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It seems（）to change the timetable so often.
A . unlogical
B . imlogical
C . inlogical
D . illogical
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It seemed as if all of a（）the animal had smelt danger in the air.
A . sudden
B . moment
C . minute
D . once
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It seems that some people are not satisfied with _____ the earth. That’s why they want to live on Mars.
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Will Mars become the new _____ (住处) of human beings? It seems many people are fascinated by the idea of settlement on Mars.
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With impassioned pleas like this and billions of private and state dollars pouring into research on human ES cells, it often seems therapeutic applications of ES cells must be just around the corner.
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It seems the job as a freelance reporter put less pressure on the second speaker than the job inadvertising.
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Cattle ______ on the hillside.
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It seems as if the sun_____round the earth since it rises in the east and sets in the west.
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It is impossible to ( ) the idea that seems too stupid.
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It seems that ______ have a greater impact on Chinese artists than other beverages as many of them have produced their masterpieces in the state of drunkenness.
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There knifend fork on the tble.seems to be B．seem to beC．is seeming to beD．reThere\ knifend fork on the tble.seems to be B．seem to be C．is seeming to be D．re
A．seems to be
B．seem to be
C．is seeming to be
D．are
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Based on the passage, it seems that the purpose of the cafe is to______.
A．learn a skill
B．help a youth project
C．do business
D．earn school credit
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It seems that the author is most critical of the government's
A．irresponsibility.
B．interference.
C．bureaucracy.
D．inequality.
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听力原文：M: The mountain seems high. It makes me dizzy to climb it this year, but it's worth it for the view.
W: The mountain ma)' not be higher, but we're older.
Q: What has changed since last year？
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A．The mountain's height.
B．The woman's height.
C．The view.
D．Their ages.
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It seems that the American Dream______.
A．is nothing but an illusion
B．means little to poor children
C．is cherished by all Americans
D．keeps on inspiring poor children
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In 1861, it seemed inevitable that the Southern states would break away from the Union.
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听力原文：We’ll all see them on TV commercials with that special gait looking out at us，from the covers of glossy magazines or showing off the latest creations by tailors from Paris and it must have seemed to us that they have lives which are all glamorous．
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Did Grandma seem forgetful at the holiday parties last month？ It could be time to put her on a diet. Sharply【C1】______calories(卡路里)improves memory in older adults,according to a new study.
Research on the benefits of an extremely low-calorie diet【C2】______back to the 1930s, when scientists found that rats lived【C3】______to twice as long when they ate less than control animals. And how about in human？ To fill that【C4】______, scientist Agnes and her colleagues at the University of Muenster【C5】______50 healthy elderly subjects. The【C6】______volunteer was 60 years old and overweight. The researchers【C7】______assigned the volunteers to one of three groups. Twenty people were instructed to reduce their daily calorie【C8】______by 30%, while still eating a【C9】______diet. Another 20 were told to keep their calorie intake the same but increase their【C10】______of unsaturated(不饱和的 )fatty acids. The【C11】______10 volunteers did not change their diets.
After 3 months, all of the volunteers【C12】______a memory test in which they were shown 15 words and asked how many they could remember after 30 minutes.【C13】______average,those in the calorie-restriction group showed a 20%【C14】______over their baseline memory scores taken before they started their diets. Subjects in the other two groups showed【C15】______or no improvement. "Our study【C16】______provides some of the first【C17】______on the impact of calorie restriction on memory in the elderly, but this study has to be【C18】______up now," Floel noted. Her team plans to【C19】______larger studies to determine exactly【C20】______calorie restriction enhances memory.
【C1】
A．reducing
B．declining
C．burning
D．increasing
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In 1861 it seemed inevitable that the Southern states would break away from the Union.
A．strange
B．certain
C．inconsistent
D．proper
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It seemed that the dog could understand the film, didn't it？
A．Yes, it did.
B．No, it didn't.
C．Yes, it could.
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There are two great mysteries about the beach. One is why human beings flock there by thousands, only to prostrate(俯卧) themselves in dense packs of glistening flesh. The other is why the sand goes there. Strange as it seems, oceanographers have never really understood why sand piles up on the shore. Now Douglas Inman and Daniel Conley think they have solved the puzzle.
The puzzle had to do with waves. Though it might seem intuitive that waves carry water to shore, and sand along with it, it's not that simple. The crest(浪尖)of a passing wave lifts a given hit of water upward and landward, but the ensuing trough(波谷) pushes the water back down and Out to sea. Near the bottom, there the sand is, the water was always assumed to just slide back and forth—and the sand with it. "If you take a very aloof look at a beach," says Inman, "you'll realize that if the two motions move sand back and forth the same amount, then all the sand should end up in deep water.'
So for beaches to exist, the crest's onshore flow must somehow move enough sand up the beach to counter the seaward tug of both the trough and gravity . The pressure changes in the sand bed, Inman and Conley think, are the key to beach creation. They found that sand doesn't just slide back and forth with each passing wave. Under a trough, it does slide seaward, in a thin layer just above the bottom. But under a crest its movement is often more elaborate. The higher pressure under a crest—higher because the water is piled higher—forces water into the porous(多孔的) sand. This creates strong whirlpools just above the sand, which help loosen it. As the crest passes overhead, the sand first rushes across the bottom; then it abruptly turns violent lifting off the bottom in large, boiling bunches. Finally, just after the crest passes, the sand explodes up into the great water column. The boiling and rushing move more sand than the backsliding under a trough, so there's a net movement of sand toward the shore.
What is the primary purpose of this passage？
A．To explain why sand piles up on the beaches.
B．To explain why men only prostrate in the sea.
C．To propose a new explanation of a phenomenon.
D．To refute a misconception.
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Pepys and his wife Jane had asked some friends to dinner on Sunday, September 2nd, 1666.They were up very late on the Saturday evening, getting everything ready for the next day, and while they were busy they saw the glow(微弱的光) of a fire start in the sky. By 3 o'clock on the Sunday morning, its glow had become so bright that Jane woke her husband to watch it. Pepys slipped on his dressing-gown and went to the window to watch it. It seemed fairly far away, and after a time he went back to bed. When he got up in the morning, it looked, though the fire was dying down, as though he could still see some flames. So he set to work to tidy his room and put his things back where he wanted them.
While he was doing this, Jane came in to say that she had heard the fire was a bad one; hundreds of houses had been burned down in the night and the fire was still burning. Pepys went out to see for himself. He went to the Tower of London and climbed upon a high part of the building so that he could see what was happening. From there, Pepys could see that it was, indeed, a bad fire and that even the houses on London Bridge were burning. The man of the Tower told him that the fire had started in a baker's.shop in Pudding Lane(小巷) ; the baker's house had caught fire from the over-heated oven(烤箱) and then the flames had quickly spread to the other houses in the narrow lane. So the Great Fire of London, a fire that lasted nearly five days, destroyed most of the old city and ended, as it is said, at Pie Comer.
What is the passage about？
A．The Great Fire of London.
B．Who was the first to discover the fire.
C．What Pepys was doing during the fire.
D．The losses caused by the fire.
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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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A．seems to be
B．seem to be
C．are
D．is seeming
