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If the teacher uses the same techniques, some students may not have the chance to learn in the way that suits them best.()
A . 正确
B . 错误
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Chinese kung fu evolved from the ways of human fighting and combat in ancient times.
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If you are in a new place, you don’t know the way to some place, usually you can ask like this_____.
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When the owner of a large company chooses not to employ those of a certain ethnicity because he believes they are in some way inferior to another, he is discriminating based upon ________ prejudice.
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Some phenomena related to grass are often used to describe the transiency of human life.
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7. In some way, he ___________ several of his friends in the trouble.
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______ is the result of human cognition, reflecting the objective world in the human mind.
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英译汉We feel more accomplished personally in some way.
A. 用一些方法,我们感觉更有成就。
B. 在某个方面,我们感觉更有自我成就感。
C. 在某种意义上,我们感觉更有个人成就感。
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We can conclude from the passage that bees recognize colors in the same way as human beings.
A.True
B.False P
C.Not mentioned
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Almost Human? Scientists are racing to build the world’s first thinking robot .This is not science fiction:some
say they will have made it by the year 2020.Carol Packer repots.
Machines that walk,speak and feel are no longer science fiction.Kismet is the name of an android(机器人)which scientists have built at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT).Kismet is different from the tradition。al robot because it can show human emotions.Its eyes.ears and lips move to show when it feels happy.sad or bored.Kismet is one of the first of a new generation of androids—robots that 100k like human beings—which can imitate human feelings.Cog,another android invented by the MIT, imitates the action of a mother However,scientists admit that so far Cog has the mental ability of a two year old.
The optimists(乐观主义者)say that by the year 2020 we will have created humanoids(机器人)with brains similar to those of an adult human being.These robots will be designed to look like people to make them more attractive and easier to sell to the public.What kind of jobs will they do? In the future,robots like Robonaut ,a humanoid invented by NASA,will be doing dangerous jobs,like repairing space stations They will also be doing more and more of the household work for US.In Japan,scientists are designing androids that will entertain US by dancing and playing the piano.
Some people worry about what the future holds:will robots become monsters(怪物)?Will people themselves become increasingly like robots? Experts predict that more and more people will be wearing micro-computers,connected to the Internet,in the future.People will have micro-chips in various parts of their body,which will connect them to a wide variety of gadgets(小装置).Perhaps we should not exaggerate(夸大)the importance of technology,but one wonders whether , in years to come,we will still be falling in love,and whether we will still feel pain.Who knows?
第11题:Kismet is different from traditional robots because
A.it thinks for itself
B.it is not 1ike science fiction
C.it Can 100k after two-year—olds
D.it seems to have human feelings
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Culture is the sum total of all the traditions, customs, beliefs, and ways of life of a given group of human beings. In this (1)_____, every group has a culture, however un-developed or uncivilized it may seem to us.
To the professional anthropologist, there is no intrinsic superiority of one culture (2)_____ another, just as to the professional linguist there is no intrinsic (3)_____ among the different languages.
People once (4)_____ the languages of backward groups as savage, undeveloped (5)_____ of speech, consisting largely of grunts and groans. (6)_____ it is possible that language (7)_____ began as a series of grunts and groans, it is a fact established by the study of "backward" languages (8)_____ no spoken tongue answers that description today. Most languages of (9)_____ groups are, by our most severe standards, extremely (10)_____, delicate, and ingenious pieces of machinery for the transfer of ideas. They (11)_____ behind our Western languages not in their sound patterns or grammatical structures, which usually are fully adequate for all language needs, (12)_____ only in their vocabularies, which reflect their speakers' social (13)_____.
Even in this department, (14)_____, two things are to be noted: 1) All languages seem to (15)_____ the machinery for vocabulary expansion, either by putting together words already in existence (16)_____ by borrowing them from other languages and adapting them to their own system. 2) The objects and activities requiring names and (17)_____ in "backward" languages, while different from ours, are often (18)_____ numerous and complicated. A Western languages distinguishes merely between two degrees of remoteness ("this" and "that"); some languages of the American Indians distinguish between what is close to the speaker or to the person (19)_____ and what is removed from both, or out of sight, or in the past, or in the future.
