For five miles ________ the road was bordered with apple orchards.
A.end up
B.on end
C.to an end
D.in end
A.end up
B.on end
C.to an end
D.in end
A.It is lower than the Noah Rim.
B.It is hard to get,to even in good weather.
C.It is not open in winter months.
D.It attracts over。five million visitors each year.
The model has shown that this radar system, known as laser-doppler radar, can measure with absolute precision speeds varying from spaceship orbital injection (进入) velocities (速度) of five miles per second down to virtual stops--speeds of less than one ten thousandth of an inch per second. According to the scientists who are developing this system, such fine measures of velocity are of prime importance in space missions. In a rendezvous (对接) between two spaceships, or in a landing approach by a vehicle onto an orbiting space station, a bump could rip open a ship's skin, or a nudge could knock the station out of its orbit.
The light-beam radar, which operates at a frequency of trillions (百万兆) of cycles per second, could easily detect and measure the movement of a vehicle edging up to a satellite space station. A control system using so precise a signal as this would allow a huge vehicle to dock at a space station as lightly as a feather.
Laser-doppler radar ______. ()
A.measures the movements of a spaceship by means of light beam
B.makes use of microwaves
C.makes use of sound waves
D.Both A and B
The marvel of the machine age, the electronic computer has been in use only since 1946. It can do simple computations—add, subtract, multiply, and divide—with lightning speed and perfect accuracy. It can multiply two 10-digit numbers in 1/1, 000 second, a problem that would take an average person five minutes to do with pencil and paper. Some computers can work 500, 000 times faster than any person can.
Once it is given a program, that is, a carefully worked-out set of instructions devised by a technician trained in computer language, a computer can gather a wide range of information for many purposes. For the scientist it can get information from outer space or from the depths of the ocean. In business and industry the computer prepares factory inventories, keeps track of sales trends and production needs, mails dividend checks, and makes out company payrolls. It can keep bank accounts up to date and make out electric bills. If you are planning a trip by plane, the computer will find out what route to take and what space is available.
Why does the author regard the electronic computer as the marvel of the machine age?
A.Because electronic computers are rare.
B.Because people know little about electronic computers.
C.Because electronic computers can do much more kinds of work that human beings can't.
D.Because electronic computers have been widely suspected.
根据以下材料回答第 21~30 题:
I can clearly remember the first time I met Mr. Andrews, my old headmaster, (21) that was over twenty years ago . During the war ,I was at school in the north of England . As soon as it ended, my family returned to London. There were not enough schools left for children to go to and my father had to go from one school to another, asking them to (22) me as a pupil . I used to go with him but he had such a (23) time trying to persuade people even to see him that I seldom had to do any tests. We had been to all the schools near where we lived ,but the more (24) my father argued ,the more it became. In the end ,we went to a school about five miles away from home. The headmaster kept us waiting for (25) an hour. While we were waiting , I (26) around at the school building ,which was one of those old Victorian structures, completely out of date but still standing. I could hear the boys playing in the playground outside when the headmaster’s secretary finally (27) us into his office. Mr. Andrews spoke to me first ,“Why do you want to come here ?” he asked. I had been thinking of saying something about studying but couldn’t (28) remembering the boys outside .“I don’t know anyone in London, ” I said . “I like to play with the other boys. I like to read a lot of books too,” I (29) . “All right ,”Mr. Andrews said . “We have one place (30) ,in face.”
My two years at that school were among the happiest of my life.
第 21 题 填入(21)处的最佳答案是()。
A.if
B.despite
C.although
D.since
Patsy Li was discovered ______ miles away from the sunken ship.
A.40
B.400
C.4000
D.40000
This article means to say that a careful driver travels about ______.
A.75 miles per hour
B.65 miles per hour
C.55 miles per hour
D.10 miles per hour
Running slowly for (some) three miles every day (is proved) a good (form) of (exercise).
A.some
B.proves
C.form
D.exercise
A.beside
B.besides
C.except
D.without
I thought it was worth ______ a hundred miles to see the basketball game.
A.of driving
B.driving
C.drive
D.being driven