Which one is the better topic sentence?
A.A person who is interviewing for a job has to arrive on time to the interview.
B.A person who is interviewing for a job has to do three important things during the interview.
A.A person who is interviewing for a job has to arrive on time to the interview.
B.A person who is interviewing for a job has to do three important things during the interview.
第1题
My grandfather was a very interesting man. He died when I was 11, but 1 remember he used to tell me stories about his early life. He told me one about how he used to race dogs. They raced greyhound , a very fast type of dog. My grandfather had a dog that was very fast and usually won the races. The men used to bet on the dogs and try to win money. One day before a race, a friend of my grandfather' s suggested that they bet on a different dog and make my grandfather' s dog lose the race. My grandfather had no job , so this seemed an easy way to make money. On the day of the race, my grandfather and his friend fed the dog lots of cakes 50 it wouldn't want to run. Then they took it for a long walk so it was tired. They bet on another dog , but when the race was run , my grandfather's dog won anyway , so they lost a11 their money and didn't win anything!
26. The author's grandfather doesn't tell stories now.()
27. His dog usually was a loser in races.()
28. The author' s grandfather didn't want to win money from dog race.()
29. The author' s grandfather and his friend fed the dog cakes to make it strong.()
30. The author' s grandfather and his friend bet on a dog which didn't win.()
第2题
A. ”?
B.The former is synonymous with the latter.
C.The former is inconsistent with the latter.
D.The former entails the latter.
E.The former presupposes the latter.
第3题
A.who want to hedge against interest rate fluctuations
B.who wish to hedge against exchange rate fluctuations
C.who bet on which way interest rate will move
D.both A and B
第4题
A “I name this ship Elizabeth.’’
B “I visited my uncle last Sunday.’’
C “I give and bequeath my watch to my brother.’’
D “I bet you sit pence it will rain tomorrow.’’
第5题
Naturalists and casual observers alike have been struck by the special relationship
between squirrels and acorns (the seeds of oak trees). Ecologists, though, cannot observe
These energetic mammals scurrying up and down oak trees and eating and burying acorns
without wondering about their complex relationship with trees. Are squirrels dispersers
(5) and planters of oak forests or pesky seed predators? The answer is not simple. Squirrels
may devour many acorns, but by storing and failing to recover up to 74 percent of them
(as they do when seeds are abundant), these arboreal o\rodents can also aid regeneration
and dispersal of the oaks.
Their destructive powers are well documented. According to one report, squirrels
(10) destroyed tens of thousands of fallen acorns from an oak stand on the University of
Indiana campus. A professor there estimated that each of the large while oaks had.
Produced between two and eight thousand acorns, but within weeks of seed maturity,
Hardly an intact acorn could be found among the fallen leaves.
Deer, turkey, wild pigs, and bears also feed heavily on acorns, but do not store them,
(15) And are therefore of no benefit to the trees. Flying squirrels, chipmunks, and mice are
Also unlikely to promote tree dispersal---whose behavior. of caching (hiding) acorns below
The leaf litter often promotes successful germination of acorns---and perhaps blue jays,
Important long-distance dispersers, seem to help oaks spread and reproduce.
Among squirrels, though, there is a particularly puzzling behavior. pattern. Squirrels
(20) pry off the caps of acorns, bite through the shells to get at the nutritious inner kernels,
and then discard them half-eaten. The ground under towing oaks is often littered with
thousands of half-eaten acorns, each one only bitten from the top. Why would any animal
waste so much time and energy and risk exposure to such predators as red-tail hawks only
to leave a large part of each acorn uneaten? While research is not conclusive at this point,
(25) one thing that is certain is that squirrels do hide some of the uneaten portions, and these
acorn halves, many of which contain the seeds, may later germinate.
What does the passage mainly discuss?
A.The ecology of oak trees
B.Factors that determine the feeding habits of Squirrels
C.Various species of animals that promote the dispersal of tree seeds
D.The relationship between squirrels and oak trees
第6题
Common Problems, Common Solutions
The chances are that you made up your mind about smoking a long time ago and decided it's not for you.
The chances are equally good that you know a lot of smokers — there are, after all about 60 million of them, work with them, and get along with them very well.
And finally it's a pretty safe bet that you're open-minded and interested in all the various issues about smokers and non-smokers — or you wouldn't be reading this.
And those three things make you incredibly(难以置信的) important today.
Because they mean that yours is the voice — not the smoker's and not the anti-smoker's — that will determine how much of society's efforts should go into building walls that separate us and how much into the search for solutions that bring us together.
For one tragic result of the emphasis on building walls is the diversion(转移) of millions of dollars from scientific research on the causes and cures of diseases which, when all is said and done, still strike the nonsmoker as well as the smoker. One prominent(卓越的) health organization, to cite(引证) but a single instance, now spends 28 cents of every publicly contributed dollar on "education" (much of it in antismoking propaganda)and only 2 cents on research.
There will always be some who want to build wails, who want to separate people from people, and up to a point, even these may serve society. The anti-smoking wall-builders have, to give them their due, helped to make us all more keenly aware of choice.
But our guess, and certainly our hope, is that you are among the far greatest number who know that walls are only temporary(暂时的) at best, and that over the long run, we can serve society's interest better by working together in mutual accommodation.
Whatever virtue walls may have, they can never move our society toward fundamental solutions. People who work together on common problems, common solutions, can.
What does the word "wall" used in the passage mean?
A.Anti-smoking propaganda.
B.Diseases striking nonsmokers as well as smokers.
C.Rules and regulations that prohibit smoking.
D.Separation of smokers from nonsmokers.
第7题
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360 chests Black Chocolate
400 sacks Fruit Candy(5009 for each)
Kindly forward these by fast freight.Enclosed please find a draft as per memorandum bill you sent LIS.
