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考研英语-618
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Text 3
The farm is a major marketplace for millions of tons of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides (杀虫剂),and advanced machinery and the fuel required to run it. The modem superfarm, large and highly capitalized, is resource dependent compared with the diversified small farms that were once dominant. On diversified farms, major energy needs may be supplied by resident humans and animals. Soil fertility may be maintained by alternating cash crops and restorative crops, and also by returning animal manure (肥料) to the soil. This farming model of relatively self- sufficient agriculture, and the way of life associated with it, are still economically viable (可行 ), as demonstrated by prosperous Amish farmers and other practitioners of "alternative" agriculture. Particularly relevant to today’s mainstream agriculture are the energy-saving practices on large "organic" farms, which are thoroughly mechanized but which minimize the use of pesticides a
A. The farming model and the way of life on diversified farms are workable
B. Large "organic" farms use large amounts of pesticides and synthetic fertilizers
C. The new adaptive farms are capable of resource-conserving practices
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Text 2
There was great public interest when a big hole mysteriously appeared in the middle of a field. Army mechanics and engineers were called in to explain how it had got there. They orrered various explanations but were not at all sure how the hole had’been caused. It was thought that a large shell which must have lain buried under the ground for many years had suddenly exploded, but it was not possible to prove this.
A “simple", but highly improbable, explanation was offered by a man who claims to be especially well-informed about "flying saucers —the strange objects which are round in shape and are said to visit the earth occasionally from outer space. The man’s explanation may have been nonsense, but at least it was imaginative. At any rate, it was far more interesting than the one given by the army.
After examing the ground carefully, the man claimed to have seen special marks on the soil quite near the hole.
A. the public took a great interest in the big mysterious hole
B. army engineers and mechanics were not in the least certain how the hole had appeared
C. objects from outer space hold a special attraction, for many people
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Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely there to buy a book as a present. You may even have entered the shop to find shelter from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust-jacket is irresistible, although this method of selection ought not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather dull book. 41)______
42)______ . There are not many places where it is possible to do this. A music shop is very much like a bookshop. You can wander round such places to your heart’s content. If ii is a good shop, no assistant will approach you with the inevitable greeting: “Can I help you, sir” You needn’t buy anything you don’t want. In a bookshop an assistant should remain in the background until you have finished browsing. Then, and only then, are his services necessary. 43)______
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[简答题]You should write about 100 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. Do not sign your own name at till end of the letter. Use “Jordan” instead. You do not need to write the address. ( 10 points)
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Part B
Directions:
A. Title: HOW TO KEEP HEALTHY
B. Word limit: 160 - 200 words
C. Time limit: 40 minutes
D. You are required to develop your essay according to the given topic sentence of each
paragraph.
3. Getting rid of bad habits like smoking and drinking alcohol is also an important way to keep healthy.
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Text 1
Computer people talk a lot about the need for other people to become “computer literate”, in othe words, to learn to understand computers and what make them tick. But not all experts agree, however, that this is a good idea.
One pioneer, in particular, who disagrees is David Tebbutt, the founder of Gomputer-town UK. Although many people see it’that way. He says that Computer-town UK was formed for computer, but David does not see it that way. He says that Computer-town UK was formed for just the opposite reason to bring computer to the people and make them “People-literate”.
David first got the idea when he visited one of America’s best-known computer “guru”figures Bob Albrecht, who had started a project called Computer-town USA in the local library.
Over here, in Britain, Computer-towns have taken off in a big way, and there are now about 40 scattered, over the country. David Tebbutt th
A. The computer experts should tell people everything about computers
B. David insisted that the computer clubs should open to all the people, including those non--experts
C. The foundation of computer town is a successful attempt to bring people closer to the computer
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By the 1980s, according to international but admittedly inconsistent definitions of literacy, about seven out of ten adults in the world were considered literate. The increase in literacy from ancient times to the present has not been a story of unbroken progress. The ability of people within a given society to read and write has been influenced by a number of factors, including economic well-being, the availability of material to read, the amount of education available, and the basic matter of the usefulness of reading.
Of these factors, usefulness has probably been the most decisive. In ancient societies, as people settled into stable patterns of agriculture and trade, it became useful for some of them to read and write in order to keep records, to transact business, and to measure amounts of land, animals, goods, materials, and produce. Since all economic aspects of a society were closely tied to the operations of government, literacy became usefu
A. the religious reforms
B. the translation and popularization of the Bible
C. the availability of printing technology and cheap paper
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The process of entering the confines of political and economic power can be pictured as a system in which persons are chosen from a political elite pool. 46) In this reservoir of possible leaders are the individuals with the skills, education, and other qualifications needed to fill elite positions. It is here that competition does exist, that the highest achievers do display their abilities, and that the best qualified do generally succeed. Here, what is more important is entering this reservoir of qualified people.
47) Many in the masses may have leadership abilities, but unless they can gain entrance into the elite pool, their abilities will go unnoticed. Those of the higher class and status rank enter more easily into this competition since they have been afforded greater opportunities to acquire the needed qualifications.
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In the nineteenth century Charles Dickens, the English novelist, wrote excitedly (1) a stage-coach, pulled along by a team of horses, that could (2) more than twenty miles of road within sixty minutes. To us in the twentieth century in (3) man is able to move and to communicate with such rapidity, the (4) of the stage-coach seems no speed at all. Aeroplanes fly many hundreds of miles in an hour; express trains (5) four times the speed of the stage-coach; and even without (6) we can, by wireless or telegraph, communicate within seconds with people on (7) side of the’ globe. The (8) of these increased speeds are numerous. Business (9) say, from Europe to America or to the Far East can save much time. (10) a journey that would once have taken weeks, it (11) now, by air, only twenty-four hours. Fruit, vegetables and other goods that would decay (12) a long, slow journey can now be safely sent to
A. movement
B. speed
C. travel
D. running