[单项选择]The helicopter raid to rescue American captives in Iran in 1980 failed and it was called a(n) "（　）" rather than a "failure".
A. incomplete success
B. partial success
C. intangible success
D. mental success

[简答题]helicopter parent

[填空题]When was the helicopter made

[填空题]How can that helicopter work

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American has always been a land of beginnings. After Europeans‘iscovered’ America in the fifteenth century, the mysterious New World became for many people a genuine hope of a new life, an escape from poverty and persecution, a chance to start again. We can say that, as nation, America begins with that hope. When, however, does American literature begin
American literature begins with American experiences. Long before the first colonists arrived, before Christopher Columbus, before the Northmen who ’found’ America about the year 1,000, Native Americans lived here. Each tribe’s literature was tightly woven into the fabric of daily life and reflected the unmistakably American experience of lining with the land. Another kind of experience, one filled with fear and excitement, found its expression in the reports that Columbus and other explorers sent home in Spain, France and England. In addition, t
A. The hope that America would be discovered.
B. The hope to start a new iife.
C. The hope to see the mysteries of the New World.
D. The hope to find poverty here.

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American has always been a land of beginnings. After Europeans "discovered" America in the fifteenth century, the mysterious New World became for many people a genuine hope of a new life, an escape from poverty and persecution, a chance to start again. We can say that, as nation, America begins with that hope. When, however, does American literature begin
American literature begins with American experiences. Long before the first colonists arrived, before Christopher Columbus, before the Northmen who "found" America about the year 1,000, Native Americans lived here. Each tribe’s literature was tightly woven into the fabric of daily life and reflected the unmistakably American experience of lining with the land. Another kind of experience, one filled with fear and excitement, found its expression in the reports that Columbus and other explorers sent home in Spain, French and English. In addition, t
A. Some British writers started American literature.
B. Early-day American literature is a reflection of the boring life then.
C. Some British writers had doubts about the future of American literature.
D. Some British writers had great confidence in the future of American literatur

[填空题]British English vs. American English
American English is the form of English used in the United States. British English is the form of English used in the United Kingdom.
Ⅰ. History
A. the introduction of English to the Americans
—time: in the (1) (1)______
—way: by colonization
B. divergence after the introduction
—result: BE and AE
Ⅱ. Accents
A. before American independence
—American and British accents were similar
—both AE and BE were rhotic
i.e.letter R was pronounced (2) (2)______
B. since 1976
—accents diverged
—British English changed more
C. towards the end of the 18th century
—non-rhotic speech became (3) in Britain (3)______
—exce

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The annual review of American company board practices by Korn/Ferry, a firm of headhunters, is a useful indicator of the health of corporate governance. This year’s review, published on November 12th, shows that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, passed in 2002 to try to prevent a repeat of corporate collapses such as Enron’s and WorldCom’s, has had an impact on the boardroom—albeit at an average implementation cost that Korn/Ferry estimates at $5.1 m per firm.
Two years ago, only 41% of American firms said they regularly held meetings of directors without their chief executive present; this year the figure was 93%. But some things have been surprisingly unaffected by the backlash against corporate scandals. For example, despite a growing feeling that former chief executives should not sit on their company’s board, the percentage of American firms where they do has actually edged up, from 23% in 2003 to 25% in 2004.

A. corporate scandal
B. corporate management
C. corporate cost
D. corporate governance

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In the American family the husband and wife usually share important decision **. When the children are (51) enough, they take part as well. Foreigners are often surprised by the permissiveness(宽容) of American parents. The old rule that "children should be seen and not heard" is rarely (52) , and children are often allowed to do (53) they wish without strict control of their parents. The father seldom expects his children to listen to him (54) question, and children are encouraged to be (55) at an early age. Some people believe that American parents carry this freedom (56) far. Others think that a strong father image would not (57) the American values of equality and independence. Because Americans emphasize the importance of independence, young people are expected to (58) their parental families by the time they have (59) A. set forth
B. set aside
C. set up
D. set down