单选题Skilled blacksmiths who could forge useful items out of it on used to play a central role in American life. The onset of industrialization and the mass production of iron products, however, have made the blacksmith’s traditional role mostly obsolete. S
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单选题
Skilled blacksmiths who could forge useful items out of it on used to play a central role in American life. The onset of industrialization and the mass production of iron products, however, have made the blacksmith’s traditional role mostly obsolete. Still, there will always be a job available for a good blacksmith. Which of the following, if true, provides the most support for the conclusion that a job will always be available for a good blacksmith?
A
Many people are willing to pay considerably more for tools hand-crafted by a blacksmith than for tools created by a machine.
B
Blacksmiths cannot produce iron products with the speed or consistency of machines.
C
Blacksmiths traditionally apprenticed to a master blacksmith for seven or more years before entering business independently.
D
The cowboy never would have conquered the West without the horseshoes crafted by blacksmiths.
E
As skilled craftsmen, blacksmiths traditionally served as community leaders throughout North America and Europe.
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第1题：
Parents play a very important __________ in their children's education.A、classmate
B、offer
C、ripe
D、role
正确答案：D
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第2题：
Which of the following activities is most appealing to student’s characteristics?A.Cross-word puzzle.
B.grammar instruction.
C.Reciting texts.
D.Role-play.答案：D解析：本题考查课堂教学活动。
D选项，角色扮演活动需要学生之间的协作和互动，兼具益智性和娱乐性，比较受学生欢迎。综上，D选项正确。
A选项，填单词，可以扩充词汇量，但没有角色扮演更有趣。
B选项，正规语法指导，比较枯燥，故排除。
C选项，背诵课文，比较枯燥，故排除。
故正确选项为D。 -
第3题：
资料：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 male 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 the 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 of 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 neo-popism. What we need, rather, is the recognition that bringing up children involves a partnership of equals.
There are signs that 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 credit-nor all the blame. We have almost given up saying that a woman's place is the home. We are beginning, however, to analyze men'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 connected not only with a healthy democracy, but also with a healthy family.
From the passage we know that the author is very concerned with the role that______.A.men play in a family
B.women play in a family
C.parents play in bringing up their children
D.equality plays in a family答案：A解析：本题考查的是细节理解。
【关键词】the author; concerned with the role
【主题句】第3自然段There are signs that 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 credit-nor all the blame. We have almost given up saying that a woman's place is the home. We are beginning, however, to analyze men's place in the home and to insist that he does have a place in it. 有迹象表明，心理学家、社会工作者和家庭问题专家越来越意识到男性在家庭中扮演的角色，他们认为女性不应受到所有的赞扬和责备。我们几乎已经放弃了女人的位置就是家的说法。然而，我们开始分析男人在家庭中的地位，并坚持认为男人在家庭中占有一席之地。
【解析】本题的问题是“从文章中我们知道作者非常关心____”。 A选项“男性在家庭中扮演的角色”；B选项“女性在家庭中扮演的角色”；C选项“父母在抚养孩子中扮演的角色”；D选项“平等在家庭中扮演的角色”。根据主题句可知，作者非常关心的是男性在家庭中扮演的角色，故选A。 -
第4题：
共用题干
The Worker 's Role in Management
Traditionally,it has been the workers'role to work and management's role to manage.Managers have planned and directed the firm's operations with little thought of consulting the labor force.Managers have rarely felt compelled（被迫的）to obtain the workers ' opinions or to explain their decisions to their employees.At most,companies have provided"suggestion boxes"in which workers could place ideas for improving procedures.In recent years,however,many management specialists have been arguing that workers are more than sellers of labor-they have a vital stake in the company and may be able to make significant contributions to its management.Furthermore,major company decisions profoundly affect workers and their dependents.This is
particularly true of plant closings,which may put thousands on the unemployment lines.Should workers, then,play a stronger role in management?
Workers should have a role in management.At the very least,the labor force should be informed of major policy decisions(A common complaint among rank-and-file workers is the lack of information about company policies and actions).Between 1980 and 1985 about five million workers were the victims of plant closings and permanent layoffs（失业）,often with no warning.At least 90 days'notice ought to be given in such instances so that workers have time to adjust.Management should consult workers before closing a plant,because the workers might be able to suggest ways of improving productivity and reducing costs and might be willing to make concessions that will help keep the plant operating.
