[单项选择]By 1850, immigration from distance shores, as well as migration from the countryside, had caused New York City’s population to swell.

[简答题]S1. The distance from the center of England to the south coast is about

[填空题]TV and the internet distance a person from his/her friends, because people nowadays ________________ (缺乏与同伴们面对面交流的机会。)

[单项选择]

M: What’s the distance from here to the city
W: It’s about 25.5 kilometers.

How far is it from here to the city （　）
A. 20 kilometers.
B. 20.5 kilometers.
C. 25.5 kilometers.

[单项选择]How is the distance-learning course different from traditional courses
A. Students are not required to attend regular class lectures.
B. The professor videotapes class lectures for review.
C. Classes are held at various locations throughout the area.
D. Students receive credit for work experience.

[简答题]Innovation can come from without as well as within. Apple is widely assumed to be an innovator, locking its engineers away to cook up new ideas and basing products on their moments of inspiration. In fact, its real skill lies in stitching together its own ideas with technologies from outside and then wrapping the results in elegant software and stylish design. Apple is, in short, an orchestrator and integrator of technologies, unafraid to bring in ideas from outside but always adding its own twists. This approach, known as "network innovation", is not limited to electronics. It has also been embraced by companies such as Procter ＆ Gamble, BT and several drugs giants, all of which have realized the power of admitting that not all good ideas start at home. Making network innovation work involves cultivating contacts with start-ups and academic researchers, constantly scouting for new ideas and ensuring that engineers do not fall prey to "not invented here" syndrome, which always valu

[填空题](see)（）from the distance, the building looks like a model.

[单项选择]（）from a distance, the island looked like a cloud.
A. Viewing
B. To view
C. Viewed
D. Being viewed

[单项选择]（）his appearance, he comes from a well-off family.
A. Judged from
B. To judge from
C. Judging from
D. Having been judging from

[填空题]The methods of teaching children to read well from the start criticized by the author include relying on educators, ineffective instructional methods and ______.

[单项选择]______ from a distance, the island looked like a cloud.
A. Viewing
B. To view
C. Viewed
D. Being viewed

[单项选择] Teaching children to read well from the start is the most important task of elementary schools. But relying on educators to approach this task correctly can be a great mistake. Many schools continue to employ instructional methods that have been proven ineffective. The staying power of the "look-say" or "whole-word" method of teaching beginning reading is perhaps the most flagrant (臭名远扬的) example of this failure to instruct effectively. The whole-word approach to reading stresses the meaning of words over the meaning of letters, thinking over decoding, developing a sight vocabulary of familiar words over developing the ability to unlock the pronunciation of unfamiliar words. It fits in with the self-directed, "learning how to learn" activities recommended by advocates (倡导者) of "open" classrooms and with the concept that children have to be developmentally ready to begin reading. Before 1963, no major publisher put out anything but these "Run-Spot-Run" readers. However, in
A. talk about shortly
B. start or cause
C. compare with
D. oppose