问题：问答题Practice 5　　双方重申，互相尊重主权和领土完整这一根本原则是指导中美关系的中美三个联合公报的核心。双方均不支持任何势力破坏这一原则的任何行动。双方一致认为，尊重彼此核心利益对确保中美关系稳定发展极为重要。双方认为，中美两国在共同应对全球挑战方面开展合作，有助于促进世界繁荣与安全。双方重申一九九八年六月二十七日作出的关于不把各自控制下的战略核武器瞄准对方的承诺。双方认为，两国在推动和平利用外空方面拥有共同利益，将采取步骤加强外空安全。双方同意通过中美战略与经济对话、两军交往等渠道就具有战略重要性的问题进行讨论。

Friday, July 21, 2023

问题：单选题What is NOT the result brought by this attack?A It proves Pakistan’s vulnerability to militant attacks.B It shows some Pakistan officials’ indifference to strike the Taleban militant group.C It is another blow to the government’s credibility.D It has brought an end to South Asian cricket.

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

问题：问答题Practice 8 ：发言致辞

Saturday, February 11, 2023

问题：单选题The expression “separate the wheat from the chaff in the teaching profession” is closest in meaning to ______.A distinguish better teachers from less capable onesB differentiate young teachers from old onesC tell the essential qualities of good teachingD reevaluate the role of senior teachers

Sunday, August 20, 2023

问题：问答题Practice 9　　创新和科技是香港努力保持其经济发展优势的关键。香港作为一个国际都市一向以熟悉国际市场运作、灵活多变和创新开拓新商机而著称。　　香港应该充分利用这些优势。此外，在资讯和通信科技的普及和应用方面，香港在亚洲屈指可数，产生了一个涉及软件应用与支持、系统开发与集成、资讯管理、电信网络和因特网的新产业。还有，香港在货运港、航运、空运、运输和物流服务等方面保持领先地位，其效率可以通过更广泛地使用电子数据联通和因特网得到最充分发挥。在创意行业，创新和科技也同样起着重要的作用。香港许多电影、电视节目、动漫、电子游戏、广告和平面设计，近年来都采用数码多媒体技术，为当地居民创造了不少就业机会。

Sunday, October 6, 2024

问题：单选题The word “swamped” used in para. 1 can be replaced by which of the following?A greatly heightenedB much weakenedC largely consolidatedD totally counteracted

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

问题：单选题We may learn from the sentence “But the glamour of the “First World” pledge appealed to middle-class consumers with money to burn” in para. 4 that ______.A Brazilian went to Pao de Acucar because it was a brand from the “First World”B Pao de Acucar was kind of local corner shops and thus cheaperC Middle-class Brazilian went to Pao de Acucar instead of the cheaper local corner shops because of its sloganD Pao de Acucar targeted middle-class consumers

Sunday, December 18, 2022

问题：单选题The expression “fared best” in the sentence “During the 1960s and 1970s, and again after 1992, the poorest groups fared best.” in para. 8 can be paraphrased by which of the following?A obtained higher incomeB lived a better lifeC enjoyed more equalityD paid lower income tax

Thursday, October 17, 2024

问题：单选题What has happened to the SUV as to the third paragraph?A It has more advantages when the gas price is rising.B There is a selling dropping of all sizes of it.C Its place is replacing by more economical cars.D Its best-selling time is coming.