It should become a general practice to include workers in some managerial decision making.There ought to be representatives of the workers on the firm's board of directors or other major policymaking groups.If rank-and-file workers are given a voice in the planning and management of the work flow,they will help to make improvements,their morale will rise,and their productivity will increase.As a further incentive,they must be given a share in the company's profits.This can be done through employee stock-ownership plans,bonuses,or rewards for efficiency and productivity.Finally,when a plant can no longer operate at a profit,the workers should be given the opportunity to purchase the plant and run it themselves.If not given a voice in managerial decision making,workers______.
A:may lack the incentive to increase their productivity
B:cannot get a share in the company's profits
C:can still get bonuses for efficiency and productivity
D:will not have the opportunity to purchase the plant答案：A解析：由文章第一段第三句“Managershaverarelyfeltcompelled…”可知，管理者很少去关注员工的想法，故选A。
由文章第一段第五句及其后内容可知，很多管理学专家称工人并不仅仅是劳动力出卖者，他们和公司的利益休戚相关，或许可以为公司的管理做出巨大贡献，所以工人在公司的管理中应该享有发言权。故本题选D。
根据该词所在句子的内容可知，对公司的决策和行动缺乏知悉度这种情况在基层工人中会出现，故选B。
由文章第二段第三句可知，在1980到1985年间，大约有500万工人在未被提前告知的情况下成为了工厂停工倒闭的受害者，故选C。
由文章最后一段第三句的内容可知，如果普通工人能在公司计划以及流程运营中具有发言权，就会使他们进行改进，增长士气，提高生产率，故选A。第三篇本文主要介绍了肥胖症这一世界性的问题。并论述了肥胖对身体产生的危害，以及可以对肥胖采取的预防机制。 -
第5题：
共用题干
So Many"Earths"
The Milky Way（银河）contains billions of Earth-sized planets that could support life.That's the finding of a new study.It draws on data that came from NASA's top planet-hunting telescope.
A mechanical failure recently put that Kepler space telescope out of service.Kepler had played a big role in creating a census of planets orbiting some 170,000 stars.Its data have been helping astronomers predict how common planets are in our galaxy.The telescope focused on hunting planets that might have conditions similar to those on Earth.
The authors of a study,published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,conclude that between 14 and 30 out of every 100 stars,with a mass and temperature similar to the Sun,may host a planet that could support life as we know it.Such a planet would have a diameter at least as large as Earth's,but no more than twice that big.The planet also would have to orbit in a star's habitable zone.That's where the surface temperature would allow any water to exist as a liquid.
The new estimate of how many planets might fit these conditions comes from studying more than 42,000 stars and identifying suitable worlds orbiting them.The scientists used those numbers to extrapolate（推算） to the rest of the stars that the telescope could not see.
The estimate is rough,the authors admit.If applied to the solar system,it would define as habitable a zone starting as close to the Sun as Venus and running to as far away as Mars.Neither planet is Earthlike (although either might have been in the distant past).Using tighter limits,the researchers estimate that between 4 and 8 out of every 100 sunlike stars could host an Earth-sized world.These are ones that would take 200 to 400 days to complete a yearly orbit.
Four out of every 100 sunlike stars doesn't sound like a big number.It would mean,however,that the Milky Way could host more than a billion Earth-sized planets with a chance for life.The new finding is based on a thorough study of 170,000 stars in the Milky Way.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：B解析：本篇文章只在第二段第一句表明，近来一次机械故障使开普勒太空望远镜不再为我们服务，并没有提到开普勒太空望远镜为我们服务了多少年。
第二段最后一句表明，开普勒太空望远镜主要寻找与地球有相似环境的星球。
第三段第二句表明，可让生命存在的星球的直径至少与地球的直径一样大，但不会超过地球直径的两倍。由此可推测出其不会比地球小，因此题干表述错误。
第三段第三、四句表明，适合生命存在的星球必须与它所环绕的恒星有一个合适的距离，以保证星球表面的温度允许液态水存在，而地球正是适合人类居住的星球，而且地球是绕着太阳运行的。
第四段第一句表明，这项新评估源于对超过4.2万颗星球的分析，而非源于对17万颗星球的分析。
第五段第一句表明，研究者承认这项评估是粗糙的，即不精确的。
文章第一段指出，这次的调查结果是新的发现，但通篇文章并未提到这是对可能有生命存在的星球的首次研究。 -
第6题：
共用题干
So Many"Earths"
The Milky Way（银河）contains billions of Earth-sized planets that could support life.That's the finding of a new study.It draws on data that came from NASA's top planet-hunting telescope.