This study of language, in turn, (20)_____ a new light upon the claim of the anthropologists that all cultures are to be viewed independently, and without ideas of rank.
A.perspective
B.sense
C.dimension
D.manner
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Viewed from a star in some other comer of the galaxy, Earth would be a speck, a faint blue dot hidden in the blazing light of our sun. While our neighbors Venus and Mars would reflect a fairly even glow, Earth would put on a little show. Earth's light would brighten and dim as it spins, because oceans, deserts, forests and clouds—which are all too small to be seen from such a distance-reflect varying amounts of sunlight. The variations, it turns out, are so strong and distinctive that surprising amount of information could be taken from a simple ebb and flow of light. Scientists at Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study conducted a detailed study of Earth's reflections as a way for human scientists to learn about distant planets that may be like our own.
(2) "If you looked at our solar system from far away, and you looked at the terrestrial planets--Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars--one of the quickest ways to see that Earth is unique is by looking at the light curve," said Ed Turner, professor of astrophysics and a co-author of the study. "Earth has by far the most complicated light curve." The standard thinking in the field had been that most of the information about an Earth-like planet would come from spectral analysis, a static reading of the relative component of different colors within the light, rather than a reading of changes over time. Spectral analysis would reveal the presence of gases such as water vapor, carbon dioxide and oxygen, in the planet's atmosphere, looking at the change in light over time docs not replace spectral analysis, but it could greatly increase the amount of information scientists could learn, said Turner. It may indicate, for example, the presence of weather, oceans, ice or even plant life.
"Earth would put on a little show" means: as it spins, ______.
A.Earth is a more active planet than Venus and Mars
B.Earth reflects a brighter light curve than Venus and Mars
C.Earth shows oceans, deserts, forests and clouds, while Venus and Mars don't
D.Earth reflects sunlight in an ebb-and-flow manner
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What is the disadvantage of drafting an introduction in the way of combining the answers to some self-invented questions?
A.The gist may sound subjective.
B.The draft is hard to memorize.
C.The answers are isolated points.
D.The questions lack correlations.
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听力原文:Man: In the company, I am in charge of recruitment; I have to meet various people. Some of them impressed me most at least the few days after we had the interview, because they are effective conversationalists. During the course of talk, half the responsibility lies with you. Leaving an interviewer indifferent is the worst impression you can make. And the way to make an effective impression is to feel free to be yourself.
&8226;You will hear five short recordings.
&8226;For each recording, decide who is speaking.
&8226;Write one letter (A--H) next to the number of the recording.
&8226;Do not use any letter more than once.
&8226;You will hear the five recordings twice.
A an undergraduate
B a parent
C a personnel executive
D a sociologist
E a consultant for job-seekers
F a radio journalist
G a psychologist
H a general manager
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Basically a robot is a machine which moves, manipulates, joins or processes ______ in the same way as human hand or arm.
A.characters
B.components
C.catalogues
D.collections
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Since the early 1980s, scientists have revealed some 40 human genes involved in cancer. These genes are essential for normal growth, but can be subverted to cause a tumor.
Dr. Jorge Yunis of the University of Minnesota Medical School in Minneapolis has found that 70 percent of oncogenes, or cancer-causing genes, are located near inherited weak points on chromosomes(染色体). Varying from individual to individual, vulnerable to chemical carcinogens(致癌剂), X rays and other cancer-inducing agents.
"If a chromosome snaps apart in the immediate vicinity of an oncogene," says Yunis, "normal genetic control mechanisms could break down and the stage would be set for the formation of cancer." Younis has shown that such a sequence occurs at the beginning of numerous leukemias (白血病), lymphomas(淋巴瘤) and some tumors of the lung, colon(结肠) and breast.
