Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
An understanding of man's effect on the balance of nature is crucial (关键的) to being able to find the appropriate remedial action. It is a very common belief that the problems of the population explosion are caused mainly by poor people living in poor countries who do not know enough to limit their reproduction. This is not true. The actual number of people in an area is not as important as the effect they have on nature. Developing countries do have an effect on their environment, but it is the populations of richer countries that have a far greater impact on the earth as a whole.
For example, tropical forests are known to be essential to the balance of nature, yet we are destroying them at a great rate. They are being cleared not to benefit the natives of that country, but to satisfy the needs of rich countries. Central American forests are being destroyed for grassland to make pet food in the United States cheaper; in Papua slew Guinea, forests are destroyed to supply cheaper cardboard packaging for Japanese electronic products; in Burma and Thailand, forests have been destroyed to produce more attractive furniture in Singapore and Hong Kong. Therefore, a rich person living thousands of miles away may cause more tropical forest destruction than a poor person living in the forest itself.
In short, it is everybody's duty to safeguard the future of mankind—not only through population control, but by being more aware of the effect his actions have on nature. Nature is both fragile and powerful. It is very easily destroyed; on the other hand, it can easily destroy its most dangerous enemy—man.
31.According to the first paragraph, people usually believe that .
A.poor people in poor countries contribute to the imbalance of nature
B. rich people know how to protect the environment by taking actions
C. people in poor areas know a lot about the birth control
D. rich people in rich countries have done a lot to balance nature
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Passage Three
Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.
In a family where the roles of men and women are not sharply separated and where many household tasks are shared to a greater or lesser extent,notions of superiority are hard to maintain. The pattern of sharing in tasks and in decisions makes for equality,and this in turn leads to further sharing. In such a home,the growing boy and girl learn to accept that equality more easily than did their parents and to prepare more fully for participation in a world characterized by cooperation rather than by the “battle of sexes”.
If the process goes too far and man's role is regarded as less important-and that has happened in some cases-we are as badly off as before. only in reverse. It is time to reassess the role of the man in the American family. We are getting a little tired of “Momism” -but we don't want to exchange it for a “neo-Popism” . What we need,rather,is the recognition that bringing up children involves a partnership of equals. There are signs that psychiatrists,psychologists,social workers,and specialists on the family are becoming more aware of the part men play and that they have decided that women should not receive all the credits-nor all the blame. We have almost given up saying that a woman's place is in the home. We are beginning,however,to analyze man's place in the home and to insist that he does have a place in it. Nor is that place irrelevant to the healthy development of the child. The family is a cooperative enterprise for which it is difficult to lay down rules,because each family needs to work out its own ways for solving its own problems. Excessive authoritarianism has unhappy consequences,whether it wears skirts or trousers,and the ideal of equal rights and equal responsibilities is pertinent(与……有关)not only to a healthy family but also to a healthy democracy.
Sharing tasks and decisions in a family leads to______.
A. monism
B. neo-popism
C. inequality
D. further sharing
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The man was very surprised because________。
A. he thought the child's father was dead
B. the child didn't ask him to sit down
C. the child gave him a cup of tea
D. he couldn't find that piece of paper
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In the book"Nature",Emerson stated that()
Aman.s relationship with nature transcends the idea of usefulness
Bnature is useful to man
Cnature is independent of man and has nothing to do with man
Dnature can only be used by man
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A storage specialist is assessing a customer’s tape backup environment. Which of the following questions would be the most appropriate question to identify the customer’s environment?()
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It is not inborn in any sense.
It is inspired by women’s families.
It is caused by social prejudice
It is partly biological in origin.
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Nano-based.
Carbon-based.
Crystal-based.
Silicon-based.
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man.s relationship with nature transcends the idea of usefulness
nature is useful to man
nature is independent of man and has nothing to do with man
nature can only be used by man
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Infering meaning from the context
Reconizing the author’s belief and attitudes.
Using information in the reading passage to make hypotheses
Listening to the flight information to see if the plane in on time!
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A.Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
B.Dreiser's Sister Carrie
C.Copper's Leather-Stocking Tales
D.Thoreau's Walden
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We are disappointed to find that the quality of the products here()very poor.
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In the book"Nature",Emerson stated that()
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The Long Way Home: Ulysses and Finnegan’s Wake
James Joyce, Ulysses, and the Battle against Censorship
The Works of James Joyce, Ireland’s Literary Genius
The Hidden Value of James Joyce’s Great Novels
A Portrait of James Joyce as a Young Man
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Breastfeeding May Enhance Babies' Chances of Survival.
Breastfeeding May Lower Moms' Diabetes Risk.
Breastfeeding May Become Very Fashionable in Near Future.
Breastfeeding May Help Women Lose Weight.
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Secondary Education
Pre-school Education