____several years for bamboo seeds to grow into plants that used for commercial purpose
A. It takes
B. To be taken
C. By taking
D. Although
A. It takes
B. To be taken
C. By taking
D. Although
Mrs. Robson had lived in the house ______.
A. since she had sold her flat
B. for less than a decade
C . since she had been born
D. for more than ten years
A.pace
B.suburb
C.neighborhood
D.area
For those who do not take breakfast, the good news is that _______. A. several studies have been done in the past few years B. the omission of breakfast does no harm to one’s health C. adults have especially made studies in this field D. eating little in the morning is good for health
It is a fact that______.
A.oil is getting less and less
B.the future is terrible with such a serious problem
C.the government tries to solve the problem within several years
D.the country will soon use up energy if we keep wasting like this
A decade of intense civil rights activity was launched in 1954 when the United States Supreme Court declared segregated schools to be unconstitutional. In 1955, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. , effectively organized the Blacks of Atlanta, Georgia, in a bus boycott. The boycott lasted two years, and when it was over, Blacks no longer were degraded by being forced to sit or stand in the rear of buses.
In 1960, a group of Black college students decided that they, sis well as white persons, had the right to eat at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. This sit-in sparked an aggressive national movement and, in the next few years, thousands of young men and women -- Black and white, North and South -- overturned local laws and customs that had maintained segregation. Sit-ins, prayins, freedom rides, freedom marches and demonstrations to open all schools to Black children took place across the nation.
Several important actions took place to change the status of black people ______.
A.after World War Ⅱ
B.in 1954
C.before 1945
D.in 1960
Surrounding the earth was an unbroken canopy of clouds miles thick and made up mostly of water vapor. Rain falling toward the still-hot earth was heated to steam and rose to the clouds again. After many millions of years, as the earth continued to cool, its surface temperature fell below the boiling point of water. Rainwater could now remain on the earth, covering its whole surface except for the higher places on earth that had been formed from the lighter rock materials.
In 1970, scientists had pieced together evidence that the lighter rock materials had formed one huge continent by a vast ocean. Then, about 200 million years ago, the great continent began to break up, the pieces moving slowly apart.
The onrushing waters of the single huge ocean now entered and filled the spaces between the separating continents--and became the several oceans and seas we know today.
This passage mainly talks about ______.
A.the origin of the earth
B.the origin of the ocean
C.the history of the earth
D.the forming of the earth's crust
Although electronic means of payment may be more efficient than a payments system based on paper, several factors work ____6___the disappearance of the paper system. First, it is very ___7___to set up the computer, card reader, and telecommunications networks necessary to make electronic money the __8__ form. of payment. Second, paper checks have the advantages that they ___9___receipts, something that many consumers are unwilling to ____10____. Third , the use of paper checks gives consumers several days of “float”-it takes several days __11____a check is cashed and funds are _12____from the issuer’s account, which means that the writer of the check can earn interest on the funds in the meantime.___13____ electronic payments are immediate, they eliminate the float for the consumer.
Fourth, electronic means of payment may __14_____ security and privacy concerns. We often hear media reports that an unauthorized hacker has been able to access a computer database and to alter information ___15___ there. The fact that this is not an _16____occurrence means that dishonest persons might be able access bank accounts in electronic payments systems and __17__ steal funds by moving them from someone else’s accounts into their own. The ___18__of this type of fraud is no easy task, and a whole new field of computer science is developing to ____19__security issues. A further electronic means of payments leaves an electronic ____20___ that contains a large number of personal data. There are concerns that government, employers, and marketers might be able to access these data, thereby violating our privacy.
A.However .
B.moreover .
C.Therefore .
D.Otherwise
【61】thing that man can do is to limit the【62】of babies born. The need【63】this is obvious, but it is not【64】to achieve. People have to be【65】to limit their families. In the countries of the population【66】, many people like big families. The parents think that this【67】a bigger income for the family and ensures there will be someone in the family who will look【68】them in old age.
Several governments have【69】birth control policies in recent years.【70】them are Japan, China, India and Egypt. In some【71】the results have not been successful. Japan has been an【72】. The Japanese adopted a birth control policy in 1948. People were【73】to limit their families. The birth【74】fell from 34.3 per thousand per year to about 17.0 per year【75】present.
(46)
A.second
B.recent
C.next
D.late
Part of the problem is understandable. When【26】evaluate employees, they often consider the amount of time spent on the job【27】performance. Employees know this. Consequently, they work longer hours and【28】less vacation time than they did several years ago. Although many working people can do their job effectively during a【29】40-hour-work week, they feel they have to spend more time on the job after normal working hours so that they can let the people who can【30】them see it.
(66)
A.the better
B.the less
C.the more
D.the most
Helen Keller was born a healthy normal child in Alabama in 1880. However, an illness with a high fever struck her when she was still a child. She became deaf, blind, and unable to speak. For little Helen, the world was suddenly a dark and frightening place. She was wild and stubborn. Several years later a miracle came into Helen's life when Anne Sullivan, a strong and loving person, became Helen's teacher. Miss Sullivan's teaching changed the child into a responsible human being. Through her help Helen Keller learned to communicate with those around her, and as she grew older, others benefited from her unique insights and courage. Miss Keller died in 1968, but her spirit lives on. It lives on in her articles and books and in the stories of people who were fortunate enough to meet her during her lifetime.
Why was Helen Keller blind, deaf and unable to speak?
A.Because she'd been born that way.
B.Because a horse had kicked her.
C.Because she'd had a very high fever.
D.Because she'd had a bad fall.
As part of the application procedure (手续) , Dr. Ginoux was asked to prepare a list of all the operations performed in the previous even years. Slowly, as she worked on the long list, she began to feel uncertain. She began to question some of her decisions. Had she used the best technique in that case? Maybe, in this case, she should have given one more test before operating? On the other hand, maybe she should have. . . Would the doctors on the selection committee understand that, as the only trained surgeon in the area, she usually could not get advice from others and therefore, had to rely completely on her own judgment? For the first time, Dr. Ginoux felt lonely and isolated.
The longer Dr. Ginoux worked on the application forms, the more depressed she became. As hope faded, she wondered if a "country doctor"had a realistic chance of being accepted by the American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Ginoux was working in______.
A.a large city
B.the American College of Surgeons
C.an area far from any big city
D.a selective organization