Nearly six million people go to see the Mona Lisa every year, attracted by the _______
_ of her smile. When you're not looking at her, she seems to be smiling; when you look at her, she stops.
A、barrier
B、misfortune
C、prospect
D、mystery
_ of her smile. When you're not looking at her, she seems to be smiling; when you look at her, she stops.
A、barrier
B、misfortune
C、prospect
D、mystery
Some experts argue that the money is well spent, saying the cost of keeping prisoners behind bars doesn't seem much in comparison in the 1990s coincided with (与……相一致) a steady drop in the US crime rates. It is reported that serious crime has decreased for seven years in a row. "There are noticeable number of people who don't do crimes because they don't want to go to prison," they say.
There is a heated debate among American experts because ______.
A.America has put 2 million people in prison
B.the cost for housing a prisoner keeps rising
C.billions of dollars has been spent on prisoners
D.the prisoner population is the largest in the world
The sun is the source of all of the following EXCEPT______.
A.gasoline
B.natural gas
C.atomic power
D.animal fat
Coal, oil, natural gas, and all other fuels are stored-up energy from the sun. Some was collect ed by this season's plants as carbon compounds. Some was stored by plants and trees ages ago.
Even waterpower derives from the sun. Water turned into vapor by the sun falls as rain. It courses down the mountains and is converted to electric power.
Light transmits only the energy that comes from the sun' s outer layers, and much of this energy that is directed toward the earth never arrives. About nine-tenths of it is absorbed by the atmosphere of the earth. In fact; the earth itself gets only one half-billionth of the sun' s entire output of radiant energy.
All the useful energy at the surface of the earth comes ______.
A.directly from the sun
B.from the sun' s activity
C.from energy stored by the sun
D.from radiation of the sun
As a native language, English is spoken by nearly three hundred million people: in the U. S. , Eng land, Australia and some other countries.
For people in India and many other countries, English is often necessary for business, education, information and other activities. So English is the second language there.
As a foreign language, no other language is more widely studied or used than English. We use it to listen to the radio, to read books or to travel. It is also one of the working languages in the United Nations and is more used than the others.
The native language is a person's ______ language.
A.first
B.only
C.one
D.foreign
A.be less powerfull
B.travel much quickly
C.move less quickly
D.have to travel a greater distance
All the universities are private institutions. Each has its【65】governing councils,【66】some local businessmen and local politicians as【67】as a few academics(大学教师).The state began to give grants to them fifty years【68】, and by 1970 each university derived nearly all its【69】from state grants. Students have to【70】fees and living costs, but every student may receive from the local authority of the place【71】he lives a personal grant which is enough to pay his full costs, including lodging and【72】unless his parents are【73】. Most【74】take jobs in the summer【75】about six weeks, but they do not normally do outside【76】during the academic years. The Department of Education takes【77】for the payments which cover the whole expenditure of the【78】, but it does not exercise direct control. It can have an important influence【79】new developments through its power to distribute funds, but it takes the advice of the University Grants Committee, a body which mainly【80】of academics.
(61)
A.with
B.by
C.at
D.into
Today there are about seven million Americans in the colleges and universities. Young persons under twenty-five make up nearly half of the American population. Many of these will soon be in charge of the nation. Naturally, their ideas are important to everyone in the country, and it is necessary for older people to understand what they think and feel.
College students today have strong opinions about right and wrong. They are deeply interested in making a better life for all people, especially for those who have not been given a fair chance before now. They see much that is wrong in the lives of their parents. It is hard for them to see what is right and good in the older ways. As a result, there is often trouble in American families.
Which of the following statements is true?
A.People haven' t written much about American youth.
B.Writers have wasted a great deal of their effort to write about American youth.
C.Much has been written about American youth.
D.Young people' s ideas are not important enough to the USA.
Some adults require little sleep; others need eight to ten hours in every twenty-four. Infants sleep sixteen to eighteen hours daily, the amount gradually going less as they grow older. Young students may need twelve hours; university students may need ten. A worker with a physically demanding job may also need ten, whereas an executive working under pressure may manage on six to eight. Many famous people are repute to have required little sleep. Napoleon Bonaparte, Thomas Edison, and Charles Darwin apparently averaged only four to six hours a night.
(77) Whatever your individual need, you can be sure that by the age of thirty you will have slept for a total of more than twelve years. By that age you will also have developed a sleep routine; a favorite hour, a favorite bed, a favorite posture (姿势), and a formula (程式) you need to follow in order to rest comfortably.
(78)Investigators have tried to find out how long a person can go without sleep. Several people have reached more than 115 hours nearly five days. Whatever the limit, it is absolute. Animals kept awake for from five to eight days have died of exhaustion. The limit for human beings is probably about a week.
The writer implies that ______.
A.sleep is important for good mental and physical health
B.a light sleep is as restful as a deep sleep
C.memory is improved during sleep
D.sleep is relatively unimportant for human beings
A.It is lower than the Noah Rim.
B.It is hard to get,to even in good weather.
C.It is not open in winter months.
D.It attracts over。five million visitors each year.
(Jim=J;Pau=P)
J: ___51___
P:l&39;ve been to France for my holidays.
J: Did you? ___52____ ?
P:Very exciting. I&39;ve just got back. In fact I came back yesterday.
J: You&39;re lucky. I&39;ve never been abroand.
P:Oh,___53___ .
J: ____54___?
P:I stayed nearly two wecks.
J:Did you speak French all the time?
P:Most of the time___55____.
In a plan called “Station Renaissance” that it__3__in November, JR East said that it would__4__using its commercial spaces for shops and restaurants, extending them to__5__more suitable for the information age. It wants train stations as pick-up__6__for such goods as books, flowers and groceries__7__over the Internet. In a country where city__8__depend heavily on trains__9__commuting, about 16 million people a day go to its train stations anyway, the company __10__. So, picking up commodities at train stations__11__consumers extra travel and missed home deliveries. JR East already has been using its station__12__stores for this purpose, but it plans to create__13__spaces for the delivery of Internet goods.
The company also plans to introduce __14__cards—known in Japan as IC cards because they use integrated circuit for__15__information__16__ train tickets and commuter passes__17__the magnetic ones used today, integrating them into a/an __18__pass. This will save the company money, because__19__for IC cards are much less expensive than magnetic systems. Increased use of IC cards should also__20__the space needed for ticket vending.
A.perspectives
B.outlooks
C.prospects
D.spectacles