红 新增题型全突破 toward them than to the children of the well-to-do. in order to overcome the social and psychological handicaps that may confront them. 1) Educational programs will not produce instant results. Neither will they increase the ity and incomes of all the poor. Nevertheless, they constitute one of the great equalizers our society. Unemployed persons or persons in relatively low-wage occupations and areas often do not know where better opportunities exist. Frequently, those in the areas where unemployment is low and wages are high are reluctant to publish this information for fear that an influx of labor will"spoil "what they have Examples include blacks breaking into positions where they may be supervising whites, and practicing professions--medicine, dentistry, accounting, law, etc -in which their clients may be white. Occupational and professional mobility of groups that have traditionally been discriminated against was greatly enhanced by opening previously segregated schools at all levels to students of all groups Some people are too old and some are too young to take advantage of them. Some are not healthy enough in either mind or body. Some may be victims of structural problems in the society. Any comprehensive or reasonably complete am must include direct income transfers to those whose productivities cannot be increased sufficiently to enable them to earn minimum acceptable income levels A very large part of present government income transfers is toward the aged through Social Security payments and Medicare. What could be more humane than taking care of the old? The fact is that many of the elderly people in our society are perfectly capable of supporting themselves, including the costs of their medical care. But Social Security payments and medicare payments are made to them anyway, whether they are poor or not [A] a great problem with using government transfers of income to alleviate poverty is that they are used to subsidize the nonpoor as well as the poor. This occurs largely because special interest groups manage to worm their way into the ranks of those eligible for subsidization, and politicians have a way of catering to the voting powers of special interest groups [B] As a consequence of such dissatisfaction, considerable support has developed for direct income transfers in the form of negative income taxes IC Even under the best of circumstances, policies designed to increase the incomes of the poor cannot eliminate all poverty ID In addition, vocational education and retraining programs may be useful in increasing the productivity of the adult poor [E] There are additional ways of increasing the productivity of the poor. Hopefully, anti discrimination measures contribute toward this end, enabling qualified persons to break into professions or occupations that were closed to them by discriminatory practices [F Subsidies to farmers are much more generous to skilled, highly productive, and high income farmers than they are to the farming poor. But both veterans and farmers are highly visible, olitically powerful groups IG Another important measure in increasing the productivity of the poor is the improvement of 16门7
新增题型全突破 16/73 toward them than to the children of the well-to-do, in order to overcome the social and psychological handicaps that may confront them. 1) _______________________________. Educational programs will not produce instant results. Neither will they increase the productivity and incomes of all the poor. Nevertheless, they constitute one of the great equalizers in our society. 2) _______________________________. Unemployed persons or persons in relatively low-wage occupations and areas often do not know where better opportunities exist. Frequently, those in the areas where unemployment is low and wages are high are reluctant to publish this information for fear that an influx of labor will "spoil" what they have. 3) _______________________________. Examples include blacks breaking into positions where they may be supervising whites, and practicing professions--medicine, dentistry, accounting, law, etc.