Edward rose early on the New-year morning.He looked in every room and wished a Happy New Year to his family.Then he ran into the street to repeat that to those he might meet.
When he came back, his father gave him two bright, new silver dollars .
His face lighted up as he took them.He had wished for a long time to buy some petty books that he had seen at the bookstore.
He left the house with a light heart, expecting to buy the books.As he ran down the street, he saw a poor family.
“I wish you a happy New Year.” said Edward, as he was happily passing on.The man shook his head.
“You are not from this country? ” said Edward.The man again shook his head, for he could not understand or speak his language.But he pointed to his mouth, and to the children shaking with cold, as if (好像)to say, “These little ones have had nothing to eat for a long time”
Edward quickly understood that these poor people were in trouble.He took out his dollars, and gave one to the man and the other to his wife.
They were excited and said something in their language, which doubtless meant, “We thank you so much that we will remember you all the time.”
When Edward came home, his father asked what books he had bought.He hung his head a moment, but quickly looked up.
“I have bought no books,” said he, “I gave my money to some poor people, who seemed to be very hungry then.” He went on, “I think I can wait for my books till next New Year.”
“My dear boy,” said his father, “Here are some books, more as a reward for your goodness of heart than as a New-Year gift”.
“I saw you give the money cheerfully to the poor German family.It was nice for a little boy to do so.Be always ready to help others and every year of your life will be to you a Happy New Year.”
1.Edward expected to ________ with the money he got from his father.
A.help the poor family
B.buy something to eat
C.buy some pretty books
2.Why did the poor man shake his head when Edward spoke to him?()
A.He couldn’t understand the boy
B.He wouldn’t accept the money
C.He didn’t like the boy’s language
3.How much did Edward give the poor family?()
A.One dolla
B.Two dollars
C.Three dollars
4.We know that Edward ________.
A.got a prize for his kind heart
B.got more money from his father
C.bought the books at the bookstore
25.What is the best title for the passage?()
A.New Year's Gift
B.Story of Buying Books
C.Father's Words
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The compass rose on a nautical chart indicates both variation and ().
A、deviation
B、annual rate of variation change
C、precession
D、compass error
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After applying a new ACL on a device, its CPU utilization rose significantly and many messages starting with "%SEC-6-IPACCESSLOG" appeared on the Syslog server. What can be done to resolve this situation?()
A . Increase memory allocation for ACLs.
B . Remove all entries from the ACL and use a single permit ip any any statement.
C . Remove the log keyword from each ACL entry.
D . Reboot the device after the ACL has been applied.
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On a nautical chart,the inner ring of a compass rose indicates().
A、true directions
B、compass error
C、deviation
D、magnetic directions
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The numeral in the center of a wind rose circle on a pilot chart indicates the ().
A . total number of observations
B . average wind force on the Beaufort scale
C . average wind force in knots
D . percentage of calm
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Daniel Defoe is an early proponent of the ( ) novel whose masterpiece Robinson Crusoe tells about the adventures of a sailor on the sea and on an island.
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Jane Austen's authentic representation of early-nineteenth-century middle-class provincial life, written with forceful insight and gentle irony, makes her novels the enduring works on the _______ and manners of her time.
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What is a youth? Impetuous fire. What is a main? Ice and desire. The world wags on. A rose will bloom. It then will fade.
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Where did the Tournament of Roses Parade take place on January 1 in 1886?
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As early as_____, the Chinese discovered that a magnet could be used to indicate the south or the north, and a direction –indicating instrument Sinan( 司南 ) was made on the basis of this feature.
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Arrive early, not just on the first day and don’t be the first to leave at the end of the day.
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153. On a nautical chart, the inner ring of a compass rose indicates ______.
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I _________ the fresh rose I just took out of the vase on our table and it ____________ so sweet.
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Daniel Defoe is an early proponent of the ( ) novel whose masterpiece Robinson Crusoe tells about the adventures of a sailor on the sea and on an island.
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255. Which information does the outer ring of a compass rose on a nautical chart provide?
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119. On a nautical chart, the inner ring of a compass rose indicates _____.
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the falling of composite index rose by 1. 3 per cent on the week.
