Which is generally regarded as the Bible of New England Transcendentalism? ______
A. Nature
B. Walden
C. On Beauty
D. Self-Reliance
A. Nature
B. Walden
C. On Beauty
D. Self-Reliance
Generally speaking, the quality of life, especially as______(see)by the individual, is meaningful in terms of the degree to which these various areas of life are available or provide satisfaction to the individual.
A.Southern American English
B. New England Dialect
C.African American English
D.General American
According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?
A.The Chinese people have to pay tips in western countries.
B.The westerners don' t have to pay high tips in their own country.
C.Barbers, hotel bellboys and all sorts of other people can earn a living if they are not tipped.
D.Tipping varies from place to place, generally in the area of 20% of your bill.
The first and most obvious thing is that a dictionary will【23】you the spelling of a word. If you' re not sure about the spelling of a word, you can try to find the correct spelling in a dictionary. Words are listed in alphabetical order--a, b, c, and so on .For example, on a dictionary page the word "poor" p, o, o, r--comes before "poverty"--p, o, v, e, r, t, y and the word "poverty" comes【24】the word "power'--p, o, w, e, r. The words are always given in alphabetical Order.
The second thing a dictionary will tell you is【25】. Most dictionaries give the pronunciation of a word in a special kind of alphabet. This special alphabet is called a phonetic, or sound alphabet. The phonetic spelling will tell you generally【26】a word is pronounced. There are a few different phonetic alphabets. Many dictionaries use the International Phonetic Alphabet to show pronunciation.
The【27】thing a dictionary will tell you is the meanings of words. You can【28】a word and find out what it means. Many words have more than one meaning, and a good dictionary will ex plain all of the word' s meanings. For example, in English the common word" get" has over 20 different meanings. The meaning, of course,【29】the sentence in which the word' is used.
These three things--spelling, pronunciation, and meanings--are some of the important【30】that you learn from dictionaries.
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A.books
B.people
C.things
D.thing
A、A decrease in interest rates generally leads to an increase in the value of assets.
B、Longer maturity assets have greater changes in price than shorter maturity assets for given changes in interest rates.
C、The absolute change in price per unit of maturity time for given changes in interest rates decreases over time, although the relative changes actually increase.
D、For a given percentage decrease in interest rates, assets will increase in price more than they will decrease in price for the same, but opposite increase in rates.
E、None of the above.
below to make the sentences in the following paragraph arranged in a logical and coherent way.
A.thereforeB.obviouslyC.bothD.andE.howeverF.the sameG.because ofH.includingI.alsoJ.in which
(1) ________ (2) ________(3) ________(4) ________(5) ________(6)________(7) ________(8)________(9)________(10) ________
Translation research concerns the problems involved in transferring meaning from one culture to another.
(1) not all cultures interpret situations in (2) way; perceptions can differ enormously, and words carry connotations which do not have exact equivalence in another language.Translation scholars are (3) occupied with many of the same concerns which interest writing researchers in other areas.Despite this, (4) , translation is often an invisible practice, and has tended to exist on the periphery of intellectual activity in applied linguistics.Translation study is a field (5) both theory and reflection on cultural, methodological and social issues are vital.(6) this a number of questions central to writing more generally have emerged, (7) the nature of context and situationality, the role of interpretation in cross-cultural communication, the challenge of rendering idiomaticity (8) the part played by audience.Translation has (9) expanded beyond its established literary and technical areas.(10) machine translation and computer-assisted translation represent rapidly expanding domains of practice and flourishing research areas.
Which of the following proposals did the Ordinance of 1784 incorporate?
A.New states should be admitted to the Union in numbers equal to the older states.
B.The Union should make the western region into tributary states.
C.New states should share the same rights in the Union as the original states.
D.The great western region should be divided into twelve states.
A. that
B. if
C.what
D. which r
Though pinioned swans generally seem happy, under proper care, by hatching and rearing their young without any trouble, at migration time things become different: they repeatedly swim to the lee side of the pond, in order to have the whole extent of its surface at their disposal, trying to take off. Again and again the grand preparations end in a pathetic flutter of their half wings; a truly sorry picture!
This, however, rarely awakens the pity of the zoo visitor, least of all when such an originally highly intelligent and mentally alert animal has deteriorated, in confinement, into a crazy idiot, a very caricature of its former self. Sentimental old ladies, the fanatical sponsors of the societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, have no compunction in keeping a grey parrot in a relatively small cage or even chained to a perch. Together with the large corvines, the parrots are probably the only birds which suffer from that state of mind, common to prisoners, namely, boredom.
What is an "outlet" in the context of this passage?
A.An opportunity for expression.
B.A place to let.
C.A chance of escape into a wood.
D.An exit for a marketer.