In 1990, over 50 million Americans were working at the_______wages of any nation in the world.

A . involved B . resolved C . evolved D . revolved

A、seemed B、likely C、tended D、possible

A．British Airways PLC． B．Lufthansa AG． C．Air France SA． D．Alitalia SpA．

The Global Environmental Facility, through the United :Nations Development Program, has decided to fund ＄ 9.3 million of the ＄40 million program to help the government of China transform. its market for refrigerators. The refrigerator project began in 1989 when the EPA signed an agreement with the government of China to assist in the elimination of CFCs from refrigerators. Berkeley Lab has been involved in the project since 1995 through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, developing the market transformation program based on the success of the first phase of the project, which involved designing and testing CFC (chlorofluorocabon) free, energy-efficient refrigerators. Fridley says that beyond his technical supervisory role, the Laboratory will be involved in training and working with the State Bureau of Technical Supervision as the new efficiency standards are developed. "Market transformation," Fridley explains, "is the process of shifting consumer demand for a product, in this case to a more energy-efficient, environmentally favorable product through voluntary, market based means such as technical assistance and training for manufacturers, consumer education, and financial incentives to manufacture and sell the more efficient products." "Collectively, we developed a technical training program for Chinese refrigerator manufacturers interested in developing CFC free, efficient refrigerators; a financial incentive program to motivate manufacturers to build the most efficient refrigerator possible; and a mass purchasing program for Chinese government agencies that acquire refrigerators in bulk," Fridley says. In 1998, the refrigerator project was awarded an International Climate Protection Award by the EPA. "It is not widely known in the United States, but China has had an energy efficiency policy in place since the early 1980s, says Mark Levine, Environmental Energy Technologies Division director and an advisor to the Chinese government on energy efficiency." The government of China is committed to using energy more efficiently, and this has allowed the economy to grow at nearly twice the rate of energy consumption. "The Energy-Efficient Refrigerator Project will have a significant, direct effect on reducing greenhouse gas and pollutant emissions. We Berkeley Lab are grateful to have the chance to work with the people and government of China on this project, as well as on our other refrigerator production projects in energy data analysis, appliance efficiency standards, and technical advice on cogeneration plants ," adds Levine. The main idea of this passage is ______. A．about refrigerator production in China B．about the energy-efficient refrigerator project in China aided by the UN C．about the American aid to the Chinese government in environmental protection D．about the tremendous increase of China's refrigerator production 此题为多项选择题。

A．lather casual B．pretty slow C．very careful D．really considerate

A．have had B．is having C．have D．has

In the United Kingdom, about one in ten people have some disability. Disability is not just something that happens to other people: as get older, many of us will become less mobile, hard of hearing or have failing eyesight. Disablement can take many forms and occur at any time of life. Some people are born with disabilities. Many others become disabled as they get older. There are many progressive disabling diseases. The longer time goes on, the worse they become. Some people are disabled in accidents. Many others may have a period of disability in the form. of a mental illness. All are affected by people's attitude towards them. Disabled people face many physical barriers. Next time you go shopping or to work or visit friends, imagine how you would manage if you could not get up steps, or on to buses and trains. How would you cope if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic？ But there are other barriers: prejudice can be even harder to break down and ignorance inevitably represents by far the greatest barrier of all. It is almost impossible for the able-bodied to fully appreciate what the severely disabled go through, so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and sow that it is the individual person and their ability, not their disability, which counts. The first paragraph points out that ______. A．there are many disabled people in the world B．the number of disabled people in India is the greatest C．India has much more disabled people than Canada D．it is impossible to get an exact figure of the world' s disabled people

Over a million people visit Hawaii(夏威夷) each year because of its pleasant weather and wonderful scenery(景色). The Hawaiian islands have very mild temperatures. In addition, the rainfall in Hawaii is not very heavy because mountains on the north of each island stop incoming storms. This pleasant weather helps tourists to enjoy Hawaii's wonderful natural scenery, from mountain waterfalls to fields of flowers and fruits.

A．就在过去的7年中，美国出口创造的就业机会增加了4亿个，总数上升到11亿个。 B．就在过去的7年中，美国出口创造的就业机会增加了400万个，总数上升到1100万个。 C．就在过去的7年中，美国出口创造的就业机会增加了4千万个，总数上升到1亿1千万个。

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How many hijackers are involved in the news？ A．18. B．2. C．8. D．1.