A. Bangkok rose 2 per cent on the day and 3.4 per cent over the week as buyers moved in to large market capitalization stocks. The SET index rose 27.55 to 1,383.57 in turnover of Bt 8.5 bn, down from Thursday's Bt 10bn.
B. Taipei was pulled lower by late profit-taking in industrials after Thursday's rebound ,and the weighted index fell 45.59 to 5,806.77, or 1.7 per cent, over the week. Turnover rose to T $41.51 bn from T $ 35. 78bn.
C. Manila opened strongly on foreign buying of blue chips but dipped at the close as profits were taken. The composite index fell 10.07 to 2 ,907. 00 , 1.3 per cent higher on the week
D. Hong Kong finished a mixed day slightly lower ,sapped by profit-taking on confirmation of US renewal of China's MFN trade status and concerns over the lower domestic property market. The Hang Seng index fell 11.58 to close at 9,470.13, 1.7 per cent lower on the week.
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The early pioneers had to__________ many hardships to settle on the new land.
A.go along with
B.go back on
C.go through
D.go into
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L&A Construction shipped the construction materials to Systech Corporation on May 20, fulfilling its contractual______three months early.
A.obligation
B.surplus
C.indication
D.forecast
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Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following. In the early days of nuclear power, the United States made money on it. But today opponents have so complicated its development that no nuclear plants have been ordered or built here in 12 years.
The greatest fear of nuclear power opponents has always been a reactor “meltdown” (堆内熔化). Today, the chances of a meltdown that would threaten U.S. public health are very little. But to even further reduce the possibility, engineers are testing new reactors that rely not on human judgement to shut them down but on the laws of nature. Now General Electric is already building two advanced reactors in Japan. But don’t expect them ever on U.S. shores unless things change in Washington.
The procedure for licensing nuclear power plants is a bad dream. Any time during, or even after, construction, an objection by any group or individual can bring everything to a halt while the matter is investigated or taken to court. Meanwhile, the builder must add nice-but-not-necessary improvements, some of which force him to knock down walls and start over. In every case where a plant has been opposed, the Nuclear Regulation Commission has ultimately granted a license to construct or operate. But the victory often costs so much that the utility ends up abandoning the plant anyway.
A case in point is the Shoreham plant on New York’s Long Island. Shoreham was a virtual twin to the Millstone plant in Connecticut, both ordered in the mid-’60s. Millstone, completed for $101 million, has been generating electricity for two decades. Shoreham, however, was singled out by anti-nuclear activists who, by sending in endless protests, drove the cost over $5 billion and delayed its use for many years.
Shoreham finally won its operation license. But the plant has never produced a watt of power. Governor Mario Cuomo, an opponent of a Shoreham start-up, used his power to force New York’s public-utilities commission to accept the following settlement; the power company could pass the cost of Shoreham along to its consumers only if it agreed not to operate the plant! Today, a perfectly good facility, capable of servicing hundreds of homes, sits rusting.
第36题:What has made the procedure for licensing nuclear power plants a bad dream?
A) The inefficiency of the Nuclear Regulation commission.
B) The enormous cost of construction and operation.
C) The length of time it takes to make investigations.
D) The objection of the opponents of nuclear power.
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Since the early nineties, the trend in most businesses has been toward on-demand, always-available products and services that suit the customer’s _________ rather than the company’s.
A. benefit B. availability C. suitability D. convenience
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We wish to advise you that the goods went ______ on the steamer “Yunnan” on August 8.They are to be _______at Copenhagen and are expected to reach your port in early September.
A、forward/transshipped
B、out/discharged
C、westward/reloaded
D、off/transshipping
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Since the early nineties, the trend in most businesses has been toward on-demand, always- available products and services that suit the customer's_______rather than the company's.
A.benefit
B.availability
C.suitability
D.covenience
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When I went out jogging early this morning, I found the ground wet.It _________ last n
A.A.might have rained
B.B.may have rained
C.C.can have rained
D.D.must have rained
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You have plotted the data for two securities over time on the same graph,ie.,the month return of each security for the last 5 years. If the pattern of the movements of the two securities rose and fell
A.no correlation at all
B.a weak negative correlation
C.a strong negative correlation
D.a strong positive correlation