My ________ reaction to the news was relief, but as I thought more about it I began to feel angry.
A.initial
B.frank
C.best
D.typical
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A.initial
B.frank
C.best
D.typical
In general, my reaction is that we should _______ carefully.
A、proceed
B、pace
C、pale
D、pan
A、on occasion
B、initial
C、investigate
D、attach
A.“ What caused the accident Did the car break down ”
B.“Oh okay, are there any specific makes or models you are interested in”
C.“Oh no, I’m so sorry to hear that! Is he okay”
D.“ You should have bought this car to protect his safety.”
The rate of any chemical reaction, regardless of the temperature at which it takes place, usually depends on a very important characteristic known as its activation energy. Any molecule can be imagined to reside at the bottom of a so-called potential well of energy. Some chemical reaction corresponds to the transition of a molecule from the bottom of one potential well to the bottom of another. In classical chemistry, such a transition can be accomplished only by going over the potential barrier between the well, the height of which remain constant and is called the activation energy of the reaction. In tunneling, the reacting molecules tunnel from the bottom of one to the bottom of another well without having to rise over the harrier between the two wells. Recently researchers have developed the concept of tunneling temperature: the temperature below which tunneling transitions greatly outnumber Arrhenius transitions, and classical mechanics gives way to its quantum counterpart.
This tunneling phenomenon at very low temperatures suggested my hypothesis about a cold prehistory of life: formation of rather complex organic molecules in the deep cold of outer space, where temperatures usually reach only a few degrees Kelvin. Cosmic rays might trigger the synthesis of simple molecules, such as interstellar formaldehyde, in dark clouds of interstellar dust. Afterward complex organic molecules would be formed, slowly hut surely, by means of tunneling. After I offered my hypothesis, Hoyle and Wickramashinghe argued that molecules of interstellar formaldehyde have indeed evolved into stable polysaccharides such as cellulose and starch. Their conclusions, although strongly disputed, have generated excitement among investigators such as myself who are proposing that the galactic clouds are the places where the prebiological evolution of compounds necessary to life occurred.
The author is mainly concerned with ______.
A.describing how the principles of classical chemistry were developed
B.initiating a debate about the kinds of chemical reaction required for the development of life
C.explaining how current research in chemistry may be related to broader biological concerns
D.clarifying inherent ambiguities in the laws of classical chemistry
W: I was a reader of blogs, and I was aware that some bloggers were starting to attach audio files. That excited me. (22) I read a newspaper article early which mentioned podcasting and I started to look into it. But I was busy with work, so I sort of forgot about the idea for a while.
M: But you came back to it and started your own podcast early in 2005.
W: That's right. In January, by then all the tools were available, and I had enough free time to devote to my own podcast. Of course I didn't know if anyone would listen to it, but just being able to broadcast something was enough for me.
M: Did you get any reaction from the public?
W: Yes, I was surprised and gratified to find that not only were people listening, (23) but they were interested enough to e-mail me with their thoughts on what I'd said.
M: What do you find to talk about?
W: (24) Current affairs, music, travel, and the things I'm interested in. I must admit that I'd always had ambitions to have my own radio show. With podcasting I found that I could have just that, my own show three times a week.
M: At the moment this is just a hobby, but do you see yourself making money from podcasting in the future?
W: No, not really. I know that some podcasters are talking about charging a subscription to their podcasts, but I like the idea that it's for free. (25) If you start charging people for something they can start making demands on you, and I like to be able to do and say whatever I want.
22.How did the woman start to look into podcasting?
23.What was the public's reaction to the woman's podcast?
24.What do we learn about the woman's podcasting?
25.Why does the woman refuse to charge for her podcasting?
(23)
A.She read a newspaper article about podcasting.
B.She watched others' podcast.
C.She borrowed some former bloggers' idea.
D.She read some popular blogs.
"When one of the doctors criticizes(批评) me, I get defensive. I feel like a child again, being scolded, and I want to explain that I' m not wrong. "says Viola, a nurse. This s a common reaction(反应) to criticism, but not a good one. There are better ways of dealing with criticism.
1. Try to be objective (客观) . When Sol was criticized by his new employer for not having made a sale, Sol' s reaction was to feel sorry for himself. "I had put everything I had into making that sale," Sol says, "and I felt that I had failed as a person. I had to earn through experience not to react like that to each failure. "
2. Take time to cool down. Rather than reacting immediately to criticism, take some time to think over what was said . Your first question should be whether the criticism is fair from the other person' s position. The problem may be a simple misunderstanding of what you did or your reasons for doing it.
