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for a ticket to New York and the girl in the ticket office said, "I’m sorry, I
can’t sell you a ticket. Our computer is down." "If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket." "I can’t write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so." I looked down on the computer and every passenger was just standing there staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, "What do all you people do’ "We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not." "So when it goes down, you go down with it." "That’s good, sir. ’ "How long will the computer be down" I wanted to know. "I have no idea. There’s no way we can find out without asking the computer." After the girl told me they had no backup A. When the Computer Is Down B. How to buy a ticket C. The Computer of the Airport D. Asking the Computer [单项选择]Studies reveal that people spend two hours dreaming every night, no matter what they（ ）during the day.
A. should do B. would have done C. may have done D. must do [单项选择] Two hours from the tall buildings of Manhattan and Philadelphia live some of the world’’s largest black bears. They are in northern Pennsylvania’’s Pocono Mountains, a home they share with an abundance of other wildlife.
The streams, lakes, meadows (草地), mountain ridges and forests that make the Poconos an ideal place for black bears have also attracted more people to the region. Open spaces are threatened by plans for housing estates and important habitats (栖息地) are endangered by highway construction. To protect the Poconos’’ natural beauty from irresponsible development. The Nature Conservancy (大自然保护协会) named the area one of America’’s "Last Great Places".
Operating out of a century-old schoolhouse in the village of Long Pond, Pennsylvania, the conservancy’’s bud Cook is working with local people and business leaders to balance economic growth with environmental protection. By forging partnerships with people like Francis Altemose, the Conservancy has been able to pro
A. the population in the Pocono area is growing B. wildlife in the Pocono area is dying out rapidly C. the security of the Pocono residents is being threatened D. farmlands in the Pocono area are shrinking fast 我来回答: 提交
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