| Two travelers engaged in a warm dispute
about the color of the Chameleon. One of them affirmed it was blue, that he had
seen it with his own eyes upon the naked branch of a tree, feeding on the air in
a very clear day. The other strongly asserted it was green, and that he had
viewed it very closely and minutely upon the broad leaf of a fig tree. Both of
them were positive, and the dispute was rising to a quarrel; but a third person
luckily coming by, they agreed to refer the question to his decision.
"Gentlemen," said the Arbitrator, "You could not have been more lucky in your
reference, as I happen to have caught one of them last night; but, indeed, you
are both mistaken, for the creature is totally black." "Black, impossible."
"Nay," said the Umpire, with great assurance, "the matter may be soon decided,
for I immediately enclos A. looks are deceiving B. never judge a book by its cover C. truth changes with time D. every yea has its nay [单项选择]
A. Both are native residents. B. Both are immigrants. C. Both love hunting. D. Both believe in the church of St. Paul. [单项选择]What can we know about the two speakers
A. Both of them have a little brother. B. Both of them are 6 years older than their brothers. C. The woman is 6 years older than her brother. [单项选择]Which of the following about the two robbers is NOT true
A. Both were wearing dark sweaters. B. Neither was wearing glasses. C. Both were about the same age. D. One of them was marked by a scar. [填空题]Why did Peter ask for an explanation about the two items mentioned
Because he ______ the difference between them.
[单项选择]What do we learn about the two speakers（）
A. They’ll keep in touch during the summer vacation. B. They’ll hold a party before the summer vacation. C. They’ll do odd jobs together at the school library. D. They’ll get back to their school once in a while. [单项选择]Which of the following is NOT tree about the two antagonists（ ）.
A. France was predominant on land. B. Britain was predominant at sea. C. The only way for France to win was to close all the ports of Europe to British ships. D. France set out to overcome Britain by building more warships along their ports. [填空题]One of the strangest things about dispute over advertising is that
the greater the fuss the much of a mystery the industry itself seems to become. Advertising is a passionate area. It seems to affect those who attack it and those who defend it in remarkable similar ways. (1) ______ Before long both are exhibiting the same compulsive urge to overstate their case to that it is difficult to believe that the critics and the defenders of advertising are even arguing for the same thing. But (2) ______ just as it seemed sensible for us to regard advertising without go to (3) ______ either extreme, so it also seemed logical to try and find as coldbloodedly as if we could, what advertising in the Britain of the sixties (4) ______ really was. We knew that they consumed around ＄ 950 million a year, or (5) ______ roughly 2 percent of the national income. W 我来回答: 提交
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