[简答题]In the modem technological world the sea offers many resources to help mankind survive.

[简答题]In the modern technological world the sea offers many resources to help mankind survive.

[单项选择]In the modem world, it is important to be well-informed. Success in many fields depends on getting the latest information.
A. 在当今社会，保持信息畅通非常重要，能否在许多领域里获取成功最终依赖于信息。
B. 在现代世界，信息灵通是非常重要的。许多领域的成功都取决于能否得到最新信息。
C. 在现代世界，使自己消息灵活非常重要。能否取得最新消息是许多领域能否成功的关键。
D. 在现代社会，消息灵通是非常重要的。在许多领域里的成功关键取决于能否得到最新消息。

[单项选择]Most people in the modem world ________ freedom and independence more than anything else.
A. illuminate
B. fascinate
C. cherish
D. embody

[填空题]Most people in the modem world __________________________(珍视自由和独立胜过其他一切).

[单项选择]

Even today in the modem, developed world, surveys show that parents still prefer to have a boy rather than a girl. One longstanding reason why boys have been (26) as a greater blessing has been that they are (27) to become better economic providers (28) their parents’old age. Yet it is time for parents to (29) again. Girls may now be a better investment.
Girls get better (30) at school than boys, and in most developed countries more women than men go to (31) . Women will thus be better (32) for the new jobs of the 21st century, in which brains (33) a lot more than physical strength. In Britain far more women than men are now (34) to become doctors. And women are more (35) to provide sound advice on investing their parents’nest egg. Surveys show that women consistently (36) higher financial returns than men do.
(37) , the increase in female employment in the rich world has been
A. apply 
B. count 
C. develop 
D. manage