sp;will free us from the keys we use today
B) will turn everything into sensors
C) will make the locks out of date
D) will eliminate all crimes
44. Thanks to computers, in 2040 people _______.
A) will have no entertainment outside
B) will replace TV with computers
C) will be controlled by computers
D) will have more fun at home
45. The best title for the passage might be _______.
A) Sensors and Computers
B) Life at Home in the Year 2040
C) The Development of Science and Technology
D) Lights and Heaters in the Year 2040
Questions 46 to 50 are based on the following Passage.
With the Switzerland-based Wrorl4 Wildlife Fund (WWF), China I Wildlife Fund (WWF), China is making a concerted and dedicated effort to save the end angered pandas. The results, officials here in Chengdu indicate, are mixed bur encouraging.
A clear disappointment is the failure to breed 1,andas in captivity, necessary if their decreasing numbers are to be replaced. Another failure has been the incapability to find a natural, readily available food to replace the arrow bamboo.
Despite these failures, success has come on two fronts. One achievement has been the physical rescue effort. Some pandas have been kept alive by, salting( 空投 ) the mountains with ions of cooked meat, which pandas well eat as a substitute for bamboo, and by the planting of new bamboo in isolated areas. Animals in some Sichuan areas have been rescued by local peasants and by even emergency treatment by animal doctors.
A second achievement is a massive fund-raising effort. Publicity about the panda s plight has resulted in a new $ 100000 emergency allocation by the WWF and independent fund drives both in China and abroad.
In spite of this support, there have been conflicts in the panda relief program. One important problem is the difficulty Peking is having balancing the recommendations of environmentalists with China s ambitious goal of agricultural and industrial modernization .
Wolong is but one example of this difficulty. This 494,000-aore preserve was declared a protected area in 1975. Yet 1800people ,mostly Tibetans, still live in the preserve, logging, trucks still roll down the narrow mountain roads , and blasting work still goes on at the site of a new 160000-kilowatt-hydroelectric plant Just six miles away.
The means that the pandas fight for survival will not be an easy one, with the concerted effort of man. For in the end, even if they can survive the dangers of the wild, they must still contend with man him self.
46. Efforts to save the endangered pandas _______.
A) have failed completely
B) have proven highly successful
C) have met with setbacks but brought hope
D) have receive no response from the scientists
47. Which of the following threatens the pandas survival in the Wolong preserve?
A) Local population . B) Economic development.
C) Unfavorable environment. D)All of the above.
48. All of the following help prevent the decline of the panda population EXCEPT _______.
A) the reproduction of panda offspring during captivity
B) the large-scale fund-raising drives
C) the rescue of the injured and the sick
D) the cultivation of new bamboo forests
49. If can be inferred from the passage that_______.
A) Switzerland is the only country that contributes in the panda relief program
B) the survival of pandas is an international concern
C) it is too late to rescue the endangered pandas.
D) the lovely pandas will soon die out
50. The tone of the author s conclusion concerning pandas survival is_______.
A) worried B) optimistic
C) angry D) impersonal
Questions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.
Revenge is one of those things that everyone enjoys. People don t like to talk about it, though. Just the same, there is nothing more satisfying or more rewarding than revenge. The purpose is not to harm your victims but to let them know that you are upset about something that they are doing to you ,Careful plotting can provide you with relief form bothersome coworkers, gossiping friends or nagging family member
Coworkers who make comments about the fact that you are always fifteen minutes late for work can be taken care of very simply. All you have to do is get up extra one day. Before the sun comes up, drive to each coworker s house. Reach under the hood of your coworker s car and disconnect the center wire that leads to the distributor cap, the car will be unharmed, but it will not start, and your friends at work will all be late for work on the same day. If you re lucky, your boss might notice that you are the only one there and will give you a raise.
Gossiping friends at school are also perfect targets for a simple act of revenge. A way to trap either male or female friends is to leave phony messages on their lockers. If the friend that you want to get is male, leave a message that a certain girl would like him to stop by her house later that day. With any luck her boyfriend will be ther上一页 [1] [2] [3] [4] 下一页