Yunis and other investigators have found that petroleum-based products--notably pesticides and insecticides-damage specific sites on at least two of the 23 pairs of human chromosomes that carry genetic information. Similarly, tobacco smoke tends to attack a part of another chromosome.
From paragraph 1, we know that some 40 genes involving in cancer are ______. ()
A.harmful to the human body
B.necessary to the human body
C.the elements that form. cancer
D.useless to the human body
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Painting, the execution of forms and shapes on a surface by means of pigment, has been continuously practiced by humans for some 20,000 years. Together with other activities【C1】______ ritualistic in origin but have come to be designated as artistic (such as music or dance), painting was one of the earliest ways in which man【C2】______ to express his own personality and his【C3】______ understanding of an existence beyond the material world.【C4】______ music and dance, however, examples of early forms of painting have survived to the present day. The modern eye can derive aesthetic as well as antiquarian satisfaction【C5】______ the 15,000-year-old cave murals of Lascaux-some examples【C6】______ to the considerable powers of draftsmanship of these early artists. And painting, like other arts, exhibits universal qualities that【C7】______ for viewers of all nations and civilizations to understand and appreciate.
The major【C8】______ examples of early painting anywhere in the world are found in Western Europe and the Soviet Union. But some 5,000 years ago, the areas in which important paintings were executed 【C9】______ to the eastern Mediterranean Sea and neighboring regions.【C10】______ , Western shared a European cultural tradition--the Middle East and Mediterranean Basin and, later, the countries of the New World.
Western painting is in general distinguished by its concentration【C11】______ the representation of the human【C12】______ , whether in the heroic context of antiquity or the religious context of the early Christian and medieval world. The Renaissance【C13】______ this tradition through a【C14】______ examination of the natural world and an investigation of balance, harmony, and perspective in the visible world, linking painting【C15】______ the developing sciences of anatomy and optics. The first real【C16】______ from figurative painting came with the growth of landscape painting in the 17th and 18th centuries. The landscape and figurative traditions developed together in the 19th century in an atmosphere that was increasingly【C17】______ "painterly" qualities of the【C18】______ of light and color and the expressive qualities of paint handling. In the 20th century these interests【C19】______ to the development of a third major tradition in Western painting, abstract painting, which sought to【C20】______ and express the true nature of paint and painting through action and form.
【C1】
A.may have been
B.that may have
C.may have
D.that may have been
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We humans aren't the only ones who want to fit in. Researchers have discovered that chimpanzees, too, preferentially adopt their fellow chimps' way of doing things.
Andrew Whiten of St. Andrews University in Fife, Scotland, and his colleagues studied three groups of captive chimpanzees and the ways in which they assumed different techniques for obtaining food. The first group contained a high-ranking female that had been taught to retrieve food from an apparatus by using a stick to push a blockage away, thus freeing the food item. The second group also contained a female expert, but one that had been instructed to lift the blockage with the stick in order to release the treat. The third group was a control group and did not have a local expert. When the experts were reunited with their respective group, the other chimps watched their activities at the food apparatus intently and learned to apply either the poking or lifting technique themselves. Members of the third group, lacking an expert to guide them, failed to figure out the contraption on their own.
For the most part, chimps in the first group initially stuck to poking and those in the second group stuck to lifting. But then, unexpectedly, some chimps discovered and began using the other strategy. When the food apparatus was reintroduced two months later, however, the chimps reverted to their group's normal way of doing things. In the case of those animals in the lifting group, this meant discarding a technique (poking) that is actually more natural for chimpanzees than lifting is.
"We have shown a non-human species conforming to a group norm, despite possession of an alternative technique that represents the norm of another group," the team writes in a report published online by the journal Nature. "Conformity fits the assumption of an intrinsic motivation to copy others, guided by social bonds rather than material rewards such as food."
The phrase "fit in" (Line l, Para. I) most likely means ______.