3. Take positive(积极的) action. After you cool down, consider what you can do about the situation. The best answer may be "nothing". "I finally realized that my boss was having personal problems and taking them out on me because I was there," says Sheila. "His criticisms didn' t really have anything to do with my work, so nothing I said or did was going to change them. " In Sheila' s case, the best way to deal with it was to leave her job. However, that' s an extreme reaction. You may simply explain your opinion without expecting an in-depth discussion. You may even decide that the battle isn' t worth fighting this time. The key, in any case, is to have a reasonable plan.
When Sol was criticized by his employer, he______
A.argued bitterly with his employer
B.was angry and gave up his job
C.was sorry for what he did
D.was sad and self-pitying
Some material things make my life more enjoyable; many, however, would not. I like having an expensive private plane, but owning a half-dozen homes would be a burden. Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends.
My wealth has come from a combination of living in America, some lucky genes, and compound interest. Both my children and I won what I call the ovarian lottery. (For starters, the odds against my 1930 birth taking place in the U. S. were at least 30 to 1. My being male and white also removed huge obstacles that a majority of Americans then faced. )
My luck was accentuated by my living in a market system that sometimes produces distorted results, though overall it serves our country well. I've worked in an economy that rewards someone who saves the lives of others on a battlefield with a medal, rewards a great teacher with thank-you notes from parents, but rewards those who can detect the mispricing of securities with sums reaching into the billions. In short, fate' s distribution of long straws is wildly capricious.
The reaction of my family and me to our extraordinary good fortune is not guilt, but rather gratitude. Were we to use more than 1% of my claim checks on ourselves, neither our happiness nor our well-being would be enhanced. In contrast, that remaining 99% can have a huge effect on the health and welfare of others. That reality sets an obvious course for me and my family: Keep all we can conceivably need and distribute the rest to society, for its needs. My pledge starts us down that course.
According to the author, which of the following can NOT bring happiness?
A.Enough material things.
B.Sound relations with people.
C.Having a luxurious private plane.
D.A long list of properties.
M: Well, as you can see, I've got a rash on my hands and arms. I think it might be some kind of allergic reaction . My roommate just got a mew cat. Maybe I'm allergic to cats.
W: Hmm. Usually, allergies to animals don't cause rashes on your hands.
M: Well, maybe I'm allergic to some kind of food, or ...
W: When did see your rash first develop?
M: On Monday. By Tuesday, it was worse, and on Tuesday night I could hardly sleep.
W: Tell me, have you been out in the woods lately?
M: Out in the woods? I went hiking Saturday. Why? Oh, I get it. You think my rash might be caused by poison ivy, right?
W: Well, it looks like that. The doctor can tell you for sure. Do you know if you came in contact with poison ivy?
M: No, but then I have no idea what poison ivy looks like.
W: It grows in clusters of three leaves, and the leaves are waxy looking.
M: Well, if I do have poison ivy, what can the doctor do for me?
W: He can prescribe a lotion that will relieve the itching. But if I were you. I'd go to the library and look for some color photos of poison ivy, and try to avoid it the next time you go into the woods...
(22)
A.Doctor and nurse.
B.Librarian and library patron.
C.Forest ranger and hiker.
D.Nurse and patient.
Of course, my father is a gentleman of the old school, a member of the generation to whom a good deal of modern architecture is upsetting, but I am convinced that his negative response was not so much to the architecture as to a violation of his concept of the nature of money.
In his generation money was thought of as a real commodity (实物) that could be carried, or stolen. Consequently, to attract the custom of a sensible man, a bank had to have heavy walls, barred windows, and bronze doors, to affirm the fact, however untrue, that money would be safe inside. If a building's design made it appear impenetrable, the institution was necessarily reliable, and the meaning of the heavy wall as an architecture symbol dwelt in the prevailing attitude toward money.
But the attitude toward money has, of course, changed. Excepting pocket money, cash of any kind is now rarely used; money as a tangible commodity has largely been replaced by credit. A deficit (赤字) economy, accompanied by huge expansion, has led us to think of money as product of the creative imagination. The banker no longer offers us a safe; he offers us a service in which the most valuable element is the creativity for the invention of large numbers. It is in no way surprising, in view of this change in attitude, that we are witnessing the disappearance of the heavy-walled bank.
Just as the older bank emphasized its strength, this bank by its architecture boasts of imaginative powers. From this point of view it is hard to say where architecture ends and human assertion (人们的说法) begins.
The main idea of this passage is that______.
A.money is not as valuable as it was in the past
B.changes have taken place in both the appearance and the concept of banks
C.the architectural style. of the older bank is superior to that of the modern bank
D.prejudice makes the older generation think that the modern bank is unreliable
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