A mechanical failure recently put that Kepler space telescope out of service.Kepler had played a big role in creating a census of planets orbiting some 170,000 stars.Its data have been helping astronomers predict how common planets are in our galaxy.The telescope focused on hunting planets that might have conditions similar to those on Earth.
The authors of a study,published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,conclude that between 14 and 30 out of every 100 stars,with a mass and temperature similar to the Sun,may host a planet that could support life as we know it.Such a planet would have a diameter at least as large as Earth's,but no more than twice that big.The planet also would have to orbit in a star's habitable zone.That's where the surface temperature would allow any water to exist as a liquid.
The new estimate of how many planets might fit these conditions comes from studying more than 42,000 stars and identifying suitable worlds orbiting them.The scientists used those numbers to extrapolate（推算） to the rest of the stars that the telescope could not see.
The estimate is rough,the authors admit.If applied to the solar system,it would define as habitable a zone starting as close to the Sun as Venus and running to as far away as Mars.Neither planet is Earthlike (although either might have been in the distant past).Using tighter limits,the researchers estimate that between 4 and 8 out of every 100 sunlike stars could host an Earth-sized world.These are ones that would take 200 to 400 days to complete a yearly orbit.
Four out of every 100 sunlike stars doesn't sound like a big number.It would mean,however,that the Milky Way could host more than a billion Earth-sized planets with a chance for life.The main task of the Kepler space telescope is to find out planets with similar conditions to Earth's.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：A解析：本篇文章只在第二段第一句表明，近来一次机械故障使开普勒太空望远镜不再为我们服务，并没有提到开普勒太空望远镜为我们服务了多少年。
第二段最后一句表明，开普勒太空望远镜主要寻找与地球有相似环境的星球。
第三段第二句表明，可让生命存在的星球的直径至少与地球的直径一样大，但不会超过地球直径的两倍。由此可推测出其不会比地球小，因此题干表述错误。
第三段第三、四句表明，适合生命存在的星球必须与它所环绕的恒星有一个合适的距离，以保证星球表面的温度允许液态水存在，而地球正是适合人类居住的星球，而且地球是绕着太阳运行的。
第四段第一句表明，这项新评估源于对超过4.2万颗星球的分析，而非源于对17万颗星球的分析。
第五段第一句表明，研究者承认这项评估是粗糙的，即不精确的。
文章第一段指出，这次的调查结果是新的发现，但通篇文章并未提到这是对可能有生命存在的星球的首次研究。 -
第7题：
Why does the author mention Fuller s The Sea？( )A.To point out a dance of Fuller’s in which music did not play an important role.
B.To explain why Fuller sometimes used music by progressive composers.
C.To ilustrate a particular way in which Fuller developed as an artist.
