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[简答题]One of nature’s most destructive forces is the tornado, a violent windstorm that takes the shape of a rotating column of air. Tornadoes almost always occur in conjunction with severe thunderstorms that produce high winds, heavy rainfall and damaging hail. Though their cause is unknown, tornadoes are believed to be the result of the convergence of strong upward wind currents inside a storm with upper level winds above the storm; the greater the air contrast, the more violent the storm will be. The United States has more tornadoes, approximately 750 tornadoes reported each year, than any other country in the world because this is where arctic and tropical air masses most frequently converge.
This unpredictability makes accurate tornado forecasts difficult. Though it is possible to determine when a tornado is apt to occur, actual tornado warnings are issued only when a tornado has been sighted or reported on radar. Radar can be used to guess the storm’s’ likely path, its speed and the i
[单项选择]Oscar Wilde was among the most outstanding writers of
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Among the most enduring of all horrors is the prospect of a slow, painful death. Those who witness the protracted terminal illness of a friend or relative often view the eventual death more as a relief than a tragedy.
But to make life-or-death decisions on behalf of a dying person unable to communicate his or her wishes is to enter a moral and legal minefield. Could a doctor be sued for withholding treatment and allowing someone to dieor for not allowing him or her to die Could it ever be lawful to withhold food and water
Legal moves are afoot which may settle these questions. Recently, a group on voluntary euthanasia proposed legislation to make documents known as "Advance Directives", or Living Wills, legally binding.
An Advance Directive sets out the kind of medical treatment a person wishes to receive, or not receive, should he or she ever be in a condition that prevents them expressing those wishes. Such documents,
A. a traffic accident
B. an acute infectious disease
C. heart attack
D. a three-year coma (昏迷)
[单项选择]The rising price of medicine is among the most worrying problems facing the country.
A. 不断上升的就医花费已成为目前该国面临的最令其烦恼的问题。
B. 目前该国最严重的问题就是面对着不断上升的就医花费。
C. 目前该国面临的最严重的问题之一就是不断上升的药品价格。
D. 不断上升的药品价格是该国当前面临的最令人担忧的问题之一。
[单项选择]______ are among the most influential newspapers in ______.
A. Washington Post and New York Time; the U. S.
B. The Sun and The Observer; Australia
C. Dallas Morning and Chicago Forum; the U. K.
D. Daily Express and Daily Post; New Zealand
[单项选择]She was among the most ______players in the game ,but the car accident ruined everything.
A. promised
B. promoted
C. promising
D. promoting
[单项选择]Among the three major poetical works by John Milton, ______ is the most perfect example of the verse drama after the Greek style in English.
A. Samson Agonistes
B. Paradise Lost
C. Paradise Regained
D. Areopagitica
[单项选择]Which of the following is NOT among the three most important factors in valuing a venture capital investment
[单项选择]Children are (among) the most frequent victims of violent, (drug-related) crimes (that) have nothing (doing with) the cost of acquiring the drugs.
A. among
B. drug-related
C. that
D. doing with
[填空题] Among the kinds of social gestures most significant for second-language teachers are those which are (26)______ in form but different in meaning in the two cultures. For example, a Colombian who wants someone to (27)______ him often signals with a hand movement in which all the fingers of one hand, cupped, point downward as they move rapidly (28)_______. Speakers or English have a similar gesture through the hand may not be cupped and the fingers may be held more loosely, but for them the gesture means goodbye or go away, quite the (29)______ of the Colombian gesture. Again, in Colombian, a speaker of English would have to know that when he (30)________ height he most choose between different gestures depending on whether he is (31)_______ a human being or an animal. If he keeps the palm of the hand (32)_________ the floor, as he would in his own culture when making known the height of a child, for example, he will very likely be greeted by laughter, in Colombia this gesture is (33
