A. pushing B. filling C. pulling D. carrying
A.pushing
B. filling
C. pulling
D. carrying
A.pushing
B. filling
C. pulling
D. carrying
"Pepys slipped on his dressing gown". To slip on means______.
A.to be wearing
B.to be pushing
C.to take off
D.to put on
We can conclude from the passage that______.
A.while pushing asteroids off course nuclear weapons would destroy the world
B.asteroids racing across the night sky are likely to hit Earth in the near future
C.the worry about asteroids can be left to future generations since it is unlikely to happen in our lifetime
D.workable solutions still have to be found to prevent a collision of asteroids with Earth
In the process of children's learning new skills parents ______.
A.should encourage them to read before they know the meaning of the words they read
B.should not expect too much of them
C.should achieve a balance between pushing them too hard and leaving them on their own
D.should create as many learning opportunities as possible
The vaults where his money was kept had huge, steel doors with【62】locks.【63】guards with pistols in their holsters were always on【64】in the bank. The tellers cages----the cubicles 【65】the bank clerks, or tellers, worked-actually.【66】 cages. They had gratings across the front, high sides and back, and a door that could be opened only by pushing a release button.
The new style. of bank design【67】some of these【68】features, but the idea now is to make the bank【69】 like a friendly place【70】than a forbidding fortress. The modem bank buildings are open and light,【71】large glass windows and doors. The tellers' cages have been【72】by flat, unobstructed counters. The【73】and burglar alarms are still there, but they are【74】noticeable than they【75】to be.
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A.and
B.but
C.that
D.what
Larry found a job parking cars for one of Hollywood's big restaurants. His pay was basic, but since the guests were kind enough to give him more money, he managed to make a living.
One day he recognized an important film director driving into the parking lot and getting out of his car. Larry had recently heard that the man was ready to make a new picture.
Larry got into the car and prepared to drive it on into the lot and park it. Then he stopped, jumped out, and ran over to the director. "Excuse me, sir, but I think it's only fair to tell you that it's now or never if you want me in your next picture. A lot of big companies are after me."
Instead of pushing away the boy, the director got interested in Larry's words and stopped. "Yes? Which companies?" he asked.
"Well," replied the boy, "there's the telephone company, the gas company, and the electric company, to tell you only a few."
The director laughed, then wrote something on a card and handed it to the young man. "Come and see me tomorrow."
Larry got a small part in the director's next film. He was on his way!
Which of the following was Larry interested in?
A.Working as a waiter.
B.Becoming a film star.
C.Parking cars for film stars.
D.Never going home.
Asteroids are different forms of the meteoroids that race across the night sky. Most orbits the sun far from Earth and don't threaten us. But there are also thousands of asteroids whose orbits put them on a violent coming course together with Earth.
Buy $ 50 million worth of new telescopes right now. Then spend $10 mil]ion a year for the next 25 years to locate most of the space rocks. By the time we spot a fatal one, the scientists say, we'll have a way to change its course.
Some scientists favor pushing asteroids off course with nuclear weapons. But the cost wouldn't be cheap.
Is it worth it? Two things experts consider when judging any risk are: 1) How likely the event is; and 2) How bad the consequences if the event occurs. Experts think asteroids big enough to destroy lots of life might strike Earth once every 500,000 years. Sounds pretty rare but if one did fall it would be the end of the world. "If we don't take care of these big asteroids, they'll take care of us. "Says one scientist. "Its that simple."
The cure, though, might be worse than the disease, Do we really want fleets of nuclear weapons silting around on Earth? "The world has less to fear from doomsday rocks than from a great nuclear fleet set against them. "Said a New York Times article.
What does the passage say about asteroids and meteoroids?
A.They are heavenly bodies similar in nature.
B.There are more asteroids than meteoroids.
C.They are heavenly bodies different in composition.
D.Asteroids are more mysterious than meteoroids.
Questionsare based on the following passage.
When you think about the growth of human population over the last century or so, it is alltoo easy to imagine it merely as an increase in the number of humans. But as we(36), so doall the things associated with us,(37)our livestock (家畜). At present, there are about 1.5 bil-lion cattle and domestic buffalo and about 1.7 billion sheep and goats. With pigs and poultry,they form. a(38)part of our enormous biological footprint upon this planet.