D.To ilustrate how Fuller’s interest in science was reflected in her work.答案：C解析：细节题。根据题干关键词The Sea定位到文章第五段的第三句。该句将The Sea作为一个作品示例，但例证的观点或主题需要根据段落上下文确定。段落第一句提到“随着专业技能方面的复杂化、成熟化，富勒在舞蹈的其他方面也得到了发展”。段落第二句举出了使用音乐的例子，第三句中The Sea作为舞蹈主题方面的例子出现，由此可见，两个例子都是为了证明富勒在舞蹈其他方面的发展，而这些发展都是富勒自己独特的尝试。C项“说明富勒发展成一个艺术家的特殊方式”与之相符。A项“在富勒的一个舞蹈中，音乐的作用不大”，B项“解释为什么富勒有时会用先进音乐家的音乐”，D项“阐述富勒对科学的兴趣如何在她的作品中反映出来”，均不正确。 -
第8题：
Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. Exercise is one of the few factors with a positive role in long-term maintenance of body weight. Unfortunately, that message has not gotten through to the average American, who would rather try switching to “light” beer and low-calorie bread than increase physical exertion. The Centers for Disease Control, for example, found that fewer than one-fourth of overweight adults who were trying to shed pounds said they were combining exercise with their diet. In rejecting exercise, some people may be discouraged too much by caloric-expenditure charts: for example, one would have to briskly walk three miles just to work off the 275 calories in one delicious Danish pastry (小甜饼). Even exercise professionals concede half a point here. “Exercise by itself is a very tough way to lose weight,” says York Onnen, program director of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. Still, exercise’s supporting role in weight reduction is vital. A study at the Boston University Medical Center of overweight police officers and other public employees confirmed that those who dieted without exercise regained almost all their old weight, while those who worked exercise into their daily routine maintained their new weight. If you have been sedentary (极少活动的) and decide to start walking one mile a day, the added exercise could burn an extra 100 calories daily. In a year’s time, assuming no increase in food intake, you could lose ten pounds. By increasing the distance of your walks gradually and making other dietary adjustments, you may lose even more weight. What is said about the average American in the passage? （）
- A、They tend to exaggerate the healthful effect of “light” beer.
- B、They usually ignore the effect of exercise on losing weight.
- C、They prefer “light” beer and low-calorie bread to other drinks and food.
- D、They know the factors that play a positive role in keeping down body weight.
正确答案:B -
第9题：
单选题During the 1980s, women started to play a more important role in ______.Ademanding political rights.
Bimproving social welfare.
Csupporting the family.
Dearning better wages.
正确答案： D解析：
细节理解题。根据题干信息定位到第一段第三句话“During the 1980s…women，traditionally secondary earners，assumed greater responsibility for their own and their children’s well-being”，由此可知，20世纪80年代，随着女性——传统意义上的二等劳动力，对自己和孩子的幸福承担的责任越来越大，即20世纪80年代女性开始在养家方面起到了更重要的作用，故答案为C项。 -
第10题：
单选题What is the main idea of Paragraph 4?AFires are serious threats to human beings.
BAustralian firefighters don‘t put out fires.
CFires can play an important role I forests.
DIt‘s difficult for firefighters to control the fires.
正确答案： A解析：
主旨大意题。通读第四段可知，该段主要讲森林火灾的好处，在不威胁人们生活的条件下，森林火灾可以烧掉森林里的枯枝败叶，让阳光直射大地，促进新的植被的生长。因此，选择C项。 -
第11题：
单选题The mass production of goods from the Industrial Revolution in the 1800’s made person-to-person selling less efficient than mass distribution.Ainfluential
Beffective
Csensible
Dfrequent
正确答案： A解析： 句意：十九世纪工业革命后商品的大量生产使得个人之间的买卖效率低于大规模运销。efficient直接生效的，效率高的。effective与之同义。influential有影响力的。sensible可察觉的，明智的。frequent频繁的。 -
第12题：
单选题Which of the following statements is NOT true about Harbin according to the speaker?AIt has a population of 2.16 million and borders Russia.
BIts culture is a combination of Asian ethnic minorities and other neighboring countries.
CIt is the home of many Russian refugees who fled the 1917 Revolution.
DThe Chinese Eastern Railway plays an important role in the city’s industrialization.
正确答案： D解析：
数字信息的找寻和判断。该段录音主要是对中国北方城市哈尔滨的介绍。录音开头便提到该城市是一个modern metropolis of 2.6 million people（拥有2600万人口的现代化都市）。由此可知，选项A描述的“该城市拥有2.16 million人口”的说法与录音相关内容不符。
【录音原文】
The northern Chinese city of Harbin is often called the “Ice City” and is a modern metropolis of 2.6 million people. Located along the Russian-Chinese border, the city’s culture is a rich and diverse mixture of many ethnic minorities from across Asia and other neighboring countries. Many Russian refugees who fled the Revolution in 1917 also call Harbin their home. The construction of the Chinese Eastern Railway helped to industrialize the city, making it the number one manufacturing location in northeastern China. -
第13题：
The main idea of the passage is about______.
