Most of the people know the importance of extensive research _______they fail to get accur
A.so
B.either
C.besides
D.yet
A.so
B.either
C.besides
D.yet
第1题
听力原文: Although people often use the phrase "the dictionary", there are many different kinds of dictionaries, some general and some specialized. General dictionaries are all-purpose dictionaries that contain a broad range of words and common usage. The first general dictionary that you used was probably a school dictionary. These dictionaries contain relatively few words and emphasize common words that you are most likely to encounter in your school years.
Later, most people acquire a college dictionary. These dictionaries have more than 150, 000 entries with detailed definitions that are sufficient for most college students as well as general users. They also separately list abbreviations, biographical and geographical names, foreign words and phrases and tables of measures. The Random House Websters College Dictionary and the American Heritage Dictionary are well-known college dictionaries.
For scholars or researchers, un abridged dictionary provides as many as 500,000 entries that have detailed definitions and extensive word histories. You will find these dictionaries primarily in libraries and they often spend several volumes. Specialized dictionaries such as the drinking water dictionary or dictionary of legal terms are also very useful for scholars or researchers.
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A.One that is unabridged with detailed definitions.
B.One that contains fewer words and emphasizes on special words.
C.One that contains a broad range of words in common usage.
D.One that spans several volumes and has extensive word histories.
第2题
填空:Nowadays, is it possible to tell a person's class just by looking at him? Physical details __1__ tell us about health, diet and type of work done. A hundred years ago the working class very often lookd unhealthy, small and were either too thin or too fat. The upper classes were often __2__, sporting types who were used to a good diet and looked healthy. Today living and working conditions have improved, and such __3__ would no longer be so true.The clothes people choose to wear, however, do provide information about their __4__. The most obvious way in which is for the amount of money spent on them. Expensive clothes look expensive and show their wearer had money. Clothes can provide other __5__ as well. The upper classes __6__ to be less interested in fashion and wear good quality clothes in non-bright colours, made of natural material like wool, leather or cotton. Lower working class people often choose clothes in bright colours, made of man-made material. A sociological explanation for this would be that color and interest are mssing from their lives, and therefore any opportunity to introduce this is __7__.Clothes are __8__ at a price within most people's reach. New clothes make the wearer feel good, and show some __9__ of wealth to the outside world. Today some new fashions are started by the lower working class people who want to look __10__ and feel important. They want people to look at them.
A) available
B) background
C) different
D) tall
E) totally
F) taken
G) descriptions
H) degree
I) clues
J) alone
K) appear
L) consider
M) full
N) hobby
O)fetched
第3题
Such a loss might be acceptable if light pollution were the inevitable price of progress , as it is not. Most sky glow is unnecessary. It _____2_____ mainly from lighting sources that do little to increase nighttime safety,security or utility. They produce only glare, _____3_____ over one billion dollars annually in the U. S. alone.
For science, the impact has been even more dramatic. _____4_____ require observations of extremely faint objects that can only be made with advanced devices at sites free of air pollution and urban sky glow. For example, some images of the objects can offer information about faraway corners of the universe, _____5_____ us understand the way in which our world was actually formed, yet the light from these objects can be lost at the very end of its journey in the glare of our own sky.
Reducing light pollution is not _____6_____. It _____7_____ that public officials and citizens be aware of the problem and act to counter it. As individuals, people can help _____8_____ sky glow just by using lighting only, when necessary.
The stars above us are a _____9_____ heritage. We must _____10_____ our best to preserve it.
[A] priceless [B] stars [C] helping [D] coming [E] requires [F] comes [G] science
[H] scientists [I] did [J] do [K] easy [L] costing [M] reducing [N] difficult [O] reduce
第4题
few things more than a uniform. Why are uniforms so __1__ in the United States?
Among the arguments for uniforms, one of the first is that in the eyes of most people they look more __2__ than civilian(百姓的)clothes. People have become conditioned to __3__ superior quality from a man who wears a uniform. The television repairman who wears a uniform. tends to __4__ more trust than one who appears in civilian clothes. Faith in the __5__ of a garage mechanic is increased by a uniform. What an easier way is there for a nurse, a policeman, a barber, or a waiter to __6__ professional identity(身份)than to step out of uniform? Uniforms also have many __7__ benefits. They save on other clothes. They save on laundry bills. They are often more comfortable and more durable than civilian clothes.
