单选题______A In particularB In contrastC In generalD In comparison

These observations indicates the extreme difficulty in cultivating this precious thing called democracy.

Which of the following is NOT true of online shopping?

After crude oil is extracted from a well, it is usually piped to a refinery.

The pupils’ attitudes are NOT influenced by __________.

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The Grand Canyon　　A famous American John Muir said in 1898：“The Grand Canyon…as unearthly in the color and grandeur(宏大)and quantity of its architecture as if you had found it after death on some other star. ”　　Like Muir, those of us who stand along the rim are prompted to wonder about the unearthliness and the forces that created and are still changing this place.　　After more than 100 years of studies, many things are still obscure. Today visitors come by the thousands—the great and simple of the earth — all in a spirit of marvel. Travelers come from every state of the Union, from every country in Europe and Asia, pilgrims(朝圣者)to a shrine(神殿)that is the same as the creed(信仰).　　From the depths of the canyon(峡谷)comes welling silence. Seldom can you hear the roar of the river. For all sounds are swallowed in this gulf of space. ‘It makes one want to murmur.  A woman once whispered to her companion. This silence is not the silence of death；rather, it is a presence. It is like a great piece of music. But music made of man works up to a climax and ceases；the Grand Canyon is all climax, a chord(和音)echoing into eternity.  Perhaps the most spectacular feature of the Grand Canyon, its Redwall limestone(石灰石) cliff, stands about half way up the chasm (裂口) and is practically vertical. Its average height is550 feet almost exactly that of the Washington Monument. Though it is actually gray-blue limestone, the surface of the cliff has been stained to a sunset hue by iron salts washing out of the rocks. Above the Redwall come alternating layers of red sandstone and shale(页岩)1, 000 feet thick, then comes the next pale-blue layer. The topmost layers are a yellowish limestone.　　Now, visitors to the South Rim alone may number 18, 000 in a single day. Some of that number will travel by mule(轻型牵引机)train down Bright Angel Trail to the canyon’s floor, cross the raging fiver by a suspension bridge and amount to the North Rim.　　Though the two rims face each other across only 12 miles, it is a journey of 214 miles by car from one to the other. Nor can you visit the North Rim except in summer；some 1, 200 feet higher than the South Rim, it is snow covered much of the year except in July and August.　　But there is no day that you may not visit the South Rim and find the sun warm on your face and the air perfumed with the incense of smoke from an Indian hearth. The Grand Canyon is an unearthly sight. No wonder an American writer and journalist said, “I came here an atheist(无神论者), and departed a devout (虔诚的) believer. ”

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According to the passage, what is an important consideration of international corporations in employing people today?

It is not so much the language that the cultural background that makes the book difficult to understand.

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The advertising industry in today’s world does have its share of responsibilities in leading people to misconceptions.

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According to Paragraph 1, the tamarin story can be retold chronologically as follows:Ⅰ. Tamarins were declared extinct.Ⅱ. No one saw a tamarin in the wild.Ⅲ. Tamarins used to live in forests in southern Brazil.Ⅳ. The researchers have been doing everything they can to save tamarins.Ⅴ. Some researchers found by chance a small set of tamarins.

Clark Gable gave a comic performance in the movie It Happened One Nightand he was widely welcomed.

2006年我省实现国内生产总值7493亿元，同去年相比增长l2.1％，人均生产总值11830元，约合l500美元。正处于加速发展的新阶段。我省农业比较发达，主要农产品产量一直位居全国前列。工业门类齐全，已基本形成10大优势产业集群和77个初具规模、各具特色的工业园区，全省有近30种工业产品产量居全国前10位。第三产业快速发展，商贸、物流、电信、广播影视、旅游、出版、动漫卡通等产业呈现良好发展势头，在全国均有一定地位。　　我省是6774万人口的大省，消费市场非常活跃、潜力巨大。在我省投资设厂，可以辐射东南沿海市场、中西部地区市场以及国内外市场。我省综合营商成本相对低廉，劳动力、水电、土地使用价格与沿海地区相比低1/3左右，近年来加快了产业配套和现代物流业发展步伐，企业营商成本将进一步降低。因此，我省已由历史上兵家必争之地发展成现代商家必争之地。

It is not so much the language that the cultural background that makes the book difficult to understand.

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我们污染了空气　　清洁的空气对于健康是至关重要。空气中含有杂质，这些杂质会被我们的身体吸收，使人生病。我们需要清洁的空气，但不幸的是，目前普遍存在着空气污染，尤其是在城市里。　　城市里有许多食品厂、服装厂和制造其他东西的工厂。每天这些工厂把千百万吨烟灰排人空气中。燃煤的工厂也大大加重了空气污染。　　工厂产生的东西过一个时期就会损坏，然后就作为垃圾扔掉。我们烧掉许多垃圾，烟灰就增多了。还有工厂制造的汽车。汽车一旦出厂在街上行驶，将会吸进空气，排出有毒的气体，并增加空气中的烟尘。　　世界上还没有一个彻底摆脱了空气污染的地区。我们必须采取些措施来控制空气污染。　　现在越来越多的人认识到清洁的空气的重要性。学校正在把有关污染的问题纳入教学内容。企业界在帮着净化空气，他们安装了特别的设备来清除烟雾。科学家和发明家们正在努力开发更加清洁的汽车和火车引擎，终有一天我们会驾驶着电力汽车，会有一种新型的纸，在水里溶化而不需要燃烧。一些国家正在开发研制一种新型的、会在阳光下溶化和消失的玻璃瓶。　　或许，人们在城市里能呼吸新鲜空气的日子将会到来。

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Which of the following is NOT true?

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The lumber bridges were devised to __________.

Through receiving financial support from family, community or the government is allowed, it is never admired.