A．women's role in American families
B．advantages of fast food for Americans
C．modem lifestyles and diet in America
D．shift of American home entertainment
正确答案：C
解析：见最后一段最后一句话。 -
第14题：
Most people agree that the present role of women has already affected U.S. society.__________,it has affected the traditional role of men.A.Above all
B.In all
C.At most
D.At last答案：A解析：句意为大多数人认为女人当前的作用已经影响了美国社会，最重要的是，它已经影响了传统的男人作用。本题题干是由两个分句组成，后一个分句是对前一个分句的进一步解释。考察选项的四个词组，可以确定应该选择表示递进关系的词组above all。 -
第15题：
Today，China’s massive industrialization and_____for cars have made it dependent on oil imported from the Middle East and Africa .A.nostalgia
B.substitution
C.mania
D.anecdote答案：C解析：本题考查词语含义。题目意为“现在中国的大规模工业化和对汽车的狂热已经让它依赖上了从中东和非洲进口的石油。”A项意为“思乡、怀念”。B项意为“代替、调换”。C项意为“狂热、热情”。D项意为“轶事、奇闻”。因此选C项，对汽车的热情。
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第16题：
共用题干
So Many"Earths"
The Milky Way（银河）contains billions of Earth-sized planets that could support life.That's the finding of a new study.It draws on data that came from NASA's top planet-hunting telescope.
A mechanical failure recently put that Kepler space telescope out of service.Kepler had played a big role in creating a census of planets orbiting some 170,000 stars.Its data have been helping astronomers predict how common planets are in our galaxy.The telescope focused on hunting planets that might have conditions similar to those on Earth.
The authors of a study,published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,conclude that between 14 and 30 out of every 100 stars,with a mass and temperature similar to the Sun,may host a planet that could support life as we know it.Such a planet would have a diameter at least as large as Earth's,but no more than twice that big.The planet also would have to orbit in a star's habitable zone.That's where the surface temperature would allow any water to exist as a liquid.
The new estimate of how many planets might fit these conditions comes from studying more than 42,000 stars and identifying suitable worlds orbiting them.The scientists used those numbers to extrapolate（推算） to the rest of the stars that the telescope could not see.
The estimate is rough,the authors admit.If applied to the solar system,it would define as habitable a zone starting as close to the Sun as Venus and running to as far away as Mars.Neither planet is Earthlike (although either might have been in the distant past).Using tighter limits,the researchers estimate that between 4 and 8 out of every 100 sunlike stars could host an Earth-sized world.These are ones that would take 200 to 400 days to complete a yearly orbit.
Four out of every 100 sunlike stars doesn't sound like a big number.It would mean,however,that the Milky Way could host more than a billion Earth-sized planets with a chance for life.The planet that could support life might be a little bit smaller than Earth.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：B解析：本篇文章只在第二段第一句表明，近来一次机械故障使开普勒太空望远镜不再为我们服务，并没有提到开普勒太空望远镜为我们服务了多少年。
第二段最后一句表明，开普勒太空望远镜主要寻找与地球有相似环境的星球。
第三段第二句表明，可让生命存在的星球的直径至少与地球的直径一样大，但不会超过地球直径的两倍。由此可推测出其不会比地球小，因此题干表述错误。
第三段第三、四句表明，适合生命存在的星球必须与它所环绕的恒星有一个合适的距离，以保证星球表面的温度允许液态水存在，而地球正是适合人类居住的星球，而且地球是绕着太阳运行的。
第四段第一句表明，这项新评估源于对超过4.2万颗星球的分析，而非源于对17万颗星球的分析。
第五段第一句表明，研究者承认这项评估是粗糙的，即不精确的。
文章第一段指出，这次的调查结果是新的发现，但通篇文章并未提到这是对可能有生命存在的星球的首次研究。 -
第17题：
共用题干
So Many"Earths"
The Milky Way（银河）contains billions of Earth-sized planets that could support life.That's the finding of a new study.It draws on data that came from NASA's top planet-hunting telescope.