-- in which their clients may be white. Occupational and professional mobility of groups that have traditionally been discriminated against was greatly enhanced by opening previously segregated schools at all levels to students of all groups. 4) _______________________________. Some people are too old and some are too young to take advantage of them. Some are not healthy enough in either mind or body. Some may be victims of structural problems in the society. Any comprehensive or reasonably complete antipoverty program must include direct income transfers to those whose productivities cannot be increased sufficiently to enable them to earn minimum acceptable income levels. 5) _______________________________. A very large part of present government income transfers is toward the aged through Social Security payments and Medicare. What could be more humane than taking care of the old? The fact is that many of the elderly people in our society are perfectly capable of supporting themselves, including the costs of their medical care. But Social Security payments and Medicare payments are made to them anyway, whether they are poor or not. [A] A great problem with using government transfers of income to alleviate poverty is that they are used to subsidize the nonpoor as well as the poor. This occurs largely because special interest groups manage to worm their way into the ranks of those eligible for subsidization, and politicians have a way of catering to the voting powers of special interest groups. [B] As a consequence of such dissatisfaction, considerable support has developed for direct income transfers in the form of negative income taxes [C] Even under the best of circumstances, policies designed to increase the incomes of the poor cannot eliminate all poverty. [D] In addition, vocational education and retraining programs may be useful in increasing the productivity of the adult poor. [E] There are additional ways of increasing the productivity of the poor. Hopefully, anti discrimination measures contribute toward this end, enabling qualified persons to break into professions or occupations that were closed to them by discriminatory practices. [F] Subsidies to farmers are much more generous to skilled, highly productive, and high income farmers than they are to the farming poor. But both veterans and farmers are highly visible, politically powerful groups. [G] Another important measure in increasing the productivity of the poor is the improvement of
红 新增题型全突破 labor market information 参考译文 会计、法律等等,而其客户可能是白人。对所有不 对于提高贫困人口生产力来说,其中最重要|同群体的学生开放原来各级别的种族隔离学校,使 的一步是要确保他们获得受教育的机会,至少是和原本一直受歧视的职业的和专业的群体流动性大 社会上其他人所能得到的同样好的教育机会。事实幅度提高 上,为了克服那些可能使他们怯步的社会障碍和心 使在最妥善的情况下,针对提高贫困人口 理障碍,我们可能非常希望将更多的教育关注投入收入而出台的政策仍不能消除贫困。有些过分年长 到贫困人家的儿童身上而并非给富裕家庭的儿童或年幼均不能从中受惠。有些则精神或生理上存在 以更多的关注。而且,职业教育和再培训计划可能缺陷。有些则可能是社会结构问题的受害者。任何 有利于提高贫困成人的生产力。 全面的或相当彻底的脱贫计划必须包括给那些生 教育计划不会立竿见影。也不会提高所有贫产力无法充足提高的人以直接所得转移以便使他 困人口的生产力进而增加他们的收入。然而,它们们达到可接受的最低收入水平。 在我们社会里是重要的协调者之 母用政府的所得转移来缓解贫困的一个大问 提高贫困人口生产力的另一条重要途径是改题是它既被用来救济贫困人口也用以补贴非贫困 善劳动力市场信息的渠道。失业人群和相对低收入人口。这种情况发生主要是特殊利益组织设法通过 人群通常不知道获取更好就业机会的渠道。在失业|欺瞒手段进入有资格获取救济的队伍中,而政客有 率低、收入高的领域通常情况下不乐意公布这类信办法满足特殊利益组织的投票权 息,唯恐汇集的劳动力会“破坏”原有的一切。 目前政府所得转移中相当大一部分是通过社会保 提高贫困人口的方法还有其它许许多多。反障资金和医疗保障方案为老年人士设计的。有什么 歧视措施可望促成这样的结果一一让合格的人群能比关照老人更富于仁慈心呢?事实是,在我们的 从事原本因一贯的歧视做法而禁止接受他们的职社会里,许多老人是有自力更生能力的。但是不管 业,这样的例子包括黑人在其加入的职业岗位中可怎样,社会保障资金和医疗费用是专门为他们设立 能会监督白人,还有从事专业的,如医科、牙科学、的,无论他们是贫是富。 Text 7 Directions: In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 1-5, choose the most suitable one from the list a-G to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are nvo extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. Patents, trademarks, and copyrights all impart monopoly rights on inventions, business dentities, and intellectual property. 