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Propulsion of the vast majority of contemporary merchant ships (especially containerships and VLCCs) utilizes（） as prime mover.
A . gas turbine
B . diesel engine
C . steam engine
D . gasoline engine
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In Epic and Novel,Bakhtin thinks that _____can link the contemporary reality.
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The contemporary foreign policy of the UK is greatly influenced by its imperial history and also by its geopolitical traits.
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“成人当代流行曲”（ Adult contemporary music）属于以下哪个音乐范畴？（）
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contemporary [kEn5tempErEri]
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Contemporary R&B can also be called _________.
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One of the big differences between a traditional nakodo and its contemporary version lies in the way______.
A．wedding gifts are presented
B．formalities are arranged
C．a proposed partner is refused
D．the middleman/woman is chosen
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Personally I think he's ______ the most original of all the contemporary fashion designers.
A．in all
B．by far
C．for all
D．at best
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Though this book was written more than 50 years ago, it has a relatively contemporary appeal,and its____plotting will amuse mystery lovers.
A．intricate
B．disparate
C．compassionate
D．passionate
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The Museum of Contemporary(当代的) Art (MOCA) has started a new series of programs ,known as “Art Makes Good Business.” It is designed to educate company managers about why art makes good business and how to take full advantage of it.
The event is open to new and current corporate(企业法人的) members of MOCA.An understanding and appreciation of art is becoming a must in today's business world.Art can be a valuable tool for seeking new ways to communicate with customers and raising public awareness of your company's role in the community.
During the coming months the series will look into the relationship between art,business and community.The series will cover how to understand modern art and how art can help improve a company's image.Art Makes Good Business speakers will include leaders from the business and art worlds.Bookings are required.Space is limited.For more information call 305-893-6211 or visit www..org.
1.The purpose of the museum's new programs is to show ___.
A.the management of business by artists
B.the role of art in improving business
C.the education of modern artists
D.the way to design art programs
2.The Art Makes Good Business program is intended for ___.
A.the general public
B.modern art lovers
C.corporate members of MOCA
D.people involved in art business
3.MOCA members who take part in the programs can learn ___.
A.to become leader in business and art worlds
B.to co-operate with other members of MOCA
C.the new ways of communication between people
D.about the relationship between art,business and community
4.Those who want to attend lectures by Art Makes Good Business speakers must ___.
A.make a booking
B.pay additional fees
C.understand modern art
D.be successful managers
5.This advertisement aims to ___.
A.improve the relationship between companies
B.stress the important role of art in education
C.attract MOCA members to the programs
D.raise funds for museums of modern art
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听力原文：W: Professor Smith suggested that I come here to borrow a Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.
M: You're welcome to use our dictionaries,but they must not be taken out of the library.Would't it be better if you had one of your own？
Q: What does the man suggest the woman do？
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A．Buy a dictionary for herself.
B．Take a dictionary out of the library.
C．Use whatever dictionaries in the library.
D．Borrow a dictionary from Professor Smith.
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Vives anticipated both the contemporary motivational theorists who avoid social comparisons and those researchers who find the harmful elements of norm-referenced testing to outweigh their advantages,
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Contemporary technological reporting is full of notions of electronic communities in which people interact across regions or entire continents. Could such "virtual communities" eventually replace geographically localized social relations？ There are reasons to suspect that, as the foundation for a democratic society, virtual communities will remain seriously deficient.
87. For example, electronic communication filters out and alters much of the subtlety, warmth, contextuality, and so on that seem important to fully human, morally engaged interaction. That is one reason many Japanese and European executives persist in considering face-to-face encounter essential to their business dealings and why many engineers, too, prefer face-to-face encounter and find it essential to their creativity.
88. Even hypothetical new media (e. g. advanced "virtual realities"), conveying a dimensionally richer sensory display are unlikely to prove fully satisfactory, substitutes for face-to-face interaction. Electronic media decompose holistic experience into analytically distinct sensory dimensions and then transmit the latter. At the receiving end, people can resynthesize the resulting parts into a coherent experience, but the new whole is invariably different and, in some fundamental sense, less than the original.
Second, there is evidence that screen-based technologies (such as TV and computer monitors) are prone to induce democratically unpromising psychopathologies, ranging from escapism to passivity, obsession, confusing watching with doing, withdrawal from other forms of social engagement, or distancing from moral consequences.
Third, a strength--but also a drawback--to a virtual community is that any member can exit instantly. Indeed, an entire virtual community can decline or perish in the wink of an eye.
89. To the extent that membership in virtual communities proves less stable than that obtaining in other forms of democratic community, or that social relations prove less thick (i. e. less embedded in a context filled with shared meaning and history), there could be adverse consequences for individual psychological and moral development.
90. no matter with whom we communicate or how far our imaginations fly, our bodies--and hence many material interdependencies with other people--always remain locally situated. Thus it seems morally hazardous to commune with far-flung tele-mates, if that means growing indifferent to physical neighbors. It is not encouraging to observe just such indifference in California's Silicon Valley, one of the world's most "highly wired" regions.
