【单选题】The story of __________ is the highest point of the Arthurian romances.

A、first lumbar spinous process

B、second lumbar spinous process

C、third lumbar spinous process

D、fourth lumbar spinous process

E、fifth lumbar spinous process

The essential point of the story is that ______.

A．Orwell regretted the streak of cruelty that had led him to shoot an elephant

B．Orwell, as an official, had to defend the Burmese crowd b shooting the elephant

C．A foreign ruling class has to behave in the way that the conquered natives expect it to behave

D．Circumstances can lead men--as they led Orwell in this story--to carry out more extreme actions than were necessary

Retrograde motion is the ().

A.Movement of the points of intersection of the planes of the ecliptic and the equator

B.Apparent westerly motion of a planet with respect to stars

C.Movement of a superior planet in its orbit about the Sun

D.Movement of the celestial north pole in an elliptical pattern in space

Which of the following was NOT included in the six-point demand of the Chartist Movement?

A. Equal electoral districts B. Voting by secret ballot

C. The vote for all adult males D. The vote for all adult females

The point of the restorationist Critique of preservationism is the claim that it rests on an unhealthy dualism that conceives nature and humankind as radically distinct and opposed to each other. Dissatisfaction with dualism has "for some time figured prominently in the unhappiness of environmentalists with mainstream industrial society." However, the writings of the restorationists themselves—particularly, William Jordan and Frederick Turner-offer little evidence to support' this accusation. In their view, preservationists are filled with the same basic mind-set as the industrial mainstream, the only difference being that the latter ranks humans over nature while the former elevates nature over humans. While it is perhaps puzzling that Jordan and Turner do not see that there is no logic that requires dualism as a philosophical basis for preservation, more puzzling is the sharpness and ruthlessness of their attack on preservationists, reinforced by the fact that they offer little, if any, criticism of those who have robbed the natural world.

The crucial question, however, about the restorationist outlook has to do with the degree to which the restorationist program is itself faithful to the first principle of restoration: that nature and humanity are fundamentally united rather than separate. Rejecting the old domination model, which sees humans as over nature, restoration theory supports a model of community participation. Yet some of the descriptions that Jordan and Turner give of what restorationists are actually up to—for example, Turner's description of humans as "the lords of creation", or Jordan's statement that "the fate and well being of the biosphere depend ultimately on us and our relationship with it"—are not consistent well with the community—participation model.

Another holistic model namely, that of nature as an organism—might be more serviceable to the restorationists. As with the community model, the "organic" model pictures nature as a system of interconnected parts. A fundamental difference, however, is that in an organism the parts are wholly useful to the life of the organism. If we could think of the biosphere as a single living organism and could identify humans with the brain (or the DNA), or control center, we would have a model that more closely fits the restorationists view.

However, to consider humans as the control center of the living earth is to attribute to them a dominating role in nature. Is this significantly different from the old-fashioned domination model? In both systems humans hold the place of highest authority and power in the world. Also neither view recognizes any limits to the scope and range of reasonable human manipulation in the world. This does not mean that there are no restrictions, only beneficial manipulation, should be undertaken. But it does not mean that nothing is off-limits. A further parallel is that, because the fate of the world rests on humans, they must have a clear idea of what needs to be done. There are also important differences between the two theories. For example, restorationists no longer view the world in the old dominationist way as a passive object. And though both assign to humans a controlling role in the world, dominationists conceive this in terms of conquest while restorationists conceive it in terms of healing. Also, restorationists insist that the ideas which must serve to guide our work in the world are drawn not solely from a consideration of human needs and purposes but from an understanding of the biosphere; as a result, they are more conscious than dominationists of our capacity to human nature.

The author would probably agree that preservationists______.

A．are not critical engugh of those who have robbed the natural world

B．base their ideas on an unhealthy dualism

C．have the same basic mind-set as the industrial mainstream

D．have been unfairly criticized by restorationists

根据以上内容，回答下列各题。 Passage One The humorous story may be told to greAT length，and may wander around asmuch as itpleases，and arrive nowhere in particular；but the comic(滑稽的)story and the witty(诙谐的)story must be brief and end with a point．Thehumorous story continues gently along．theother twoburst． Thehumorous story is strictly a work of an—high andDelicate(精美的)an-and onlyall artistcan tell it；But no art is necessary in telling the comic and witty stories；anybody cando it．The art of telling a humorous story—I mean by word of mouth，not print—was created inAmerica，and hasremained at home． The humorous story is told seriously；the tellerDoes his best tohide the fact that he him．self even suspects that thereis anything funny about it；but the teller of the comicstory tellsyou beforehand that it is one of the funniest things he has everheard，then tells it with eagerdelight，and is the first person to laugh． When hegets through，andsometimes，if he has had good SUCCESS。he is so glad and happy that he will repeat the point of it andglance around from face to face，collecting applause(喝彩)，and then repeat it again． Which story has noparticular point?

A.The humorous story．

B.The witty story．

C.The comic story．

D.All three．

根据以上内容，回答下列各题。 Passage One The humorous story may be told to greAT length，and may wander around asmuch as itpleases，and arrive nowhere in particular；but the comic(滑稽的)story and the witty(诙谐的)story must be brief and end with a point．Thehumorous story continues gently along．theother twoburst． Thehumorous story is strictly a work of an—high andDelicate(精美的)an-and onlyall artistcan tell it；But no art is necessary in telling the comic and witty stories；anybody cando it．The art of telling a humorous story—I mean by word of mouth，not print—was created inAmerica，and hasremained at home． The humorous story is told seriously；the tellerDoes his best tohide the fact that he him．self even suspects that thereis anything funny about it；but the teller of the comicstory tellsyou beforehand that it is one of the funniest things he has everheard，then tells it with eagerdelight，and is the first person to laugh． When hegets through，andsometimes，if he has had good SUCCESS。he is so glad and happy that he will repeat the point of it andglance around from face to face，collecting applause(喝彩)，and then repeat it again． Which story has noparticular point?

A.The humorous story．

B.The witty story．

C.The comic story．

D.All three．

According to paragraph 2, which of the following is true? [ A] ChoicePoint is an agency that is responsible for the information leakage. [ B ] ChoicePoint is an agency where Social Security numbers are kept. [ C ] Personal information is most unsafe with Bank of America. [ D ] The loss of data tapes in Bank of America is a case of identity theft.