更多"Nothing probably has more contribut"的相关试题:
[单项选择]Nothing probably has more contributed to （ ） the poverty and backwardness of India than the want of good roads.
A. accelerate
B. alleviate
C. perpetuate
D. circumvent
[简答题]Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. ( Passage Four)
[单项选择]Nothing more unlucky, I sometimes think,
could have befallen Chaucer than that he should
have been christened "the father of English
Line poetry." For "father" in such a context conveys to
(5) most of us, I fear, a faint suggestion of vicarious
glory—the derivative celebrity of parents, other-
wise obscure, who shine, moon-like, in the
reflected luster of their sons. What else than
progenitors were the fathers of Plato, or Caesar,
(10) or Shakespeare, or Napoleon And so to call
Chaucer the father of English poetry is often tan-
tamount to dismissing him, not unkindly, as the
estimable but archaic ancestor of a brilliant line.
But Chaucer—if I may risk the paradox—is him-
(15) self the very thing he begat. He is English poetry
incarnate, and only two, perhaps, of all his sons
outshine his fame. It is with Chaucer himself,
A. pose a rhetorical question
B. cite specific examples
C. offer a personal opinion
D. propose a solution
E. (E) use figurative language
[单项选择]Most gift giving shows nothing more than the spirit of love and friendship. But it is possible to form some differences (49) the kinds of things bought and the people who buy (50) .
Expensive gifts. Naturally, some gifts will be (51) than others. But some people give higher priced gifts than (52) for the situation. Someone (53) gives an expensive gift often feels that (54) should receive more praise than if he had given a less expensive (55) . Therefore he is giving (56) a gift: status.
Homemade gifts. (57) something (58) has become the exception in many countries today. If you receive a home-made (59) ., you are lucky. It may not be made (60) , but it will show a certain quality of love.
Books. Most people who give books (61) gifts either like reading or would like everyone to think they (62) . A good way to know this is to (63) out whether or not the giver bought the b
