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[单项选择]Britain has always been fortunate in having plentiful energy resources. At the end of the eighteenth century these were principally coal and, in places water power from swift-flowing streams and rivers. Coal-mining is one of the oldest and most basic of all industries. Deep mining began in Britain 300 years ago and has since been an integral part of the country’s industrial life. In coal-producing areas, other industries that could be serviced by coal grew rapidly. Factories came into being because it was more economical to manufacture goods under one large roof, where power could be concentrated rather than in the small rooms and backyards of thousands of individual workers. Industrial complexes developed where natural resources, like coal and iron, were readily available and cheap labor flowed in as a result of declining living standards in rural areas.
At the time this rapid industrialization had many critics but for working people there was no real choice: working long hours i
A. rich energy resources
B. water power
C. the declining rural economy
D. cheap labor
[单项选择]Britain, somewhat proudly, has been crowned the most watched society in the world. The country boasts 4.2 million security cameras (one for every 14 people) , a number expected to double in the next decade. A typical Londoner makes an estimated 300 closed-circuit television (CCTV) appearances a day, according to the British nonprofit surveillance Studies Network, an average easily met in the short walk between Trafalgar Square and the Houses of Parliament. Public opinion on this state of affairs is generally positive, according to recent polls. And how useful is CCTV in busting bad guys Not much, according to Scotland Yard. In terms of cost benefit, the enormous expenditure has done very little in actually preventing and solving crime.
Right under Big Brother- s nose, a new class of guerrilla artists and hackers are comrnandeering the boring, grainy images of vacant parking lots and empty corridors for their own purposes. For about $ 80 at any electronics supply store and some tec
A. Under Big Brother’s Nose.
B. Watching the Watchers.
C. Security and Surveillance Industry.
D. Britain-s Privacy Laws.
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Britain has always been
fortunate in having plentiful energy resources. At the end of the
eighteenth century these were principally coal and, in places water power from
swift-flowing streams and rivers. Coal-mining is one of the oldest and most
basic of all industries. Deep mining began in Britain 300 years ago and has
since been an integral part of the country’s industrial life. In coal-producing
areas, other industries that could be serviced by coal grew rapidly.
Factories came into being because it was more economical to manufacture
goods under one large roof, where power could be concentrated rather than in the
small rooms and backyards of thousands of individual workers. Industrial
complexes developed where natural resources, like coal and iron, were readily
available and cheap labor flowed in as a result of declining living standards in
rural areas.
At the time this rapid industrialization had many
A. rich energy resources
B. water power
C. the declining rural economy
D. cheap labor
[填空题]What has been airmailed under separate cover
______ has airmailed under separate cover.
[单项选择]Since then, the suspect has been under close watch of New York’s police.
A. under close survelliance
B. under immediate supervision
C. at the inspection
D. at the mornitoring
[单项选择]Britain, under a Labour government, considered ditching (giving up) its nuclear deterrent as a way of making crucial savings to help pave the way for an International Monetary Fund-backed rescue package during the sterling crisis of 1976, according to previously secret documents.
The crisis at the highest level of government and the British lobbying of international allies for assistance are revealed in Whitehall papers released to the National Archives, under the 30-year rule, covering the months after James Callaghan became prime minister in April 1976. he succeeded Harold Wilson who made his resignation announcement on March 16 after grappling unsuccessfully for months with an economic crisis.
The papers reveal the extent of the panic in 1976 as Britain was forced to go to the IMF to bail out the economy. The crisis was a defining moment, destroying confidence in Labour’s economic competency and paving the way for Margaret Thatcher’s rise to power.
The cabinet a
A. in order to save money for the rescue package from the International Monetary Fund
B. because the U. S. did want Britain to became a neuclear power
C. because there was no other way to cut cost
D. because Britain did not want to withdraw its army appointed in Germany
