[单项选择]The author perceives as weaknesses of the Kyoto Protocol except _________.
A. its short-sighted nature
B. international compliance with its provisions
C. its underlying theory and plans for achieving goals
D. the lack of equity in the terms assigned to developed and developing nations

[单项选择]The author perceives as weaknesses of the Kyoto Protocol except _________.


A. its short-sighted nature
B. international compliance with its provisions
C. its underlying theory and plans for achieving goals
D. the lack of equity in the terms assigned to developed and developing nations

[单项选择]After briefly ______ the history of the author, Prof. Li turtles to the novel itself immediately.
A. dipping in
B. dipping at
C. dipping into
D. dipping to

[单项选择]The passage suggests that the author would most probably agree with which of the following assessments of optical computing in its present form
A. (A) Although the future of optical computing is impressive, its applications are too limited in scope to justify much optimism.
B. (B) The outlook of its development is positive on the surface, but many claims made about it are misleading.
C. (C) Efforts to develop the technology have been sufficiently positive to maintain the interest of electrical engineers and physicists.
D. (D) Because of design flaws, the task of developing optical computing will require greater resources than are presently available.
E. (E) The state of development of optical computing is too contradictory to allow for an easy assessment of its future.

[单项选择]The attitude of the author towards the research project is
A. positive.
B. negative.
C. suspicious.
D. indifferent.

[单项选择]The purpose of the author to write this article probably is

[单项选择]The author would regard the notion that certain proteins are essential to the survival of environmentally resistant endospores as
A. (A) unlikely
B. (B) speculative
C. (C) incontrovertible
D. (D) irrelevant
E. (E) unscientific

[单项选择]The author offers all of the following ideas as proof that there is no direct correspondence between words and things EXCEPT
A. (A) Language has other functions than that of reference.
B. (B) Once a word is grouped into a class, no one-to-one correspondence existsbetween it and what it signifies.
C. (C) Many words refer to objects that do not exist in the world.
D. (D) Function words do not refer to objects.
E. (E) Proper nouns usually refer to unique entities.

[单项选择]The author mentions women's "culpability in her protagonists' predicaments" most likely in order to illustrate

[单项选择]What is the author's opinion of the San Antonio project
A. It is clearly the best of the projects discussed.
B. It is a good project that could be copied in other cities.
C. The extensive use of bulldozers made the project unnecessarily costly.
D. The work done on the river was more important than the work done on the buildings.