Text 3 Transporting large containers is not as glamorous as making films, but shipping is doing more than Hollywood to boost southern California's economy these days. The nearby ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, already the two biggest in the country,
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Text 3 Transporting large containers is not as glamorous as making films, but shipping is doing more than Hollywood to boost southern California's economy these days. The nearby ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, already the two biggest in the country, are growing quickly thanks to trade with China. They are a giant job-creating engine, stimulating industrial and warehouse employment on a scale not seen in the region since the rise of the aerospace industry after the Second World War. Sadly, like most engines, they are filthy.
The ports themselves reckon they are responsible for about 12% of all the diesel particle emissions and 45% of the sulphur oxides (硫的 氧化物) in southern California. Carried east by prevailing winds, such pollutants help to create some of America's worst air more than 50 miles inland. Those who live close to the freeways leading out of the ports suffer the most. Researchers have found that children living within a few hundred meters of such roads are not only more likely to suffer from asthma, a disease of the breathing system and characterized by sudden recurring attacks of labored breathing, and coughing. They actually have smaller lungs.
The most ambitious effort to control pollution, and the one that may affect the local economy most drastically, involves truckers. Some 16,000 lorries currently haul containers between ships and warehouses, most of whom are owned by Hispanic immigrants. The drivers put in long hours: 13 a day is not unusual, according to a survey. They earn, on average, just under $35,000 a year. Such jobs, like many connected to the port, are an important stepping-stone on the path to the middle class.
The ports want to remove the oldest trucks and gradually upgrade the others so that, within five years, the fleet emits four-fifths less pollution than at present. To help pay for this, they intend to levy (征收-) a fee of $34 to $54 on every “dirty” vehicle entering the port. Most important, they want to turn a large, unwieldy network of independent contractors into a more orderly group of companies, as happens in an airport. “We need to have more control,” explains Geraldine Knatz, the head of Los Angeles' port.
The reforms do nonetheless pose a threat to the ports' competitiveness. At present, the truckers who work at the docks are price-takers, not price-setters. Because they are self-employed, they are almost impossible to unionize, and consequently have little bargaining power. All that could quite easily change if they were to become the employees of a few large firms. Indeed, the most enthusiastic welcome for the ports' plans has come not from environmental groups but from the Teamsters' union.
第31题：What is the passage mainly about?
［A］The consequences of shipping industry in southern California.
［B］The causes of pollution along the coast of southern California.
［C］The pollution problem of the shipping industry in southern California.
［D］The role of shipping industry in southern California's economy.
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从文章结构来看，作者谈到航运业和港口的作用，该行业存在污染问题，又讨论了解决措施，并指出改革会带来的问题。因此C项符合要求，它整体概括了南加州航运业的问题。A、B、D都只是这个大的主题讨论的一部分，属于以偏概全，故应排除。
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在窗体中建立了三个文本框，名称分别为text1、text2和text3，编写以下程序段：
PrivateSubText2_LostFocus()
DimiAsInteger
IfIsNumeric(Text2)Then
Text3.Text="正确!!"
Else
Text2.Text=""
Text2.SetFocus
Text3.Text="错误,再输入!!"
EndIf
EndSub
当在text2中输入字符串"abcd"后，点击text3，运行的结果为()
A.text2的内容清除,text3中显示"正确!!"
B.text3中显示"正确!!"
C.光标聚焦在text2中
D.text2的内容清除,text3中显示"错误,再输入!!"
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第2题：
以下哪个是无效的CSS样式定义?()
A.h1,h2{font-size:large;color:green}
B.$link{text-decoration:none}
C..product_name{font-family:隶书}
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Text 3 At first glance the patriarchy appears to be thriving.More than 90%of presidents and prime ministers are male,as are nearly all big corporate bosses.Men dominate finance,technology,films,sports,music and even stand-up comedy.In much of the world they still enjoy social and legal privileges simply because they have a Y chromosome.So it might seem odd to worry about the plight of men.Yet there is plenty of cause for concern.Men cluster at the bottom as well as the top.They are far more likely than women to be jailed,estranged from their children,or to kill themselves.They eam fewer university degrees than women.Boys in the developed world are 50%more likely to flunk basic maths,reading and science entirely.What can be done?Part of the solution lies in a change in cultural attitudes.Over the past generation,middte-class men have leamed that they need to help with child care,and have changed their behaviour.Working-class men need to catch up.Women have learned that they can be SUfgeons and physicists without losing their femininity.Men need to understand that traditional manual jobs arc not coming back,and that they can be nurses or hairdressers without losing their masculinity.Policymakers also need to lend a hand,because foolish laws are making the problem worse.America reduces the supply of marriageable men by locking up millions of young males for non-violent offences and then making it hard for them to find work when they get out（in Georgia,for example,felons are barred from feeding pigs,fighting fires or working in funeral homes）.A number of rich countries discourage poor people from marrying or cohabiting by cutting their benefits ifthey do.More generally,schools need to become more boy-friendly.They should recognise that boys like to rush around more than girls do:it's better to give them lots of organised sports and energy-eating games than to dose them with Ritalin or tell them off for fidgeting.They need to provide more male role models:employing more male teachers in primary schools will both supply boys with a male to whom they can relate and demonstrate that men can be teachers as well as firefighters.The growing equality of the sexes is one of the biggest achievements of the post-war era:people have greater opportunities than ever before to achieve their ambitions regardless of their gender.But some men have failed to cope with this new world.It is time to give them a hand.
Men are doing worse than women at——.A.criminal offense
B.suicide rate
C.mathematics
D.human science答案：C解析：事实细节题。根据定位词定位到文章的第二段，题目是在问，在什么方面男人不如女人，在本段的结尾处体现了这个信息，即Boys in the developed world are 50%more likely to flunk basic maths，reading and science cntirely.（发达国家的男孩在基础数学、阅读和自然科学等学科上的不及格率要比女孩高出50%。）由此可见．c项mathematics“数学”对应文章所表达的信息。故C项为正确选项。【干扰排除】剩余的三个选项泽为：犯罪行为、自杀率、人文科学，前两个信息在段落中是说远远超过女性，而人文科学在段落中没有体现，因此应当排除。 -
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在窗体上画3个标签、3个文本框(名称分别为Text1、Text2和Text3)和1个命令按钮 (名称为Command1)，外观如下图所示。
编写如下程序： Private Sub Form_Load() Text1.Text="" Text2.Text="" Text3.Text="" End Sub Private Sub Commandl_Click() x=Val(Text1.Text) y=Val(Text2.TextA．4
B．6
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The goods must be ( ) in strong wooden cases.
A. packing B. packed
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We utilized______films, semi-formal interviews and participant observation to explore the relationship between urban livelihoods and art creation.A.silent
B.romantic
C.documentary
D.document答案：C解析：本题考查固定搭配。题目意为“我们运用纪录片、半正式访谈和参与者观察等方法，探讨城市生计与艺术创作之间的关系。”根据句意，空格处应为纪录片、纪录电影这种能够体察社会实情的艺术形式。A选项“无声电影”，B选项“浪漫电影”，C选项“纪录片”，D选项“文件”，不接电影。固定搭配documentary film 纪录片、纪录电影。