[单项选择]Without the rapid development of science and technology, it is impossible for us to achieve modernization.


A. 因为我们没有快速发展的科学技术，所以我们不可能实现现代化。
B. 现代取得的这么多成就是不可能不依赖科技的迅速发展的。
C. 没有科学技术的迅猛发展，实现四个现代化是不可能的。
D. 要实现科学技术的迅速发展，对我们来说是不可能的。

[单项选择]Science is, as the author argues, similar to technology in that ______.


A. it involves a long process of change
B. it focuses on the casual aspects of the material world
C. it resorts to experiments as an exclusive method of research
D. it is concerned about the theoretical development

[单项选择]The rapid development of communications technology is transforming the ______ in which people communicate across time and space.
A. manner
B. mood
C. mission
D. vision

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快速应用开发（Rapid Application Development，RAD）通过使用基于（1）的开发方法获得快速开发。当（2）时，最适合于采用RAD方法。

空白（1）处应选择（）
A. 用例
B. 数据结构
C. 剧情
D. 构件

[单项选择]They are seeking to ______ the most advanced technological levels in the world.
A. obtain
B. gain
C. attain
D. arrive to

[单项选择]The most obvious and rapid change in the development of a language takes place in the area of
A. pronunciation
B. vocabulary
C. grammar
D. speech

[单项选择]The management system of the rapid transit rail lines ______.
A. is already quite developed
B. does not exist at all
C. is not good enough
D. needs to include the strict guidelines

[单项选择]How do rapid readers move their eyes in reading


A. They pause two or three times per line.
B. They never pause while reading.
C. They look primarily at the first words on a line.
D. They look primarily at the last words on a lin

[单项选择]Who can obtain more rapid success according to the passage


A. Those with wealth.
B. Those with the best brains.
C. Those with the best opportunities.
D. Those who have the ability to catch at opportunities.

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Passage One
A rapid means of long-distance transportation became a necessity for the United States as settlement(新拓居地) spread over farther westward. The early trains were impractical curiosities, and for a long time the railroad companies met with troublesome mechanical problems. The most serious ones were the construction of rails able to bear the toad, and the development of a safe, effective stopping system. Once these were solved, the railroad was established as the best means of land transportation. By 1860 there’ were thousands of. miles of railroads crossing the eastern mountain ranges and reaching westward to the Mississippi. There were also regional southern and western lines.
The high point in railroad building came with the construction of the first transcontinental sys tem. In 1862 congress authorized two western railroad companies to build lines from Nebraska west ward and from California eastward to a meeting point, so as to complete a t
A. 9 years
B. 7 years
C. 4 years
D. 3 years

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Passage Two
A rapid means of long-distance transportation became a necessity for the United States as settlement (新拓居地) spread ever farther westward. The early trains were impractical curiosities, and for a long time the railroad companies met with troublesome mechanical problems. The most serious ones were the construction of rails able to bear the load, and the development of a safe, effective stopping system. Once these were solved, the railroad was established as the best means of land transportation. By 1860 there were thousands of miles of railroads crossing the eastern mountain ranges and reaching westward to the Mississippi. There were also regional southern and western lines.
The high point in railroad building came with the construction of the first transcontinental system. In 1862 Congress authorized two western railroad companies to build lines from Nebraska westward and from California eastward to a meeting point, so as to complete a transconti
A. The possibility of government support for such a task.
B. The need to explore Utah.
C. The need to connect the east coast with the west.
D. The need to develop the railroad industry in the west.