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[单项选择]The author mentions such millionaires as the Rockefellers and Bill Gates to show that______.
A. they are examples for us on our road to wealth
B. a portfolio is essential to financial success
C. they are really rich people
D. they started out on their own
[单项选择]The author mentions Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley because they______.
[单项选择]The author mentions the 1952 measles outbreak most probably in order to ______.
A. demonstrate the impact of modern medicine on epidemic disease
B. advocate new research into the continuing problem of epidemic disease
C. confirm the documentary evidence of epidemic disease in colonial America
D. refute allegations of unreliability made against the historical record of colonial America
[单项选择]The author mentions hearing aids and television cameras as examples of ______.
A. spin-offs from the technology required to make miniature durable instruments for space flight
B. important applications of space research in industry
C. inventions by aerospace scientists in England
D. ways to enhance the benefits of the systems approach
[单项选择]The author mentions tulip growing in New Netherland. Pennsylvania. and Michigan in order to illustrate how
A. ( imported tulips were considered more valuable than locally grown tulips
B. ( tulips were commonly passed as gifts from one family to another
C. ( tulips grew progressively more popular in North America
D. ( attitudes toward tulips varied from one location to another
[单项选择]The author mentions the legal provisions during the nine years from the twelfth birthday to the twenty-first to illustrate ______.
[单项选择]The author mentions Roy Lichtenstein and Alan Sonfist in line 14 in order to
A. ( show that certain artist are famous mostly for their public art
B. ( introduce the subject of unusual works of art
C. ( demonstrate the diversity of artworks displayed in public
D. ( contrast the cities of Miami Beach and New York
[单项选择]The author mentions Chicago in the second paragraph as an example of a city______.
A. that is large
B. that is used as a model for land development
C. where land development exceeded population growth
D. with an excellent mass transportation system
[单项选择]The author mentions the example of tackling deficiencies in iron and iodine to show the importance of__________.
[单项选择]The author mentions people dying of air pollution in ______.
A. Illinois
B. Pennsylvania
C. New Jersey
D. Washington
[单项选择]The author mentions the research performed on hamsters and rats most probably in order to
A. (A) demonstrate a case where the implications of the labeled-line hypothesis clearly do not hold
B. (B) show the limits of experimental inquiry in determining the role of the individual neuron in taste
C. (C) explain the necessity for determining the extent to which visual perception is analogous to gustatory perception
D. (D) provide further corroboration for the predictions made by the across-pattern model of taste neurology
E. (E) prove the salient differences between taste perception in humans and in animals
[单项选择]The author mentions the exaggerated effects of chemicals on children in paragraph 2 to ______.
A. prove that pesticides are dangerous to all humans
B. show that children are more susceptible to many kinds of dangers
C. suggest a solution to the problem of pesticides
D. identify one group that pesticides hurt in particular
[单项选择]The author mentions the activities of fisheries in order to provide an example of
A. (A) how ubiquitous the phenomenon of bioluminescence is coastally
B. (B) how predators do make use of bioluminescence in locating their prey
C. (C) how human intervention imperils bioluminescent microorganisms
D. (D) how nocturnal fishing expeditions are becoming more and more widespread
E. (E) how limited bioluminescence is as a source of light for human use
[单项选择]The author mentions all of the following as reasons why plankton could be considered a human food source EXCEPT that it is ________.
A. high in food value
B. in abundant supply in the oceans
C. an appropriate food for other animals
D. free of chemicals and pollutants
[单项选择]In the first paragraph, the author mentions McKendrick and Plumb most probably in order to _______.
A. contrast their views on the subject of luxury consumerism in eighteenth century England
B. indicate the inadequacy of historiographical approaches to eighteenth century English history
C. give examples of historians who have helped to establish the fact of growing consumerism in eighteenth century England
D. support the contention that key questions about eighteenth century consumerism remain to be answered
[单项选择]The author mentions all of the following as factors which limit the persuasiveness of the evidence suggesting a link between environmental pollutants and cancer EXCEPT
A. (A) The lack of study of the effects of pollutants on human health
B. (B) Increased diagnosis rates
C. (C) An increase in the worldwide breast cancer rate
D. (D) A decrease in the worldwide uterine cancer rate
E. (E) Geographical differences in cancer susceptibility