Yours truly,
Wang Qian
General Manager
第8题
第41题:______________.
(A). Although no such evidence was presented, the casino's marketing department continued to pepper him with mailings. And he entered the casino and used his Fun Card without being detected. (B). It is unclear what luring was required, given his compulsive behavior. And in what sense was his will operative? (C). By the time he had lost $5,000 he said to himself that if he could get back to even, he would quit. One night he won $5,500, but he did not quit. (D). Gambling has been a common feature of American life forever, but for a long time it was broadly considered a sin, or a social disease. Now it is a social policy: the most important and aggressive promoter of gambling in America is government. (E). David Williams’s suit should trouble this gambling nation. But don’t bet on it. (F). It is worrisome that society is medicalizing more and more behavioral problems, often defining as addictions what earlier, sterner generations explained as weakness of will. (G). The anonymous, lonely, undistracted nature of online gambling is especially conductive to compulsive behavior. But even if the government knew how to move against Internet gambling, what would be its grounds for doing so?
第9题
Part B
Directions:
In the following text, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 41-45, choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of numbered blanks. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the blanks. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)
On the north bank of the Ohio River sits Evansville, Ind., home of David Williams, 52, and of a riverboat casino where gambling games are played. During several years of gambling in that casino, Williams, a state auditor earning $35,000 a year, lost approximately $175,000. He had never gambled before the casino sent him a coupon for $20 worth of gambling.
He visited the casino, lost the $20 and left. On his second visit he lost $800. The casino issued to him, as a good customer, a Fun Card, which when used in the casino earns points for meals and drinks, and enables the casino to track the user’s gambling activities. For Williams, these activities become what he calls electronic morphine.
(41)________. In 1997 he lost $21,000 to one slot machine in two days. In March 1997 he lost $72,186. He sometimes played two slot machines at a time, all night, until the boat locked at 5 a.m., then went back aboard when the casino opened at 9 a.m. Now he is suing the casino, charging that it should have refused his patronage because it knew he was addicted. It did know he had a problem.
In March 1998, a friend of Williams’s got him involuntarily confined to a treatment center for addictions, and wrote to inform. the casino of Williams’s gambling problems. The casino included a photo of Williams among those of banned gamblers, and wrote to him a “cease admissions” letter. Noting the medical/psychological nature of problem gambling behaviors, the letter said that before being readmitted to the casino he would have to present medical/psychological information demonstrating that patronizing the casino would pose no threat to his safety or well-being.
(42) ________.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the casino has 20 signs warning: “Enjoy the fun... and always bet with your head, not over it.” Every entrance ticket lists a toll-free number for counseling from the Indiana Department of Mental Health. Nevertheless, Williams’s suit charges that the casino, knowing he was “helplessly addicted to gambling,” intentionally worked to “lure” him to “engage in conduct against his will.” Well.
(43) ________.
The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) says “pathological gambling” involves persistent, recurring and uncontrollable pursuit less of money than of thrill of taking risks in quest of a windfall.
(44) ________. Pushed by science, or what claims to be science, society is reclassifying what once were considered character flaws or moral failings as personality disorders akin to physical disabilities.
(45) ________.
Forty-four states have lotteries, 29 have casinos, and most of these states are to varying degrees dependent on -- you might say addicted to -- revenues from wagering. And since the first Internet gambling site was created in 1995, competition for gamblers’ dollars has become intense. The Oct. 28 issue of Newsweek reported that 2 million gamblers patronize 1,800 virtual casinos every week. With $3.5 billion being lost on Internet wagers this year, gambling has passed pornography as the Web’s most profitable business.
41.___________________
[A] Although no such evidence was presented, the casino’s marketing department continued to pepper him with mailings. And he entered the casino and used his Fun Card without being detected.
[B] It is unclear what luring was required, given his compulsive behavior. And in what sense was his will operative?
[C] By the time he had lost $5,000 he said to himself that if he could get back to even, he would quit. One night he won $5,500, but he did not quit.
[D] Gambling has been a common feature of American life forever, but for a long time it was broadly considered a sin, or a social disease. Now it is a social policy: the most important and aggressive promoter of gambling in America is government.
[E] David Williams’s suit should trouble this gambling nation. But don’t bet on it.
[F] It is worrisome that society is medicalizing more and more behavioral problems, often defining as addictions what earlier, sterner generations explained as weakness of will.
[G] The anonymous, lonely, undistracted nature of online gambling is especially conductive to compulsive behavior. But even if the government knew how to move against Internet gambling, what would be its grounds for doing so?
第10题
A. RouterC(config - if)#ip ospf network broadcast RouterD(config - if)#ip ospf network broadcast
B. RouterC(config - if)#ip ospf network point - to - point RouterD(config - if)#ip ospf network point - to - point
C. RouterC(config - router)#neighbor 10.100. 100.4 RouterD(config - router)#neighbor 10.100.100.3
D. RouterC(config - router)#neighbor 10.255.255.254 RouterD(config - router)#neighbor 10.255.255.253
第11题
A. it's full
B. Good question
C. I bet that was fun
D. Good idea
E. I used to
F. fewer cars
G. Look
H. Hey
A: Why is there never a bus when you want one?
B: (56) . There aren't enough buses on this route.
A: Sometimes I feel like writing a letter to the paper.
B: (57) . You should say that we need more subway lines, too.
A. Yeah. There should be more public transportation in general.
B: And (58) ! There's too much traffic.
A: (59) , is that our bus coming?
B: Yes, it is. But look, (60)
A: Oh, no! Let's go and get a cup of coffee. We can talk about this letter I'm going to write.
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