The author seems to be mainly concerned with most fisheries' ______.A.management efficienc
The author seems to be mainly concerned with most fisheries' ______.
A.management efficiency
B.biomass level
C.catch-size limits
D.technological application
The author seems to be mainly concerned with most fisheries' ______.
A.management efficiency
B.biomass level
C.catch-size limits
D.technological application
The author seems to regard Greenspan's manipulation of interest rates with
A.disapproval.
B.doubt.
C.approval.
D.admiration.
Regarding the future of the EU, the author seems to feel_________.
A.pessimistic
B.desperate
C.conceited
D.hopeful
A.knows little about
B.is doubtful about
C.is opposed to
D.agrees with
But I do not agree with the opinion that women have to show their beauty through their looks. The richness of their mind proves to be more beautiful and attractive than their looks. A woman who has experienced many troubles and may be called "aunt" or "granny" can still maintain her beauty if she has such excellent qualities as knowledge, ability, a kind heart and concern for others.
In addition, old and young, beautiful and ugly are relative concepts. People who keep a young mind will never feel old. Curious about new things and eager to learn more, they keep up with the tide. Plainly dressed women may have a type of beauty, which is pure and real.
Reading and learning is the best way to keep one youthful. Good books are fertile soil which can feed the flower of one's heart and looks.
Why does the author say that beauty and women are twins?
A.Women are born to be beauties.
B.Women like to show off their beauties
C.Women are proud of their beauty
D.Women try to maintain their beauty by dressing up
At school he seems only to have been interested in mathematics. In fact, his formal education was surprisingly brief for a gentleman, and incomplete. For unlike other young Virginian of that day, he did not go to the College of William and Mary in the Virginian capital of Williamsburg. In terms of formal training then, Washington contrasts sharply with some other early American Presidents such as John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. In later years, Washington probably regretted his lack of intellectual training. He never felt comfortable in a debate in Congress, or on any subject that had not to do with everyday, practical matters. And because he never learned French and could not speak directly to the French leaders, he did not visit the country he admired so much. Thus, unlike Jefferson and Adams, he never reached Europe.
11. Why didn’t Washington go to college?
A. His family could not afford it.
B. A college education was rather uncommon in his time
C. He didn’t like the young Virginian gentlemen.
D. The author doesn’t give any reason.
12. Washington felt uncomfortable in Congress debates because he.
A. lacked practice in public speaking
B. felt his education was not good enough
C. didn’t like arguing and debating with people
D. felt that debating was like intellectual training
13. The reason why Washington didn’t visit France was probably that he.
A. didn’t really care about going
B. didn’t know French leaders
C. couldn’t communicate directly with the French leaders
D. was too busy to travel
14. According to the author,().
A. Washington’s lack of formal education placed him at a disadvantage in later life
B. Washington should have gone to France even though he could not speak French
C. Washington was not as good a president as Adams, Jefferson or Madison
D. Washington was a model for all Virginian gentlemen
15. The main idea of the passage is that Washington’s education.
A. was of great variety, covering many subjects
B. was probably equal to those of most young gentlemen of his time
C. may seem poor by modern standards, but was good enough for his time
D. was rather limited for a president
Before World War I we spent our summer holidays in Hungary. I have only the dim memory of the house we lived in, of my room and my toys. Nor do I recall clearly the large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who gathered next door. But I do have a crystalclear memory of the dogs, the farm animals, the local birds, and above all, the insects.
I am a naturalist, not a scientist. I have a strong love of the natural world and my enthusiasm had led me into varied investigations. I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy burning the midnight oil while reading about other people's observations and discoveries. Then something happens that brings these observations together in my conscious mind. Suddenly you fancy you see the answer to the riddle, because it all seems to fit together. This has resulted in my publishing 300 papers, and books, which some might honour with the title of scientific research.
But curiosity, a keen eye, a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist: one the outstanding and essential qualities required is se]f-discipline, a quality I lack. A scientist requires not only self-discipline but hard training, determination and a goal. A scientist, up to a point, can be made. A naturalist is born. If you can combine the two, you get the best of both worlds.
The first paragraph tells us the author ______. ()
A.was interested in flowers and insects in his childhood
B.lost his hearing when he was a child
C.didn't like his brothers and sisters
D.was born to a naturalist's family
Mom is always there; she had soup ready in the breakfast room by the time that Ann and Jim and I get home. Ann and Jim have never gone in for the cafeteria, either. Our house in only about a ten-minute walk from the school building, so we can make it back in plenty of time.
There's something about eating in the cafeteria--and not leaving the high school from morning until afternoon -- that feels a little like being in prison. By the end of the morning, I've got to get out of the building. And Mom never seems to mind fixing lunch for us; she never suggests that we eat in the cafeteria.
It's really the only time we have to be alone with her. In the morning Dad's there, and by the time I get home after messing around(混时间) after school, he's usually at home from work. So the time that Mom and I talk together is usually at lunch.