Tuesday, July 2, 2024

问题：问答题Passage 7U. S consumer prices climbed faster than expected in May, further fanning investor fears over inflation. Stock markets around the world have cracked sharply lower the past few weeks, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing all the ground it had gained so far this year. Japan’s stock market is down 11% on the year; gold has had its biggest slide in a decade and a half; and many emerging markets are wobbling. After Wednesday’s Consumer Price Index report from the Labor Department, which showed a 0.4 percent increase in prices for May (core inflation, which excludes food and energy, rose 0.3 percent), the stock market made a comeback. But with future interest rate hikes now starting to be priced into the market, investor fears that central bankers around the world will go overboard and continue to drive rates higher is set to further spook markets. This is no trading correction that investors have to absorb. The real risk of a jarring bear market has emerged.　　But while the trauma that inflation created for investors in the 1970s is still close to the surface, the sudden frenzy is misplaced. Powerful forces in the world economy continue to keep prices largely in check.　　Over the past decade, inflation has been a minor threat compared with brutal deflationary shocks. They started with the collapse of the Mexican peso in the mid-1990s. In 1997, much of eastern Asia’s flourishing economy was leveled. Next were Russia, Turkey and Argentina; Brazil teetered on the brink. By early 2001, Silicon Valley, the pride of the U. S. economy, was crashing, while entire sectors of the so-called New Economy disintegrated.　　The tech wreck may be over, but it has left a legacy of low prices. Tech companies had to dump on the market everything from fiberoptic networks to computer chips, as desperate investors struggled to raise cash. That slashed telecommunication costs at the very moment that emerging markets were producing a skilled and hungry generation of information workers. Result? The offshore outsourcing revolution and downward pressure on global production costs that keeps inflation under control. Equally powerful are the ultra-low-cost emerging-market manufacturing bases, led by China. With more than 1 billion people set to enter the urban labor markets of China, India, Brazil and Indonesia in the next 20 years, all those pressures on prices will only intensify.　　More immediate forces are also at work to keep prices from surging. Despite some wishful thinking, growth in Europe is slowing, not accelerating. A large part of U. S. growth has been driven by booming real estate prices. But in the past two years, the Fed has increased rates 16 times, so real estate-driven consumption is yesterday’s news. Tomorrow’s story will be the sharp fall in U. S. growth as consumers face higher mortgage costs. That dynamic could become particularly nasty, given the record level of U. S. household debt, government deficit and unequaled current-account shortfall.　　Investors are often caught flat-footed when markets slide. In 2001-02, deflation was the fear of the day, but few investors at the time saw the opportunity in commodities, which were going for a fraction of today’s prices. Today investors are obsessed with inflation, while government and top- tier corporate bonds are shunned.　　That should be telling us something. What is it? In the past few years, the central banks of Japan, the U. S. and Europe have cut interest rates so aggressively that the real cost of borrowing fell to, effectively, below zero. That spurred extraordinary amounts of debt financing by governments and corporations. But now, as the global credit cycle tightens, some of the marginal investments will quickly become unsustainable. If central bankers keep raising interest rates, deeper cracks would open in the world economy.　　What is really troubling markets is not inflation. It is the fear that central banks may have tightened too much, and will tighten further. If that happens, the recent market shock would be merely the precursor to a still more dramatic quake.　　1. What is the situation of the world financial markets recently? What is the situation expected to be in the near future?　　2. What does the author mean by “the tech wreck may be over, but it has left a legacy of low prices”? (Para.4)　　3. What is the relationship between real estate market and economic growth in US in the past and in the near future?　　4. According to the author, what are the “powerful forces” that can keep inflation “largely in check”?

Monday, September 16, 2024

问题：单选题Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A Politicians are obsessed with inputs and outputs, targets and controls.B short-termism leads to the pursuit of immediate and quantifiable measurements.C Center-right political parties have long focused on the increase of GDP.D The cause of building GWB can be led by the center-left political parties.

Wednesday, July 12, 2023

问题：问答题Practice 2 ：社会生活

Tuesday, September 20, 2022

问题：问答题Practice 6　　The financial crisis presents an opportunity for China to seize the leadership baton for globalization and become its centre for goods, services and capital, while catalyzing a new China boom that could last a decade or longer. That boom could turn China into the world’s largest economy—and a developed country—within two decades.　　The global economy has run like a motorcycle, with American consumption as one wheel and China’s savings as the other, with everyone else piled up on top. The sustainability of this world depended on foreigners believing in the Wall Street debt instruments that paid for America’s imports while keeping inflation at bay. Inflation came three years ago with surging oil prices. The tightening that accompanied it burst the US property bubble in 2006. It took another year for the subprime market, and still another for financial derivatives, to blow up. The resulting crisis has destroyed Wall Street’s credibility. The motorcycle economy has fallen over.　　The global financial crisis is casting a shadow over globalization. Developed economies may resort to protectionism to keep jobs at home, leading to a vicious cycle of recession and more protectionism. China is in a position to carry the baton for globalization.

Saturday, September 17, 2022

问题：单选题When the author uses the automobile industry as an example, she argues that ______.A Japan’s auto industry is exceeding America’s auto industryB the public schooling has stagnated because of competitionC the current American education system is better than the Japanese oneD competition must be introduced into the public education system

Friday, July 21, 2023

问题：单选题According to the author, seniority pay favors ______.A good teachers’ with master’s degreesB young and effective teachersC experienced and effective teachersD mediocre teachers of average quality

Thursday, October 17, 2024

问题：单选题Wherever you are in the U. S., the most important factor in surviving cardiac arrest is ______.A to keep tracking outcomes of the cases.B to have very well-organized EMS system.C to make people well-informed before an emergency.D to have rapid treatment with as little delay as possible.

