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41.According to the passage,the issue in dispute in Brazil is___________. [A]contamination of the environment by genetically modified crops. [B]Brazil’s standing in the international market
[C]the October presidential election
[D]the legalization of genetically modified organisms
42.According to the passage,Brazil is the world’s_____________soybean producer.
[A]largest
[B]second largest [C]third largest [D]fourth largest
43.Which of the following statements is NOT true about NGOs in Brazil? [A]They believe genetically modified crops will harm the farmers’ health. [B]They believe genetic engineering is altogether a bad practice.
[C]They believe scientific methods should be introduced to ensure GM brings no harm. [D]They believe GMOs will harm Brazil economically.
44.Which of the following statements is true about the organization called Action Aid? [A]They encourage the farmers to produce genetically modified products. [B]They encourage the farmers to depend on themselves for seeds.
[C]They strongly support the legalization of genetically modified products. [D]They encourage the farmers to upgrade their farms to bigger ones.
45.What does the Brazilian scientist Crodowaldo Pavan say about genetically modified products? [A]Genetically modified seeds should be banned.
[B]Brazil government should crack down on the smuggling of genetically modified seeds. [C]The fear over the use of genetically modified seeds is uncalled for. [D]Consumers should file more law suits to protect their rights. 答案: D B B B C
Passage 5
The Guidford Four,freed last week after spending 15 years in prison for crimes they did not commit,would almost certainly have been executed for the pub bombing they were convicted of.They had the death penalty been in force at the time of their trial.They may now be a decent interval before the pro-hanging lobby,which has the support of the Prime Minister,makes another attempt to reintroduce the noose.
Reflections along these lines were about the only kind of consolation to be derived from this gross miscarriage of justice which is now to be the subject of a judicial(司法的)inquiry.In the meantime,defense lawyers are demanding compensation and have in mind about half a million pounds for each of their clients.
The first three to be released-Mr.Gerald Conlon, Mr.Paddy Armstrong and Ms.Carole Richardson-left prison with the 34 pounds which is given to all departing inmates.The
fourth,Mr.Paul Hill,was not released immediately but taken to Belfast,where he lodged an appeal against his conviction for the murder of a former British soldier.Since this conviction,too,was based on the now discredited statements allegedly made to the Survey police,he was immediately let out on bail(保释).But he left empty-handed.
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The immediate reaction to the scandal was renewed demand for the re-examination of the case against the Birmingham Six, who are serving life sentences for pub bombings in that city. Thus far the Home secretary, Mr. Douglas Hurd, is insisting that the two cases are not comparable; that what is now known about the Guilford investigation has no relevance to what happened in Birmingham.
Mr. Hurd is right to the extent that there was a small-though flimsy and
hotly-contested-amount of crime evidence in the Birmingham case.The disturbing similarity is that the Birmingham Six,like the Guilford Four,claim that police officers lied and fabricated evidence to secure a conviction.
Making scapegoats(替罪羊)of a few rogue police officers will not be sufficient to eliminate the Guilford miscarriage of justice.These are already demands that the law should be changed;first to make it impossible to convict on“confessions”alone;and secondly to require that statements from accused persons should only be taken in the presence of an independent third patty to ensure they are not made under punishment.
It was also being noted this week that the Guilford Four owe their release more to be
persistence of investigative reporters than to the diligence of either the judiciary or the police.Yet investigative reports-particularly on television-have recently been a particular target for the condemnation of Mrs.Thatcher and some of her ministers who seem to think that TV should be muzzled(钳制言论的手段) in the public interest and left to get on with soap operas and quiz shows.
1.The word“noose”(Line 7,Para.1)has the closest meaning to________. [A].death penalty [B].hanging [C].trial
[D].punishment
2.To compensate the miscarriage of justice,the defense lawyers may_________. [A].demand 500,000 pounds for the Guilford Four.
[B].demand 500,000 pounds for each of the Guilford Four. [C].demand 1,000,000 pounds for each of the Guilford Four. [D].demand a re-examination of the Birmingham pub bombings.
3.Why was there a renewed demand for the re-examination of the case against the Birmingham Six?
[A].The Birmingham Six were believed to have criminal connections with the Guilford Four. [B].The two cases were similar in that both were about pub bombings. [C].The bombings in Birmingham happened at the same time.
[D].The Birmingham Six also claimed that there were police malpractice’s in their case. 4.The existing law states that________.
[A].convictions can be made on confessions and statements taken by police officers from accused persons are valid legal evidence.
[B].convictions can’t be made on confessions alone and there should be a third party when taking statements from accused persons.
[C].convictions can be made on confessions and a third party should be present when taking statements from accused persons.
[D].convictions can’t be made on confessions alone and the statements taken by police officers
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from accused persons are valid legal evidence.
5.According to the article,which of the following parties contributed most to the release of the Guilford Four?
[A].Reporters [B].Lawyers
[C].The police [D].The judiciary 答案: B B D A A
Passage 6 The\of living\any country means the average person's share of the goods and services which the country produces.A country's standard of living,therefore,depends first and foremost on its capacity to produce wealth.\on money but on things that money can buy:\as transport and entertainment.
A country's capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors,most of which have an effect on one another.Wealth depends to a great extent upon a country's natural resources,such as coal,gold,and other minerals,water supply and so on.Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals,and have a fertile soil and a favorable climate;other regions possess perhaps only one of these things,and some regions possess none of them.The U.S.A is one of the wealthiest regions of the world because she has vast natural resources within her borders,her soil is fertile,and her climate is varied.The Sahara Desert,on the other hand,is one of the least wealthy.
