问题:单选题According to the passage, the “fatwa” diaries (para.7) ______.A were not included in the archive sold to the Emory UniversityB will not be open to the public in the near futureC were all about the writing of The Satanic VersesD will soon be published to expose the persecution of Islamic extremists
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问题:问答题Practice 1 :旅游观光
问题:单选题Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A Politicians are obsessed with inputs and outputs, targets and controls.B short-termism leads to the pursuit of immediate and quantifiable measurements.C Center-right political parties have long focused on the increase of GDP.D The cause of building GWB can be led by the center-left political parties.
问题:问答题Practice 4 Charles Darwin didn’t want to murder God, as he once put it. But he did. He didn’t want to defy his fellow Cantabrigians, his gentlemanly Victorian society, his devout wife. But he did. He waited 20 years to publish his theory of natural selection, but—fittingly, after another scientist threatened to be first—he did. Before Darwin, most people accepted some version of biblical creation. Humans were seen as the apotheosis of godly architecture. Humans could thus be an accident of natural selection, not a direct product of God. Worries about how much his theory would shake society exacerbated the strange illnesses he suffered. It’s also worth noting that Darwin’s life wasn’t Darwinian: he achieved his wealth through inheritance, not competition, and some might say his sickly children suffered because they were inbred. Darwin’s theories still provoke opposition. One hundred and forty years after The Origin of Species, backers of creationism have made a comeback in states like Kansas, pushing evolution out of the schoolroom. Yet Darwinism remains one of the most successful scientific theories ever promulgated. There is hardly an element of humanity—not capitalism, not gender relations, certainly not biology—that can be fully understood without its help.
问题:单选题The passage implies that the new constitution ______.A was passed last AugustB will strengthen the central powerC will give Congress the power to appoint judgesD will weaken the Catholicism
问题:问答题Practice 1 Our feverish planet badly needs a cure. It was probably always too much to believe that human beings would be responsible stewards of the planet. Yet make a mess we have. If droughts and wildfires, floods and crop failures, collapsing climate-sensitive species and the images of drowning polar bears didn’t quiet most of the remaining global-warming doubters, the hurricane-driven destruction of New Orleans did. This past year was the hottest on record in the US. The deceptively normal average temperature this winter masked record-breaking highs in December and record-breaking lows in February. That’s the sign not of a planet keeping an even strain but of one thrashing through the alternating chills and night sweats of a serious illness. A crisis of this magnitude clearly calls for action that is both bottom-up and top-down. Though there is some debate about how much difference individuals can make, there is little question that the most powerful players— government and industry—have to take the lead. Still, individuals too can move the carbon needle. Cleaning up the wreckage left by our 250-year industrial bacchanal will require fundamental changes in a society hooked on its fossil fuels. Beneath the grass-roots action, larger tectonic plates are shifting. Science is attacking the problem more aggressively than ever. So is industry. So are architects and lawmakers and urban planners. The world is awakened to the problem in a way it never has been before.
问题:单选题The expression “fared best” in the sentence “During the 1960s and 1970s, and again after 1992, the poorest groups fared best.” in para. 8 can be paraphrased by which of the following?A obtained higher incomeB lived a better lifeC enjoyed more equalityD paid lower income tax
问题:单选题According to the author, seniority pay favors ______.A good teachers’ with master’s degreesB young and effective teachersC experienced and effective teachersD mediocre teachers of average quality
问题:单选题What is expected to be the best title of this passage?A EU United to Fight Against AlcoholB Alcohol Leading TroublesC Comparison of Alcohol Consumption in the EUD Alcohol and Policies in the EU
问题:单选题What is NOT the result brought by this attack?A It proves Pakistan’s vulnerability to militant attacks.B It shows some Pakistan officials’ indifference to strike the Taleban militant group.C It is another blow to the government’s credibility.D It has brought an end to South Asian cricket.
问题:单选题What is the root cause of the report?A Global financial crisis impactB Worry of down-graded education levelC Pay dispute in 2006D Government investigation
问题:单选题Wherever you are in the U. S., the most important factor in surviving cardiac arrest is ______.A to keep tracking outcomes of the cases.B to have very well-organized EMS system.C to make people well-informed before an emergency.D to have rapid treatment with as little delay as possible.
问题:单选题We can conclude from the passage that the first train in movie ______.A appeared more than five minutes longB was used by an British film makerC generated great panic among the first audiencesD roused great excitement
问题:问答题Practice 3 面对深刻演变的国际形势和日益增多的全球性挑战,中美关系发展迎来了新的历史机遇。中美两国维护世界和平与稳定的责任更加重大,共同利益日益增多,合作前景更加广阔。21世纪的时代潮流是交流合作、互利共赢。那种损人利己、以邻为壑、你输我赢、你兴我衰的国与国竞争应该成为历史。 现在,我们要把目光投向更长远的未来,设计好今后几年乃至更长时间的中美关系蓝图,共同推动两国关系沿着健康稳定的轨道不断向前发展。推进新时期的中美关系,要坚持从战略高度和长远角度出发,牢牢把握两国关系的正确方向。
问题:单选题What has happened to the SUV as to the third paragraph?A It has more advantages when the gas price is rising.B There is a selling dropping of all sizes of it.C Its place is replacing by more economical cars.D Its best-selling time is coming.
