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A1、Someoftheanimalscanlivesolitaryandalone.2、Computerisnotabletotreatuncertainandimpreciseinformation.3、OnthebasisoftheevidencewededucethatRajisguilty.4、AMBAwouldhelp eeligibleforaspecialclassofA.suitableB.helpfulC.goodD.entitled5、Existenceanddisappearancearerepeatinginhistory,cultureandlife.6、Themothertriedtofosterherson’sinterestinmusic.7、Doyouhaveenoughpatiencetoduplicatetheseletters?8、Theyounggenerationtodaydoesn’tlikeorthodoxteaching.9、Thepoliticalnewsreportfromforeigncountryishardlycredible.10、Adiarycaneasilytriggerthememoriesofyourpast.11、Tomdidn’tbelievesomeonedeliberaysetfiretothishouse.12、Lilydecidedtopostponehertripbecauseherbestfriendissick.B.putupwith13、Theclotheswerepackedcompactlyintothesuitcase.14、Atireddriverismorelikelytocollidewithothervehicle.eupwithB.catchC.runD.speed15、Petercanhardlybedescribedasinligent. Britain’sFirstPre-RomannnedTownArchaeologistsbelievetheyhavefoundthefirstpre-RomannnedtowndiscoveredinIthasbeenunearthedbeneaththeRomantownofSilchesterorCallevaAtrbatumnewmodernReading.TheRomansareoftencredited（歸功于）withbringingcivilizationtoBritaintownButexcavations（挖掘）haveshownevidenceofanIronAgetownbuiltonagridandsignsinhabitantshadaccesstoimportedwineandoliveoil.ProfMikeFulfordanarchaeologist(考古學(xué)家attheUniversityofReadingsaidthepeopleofIronAgeSilchesterappeartohaveadoptedanurbanized（的）“Roman”wayofliving,longbeforetheRomansarrived.“ItisveryremarkabletofindthisevidenceofannedIronAgelayoutbeforethearrivaloftheRomansandthedevelopmentofanned,Romantown,”hesaid.“Indeed,itwouldbehardtoseeasignificantdifferencebetweenthelifestylesoftheinhabitantsoftheIronAgetownandofitsRomansuccessorinthe1stCenturyAD.”Hesaidtheyseemedtohavebeendrinkingwineandusingoliveoilandafermentedfishsauceintheircooking,allimportedfromabroad.SilchesterisfamousforthemostcompleteRomantownwallsinAftertheRomaninvasion,thetownwasusedbyitsmilitary,andthereisevidencethatRomanbuildingswereveryswiftlybuiltontopofIronAgestructures.ProfFulfordbelievesthatshortlybeforethis,thetownmayhavebeentakenoverbytheBritishIronAgeChieftain（首領(lǐng)）Car us---aleaderoftheCatuvellaunitribe---ashisTheevidencecomesfromcoinsmintedby usinthe“BoththeirtightdistributionincentralsouthernEnglandandtheirstylepointtoCallevabeingthesourceof us’coins,”he uswasaherooftheBritish toRomanrule.HefamouslytookontheinvadingRomanarmyattheBattleofMedwayandafterhiscapturewastakentoRomewhereheappearedsofearlessthattheEmperorClaudiuswasmovedtosparehislife.AsforthefateoftheRomantown,ascorchedlayerwithinthearchaeologysuggeststhatitwasactuallyburnttotheground.<1>、Britain’sfirstpre-RomannnedtownwasbuiltinIronAgeinmodernReading.C.Not<2>、TheRomansintroducedtheRomanwayoflivingtopeopleofIronAgeSilchester.C.Not<3>、SilchesterhasthemostcompleteRomantownwallsinBritain.C.Not<4>、TheinhabitantsoftheIronAgetownmightimportwineandoliveoilandafermentedfishsaucefromabroad.C.Not<5>、ThetownwasusedbyRomansshortlybeforeitwascontrolledbyCar C.Not uswaskilledbytheEmperorClaudiusafterhiscapture.C.Not<7>、Romantownwasburnttothegroundinawar.C.Not PredictingthePredictingthefutureisnotoriouslydifficult.Whocouldhaveimagined,inthemid1970s,forexample,thatbytheendofthe20thcentury,computerswouldbeascommoninpeople’shomesasTVsets?Inthe1970s,computerswerecommonenough,butonlyinbigbusiness, departmentsandlargeorganizations.Theseweretheso-calledmainframemachines.Mainframecomputerswereverylargeindeed,oftenoccupyingwholeair-conditionedrooms,employingfull-timetechniciansandrunonspecially-writtensoftware.Thoughtheselargemachinesstillexist,manyoftheirfunctionshavebeentakenoverbysmallpowerful