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Remember the Stone Age days of research back in elementary school and middle school We would spend countless hours digesting the information we could find on index cards. Do you recall using those ancient computers that ran with the Gopher program or some generic database whose name connoted a marmot that could take haft an hour to find Moby Dick
Well, all I have to say can be summed up in five words: Thank God For The Internet! Screw going to the library! I have access to dozens of databases, journals, and collections of literature right at my finger- tips. I can complete all of my research at home and no longer must run amok in the library, stressing out while trying to find Shakespeare’s The Tempest or some other book, all the while trying to block out the noisy study groups who have forgotten what the "silence policy of libraries" means.
If you recall the flood epidemic that hit Colorado State University just a couple summers ago, that natural
A. great concern.
B. widespread horror.
C. long-lasting influence.
D. great damage or destruction.
[单项选择]Stone Age potters crafted complicated and often delicate ceramic pots, tools, and jewelry. They also crafted crude pottery figurines. Many of the delicate ceramic pots, tools, and jewelry have been found intact or nearly so, whereas the figurines, crafted at roughly the same time as the ceramics, have largely been found in tiny fragments.
Which of the following, if true, best explains why few of the pottery figurines, but many of the delicate ceramics, have been found intact ？（）
A. When a pottery piece from any batch was broken during finishing, Stone Age people sometimes deliberately smashed the rest of that batch, perhaps to avert bad luck.
B. The composition of clay, which affects the durability of any pottery made from it, varies greatly from one area of the world to another.
C. Pottery was invented in the Stone Age, and techniques for making pottery were mastered well before those required for delicate ceramic work.
D. Stone Age potters drafted pottery figurines as frequently as they did ceramic pieces.
E. Many Stone Age rituals involved the destruction of a pottery figurine, perhaps as a sacrifice to the gods.
[单项选择]It is human nature to think back to Golden Age______ one’’ s country was strong and respected.
A. when
B. provided
C. as
D. unless
[单项选择]How did Jane spend her days before she went back to work（）
A. Doing housework.
B. Looking after her neighbor’s children.
C. Reading papers and watching TV.
D. Taking good care of her husband.
[单项选择]Back in the days when people traveled by horse and carriage, Karl Benz （） the world with his extraordinary three-wheeled motor vehicle.
A. inhibited
B. extinguished
C. quenched
D. stunned
