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A radar display which is oriented，so that north is always at the top of the screen，is called a(n)（）.
A . relative display
B . composite display
C . stabilized display
D . unstabilized display
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— The physics exam is not difficult, is it?—（）Even Harry to the top students failed in it.
A . Yes；belongs
B . No；belonged
C . Yes；belonging
D . No；belonging
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Metal plates that cover the top of the hawsepipe are called（）.
A . footings
B . plugs
C . buckler plates
D . stop water
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The lengths of Beowulf is only a quarter of that of the Iliad.
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what are the basic principles that the top students master?
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Yellowstone, it seemed to me, was the top of the world . The underlined part means Yellowstone is the highest place in the world.
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( ) are the top two countries that provide the most immigrants to America in recent years.
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We can learn from the passage that the hamburger described as a quarter of a pound is ______ a quarter of pound after being cooked.
A．heavier than
B．really
C．lighter than
D．slightly heavier than
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It British government often says that furnishing children with ________ to the information superhighway is a top priority.
A．procedure
B．protection
C．allowance
D．access
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The report written by the marketing department showed that overall prices are up 7.5%_____the previous quarter.
A．while
B．since
C．during
D．within
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听力原文：W: I am trying to pick up that bottle on the top shelf. Would you mind helping me with it？
M: I don't work here. Maybe you can get a ladder from the manager.
Q: Is the man willing to help？
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A．Yes, but he is not the manager.
B．No, because the woman is not his boss.
C．Yes, but he needs the permission of the manager.
D．He suggests the woman should get help from the manager.
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It has been estimated that the earth’s surface temperature has increased ________ one quarter to three quarters of a degree since 1805.
A) to
B) be
C) at
D) with
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It has been estimated that the earth's surface temperature has increased ______ one quarter to three fourths of a degree since 1850.
A．by
B．at
C．to
D．with
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It was five o clock in the afternoon______they reached the top of the mountain.
A．that
B．which
C．since
D．then
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Going around at the top of the mountain, we watched the fog______from the valley below; it seemed that we had entered a fairyland.
A．descend
B．decrease
C．arise
D．ascend
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It ____ that the top quarter of a '53－metre－high statue of Buddha in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan has been blown down up by the country's ruling Taliban.
A、has reported
B、reports
C、reported
D、is reported
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The British government often says that furnishing children with ______ to the information superhighway is a top priority.
A．access
B．procedure
C．allowance
D．protection
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The advertisement for Super Suds detergent______ that the sale has increased by 25% in the first quarter of the year.
A．have been so successful
B．had been so successful
C．has been so successful
D．will be so successful
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Judging by the $23 billion it earned last year, these should be the best of times for Shell, the Anglo-Dutch energy giant that ranks third among the top five Western oil companies. But Wall Street isn't celebrating. Instead, analysts are worried that buried beneath the record profit figures are worrying signs of a business in decline.
That's because Shell hasn't been able to find nearly as much oil and gas as it's now pumping out of the ground. In fact, it hasn't even come close—replacing only 60% to 70% of what it produced in 2005 and only 19% in 2004. Shell has had reserve problems for years—a controversy over improperly booked assets forced it to reduce estimated reserves by roughly 30% and led to the resignation of its CEO, Phil Watts, in 2004. But what's troubling now is that Shell is falling way behind rivals like Exxon and BP despite spending billions more each year on exploring and drilling new wells. Last year Exxon replaced 112% of production; BP came up with 95%. "I have never seen anything like this," says Fadel Gheit, a veteran energy analyst with Oppenheimer & Co. "Shell used to represent the gold standard in this industry, but lately they can't get their act together."
To be sure, Shell still has huge assets—nearly 12 billion barrels. But in the oil and gas industry, reserve replacement is the best guide to whether a company will be able to maintain-or grow-production in the future. So not replacing what you pump, says longtime industry observer Matthew Simmons, "is like eating your seed corn. If you're not finding new oil, you're just liquidating what you've got." Indeed, Shell's daily production figures have been weak lately, falling 6.7 % in 2005, to 3.52 million barrels a day.
Privately, Shell execs say the company's decision to cut spending for exploration when oil prices bottomed out in the late 1990s is partly to blame for the anemic numbers now. Shell CEO Jeroen Vander Veer insists that projects like those on Sakhalin Island off Siberia and in Nigeria and the Gulf of Mexico will enable the company to start catching up with peers in the years ahead. It won't be easy. "If you're not adding to reserves, you have a problem," says Sanford Bernstein analyst Oswald Clint. "Shell will have to run twice as hard just to stay in place."
According to the passage, the decline of Shell
A．is a hidden process.
B．is caused by the profit last year.
C．is the estimation of Wall Street.
D．is the fault of the CEO.
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The IT Department is on the top floor, That's______f loot.
A. twenty
B. the twentieth
C. the twenty
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听力原文：The US government counts more than a quarter of all American adults, 28% of all, who have at least a bachelor's degree now; that compares to 24% back in 2000, and it's a very big rise.
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Caution seems the watchword among the institutional investors surveyed in our latest portfolio poll. The allocation of money between equities, bonds and cash has, on average, remained at the same levels as it did during the third quarter. While Lehman Brothers and Commerz International have increased their overall equity allocations, Daiwa has increased its bond allocation. But given the slowdown in the American economy, it is the reaction of our investors to American equity holdings that is worthy of note.
While three of them, including Lehman Brothers, take a dim view of the prospects for American shares, the other four have either marginally increased their allocations, or have maintained them at the same levels as in the previous quarter. Lehman Brothers seems to have decided that the prospect for German shares is better than it is for American ones. Its allocation for American equities dropped by seven percentage points, to 45% of its equity holdings; while its German share portfolio increased by six percentage points, to 11%. Lehman's share allocation to America has dropped, even as its overall equity holdings have increased.
Daiwa and Standard Life are the other two that have cut back on American equities. But Credit Suisse continues to be a cheerleader for American shares. Following its ten percentage-point increase in the third quarter, the Swiss firm increased its exposure to American equities once again in the fourth quarter. Commerz International appears to share Credit Suisse's bullish outlook: its American equity holdings have increased by four percentage points, to 490. Julius Baer is extremely bullish on American equities, with 60% of its equity funds parked there. But the average American equity holdings, among our institutional investors dropped by a percentage point in the fourth quarter.
British equities seem to have become attractive—all our investors have increased their allocations. Credit Suisse, which in the third quarter cut its investment in British shares, appears to have changed its mind. It has increased its allocation by four percentage points, taking the total to 9%. On the other hand, Japanese shares have been given the thumbs-down: all our investors save Julius Baer (unchanged) and Credit Suisse (slightly up) have moved funds out of Japanese equities.
It is a relatively similar story for Japanese bonds, where everybody apart from Commerz International has either dropped their yen-denominated bond holdings, or kept them unchanged. Robeco Group seems decidedly bearish, for it has sharply, cut its allocation, from 24% to 15%. Lehman Brothers, appears to have got the timing right, by raising its allocation of dollar-denominated bonds in the fourth quarter. Its increase was followed by the Fed interest-rate cut on January 3rd. Will Lehman's bearish timing prove right for American shares, too？
Lehman Brothers______.
A．has increased its equity and bond allocation in America
B．pays less attention to the equity holdings because of the American economy's slowdown
C．is pessimistic about the American prospect and cautious about its allocation
D．is as bearish as other institutional investors
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In the section of literature review, we’d better develop it from the more specific top
是
否
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It was____ a difficult question____ even the top student in the class could not work it work.
A．such , that
B．so, that
C．such, as
D．enough, as