Next to natural resources comes the ability to turn them to use.China is perhaps as well off as the U.S.A.in natural resources,but suffered for many years from civil and external wars,and for this and other reasons was.unable to develop her resources.Sound and stable political conditions,and freedom from foreign invasion,enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily,and to produce more wealth than another country equally well served by nature but less well ordered.Another important factor is the technical efficiency of a country's people.Old countries that have,through many centuries,trained up numerous skilled craftsmen and technicians are better placed to produce wealth than countries whose workers are largely unskilled.Wealth also produces wealth.As a country becomes wealthier,its people have a large margin for saving,and can put their savings into factories and machines which will help workers to turn out more goods in their working day. 1.A country's wealth depends upon______., [A].its standard of living [B].its money
[C].its ability to provide goods and services
[D].its ability to provide transport and entertainment 2.The word\[A].most importantly [B].firstly [C].largely
[D].for the most part
3.The main idea of the second paragraph is that______.
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[A].a country's wealth depends on many factors
[B]].the U.S.A.is one of the wealthiest countries in the world [C].the Sahara Desert is a very poor region
[D].natural resources are an important factor in the wealth or poverty of a country
4.The third paragraph mentions some of the advantages which one country may have over another in making use of its resources.How many such advantages are mentioned in this paragraph? [A].2 [B].3 [C].4 [D].5
5.The second sentence.in Paragraph 3 is______. [A].the main idea of the paragraph
[B].an example supporting the main idea of the paragraph [C].the conclusion of the paragraph [D].not related to the paragraph 答案:C A A B B
Passage 7 The productivity of Americans employed in private businesses has declined.The productivity of workers in countries such as Japan and Germany is increasing.American machine tools,on average,are old,relatively inefficient,and rapidly becoming obsolete,whereas those of our competitors overseas,in comparison,are newer and more efficient.We are no longer the most productive workers in the world.We are no longer the leaders in industrial innovation(革新).We are an immensely
wealthy nation of educated men and women who seem to have lost sight of the fact that everything—from the simplest necessities to the finest luxuries—must be produced through our own collective hard work.We have come to expect automatic increases in our collective standard of living,but we seem to have forgotten that these increases are possible only when our productivity continues to grow.
One thing that must change is the rate at which we substitute capital equipment for human labor.Simply put,our labor force has increased at a far greater rate than has our stock of capital investment.We seem to have forgotten that our past productivity gains,to a large extent,were realized from substitutions of capital for human labor.Today,3 times as many robots are listed as capital assets by Japanese firms as by United States firms.
There is no doubt that robots will become a common sight in American factories.Representing a new generation of technology,robots will replace factory labor much as the farm tractor replaced the horse.Robot technology has much to offer.It offers higher levels of productivity and quality at lower costs;in promises to free men and women from the dull,repetitious toil of the factory,it is likely to have an impact on society comparable to that made by the growth of computer technology.
1.The word\[A].weak [B].old [C].new
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[D].out of date
2.The author is anxious about_______.
[A].his people no longer taking the lead in industrial innovation [B].his country no longer being a wealthy nation [C].his people forgetting to raise their productivity [D].his country falling behind other industrial nations 3.According to the author,in his country_______..
[A].the proportion of labor force to capital investment is quite low
[B].the growth rate of labor force should be greater than that of capital investment [C].the productivity increases should be achieved by the increases of labor force [D].capital investment should have increased more rapidly than labor force 4.So far as the influence on society is concerned,_______.
[A].robot technology seems to be much more promising than computer technology [B].computer technology has less to offer than robot technology [C].robot technology can be compared with computer technology [D].robot technology cannot be compared with computer technology
5.The purpose of the author in writing this passage is to show that_______. [A].robots will help increase labor productivity [B].robots will rule American factories [C].robots are cheaper than human laborers
[D].robots will finally replace humans in factories 答案: D C D C A
Passage 8 Pronouncing a language is a skill.Every normal person is expert in the skill of pronouncing his own language;but few people are even moderately proficient at pronouncing foreign languages.Now there are many reasons for this,some obvious,some perhaps not so obvious.But I suggest that the fundamental reason why people in general do not speak foreign languages very much better than they do is that they fail to grasp the true nature of the problem of learning to pronounce,and consequently never set about tackling it in the right way.Far too many people fail to realize that pronouncing a foreign language is a skill—one that needs careful training of a special kind,and one that cannot be acquired by just leaving it to take care of itself.I think even teachers of language,while recognizing the importance of a good accent,tend to neglect,in their practical teaching,the branch of study concerned with speaking the language.So the first point I want to make is that English pronunciation must be taught;the teacher should be prepared to devote some of the lesson time to this,and should get the student to feel that here is a matter worthy of receiving his close attention.So,there should be occasions when other aspects of English,such as grammar or spelling,are allowed for the moment to take second place.
Apart from this question of the time given to pronunciation,there are two other requirements for the teacher:the first,knowledge;the second,technique.
It is important that the teacher should be in possession of the necessary information.This can generally be obtained from books.It is possible to get from books some idea of the mechanics of speech,and of what we call general phonetic theory.It is also possible in this way to get a clear mental picture of the relationship between the sounds of different languages,between the speech