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In its various forms from fiction to documentary, the motion picture has become a significant element of contemporary culture. It is an art form. which【C1】______millions of people from all social classes. Movies have influenced current standards of beauty and have set dress fashions. They have【C2】______national myths. The American Western【C3】______in films, for example, is not really the frontier of historical fact. Movies have shown viewers other countries and broadened their【C4】______of different life-styles. But movies have also kept【C5】______stereotypes and prejudices. Some critics have【C6】______recent films of encouraging violence in American society. Others suggest that【C7】______violence in films helps antisocial viewers to safely rid themselves of aggressive feelings.
Interest【C8】______the relationship of films to American culture is as old as the interest in film【C9】______But interest in other【C10】______of film scholarship is more recent. During the 1960s, there was an【C11】______growth in the number and types of film classes offered in American colleges and universities. In other schools, students concentrate on learning【C12】______to make films. In many other schools, classes【C13】______with the history of film as an art form. and【C14】______the study, of film theory, and criticism. Film is【C15】______studied in more general courses in the humanities. Scholars now analyze the work of important directors. They examine the structures and conventions which create film groups or genres(流派)【C16】______the western and gangster(匪徒)films. Film study has become a【C17】______academic discipline.
Competing【C18】______television since the early 1950s, the American film industry has changed dramatically. So have films themselves. But whatever changes are brought【C19】______, motion pictures will always【C20】______an important American art form. and a significant cultural force.
【C1】
A．arrives
B．reaches
C．arouses
D．researches
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The medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play a significant role in the process of recovery from illness. As part of a nation-wide effort in Britain to bring art out the galleries and into public places, some of the country's most talented artists have called in to transform. older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings. Of the 2 500 National health Service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have significant collections of contemporary art in corridors, waiting areas and treatment rooms.
These recent initiatives owe a great deal to one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester hospital in north-eastern England.
The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering form. an illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view on to a garden needed half the number of strong pain killers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at during the early 1970s. he felt the artist had lost his place in modern society, and that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience.
A typical hospital waiting room might have as many as 5 000 visitors each week. What better place to hold regular exhibitions of art？ Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the out-patients' waiting area of the Manchester royal Infirmary in 1975. Believed to be Britain's first hospital-artist, Senior was so much in demand that he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduates.
The effect is striking. Instead of the familiar long, barren corridors and dull waiting rooms, the visitors experience a full view of fresh colours, playful images and restful courtyards.
Compared with the total number of Britain's National Health Service hospitals, the hospitals which have art collections is only ______.
A．4%
B．40%
C．25%
D．50%.
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One of the best-known proverbs must be "early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." The promises of health, wealth, and wisdom to those who join the ranks of the early retires and risers must be particularly appealing to many people in our contemporary society. There is no doubt that one of the greatest concerns of modern man is his health. It is estimated that in the United States $ 200 billion are spent on health care each year. The medical field has grown into such a big business that it employs 4.8 million people, and it appears that in many places, more staff is needed to meet the demands of the people who are concerned about their physical well-being.
Much more interest has been shown in preventive medicine in recent years. This is probably due in part to the increasing costs of medical treatment, but the writings of such people as Dr. Keneth Cooper have also played an important role. In his book Aerobics. Dr. Cooper communicated his message of the benefits of exercise so effectively that many other authors have flowed in his trail, and literally millions of readers have put on their sports shoes and taken to the highways and byways of America. A recent survey showed that over 17 million people are jogging. Many of these are so serious that they have trained themselves to run the 26 miles and 385 yards of the hard and tiring marathons that are sponsored all over the country. The last time I was in Honolulu, I was amazed to see hundreds of people, young and old, running for their lives, and I discovered many of them have run in the Hawaiian Marathon.
Exercise has also become a major part of conversation. A1 a dinner party recently, the president of a bank asked me, "You look like a runner; how far do you run each day？" A few days later when I appeared on a national television show, the host suddenly asked me if I was a regular runner. On both occasions the conversation turned to the subject of exercise and I found, as I have found whenever I have traveled recently, that this is a subject on many people's minds. Of course, there are still many people who are less than enthusiastic about exercise. They appreciate the philosophy of Robert M. Hutchins who said, "Whenever the thought of exercise occurs to me, I lie down till it passes."
The first paragraph indicated that medical workers ______.
A．are in great demand？
B．make a lot of money
C．are concerned with their own health
D．like sports more than ordinary people
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英译汉: Walking through Beijing’s 798 Art District, you can almost feel an energy in contemporary art and culture
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The contemporary legal systems of the world are generally based on one of four basic systems（1）,（2）, statutory law, religious law or combinations of these. However, the legal system of each country is
A．Common law
B．Civil law
C．Statute
D．Legislature
E．decision
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Which of Whitman’s contemporaries famously praised Leaves of Grass as “the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom America has yet contributed”（）
A．Oliver Wendell Holmes
B．Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
C．Ralph Waldo Emerson
D．Henry David Thoreau
