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Since the birth of the Barbie doll it has served as a sign to show the tendency of the fashion.
A . Right
B . Wrong
C . Not mentioned
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Companycom purchased a new p5 570 without a HMC. The customer does not know how to power the full frame/system off since there does not appear to be an on/off button. What can be done to accomplish this task?()
A . Telnet into the machine and do a shutdown -Fr
B . Log into ASMI as Administrator and use ASMI menus
C . Log into the service processor using WebSM and use ASMI menus
D . Use the off button which is located to the left below the LED
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Since accumulations of H2S gas on a ship can be dangerous to personnel,it is important to know that H2S gas is().
A . lighter than air
B . heavier than air
C . a yellow gas that is easily recognized
D . mildly toxic
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Since rail network is not as extensive as highway network in most countries and its limitation to fixed track facilities, as a result, railroads provide () service.
A . Door to door
B . Door to cy
C . Door to cfs
D . Terminal to terminal
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23. Try not to cough more than you can ___ since it may cause problems to your lungs.
A . check
B . allow
C . stop
D . help
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Before starting a production run, it's not necessary to perform a trial run.
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I’m not sure if it’s ____. Why don’t you ask your lawyer friend?
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Since it was produced, The Last Night of Ballyhoo has gotten a great reputation and it was performed in ______ during the Olympic Games.
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9. It was another ________ in his amazing recovery since a horrific motorway smash two months ago.
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It may be worth investing in a season,monthly or annual ticket, rather than paying daily, or weekly, since it is usually cheaper than daily ticket.
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Some companiesmight not let you rent a car ______ you have a credit card. A) where B) because C) since D) unless
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The lawyer _____the case, but charged much money for it.
A.took up
B.took in
C.set out
D.handed in
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Since it was produced, The Last Night of Ballyhoohas gotten a great reputation and then was performed in Atlanta during the Olympic Games.()
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听力原文:W: Good morning, Mr.Tim.It's a long time since I had the pleasure of a visit for you.
M: Yes, it must be three or four years. I haven't visited you since I called about my will. You helped me with that, you remember?
W: Yes, I remember. Do you want to make any changes in your will?
M: I don't think that will be necessary, but you'll tell me if it is. I left everything, you remember, to my wife, and after her death, to my son Jerry. I've about $15,000 in shares of industrial companies. These bring in, after paying tax, about $1,125 a year. Well, I'm earning a good salary now, and I shall get a good pension from my employers, so my wife and I can live fairly comfortably with this extra income, I want to buy some land and build a house for my son; he will need a house when he gets married. I'm thinking of building one and giving it to him.
W: Your son's lucky. So you want my help buying the land and building the house.
M: Yes, that's right. As soon as you've done what's necessary for buying the land, Jerry and I will see an architect.
W: Have you found a plot yet?
M: Jerry was in Edinburgh last Saturday and saw a plot he likes. My wife and I went there two days ago, and we liked it, too. I'd like you to make the necessary inquiries for me.
W: I'd be pleased to do that. I shall have to write to the Local Authority and inquire whether it is allowed to build a house on your piece of land. You've not allowed to build a house without permission from the Planning Authority. And sometimes the Authority decides that a house must be built of stone, and not of brick, so that it doesn't spoil the surrounding village.
How long have they not met each other?
A.Half a year.
B.Two years.
C.Three or four years.
D.More than five years.
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A.People should pay special attention to sub-health since it is a very dangerous state.
B.Healthy lifestyle. and a balanced diet are quite useful for people to recover from sub-health.
C.More than half of sub-healthy people are middle-aged or old people.
D.People should eat more to become stronger in order to avoid sub-health.
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______was once a very important political institution in Britain while its importance is seriously diminished since the 20th century.
A.The House of Commons
B.The House of Lords
C.The Cabinet
D.The Privy Council
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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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a.In addition, no one knows whether the core is solid or not, since it cannot be directly observed.
b.But since the Sun has no solid surface, it is hard to tell where the atmosphere ends and the main body of the Sun begins.
c.Starting at the outside and going down into the Sun, the zones are the corona, chromosphere, photosphere, convection zone, and finally the core.
d.Solar astronomers know that the Sun is divided into five layers or zones.
e.The first three zones are regarded as the Sun’s atmosphere.
The following sentences are from a paragraph, but they are in the wrong order.Choose the correct order from A, B, C, and D.______
A、c-d-e-b-a
B、d-b-a-c-e
C、c-e-d-b-a
D、d-c-e-b-a
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It has been nearly 2000 years since Buddhism was____ to China.A、original
B、distressing
C、introduced
D、basically
E、dependable
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Since pleasure is the first good and natural to us, for this very reason we do not choose every pleasure, but sometimes we pass over many pleasures, when greater discomfort accrues to us as the result of them; and similarly we think many pains better than pleasures, since a greater pleasure comes to us when we have endured pains for a long time. Every pleasure then because of its natural kinship to us is good, yet not every pleasure is to be chosen; even as every pain is also an evil, yet not all are always of a nature to be avoided. Yet by a scale of comparison and by the consideration of advantages and disadvantages we must form. our judgement on all these matters. For the good on certain occasions we treat as bad, and conversely the bad as good.