Primary among the arguments against uniforms is their lack of variety and the consequent loss of __8__ experienced by people who must wear them. Though there are many types of uniforms,
the wearer of any particular type is generally stuck with it, without __9__, until retirement. When people look alike, they tend to think, speak, and act __10__, on the job at least.
[A]skill
[B]popular
[C]get
[D]change
[E]similarly
[F]professional
[G]character
[H]individuality
[I]inspire
[J]differently
[K]expect
[L]practical
[M]recall
[N]lose
[O]ordinary
第5题
A) attends
B) highlights
C) buy
D) invest
E) telecommunications
F) superhighway
G) assess
H) access
I) advantage
J) privacy
K) transformation
L) transmits
M) charge
N) disposal
O) potential
Mr. Li runs a small trade company in Sichuan Province. He used to be worried about the sales of his goods, but now he simply logs on to the Internet and(1)the information about his company to almost anywhere. He now has so many resources at his(2)than before. He has even started to(3)in foreign countries and make money almost anywhere.
The(4)revolution has certainly changed the way we look at the world. And, most importantly, it allows people to get equal(5)to the information. People in less developed areas of the world are taking(6)of the benefits as well. One person says, "I used to have a small farm, but now I am doing international business." This is just one of the many benefits of the information(7). There are, however, some(8)challenges we will have to face. For example, there is a great deal of concern over(9)in the Information Age. Mr. Li(10)this point. Hopefully, we can solve this problem in the near future.
第6题
__1__ such people, but I also explain that there’sa big difference between "being a writer" and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of __2__ and fame, notthe long hours alone at a typewriter. "You’ve got to want to write," I say to them, "not want to be a writer."The reality is that writing is a __3__, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there arethousands more whose longing is never __4__. When I left a 20-year career in the US. Coast Guard to become a freelancewriter(自由撰稿人), I had no __5__ at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was __6__and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and feltlike a __7__ writer.After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t gotten a break and began to __8__ myself. It was so hard to sell a storythat __9__ made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’t going to be one ofthose people who die wondering, what if? I would keeo putting my dream to the test----even though it meant living with __10__and fear of failure. This is the Shadow land of hope, and anyone with a dream learn to live there.
A) barely
B) genuine
C) rewarded
D) doubt
E) lonely
F) poverty
G) persuade
H) prospects
I) uncertainty
J)impossibly
K) encourage
L)awarded
M) alone
N)wealth
O)cold
第7题
If a tax is not accepted by most people, it will be modified next year.
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
第8题
scientists had good news to report: The damage and death toll(死亡人数) could have been much worse. More than 60 people died in this earthquake. By comparison, and earthquake of similar __1__ that shook America in 1998 claimed 25,000 victims.
Injuries and deaths were __2__ less in Los Angeles because the quake occurred at 4:31 a.m. On a holiday, when traffic was light on the city's highway. In addition, __3__ made to the construction codes in Los Angeles during the last 20 years have strengthened the city's buildings and highways, making them more __4__ to quakes.
In the past, making structures quake-resist-ant meant firm yet __5__ materials, such as steel and wood, that bend without breaking. Later, people tried to lift a building off its foundation, and insert rubber and steel between the building and its foundation to __6__ the impact of ground vibrations. The most __7__ designs give buildings brains as well as concrete and steel supports, called smart buildings, the structures respond like living organisms to an earthquake's vibrations. When ground shakes and the building tips forward, the computer would __8__ the building to shift in the opposite direction. The new designs should offer even greater __9__ to cities where earthquakes ofen take place.
The new smart structures could be very __10__ to build. However, they would save many lives and would be less likely to be damaged during earthquakes.
[A]changes
[B]flexible
[C]decrease
[D]recent
[E]push
[F]reduce
[G]relatively
[H]safety
[I]resistant
[J]expensive
[K]force
[L]accordingly
[M]intensity
[N]security
[O]opposed
第9题
Most American people who adopt foreign-born children are not famous.
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
第10题
Most people who upgrade their qualifications do so for the joy of learning.
A.Y
B.N
C.NG