1) Inventions like the telephone and the electric light have revolutionized our lives and have brought riches to their inventors. Today immense expenditures are being poured into genetic research, research on faster microchips that can access larger computer memories, and research into more attractive consumer products. Both public and private research and development expenditures in 1985 were over $100 billion, and over a million scientists and engineers were Hundreds of countries were checked to ensure that the name was not previously trademarked and would not connote anything offensive to consumers Then hundreds of millions of dollars were spent helping the public remember the new trademark Firms like Gucci, Cartier, and Chanel invest heavily in their trade names. Chanel, for example spends over $I million a year on trade-name security alone 3) Software developers have fomed an organization to fight unauthorized duplication, and record producers use ASCAP and BMi to pressure 17/73
新增题型全突破 17/73 labor market information. 参考译文 对于提高贫困人口生产力来说，其中最重要 的一步是要确保他们获得受教育的机会，至少是和 社会上其他人所能得到的同样好的教育机会。事实 上，为了克服那些可能使他们怯步的社会障碍和心 理障碍，我们可能非常希望将更多的教育关注投入 到贫困人家的儿童身上而并非给富裕家庭的儿童 以更多的关注。而且，职业教育和再培训计划可能 有利于提高贫困成人的生产力。 教育计划不会立竿见影。也不会提高所有贫 困人口的生产力进而增加他们的收入。然而，它们 在我们社会里是重要的协调者之一。 提高贫困人口生产力的另一条重要途径是改 善劳动力市场信息的渠道。失业人群和相对低收入 人群通常不知道获取更好就业机会的渠道。在失业 率低、收入高的领域通常情况下不乐意公布这类信 息，唯恐汇集的劳动力会“破坏”原有的一切。 提高贫困人口的方法还有其它许许多多。反 歧视措施可望促成这样的结果——让合格的人群 从事原本因一贯的歧视做法而禁止接受他们的职 业。这样的例子包括黑人在其加入的职业岗位中可 能会监督白人，还有从事专业的，如医科、牙科学、 会计、法律等等，而其客户可能是白人。对所有不 同群体的学生开放原来各级别的种族隔离学校，使 原本一直受歧视的职业的和专业的群体流动性大 幅度提高。 即使在最妥善的情况下，针对提高贫困人口 收入而出台的政策仍不能消除贫困。有些过分年长 或年幼均不能从中受惠。有些则精神或生理上存在 缺陷。有些则可能是社会结构问题的受害者。任何 全面的或相当彻底的脱贫计划必须包括给那些生 产力无法充足提高的人以直接所得转移以便使他 们达到可接受的最低收入水平。 利用政府的所得转移来缓解贫困的一个大问 题是它既被用来救济贫困人口也用以补贴非贫困 人口。这种情况发生主要是特殊利益组织设法通过 欺瞒手段进入有资格获取救济的队伍中，而政客有 办法满足特殊利益组织的投票权。 目前政府所得转移中相当大一部分是通过社会保 障资金和医疗保障方案为老年人士设计的。有什么 能比关照老人更富于仁慈心呢？事实是，在我们的 社会里，许多老人是有自力更生能力的。但是不管 怎样, 社会保障资金和医疗费用是专门为他们设立 的，无论他们是贫是富。 Text 7 Directions:In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 1-5, choose the most suitable one from the list A—G to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. Patents, trademarks, and copyrights all impart monopoly rights on inventions, business identities, and intellectual property. 1) _______________________________. Inventions like the telephone and the electric light have revolutionized our lives and have brought riches to their inventors. Today immense expenditures are being poured into genetic research, research on faster microchips that can access larger computer memories, and research into more attractive consumer products. Both public and private research and development expenditures in 1985 were over $100 billion, and over a million scientists and engineers were employed. 2) _______________________________. Hundreds of countries were checked to ensure that the name was not previously trademarked and would not connote anything offensive to consumers. Then hundreds of millions of dollars were spent helping the public remember the new trademark. Firms like Gucci, Cartier, and Chanel invest heavily in their trade names. Chanel, for example, spends over $1 million a year on trade-name security alone. 3) _______________________________. Software developers have formed an organization to fight unauthorized duplication, and record producers use ASCAP and BMI to pressure
红 新增题型全突破 businesses to license music for commercial purposes. ASCAP and BMI send people usinesses to see if they play background music to entertain customers. If, for example, a radio is playing, they will ask the owner to purchase a license to play the radio in the store wner efuses, the agent for ASCAP or BMI will immediately retain an attorney and file a law is clear--playing music for commercial purposes without a license is unlawful unless you own the copyright to the music itself. ASCAP and BMI then prorate their proceeds to the copyright omers of the music being played 4) 5) However. businesses are hesitant to admit that their product line has been reproduced. Many fear that publicity may encourage further copying or that their customers will become wary of their brand names. In any event, counterfeiting substantially weakens the monopoly power associated with many patents, trademarks, and copyrights LA] Trademarks are another device conveying monopoly power to firms. Several million dollars were spent developing the EXXON name [B] Copyrights