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[单项选择]On our first day’s driving on the Scottish island of Mull, my husband and I came to a stretch of water that we had to cross on a small ferry boat. The ferryman asked if we would (21) waiting ten minutes while he transported a family of cows (22) the water to their summer pasture. This (23) with the cows stuck in my mind as a (24) of Mull, a place far removed from the hurried confusion of city life.
For, travelers in (25) of a quiet, peaceful place, there can be few better ends. We (26) the island to be a charming mix of mountains, castles and sandy beaches. One of the best days of our trip was (27) we joined a nature tour of the island, and had the (28) fortune to see a (29) of rare creatures, including red deer and golden eagles.
But no visit to Mull is (30) without a trip to the small island of Iona. Iona has great historical (31) because it is the place where early Scottish k
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B. care
C. object
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[单项选择]How long did the first Thanksgiving Day last
A. Three weeks.
B. Two weeks.
C. Three days.
[单项选择]A client is in the first postoperative day after a total laryngectomy and radical neck dissection. Which of the following is a priority goal
A. Communicate by use of esophageal speech.
B. Improve body image and self-esteem.
C. Attain optimal levels of nutrition.
D. Maintain a patent airway.
[单项选择]The first Labor Day, (31) in New York City in 1882, was less a celebration of the dignity of work than a demonstration in favor (32) the eight-hour day, down from the prevailing 10 to 12 hours. Compared (33) then, American workers have come a long way. Congress (34) Labor Day a national holiday in 1894, and over the years it evolved into a day off rather than a moment to reflect (35) the state of labor.
It’s the bleakest Labor Day since (36) the early 1980s. With the unemployment rate at 9.7 percent in August and expected to go higher, cheery news is (37) .
Job anxiety has also increased sharply, according to opinion survey (38) by the conservative American Enterprise Institute. A Gallup poll in August found that 31 percent of workers worried about being (39) , up from 15 percent a year (40) ; 32 percent thought their wages might be (41) , up from 16 percent; and 46 percent (42) fringe benefit
A. held
B. had
C. carried
D. completed
[单项选择]On the first Earth Day, the U.S. was a poisoned nation. Dense air pollution blanketed cities like Los Angeles, where smog alerts were a fact of life. Dangerous pesticides like DDT were still in use, and water pollution was rampant—symbolized by raging fires on Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River. But the green movement that was energized by Earth Day— and the landmark federal actions that followed it—changed much of that. Today air pollution is down significantly in most urban areas, the water is cleaner, and even the Cuyahoga is home to fish again.
But if the land is healing, Americans may be sickening. Since World War Ⅱ, production of industrial chemicals has risen rapidly, and the U.S. generates or imports some 19 billion kg of them per day. These aren’t the sorts of chemicals that come to mind when we picture pollution—huge plants spilling contaminated wastewater into rivers. Rather, they’re the molecules that make good on the old "better living through chemistry" promise, appearing i
A. indignant
B. skeptical
C. puzzled
D. optimistic
