Years after the accident he was still ________ by images of death and destruction.A
Years after the accident he was still ________ by images of death and destruction.
A.submerged
B.dipped
C.twisted
D.haunted
Years after the accident he was still ________ by images of death and destruction.
A.submerged
B.dipped
C.twisted
D.haunted
A brass pipe is twisted by torques T = 800acting at the ends causing an angle of twist of. The pipe has the following properties: L =2.1 m ,= 38 mm , and= 56 mm . The shear modulus of elasticity G of the pipe is approximately:
A、36.1 GPa
B、37.3 GPa
C、38.7 GPa
D、40.6 GPa
A、provide the latest information
B、contribute to the education
C、serve as a way of entertainment
D、introduce you new things that you might be interested in
Throughout history, humans have suffered from a condition that they have never been able to escape—ageing. Some researchers, however, believe we may be thinking about it in the wrong way. They say we should start treating ageing itself as a disease—one that can be prevented and treated.
Their hopes are founded on recent discoveries that suggest biological ageing may be entirely preventable and treatable. From a biological preventive, the body ages at different rates according to genetic and environmental factors. Tiny errors build up in our DNA and our cells begin developing faults that can grow into tissue damage, which leads to ageing and ageing—related diseases.
One of the leading figures in human life research, Aubrey De Grey, explains in an interview that their goal is to develop a set of therapies for middle-aged and older people that will leave them physically and mentally equivalent(相当的) to someone under the age of 30. “Of course, without wiping their memories,” he adds. But he doesn’t think that is will be possible to stop ageing altogether. He sees a future where “rejuvenation technologies” can be applied to old people in order to revert their cells to what they were like when they were in their youth, buying them extra time. The idea is that someone who is treated at the age of 60 will be biologically reverted to 30. But because the therapies are not permanent fixes. Their cells will end up becoming 60 years old again in another 30 years time.
21. By “treating ageing itself as a disease”, some researchers mean _____
A.Aged people are liable to diseases
B.Ageing can be dealt with like a disease
C.Ageing is a disease hard to cure
D.Ageing should be treated carefully
Humans age at different rates due to _____ reasons.A.Physical
B.Biological
C.Genetic and environmental
D.DNA and cell-related
What will happen if someone is treated with De Grey’s technology?A.He will stay young for a longer time
B.He will no longer grow old
D.He will live up to at least 60 years old
F.He will not get ageing-related diseases.
What does “rejuvenation” (para.3) possibly mean?B.Relating to cells
C.Relating to genes.
D.Becoming healthy.
E.Becoming young
The goal of De Grey’s research is to _____.A.Freeze people’s age
B.Make people younger
C.Stop ageing altogether
D.Adjust people’s memories
They’re just like you. But with lots of money.
When you think of “millionaire”, what image comes to your mind? For many of us, it’s a flashy Wall Street banker type who flies a private jet, collects cars and lives the kind of decadent lifestyle. that would make Donald Trump proud.
But many modern millionaires live in middle-class neighborhoods, work full-time and shop in discount stores like the rest of us. What motivates them isn’t material possessions but the choices that money can bring. “For the rich, it’s not about getting more stuff. It’s about having the freedom to make almost any decision you want,” says T. Harv Eker, author of Secrets of the Millionaire Mind. Wealth means you can send your child to any school or quit a job you don’t like.
According to the Spectrem Wealth Study, an annual survey of America’s wealthy, there are more people living the good life than ever before — the number of millionaires nearly doubled in the last decade. And the rich are getting richer. To make it onto the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans, a mere billionaire no longer makes the cut. This year you needed a net worth of at least $1.3 billion.
If more people are getting richer than ever, why shouldn’t you be one of them? Here are the secrets revealed by the people who have at least a million dollars in liquid assets.
1. Set your sights on where you’re going
Twenty years ago, Jeff Harris hardly seemed on the road to wealth. He was a college dropout who struggled to support his wife, DeAnn, and three kids, working as a grocery store clerk and at a junkyard where he melted scrap metal alongside convicts (囚犯). “At times we were so broke that we washed our clothes in the bathtub because we couldn’t afford the Laundromat.” Now he’s a 49-year-old investment advisor and multimillionaire in York, South Carolina.
There was one big reason Jeff pulled ahead of the pack: He always knew he’d be rich. The reality is that 80 percent of Americans worth at least $5 million grew up in middle-class or lesser households, just like Jeff.
Wanting to be wealthy is a crucial first step. Eker says, “The biggest obstacle to wealth is fear. People are afraid to think big, but if you think small, you’ll only achieve small things.”
It all started for Jeff when he met a stockbroker at a Christmas party. “Talking to him, it felt like discovering fire,” he says. “I started reading books about investing during my breaks at the grocery store, and I began putting $25 a month in a mutual fund.” Next he taught a class at a local community college on investing. His students became his first clients, which led to his investment practice. “There were lots of struggles,” says Jeff, “but what got me through it was believing with all my heart that I would succeed.”
2. Educate yourself
When Steve Maxwell graduated from college, he had an engineering degree and a high-tech job — but he couldn’t balance his checkbook. “I took one finance class in college but dropped it to go on a ski trip,” says the 45-year-old father of three, who lives in Windsor, Colorado. “I actually had to go to my bank and ask them to teach me how to read my statement (结算单).”
One of the biggest obstacles to making money is not understanding it: Thousands of us avoid investing because we just don’t get it. But to make money, you must be financially literate. “It bothered me that I didn’t understand this stuff,” says Steve, “so I read books and magazines about money management and investing, and I asked every financial whiz (高手) I knew to explain things to me.”
He and his wife started applying the lessons: They made a point to live below their means. They never bought on impulse, always negotiated better deals (on their cars, cable bills, furniture) and stayed in their home long after they could afford a more expensive one. They also put 20 percent of their annual salary into investments.