protect intellectual property in a number of areas including books, records, video tapes, and computer software, as well as product designs [C] Today, counterfeit goods are threatening all these forms of monopoly power. Numerous products are counterfeited. The imitations are typically of inferior quality. Replicas of aircraft parts and bogus"high-strength"fasteners are showing up in civilian and military aircraft. The U.S. Department of Commerce estimates that over three-quarters of a million jobs are lost to mported productknock-offs", the industry's term for counterfeited goods [DI Interestingly, secrecy is the order of the day on both sides of this problem. For those counterfeiting products, the reason is clear [E] Obtaining these rights is a costly endeavor. [F Licensing and bonding restrictions, ostensibly used to protect consumers from shoddy or fraudulent practices, may really be disguised barriers to entry G Other important legal barriers to entry included patents and copyrights. Patent and copyright monopolies may be justifiable as incentives for research and development leading to technological advances or the enrichment of our culture 参考译文 确保此商标以前未曾被注册过而且不会衍射任何 专利、商标、版权都增添了关于发明、商业对消费者的无礼,对数百个国家进行了核查。花掉 认证和知识产权的垄断权力。获得这些权利是要花上百万美元为的是让公众牢记新的商标。像Guci 九牛二虎之力的 Cartier, Chanel这样的公司为他们的商标名称巨额 像电话、电灯这样的发明不仅给我们的生活投资。比如 Chanel每年仅就商标名称保护一项就投 带来革命性变化,而且还给它们的发明者带来了巨资一百万美元 大的财富。现如今,巨额资金都大笔地花费在研究 版权在诸多领域保护知识产权,其中不光包 遗传基因,能存储更多电脑信息反应更快捷的的微括商品设计还有书籍、唱片、录像带、电脑软件 芯片,和更能刺激消费的商品上。在1985年无论软件开发商已经组成了一个机构来打击未经许可 是公共研究还是私人研究,发展资金都超过了一千的复制,唱片制造商出于商业目的使用 ASCAP(美 亿,将近一百万名科学家和工程师投身于此 国作曲家,作者与出版者协会)和BMI迫使公司给 商标是另一种显示公司专利权的图案。几百予音乐特许。 ASCAP A和BM将人们带入公司让他 万美元的投入就是为了发展 EXXON的名声。为了们看看商家是否播放背景音乐来娱乐顾客。譬如
新增题型全突破 18/73 businesses to license music for commercial purposes. ASCAP and BMI send people into businesses to see if they play background music to entertain customers. If, for example, a radio is playing, they will ask the owner to purchase a license to play the radio in the store. If the owner refuses, the agent for ASCAP or BMI will immediately retain an attorney and file a lawsuit. The law is clear--playing music for commercial purposes without a license is unlawful unless you own the copyright to the music itself. ASCAP and BMI then prorate their proceeds to the copyright homers of the music being played. 4) _______________________________. 5) _______________________________. However, businesses are hesitant to admit that their product line has been reproduced. Many fear that publicity may encourage further copying or that their customers will become wary of their brand names. In any event, counterfeiting substantially weakens the monopoly power associated with many patents, trademarks, and copyrights. [A] Trademarks are another device conveying monopoly power to firms. Several million dollars were spent developing the EXXON name. [B] Copyrights protect intellectual property in a number of areas including books, records, video tapes, and computer software, as well as product designs. [C] Today, counterfeit goods are threatening all these forms of monopoly power. Numerous products are counterfeited. The imitations are typically of inferior quality. Replicas of aircraft parts and bogus "high-strength" fasteners are showing up in civilian and military aircraft. The U.S. Department of Commerce estimates that over three-quarters of a million jobs are lost to imported product "knock-offs", the industry's term for counterfeited goods. [D] Interestingly, secrecy is the order of the day on both sides of this problem. For those counterfeiting products, the reason is clear. [E] Obtaining these rights is a costly endeavor. [F] Licensing and bonding restrictions, ostensibly used to protect consumers from shoddy or fraudulent practices, may really be disguised barriers to entry. [G] Other important legal barriers to entry included patents and copyrights. Patent and copyright monopolies may be justifiable as incentives for research and development leading to technological advances or the enrichment of our culture. 参考译文 专利、商标、版权都增添了关于发明、商业 认证和知识产权的垄断权力。获得这些权利是要花 九牛二虎之力的。 像电话、电灯这样的发明不仅给我们的生活 带来革命性变化，而且还给它们的发明者带来了巨 大的财富。现如今，巨额资金都大笔地花费在研究 遗传基因，能存储更多电脑信息反应更快捷的的微 芯片，和更能刺激消费的商品上。在 1985 年无论 是公共研究还是私人研究，发展资金都超过了一千 亿，将近一百万名科学家和工程师投身于此。 商标是另一种显示公司专利权的图案。几百 万美元的投入就是为了发展 EXXON 的名声。为了 确保此商标以前未曾被注册过而且不会衍射任何 对消费者的无礼，对数百个国家进行了核查。花掉 上百万美元为的是让公众牢记新的商标。像 Gucci, Cartier, Chanel 这样的公司为他们的商标名称巨额 投资。比如 Chanel 每年仅就商标名称保护一项就投 资一百万美元。 版权在诸多领域保护知识产权，其中不光包 括商品设计还有书籍、唱片、录像带、电脑软件。 软件开发商已经组成了一个机构来打击未经许可 的复制，唱片制造商出于商业目的使用 ASCAP（美 国作曲家, 作者与出版者协会）和 BMI 迫使公司给 予音乐特许。ASCAP 和 BMI 将人们带入公司让他 们看看商家是否播放背景音乐来娱乐顾客。譬如