alcomputers,commonlyknownasPCs.In1975,aprimitivemachinescalledtheAltair,waslaunchedintheUSA.Itcanproperlybedescribedasthefirst“homecomputer”anditpointedthewaytothefuture.Thiswasfollowed,attheendofthe1970s,byamachinecalledanApple.Intheearly1980s,thecomputergiant,IBMproducedtheworld’sfirstalComputer.Thisranonan“operatingsystem”calledDOS,producedbyathen .TheIBMalComputerwaswidelycopied.Fromthosehumblebeginnings,wehaveseenthedevelopmentoftheuser-friendlyhomecomputersandmultimediamachineswhichareincommonusetoday.Consideringhowrecentthesedevelopmentsare,itisevenmoreremarkablethataslongagoasthe1960s,anEnglishman,LeonBagrit,wasabletopredictsomeoftheusesofcomputerswhichweknowtoday.Bagritdismissedtheideathatcomputerswouldlearnto“think”forthemselvesandwould“ruletheworld”,whichpeoplelikedtobelieveinthosedays.Bagritforesawatimewhencomputerswouldbesmallenoughtoholdinthehand,whentheywouldbecapableofprovidinginformationabouttrafficjamsandsuggestingalternativeroutes,whentheywouldbeusedinhospitalstohelpdoctorstodiagnoseillnesses,whentheywouldrelieveofficeworkersandaccountantsofdull,repetitiveclericalwork.Allthesecomputeruseshave ecommonce.<1>、Paragraph1 A.DifficultyofPredictingtheFutureB.TheAccuratepredictionMadebyLeonBagritC.LimitationoftheMainframeComputersD.TheCooperationbetweenIBMandE.AltairAppearingastheFirst“HomeF.FurtherDevelopmentofthe<2>、Paragraph2 A.DifficultyofPredictingtheFutureB.TheAccuratepredictionMadebyLeonBagritC.LimitationoftheMainframeComputersD.TheCooperationbetweenIBME.AltairAppearingastheFirst“HomeF.FurtherDevelopmentofthe<3>、Paragraph4 A.DifficultyofPredictingtheFutureB.TheAccuratepredictionMadebyLeonBagritC.LimitationoftheMainframeComputersD.TheCooperationbetweenIBMandE.AltairAppearingastheFirst“HomeF.FurtherDevelopmentofthe<4>、Paragraph7 A.DifficultyofPredictingtheFutureB.TheAccuratepredictionMadebyLeonBagritC.LimitationoftheMainframeComputersD.TheCooperationbetweenIBMandE.AltairAppearingastheFirst“HomeF.FurtherDevelopmentofthe<5>、Inthemid A.therewouldbeasmanycomputersasTVsetsputerswereinwidespreaduse.puterswereratherD.smallanduser-E.simpleandF.itputcomputingpowerwithinthereachofordinary<6>、TheimportanceoftheAltairwas A.therewouldbeasmanycomputersasTVsetsputerswereinwidespreaduse.puterswereratherD.smallanduser-E.simpleandF.itputcomputingpowerwithinthereachofordinary<7>、Nobodycouldhaveimagined A.therewouldbeasmanycomputersasTVsetsputerswereinwidespreaduse.puterswereratherD.smallanduser-E.simpleandF.itputcomputingpowerwithinthereachofordinary<8>、Thefirst“homecomputer”,whichwasinventedintheUSAin1975,was A.therewouldbeasmanycomputersasTVsetsputerswereinwidespreaduse.puterswereratherD.smallanduser-E.simpleandF.itputcomputingpowerwithinthereachofordinary CarSpeedingoffinastolencar,thethiefthinkshehasgotagreatcatch.Butheisinforesurprise.Thecarisfittedwitharemoteimmobilizerandaradiosignalfromacontrolcenterawaywillensurethatoncethethiefswitchestheengineoff,hewillnotbeabletostartitagain.Theideagoeslikethis.Acontrolboxfittedtothecarcontainsamini-,amicro-processorandmemory,andaGPSsa litepositioningreceiver.Ifthecarisstolen,acodedsignalwill lthecontrolcentretoblockthevehicle’senginemanagementsystemandpreventtheenginebeingrestarted.IntheUK,asetoftechnicalfixesisalreadymakinglifeharderforcarthieves.