We must consider that of desires some are natural, others vain, and of the natural some are necessary and others merely natural; and of the necessary some are necessary for happiness, others for the repose of the body, and others for very life.
Unhappiness comes either through fear or through vain and unbridled desire; but if a man curbs these, he can win for himself' the blessedness of understanding. Of desires, all that do not lead to a sense of pain, if they are not satisfied, are not necessary, but involve a craving which is easily dispelled, when the object is hard to procure or they seem likely to produce harm. Wherever in the case of desires which are natural, but do not lead to a sense of pain, if they are not fulfilled, the effort is intense, such pleasures are due to idle imagination, and it is not owing to their own nature that they fail to be dispelled, but owing to the empty imaginings of the man.
The disturbance of the soul cannot be ended nor true joy created either by the possession of the greatest wealth or by honour and respect in the eyes of the mob or by anything else that is associated with causes of unlimited desires. We must not violate nature, but obey her; and we shah obey her if we fulfil the necessary desires and also the natural, if they bring no harm to us, but sternly reject the harmful. The man who follows nature and not vain opinions is independent in all things. For in reference to unlimited desires even the greatest wealth is not riches but poverty.
Insofar as you are in difficulties, it is because you forget nature; for you create for yourself unlimited fears and desires. It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble.
What does "greater discomfort accrues to us" in Paragraph 1 mean here?
A.We get greater discomfort over a period of time.
B.We are tortured by greater discomfort.
C.Greater discomfort exists in our body.
D.Greater discomfort makes us miserable.
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People tend to amass possessions. Indeed they can have a delightful surprise when they find something useful which they did not know they owned. Some people leave unwanted objects in drawers, cupboards and attics for years, in the belief that they may one day need just those very things. Collecting as a serious hobby is quite different. It provides relaxation for leisure hours, because just looking at one s treasures is always a joy. One does not have to go out for amusement, since the collection is housed at home. Whatever it consists of, stamps, first editions of books, antique furniture, stuffed birds, toy animals, there is always something to do in connection with it, from finding the right place for the latest addition to verifying facts in reference books. This hobby educates one not only in the chosen subject, but also in general matters which have some bearing on it.
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According to reports in major news outlets, a study published last week included a startling discovery: the nation's Jewish population is in shrinking. The study, the National Jewish Population Survey, found 5.2 million Jews living in the United States in 2000, a drop of 5 percent, or 300,000 people, since a similar study in 1990. What's truly startling is that the reported decline is not tree. Worse still, the sponsor of the $6 million study, United Jewish Communities, knows it.
Both it and the authors have openly admitted their doubts. They have acknowledged in interviews that the population totals for 2000 and 1990 were reached by different methods and are not directly comparable. The survey itself also cautions readers, in a dauntingly technical appendix, that judgment calls by the researchers may have led to an undercount. When the research director and project director were asked whether the data should be construed to indicate a declining Jewish population, they flatly answered no. In addition, other survey researchers interviewed pointed to other studies with population estimates as high as 6.7 million.
Despite all this, the two figures --5.2 million now, 5.5 million then --are listed by side in the survey, leaving the impression that the population has shrunk. The result, predictably, has been a rash of headlines trumpeting the illusionary decline, in turn touching off jeremiads by rabbis and moralists condemning the religious laxity behind it. Whether out of ideology, ego, incompetence or a combination of all three, the respected charity has invented a crisis.
United Jewish Communities is the coordinating body for a national network of Jewish philanthropies with combined budgets of $2 billion. Its population surveys carry huge weight in shaping community policy. This is not the first time the survey has set off a false alarm. The last one, conducted by a predecessor organization, found that 52 percent of American Jews who married between 1985 and 1990 did so outside the faith. That number was a fabrication produced by including marriages in which neither party was Jewish by anyone's definition, including the researchers.
Its publication created a huge stir, inspiring anguished sermons, books and conferences. It put liberals on the defensive, emboldened conservatives who reject full integration into society and alienated ordinary folks by the increasingly xenophobic tone of Jewish communal culture. The new survey, to its credit, retracts that figure and offers the latest survey has spawned a panic created by the last one.
So why did the organization flawed figures once again? Some scholars who have studied the. survey believe the motivation then came partly out of a desire to shock straying Jews into greater observance. It' s too early to tell if that' s the case this time around. What is clear is the researchers did their job with little regard to how their data could be misconstrued. They used statistical models and question formats that, while internally sound, made the new survey incompatible with the previous one. For example, this time the researchers divided the population of 5.2 million into two groups--"highly involved" Jews and "people of Jewish background"- and posed most questions only to the first group. As a result, most findings about belief and observance refer only to a subgroup of American Jews, making comparisons to the past impossible.
We can' t afford to wait a decade before these figures are revised. The false population decline must be corrected before it further sours communal discourse. The United Jewish Communities owes it to itself and its public to step forward and state plainly what it knows to be true: American Jews are not disappearing.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true about the National Jewish Population Survey?
A.It found a decline of 300,000 Jews in ten years.
B.It was carded out by United Jewish Communities.
C.This is the first time United Jewish Communities has made mistakes in the population survey.
D.The reported decline is not reliable.
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Since it allows action to be taken to protect the environment at an earlier stage, it is no longer primarily a question of repairing damage after it has____()
A.endorsed
B.enhanced
C.occurred
D.related