红 新增题型全突破 若是无线广播正在播放,他们会要求无线广播持有出现在民用班机和军用飞机里。据美国商业部估计 者购买一份许可证以便在商店播放无线广播。假如有超过七十五万人丢掉工作是因为进口商品“杀 广播持有者予以拒绝, ASCAP和BM的代理会立价”,这是伪造商品的行业术语 即聘请一位律师并提请诉讼。法律明文规定,出于有趣的是,该问题无论正反方面保密能力必在议事 商业目的没有获得许可证而播放音乐是违法的, 之列。对于伪造的产品,动机是明显的。虽然 非你有那段音乐的版权。 ASCAP和BMI于是按比 如此,商家不大愿意承认它们的生产线已经被 例分获音乐版权所有者所缴纳的费用 复制了。许多公司都担心广告宣传会促使进一 目前,赝品正在威胁着所有这些形式的垄断 步的复制或者会使顾客对其品牌产生顾虑。无 力量。琳琅满目的商品尽是伪造品。仿造的质量通 论如何,伪造极大地削弱了与诸多专利、商标 常都很差。飞行器装置和高动力固定装置的复制品 和版权有关的垄断力量。 Text 8 Directions: In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 1-5, choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are nwo extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps Earthquakes are the most lethal of all natural disasters. What causes them? Geologists explain them in terms of a theory known as plate tectonics. Continents are floating apart from each other; this is referred to as the continental drift. About sixty miles below the surface of the sea, there is a semi-molten bed of rock over which plates, or slabs, carry continents and sea floors at a rate of ral inches a year. 1) The collision of plates causes geological instability such as that in California called the San Andreas Fault, located between the pacific and North American plates. The plates there are constantly pushing and pulling adjacent plates, there by creating constant tremors and a potential for earthquakes in the area. Calculations indicate that sometime within the next ten years, California will be struck by a major earthquake where plate boundaries are hundreds of miles away. In the 1800s New Madrid, Missouri and Charleston South Carolina, were shaken by earthquakes that no one had foreseen 5) On February 4, Haicheng was destroyed, but because its residents had been evacuated, very few people were killed. In California, where earthquake is an ever-present menace, building codes now require quakeproof structures, and Civil Defense units have intensified their training in how to deal with disaster should it strike or perhaps more accurately, when it strikes. Should predictions of a quake within the next ten years be accurate, many Californians may be able to save both their lives and their property. [A]Certain areas of the world are quake prone. Italy, Yugoslavia, and Algeria have experienced many quakes. In November 1980, Naples was struck by an especially devastating quake China and Japan have also been hit by horrendous quakes. In 1923, Tokyo and Yokohama were reduced to rubble by gigantic tremors that were followed by fires, tornadoes, and finally a thirty-four-foot tsunami, or tidal wave, which was caused by the earths drop into the waters of Tokyo Bay. More than 150,000 people died in that earthquake 1973
新增题型全突破 19/73 若是无线广播正在播放，他们会要求无线广播持有 者购买一份许可证以便在商店播放无线广播。假如 广播持有者予以拒绝，ASCAP 和 BMI 的代理会立 即聘请一位律师并提请诉讼。法律明文规定，出于 商业目的没有获得许可证而播放音乐是违法的，除 非你有那段音乐的版权。ASCAP 和 BMI 于是按比 例分获音乐版权所有者所缴纳的费用。 目前，赝品正在威胁着所有这些形式的垄断 力量。琳琅满目的商品尽是伪造品。仿造的质量通 常都很差。飞行器装置和高动力固定装置的复制品 出现在民用班机和军用飞机里。据美国商业部估计 有超过七十五万人丢掉工作是因为进口商品“杀 价”，这是伪造商品的行业术语。 有趣的是，该问题无论正反方面保密能力必在议事 之列。对于伪造的产品，动机是明显的。虽然 如此，商家不大愿意承认它们的生产线已经被 复制了。许多公司都担心广告宣传会促使进一 步的复制或者会使顾客对其品牌产生顾虑。无 论如何，伪造极大地削弱了与诸多专利、商标 和版权有关的垄断力量。 