[填空题]The Amazon rainforest would be safe if strong laws were passed to protect it.

[填空题]The Amazon rainforest would be safe if strong laws were passed to protect it.

[填空题]If it were simply a matter of passing strong laws to protect it, the Amazon rainforest—the world’s largest tropical forest—would be safe. Brazil, whose territory includes about two-thirds of the forest, has (36) tough laws that, on paper, set most of it aside as a nature reserve and (37) stiff penalties for illegal logging. But the latest annual figures for deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon have confirmed a disturbing recent trend: the destruction is (38) despite all efforts to curb it.
The area deforested in the past year was up 6% in 2003, far worse than the Brazilian government’s (39) that it would rise by no more than about 2%. It had been the second worst year for the destruction of the rainforest since satellite surveys began. It is reckoned that almost a fifth of the Brazilian part of the forest has now been (40) out; if it were to continue at this rate, it would all be flattened within the next two centuries. Wor

[单项选择]Confucius, it’s safe to say, would be disappointed with how people in the U. S. view educator, s, More than 300 Chinese teachers have been learning first-hand that Americans tend not to hold educators in as high a regard as many Chinese people do.
These teachers are in the U.S. thanks to a partnership between China’s Education Ministry and the U. S. College Board. They are teaching Chinese language and culture to U. S. high school students and are themselves learning a lot--like how little U. S. teachers are paid, and how much teachers must cater to the needs of their students.
"This country doesn’t value teachers, and that upsets me," Zheng Yue, a Chinese teacher working in the U.S. state of Oklahoma, told The New York Times. "Teachers don’t earn much, and this country worships making money. In China, teachers don’t earn a lot either, but it’s a very honorable career. "
Teachers like Zheng have also learned that students are treated differently in the U. S.. Once,
A. Americans tend not to respect educators as many Chinese people do
B. the U.S. teachers must cater more to the needs of their students
C. the people in the U.S. worship making money
D. teachers don’t earn much

[填空题]Laws concerning discrimination, capital punishment, sexual behavior, and the conditions under which individuals may be held _______ (依法为…负责) their actions are influenced by psychological theories and research.

[填空题]Laws concerning discrimination and the conditions under which individuals may be ____________________ (依法为……负责)their actions are influenced by the research.