As a solar term, the Qingming festival is listed on the _____ of the 24 terms.

The book is dead. Technology has killed it. The libraries of the world are dooming to become museums. Americans, however,【M1】______ attend to bring an either-or mentality to most things. The invention【M2】______ of television led to predictions about the demise of radio. The making of movies was to be the funeral bell of alive theater;【M3】______ recorded music, the end of concerts. All these forms still exist—sometimes overshadowed by their siblings, but not smothered by them. And with the direst predictions, reading【M4】______ continues to be part of the life of the mind. Theres no question that reading off-paper, as I think of it, will increase in years to come. A library that got 10 as gifts【M5】______ reported that within a half hour they had all checked out. And【M6】______ theres no question that once again we will be treated to lamentations suggesting that true literacy has become the lost art. The difference this time is that we will confront with elitism from【M7】______ both sides. Not only have literary purists now complain of the【M8】______ evanescent nature of letters onscreen, the tech fanatics have become equally disdainful of the old form. Perhaps we should look past both sides to concern ourselves with function instead of form. I am cheered by the Gallup poll in【M9】______ which asks a simple question: do you happen to be reading any books or novels at present? In 1952 a merely 18 percent of【M10】______ respondents said yes. The last time the survey was done, in 2005, that number was 47 percent. So much for the good old days.

【M1】

Which of the following is true?

A．The San Antonio example shows the enthusiasm for refurbishing older buildings.

B．Recent interest in ecology issues has led to the cleaning up of some rivers.

C．Benjamin Thompson was the designer for a project in Boston.

D．Strong government support has made adaptive rehabilitation a reality in Boston.

Which of the following is true?

A．The San Antonio example shows the enthusiasm for refurbishing older buildings.

B．Recent interest in ecology issues has led to the cleaning up of some rivers.

C．Benjamin Thompson was the designer for a project in Boston.

D．Strong government support has made adaptive rehabilitation a reality in Boston.

Which of the following is true?

A．The traveler bought the boiled rice and vegetables and ate them by the side of the road.

B．The judge had no idea what the woman meant.

C．In the fifth paragraph, the first "it" has the same meaning as the second "it".

D．The woman got nothing but the shadow of twenty five cents in the end.

A、Ergodicity is a notion of asymptotic independence.

B、A strictly stationary process that is ergodic is called ergodic stationary.

C、An important implication of ergodicity is that the statistical properties (such as the population mean and variance) of the ergodic time series process can be deduced from a single, su?ciently long sample (realization) of the process.

D、All of the above.

The biggest problem facing Chile as it promotes itself as a tourist desti

nation is that it is at the end of the earth. It is too far southern to be a 【M1】______

convenient stop on the way to anywhere else and is much further than a 【M2】______

relatively cheap half-day's flight away from the big tourist markets. Chile,

therefore, is having to fight hard to attract tourists, to convince travelers

that it is worthwhile coming halfway round the world to visit. 【M3】______

Like all South American countriss, Chile sees to urism as a valuable

earner of foreign currency, although it has been far more serious than most

in promoting its image abroad. Relatively stable political within the region, 【M4】______

it has benefited from the problems suffering in other areas. In Peru, 【M5】______

guerrilla war in recent years has dealt a heavy blow to the tourist industry and 【M6】______

fear of street crime in Brazil has reduced the attraction of Rio de Janeiro as

a dream destination for foreigners.

More than 150,000 people are directly involved in Chile's tourist

sector, an industry which earns the country more than $ 950 million each

year. The state-run National Tourism Service, in partner with a number of 【M7】______

private companies, is currently running a worldwide campaign, takes part 【M8】______

in trade fairs and international events to attract visitors to Chile. Chile's

great strength as a tourist destination is its geographical diversity. From the

parching Atacama Desert in the north to the Antarctic snowfields of the 【M9】______

south, it is more than 5000km long. With the Pacific on one side and the

Andean mountains on the other, Chile boasts in natural attractions. Its 【M10】______

beaches are not up to Caribbean standards but resorts, such as Vina del Mar

are generally clean and unspoilt and have a high standard ofservice.

【M1】