:单选题What is true about Dolly according to the text?A She was a lonely sheep in the first place.B She was manufactured out of the lab.C She was cloned from the cell of a mature sheep.D She was replaced by cloned piglets in terms of importance.
问题:单选题The first paragraph shows that Jill Kerr Conway accepts utilitarian emphasis in education ______.A who literatelyB with reservationC against her own willD with contempt
问题:单选题The text indicates that private schools are very selective because they ______.A have no reliable methods to pick students for a classB want a good mixture of boys and girls for classesC encounter more demand than they can cope withD prefer to enroll children of their relatives
问题:单选题Which of the following best summarizes the author’s attitude toward the Advance Directive?A It should be made legally binding in BritainB Its morally questionable.C It is the same as mercy killing, and therefore should not be encouraged.D It runs counter to traditional English law.
问题:单选题Which of the following statements is true according to the text?A Washington would not appreciate the idea of overthrowing social order.B Racial separation is an outcome of accommodationist ideology.C Washington would not support determined activist leadership.D The Philadelphia Negro is a book on blacks in American South.
问题:单选题From the text, we can infer that the author ______.A favors the idea of putting children on a waiting listB agrees to test preschooler’s cognitive potentialsC thinks children should be better prepared academicallyD disapproves of the undue pressure on preschoolers
问题:问答题Passage 1 The cost of staging the year 2000 Olympics in Sydney is estimated to be a staggering $ 9 million, but (1) the city is preparing to the financial benefits that come from holding such an international event by equaling the commercial success of Los Angeles, the only city yet to have made a demonstrable profit from the Games in 1984. At precisely 4:20 a.m. on Friday the 24th of September 1993, it was announced that Sydney had beaten five other competing cities around the world, and Australians everywhere, not only Sydneysiders, were justifiably proud of the result. (2) But, if Sydney had lost the bid, would the taxpayers of New South Wales and of Australia have approved of governments spending millions of dollars in a failed and costly exercise? There may have been some consolation in the fact that the bid came in $ l million below the revised budget and $ 5 million below the original budget of $ 29 million formulated in mid-1991. However, the final cost was the considerable sum of $ 24 million, the bulk of which was paid for by corporate and community contributions, merchandising, licensing, and the proceeds of lotteries, with the NSW Government, which had originally been willing to spend up to $ 10 million, contributing some $ 2 million. (3) The Federal Government’s grant of $ 5 million meant, in effect, that the Sydney bid was financed by every Australian taxpayer. Prior to the announcement of the winning city, there was considerable debate about the wisdom of taking financial risks of this kind at a time of economic recession. (4) Others argued that 70% of the facilities were already in place, and all were on government-owned land, removing some potential areas of conflict which troubled previous Olympic bidders. The former NSW Premier, Mr. Nick Greiner, went on record as saying that the advantage of having the Games… “is not that you are going to have $ 7.4 billion in extra gross domestic product over the next 14 years.” (5) I think the real point is the psychological change, the gaining of confidence, apart from the other more obvious reasons, such as the building of sporting facilities, tourism, and things of that nature.
问题:单选题The Canadian health care system is ______.A financially supported by private enterprises.B run according to different principles.C designed for the convenience of the public.D complicated by administration.
问题:单选题We learn from the text that ______.A Canadians have easy access to any type of medical care they want.B the Canadian government compensates every citizen for medical expenses.C a medical care is issued once a citizen seeks medical care.D the principle of demand and supply does not apply in the Canadian system.
问题:单选题The main reason for the latest rise of oil price is ______.A global inflationB reduction in supplyC fast growth in economyD Iraq’s suspension of exports
问题:单选题Which of the following can serve as a title of this text?A Hard Time for the Preschoolers and Parents.B Prosperity of Private Schools.C The Problem for Public Schools.D Americans’ No.1 Concern
问题:单选题Penfield’s viewpoint was met with much ______.A interest.B controversy.C compliments.D encouragement.
问题:问答题Passage 1 Some people were just born to rebel; Charles Darwin was 1 of them. Likewise Nicholas Copernicus, Benjamin Franklin and Bill Gates. They were 2 “laterborns” —that is, they had at least one older sibling — brother or sister — when they were born. In fact, laterborns are up to 15 times more 3 than firstborns to resist authority and 4 new ground, says Frank J. Sulloway, a researcher scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In his book “Born To Rebel” being released this week, Sulloway claims that 5 someone is an older or younger sibling is the most important 6 shaping personality—more significant 7 gender, race, nationality or class. He 8 26 years studying the lives—and birth orders—of 6,566 historical figures to 9 his conclusions. A laterborn himself, Sulloway first posed how birth order 10 personality as a scholar of Darwin at Harvard University. “ 11 could a somewhat commonplace student at Cambridge become the most revolutionary thinker in the 19th century?” he said. Darwin, the first to 12 the belief 13 God created the world with his theory of evolution, was the fifth of six 14 . Most of his opponents were firstborns. Sulloway’s theory held 15 with Copernicus, the first astronomer to propose that the Sun was the center of the universe, and computer revolutionary Gates of Microsoft.