“Thepatternofvehiclecrimehaschanged,”saysMartynRandall,asecurityexpert.Hesaysitwouldonlytakehimafewminutestoteacha howtostealacar,usingabareminimumoftools,butonlyifthecarismorethan10yearsold.Moderncarsarefartoughertosteal,astheirenginemanagementcomputerwon’tallowthemtostartunlesstheyreceiveauniqueIDcodebeamedoutbytheignitionkey.IntheUK,likethishavehelpedachievea31%dropinvehicle-relatedcrimesince1997.Butdeterminedcriminalsarestillmanagingtofindotherwaystostealcars,oftenbygettingboldoftheowner’skeys.Andkeytheftisresponsiblefor40%ofthetheftsofvehiclesfittedwithatrackingsystem.Ifthecartravels100meterswithoutthedriverconfirmingtheirID,thesystemwillsendasignaltoanoperationscenterthatithasbeenstolen.ThehundredmetersminimumavoidsfalsealarmsduetoinaccuraciesintheGPSsignal.Staffatthecenterwillthencontacttheownertoconfirmthatthecarreallyismissing,andkeepinformedofthevehicle’smovementsviathecar’sGPSunit.<1>、WhatisthefunctionoftheremoteimmobilizerfittedtoaA.TohelpthemakeasurpriseattackonthecarB.ToallowthecartolockautomaticallywhenC.TopreventthecarthieffromrestartingitonceitD.Topreventcartheftbysendingaradiosignaltothecar<2>、Bysaying“Thepatternofvehiclecrimehaschanged(L1-2,P3),MartynRandallsuggestsA.ittakesalongertimeforthecarthieftodothestealing.B.self-preparedtoolsarenolongerenoughforcartheft.C.thethiefhastomakeuseofcomputerD.thethiefhaslostinterestinstealingcarsover10years<3>、WhatisessentialinmakingamoderncartoughertoA.AcooledignitionB.AuniqueIDC.AspecialD.AGPSsalitepositioning<4>、Whydoesthetrackingsystemseta100-meterminimumbeforesendinganalarmtotheoperationscenter?A.ToleavetimefortheoperationscentertogiveanB.Tokeepinformedofthecar’sC.TogivethedrivertimetocontacttheoperationsD.ToallowforpossibleerrorsintheGPS<5>、Whatwilltheoperationscenterdofirstafterreceivinganalarm?A.StartingthetrackingsystemB.ContactingthecarC.BlockingthecarD.Locatingthemissing LifeasaMovieOrdinarypeoplehavealwaysbeenattractedtotheworldofmoviesandmoviestars.Onewaytogetclosertothisworldisto eamovieextra.Althoughyouhaveseenmovieextras,youmaynothavepaidattentiontothem.Extrasarethepeopleseatedattablesinarestaurantwhilethetwomainactorsareinconversation.Theyaretheguestsattheweddingofthemaincharacters.Theyarethepeoplecrossingthestreetwhile“thebadguy"isbeingchasedbythe.Extrasdon'tnormallyspeakanylines,buttheyhelpmakethesceneslookreal.Beingamovieextramightseemlikealotoffun.Yougettoseewhatlifeislikebehindscenes.Butdon'tforgetthatbeinganextraisreallyajob,andit'smostlyabout ngnothing.First-timeextrasareoftenshockedtolearnhowslowtheprocessofmoviemakingis.Inafinishedmovie,theactionmaymovequickly.Butitcansometimestakeawholedaytoshootascenethatappearsforjustafewminutesonthescreen.Themainrequirementforbeinganextraistheabilitytowait.Youmayreporttoworkat5or6a.m.,andthenyouwaituntilthedirectorisreadyforyourscene.Thiscouldtakeseveralhours.Thentheremaybetechnicalproblems,andyouhavetowaitsomemore.Afterthedirectorsays“action”andyoudothefirst“take”,youmayhavetodoitagainifheorsheisnotsatisfiedwiththescene.Infact,youmayhavetodothesamesceneoverandoveragain.Youcouldbeonthesetforhours,sometimeswaitingoutdoorsinveryhotorcoldweather.Youmaynotbefinisheduntil11p.m.ormidnight.Thepayisn'tgood,either—oftenonlyalittlebitaboveminimumwage.Andyoumustpaytheagentwhogetsyouthejobacommissionofabout10percent.Sowhowouldwanttobeamovieextra?Inspiteofthelonghoursandlowpay,manypeoplestillapplyforthejob.Somepeopletrulyenjoythework.Theylikebeingonamovieset,andtheyenjoythecompanionshipoftheirfellowextras.Mostofthemhaveflexibleschedules,whichallowthemtobeavailable.Theymaybestudents,waiters,homemakers,retiredpeople,orunemployedactors.Someunemployedactorshopetheworkwillhelpthemgetrealactingjobs,butitdoesn'thappenoften.Mostpeopleinthemovieindustrymakeasharpdistinctionbetweenextrasandactors,soextrasarenotusuallyconsideredforlargeparts.Thenexttimeyouseeamovie,don'tjustwatchthestars.Takeacloserlookatthepeopleinthebackground,andaskyourself:Whoarethey?Whyaretheythere?Whatelsedotheydoinlife?Maybethereissomeoneinthecrowdwhoisjustlikeyou.<1>、WhatistrueaboutmovieA.OnlyagentsgetthemjobsinB.TheyoftenhavetowaitaroundonmoviesetsanddoC.It’sagoodwaytogetarealactingD.Theycanhavedrinksina<2>、WhatmightsurprisemovieextrasthefirsttimetheydotheA.ItcantakehourstodoascenethatisonlyafewminuteslongintheB.TheyalwaysdothesamescenemanyC.TheactorsareinterestedintalkingtoD.Theactionmovesvery<3>、WhydomostpeopleworkasmovieA.TheylikemeetingfamousmovieB.Theythinkthey eC.TheywanttobeonamovieD.Theywillgetrealacting<4>、WhatarethejobrequirementsforbeingamovieA.Youhavetohaveapart-timeB.YoumustbeC.YoumustbewillingtorepeatascenemanyD.Youmuststartworkingvery<5>、tcanbeinferredfromthepassageA.beingamovieextracanbeB.movieextrasneedactingC.movieextrascanylargerD.movieactorsarequitedifferentfrom PredictingCanearthquakesbepredicted?Scientistsareworkingonprogramstopredictwhereandwhenanearthquakewilloccur.Theyhopetodevelopanearlywarningsystemthatcanbeusedtoforecastearthquakessothatlivescanbesaved.Earthquakesarethemostdangerousanddeadlyofallnaturalevents.Theyoccurinmanypartsoftheworld.GiantearthquakeshavebeenrecordedinIran,,Guatemala,ChileandAlaska.TwoofthebiggestearthquakesthatwereeverrecordedtookceinandAlaska.Theseearthquakesmeasuredabout8.5ontheRichterscale.TheRichterscalewasdevisedbyCharlesRichterin1935,andcomparestheenergylevelofearthquakes.Anearthquakethatmeasuresa2onthescalecanbefeltbutcauseslittledamage.Onethatmeasures4.5onthescalecancauseslightdamage,andanearthquakethathasareadingofover7cancausemajordamage.Itisimportanttonotethatareadingof4indicatesanearthquaketentimesasstrongasonewithareadingof3.Scientistswanttobeableopredictthoseearthquakesthathaveareadingofover4ontheRichterscale.Howdoearthquakesoccur?Earthquakesarecausedbytheshiftingofrocksalongcracks,orfaults,intheearth’scrust.Thefaultisproducedwhenrocksneareachotherarepulledindifferentdirections.Thebest-knownfaultinNorthAmericaistheSanAndreasFaultinthestateofCaliforniaintheUnitedStates.ThenationsthatareactivelyinvolvedinearthquakepredictionprogramsincludeJapan,,RussiaandtheUnitedStates.Thesecountrieshavesetupseismicnetworksinareasoftheircountrieswhereearthquakesareknowntooccur.Manykindsofseismicinstrumentsareusedbythenetworkstomonitorthemovementsoftheearth'scrust.Thescientistsalsocheckwaterindeepwells.Theywatchforchangesinthewaterlevelandtemperaturethatareassociatedwithmovementalongfaults.Scientistsin,RussiaandtheUnitedStatesmeasureradoningroundwater.andRussianscientistshavereportedthatinceswherestressisbuildingup,theradonlevelsofthewaterbuilduptoo.Whentheradonlevelsofthewatersubsideanddropbacktonormalreadings,anearthquakemayoccur.However,allthescientistsagreethatmoredataisnecessarytoprovethatradonlevelsinwaterareassociatedwiththepossiblebirthofanEarthquakepredictionisstillayoungscience.Scientistshaveonlyapartialunderstandingofthephysicalprocessesthatcauseearthquakes.Muchmoreresearchhastobedone.Newandmoreup-to-datemethodshavetobefoundforcollectingearthquakedata