I feel sorry for the students who eat in the cafeteria every day. It would drive me mad, I don't know if their moms just don't like to cook for them in the middle of the day, or if they actually like the cafeteria and the cafeteria food.
When the author was in junior high school, ______.
A.he never ate in the cafeteria
B.he ate in the cafeteria sometimes but not often
C.he always went back for lunch
D.he often ate in the cafeteria
I’m like a migratory bird that has lost its sense of timing and direction, my wings flapping against season.
So what makes me fly against the tide of snowbirds? The answer has a lot to do with my reluctance to give up the things that define who I am. Once I hear that the temperature on Long Island has dipped into the range of 40 to 50 degrees, I begin to long for the sight and crackling sound of a wood fire. I also long for the bright display o£ colors — first in the fall trees, and then in the limits around homes and at Rockefeller Center. Floridians decorate too, but can’t create the special feel of a New England winter.
I suppose the biggest reason why I return is to celebrate the holidays with people I haven’t seen in months. What could be better than sitting with family and friends for a Thanksgiving turkey dinner, or watching neighbors’ children excitedly open gifts on Christmas? Even the first snowfall seems special. I especially enjoy seeing a bright red bird settling on a snow-covered branch (My wife and I spend winters at a retirement community in Ridge, and I’m grateful that I don’t have to shovel.)
While these simple pleasures are not unique to Long Island, they are some of the reasons why I come back. Who says you can’t go home?
(1) 单选题What does the underlined word "snowbird" in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A.A person spending winter in a warmer climate.
B.A bird seen chiefly in winter.
C.A person permanently living in a foreign country.
D.A bird flying to the south in winter.
(2) 单选题What’s the difference between Florida and Long Island?
A.Winters in Long Island are milder.
B.The snowbirds in Long Island are rarer.
C.Weather in Long Island is severer.
D.Long Island is nearer to the ocean.
(3) 单选题What did the author miss most when he was in Florida?
A.The colorful light display.
B.The family gathering.
C.The cold temperature.
D.The winter landscape.
(4) 单选题What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A.To praise the beauty and warmth of his hometown.
B.To describe his dream to be a free bird.
C.To explain the reasons for moving from his hometown.
D.To express his feeling of missing his hometown.
1.The reason some children are backward in speaking today is that ____.
A、they do not listen carefully to their mothers
B、their brains have to absorb too much language at once
C、their mothers do not respond to their attempts to speak
D、their mothers are not intelligent enough to help them
2.By "critical times" the author means ____.
A、difficult periods in the child's life
B、moments when the child becomes critical towards its mother
C、important stages in the child's development
D、times when mothers often neglect their children
3.Which of the following is NOT implied in the passage____.
A、The faculty of speech is inborn in man.
B、Children do not need to be encouraged to speak.
C、The child's brain is highly selective.
D、Most children learn their language in definite stages.
4.It the mother does not respond to her child's signals ____.
A、the child will never be able to speak properly
B、the child will stop giving out signals
C、the child will invent a language of its own
D、the child will make little effort to speak
5.Which of the following is true according to the passage____.
A、By the age of a year and a half the child's vocabulary is still under 100 words.
B、By the age of four children still make many grammatical mistakes.
C、The author does not believe that children select and analyse their language.
D、All children of high IQ start to speak early.
But college has never been able to work its magic for everyone. And now that close to half our high school graduates are attending, those who don't fit the pattern are becoming more numerous, and more obvious. College graduates are selling shoes and driving taxis; college students interfere with each other's experiments and write false letters of recommendation in the intense competition for admission to graduate school. Others find no stimulation in their studies, and drop out—often encouraged by college administrators.
Some observers say the fault is with the young people themselves—they are spoiled and they are expecting too much. But that's a c6ndemnation of the students as a whole, and doesn't explain all campus unhappiness. Others blame the state of the world, and they are partly right. We've been, told that young people have to go to college because our economy can't absorb an army of untrained eighteen-year-olds either.
Some adventuresome educators and campus watchers have openly begun to suggest that college may not be the best, the proper, the only place for every young person after the completion of high school. We may have been looking at all those surveys and statistics upside down, it seems, and through the rosy glow of our own remembered college experiences. Perhaps college doesn't make people intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, or quick to learn things—maybe it's just the other way around', and intelligent, ambitious, happy, liberal, quick-learning people are merely the ones who have been attracted to college in the first place. And perhaps all those successful college graduates would have been successful whether they had gone to college or not. This is heresy to those of us who have been brought up to believe that if a little schooling is good, more has to be much better. But contrary evidence is beginning to mount up.
What does the author believe according to the passage?______
A.People used to question the value of college education
B.People used to have full confidence in higher education
C.All high school graduates went to college
D.Very few high school graduates chose to go to college