[填空题]By the fourth week of July conditions in the tropics lay balanced between life and total death. Then quite suddenly rain clouds appeared over the whole globe. The temperature declined a little, due no doubt to the clouds reflecting more of the Sun’s radiation back into space. ______ Warm rain fell everywhere, even as far north as Iceland. The insect population increased enormously, since the burning hot atmosphere was as favorable to them as it was unfavorable to Man many other animals.

• A. All human movement ceased.
• B. More than seven hundred million persons are known to have lost their lives.
• C. A mysterious "black cloud" approaches the earth-our planet’s weather is severely affected.
• D. Occasionally air-conditioning units failed and it was then that fatalities occurred.
• E. There was nothing to be done but to lie breathing quickly as a dog does in hot weather.
• F. But conditions could not be said to have improve

[单项选择]Calling for Safe Celebrations
Last Fourth of July, Pete, a 14-year-old boy, was enjoying the lit-up skies and loud booms from the fireworks(烟花) being set off in his neighborhood. Suddenly, the evening took a terrible turn. A bottle rocket shot into his eye, immediately causing him terrible pain. His family rushed him to the emergency room for treatment. As a result of the injury, Pete developed glaucoma(青光眼) and cataracts(白内障). Today, Pete has permanent vision loss in his injured eye because of his bottle rocket injury.
June is Fireworks Eye Safety Awareness Month, and through its EyeSmart campaign the American Academy of Ophthalmology(眼科学) wants to remind consumers to leave fireworks to professionals(专业人员). "There is nothing worse than a Fourth of July celebration ruined by someone being hit in the eye with a bottle rocket," said Dr. John C. Hagan, clinical correspondent for the Academy and an ophthalmologist at Discover Vision Centers in Kansas City. "A safe celebrat
A. He was burned in a house fire.
B. He was hurt in a fight.
C. He Was caught in a heavy rain.
D. He was hit in the eye.

[简答题]Friday, July 1; Friday, July 8; and Friday, July 15, are all possible dates for conducting the balloting.

[简答题] July 之前被送到

[填空题]The fourth component of the Swedish social system is that its policies ensure full employment and increase the mobility of labour-that is ,the ability to change jobs without (21)______income. Swedes have a strong work ethic .This ,combined with state-funded programmers that(22)_______unemployment, which Sweden prefers to high unemployment rates and large welfare (23)______.So, there are a large number of (24)_______training programmes that unemployers par for (25)___________to workers in jobs that have become unnecessary. There are also subsidies for workers who must change jobs because of changes in the labour market . Sweden introduced the fifth and final component of its social system at the end of the 20th century. This component corrects some of the problems created by the four (26)________mentioned components. It includes new rules that are designed to

[填空题]The fourth component of the Swedish social system is that its policies ensure full employment and increase the mobility of labor-that is, the ability to change jobs without (21)______income. Swedes have a strong work ethic .This ,combined with state-funded programmers that(22)_______unemployment, which Sweden prefers to high unemployment rates and large welfare (23)______.So, there are a large number of (24)_______training programmes that unemployers par for (25)___________to workers in jobs that have become unnecessary. There are also subsidies for workers who must change jobs because of changes in the labour market . Sweden introduced the fifth and final component of its social system at the end of the 20th century. This component corrects some of the problems created by the four (26)________mentioned components. It includes new rules that are designed to improve job stability , such as training programmes to help employees learn new skills as their jobs change and bec