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[简答题]S3. Why were the scientists who said Newton’s ideas had delayed the scientific progress wrong
[单项选择]Half the world’’s population will be speaking or learning English by 2015, researchers say. Two billion people are expected to start learning English within a decade and three billion will speak it,says a British Council estimate.
Other languages, such as French, risk becoming the casualties of this "linguistic globalization". But the boom will be over by 2050 and the English-language teaching industry will have become a victim of its own success, says David Graddol, author of the report, The Future of English.
Mr. Graddol’’s research was based on a computer model developed to estimate demand for English-language teaching around the world. The lecturer, who has worked in education and language studies at the Open University for the past 25 years, said the model charted likely student numbers through to 2050.
It was compiled by looking at various estimates from the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) on education provision, demographic projec
A. actively studied by over 200 million people.
B. freely spoken by global English learners.
C. popular with over 80% of world inhabitants.
D. really mastered by 50% of people worldwide.
[单项选择]What is said about Jimmy's uncle
A. He was not young.
B. He was not ambitious.
C. He was not happy with his job.
D. He was not willing to be a janitor.
[单项选择]What is said about Nina's brother
A. He is very ambitions.
B. He is very diligent.
C. He is to carry out his plan.
D. He does not have a plan.
[单项选择]The man is said ______ a lot in the world.
A. travel
B. to travel
C. to have traveled
[单项选择]Google’s Plan for World’s Biggest Online Library: Philanthropy Or Act of Piracy
In recent years, teams of workers dispatched by Google have been working hard to make digital copies of books. So far,Google has scanned more than 10 million titles from libraries in America and Europe—including half a million volumes held by the Bodleian in Oxford. The exact method it uses is unclear: the company does not allow outsiders to observe the process.
Why is Google undertaking such a venture’ Why is it even interested in all those out-of-print library books, most of which have been gathering dust on forgotten shelves for decades The company claims its motives are essentially public-spirited. Its overall mission, after all, is to "organise the world’s information", so it would be odd if that information did not include books.
The company likes to present itself as having lofty aspirations. "This really isn’t about making money. We are doing this for the good of society." As Santiago de la Mo
A. to save out-of-print books in libraries
B. to encourage reading around the world
C. to promote its core business of searching
D. to serve the interest of the general public
