[单项选择]The Spanish, French, Dutch, and English all vied for North American territory.


A. arrived on
B. competed for
C. disposed of
D. sailed for

[单项选择]The Spanish, French, Dutch, and English all vied for North American territiry.
A. arrived at
B. competed for
C. disposed of
D. sailed for

[单项选择]Spanish people usually speak ______ than English people.
A. quick
B. more quick
C. more quickly
D. quicken

[单项选择]What happened to the Dutch airline last week


A. The flight was canceled.
B. The airline was forced to return to Amsterdam halfway to the US.
C. An explosion occurred in the plane.
D. An air crash with the American airplane.

[单项选择]According to the Dutch psychologist, which of the following statements is NOT true
A. After vacation, his friends will complain of their illness.
B. After vacation, his friends will tell what they have enjoyed.
C. He will usually be struck down by leisure sickness before holidays.
D. He will usually be struck down by leisure sickness after he has finished a major task.

[单项选择]When winters are cold enough, the Dutch go skating on ______.


A. avenues
B. Canals
C. airports
D. highways

[单项选择]The Dutch can hold the Eleven Cities Tour when ______.


A. the Gulf Stream influences the winter weather
B. winter is very severe
C. they are the host for the Olympics
D. half a million people take part

[单项选择]The Dutch winters are influenced by the Gulf Stream, which is ______.


A. a warm and powerful ocean stream
B. a cold and strong wind from the Gulf
C. a cold and powerful ocean current
D. a warm and powerful wind from the ocean

[单项选择]The majority of French Canadians live in
A. Quebec.
B. Ontario.
C. Newfoundland.
D. Nova Scotia.

[单项选择]What have the two French geophysicists discovered in their research

[单项选择]Many of the "Dutch" expressions were invented with derogatory (贬义) sense, because ______.
A. the Dutch were underdeveloped people.
B. Britain and Holland were competitors at that time.
C. The Dutch had many bad habits.
D. The British were superior to the Dutch.

[单项选择]The French geophysicists' study is different from currently prevailing theories in ______.

[单项选择]

In 1637 the French mathematician Rene Descartes predicted that it would never be possible to make a machine that thinks as humans do. In 1950, the British mathematician and computer pioneer Alan Turing declared that one day there would be a machine that could duplicate human intelligence in every way and prove it by passing a specialized test. In this test, a computer and a human hidden from view would be asked random identical questions. If the computer were successful, the questioner would be unable to distinguish the machine from the per son by the answers.
Inspired by Turing’s theory, the first conference on AI convened at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire in 1956. Soon afterwards and Al laboratory was started at Massachusetts Institute of Technology by John McCarthy and Marvin Minsky, two of the nation’s leading Al proponents. McCarthy also invented the Al computer language, Lisp; but by the early 1990s Al itself had not been achieved. However, logic pro
A. Recognition and computation separately.
B. Recognition and computation simultaneously.
C. Computation followed by checking.
D. Recognition, reasoning and then computation.