[单项选择]Irish culture experienced a golden age from ______ to _________.


A. the eighth century, the eleventh century
B. the seventh century, the ninth century
C. the sixth century, the eighth century
D. the fifth century, the seventh century

[单项选择]Irish culture experienced a golden age from ______ to _________.


A. the eighth century, the eleventh century
B. the seventh century, the ninth century
C. the sixth century, the eighth century
D. the fifth century, the seventh century

[单项选择]It is human nature to think back to a Golden Age ______one's country was strong and respected.


A. when
B. provided
C. as
D. unless

[单项选择]It is human nature to think back to Golden Age ______ one's country was strong and respected.
A. when
B. provided
C. as
D. unless

[单项选择]The Age of Realism in America ranges from 1865 to______.


A. 1945
B. 1914
C. 1870
D. 1910

[单项选择]The Victorian Age was largely an age of

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Passage Two
The modern age is an age of electricity. People are so used to electric lights, radios, televisions, and telephones that it is hard to imagine what life would be like without them. When there is a power failure, people grope about in fickering candlelight, cars hesitate in the streets because there are no traffic lights to guide them, and food spoils in silent refrigerators.
Yet, people began to understand how electricity works only a little more than two centuries ago. Nature has apparently been experimenting in this field for millions of years. Scientists are discovering more and more that the living world may hold many interesting secrets of electricity that could benefit humanity.
All living cells sent out tiny pulses of electricity. As the heart beats, it sends off pulses of electricity that can be measured and recorded at the surface of the body. When the pulses are recorded, they form an electrocardiogram, which a doctor can study
A. Electric eels are potentially dangerous.
B. Biology and electricity appear to be closely related.
C. People would be at a loss without electricity.
D. Scientists still have much to discover about electricity.