In chronological order, which novel was first published？

When was Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass first published?

A.1867.

B.1860.

C.1856.

D.1855.

His "Selected Poems" ______ in 1955.

  A) was first published         B) has been first published

  C) were first published        D) had first been published

Which of the following is the immediate effect of the first Earth Day? 查看材料

A.The Environmental Protection Agency was founded.

B.Congressional Protection for water was passed.

C.There are more demonstrations followed.

D.Denis Hayes published his Clean Energy Now.

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Thousands of years ago man used handy rocks for his surgical operations．Later he used sharpbones or horns, metal knives and more recently, rubber and plastic．In the 1960s a new tool wasdeveloped, one which was, first of all, to be of great practical use to the armed forces and indus-try, but which was also to revolutionize the art and science of surgery．

The tool is the laser and it is being used by more and more surgeons all over the world．As weall know, light is hot, and any source of light will give warmth．But light is usually spread outover a wide area．The light in a laser beam, however, is concentrated．This means that a light withno more power than that produced by an ordinary electric light bulb becomes intensely strong as itis concentrated to a pinpoint-sized beam．

Experiments with these pinpoint beams showed researchers that different energy sources pro-duce beams that have a particular effect on certain living cells．It is now possible for eye surgeonsto operate on the back of human eye without harming the front of the eye, simply by passing a laserbeam right through the eye-ball．Operations which once left patients exhausted and in need of longperiod of recovery time now leave them feeling relaxed and comfortable．

The rapid development of laser techniques in the past ten years has made it clear that the futureis likely to be very exciting．Perhaps some cancers will be treated with laser in a way that makessurgery not only safer but also more effective．

Which of the following would be appropriate to describe the instruments of surgical opera-tions up until 1960s? 查看材料

A.Traditional．

B.Complicated．

C.Remarkable．

D.Revolutionary．

（） Consumerism can be a destructive psychological addiction that destroys our financial resources, well-being, and hope. I ’ m sure that desire wasn ’ t the only drug in this household. The big-screen TV was likely running non-stop, altering this poor family member ’ s brains by imparting the questionable wisdom that having nice things and living a lifestyle of conspicuous consumption is the answer to all of their dreams and woes. 题目: What does “ alter ” mean?

A．change

B．replace

C．give up

D．end

（） Consumerism can be a destructive psychological addiction that destroys our financial resources, well-being, and hope. I ’ m sure that desire wasn ’ t the only drug in this household. The big-screen TV was likely running non-stop, altering this poor family member ’ s brains by imparting the questionable wisdom that having nice things and living a lifestyle of conspicuous consumption is the answer to all of their dreams and woes. 题目: Why does the author think that the big-screen TV is harmful to this poor family?

A．because it costed too much money．

B．because watching TV was harmful to their eyesight．

C．because it negatively affected the belief of this family．

D．because this family was burdened with debts．

His first novel was a failure,______.

A．his second novel was either

B．so was his second novel

C．neither was his second novel

D．so his second novel was