“wood furniture; heat treatment”正确的翻译为（)。 A．木家具；电热器 B．木家具；热处理 C．木质包装；电热

e wood to determine whether it was grown in______.

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rn Europe. Two thirds of its surface is covered with thick forests and among them lie lakes, connected with rivers and canals. The northern part of this country is inside the Arctic Circle, where almost no trees Can grow because of its cold weather and the people use their deer for transport, clothing and food.

The Finnish history began in the Middle Ages. In about 1155, Finland Was conquered by its western neighboring Sweden. After a period of rule by Denmark in the 14th century, the Swedes won back independence and power in 1523 under their brave king, During the Napoleonic Wards (1814 -1818), Finland was passed finally from Sweden to Russia. The opportunity came in 1917, when the Russian Revolution brought foreign rule of Finland to an end. Shortly after Soviet Russia made peace with Germany, 1919 saw the founding of the Finnish Republic.

The years between the First and Second World Wars were years of progress and growing development. Finland has no coal or oil, and the nation's wealth lies in the timber (wood prepared for use in building, etc. ) from its forests, which supplies material for paper and furniture making, and in the electric power from its water.

How much of Finland's surface is covered with thick forests？

A．About 67%.

B．About 50%.

C．100%.

D．66%.

ery day trees are serving man everywhere. Trees supply man with fruits and building materials in the form. of wood. Without trees it would be impossible to build houses, boats, bridges and so on. Furniture such as desks, chairs and beds is made of wood. Trees can stop man from terrible heat. They're also useful in preventing good and rich top soil from being washed away during heavy rains.

If there were no trees, heavy rains would wash away the rich top soil that is so important to plants. The result is that the land will become a desert. There are plenty of desert areas in the world. A long time ago these desert areas used to be very rich areas, but man in the past had not enough knowledge about science of nature, they cut down too many trees in the area where they lived and never planted new ones. By and by the rich top soil was blown and washed away by strong winds and heavy rains. In the end the rich land changed into useless deserts where nothing could grow.

According to the passage, ______.

A．a long time ago, man did not know how to make use of wood

B．trees are not as useful as they were in the past

C．trees were more found in the past than they are today

D．people have 'always found trees useful

______is NOT a poem by Walt Whitman.

A．Leaves of Grass

B．Song of Myself

C．An April Day

D．I Hear America Singing

A．Sometimes a certain amount of stress is positive.

B．Too much stress may result in health problems.

C．Exercise is one of the most effective ways to relieve stress.

D．You should not say "No" lo extra work.

Mary kept weighing herself to see how much ______she was getting.

A．heavier

B．heavy

C．the heavier

D．the heaviest

In restructuring the organization, the top-level management should______.

A．include the head of the marketing department

B．support wholeheartedly the implementation of the marketing concept

C．coordinate activities of all departments to ensure market orientation

D．all of the above

What are the speakers mainly discussing？

A．Membership in a food co-op.

B．The benefits of health food.

C．Shopping in the supermarket.

D．The current cost of food.

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第 41 题 The writer holds that the potential to make healthy body tissues will__________．