A. Not everyone in Chile is happy. Investors in the smaller companies whose mines have been closed in the safety clamp-down are particularly displeased. But as well as complying with safety standards, it is helpful if mining companies have the resources, technical and financial, to cope when accidents do happen, as they inevitably will. As BP has demonstrated, being a big, well-financed business is no guarantee of an impeccable safety record. But BP did have one thing going for it—deep pockets. It has met the estimated $10 billion cost of the clean up so far, without recourse to the taxpayer.
B. Like unhappy families, every corporate disaster is unhappy in its own way. Except the Chilean mining disaster, which appears to be that rare phenomenon—a corporate disaster with a happy ending.
C. Of course, some people make their own luck. Unlike Tony Hayward, who sailed his yacht in the Channel while BP spewed oil in the Gulf of Mexico, President Pinera didn&
A. Not everyone in Chile is happy. Investors in the smaller companies whose mines have been closed in the safety clamp-down are particularly displeased. But as well as complying with safety standards, it is helpful if mining companies have the resources, technical and financial, to cope when accidents do happen, as they inevitably will. As BP has demonstrated, being a big, well-financed business is no guarantee of an impeccable safety record. But BP did have one thing going for it—deep pockets. It has met the estimated $10 billion cost of the clean up so far, without recourse to the taxpayer.
B. Like unhappy families, every corporate disaster is unhappy in its own way. Except the Chilean mining disaster, which appears to be that rare phenomenon—a corporate disaster with a happy ending.
C. Of course, some people make their own luck. Unlike Tony Hayward, who sailed his yacht in the Channel while BP spewed oil in the Gulf of Mexico, President Pinera didn&
| Everyone ought to know that the world
is in danger. It is hoped that every government should act quickly in order to
conserve (保护) nature. Here is one example of the problem. At one time there were
1,300 different plants, trees and flowers in Holland, but now only 866. The
others have been destroyed by modem man and his technology. We are changing the
earth, the air and the water, and everything that grows and lives~ We cannot
live without these things either. What will happen in the future Perhaps it is more important to ask "What must we do now " The people who will be living in the world of tomorrow are the young of today. A lot of them know that conservation is necessary. Many are helping to save our world. In some countries young people spend their spare time as "conservation volunteers". They plant trees, build bridges acro A. every government is conserving nature B. people are changing the earth C. people’s technology is good to nature D. we can live without plants, trees and flowers [单项选择]
{{B}}TEXT A{{/B}} Everyone is familiar with the cry of the director who is about to shoot a scene for a new movie. "Quiet on the set!" is the command. When all is ready, the next order is "Action!" Then the actors begin to play their roles in the setting that has been made for them. Before they have gotten this far, however, great pains have been taken to set the scene just the way the director wants it. The reason such care is taken to set a scene is that the setting must do a great deal for the viewers when the movie is completed. Think for a moment about a movie or television show you have seen recently. As soon as the show begins, you get some very distinct impressions. From the way people dress, the way they live, and the vehicles they ride in, you know at once where you are and if the story takes place in the present or in the past. If it’s a bright, sunny day in a park, you will tend to feel bright and s A. the shooting of a movie B. the arrangement of the setting before shooting a movie C. the importance of setting in movie-shooting D. the influence of setting on your mood [单项选择]In 17th-century New England, almost everyone believed in witches. Struggling to survive in a vast and sometimes unforgiving land, America’s earliest European settlers understood themselves to be surrounded by an inscrutable universe filled with invisible spirits, both benevolent and evil, that affected their lives. They often attributed a sudden illness, a household disaster or a financial setback to a witch’s curse. The belief in witchcraft was, at bottom, an attempt to make sense of the unknown.
While witchcraft was often feared, it was punished only infrequently. In the first 70 years of the New England settlement, about 100 people were formally charged with being witches; fewer than two dozen were convicted and fewer still were executed. Then came 1692. In January of that year, two young girls living in the household of the Reverend Samuel Parris of Salem Village began experiencing strange fits. The doctor identified witchcraft as tile cause. After weeks of questioning, t A. The Significance of Salem’s Witch Trials. B. European Settlers and American Indians. C. The Reflection on the Details of Salem’s Witch Trials. D. Campaigning on the Indian Frontier. 我来回答: 提交
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