问题:单选题The expression “separate the wheat from the chaff in the teaching profession” is closest in meaning to ______.A distinguish better teachers from less capable onesB differentiate young teachers from old onesC tell the essential qualities of good teachingD reevaluate the role of senior teachers
问题:问答题Passage 2 A new form of cloning to provide every baby with an embryonic “twin”, from which spare body parts could be grown and life threatening diseases treated is expected to be approved within weeks by senior government advisers on medical ethics. If their report is accepted by ministers, it would mean that Britain—which 20 years ago pioneered the test tube baby and last year produced Dolly, the world’s first cloned mammal—could be the first to clone a human embryo. A working party from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) and the Human Genetics Advisory Commission is expected to come down firmly against reproductive cloning, the process of replicating a living human being. It is expected to recommend government support of so called stem ceils. Stem cells are extracted and used to grow spare parts, treat diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s or address the debilitating effects of cancer, strokes and heart attacks. Dr Austin Smith, the scientist likely to be granted the first licence for the work, said that within the next 12 years it would be routine for every baby to have an embryonic clone. “All it takes now is financial investment,” said Smith, director of Edinburgh University’s centre for genome research. The crucial discovery of embryonic stem cells, from which skin, bone, muscles, nerves and vital organs grow, was made earlier this month by scientists in America. In a submission to the HFEA, Smith said that in order to isolate these cells it is only necessary for the embryo to develop in the laboratory for six days, well within the 14-day limit of current regulation. The cells would then be grown and manipulated to make anything from blood or brain cells to tissue for repairing damaged organs and, ultimately, parts that could be transplanted without fear of the host body rejecting them. The development is likely to meet strong opposition from the church. Dr Donald Bruce, Director of the Society, Religion and Technology Project of the church of Scotland Said that creating an embryo in the knowledge that it would then be destroyed was “very disturbing” to most people. Father Paul Murray, secretary to the Catholic bishops joint bio-ethics committee, said that whatever the potential benefits, it should be regarded as “intrinsically evil” because the research depended on the use of foetal material. However, Professor Christine Gosden, professor of genetic medicine at Liverpool University, one of the four senior government advisers on the cloning sub-committee, said there would be no opportunity for abuse. For many years, patients with Parkinson’s disease who did not respond to drugs have been treated with brain cells extracted from aborted foetuses, a practice approved by a committee led by the Rev Dr John Polkinghorne, the prominent ethicist. Gosden said the arguments for the use of aborted foetal cells and therapeutic cloning were similar: “Before you have a disease, it is easy to say, ‘I would not use cells derived from a foetus’, but if you suffer from that disease, and that is your only hope, your approach can be quite different.” 1. What is the new form of cloning discussed in the passage? What is the purpose of such cloning? 2. Summarise the different views on embryo cloning discussed in the passage. 3. Explain the statement “All it takes now is financial investment.” in para. 6. 4. What is the significance of the discovery of embryonic stem cells?
问题:问答题Practice 7 从火车上遥望泰山,几十年来有好些次了,每次想起“孔子登东山而小鲁,登泰山而小天下”那句话来,就觉得过而不登,像是欠下悠久的文化传统一笔债似的。杜甫的愿望:“会当凌绝顶,一览众山小”,我也一样有,惜乎来去匆匆,每次都当面错过了。而今确实要登泰山了,偏偏天公不作美,下起雨来,淅淅沥沥,不像落在地上,倒像落在心里。天是灰的,心是沉的。我们约好了清晨出发,人齐了,雨却越下越大。等天晴吗?想着这渺茫的“等”字,先是憋闷。盼到十一点半钟,天色转白,我不由喊了一句:“走吧!”带动年轻人,挎起背包,兴致勃勃,朝岱宗坊出发了。(李健吾——《雨中登泰山》)
问题:问答题Practice 5 双方重申,互相尊重主权和领土完整这一根本原则是指导中美关系的中美三个联合公报的核心。双方均不支持任何势力破坏这一原则的任何行动。双方一致认为,尊重彼此核心利益对确保中美关系稳定发展极为重要。双方认为,中美两国在共同应对全球挑战方面开展合作,有助于促进世界繁荣与安全。双方重申一九九八年六月二十七日作出的关于不把各自控制下的战略核武器瞄准对方的承诺。双方认为,两国在推动和平利用外空方面拥有共同利益,将采取步骤加强外空安全。双方同意通过中美战略与经济对话、两军交往等渠道就具有战略重要性的问题进行讨论。