Both it and the authors have openly admitted their doubts. They have acknowledged in interviews that the population totals for 2000 and 1990 were reached by different methods and are not directly comparable. The survey itself also cautions readers, in a dauntingly technical appendix, that judgment calls by the researchers may have led to an undercount. When the research director and project director were asked whether the data should be construed to indicate a declining Jewish population, they flatly answered no. In addition, other survey researchers interviewed pointed to other studies with population estimates as high as 6.7 million. Despite all this, the two figures --5.2 million now, 5.5 million then --are listed by side in the survey, leaving the impression that the population has shrunk. The result, predictably, has been a rash of headlines trumpeting the illusionary decline, in turn touching off jeremiads by rabbis and moralists condemning the religious laxity behind it. Whether out of ideology, ego, incompetence or a combination of all three, the respected charity has invented a crisis. United Jewish Communities is the coordinating body for a national network of Jewish philanthropies with combined budgets of $2 billion. Its population surveys carry huge weight in shaping community policy. This is not the first time the survey has set off a false alarm. The last one, conducted by a predecessor organization, found that 52 percent of American Jews who married between 1985 and 1990 did so outside the faith. That number was a fabrication produced by including marriages in which neither party was Jewish by anyone's definition, including the researchers. Its publication created a huge stir, inspiring anguished sermons, books and conferences. It put liberals on the defensive, emboldened conservatives who reject full integration into society and alienated ordinary folks by the increasingly xenophobic tone of Jewish communal culture. The new survey, to its credit, retracts that figure and offers the latest survey has spawned a panic created by the last one. So why did the organization flawed figures once again？ Some scholars who have studied the. survey believe the motivation then came partly out of a desire to shock straying Jews into greater observance. It' s too early to tell if that' s the case this time around. What is clear is the researchers did their job with little regard to how their data could be misconstrued. They used statistical models and question formats that, while internally sound, made the new survey incompatible with the previous one. For example, this time the researchers divided the population of 5.2 million into two groups--"highly involved" Jews and "people of Jewish background"- and posed most questions only to the first group. As a result, most findings about belief and observance refer only to a subgroup of American Jews, making comparisons to the past impossible. We can' t afford to wait a decade before these figures are revised. The false population decline must be corrected before it further sours communal discourse. The United Jewish Communities owes it to itself and its public to step forward and state plainly what it knows to be true: American Jews are not disappearing. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true about the National Jewish Population Survey？ A．It found a decline of 300,000 Jews in ten years. B．It was carded out by United Jewish Communities. C．This is the first time United Jewish Communities has made mistakes in the population survey. D．The reported decline is not reliable.

It is a surprising fact that the population ageing is particularly rapid in developing countries. For example, it took France 115 years for the proportion of older people to double from 7 percent to 14 percent. It is estimated to take China a mere 27 years to achieve this same increase. What are the implications of these increased numbers of older folk？ (76) One of the biggest worries for governments is that the longer people live, the more likelihood there is for diseases and for disability(残疾). Attention is being paid to the need to keep people as healthy as possible, including during old age, to lessen the financial burden on the state. (77)Another significant problem is the need for the younger generations to understand and value the older people in their society. In some African countries, certainly in Asia, older people are respected and regarded as the ones with special knowledge. Yet traditions are fading away daily, which does not ensure the continued high regard of older people. As society changes, attitudes will change. Much needs to be done to get rid of age discrimination(歧视)in employment. Life-long learning programs need to be provided to enable older people to be active members in a country's development. Social security policies need to be established to provide adequate income protection for older people. Both public and private schemes are vital in order to build a suitable safety net. 第6题：The proportion of older people________. A. is bigger in developed countries than in developing countries B. is one-seventh of the population in developing countries C. will increase much faster in China than in France D. will be sixty percent in developing countries by 2020

【C5】______ of the world' s population is concentrated on only a small 【C6】______ of the earth' s land surface, in the rich valleys and 【C7】______ plains, because people up to the present time have 【C8】______ to congregate in place where the climate and soil make it easy to grow food and obtain shelter. A 【C9】______ world population and the discoveries of science 【C10】______ this pattern of distribution in the future. As men slowly learn to master diseases, control floods, prevent famines, and stop wars, fewer people die every year; and in 【C11】______ the population of the world is steadily 【C12】______ . When numbers 【C13】______ , the extra mouths must be fed. New lands must be brought 【C14】______ cultivation, or land already 【C15】______ , made to yield larger crops. In some areas the accessible land is largely so intensively cultivated 【C16】______ it will be difficult to make it 【C17】______ more food. in some areas the population is so dense that the land is divided into. units 【C18】______ tiny to allow for much improvement in farming methods. 【C19】______ a large part of this farming population drawn 【C20】______ into industrial occupations, the land might be farmed much more productively by modern methods. 【C1】______ A．scattered B．restrained C．separated D．resembled

A．A.prospective B．B.consistent C．C.dubious D．D.glamorous

A．$16,900,000 B．$18,083,000 C．$18,433,000 D．$23,433,000

It will be a tough challenge for China to deal with, due to the increasing rates of urbanization and a decreasing birth rate. The Chinese people will be facing a big challenge if we do not have enough money when we get older. The United Nations defines an aging society as one that has 10 percent of its population at or above the age of 60. When most developed countries were classed as an aging society, their gross domestic product (GDP) per capita stood at between 5,000 to 10,000 U.S. dollars or above. However, China became an aging society in 2001, and its GDP per capita was only 1,000 U.S. dollars. It was 6,000 U.S. dollars in 2012. China’s economic foundation for an elderly society is fragile. On Sept. 13.2013, the State Council issued a guideline to speed up the development of China’s elderly care services, hoping to complete a social care network for its elderly by 2025. 1.What does the word “decreasing” in Paragraph 2 mean？ () A.It means “falling” B.It means “rising” C.It means “peaking” 2.What does GDP stands for？ () A.Government Document Publishing Service B.Gross domestic product. C.General domestic product. 3.What was China’s GDP per capita in 2012？ () A.It was 1,000 U.S. dollars B.It was 6,000 U.S. dollars C.It was 10,000 U.S. dollars 4.Why is China’s economic foundation for an elderly society fragile？() A.Because of its increasing aging population and its low GDP per capita B.Because when China was classed as an aging society, our gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is high C.Because of its decreasing aging population and its high GDP per capita 5.The passage implies that(). A.Chinese government can do nothing to deal with the challenge of the increasing aging population B.Chinese people don’t need enough money when they get older C.The Chinese social care network is expected to be completed in the near future

A．-$66 million. B．-$114 million. C．-$250 million.