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What can cause the disasters of gap years?
A.Intervention of parents.
B.Careful planning,
C.Good health.
D.Realistic expectation.
What can cause the disasters of gap years?
A.Intervention of parents.
B.Careful planning,
C.Good health.
D.Realistic expectation.
What can cause the disasters of gap years?
A.Intervention of parents.
B.Careful planning.
C.Good health.
D.Realistic expectation.
According to the passage, what will cause humans to live in the Eremozoic Era?
A.Forests razed can grow back.
B.We are losing just a few species.
C.Habitat loss and climate change.
D.Humans would survive on the earth.
What can we know about the present epidemic ---swine flu?
A) The genes of the flu virus come from pigs.
B) It will soon spread and cause a pandemic.
C) There has been further change in the genes of the viruses.
D) It is similar to the influenza pandemic of 1918 to 1919.
听力原文:M: How often can I take them?
W: Every four hours. They may cause some drowsiness, so be careful not to drive.
Q: What is the relationship between the man and the woman?
(16)
A.Delivery service manager and driver.
B.Teacher and student.
C.Lawyer and client.
D.Doctor and patient.
What do people often think of heavy use of alcohol?
A.It is a normal way to celebrate one's success.
B.It can cause huge damage to people's health.
C.It takes a heavy toll of human life every year.
D.It can alleviate the tediousness of the routine work.
听力原文:W: This machine has so many buttons.I can't figure out which one makes it run.
M: You'd better read the instructions first Pressing the buttons at random may cause the machine to break down.
Q: What would the woman most probably do first?
(14)
A.Read the operational manual.
B.Try the buttons one by one.
C.Make the machine run slowly.
D.Ask her instructor for advice.
Many people have the same or a similar dream many times,
over either a short period of time or their lifetime. Recurring dreams
usually mean there is something in your life you've not
acknowledged what is causing stress of some sort. The dream 【M1】 ______
repeats because you have not corrected the problem. Other theory is 【M2】 ______
that people who experience recurring dreams have some sort of
trauma(创伤)in their past they are trying to deal. In this case, 【M3】 ______
the dreams tend to less with time. 【M4】 ______
Nightmares are dreams that are so distressing that they usually
wake us up, at most partially. Nightmares can occur at any age 【M5】 ______
and are seen in children with the most frequency. Nightmares 【M6】 ______
usually cause strong feelings of fear, sad or anxiety. Their causes 【M7】 ______
are varied. Some medications cause nightmares(or cause them if
you discontinue the medication abruptly). Traumatic events also
cause nightmares.
Treatment for recurring nightmares usually starts with
interpreting what is going on in the dream and compare that with 【M8】 ______
what is happening in the person's life. Then, the person undergoes
counseling address the problems that are presumably causing the 【M9】 ______
nightmare. Some sleep centers offer nightmare therapy and
counseling. Another method of treating nightmares is through lucid
dreaming. Through lucid dreaming, the dreamer can confront with 【M10】______
his or her attacker and, in some cases, end the nightmares.
【M1】
听力原文: Burning fallen leaves used to be standard practice across North America, but (29)most districts now ban or discourage this practice due to the air pollution it causes.
(30) What's more, because of the moisture that is usually trapped within leaves, they tend to bum slowly and thus generate large amounts of particles in the air, such as bits of dust, smoke and other solid materials. These particles can reach deep into lung tissue and cause coughing, chest pain, shortness of breath and other breathing problems.
Individual leaf fires from time to time usually don't cause any major pollution, but multiple fires in one geographic area can cause concentrations of air pollutants that exceed federal air quality standards. According to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), several leaf and yard waste fires burning simultaneously in a particular place can cause air pollution which equals that from factories, motor vehicles and lawn equipment.
(31) On the contrary, leaves can be made fertilizer, which is the most eco-friendly alternative to burning. Dry leaves alone will take a long time to break down, but mixing in green plant materials, such as grass, will speed up the process. Sources of nitrogen, such as livestock wastes or commercial fertilizer, will also help.
Another option is to chop leaves for use as cover for your lawn or to help protect garden and landscape plants. But before you add no more than a two-to-three-inch layer of leaves around actively growing plants, chop the leaves first so they don't prevent air from reaching roots.
(30)
A.Because burning them may cause fire accidents.
B.Because burning them may cause air pollution.
C.Because burning them may cause people out of breath.
D.Because burning them may cause water pollution.
Scientists have found that the cause of this strange weather is that the air circulation pattern has changed and is now more variable than earlier in the twentieth century. This means that different regions of the world get long spells (持续时间) of the same type of weather, whether hot , cold, wet or windy.
However, weather experts have different views about why this has happened. One theory is that the temperature of the sea has increased. Another is that man’s activities on earth have disturbed the balance of nature.
Whatever the cause, the economics of many countries in the world depend upon the weather. And until we know exactly what effect man’s activities are having on the weather, we cannot make changes which might help. So for the moment the only answer is …wait and see!
26. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the first paragraph?
A. We have never predicted the weather.
B. Man is now able to control the weather.
C. Strange weather has appeared only in some North American countries.
D. It has always been impossible for man to predict the weather accurately.
27. The strange weather patterns on the earth can he best described as ________.
A. steady and balanced C. likely to cause serious disasters
B. changeable but predictable D. unpredictable but favorable to man
28. The word “affecting” in Paragraph 1 can be replaced by ________.
A. yielding good crops in C. causing few losses in
B. having harmful effects on D. producing desired effects on
29. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that ________.
A. weather patterns are similar in different regions of the world
B. the air circulation pattern remains unchanged in the last century
C. our weather depends on the changes in the air circulation pattern
D. it is possible to predict weather patterns over a long period of time
30. It can be learned from this passage that ________.
A. scientists have similar opinions about the changing weather
B. no one is sure about the cause of the changing weather
C. cutting down forests has affected the climate
D. the weather will become worse in the future
M: Well, as you can see, I've got a rash on my hands and arms. I think it might be some kind of allergic reaction . My roommate just got a mew cat. Maybe I'm allergic to cats.
W: Hmm. Usually, allergies to animals don't cause rashes on your hands.
M: Well, maybe I'm allergic to some kind of food, or ...
W: When did see your rash first develop?
M: On Monday. By Tuesday, it was worse, and on Tuesday night I could hardly sleep.
W: Tell me, have you been out in the woods lately?
M: Out in the woods? I went hiking Saturday. Why? Oh, I get it. You think my rash might be caused by poison ivy, right?
W: Well, it looks like that. The doctor can tell you for sure. Do you know if you came in contact with poison ivy?
M: No, but then I have no idea what poison ivy looks like.
W: It grows in clusters of three leaves, and the leaves are waxy looking.
M: Well, if I do have poison ivy, what can the doctor do for me?
W: He can prescribe a lotion that will relieve the itching. But if I were you. I'd go to the library and look for some color photos of poison ivy, and try to avoid it the next time you go into the woods...
(22)
A.Doctor and nurse.
B.Librarian and library patron.
C.Forest ranger and hiker.
D.Nurse and patient.