[简答题]Some fruits may be called "vegetables" because they are used in delicious foods instead of ______.

[填空题]Because canned vegetables are processed within hours of being picked, they generally ______

[填空题]Some farmers may replant corn. Others may (47) corn with soybeans (大豆). What farmers do now depends partly on the (48) of damage to the land. Floodwaters in some areas may contain industrial waste or other (49) substances.
What the weather does during the rest of the growing season will also be very (50) . Rain delay has (51) soybean planting behind the five-year average in twelve of eighteen major soybean-producing states. Other crops including wheat, rice and oats have also (52) .
In Burlington, Iowa, as many as fifty trains normally pass through the city every day, (53) carrying coal or passengers. But Burlington is quiet now until water is off the rails and workers can inspect for damage. City Manager Doug Worden says Burlington took steps to prevent (54) property damage after the record floods of fifteen years ago.
While the Midwest (55) with recent flooding, the n

[填空题]What are camels sometimes called Camels are sometimes called "______".

[判断题]Some children may still have to take an exam called "eleven-plus" nowadays.

[单项选择]

In a new book called Predictions, some of the world’s greatest thinkers present a vision of the future with overtones of a science fiction film. Futuristic author Arthur C Clarke and others suggest that a new life form will evolve from artificially intelligent machines. Humans vying for dominance will turn to genetics and cryogenics to compete.
Clarke, although he is seen as a visionary, has got it wrong before. There’s no sign of Hal the dominating computer from the film 2001: A Space Odyssey (written by Arthur C Clarke) appearing on the horizon next year to dominate human life. Even so, computers have changed the way that we work and play. The Internet is changing business, seemingly sweeping everything along on an e-tide. The Web will change the way we work -- more of us will work from home.
Futurist Ian Pearson sees a convergence between intelligent computers and biotechnology, the advent of implanted chips and enhanced intelligence. Both machines
A. the speed of computers is faster than ever
B. scientists encounter unprecedented difficulties
C. the intelligence of computers is more important than the speed
D. there is much room for the improvement of computer intelligence

[单项选择]Some readers may find it（） that a book arguing for greater literacy and intellectual discipline should lead to a call for less rather than more education.
A. appealing
B. controversial
C. paradoxical
D. ambiguous

[单项选择]Some readers may find it （） that a book arguing for greater literacy and intellectual discipline should lead to a call for less rather than more education.
A. appealing
B. controversial
C. paradoxical
D. ambiguous