Within ten years, they were millionaires, and people were coming to Steve for advice. “Someone would say, ‘I need to refinance my house — what should I do?’ A lot of times, I wouldn’t know the answer, but I’d go find it and learn something in the process,” he says.
In 2003, Steve quit his job to become part owner of a company that holds personal finance seminars for employees of corporations like Wal-Mart. He also started going to real estate investment seminars, and it’s paid off: He now owns $30 million worth of investment properties, including apartment complexes, a shopping mall and a quarry.
“I was an engineer who never thought this life was possible, but all it truly takes is a little self-education,” says Steve. “You can do anything once you understand the basics.”
3. Passion pays off
In 1995, Jill Blashack Strahan and her husband were barely making ends meet. Like so many of us, Jill was eager to discover her purpose, so she splurged on a session with a life coach. “When I told her my goal was to make $30,000 a year, she said I was setting the bar too low. I needed to focus on my passion, not on the paycheck.”
Jill, who lives with her son in Alexandria, Minnesota, owned a gift basket company and earned just $15,000 a year. She noticed when she let potential buyers taste the food items, the baskets sold like crazy. Jill thought, Why not sell the food directly to customers in a fun setting?
With $6,000 in savings, a bank loan and a friend’s investment, Jill started packaging gourmet foods in a backyard shed and selling them at taste-testing parties. It wasn’t easy. “I remember sitting outside one day, thinking we were three months behind on our house payment, I had two employees I couldn’t pay, and I ought to get a real job. But then I thought, No, this is your dream. Recommit and get to work.”
She stuck with it, even after her husband died three years later. “I live by the law of abundance, meaning that even when there are challenges in life, I look for the win-win,” she says.
The positive attitude worked: Jill’s backyard company, Tastefully Simple, is now a direct-sales business, with $120 million in sales last year. And Jill was named one of the top 25 female business owners in North America by Fast Company magazine.
According to research by Thomas J. Stanley, author of The Millionaire Mind, over 80 percent of millionaires say they never would have been successful if their vocation wasn’t something they cared about.
1. How does the passage portray modern millionaires?
A) People who fly private planes. B) People who have the freedom to make any decision.
C) People who do part-time jobs. D) People who lead rotten lives.
2. How much net worth is needed if you want to be one of the richest Americans, according to the Forbes?
A) $5 million. B) $30 million. C) $120 million. D) $1.3 billion.
3. How old was Jeff Harris when he was so poverty-stricken that he could barely support his family?
A) 45. B) 29. C) 35. D) 49.
4. What should people do to make big money, according to Steve Maxwell?
A) Live below their means. B) Buy on impulse.
C) Read books and magazines about finance. D) Negotiate better deals.
5. Jill Blashack Strahan’s success in business is mostly due to her _________.
A) willingness to think big B) financial literacy
C) positive attitude D) material possessions
6. What made Jill Blashack Strahan one of the top 25 businesswomen in North America?
A) She sold super foods directly to customers. B) She made up an annual income goal.
C) She got a big loan from the bank. D) She got a real job.
7. Which of the following is NOT a way to become a millionaire?
A) Setting big goals. B) Studying by yourself.
C) Being passionate. D) Sharing success stories.
8. According to Eker, the biggest barrier for people to be wealthy is ________.
9. The study done by Thomas J. Stanley shows that more than 80% of millionaires say their success are due to ___________.
10. The author gave us ___________ people’s secrets of becoming a millionaire in the passage.
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Sometime early in the next century,human beings will move to Mars.They will live there for about a year,and then will be replaced with another group of pioneers.Building the base on Mars will advance our knowledge of the solar system and aid in our understanding of the earth. We already know that Mars resembles the earth in many aspects:general size,presence of water,length of day,range of temperatures.These resemblances have caused many ?people? to consider a centuries?long project:to terraform Mars.Terraforming meansalteringa planet's surface so that Earth's life forms can survive there.This concept,previously found only in science fiction is now being seriously considered by scientists. Terraforming Mars is theoretically simple:add nitrogen and oxygen to the atmosphere;pump water to the surface;and add the earth's plants and animals in the order in which they developed on Earth.But it will take at least 300 years. Some people think that such a project is too huge for ?humans? to undertake,but there are very good reasons to make the attempt.The earth now contains some 6 billion ?people?,and no one has any idea of how many humans the earth can support.Our very existence and numbers are threatening many other species.We also have had some experience with terraforming our own planet:altering the landscape,the atmosphere and the climate.Currently terraforming earth has become a wiser activity as we try to control global warming,air and water pollution,and preserve some natural living places. While the possibility of such a project is small,it is not impossible.Even if earth bound societies come and go in the next 300 years,the project can continue through the work of the Mars settlers without the need for constant backing from the earth. The future existence of all the people in our world may very well depend upon our ability to terraform Mars. |
1.What would be the bes ttitle for this passage?_____ |
A.Terraforming Mars B.Saving the Earth C.Travelling to Mars D.A NewlyFound Place |
2.What does the underlined word " altering" mean in the second paragraph?_____ |
A.Warming. B.Changing. C.Planting. D.Building. |
3.According to the passage, the main purpose ofter raforming Mars is to_____. |
A.do some scientific research work B.find out its similarity to earth C.avoid the dying away of many other species D.find on Mars livingplace for the increasing humanbeings |
4.The main reason for causing many people to consider terraforming Mars is that_____. |
A.there are some resemblances between Earth and Mars B.terraforming Mars is theoretically simple C.we have had some experience with terraforming our own planet:Earth D.the development of science and technology is very rapid |
5.What's the author's attitude towards the project? _____ |
A.Optimistic. B.Negative. C.Skeptical(怀疑的). D.Objective. |
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