更多"The author of the passage uses the "的相关试题:
[单项选择]In the second paragraph of the passage the author’s attitude toward the literary critics cited can best be described as one of
A. irony
B. ambivalence
C. disparagement
D. receptiveness
E. awe
[单项选择]The author mentioned a 14-year-old boy in paragraph 3 to show ______.
A. the boy died in an electric chair
B. Roach was not the first minor criminal executed in South Carolina
C. the boy committed a crime
D. the boy was 14 years old when he died
[单项选择]The author uses the example of the question of life in other galaxies primarily in order to
A. question whether in certain situations the truth may ever be determined
B. illustrate that truth has an objective existence even when there are few empirical grounds for determining it
C. suggest that the answer to certain scientific questions plays only a minor role in people’s lives
D. support the thesis that skepticism plays a vital role in the scientific process
E. assess the answers pseudo-sciences like ufology provide for unanswerable questions
[填空题]The author uses the example of monkey to argue that robots are ______.
[填空题]The author uses the metaphor "a fish out of water" to mean______.
[单项选择]According to the passage, the author mentioned that "when once the staff of the Historic American Engineering Record wished to have drawings made of machines and isometric views of industrial processes for its historical record of American engineering" in order to ______.
A. point out the inability of engineering students.
B. point out the omission of conventional engineering lessons.
C. praise the architectural schools.
D. encourage contests of such kind.
[单项选择]In the passage, the author is primarily concerned with
A. chronicling the evolution of attitudes toward photography
B. explaining how photography emerged from the tradition of visual art and literature
C. exposing an unrecognized problem in the way photographs are perceived by the public
D. explaining why some critics have come to prefer photography over other artistic mediums
E. identifying the various solutions to critical problems in photography that have arisen since its invention
[填空题]In this passage, the author provides us with effective ways to cope with different types of lies.
[填空题]In the passage, the author takes Michael Eisner and Steven Spielberg as examples to show that these people have achieved success without _______ .
[填空题]We can infer from the passage that the author used to take a more ______ attitude towards the digital divide.
[单项选择]According to the passage, the author would agree with which of the following statements concerning the geographic segregation of black Americans Ⅰ. Black Americans segregation tends to be more intense than among other minorities, such as Hispanics and Asian-Americans.Ⅱ. The poorest black Americans tend to live dispersed among more affluent blacks.Ⅲ. Black segregation has taken the form of a vicious circle, perpetuating its own causes.
A. (A) Ⅰ only
B. (B) Ⅱ only
C. (C) Ⅰ and Ⅱ only
D. (D) Ⅰ and Ⅲ only
E. (E) Ⅰ, Ⅱ, and Ⅲ
