On December 1, 2011, Millstone Corporation invested $45,000 in a new delivery truck. T
A.340000
B.350000
C.200000
D.210000
A.340000
B.350000
C.200000
D.210000
Before 354, Christ's birthday was celebrated ______.
A. on December 25th
B. on different days
C. in December, 300
D. in the year of our Lord
A.1个周
B.1个月
C.3个月
D.6个月
A.1
B.2
C.3
D.6
In the 1-year-long film dinosaurs______.
A.die out on December 25
B.appear after December 25
C.die out on December 24
D.appear on December 24
A.7月 1 日
B. 7月 29 日
C. 7月 31 日
D. 8月 10 日
One way to represent the evolution of life is to compress the 4. 6-billion-year history of Earth into a 1-year-long film. In such a film, Earth forms as the film begins on January 1, and through all of January and February it cools and is cratered(变成坑状) and the first oceans form. But those oceans remain lifeless until sometime in March or early April, when the first living things develop. The 4-billion-year history of Precambrian (前寒武纪) evolution lasts until the film reaches mid-November, when primitive ocean life begins to evolve into complex organisms such as trilobites(三叶虫).
If we examine the land instead of the oceans, we find a lifeless waste. But once our film shows plant and animal life on the land, about November 28, evolution proceeds rapidly. Dinosaurs, for example, appear on about December 12 and vanish by Christmas Eve, as mammals (哺乳动物) and birds flourish.
Throughout the 1 -year-run of our film there are no humans, and even during the last days of the year as the mammals rise and dominate the landscape, there are no people. On the early evening of December 31, vaguely human forms move through the grasslands, and by late evening they begin making stone tools. The Stone Age lasts until about 11:45 p. m. , and the first signs of civilization, towns and cities, do not appear until 11:54 p. m. The Christian era begins only 14 seconds before the New Year, and the Declaration of Independence is signed with one second to spare.
In comparing all of Earth's geological evolution to one calendar year, the author shows
A.just how recently humanity has arrived on the scene
B.just how simple it is to understand the history of Earth
C.just how early humanity appears on planet Earth
D.just how difficult it is to understand the history of Earth
A.in accordance with
B.in terms of
C.in favor of
D.in honor of
A.1
B.2
C.3
D.7
The Jewish New Year most probably comes between ______.
A. July and September
B. October and December
C. January and March
D. April and June