What does the book aim to do first and foremost?
It aims to ______.
What does the book aim to do first and foremost?
It aims to ______.
In paragraph two, we learn that Harriet's book aims to
A.correct some of the impressions people have of the theatre.
B.relate important details about her own life story.
C.analyse the difficulties of a career in the theatre.
D.tell the truth about some of the actors she has worked with.
The book Work force Crisis aims to change a corporate practice because ______.
A.it is bad for the development of a corporation.
B.many corporate employees are growing old.
C.it has called forth a lot of criticism.
D.many corporate employers have realized its problem.
In the passage, the author aims to tell us ______.
A.what differences are there between natural hormones and bioidenticals.
B.why Somers's claims about "natural" hormones are wrong.
C.what Somers's new book Ageless tells us about bioidenticals.
D.why people should be cautious of traditional hormone therapy.
The language in which scientific and technical facts are expressed is certainly not a different language from that of everyday life, but all the same it presents the foreign students with a number of special problems. The most obvious and the most widely recognized of these problems is the vocabulary. Much more difficult are the semi-scientific or semi-technical words, which have a whole range of meanings and are frequently used idiomatically. One of the aims of this practice book is to present as many of these words as possible, and as often as possible: words such as work and paint and lead and feed and force. Words like these look harmless, but they can cause a lot of trouble to the students.
But more than anything else, I have tried to describe the technical statement: that is, the completed sentence rather than the individual word. Many of the structures illustrated in the book are essential to the expression of technical facts and ideas—at least for the present.
Whom is the book primarily addressed to?
To the foreigners engaged in ______ who want to read books on their subject in English.
The following is an advertisement of a publication(出版物).
Conversational English
By Anthony Adams
"Conversational English" is chiefly meant for intermediate(中级) level students. It aims at training the students' ability to hear and speak English. The book consists of two volumes, each of which is made up of 16 lessons.
Included in the first volume(册) are topics dealing with school life, social activities, family affairs, etc. The second volume treats various subjects, including social problems, politics, history, geography and other things.
Each lesson contains the following items:
1. Dialogues;
2. Material for Listening Comprehension;
3. New Words and Expressions;
4. Notes and A Series of Explanations;
5. Additional Vocabulary;
6. Exercises.
Book Ⅰ Available now
Book Ⅱ Ready in April
Each book: xx RMB
Teacher's Book (free) In the process of preparing
Published by: The Commercial Press(商务印书馆), Beijing, China
Distributed by: The Xinhua Bookstore, P.O. BOX xxx, Beijing, China
Advertisement of a Publication
Name of the series:【46】
Intended for: students at【47】
Total lessons in two volumes:【48】
Contents contained in each lesson: 1)【49】
2) Material for Listening Comprehension
3) Exercises, etc. Free copy:【50】
(1)According to Professor Karen Pine, specific clothing can make people more confident only in some situations.
(2)According to Professor Karen Pine, putting on different clothes creates different thoughts and mental processes.
(3)Professor Karen Pine’s new book Mind What You Wear aims to make people stronger.
(4)In Professor Karen Pine’s study, she found that when wearing a Superman T-shirt the students rated themselves as more likable and superior to other students.
(5)In another test, women were asked to do a maths test in a swimsuit or wearing a sweater, the group wearing sweaters performing better.
Part A
Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. (40 points)
Several years ago, at the height of the dotcom boom, it was widely assumed that a publishing revolution, in which the printed word would be supplanted by the computer screen, was just around the corner. It wasn't: for many, there is still little to match the joy of reading a printed book and settling down for one hour. But recently some big technology companies, including Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo, contend that the dream of bringing books online is still very much alive.
The digitizing of thousands of volumes of print is not without controversy. On Thursday, Google, the world' s most popular search engine, posted a first installment of books on Google Print. This collaborative effort between Google and several world's leading research libraries aims to make books available to be searched and read online free of charge. Although the books included so far are not covered by copyright, the plan has attracted the rage of publishers.
Five large book firms are suing Google for violating copyright on material that it has scanned and, although out of print, is still protected by law. Google has said that it will only publish short extracts from material under copyright unless given express permission to publish more, but publishers are unconvinced. Ironically, many publishers are collaborating with Google Print Publisher, which aims to give readers an online taste of books that are commercially available. The searchable collection of extracts and book information is intended to tempt readers to buy the complete books online or in print form.
Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, has made plans to enter the mass e-book market by selling a vast array of goods. Given that Google should impinge upon its central territory, Amazon revealed that it would introduce two new services. Amazon Pages will allow customers to search for key terms in selected books and then buy and read online whatever part they wish. Amazon Upgrade will give customers online access to books they have already purchased as hard copies. Customers are likely to have to pay five cents a page, with the bulk going to the publisher.
Microsoft has also joined the online-book trend. In October, the software giant said it would spend around $ 200 million to digitize texts, starting with I50,000 that are in the public domain, to avoid legal problems. It will do so in collaboration with the Open Content Alliance. And on Thursday, coincidentally the same day as Google and Amazon announced their initiatives, Microsoft released details of a deal with the British Library, the country's main reference library, to digitize some 25 million pages ; these will be made available through MSN Book Search, which will be launched next year.
What is the text talking about?
A.The goods of Google.
B.The differences between books printed and books online.
C.Some big technology companies bring plans on the e-books.
D.The publishers don't agree with the e-books plan.
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