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[填空题]Tsunami (海啸) is a Japanese word with the English translation, "harbor wave". Represented by two characters, the top character, "tsu" means harbor, while the bottom character, "nami" means "wave". In the past, tsunamis were sometimes referred to as "tidal-waves" by the general public, and were sometimes referred to as "seismic sea waves" by the scientific community. The term "tidal wave" is a misnomer; although a tsunami’s impact upon a coastline is dependent upon the tidal level at the time a tsunami strikes, tsunamis are unrelated to the tides. Tides result from the imbalanced, extraterrestrial, gravitational influences of the moon, sun, and planets. The term "seismic sea wave" is also misleading. "Seismic" implies an earthquake — related generation mechanism, but a tsunami can also be caused by a non-seismic event, such as a landslide or meteorite impact. From the passage we know that the word tsunami comes from (46) and it can be divided into two parts (47) .
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[单项选择]The English word "veto" means "I will not permit". It is a way for one member of a group or government to (61) action by other members.
For example, the United Nations Security Council (62) five permanent members, the United States, China, Britain, France and Russia. (63) can use the veto to block action by the whole group. Britain and France did this in 1956. They vetoed a resolution (64) Israel to withdraw its forces from Egyptian territory.
The most (65) use of the veto is by an executive over the legislative in a government with a president. The United States Constitution (66) such a veto. The (67) also says a president’s veto can be changed by a second vote of Congress. This is called overriding the president’s veto. For a bill to become law, (68) of the members of both houses of Congress (69) vote to override the president’s veto. Throughout American history, presidents (70) more than 2 500 congressi
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