If you look closely at some of the early copies of
the Declaration of Independence, beyond the flourished signature of John Hancock
and the other 55 men who signed it, you will also find the name of one woman,
Mary Katherine Goddard. It was she, a Baltimore printer, who published the first
official copies of the Declaration, the first copies that included the names of
its signers and therefore heralded the support of all thirteen
colonies. Mary Goddard first got into printing at the age of twenty-four when her brother opened a printing shop in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1762. When he proceeded to get into trouble with his partners and creditors, it was Mary Goddard and her mother who were left to run the shop. In 1765 they began publishing the Providence Gazette, a weekly newspaper. Similar problems seemed to follow her brothe [填空题]This passage gives a general description of some of the famous universities in China.
[单项选择]In order to limit the damage and to prevent some of the suffering resulting from earthquakes, scientists are working on ways to enable accurate prediction, Special instruments are used to help people record, for example, shaking of the earth. Scientist are trying to find methods that will enable them to indicate the exact time, location and size of an earthquake.
Certain phenomena have been observed which are believed to be the signs of imminent(即将发生的) earthquakes. These include strange behaviours of some animals, the changes in the content of mineral water, etc. The magnetic properties of rocks may also display special pattern before major earthquakes happen. Signs of imminent earthquakes include all the following BUT A. strange behaviours of animals. B. changes in the content of mineral water. C. the magnetic properties of rocks. D. dramatic change in climat [填空题]() is a process by which one sound takes on some or all the characteristics of a neighboring sound.
[单项选择]To such an extent( )his empty speech that some of us began to doze.
A. did he go on with B. he would go on with C. he went on with D. he did go on with [填空题]As a matter of fact, we to some extent pay ______ whenever we are involved in purchase transactions
[填空题]In this article the author asserts that recycling has turned out to be the only way of preventing modern societies from turning into throwaway societies.
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{{B}}TEXT E{{/B}} So you think you have some of the good things in life. You’ve got a video tape recorder and a device that answers the phone for you. And there’s a gadget that turns on the lights when you’re out. Then there are all those goodies in the kitchen. How about the electric knife, the coffee maker, the ice maker Feel good about having all that stuff or do you wonder whether the gadgets are running you instead of you running them Americans apparently feel more hurried than ever these days. Part of the reason is trying to keep up with the demands on their time to purchase, store, service, repair, replace, and protect all those "time-saving" machines. Add to them the problems of the extra car and the bigger house. And there’s the RV parked on the side lawn. A fellow may, poor soul, feel just at wits end. "Americans are eating up their leisure time by overloading themselves with all kinds of gadgets. "So says A. Seeing films. B. Repairing cars. C. Washing clothes. D. Buying video games. 我来回答: 提交
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