yzing<1>、Thegiantearthquakeoccurredinthefollowingces andAlaskaB.GuatemalaandChileC.Iranand<2>、Whatisthedifferencebetweenlevel4andlevel8inRichterA.Level4earthquakecannotbefeltbyhumanB.Level8earthquakecancauseseriousC.Level8earthquakeismostdangerousnaturalD.Level8earthquakeis40timesasstrongaslevel<3>、Whichofthefollowingstatementsabouttheearthquakeistrue?A.ThebiggestearthquaketookceinB.Earthquakethatmeasuresa2onthescalecanbefeltbyhumanbeings.C.EarthquakesarecausedbytheshiftingofrocksD.Scientistswanttobeabletopredictthoseoverlevel3<4>、Theearthquakeoccurstheshiftingofrocksalongcracksintheearth’stheradonlevelsofthewatersubsideanddropbacktonormalofthemovementsoftheofthede<5>、Howmanymethodsareusedtopredicttheearthquakeinthispassage? ASecondNewtechnologylinkstheworldasneverbefore.Ournethasshrunk.(46) .And,ofcourse,ourabilitytobenefitfromthishigh-techcommunicationsequipmentisgreatlyenhancedbyforeignlanguageskills.Deeplyinvolvedwiththisnewtechnologyisabreedofmodernbusinesspeople.(47) .Inmodernmarkets,successoverseasoftenhelpssupportdomesticbusinessefforts. .Theexecutivestationedinanothercountrynolongerneedfearbeing“outofsightandoutofmind.”Heorshecanbesurethattheoverseaseffortiscentraltothe nforsuccess,andthatpromotionsoftenfollowor panyanassignmentabroad.Ifanemployeecansucceedinadifficultassignmentoverseas,superiorswillhavegreaterconfidenceinhisorherabilitytocopebackintheUnitedStateswherecross-culturalconsiderationsandforeignlanguageissuesare ingmoreandmoreprevalent.Thankstoavarietyofrelativelyinexpensivecommunicationsdeviceswithbusinessapplications,evensmallbusinessesintheUnitedStatesareabletogetintointernational Butthereisanever-growingneedforpeoplewhocanspeakanotherlanguage.Asecondlanguageisn’tgenerallyrequiredtogetajobinbusiness,buthavinglanguageskillsgivesacandidatetheedgewhenotherqualificationsappeartobeequal.Theemployeespostedabroadwhospeakthecountry’sprincipallanguagehaveanopportunitytofast-forwardcertainnegotiations.(50) .Theemployeesatthehomeofficewhocancommunicatewellwithforeignsovertheephoneorbyfaxmachineareanobviousassettothefirm. TheyhaveagrowingrespectfortheeconomicvalueofngbusinessItisnowa“globalvillage”wherecountriesareonlysecondsawaybyfaxorphoneorsaliteAhighqualitystandardizedEnglishtestisbestwayofmeasuringtheproficiencyofanEnglishEnglishisstilltheinternationallanguageofAndtheycanhavetheculturalinsighttoknowwhenitisbettertomovemoreslowly.F.Overseasassignmentsare ingincreasinglyimportanttoadvancementwithinexecutive TheyhaveagrowingrespectfortheeconomicvalueofngbusinessItisnowa“globalvillage”wherecountriesareonlysecondsawaybyfaxorphoneorsaliteAhighqualitystandardizedEnglishtestisbestwayofmeasuringtheproficiencyofanEnglishEnglishisstilltheinternationallanguageofAndtheycanhavetheculturalinsighttoknowwhenitisbettertomovemoreslowly.F.Overseasassignmentsare ingincreasinglyimportanttoadvancementwithinexecutive TheyhaveagrowingrespectfortheeconomicvalueofngbusinessItisnowa“globalvillage”wherecountriesareonlysecondsawaybyfaxorphoneorsaAhighqualitystandardizedEnglishtestisbestwayofmeasuringtheproficiencyofanEnglishEnglishisstilltheinternationallanguageofAndtheycanhavetheculturalinsighttoknowwhenitisbettertomovemor