New and more ______methods have to be found for collecting earthquake data and analyzing i
A. up-to-date
B. update
C. up to
D. outdated
A. up-to-date
B. update
C. up to
D. outdated
Tina: Polly, do you spend most of your spare time on the Internet?
Polly: Honesty speaking, no. I&39;m not one of those guys who are always playing online games orsurfing the Internet. I think, nowadays, many people spend too much time on their computers andmobile phones, but not enough time in front of one another.
From Polly&39;s point of view, people should___________ .
A.surf the Internet
B.learn more new things
C.play online games
D.communicate with one another
【C3】______ for some of us who sat in the audience watching Steve Jobs introduce the device, the whole thing felt like a 【C4】______ . The iPad is a perfectly good product. It's reasonably 【C5】______ , and after spending a few minutes with one, I'm pretty sure I'll buy one for myself and probably 【C6】______ second one for my kids to watch movies on road trips.
Then why are we so【C7】______? The case is that at the very 【C8】______ , we had hoped a tablet from Apple would do something new. Jobs and his 【C9】______ kept using words like "breakthrough" and "magical", but the iPad is 【C10】______ It might turn out to be magical for Apple, because 【C11】______ Jobs is really doing here is trying to【C12】______the personal computer with a closed appliance that runs software only from Apple's online App Store. So instead of selling you a(n) 【C13】______ and never hearing from you again, Apple gets a(n) 【C14】______ revenue stream with iPad as you keep【C15】______more apps. That really is "magical" for Apple's bottom line, anyway.
And that's 【C16】______ . What's wrong, or at least interesting, is why some of us 【C17】______ so much more from a new gadget. I suspect this is because for some people, myself 【C18】______ , technology has become a kind of 【C19】______ . We may not believe in God anymore, but we still need mystery and wonder. We need the magic 【C20】______ .
【C1】
A.late
B.last
C.latter
D.latest
Life is more enjoyable to people ______ are open to new ideas.
A.whose
B.whom
C.who
D.which
Warming waters are known to (28)to coral bleaching(珊瑚白化) and they take up more space than cooler waters, raising sea (29). While the top of the ocean is studied, its depths are more difficult to (30)The researchers gathered 150 years of ocean temperature data in order to get better (31)of heat absorption from surface to seabed. They gathered together temperature readings collected by everything from a 19th century (32)of British naval ships to modern automated ocean probes. The extensive data sources, (33)with computer simulations(计算机模拟), created a timeline of ocean temperature changes, including cooling from volcanic outbreaks and warming from fossil fuel (34).
About 35 percent of the heat taken in by the oceans during the industrial era now residents at a (35)of more than 700 meters, the researchers found. They say they&39;re unsure(36)whether the deep-sea warming canceled out warming at the sea&39;s surface.
A absorb
B combined
C contribute
D depth
E emission
F.explore
G explore
H.floor
I.heights
J.indifferent
K level
L.mixed
M picture
N unsure
O voyage
A.descent
B.ascent
C.ascend
D.descend
将括号中的各词变为适当的形式填入空白。
56.Nowadays,youngsters like listening to CD music more than (go) to concerts
57.It seems the roof (leak)for some time. We’d better call in the repairman.
58. It is reported that daydreaming improves a person’s ability (solve) everyday problems.
59. Ever since the paintings of contemporary artists went on exhibitiln at the gallery,there (be) many visitors every day.
60.Every student in this class likes the film (base) on the novel by D.H.Lawrence.
61. Some enjoy (meet)new people,while others want to be left alone.
62. Looking through the window, I found him (seat) in a sofa.
63. Deeply (touch) by her speech, many offered finacncial support to the school.
64.If I (follow) my teacher’s suggestions,I would have passed the examination.
65.Shortly afterwards,the government announced its (decide) on the future of the railways.