A mechanical failure recently put that Kepler space telescope out of service.Kepler had played a big role in creating a census of planets orbiting some 170,000 stars.Its data have been helping astronomers predict how common planets are in our galaxy.The telescope focused on hunting planets that might have conditions similar to those on Earth.
The authors of a study,published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,conclude that between 14 and 30 out of every 100 stars,with a mass and temperature similar to the Sun,may host a planet that could support life as we know it.Such a planet would have a diameter at least as large as Earth's,but no more than twice that big.The planet also would have to orbit in a star's habitable zone.That's where the surface temperature would allow any water to exist as a liquid.
The new estimate of how many planets might fit these conditions comes from studying more than 42,000 stars and identifying suitable worlds orbiting them.The scientists used those numbers to extrapolate（推算） to the rest of the stars that the telescope could not see.
The estimate is rough,the authors admit.If applied to the solar system,it would define as habitable a zone starting as close to the Sun as Venus and running to as far away as Mars.Neither planet is Earthlike (although either might have been in the distant past).Using tighter limits,the researchers estimate that between 4 and 8 out of every 100 sunlike stars could host an Earth-sized world.These are ones that would take 200 to 400 days to complete a yearly orbit.
Four out of every 100 sunlike stars doesn't sound like a big number.It would mean,however,that the Milky Way could host more than a billion Earth-sized planets with a chance for life.The Earth is a planet orbiting in the Sun's habitable zone.
A:Right
B:Wrong
C:Not mentioned答案：A解析：本篇文章只在第二段第一句表明，近来一次机械故障使开普勒太空望远镜不再为我们服务，并没有提到开普勒太空望远镜为我们服务了多少年。
第二段最后一句表明，开普勒太空望远镜主要寻找与地球有相似环境的星球。
第三段第二句表明，可让生命存在的星球的直径至少与地球的直径一样大，但不会超过地球直径的两倍。由此可推测出其不会比地球小，因此题干表述错误。
第三段第三、四句表明，适合生命存在的星球必须与它所环绕的恒星有一个合适的距离，以保证星球表面的温度允许液态水存在，而地球正是适合人类居住的星球，而且地球是绕着太阳运行的。
第四段第一句表明，这项新评估源于对超过4.2万颗星球的分析，而非源于对17万颗星球的分析。
第五段第一句表明，研究者承认这项评估是粗糙的，即不精确的。
文章第一段指出，这次的调查结果是新的发现，但通篇文章并未提到这是对可能有生命存在的星球的首次研究。 -
第18题：
Australia has very strict laws relating to the importation and possession of certain goods. Food, plant material and animal products from overseas, including many common souvenirs, could introduce some of the world′s most serious pests and diseases into Australia. Failing to declare quarantine items (需要检疫的物品) on arrival could destroy our agriculture, tourism industries and special environment.
Every piece of luggage will be screened orx-rayed on arrival in Australia. So you must declare for inspection of all food, plant material and animal products to check that they are free of pest sand diseases.
You must tick YES on the InformingPassenger Card (IPC) to declare if you are carrying any food, plant material oranimal products. In signing the IPC, passengers who are making a legal declaration and failing to answer all questions truth fully can have serious consequences.
If you fail to declare or dispose of (处理) any quarantine items, or make a false declaration:
* you will get caught;
* you could be fined over A $ 200on-the-spot; or you could be prosecuted and fined more than A $ 60,000 and riskup to 10 years imprisonment;
If you are not sure about the items you are carrying, ask a quarantine officer who will determine whether they are allowed into Australia.
