The new invention is to make our daily life easier, ______it more difficult.A.not to makeB
The new invention is to make our daily life easier, ______it more difficult.
A.not to make
B.not make
C.not making
D.do not make
The new invention is to make our daily life easier, ______it more difficult.
A.not to make
B.not make
C.not making
D.do not make
第1题
The author predicts that _________.
A. advances in new technologies will lead to great changes of society
B. the single invention, the chip, will lead to great changes in society
C. the future picture of the world can only be imagined by looking back
D. the use of personal computer and factory robots will be widespread
第2题
What is the amount of individual income tax (IIT) payable by Mr Lee in 2014?
A.RMB0
B.RMB40,000
C.RMB22,400
D.RMB32,000
第3题
Milk was one of the main foods for people long before history was written. Maybe【21】will remain an important food as long as there are【22】that give milk. The old word "milk"【23】Sanskrit(梵文), one of the oldest【24】known to man. A very old picture of milking,【25】was drawn five thousand years ago, has been found.
In the years long ago, people got their milk【26】their own animals. But【27】modern times new inventions made the milk industry(产业) a big business.【28】1851 Gall Borden found a way to【29】some of the water out from milk. This made milk keep longer. Four years later, Louis Pasteur【30】 a way to kill the bacteria(细菌) in milk. Then a special milk bottle was made. This was followed【31】 the invention of machines that could fill bottles with milk. The discoveries had a great effect(影响) on the milk industry. They meant that milk could be kept longer.
Some people believe that milk drinking will become less popular【32】 it has been. But remember how long milk has been an important food【33】 think of the many ways【34】 it is useful. It seems【35】 to say that the milk industry will always be important.
(36)
A.it
B.they
C.he
D.she
第4题
"State of the art" is something that is as modem as possible. It is a product that is based on the very latest methods and technology. Something that is "state of the art" is the newest possible design or product of a business or industry. A state of the art television set, for example, uses the modernest electronic design and parts. It is the best that one can buy.
"State of the art" is not a new expression. Engineers have used it for years, to describe the best and most modem way of doing something. Millions of Americans began to use the expression in the late 1970 ' s. The reason was the computer revolution. Every computer company claimed that its computers were "state of the art".
Computer technology changed so fast that a state of the art computer today might be old tomorrow. (80) The expression "state of the art" became as common and popular as computers themselves. Now all kinds of products are said to be "state of the art".
What is the purpose of the passage?
A.To tell how "high tech" and "state of the art" have developed.
B.To give examples of "high tech".
C.To tell what "high tech" and "state of the art" are.
D.To describe very modem technology.
第5题
In 1963, a Grade 8 student named Tom Sims【C4】______ a ski-board for a school project in New Jersey. Then in 1966, a man named Sherman Poppen【C5】______ two skis together for his kids on Christmas day. He called his invention "the Snurfer," which 【C6】______ the words "snow" and "surf". In 1969, Jack Burton Carpenter received a【C7】______for Christmas. He soon began designing boards, and today "Burton" is a popular【C8】______of snowboard.
By the 1980s, snowboarding had become very popular.【C9】______, most ski resorts did not allow snowboarding because they thought it was too【C10】______. Since many snowboarders were young, many older skiers did not want them on the ski hills. The snowboarders had to go to the backcountry, 【C11】______ patrolled (有巡逻的) resorts.
Rejection at the resorts did not【C12】______snowboarding from growing in popularity. Eventually, the owners of ski resorts changed their views. They 【C13】______that they could make more money by allowing snowboarding. One by one, the resorts【C14】______ to welcome snowboards. Today, many resorts even set【C15】______special areas where snowboarders can practice their creative tricks.
【C1】
A.spreading
B.popular
C.ordinary
D.interesting
第8题
It was (him) who did all the work (on) the invention, but somebody (else) got (all the credit).
A.him
B.on
C.else
D.all the credit
第9题
In the four volumes published so far no attempt has been made to explain why China has not kept up with the West in science and technology in modern times. It is probable that the answer isto be found in the social and economic history of, where a static society under a relatively benevolent regime of scholar-gentry contrasts with the potentially revolutionary and dynamic society of the West at the end of the Middle Ages. In recent years, the Chinese government has been making every effort to catch up with the West again, and there is little doubt that the gap is being reduced year by year. But willavoid the West's mistakes?
76.So far, how many volumes have been published_____
A.Five.
B.Four.
C.Three.
D.None.
77.The first volume was published ___.
A.ten years ago
B.last year
C.five years ago
D.twenty years ago
78.Theunderlinedword “skeptical" means_____
A.doubtful
B.worried
C.sad
D.angry
79.Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage_____
A.Gunpowder.
B.Needle.
C.Paddle boats.
D.Bridge design.
80.The best title for this passage is____.
A.China's Inventions
B.Comparisons Between the East and the West
C.China Is Catching Up
D.Situations in China
第10题
第11题
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As late as l800.women’s only place was in the home.The idea of women in the business
world was unthinkable.N0“nice’’woman would dream of entering what was strictly a“man’s wodd”.Even if she could,what would she do?Men were positive that no woman could handle a job outside her home.This was such a widely accepted idea that when the famous Bronte sisters began writing books.in 1 846,they disguised themselves by signing their books with men’s names.
Teaching was the first profession open to women soon after l 800.But even that was not an easy profession for women to enter because most high schools and colleges were open only to men.Oberling College in Ohio was the first college in America to accept women.
Hospital nursing became respectable work for women only after Florence Nightingale became famous.Because she was a wealthy and cultured woman,as well as a nurse,people began to believe it was possible for women to nurse the sick and still be“ladies”.Miss Night-ingale opened England’s first training school for nurses in 1860.
The invention of the typewriter in 1 867 helped to bring women out of the home and into the business world.Because women had slender,quick fingers,they learned to operate typewriters quickly and well.Businessmen found that they had to hire women for this new kind of work.
By l 900,thousands of women were working at real,jobs in schools,hospitals,and officesin both England and America.Some women even managed to become doctors or lawyers.The idea that“nice”women could work in the business world had been accepted.
Bronte sisters published their first books under men’s names because__________ . 查看材料
A.thev never dreamed of entering a“man’s world”
B.they thought.no woman could handle a job outside her home
C.writing was generally considered to be men’s work
D.people didn’t thought they were wealthy enough to write