Which of the following is NOT a social occasion? 查看材
A.Going to church.
B.Going to work in the office.
C.Staying at home.
D.Going to a party.
A.Going to church.
B.Going to work in the office.
C.Staying at home.
D.Going to a party.
第1题
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Is the Tie a Necessity?
Ties, or neckties, have been a symbol of politeness and elegance in Britain for centuries. But the casual Prime Minister Tony Blair has problems with them. Reports suggest that even the civil servants may stop wearing ties. So, are the famously formal British really going to abandon the neckties?
Maybe Last week, the UK"s Cabinet Secretary Andrew Turnbull openly welcomed a tieless era. He hinted that civil servants would soon be free of the costliest 12 inches of fabric that most men ever buy in their lives.
In fact, Blair showed this attitude when he had his first guests to a cocktail party. Many of them were celebrities (知名人士) without ties, which would have been unimaginable even in the recent past.
For some more conservative British, the tie is a must for proper appearance. Earlier, Labor leader Jim Callaghan said he would have died rather than have his children seen in public without a tie. For people like Callaghan, the tie was a sign of being complete, of showing respect. Men were supposed to wear a tie when going to church, to work in the office, to a party——almost every social occasion.
But today, people have begun to accept a casual style. even for formal occasions.
The origin of the tie is tricky. It started as something called simply a "band". The term could mean anything around a man"s neck. It appeared in finer ways in the 1630s. Frenchmen showed a love of this particular fashion statement. Their neckwear (颈饰) impressed Charles II, the king of England who was exiled (流放) to France at that time. When he returned to England in 1660, he brought this new fashion item along with him.
It wasn"t, however, until the late 18th century that fancy young men introduced a more colorful, flowing piece of cloth that eventually became known as the tie. Then, clubs military institutions and schools began to use colored and patterned ties to indicate the wearer"s membership in the late 19th century. After that, the tie became a necessary item of clothing for British gentlemen.
But now, even gentlemen are getting tired of ties. Anyway, the day feels a bit easier when you wake up without having to decide which tie suits you and your mood.
The tie symbolizes all of the following except __________. 查看材料
A.respect
B.elegance
C.politeness
D.democracy
第2题
Paragraph 4 __________. 查看材料
A.Provide clean water
B.Dig oil wells
C.Save clean water
D.Don"t litter
E.Don"t be crude
F.Protect wildlife
第3题
Paragraph 3 __________. 查看材料
A.Provide clean water
B.Dig oil wells
C.Save clean water
D.Don"t litter
E.Don"t be crude
F.Protect wildlife
第4题
Paragraph 2__________. 查看材料
A.Provide clean water
B.Dig oil wells
C.Save clean water
D.Don"t litter
E.Don"t be crude
F.Protect wildlife
第5题
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Earth Angels
(1) Joying Brescia was 8 years old when she noticed that cigarette butts (烟头) were littering her hometown beach in Isle of Palms, South Carolina. When she learned that it takes five years for the remains of a cigarette to disintegrate, she decided to take action. Joying launched a "No Butts on the Beach" campaign. She raised money and awareness about the need to keep the beaches clean. With the help of others, Joying also bought or received donations of gallon-size plastic ice-cream buckets. The buckets were filled with sand and placed at all public-access areas of the beach. The buckets allowed people to dispose of their cigarettes before hitting the beach. Two years later. Joying says the buckets are full and the beach is nearly free of cigarette debris (残片) .
(2) People who live in or visit Steamboat Springs, Colorado have Carter Dunham to thank for a new state wildlife refuge that preserves 20 acres of marshland and many species of wildlife.
Carter and other students wrote a management plan for the area around the Yampa River. The plan was part of a class project when Carter was a freshman at Steamboat Springs High School. Working with the Colorado Division of Wildlife, Carter and his classmates mapped the area and species of animals living there. They also made decisions about, among other things, where fences and parking areas should be built.
