[单项选择]Science and society are ...... collaborators: In the best of worlds we may achieve a very fine and finely negotiated partnership, and in the worst of worlds, ------- one by the other.
A. (A) symbiotic ... destruction of
B. (B) antagonistic ... amelioration of
C. (C) trustworthy ... exploitation of
D. (D) uneasy ... annihilation of
E. (E) parasitic ... indifference to

[单项选择]Science and society are______collaborators: In the best of worlds we may achieve a very fine and finely negotiated partnership, and in the worst of worlds, ______one by the other.
A. (A) symbiotic … destruction of
B. (B) antagonistic … amelioration of
C. (C) trustworthy … exploitation of
D. (D) uneasy … annihilation of
E. (E) parasitic … indifference to

[单项选择]The research of Jusczyk and collaborators around the world discovers that ______.
A. babies begin to learn language while in the womb
B. babies learn language at different stages while in the womb
C. babies develop several stages of language learning while in the womb
D. babies have learned a lot about language while in the womb

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Text 4 Can electricity cause cancer In a society that literally runs on electric power, the very idea seems preposterous. But for more than a decade, a growing band of scientists and journalists has pointed to studies that seem to link exposure to electromagnetic fields with increased risk of leukemia and other malignancies. The implications are unsettling, to say the least, since everyone comes into contact with such fields ,which are generated by everything electrical, from power lines and antennas to personal computers and micro-wave ovens. Because evidence on the subject is inconclusive and often contradictory, it has been hard to decide whether concern about the health effects of electricity is legitimate or the worst kind of paranoia. Now the alarmists have gained some qualified support from the US Environmental Protection Agency. In the executive summary of a new scientific review, released in draft form late last week, the EPA has put forward what amounts to the mo
A. it may stir a great deal of debate among the Bush Administration
B. every unit of the modern military has depended on the heavy use of some kind of electronic equipment
C. the Pentagon's concern was understandable
D. they had different arguments

[单项选择]The sentence "In an image-conscious society like the U.S., thin is 'in', while fat is 'out' ." means "________".

[单项选择]Basca has （）his first prize at the Intel Science Talent Search, the premier national high school science competition.
A. landed
B. lent
C. rendered
D. brought

[单项选择]______ into step with this new consumer society, the managers of firms, shops, and corporation have to make a study of the market.
A. Falling
B. To fall
C. Having fallen
D. Fallen

[单项选择]The key factor to reduce society's vulnerability to natural disasters is
A. insurance companies should be wise enough in their estimates of losses.
B. the government should bear some financial risks of disaster insurance.
C. the general public should be made fully aware of the possible damages.
D. technology should be improved and phases of prediction be considered.

[单项选择]It is commonly accepted in American society that too much sleep is______.
A. unreasonable
B. criminal
C. harmful
D. costly

[单项选择]What does the author think is society's attitude toward motorists
A. Society laughs at motorists.
B. Society tolerates their rode driving.
C. Society imposes a lot of restrictions on motorists.
D. Society encourages motorists to behave themselves.

[单项选择]The false it-couldn't-be-dones in science are comic because ______.
A. they are cliches, repeated too often by scientists
B. they are almost always proved to be wrong by later scientific research
C. they are mocked at by later generations
D. they provide material for good comedies

[单项选择]______ that a society like the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is still needed in a civilized country
A. How does it come
B. How it comes
C. How did it come about
D. How did it come

[单项选择]______that a society like the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to children is still needed in a civilized country.
A. How does it come
B. How it comes
C. How did it come about
D. How did it come