I shouldn’t let it bother me. It really doesn’t matter anyway. But it does bother me ! All those people are preparing to (21) a new century, a new millennium (千年) as well. And it just isn’t (22) !
Most of us schedule our lives by the Gregorian (23) . Our years are measured from the (24) of Christ. The first year of the first century is 1, or 1 A.D. The last year of that century is the year 100. Simple Yes! A century is 100 (25) long. A millennium is 1,000 years long, which is (26) ten centuries.
Since the last year of the first century is the year 100, the first year of the (27) century is 101. Follow that pattern, century by century and you’ll get my (28) . The year 2000 is the last year of the twentieth century. After all, (29) thousand means twenty hundreds. Twenty hundred years means twenty centuries. The year 2000 is the (30) , the final, the one that’s still h
A. last
B. first
C. middle
D. top
English is now the international language for airline pilots, scientists, medical experts, businessmen and many others. Consequently, more and more people are learning it. The BBC’s English teaching programs are broadcast daily to four continents (31) ______. Films and video are on the air or used in institutions in over 100 countries. All this helps to add more speakers to the estimated 100 million (32) ______. The rush to learn English has reached even China. The main reason for the upsurge (上升) in interest is (33) ______. Unlike many other widely used languages, English can be correctly used in a very simple form with less than one thousand words and (34) ______. This was pointed out in the 1920’s by two Cambridge scholars, Ogden and Richards, (35) ______. Another reason for the popularity of English is that English-speaking countries are spread throughout the world. An estimated 310 million people in Britain, the U.S.A., Canada, Australia, South Africa, etc. (36)
A. A second language opens the door to the world-wide sharing of skills and discoveries in science, engineering and medicine. (From English World-wide) and supplied to radio stations in 120 countries
B. very few grammatical rules
C. who use English as a second language
D. recent increase in China’s contacts with the outside world
E. use English as their mother tongue
F. who devised a system called "Basic English"
G. while the northerner prefers English to any of the southern languages
H. where many local languages are spoken
I. that spreading the use of English is entirely beneficial has its opponents
J. English in one form or another will be spoken by far more people
K. and those who have little or no education
L. it will doubtless continue to change and develop
A. planned economy B. gross domestic product (GDP)
C. bubble economy D. financial deficit
E. mass production F. major economic indicators
G. gross national product (GNP) H. market regulation
I. laws of economics J. labor intensive
K. technology intensive L. total foreign trade value
M. retail price index N. revenue tax
O. export-oriented economy P. macro economy
一栋高层建筑，一层设有一柴油发电机房，采用了耐火极限为2.50h的隔墙和2.00h的楼板与其它部位隔开，且内设储油间，该储油间总储量为10小时需要量，储油间与发电机房隔墙上设有一甲级防火门。现根据需要，同时因为条件限制，欲在柴油发电机房旁设置一可燃油油浸电力变压器室和一消防控制室。
问：（1）该柴油发电机房是否符合防火要求，为什么？
（2）是否能在柴油发电机房旁设置可燃油油浸电力变压器室和消防控制室，为什么？
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