Senator Robert Dole criticized Time Warner for______.
A.its raising of the corporate stock price
B.its self-examination of soul
C.its neglect of social responsibility
D.its emphasis on creative freedom
第1题
The author implies that by the year 2000, ______.
A.there will be a drastic rise in the five-year survival rate of skin-cancer patients
B.90 percent of the skin-cancer patients today will still be living
C.the survival statistics will be fairly even among patients with various cancers
D.there won"t be a drastic increase of survival rate of all cancer patients
第2题
Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?
A.The invention of computers is the only most important innovation in history.
B.Computers can be used in almost all fields of learning.
C.Computers can help to stop traffic accidents.
D.People will have more spare time in the future because of automation.
第3题
re already widely used in industry and in universities and the time may come when it will be possible for ordinary people to use them as well. Computers are capable of doing extremely complicated work in all branches of learning. They can solve the most complex mathematical problems or put thousands of unrelated facts in order. These machines can be put to varied uses. For instance, they can provide information on the best way to prevent traffic accidents, or they can count the number of times the word "and" has been used in the Bible. Because they work accurately and at high speed, they save research workers years of hard work. This whole process by which machines can be used to work for us has been called automation. In the future, automation may enable human beings to enjoy far more leisure than they do today. The coming of automation is bound to have important social consequences. Some time ago an expert on automation, Sir Leon Bagrit, pointed out that it was a mistake to believe that these machines could "think". There is no possibility that human beings will be "controlled by machines". Though computers are capable of learning from their mistakes and improving on their performance, they need detailed instructions from human beings in order to be able to operate. They can never, as it were, lead independent lives, or "rule the world" by making decisions of their own. Sir Leon said that in the future, computers would be developed which would be small enough to carry in the pocket. Ordinary people would then be able to use them to obtain valuable information. Computers could be plunged into a national network and be used like radios. For instance, people going on holiday could be informed about weather conditions; car drivers could be given alternative routes when there are traffic jams. It will also be possible to make tiny translating machines. This will enable people who do not share a common language to talk to each other without any difficulty or to read foreign publications, It is impossible to assess the importance of a machine of this sort, for many international misunderstandings are caused simply through our failure to understand each other. Computers will also be used in hospitals. By providing a machine with a patients symptoms, a doctor will be able to diagnose the nature of his illness. Similarly, machines could be used to keep a check on a patients health record and bring it up to date. Doctors will therefore have immediate access to a great many facts which will help them in their work. Book-keepers and accountants, too, could be relieved of dull clerical work, for the tedious task of compiling and checking lists of figures could be done entirely by machines. Computers are the most efficient servants man has ever had and there is no limit to the way they can be used to improve our lives. Questions:
According to the author, computers can be used in______.
A.mathematics
B.statistics
C.medical sciences
D.all of the above
第4题
Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?
A.The progressive tax is changing to a flat rate tax.
B.Some people are against the progressive tax.
C.Mathers holds an optimistic view of the future of a flat rate.
D.Some of Winick"s students" parents belong to a low tax bracket.
第5题
Winick does not want a flat rate tax because______.
A.it is hard to figure out that she is rich
B.she is very rich
C.she might have to pay more taxes
D.she does not agree with Mathers
第6题
A.Patients no longer needed drugs in their recovery.
B.Patients were not wholly dependent on expensive medicine.
C.Patients needed good-quality drugs in their recovery.
D.Patients used fewer pain killers in their recovery.
第7题
bservation?
A.Opposition.
B.Approval.
C.Objectivity.
D.Suspicion.
第8题
What happened in 1882 according to the passage?
A.Chester Arthur became the vice president in the United States.
B.President James Garfield was murdered and Chester Arthur held the office.
C.A lot of new cases of corruption in the government were discovered.
D.Chester Arthur succeeded in civil service reforming with the help of Congress.
第9题
e reform. Chester Arthur was elected vice-president of the United States in 1880. In the summer of 1881 President James Garfield was assassinated. A few hours after the Presidents death, Chester Arthur took the oath of office. President Arthur had been a successful lawyer and worked in politics for many years, but he had never held an elected office, so in the beginning, some Americans questioned his ability to serve in the White House. President Arthur surprised them; his success in the reform. of the civil service system won him much support from the people. In his first message to Congress President Arthur proposed a new civil service system that would let ability, not politics, decide who got government jobs. The Republican Party leaders opposed this proposal because the civil service system would stop them form. giving federal jobs to their supporters. It would destroy much of their power. These Republican leaders controlled the Congress. They refused to act on the civil service proposal. New cases of dishonesty were discovered in government departments. The public began to demand laws to clean up the civil service. In 1882 a new Congress was elected. The new Congress was controlled by the Democratic Party. President Arthur again appealed for civil service reform. This time he got results. The new Congress passed the Civil Service Bill, which required 10 percent of all federal jobs to be filled through competitive examinations. This 10 percent included most workers at the Federal Customs Houses and half the officials in the Post Office Department. Chester Arthurs efforts for honest government won him much support from the people, but he could not win the support of his own Republican Party. He failed to win the Presidential nomination in the Republican Nominating Convention in 1884. Questions:
Which of the following sentences is True according to the passage?
A.Chester Arthur killed President James Garfield and took the oath of office.
B.Chester Arthur had worked in politics for many years and held an elected office.
C.Chester Arthur was turned down by Congress when he first put forward his proposal for the new civil service system.
D.Chester Arthur was strongly opposed by Congress and the common people after he carried out his civil service reform.
第10题
Why does the author mention humans in the second paragraph?
A.To show how they use camels.
B.To contrast them to desert mammals.
C.To give instructions about desert survival.
D.To show how they have adapted to desert life.
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