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[单项选择] A 500-year-old world map that was the first to name a newfound continent west of Europe "America" was sold for one million dollars at an auction(拍卖) in Christie’’s in London.
Charles Frodshan, a London book and manuscript dealer, bought the map for 545,600 pounds during bidding at Christie’’s.
Christie’’s said the map was also the first printed portrayal(肖像图) of the Earth as a globe, the first that distinguishes North and South America individually, and the first complete picture of the Pacific Ocean. Printed in 1507 by the German geographer Martin Waldseemuller, the map is just one of five in existence and had been expected to sell for between 500,000 and 800,000 pounds.
The document, which is the most important article in the sale of maps, atlases and globes by Christie’’s, was discovered in February 2003 after a European collector realized that it was one of the maps in his collection.
"This is one of the most exciting discoveries of my career, and represents
A. Charles Frodshan.
B. Waldseemuller.
C. Tom Lamb.
D. Amerigo Vespucci.
[填空题]The industrialized First World countries should take the main responsibility for the emission of CO2.
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The world’s first completely automatic railway has been built
under the busy streets of London. On this railway, the trains drive themselves,
and all the work is done by machines. This railway has seven "separate" lines,
which connect at various stations. Together they serve most parts of England’s
capital city.
The people of London saw that this new line was
very different from the others. The stations on the other lines needed a lot of
workers. People are needed to sell tickets, and to check them. Others collect
tickets when people leave the trains. There are men and women on the platforms
(站台). They check that everything is all right. On the trains, too, there are
several workers.
This is all different on the Victoria Line.
Here a machine checks and collects the tickets, and there are no workers on the
platforms. If a man wants to ask about the trains, he must use a special
telephone.
What is supposed to be the name of the new r
[填空题]Berners-Lee finished the first browser World Wide Web by ________.
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Ten years after the birth of the
world’s first cloned (克隆) animal, Dolly the Sheep, America appears to become the
world’s first country to introduce meat and mild form cloned cattle.
Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which oversees food
safety, announced that the cloned products were safe to eat and could be put on
the market.
However, Americans remain considerably uneasy about
eating cloned food. A national poll last year found 64 percent of Americans
uncomfortable with the idea of eating cloned food.
It is
estimated that there are already several hundred cattle among America’s 9
million that have been cloned. The FDA will accept comments from the public for
the next three months before announcing its final
decision. |
What will the FDA do before announcing its final decision _____
A. They’ll do more research.
B. They’ll consider public opinion.
C. They’ll ask experts for advice.
D. They’ll wait for government’s decision.