Text 8 Directions:In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 1-5, choose the most suitable one from the list A—G to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. Earthquakes are the most lethal of all natural disasters. What causes them? Geologists explain them in terms of a theory known as plate tectonics. Continents are floating apart from each other; this is referred to as the continental drift. About sixty miles below the surface of the sea, there is a semi-molten bed of rock over which plates, or slabs, carry continents and sea floors at a rate of several inches a year. 1) _______________________________. The collision of plates causes geological instability such as that in California called the San Andreas Fault, located between the pacific and North American plates. The plates there are constantly pushing and pulling adjacent plates, there by creating constant tremors and a potential for earthquakes in the area. 2) _______________________________. Calculations indicate that sometime within the next ten years, California will be struck by a major earthquake. 3) _______________________________. Powerful earthquakes have occurred in places where plate boundaries are hundreds of miles away. In the 1800s New Madrid, Missouri and Charleston. South Carolina, were shaken by earthquakes that no one had foreseen. 4) _______________________________. 5) _______________________________. On February 4, Haicheng was destroyed, but because its residents had been evacuated, very few people were killed. In California, where earthquake is an ever-present menace, building codes now require quakeproof structures, and Civil Defense units have intensified their training in how to deal with disaster should it strike or, perhaps more accurately, when it strikes. Should predictions of a quake within the next ten years be accurate, many Californians may be able to save both their lives and their property. [A] Certain areas of the world are quake prone. Italy, Yugoslavia, and Algeria have experienced many quakes. In November 1980, Naples was struck by an especially devastating quake. China and Japan have also been hit by horrendous quakes. In 1923, Tokyo and Yokohama were reduced to rubble by gigantic tremors that were followed by fires, tornadoes, and finally a thirty-four-foot tsunami, or tidal wave, which was caused by the earth’s drop into the waters of Tokyo Bay. More than 150,000 people died in that earthquake
红 B What effects have geologists predictions of earthquakes had? The Chinese in Haicheng in 1974 were warned that an earthquake might occur within the next year or two. With the help of amateur seismogists'observations of animal behavior and the rise and fall of water in wells and measurements of quantities of radioactive gas in water, professional geologists were able in January 1975, to predict an earthquake within the next six months [C] As the plates separate from each other, a new sea floor is formed by the molten matter that was formerly beneath. Volcanic islands and large mountain ranges are created by this type [D] Geologists would like to be able to predict earthquakes accurately. Using laser beams, ismographs, gravity measuring devices, and radio telescopes, they are presently studying the San Andreas Fault to determine the rate of strain and the amount of ground slippage E] What effects have geologists' predictions of earthquakes had? The Chinese in Haicheng in 1974 were warned that an earthquake might occur within the next year or two. With the help of amateur seismogists' observations of animal behavior and the rise and fall of water in wells and measurements of quantities of radioactive gas in water, professional geologists were able in January 1975, to predict an earthquake within the next six month I F In spite of the geologists'theory of plate tectonics, there are still gaps in man s understanding and knowledge of the causes of earthquakes Text 9 Directions: In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 1-5, choose the most suitable one from the list A-G to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are nvo extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. Stars in Their Eyes The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos edited by David Levy, Macmillan, E20, ISBN 0333782933 Previous generations of scientists would have killed to know what we know. For the first time in history, we have a pretty good idea of the material content of the Universe, our position within it and how the whole thing came into being In these times of exploding