A.suit
B.adopt
C.adjust
D.conform
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Scientists have long believed one way to stop the Earth’s atmosphere from warming is by planting more trees. The idea is that more trees will take in or absorb some of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is a gas released by cars, factories and other human activities. The gas traps heat in the Earth’s atmosphere, which warms the planet. However, two new studies have found that trees may not be as helpful in reducing carbon dioxide as had been thought.
The first study was done at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Researchers pumped extra carbon dioxide into a test area where pine trees were growing. The trees grew thirty-four percent faster during the first three years. However, in time, the trees slowed to about their normal growth rate. The scientists say this is because trees need other nutrients, such as nitrogen.
In the second study, researchers from Duke and Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine examined the soil around trees. They discovered that as the leaves broke down into the soil, all the carbon was not trapped in the soil. Much of it was released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.
The findings of the two studies were published last month in Nature magazine. They suggest there is limited value in planting trees to reduce the carbon dioxide pollution in the atmosphere.
Forest planting has been a part of negotiations on a world agreement to reduce greenhouse gases that scientists believe cause global warming. The United States, Canada, Japan and some other industrial countries have supported the idea. But this new research suggests the idea is not as effective as environmental activists had thought. Scientist Ram Oren of Duke University led the study on tree growth. He says that earlier estimates on the ability of forests to absorb carbon dioxide were overly hopeful.
Some scientists not involved in the studies say the research provides some of the first evidence on how trees react to carbon dioxide. Other scientists say the research disputes a belief among some coal and power companies. The companies say that rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will not create harmful global warming. Instead, they say it will increase forests and other plants.
What is the purpose of this passage?
A.Introduce some new ideas about the relationship between trees and carbon dioxide.
B.Introduce recent condition of global industrial pollution.
C.Call on people to plant more trees to reduce greenhouse gases.
D.Point out that power companies should be responsible for the rising levels of carbon dioxide.
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The amazing success of humans as a【1】is the result of the evolutionary development of our brains which has led, among other things, to tool-using, tool-making, the【2】to solve problems by logical reasoning, thoughtful cooperation, and language. One of the most striking ways in which chimpanzees biologically【3】humans【4】in structure of their brains. The chimpanzee, with the capacity for【5】reasoning,【6】a type of intelligence more like that of humans than【7】any other mammal living today. The brain of the modern chimpanzee is probably not too dissimilar【8】the brain that so many millions of years ago【9】the behavior. of the first ape man.
For a long time, the fact that prehistoric people made【10】was considered to be one of the major【11】distinguishing them from other creatures.【12】pointed out earlier, I have watched chimpanzees【13】grass stems in order to use them to probe for termites. It is true that the chimpanzee does not【14】tools to "a regular and set pattern" —but then,【15】people, before their development of stone tools, undoubtedly poked around【16】sticks, and straws, at which stage it seems【17】that they made tools to a set pattern either.
It is because of the close【18】in most people's minds of tools with humans【19】special attention has always been focused upon any animal able to use an object as a tool: but it is important to realize that this ability, on its own, does not necessarily indicate any special intelligence in the creature【20】
(1)
A.species
B.specie
C.speciman
D.specimen
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the new born child can do to ensure his own survival. With our care from some other human being or beings, be it mother, grandmother, or human group, a child is very unlikely to survive This helplessness of human infants is in marked contrast with the capacity of many new born animals to get on their feet 4.__________
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In what ways did Mencius sum up human relationships()
A.between father and son: affection
B.between sovereign and minister: righteousness
C.between husband and wife: attention to separate functions
D.between teacher and students: equality
此题为多项选择题。
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In the sentence below, the words uniquely human mean _____“And he proved, in a uniquely human way, that there are people who care what happens to their fellow human beings.” (Para.15)()
A.Impossible for humans
B.Scary to humans
C.Done only by humans
D.Sudden by human standards
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{TSE}Text 3 I had an experience some years ago which taught me something about the ways in which peoplemake a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I had to officiate at two funerals onsuccessive days for two elderly women in my communi
A、They lived out a natural life
B、They died of exhaustion after the long plane ride
C、They weren’t accustomed to the change in weather
D、They died due to lack of care by family members