[单项选择]The examples of the Challenger and Chernobyl cited by the author serve to show that ______.
A. if not given close examination, technology could be used to destroy our word
B. technology is a human creation, so we are responsible for it
C. technology usually goes wrong, if not controlled by man
D. being a human creation, technology is liable to error

[单项选择]The examples of the Challenger and Chernobyl cited by the author serve to show that ______.
A. if not given close examination, technology could be used to destroy our word
B. technology is a human creation, so we are responsible for it
C. technology usually goes wrong, if not controlled by man
D. being a human creation, technology is liable to error

[单项选择]The examples of the Challenger and the Chernobyl are cited in the passage to show that ______.


A. if not properly supervised, technology could prove disastrous to human beings
B. technology is a human creation for which we are responsible
C. technology can go badly wrong if not controlled by man
D. being a human creation, technology is liable to err

[单项选择]What does the UN report find about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster

[单项选择]The explosion of the Challenger Space Shuttle is mentioned to show that______.


A. technology is always unreliable
B. man should be responsible for the technology created by it
C. man is losing control of such technology
D. human beings should not create such technology

[单项选择]For the year ended December 31,2007, Challenger Company reported the following financial information :（）
A. $50000
B. $100000
C. $31000

[单项选择]A frequently cited example of the endangered species is the pand
A. A． worriedB. neglectedC. reducedD. mentioned

[单项选择]The example about Ronald Reagan cited in the last paragraph implies that（　）.
A. it is desirable to arrange one's activities with the help of an astrologer
B. all Americans believe in astrology including their Presidents
C. the arrangement of American Presidents' activities is very complicated
D. nobody can control his or her futur

[单项选择]The biography cited more than a hundred source books that the author had _______.


A. consulted
B. sought
C. inquired
D. inferred

[单项选择]A) adjoined C) assessed
B) cited D) quoted


A. adjoined
B. cited
C. assessed
D. quoted

[单项选择]When the author cited the Brazilian legend he was _________.


A. trying to add a little humor
B. trying to illustrate his earlier point
C. simply joking
D. being religious

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Text 4
According to studies cited by the National Eating Disorders Association, 42 percent of girls in first through third grade want to be thinner, 81 percent of 10-year-olds are a {raid of being fat, and 51 percent of 9- and 10-year-old girls feel better about themselves if they are on a diet.
In many ways, this fixation on weight at ever earlier ages comes at an inopportune time physiologically. At a recent Hadassah meeting at the Woodlands Community Temple in White Plains, Dr. Marcie Schneider, the director of adolescent medicine at Greenwich Hospital, and Erica Leon, a registered dietitian, spoke about early adolescence as a time when a little hit of pudginess is necessary for proper growth, and youngsters wrestle constantly with their body image.
"I can’t tell you how many kids I’ve seen who’ve been on the Atkins diet, or on the South Beach diet," Ms. Leon said, adding that overweight children who try diets can be a
A. Trying to keep the weight low.
B. The fierce social competition.
C. Maintaining a muscular but thin physique.
D. Genetic or chemical components.