[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]How do the older generation and the younger one think about money


A. The former thinks more of money than the latter.
B. The younger generation values money more than the older generation.
C. Both generations rely on the imaginative power of bankers to make money.
D. To the former money is a real commodity but to the latter be a means to produce more money.

[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 property of a scientific theory is its ability to ________ further research and further thinking about a particular topic.


A. stimulate
B. renovate
C. arouse
D. advocate

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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 important criterion to differentiate homonyms from polysemants is to see their （）
A. spelling
B. pronunciation
C. etymology
D. usage

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Recycling is one of the best environmental success stories of the late 20th century. But we could do more. People must not see recycling .as fashionable, but essential.
The Japanese are very good at recycling because they live in a crowded country.
They do not have much space. They do not want to share their limited space with rubbish. But even so, Tokyo area alone is estimated to have three million tons of leftover rubbish at present.
In 1996, the United States recycled and composted (制成肥料)57 million tons of waste (27% of the nation’s solid waste). This is 57 million tons of waste which did not go into landfills and incinerators (焚化炉). In doing this, 7,000 rubbish collection programmes and recycling centres helped the authorities.
In Rockford, a city in Illinois, US, its officials choose one house each week and check its garbage (废物). If the garbage does not contain any newspapers or alumini
A. It recycles 1 out of every 3 newspapers each year.
B. It recycles 1 out of every 4 glass bottles and jars each year
C. It recycles 1 out of every 3 aluminium cans each year.
D. It recycles 1 out of every 4 items of clothing each year.