The reason why you are asked todeclare quarantine items on arrival is that ____________.A.too many overseas products could destroy Australia' s tourism industry
B.animal products are often the cause of various diseases
C.as is known to us all, bad food can spread diseases easily
D.these items may carry dangerous pests or diseases into AustraliA.答案：D解析：细节题。定位于文章第一段中“Food，plant material and animal products from overseas， including many common souvenirs，couldintroduce some of the world’s most serious pests and diseases into Australia．Failing to declare quarantine items(需要检疫的物品)on arrival could destroy our agriculture，tourism industries and special environment．”即游客携带的来自海外的食品、动植物产品可能携带了世界上最危险的虫害及疾病。因此，D项是其原因。 -
第19题：
Which of the following is not true of British iron and steel industry?（）
- A、Britain.s steel industry is declining.
- B、No more new discoveries of iron ore have been found in Britain.
- C、Supplies of iron ore are now mostly foreign.
- D、Compared with newer plants in the world,Britain.s steelworks are not efficient.
正确答案:B -
第20题：
单选题Skilled blacksmiths who could forge useful items out of it on used to play a central role in American life. The onset of industrialization and the mass production of iron products, however, have made the blacksmith’s traditional role mostly obsolete. Still, there will always be a job available for a good blacksmith. Which of the following, if true, provides the most support for the conclusion that a job will always be available for a good blacksmith?AMany people are willing to pay considerably more for tools hand-crafted by a blacksmith than for tools created by a machine.
BBlacksmiths cannot produce iron products with the speed or consistency of machines.
CBlacksmiths traditionally apprenticed to a master blacksmith for seven or more years before entering business independently.
DThe cowboy never would have conquered the West without the horseshoes crafted by blacksmiths.
EAs skilled craftsmen, blacksmiths traditionally served as community leaders throughout North America and Europe.
正确答案： A解析：
Ａ项说明铁匠在现代如果可以找到一份好的工作，故本题应选Ａ项。 -
第21题：
问答题Resource efficiency means reducing the environmental impact of the consumption and production of goods and services. The doing more with less slogan indicates the focus on more outputs with fewer impacts. Efficiency gains do not guarantee that the overall outcome stays within the ecological carrying capacity of the Earth. Influencing the demand side is therefore another prerequisite for sustainable development.It is indeed timely to recognize that the world cannot achieve sustainable, economic growth with old fashioned consumption and production patterns. Companies will have to accelerate the trends of polluting less and of designing, producing and marketing better products and services. Consumers have to get used to the fact that environmental concerns are as important in their daily choices as considerations of price, convenience and quality. And governments and civil society have a key role to play in inspiring such a process.正确答案：
资源增效指的是减少商品和服务生产过程及消费过程对环境产生的影响。“用更少创造更多”这一口号表明其重心在于用较少的影响来创造更多的产出。生产效率的提高并不能保证整体结果能维持在地球的生态承受力范围之内。因此,对需求方的影响成为了可持续发展的另一先决条件。
我们现在确实迫切需要意识到传统的消费生产模式是无法实现经济的可持续发展的。公司需要加快减污减排的脚步,敦促自身去设计、生产和经营更好的产品和服务。消费者也要接受这一事实——在日常购物时,对环境的影响、商品价格、便利度和产品品质都应被纳入考虑范围内,作为进行选择的参考条件。此外,政府和民间团体也需在推进上述进程中发挥关键性作用。解析： 暂无解析 -
第22题：
问答题What role does TV play in people’s life?电视机在人们的生活中起着什么作用?正确答案： Television plays important role in our daily life and it is a example of how technology has changed our lives dramatically. Since the invention of the television in the early 1900’s, more and more people have bought TV. Having a television set in the home has become very common in today’s society. We depend on it to entertain us with its sitcoms and to inform us about current world issues.解析： 暂无解析 -
第23题：
单选题The computers made by our company sell best, but several years ago no one could have imagined the role in the markets that they _____.Awere playing
Bwere to play
Chave played
Dplayed
正确答案： D解析：
句意为：计算机使我们的产品很畅销，几年前谁都没想到他们会在市场中扮演那么重要的角色。用不定式，表达过去将来时的意思。 -
第24题：
单选题Which of the following is not true of British iron and steel industry?（）ABritain.s steel industry is declining.
BNo more new discoveries of iron ore have been found in Britain.
CSupplies of iron ore are now mostly foreign.
DCompared with newer plants in the world,Britain.s steelworks are not efficient.
正确答案： B解析： 暂无解析