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[单项选择]On the heels of E1 [*], its opposite, La [*] may soon arrive. In a Weekly Update, scientists at the NOAA Climate Prediction Center reported that as the 2006-2007 E1 [*] faded, surface and subsurface ocean temperatures have rapidly decreased. Recently, cooler-than-normal water temperatures have developed at the surface in the east-central equatorial Pacific, indicating a possible transition to La [*] conditions.
Typically, during the U.S. spring and summer months, La [*] conditions do not significantly impact overall inland temperature and precipitation (雨水的降落) patterns, however, La [*] episodes often do have an effect on Atlantic and Pacific hurricane activity.
"Although other scientific factors affect the hurricanes, there tends to be a greater-than-nor-mal number of Atlantic hurricanes and fewer-than-normal number of eastern Pacific hurricanes during La [*] events," said retired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans an
A. It brings an end to E1 [*].
B. It balances the effects of E1 [*].
C. It follows a decrease of ocean temperature.
D. It causes the ocean temperature to drop rapidly.
[单项选择]Every country has its heroes. They may be soldiers or sports people, doctors or film stars. We admire them for their courage, their strength, their devotion to duty or their talent. Their example inspires us to live better, to work harder.
Terry Fox was a young student who loved life and who loved sports. When he was just 18 years old a terrible tragedy occurred : his right leg had to be cut off because of cancer. Such an experience would have destroyed a weaker person—but Terry Fox was a fighter. He refused to give up. Instead, while he was recovering from the operation, an idea slowly formed in his mind. He decided he would run across Canada—in order to raise money for cancer research.
Slowly and carefully, he began to train. Every step was extremely painful, but he insisted, increasing the distance covered day by day. Sixteen months later, in the spring of 1980, he was ready for the long journey across Canada—his Marathon of Hope. it was a time of inspiration and heartbrea
A. student
B. movie star
C. soldier
D. sportsman
[单项选择]A （） infected computer may lose its data.
A. file
B. data base
C. virus
D. program
[单项选择]Why is (8) fun What delights may its practitioner expect as his reward First is the sheer joy of making things. As the child delights in his mud pie, so the adult enjoys building things, especially things of his own design. Second is the pleasure of making things that are useful to other people. Third is the fascination of fashioning complex puzzle-like objects of interlocking moving parts and watching them work in subtle cycles, playing out the consequences of principles built in from the beginning. Fourth is the joy of always learning, which springs from the (9) nature of the task. In one way or another the problem is ever new, and its solver learns something: sometimes (10) , sometimes theoretical, and sometimes both. Finally, there is the delight of working in such attractable medium. The (11) , like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. Few media of creation are so flexible, so easy to polish and rework, so readily capable o
A. programming
B. composing
C. working
D. writing
[单项选择]Why is (21) fun What delights may its practitioner expect as his reward First is the sheer joy of making things. As the child delights in his mud pie, so the adult enjoys building things, especially things of his own design. Second is the pleasure of making things that are useful to other people. Third is the fascination of fashioning complex puzzle-like objects of interlocking moving parts and watching them work in subtle cycles, playing out the consequences of principles built in from the beginning. Fourth is the joy of always learning, which springs from the
(22) nature of the task. In one way or another the problem is ever new, and its solver learns something:sometimes (23) , sometimes theoretical, and sometimes both. Finally, there is the delight of working in such a tractable medium. The (24) , like the poet, works only slightly removed from pure thought-stuff. Few media of creation are so flexible, so easy to polish and rework, so readily
A. construct
B. code
C. size
D. scale