knowledge there is a definite need to take stock and assemble what we know in a palatable(受欢迎的)form The essays in The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos have been selected by David Levy, cO-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which in 1994 struck Jupiter with the violence of several full-scale nuclear wars 42)This is certainly a great collection of essays, but it is not, as the book promises, a seamless(t])synthesis of our current nowledge Nobody can fault the range of articles Levy has included. There are essays on the planets moons and assorted debris(FF H)in the Solar System, and on our Galaxy, the Milky Way The contributions, too, are stars in their own fields. Not many books can boast chapte written by such giants as Erwin Schrodinger and Francis Crick. My personal favorites are a piercingly clear essay by Albert Einstein on general relativity and an article by Alan Guth and Paul 20/73
新增题型全突破 20/73 [B] What effects have geologists' predictions of earthquakes had? The Chinese in Haicheng in 1974 were warned that an earthquake might occur within the next year or two. With the help of amateur seismogists’ observations of animal behavior and the rise and fall of water in wells and measurements of quantities of radioactive gas in water, professional geologists were able, in January 1975, to predict an earthquake within the next six months. [C] As the plates separate from each other, a new sea floor is formed by the molten matter that was formerly beneath. Volcanic islands and large mountain ranges are created by this type of movement. [D] Geologists would like to be able to predict earthquakes accurately. Using laser beams, seismographs, gravity measuring devices, and radio telescopes, they are presently studying the San Andreas Fault to determine the rate of strain and the amount of ground slippage. [E] What effects have geologists' predictions of earthquakes had? The Chinese in Haicheng in 1974 were warned that an earthquake might occur within the next year or two. With the help of amateur seismogists’ observations of animal behavior and the rise and fall of water in wells and measurements of quantities of radioactive gas in water, professional geologists were able, in January 1975, to predict an earthquake within the next six months. [F] In spite of the geologists’ theory of plate tectonics, there are still gaps in man's understanding and knowledge of the causes of earthquakes. Text 9 Directions:In the following article, some sentences have been removed. For Questions 1-5, choose the most suitable one from the list A—G to fit into each of the numbered blank. There are two extra choices, which do not fit in any of the gaps. Stars in Their Eyes The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos edited by David Levy, Macmillan, £20, ISBN 0333782933 Previous generations of scientists would have killed to know what we know. For the first time in history, we have a pretty good idea of the material content of the Universe, our position within it and how the whole thing came into being. In these times of exploding knowledge there is a definite need to take stock and assemble what we know in a palatable（受欢迎的）form. ____________________ (41) The essays in The Scientific American Book of the Cosmos have been selected by David Levy, co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, which in 1994 struck Jupiter with the violence of several full-scale nuclear wars. ____________________ (42) This is certainly a great collection of essays, but it is not, as the book promises, a seamless (完美的) synthesis of our current knowledge. Nobody can fault the range of articles Levy has included. There are essays on the planets, moons and assorted debris (碎片) in the Solar System, and on our Galaxy, the Milky Way. ____________________ (43) The contributions, too, are stars in their own fields. Not many books can boast chapters written by such giants as Erwin Schrodinger and Francis Crick. My personal favorites are a piercingly clear essay by Albert Einstein on general relativity and an article by Alan Guth and Paul