[单项选择]In the wake of September 11th, the construction techniques of skyscrapers are innovated so as to make them
A. look incredibly smart in design.
B. more resistant to potential disasters.
C. sound particularly luxurious.
D. more protective to their occupants.

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Text 2
Shortly after September 11th, President Bush’s father observed that just as Pearl Harbor awakened this country from the notion that we could somehow avoid the call of duty to defend freedom in Europe and Asia in World War Ⅱ, so, too, should this most recent surprise attack erase the concept in some quarters that America can somehow go it alone in the fight against terrorism or in anything else for that matter.
But America’s allies have begun to wonder whether that is the lesson that has been learned--or whether the Afghanistan campaign’s apparent success shows that unilateralism works just fine. The United States, that argument goes, is so dominant that it can largely afford to go it alone.
It is true that no nation since Rome has loomed so large above the others, but even Rome eventually collapsed. Only a decade ago, the conventional wisdom lamented an America in decline. Bestseller lists featured books that described Ameri
A. It underlies power.
B. It is to be pursued enthusiastically.
C. It is second to terrorism.
D. It is to be dealt with cautiously.

[单项选择]It can be inferred that after September 11th more informers appeared because of their ___________.

[单项选择]In the wake of September 11, the construction techniques of skyscrapers are innovated so as to make them
A. look incredibly smart in design.
B. more resistant to potential disasters.
C. sound particularly luxurious.
D. more protective to their occupants.

[单项选择]After September 11th, long delays of express air shipping often arise because of

[单项选择]People set fire on the 11th floor.

[单项选择]China’s 11th __ plan __ great emphasis on the environment.
A. five-years, places
B. five-year, place
C. five-years, place
D. five-year, places

[判断题]MPLS TE Hot-standby可以对整个TE隧道做端到端的保护，而TE FRR只能做局部的保护，因此Hot-standby技术更先进（）。

[单项选择]Gadfly was too much exhausted to wake easily when once asleep.
A. worn out
B. --dreary
C. reluctant
D. chary

[单项选择]The construction of the transcontinental railroad took ______.
A. 9 years
B. 4 years
C. 7 years
D. 3 years

[单项选择]The Gadfly was too much exhausted to wake easily ______.


A. when once asleep
B. as once asleep
C. while once sleeping
D. when once sleeping

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Text 4
One pertinent question in the wake of the earthquake near Aceh and the tsunami it generated is how much notice of an approaching wave can be given to vulnerable people without the risk of crying "wolf" too often. Earthquakes themselves are unpredictable, and likely to remain so. But detecting them when they happen is a routine technology. That was not the problem in this case, which was observed by monitoring stations all over the world. Unfortunately for the forecasters, although any powerful submarine earthquake brings the risk of a dangerous tsunami, not all such earth quakes actually result in a big wave, and false alarms cost money and breed cynicism.
On top of that, most "tsunamigenic" earthquakes, which are caused when the processes of plate tectonics force heavy, oceanic crustal rock below lighter, continental rock to create a deep trench at the bottom of the sea, occur in the Pacific, which is almost surrounded by such tr
A. Skeptical.
B. Apprehensive.
C. Supportive.
D. Indignant.