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

问题：问答题Practice 8　　中国仍面临长期、复杂、多元的安全威胁与挑战。生存安全与发展安全、传统安全威胁与非传统安全威胁、国内安全问题与国际安全问题交织互动。中国面对发达国家在经济科技军事等方面占优势的态势，面对外部的战略防范和牵制，面对分裂势力和敌对势力的干扰破坏。中国处于经济社会转型期，维护社会稳定面临诸多新情况新问题。“台独”、“东突”、“藏独”等分裂势力威胁国家统一和安全。恐怖主义、自然灾害、经济安全、信息安全等非传统安全问题的危害上升。外部安全环境中的不稳定不确定因素，对国家安全和发展的影响增大。美国违反中美三个联合公报原则，继续向台湾出售武器，严重损害中美关系和台海地区和平稳定。

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

问题：问答题Practice 7　　从火车上遥望泰山，几十年来有好些次了，每次想起“孔子登东山而小鲁，登泰山而小天下”那句话来，就觉得过而不登，像是欠下悠久的文化传统一笔债似的。杜甫的愿望：“会当凌绝顶，一览众山小”，我也一样有，惜乎来去匆匆，每次都当面错过了。而今确实要登泰山了，偏偏天公不作美，下起雨来，淅淅沥沥，不像落在地上，倒像落在心里。天是灰的，心是沉的。我们约好了清晨出发，人齐了，雨却越下越大。等天晴吗?想着这渺茫的“等”字，先是憋闷。盼到十一点半钟，天色转白，我不由喊了一句：“走吧!”带动年轻人，挎起背包，兴致勃勃，朝岱宗坊出发了。（李健吾——《雨中登泰山》）

Thursday, August 29, 2024

问题：单选题According to the passage, the “fatwa” diaries (para.7) ______.A were not included in the archive sold to the Emory UniversityB will not be open to the public in the near futureC were all about the writing of The Satanic VersesD will soon be published to expose the persecution of Islamic extremists

Thursday, August 8, 2024

问题：问答题Passage 2　　A new form of cloning to provide every baby with an embryonic “twin”, from which spare body parts could be grown and life threatening diseases treated is expected to be approved within weeks by senior government advisers on medical ethics.　　If their report is accepted by ministers, it would mean that Britain—which 20 years ago pioneered the test tube baby and last year produced Dolly, the world’s first cloned mammal—could be the first to clone a human embryo.　　A working party from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) and the Human Genetics Advisory Commission is expected to come down firmly against reproductive cloning, the process of replicating a living human being. It is expected to recommend government support of so called stem ceils. Stem cells are extracted and used to grow spare parts, treat diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s or address the debilitating effects of cancer, strokes and heart attacks.　　Dr Austin Smith, the scientist likely to be granted the first licence for the work, said that within the next 12 years it would be routine for every baby to have an embryonic clone.　　“All it takes now is financial investment,” said Smith, director of Edinburgh University’s centre for genome research. The crucial discovery of embryonic stem cells, from which skin, bone, muscles, nerves and vital organs grow, was made earlier this month by scientists in America.　　In a submission to the HFEA, Smith said that in order to isolate these cells it is only necessary for the embryo to develop in the laboratory for six days, well within the 14-day limit of current regulation.　　The cells would then be grown and manipulated to make anything from blood or brain cells to tissue for repairing damaged organs and, ultimately, parts that could be transplanted without fear of the host body rejecting them.　　The development is likely to meet strong opposition from the church. Dr Donald Bruce, Director of the Society, Religion and Technology Project of the church of Scotland Said that creating an embryo in the knowledge that it would then be destroyed was “very disturbing” to most people.　　Father Paul Murray, secretary to the Catholic bishops joint bio-ethics committee, said that whatever the potential benefits, it should be regarded as “intrinsically evil” because the research depended on the use of foetal material.　　However, Professor Christine Gosden, professor of genetic medicine at Liverpool University, one of the four senior government advisers on the cloning sub-committee, said there would be no opportunity for abuse.　　For many years, patients with Parkinson’s disease who did not respond to drugs have been treated with brain cells extracted from aborted foetuses, a practice approved by a committee led by the Rev Dr John Polkinghorne, the prominent ethicist.　　Gosden said the arguments for the use of aborted foetal cells and therapeutic cloning were similar: “Before you have a disease, it is easy to say, ‘I would not use cells derived from a foetus’, but if you suffer from that disease, and that is your only hope, your approach can be quite different.”　　1. What is the new form of cloning discussed in the passage? What is the purpose of such cloning?　　2. Summarise the different views on embryo cloning discussed in the passage.　　3. Explain the statement “All it takes now is financial investment.” in para. 6.　　4. What is the significance of the discovery of embryonic stem cells?

Thursday, August 29, 2024