A.awkwardB.unknownC.curiousD.suspicious
A.awkward
B.unknown
C.curious
D.suspicious
A.awkward
B.unknown
C.curious
D.suspicious
A.50
B.40
C.60
D.30
A.awkward
B.embarrassed
C.graceful
D.incompetent
根据以下资料,回答下列各题: The first time I tried shark—fin soup was at Time Warner’s annual dinner in Hong Kong.Shark_fin soup is a luxury item($100 bowl in some restaurants)in Hong Kong and Mainland China,its biggest consumers;it’s a dish that embodies east Asia’s intertwined notions of hospitality and keeping(or losing)“face”.“It’s like champagne”,says Alvin Leung,owner of Be Innovation,a Cantonese restaurant in Hong Kong.“You don’t open a bottle of Coke to celebrate.It’s a ritual.” Unfortunately,this gesture of hospitality comes with a price tag much bigger than that$ 100 bowl.All told,up t0 70 million sharks are killed annually for the trade,despite the fact that 30%of shark species are threatened with extinction.“Sharks have made it through multiple mass extinctions on our planet,”says Matt Rand,director of Pew’s Global Shark Conservation division.“Now many species are going to go the way of the dinosaur--for a bowl of soup.” The shark—fin industry has gained notoriety in recent years not just because of what it’s doing to the global shark population but also because of what’s known as finning—the practice of catching a shark,removing its fins and dumping the animal back into the sea. While a pound of shark fin can go for up to$300,most shark meat isn’t particularly valuable,and it takes up freezer space and weight on fishing boats.Today,finning is illegal in the waters of the E.U.,the U.S.and Australia,among others;boats are required to carry a certain ratio of fins to carcasses(尸体)to prevent massive overfishing.But there are loopholes in antifinning laws that are easy to exploit.In the E.U.,for example,ships can land the fins separately from the carcasses,making the job of monitoring the weight ratio nearly impossible.In the U.S.,a boat found carrying nearly 65,000 1b.(30,000 kg)of illegal shark fms won a court case because it was registered as a cargo vessel,which current U.S.finning laws do not cover. Sharks populations can’t withstand commercial fishing the way more fertile marine species can.Unlike other fish harvested from the wild,sharks grow slowly.They don’t reach sexual maturity until later in life—the female great white,for example,at 12 to 14 years—and when they do.they have comparatively few offspring at a time,unlike,say,tunas,which release millions of eggs when they spawn. The shark’s plight is starting to be weighed against the delicacy’s cultural value.The conservation group has lobbied local restaurants that offer the classic nine—course banquet served at Cantonese weddings.of which shark fin is traditionally a part,to offer a n0—shark menu as a choice to couples. After my first encounter with shark.fin soup.I decided that.1ike my colleagues,I would probably skip it next time.Unfortunately,that next time came at an intimate dinner in a small,private dining room,where I was both a guest and a stranger.When the soup-the centerpiece of the meal—was set down before me,I ate it.Apparently,Im not the only one to cave.“You go to a wedding,and you refused to eat it just because you feel you’re insulted--Im not that extreme,”Leung,the chef,says.“If other people believe that it brings luck or brings face.Id be a spoilsport.”To make a dent in the slaughter of the sharks,however,there are going to have to be a lot of people willing to spoil this particular sport. Which of the following statements about shark—fin soup is true?
A.It has a price tag much bigger than$100 bowl.
B.It carries rich cultural meaning.
C.It tastes like champagne.
D.It is expensive for its high nutrition.
A.large creatures tend to extinct more quickly than smaller ones such as tuna
B.low breeding capability of shark is the vital reason for its endangerment
C.the measures taken to battle against finning are not so successful
D.westerners show no interest in shark—fin soup
根据以下资料,回答下列各题: Spain’s government is now championing a cause called “theright to be orgotten”.It has ordered Google to stop indexing information about 90 citizens who filed formal complaints with its Data Protection Agency.All 90 people wanted information deleted from the Web.Among them was a victim of domestic violence who discovered that her address could easily be found through Google.Another,well into middle age now,thought it was unfair that a few computer key strokes could unearth an account of her arrest in her college days. They might not have received much of a heating in the United States,where Google is based and where courts have consistently found that the right to publish the truth about someone’S past supersedes any right to privacy.But here,As elsewhere in Europe,an ideahas taken hold--individuals should have a“right to be forgotten”on the Web. In fact,the phrase“right to be forgotten”is being used to cover a batch of issues,ranging from those in the Spanish case to the behavior. of companies seeking to make money from private information that can be collected on the Web. Spain,s Data Protection Agency believes that search engines have altered the process by which most data ends up forgotten--and therefore adjustments need to be made.The deputy director of the agency.Jesfis Rubi,pointed to the official government gazette(公报),which used to publish every weekday,including bankruptcy auctions,official pardons,and who Dassed the civil service exams.Usually 220 pages of fine print,it quickly ended up gathering dust on various backroom shelves.The information was still there,but not easily accessible. Then two years ago,the 350.year.old publication went online,making it possible for embarrassing information--no matter how 0ld—to be obtained easily. The publisher of the government publication,Fernando P6rez,said it was meant to foster transparency.Lists of scholarship winners,for instance,make it hard for the goverment officials to steer all the money to their own children.“But maybe,”he said,“there is infomation that has a life cycle and only has value for a certain time.” Many Europeans are broadly uncomfortable with the way personal information is found by search engines and used for commerce.When ads pop up on one’s screen,clearly linked to subjects that are of interest to him,one may find it Orwellian.A recent poll conducted by the European Union found that most Europeans agree.Three out of four said they were worried about how Internet companies used their information and wanted the right to delete personal data at any time.Ninety percent wanted the European Union to take action on the right to be forgotten. Experts say that Google and other search engines see some of these court cases as an assault on a principle of law already established--that search engines are essentially not responsible for the information they corral from the Web,and hope the Spanish court agrees. The companies believe if there are privacy issues,the complainants should address those who posted the material on the Web.But some experts in Europe believe that search engines should probably be reined in.“They are the ones that are spreading the word.Without them no one would find these things.” “The right to be forgotten”refers to public’s right to________.
A.wipe out their criminal record from the web
B.decide whether some information should be launched online
C.use virtual names online to conceal their true identity
D.have their personal information deleted from the Internet
A.They consider renting as a lifelong plan rather than a temporary choice.
B.They are in face of economic downturn and a risk of early retirement.
C.They despise the idea of asking parents for money to buy house.
D.They still believe in the blessing of house just like their previous generation.
A.the rental market and the buying market always develop in reverse direction
B.it is impossible for the first—time buyers to get a mortgage under current economic situation
C.Buying home is a more profitable investment than buying fund under current economic situation
D.Britain’s real estate market is less volatile than that of other Continental European countries
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