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Like street–corner prophets proclaiming that the end is near, scientists who study the earth’s atmosphere have been issuing predictions of impending doom for the past few years without offering any concrete proof. So far even the experts have had to admit that no solid evidence has emerged that this is anything but a natural phenomenon. And the uncertainty has given skeptics—especially Gingrichian politicians—plenty of ammunition to argue against taking the difficult, expensive steps required to stave off a largely hypothetical calamity.
Until now, a draft report currently circulating on the Internet asserts that the global-temperature rise can now be blamed, at least in part, on human activity. Statements like this have been made before by individual researchers—who have been criticized for going too far beyond the scientific consensus. But this report comes from the International Panel on Climate Change(IPCC), a respected UN-sponsored body made up of more than 1,500
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Wall Street is a famous street in New York City. It got its name from a wooden wall. The site of the wooden wall is that of the street now.
The wall was built in the 1600s. New York was then a Dutch city. It was set up by people coming from Holland in Europe. It was called Amsterdam. The American Indians were not always friends of the Dutch; nor were the English. So the Dutch built the wooden wall to protect themselves.
The wall is gone now. But Wall Street reminds the people of New York of the Dutch who settled there.
Wall Street is a famous street in America.
[A] True.
[B] False.
[单项选择]Like street comer prophets proclaiming that tile end is near, scientists who study the earth’s atmosphere have been issuing predictions of impending doom for the past few years without offering any concrete proof. So far even the experts have had to admit that no solid evidence has emerged that this is anything but a natural phenomenon. And the uncertainty has given skeptics-especially Gingrichian politicians--plenty of ammunition to argue against taking the difficult, expensive steps required to stave off a largely hypothetical calamity.
Until now, A draft report currently circulating on the Internet asserts that the global temperature rise can now be blamed, at least in part, on human activity. Statements like this have been made before by individual researchers-who have been criticized for going too far beyond the scientific consensus. But this report comes from the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a respected UN sponsored body made up of more than 1,300 leading cl
A. confirms humans are partly responsible for global temperature rise
B. criticizes some individual researchers for going too far from scientific truth
C. reports a respected UN sponsored body
D. arouses the interest of more than 1,500 leading climate experts
[填空题]Like many of the protesters at Occupy Wall Street in New York. Amanda Vodola is young, underemployed and loaded with student debt. She spends her days running around, helping __67__the movement, and her evenings waiting tables at a restaurant in Brooklyn. Last spring, she graduated from. Fordham University__68__a degree in English. "I grew up with this narrative that to get a good job I need to go to school," she says. But the job she has "is not enough to pay the
bills."And the bills she’s __69__most about are the ones tied to that narrative: the$30 000 she__70__in college loans.
In November, when their six-month grace period run __71__,Vodola and millions of other students who graduated in May have to start__72__their loans Repayment requirements for private loans kick in regardless of whether__73__have found jobs. Since employment rates for recent college graduates have_74__in the past two years. as have starting salaries, the__75__of a sharp rise in student-loan delinquencies（到期未
A. A．raising
B．repaying
C．rearranging
D．rating
