[单项选择]The windmill, which has been used for hundreds of years to pump water and grind grains, ______ redesigned to pro duce electricity.
A. it is now being
B. it now can
C. is now being
D. now being

[单项选择]The technique of frying food has been used since antiquity----to prepare meats, fish, vegetables, and breads.
A. to have most cultures
B. that in most cultures
C. in cultures when
D. in most cultures

[单项选择]There are means by which the constitution has been______over so long a time to the needs of a changing society.
A. altered
B. changed
C. adapted
D. revised

[单项选择]IQ test has been used to ______.
A. show how to solve problems
B. show how clever a person is
C. tell people they are smart
D. tell schools how smart they are

[单项选择]Which has been done by World Health Organization in combating the bad effects of influenza
A. Supervising the assessment of influenza virus strains.
B. Holding meetings twice a year to provide the latest data concerning the composition of the vaccines.
C. Publishing the related information in a WHO almanac.
D. Stressing the importance of preventing influenza for people living in tropical areas of Asia.

[单项选择]Which one has not been developed at Cyberia according to the text.'
A. The Cyberia magazine.
B. An online dating agency.
C. Cyberia Records.
D. Cyberia Supermarket.

[单项选择]Which city has not been praised by IOC after hosting the Olympic Games so far
A. Athens.
B. Atlanta.
C. Sydney.
D. New York.

[单项选择]The statement which has not been mentioned in the passage is______
A. business, cards are a vulgarization of the nineteenth -- century social calling card
B. The calling card system was especially cherished by these who made no distinction between manners and mere form
C. most people thought it improper to use business cards for social purposes
D. everyone makes his living by selling something

[单项选择]Which of the following has most probably been discussed in' the former paragraph of this passage
A. it is extremely important to develop tourism.
B. Building roads and hotels is essential
C. Support facilities are highly necessary
D. Planning is of great importance to tourism

[单项选择]Which do you think has most probably been discussed in the paragraph that goes before this passage
A. It is extremely important to develop tourism.
B. Building roads and hotels is essential. (必不可少的)
C. Support facilities are highly necessary.
D. Planning is of great importance to tourism.

[单项选择]Which group in the following has been lobbying against consumer fireworks sales since 1910
A. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
B. The American Pyrotechnic Association.
C. National Council on Fireworks Safety.
D. The National Fire Protection Association.

[单项选择]Baroque has been the term used by art historian for almost a century to ______ the dominant style of the period 1600 ～ 1750.
A. determine
B. designate
C. devise
D. depict

[单项选择]Baroque has been the term used by art historians for almost a century to the dominant style of the period 1600～1750.
A. determine
B. designate
C. devise
D. depict

[单项选择]Which of the following states has NOT been affected by flooding


A. Iowa.
B. Michigan.
C. Pennsylvania.
D. Georgia.

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Two main techniques have been used for training elephants, which we may call respectively the tough and the gentle. The former method simply consists of setting an elephant to work and beating him until he does what is expected of him. Apart from any moral considerations this is a stupid method of training, for it produces a resentful animal who at later stage may well turn into a man-killer. The gentle method requires more patience in the early stages, but produces a cheerful, good-tempered elephant who will give many years of loyal service.
The first essential in elephant training is it assigns to the animal a single mahout who will be entirely responsible for the job. Elephants like to have one master just as dogs do; and are capable of a considerable degree of personal auction. There are even stories of half trained elephant calves who have refused to feed and pained to death when by some unavoidable circum stance they have been deprived of their own trainer. Such ext
A. the mahout is a responsible person
B. elephant calves don't refuse to feed
C. the mahout and the elephant get on well together
D. several trainers are assigned to the job