They had to examine the dead tiger before they had a _______ answer as to who killed it.
A.positive
B.senior
C.virtual
D.vital
A.positive
B.senior
C.virtual
D.vital
Then one evening,after he had looked through the straw and emptied the factory worker's pockets (17) usual,he said to him,“Listen,I know that you are smuggling things (18) this frontier. Won't you tell me what it is that you're bringing into the country so successfully? I'm an old man,and today's my last day on the job. Tomorrow I'm going to (19) . I promise that I shall not tell anyone if you tell me what you've been smuggling. ”The factory worker did not say anything for (20) . Then he smiled,turned to Henry and said quietly:“Bicycles. ”
A. should
B. might
C. would
D. must
Henrey&39;s job was to examine cars crossed the frontier to make sure that they were not smugling anything into the country. Every morning, except weekends. He ___21____see a factory worker coming up the hill towards frontier, pushing a bicycle with a big load of old straw on it. When the bicycle.___22___he frontier, Henry used to stop the manand make him take the straw off and,___23___it. Then he would examine the staw very carefully to see 24 he could find anything, after which he would look in all the man&39;s pockets before he let him tie the straw up ngain. The man would then put it on his bicycle and go off down the hill with it. Although Henry was always___ 25___to find gold or jewelry or other valuable things hidden in the staw, he never found___26___,even though he examined it very carefully. He was sure that the man was__27__ something. but he was not able to imagine what it could be. Then one morning,after he had looked___28___ the straw and emptied the factory worker&39;s pockers__29__usual, he___30___ to him,“Listen I know that you are smuggling things 31 this frontier, Won&39;t you tell me what it is that you&39;re bringing into the country so successfully? I&39;m an old man. and today is my last day on the___32__Tomorrow I&39; m going to___ 33__,I promise that I shall not tell___34___ if you tell me what you&39;ve been smuggling.”The factory worker did not say anything for____35___. Then he smiled, turned to Henry and said quiely:"Bicycles."
A.should
B.would
C.might
D.must
A.arived
B.appeared
C.came
D.reached
A.show
B.load
C.untie
D.loose
A.that
B.where
C.how
D.whether
A.lucky
B.expecting
C.suspecting
D.insisting
A.nothing
B.something
C.everything
D.anything
A.cheating
B.smuggling
C.stealing
D.pushing
A.through
B.thoroughly
C.upon
D.on
A.then
B.more
C.as
D.like
A.cried
B.said
C.ordered
D.told
A.cross
B.behind
C.across
D.into
A.job
B.work
C.case
D.duty
A.return
B.retreat
C.retire
D.rest
A.everyone
B.someone
C.no one
D.anyone
A.long time
B.period
C.moment
D.some time
So why is this huge increase in population taking place? It is really due to the spread of the knowledge and practice of what is becoming known as "Death Control". You have no doubt heard of the term "Birth Control". "Death Control" is something rather different. It recognizes the work of the doctors and scientists who now keep alive people who, not very long ago, would have died of a variety of then incurable diseases. Through a wide variety of technological innovations that include farming methods and the control of deadly diseases, we have found ways to reduce the rate at which we die. However, this success is the very cause of the greatest threat to mankind.
If we examine the amount of land available for this ever-increasing population, we begin to see the problem. If everyone on the planet had an equal share of land, we would each have about 50,000 square meters. This figure seems to be quite encouraging until we examine the amount of usable land we actually have. More than three-fifths of the world's land cannot produce food.
Obviously, with so little land to support us, we should be taking great care not to reduce it further. But we are not! Instead, we are consuming its "capital" — its nonrenewable fossil fuels and other mineral deposits that took millions of years to form. but which are now being destroyed in decades. We are also doing the same with other vital resources not usually thought of as being nonrenewable such as fertile soils, groundwater and the millions of other species that share the earth with us.
It is a very common belief that the problems of the population explosion are caused mainly by poor people living in poor countries who do not know enough to limit their reproduction. This is not true. The actual number of people in an area is not as important as the effect they have on nature. Developing countries do have an effect on their environment, but it is the populations of richer countries that have a far greater impact on the earth as a whole.
According to the article, what contributes to the population increase?
A.Birth explosion.
B.Birth Control.
C.Technological innovations.
D.Death Control.
What jobs have typically been held by women?
A.Jobs as doctors and lawyers.
B.Jobs in service industries.
C.Jobs in areas without sex discrimination.
D.Jobs in areas where women are respected.
Everybody may have seen the film "Death on the Nile (尼罗河) ," but nobody can imagine that the writer of the story, Agatha Christie, saved a baby in a most unusual way.
In June 1977, a baby girl became seriously ill in Deleville. Doctors there were unable to find out the cause of her illness, so she was sent to a famous hospital in London, where there were many excellent doctors. The baby was so seriously iii that a team of doctors hurried to examine her without any delay. The doctors, too, were puzzled by the baby's illness, and they also became discouraged. Just then a nurse asked to speak to them.
"I think the baby is suffering from thallium (铊) poisoning," said the nurse~ "A few days ago, I read a story 'A Pale Horse' written by Agatha Christie. Someone uses thallium poison, and all the symptoms (症状) are written in the book. They are exactly the same as the baby's."
"You're very good at observing things, "said a doctor, "and you may be right. We'll carry out some tests and find out whether the cause is thallium poisoning or not."
The tests proved that the baby had indeed been poisoned by thallium. Once they knew that cause, the doctors were able to give her correct treatment. The baby soon got well and was sent back to Deleville. A week later it was reported that the poison might have come from an insecticide (杀虫剂) used in Deleville.
The baby was sent to a hospital in London because ______.
A.her parents were living in London then
B.the hospitals in Deleville were full at that time
C.she was the daughter of a famous doctor in London
D.doctors in Deleville were not sure about the cause of her illness
A.go over
B.take out
C.skim on
D.examine with