(3) Barbara Brown and her friends collect oil. It started as a project for their 4H Club after one of the girls noticed her father using motor oil to kill weeds on their farm in Victoria, Texas. They did some research and discovered that oil can contaminate ground water, a real danger in rural areas, where people live off the water on their land. The girls researched ways to recycle oil and worked with a local oil-recycling company on the issue. Now, the "Don"t Be Crude" program runs oil collection sites——tanks that hold up to 460 gallons- where people in the community can dispose of their oil.
(4) Five years ago, 11-year-old Ryan Hreljac was a little boy with a big dream: for all the people in Africa to have clean drinking water. His dream began in the first grade when he learned that people were dying because they didn"t have clean water, and that as little as $70 could build a well. "We really take water for granted," says Ryan, of Kemptville,Ontario, in Canada. "In other countries, you have to plan for it." Ryan earned the first $70 by doing extra chores (零工) , but with the help of others, he has since raised hundreds of thousands of dollars.
(5) His efforts led to the start of the Ryan"s Well Foundation, which raises money for clean water and health-related services for people in African countries and developing countries.
Paragraph 1__________. 查看材料
A.Provide clean water
B.Dig oil wells
C.Save clean water
D.Don"t litter
E.Don"t be crude
F.Protect wildlife
第6题
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Stem Cell Therapy May Help Repair the Heart
According to scientists in the USA, stem cell therapy may one day be able to repair the hearts of people with heart failure. Researchers at Pittsburgh University School of Medicine examined 20 patients who had severe heart failure and were going to have surgery.
They injected stem cells into the parts of their hearts that were damaged. They then compared their hearts with those of people who had undergone surgery without having the stem cells injected into them (they had also suffered from severe heart failure). The patients who had had the stem cells injected had hearts that were able to pump (用泵抽运) more blood than the others.
According to Professor Robert Kormos, one of the researchers, these results could revolutionize heart treatment. Although previous studies had indicated that there might be a benefit, this is the first study that has actually proved that stem cell therapy can help the failing heart work better.
All the patients in this study had hearts that could not pump blood properly. The scientists measured their ejection fraction (射血分数). It is a measure of heart performance; it measures how much blood is being pumped out by the left ventricle (心室).
Healthy people"s ejection fraction is about 55%. These patients had ejection fraction of under 35%. They all had by-pass surgery (搭桥手术) performed on them. Some of the patients had stem cells taken from their hip bones and injected into 25-30 sites in the damaged heart muscle. Six months later their ejection fraction rate was 46.1% while those who just had surgery but no stem cell injections averaged 37.2%. No side effects were reposed.
Heart failure is a common problem all over the world. In the U.K. alone about 650,000 people suffer from heart failure every year. As the number of people suffering from heart failure increases in the world in general, these findings are particularly significant.
Current treatments relieve the symptoms. This new stem cell therapy actually repairs the damaged muscle in the heart and has the potential of curing the disease.
The 20 patients had stem cell injections instead of surgery. 查看材料
A.Right
B.Wrong
C.Not mentioned
第7题
The overestimation about the situation caused the public worries.
A.expression
B.impression
C.exaggeration
D.consideration
第8题
We all think that Mary‘s husband is a very monotonous person.
A.shy
B.stupid
C.dull
D.selfish
第9题
回答(50)题 查看材料
A.Scholars differ in interpreting the purpose of the designs.
B.The largest picture may have been the sites for special ceremonies.
C.He called Nazca "the largest astronomy book in the world".
D.A Swiss writer named Erich von Daniken wrote that the Nazca lines were designed as a landing place for UFOs.
E.Other scientists are now searching for evidence to prove this.
F.Seen from the ground, it looks like lines scratched into the earth.
第10题
回答(49)题 查看材料
A.Scholars differ in interpreting the purpose of the designs.
B.The largest picture may have been the sites for special ceremonies.
C.He called Nazca "the largest astronomy book in the world".
D.A Swiss writer named Erich von Daniken wrote that the Nazca lines were designed as a landing place for UFOs.
E.Other scientists are now searching for evidence to prove this.
F.Seen from the ground, it looks like lines scratched into the earth.
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