[单项选择]Fossilization is an important characteristic of the （　）.
A. native language
B. second language
C. target language
D. interlanguage

[单项选择]"Fossilization" is an important characteristic of the（　）.
A. native language
B. second language
C. target language
D. interlanguage

[单项选择]Weather forecasting was of vital (important) in the seafaring (and agricultural) lives (led by) the seventeenth-century European colonists (in what) is now the United States.

[单项选择]I believe you have （　） some important points in the report.
A. left alone
B. left behind
C. left off
D. left out

[单项选择]An important part of the national government is the Foreign Service, a branch of the Department of State.（　）
A. a unity
B. a division
C. an embassy
D. an invasion

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The most important starting point for improving the understanding of science is undoubtedly an adequate scientific education at school. Public attitudes towards science owe much the way science is taught in these S1.________ institutions. Today, school is what most people come into S2.________ contact with a formal instruction and explanation of science for the first time, at least in a systematic way. It is at this point which the foundations are laid for an interest in science. S3.________ What is taught (and how) in this first encounter will largely determine an individual’s view of the subject in adult life. Understanding the original of the negative attitudes S4.________ towards science may help us to modify them. Most education system neglect exploration, understanding and reflection. S5.________ Teachers in schools tend to present science as a collection of facts, often by more detail than necessary. As a result, S6.________ children memorize processes such as mathem

[单项选择]The familiarity factor is so important that two-thirds of the companies he invests in ______ in the neighboring area.
A. locating
B. being located
C. located
D. are located

[单项选择]One of the important properties of a scientific theory is its ability to （　） further research and further thinking about a particular topic.
A. invent
B. stimulate
C. renovate
D. advocate

[单项选择]A major characteristic of parliamentary governments is the fusion of executive and legislative powers in one body.
A. fixing
B. strength
C. union
D. alignment

[单项选择]The most prominent characteristic of handwriting is undoubtedly letter formation and slant（　）.
A. presumably
B. in many cases
C. surely
D. without bias

[单项选择]The characteristic of machine intelligence is its ______.


A. correct judgment
B. high flexibility
C. ability to think about anything
D. rigid approach to thought