Passage Two
What should we do if we want to succeed in the project we are in charge of（）| What do we think with Only the brain
Hardly. The brain is tike a telephone exchange. It is the switchboard, but not
the whole system. Its function is to receive incoming signals, make proper
connections, and send the messages through to their destination. For efficient
service, the body must function as a whole. But where is the "mind’ Is it in the brain Or perhaps in the nervous system After all, can we say that the mind is in any particular place It is not a thing like a leg or even the brain. It is a function, an activity. Aristotle, twenty-three hundred years ago, observed that the mind was to the body what cutting was to the ax. When the ax is not in use, there is no cutting. So with the mind. "mind" said Charles H • Woolbert, "is what the body is doing." If this activity is necessary for thinking, it is also nec A. Bodily Communication. B. Bodily Actions. C. Spoken Language. D. Conversations. [单项选择]Passage 2
Clearly if we are to participle in the society in which we live we must communicate with other people. A great deal of communicating is performed on a person-to-person basis by the simple means of speech. If we travel in buses, buy things in shops, or eat in restaurants, we are likely to have conversations where we give information or opinions, receive news or comment, and very likely have our views challenged by other members of society.
Face-to-face contact is by no means the only form of communication and during the last two hundred years the art of mass communication has become of one of the dominating factors of contemporary society. Two things, above others, have caused the enormous growth of the communication industry. Firstly, inventiveness has led to advances in printing, telecommunications, photography, radio and television. Secondly, speed has revolutionized the transmission and reception of communications so that local news often takes a back seat
A. nature B. limitation C. usefulness D. creativity [单项选择]
A. People tend to be asleep on the trains. B. People usually read newspapers there. C. They always leave and arrive on time. D. There are always not enough trains. [单项选择]
A. They have to learn basics of English. B. They know clearly what they want to learn. C. It is good for them to learn general English skills. D. They want to have an up-to-date knowledge of English. [单项选择]Passage Three
How can we get rid of garbage Do we have enough energy sources to meet our future energy needs These are two important questions that many people are asking today. Some people think that man might be able to solve both problems at the same time. (83)They suggest using garbage as an energy source, and at the same time it can save the land to hold garbage.
For a long time, people buried garbage or dumped it on empty land. Now, empty land is scarce. But more and more garbage is produced each year. However, garbage can be a good fuel to use. The things do not look like coal, petroleum, or natural gas; but they are chemically similar to these fossil fuels. As we use up our fossil fuel supplies, we might be able to use garbage as an energy source.
Buring garbage is not a new idea. Some cities in Europe and the United States have been buring garbage for years. The heat that is produced by burning garbage is used to boil water. The steam that
A. The garbage burned is turned into fossil fuels. B. The heat produced is used to boil water. C. The steam produced is used to make electricity. D. The steam produced is used to heat buildings. 我来回答: 提交
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