Just how enormous was not really apparent until the(39)of a new report, called "Live-stock"s Long Shadow," by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.
Consider these numbers. Global livestock grazing (放牧) and feed production use "30percent of the land surface of the planet." Livestock —— which consume more food thanthey(40)—— also compete directly with humans for water. And the drive to expand grazingland destroys more biologically sensitive terrain, rain forests(41), than anything else.
But what is even more striking, and alarming, is that livestock are(42)for about 18 per-cent of the global warming effect, more than transportation"s(43). The culprits (罪魁祸首)are methane —— the natural result of bovine digestion —— and the nitrogen emitted by manure.
Deforestation of grazing land adds to the effect.
There are no easy trade-offs when it comes to global warming —— such as cutting back oncattle to make room for cars. The human(44)for meat is certainly not about to end anytimesoon. As "Livestock"s Long Shadow" makes clear, our health and the health of the planet de-pend on pushing livestock production in more(45)directions.
A.publication
B.waste
C.contribution
D.certainly
E. yield
F. multiply
G. critical
H. passion
I . concerning
J . available
K. liable
L. sustainable
K. responsible
N. including
O.especially
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Bacteria (细菌) are extremely small living things. While we measure our own sizes in inches or centimeters, bacterial size is measured in microns. One micron is a thousandth of a millimeter: a pinhead is about a millimeter across. Rod-shaped bacteria are usually from two to four microns long, while rounded ones are generally one micron in diameter. Thus, if you enlarged a rounded bacterium a thousand times, it would be just about the size of a pinhead. An adult human magnified by the same amount would be over a mile (1.6 kilometers) tall.
Even with an ordinary microscope, you must look closely to see bacteria. Using a magnification of 100 times, one finds that bacteria are barely visible as tiny rods or dots. One cannot make out anything of their structure. Using special stains, one can see that some bacteria have attached to them wavy-looking "hairs" called flagella. Others have only one flagellum. The flagella rotate, pushing the bacteria through the water. Many bacteria lack flagella and cannot move about by their own power, while others can glide along over surfaces by some little-understood mechanism.
From the bacterial point of view the world is a very different place from what it is to humans.To a bacterium water is as thick as molasses (糖蜜) is to us. Bacteria are so small that they are influenced by the movements of the chemical molecules around them. Bacteria under the microscope even those with no flagella often bounce about in the water. This is because they collide with the water molecules and are pushed this way and that molecules move so rapidly that within a tenth of a second the molecules around a flagellum have been replaced by new ones. Even bacteria without flagella are thus constantly exposed to a changing environment.
Which of the following is the main topic of the passage?
A.The characteristics of bacteria.
B.How bacteria reproduce.
C.The various functions of bacteria.
D.How bacteria contribute to disease.
Managing Oneself
We live in an age full of opportunities: If you are smart enough,and have got ambition and keep pushing forward, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession, no matter where you started out.But with opportunity comes responsibility. Companies today aren' t managing their employees' careers. Professional workers must be their own chief executive officers (CEO) . It' s up to you to strive for your place, to keep yourself engaged and productive during a working life that may last around 50 years. To do those things well, you' ll need to have a deep understanding of yourself — not only what your strengths and weaknesses are, but also how you learn, how you work with others, what your values are, and where you can make the greatest contribution, because only when you operate from strength can you achieve true excellence.
History' s great achievers — Napoléon, da Vinci, and Mozart — have always managed themselves. But they are so unusual both in their talents and in their accomplishments as to be considered rare exceptions. Now, most of us, even those of us with modest talents, will have to learn to manage ourselves. We will have to learn to develop ourselves. We will have to place ourselves where we can make the greatest contribution.And we will have to stay mentally alert and engaged during a 50-year working life, which means knowing how and when to change the work we do.
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(1)Companies today are responsible for employee' s career.
(2) It is the CEO who decides your place.
(3) You need to understand your company well so that you can do things well.
(4) Understanding yourself means knowing well about your strengths,weaknesses, your values, how you learn, how you do with others and so on.
(5) Ordinary people cannot manage themselves well.