In the early days letters were generally not prepaid. The person _____the letters paid the mailman when the letter was delivered.

A . the use of steam and electricity as chief energy,the development of lare corporation and the development of railway B . the development of large corporation,urbanization and the employment in production of new technology C . the appearance of airplane,the use of electricity on a large scale and urbanization D . the rapid development of industry,railway and large citie

A . the capital of the United States B . the center of Harlem Renaissance C . the center of knickerbockers D . None of the above

A . 11th B . 12th C . 13th D . 14th

A . useful B . full C . easy D . core

A . some；any B . many；a few C . some；one

A、double life B、empty life C、immoral life

A．anyone B．everyone C．nobody D．any people

The greatest fear of nuclear power opponents has always been a reactor “meltdown” (堆内熔化). Today, the chances of a meltdown that would threaten U.S. public health are very little. But to even further reduce the possibility, engineers are testing new reactors that rely not on human judgement to shut them down but on the laws of nature. Now General Electric is already building two advanced reactors in Japan. But don’t expect them ever on U.S. shores unless things change in Washington. The procedure for licensing nuclear power plants is a bad dream. Any time during, or even after, construction, an objection by any group or individual can bring everything to a halt while the matter is investigated or taken to court. Meanwhile, the builder must add nice-but-not-necessary improvements, some of which force him to knock down walls and start over. In every case where a plant has been opposed, the Nuclear Regulation Commission has ultimately granted a license to construct or operate. But the victory often costs so much that the utility ends up abandoning the plant anyway. A case in point is the Shoreham plant on New York’s Long Island. Shoreham was a virtual twin to the Millstone plant in Connecticut, both ordered in the mid-’60s. Millstone, completed for $101 million, has been generating electricity for two decades. Shoreham, however, was singled out by anti-nuclear activists who, by sending in endless protests, drove the cost over $5 billion and delayed its use for many years. Shoreham finally won its operation license. But the plant has never produced a watt of power. Governor Mario Cuomo, an opponent of a Shoreham start-up, used his power to force New York’s public-utilities commission to accept the following settlement; the power company could pass the cost of Shoreham along to its consumers only if it agreed not to operate the plant! Today, a perfectly good facility, capable of servicing hundreds of homes, sits rusting. 第36题：What has made the procedure for licensing nuclear power plants a bad dream？ A) The inefficiency of the Nuclear Regulation commission. B) The enormous cost of construction and operation. C) The length of time it takes to make investigations. D) The objection of the opponents of nuclear power.

A．Mr. Kenji Yanobe hopes to join the company soon. B．Mr. Kenji Yanobe started his own business. C．Ms. Slyvia Alexander was previously introduced to Mr. Kenji Yanobe. D．Mr. Kenji Yanobe understands more than one language.

Businessmen can travel from London to New York in three hours and lots of people exceed the seventy-mile-per-hour speed limit on motorways. A person of 75 is not old these days. A serious illness does not mean certain death because there have been so many advances in medical science. We no longer need to be afraid of contracting diseases like polio or smallpox. I can speak to my son in Australia from my own sitting room here in Manchester, watch athletes running a race on the other side of the world without moving from my own home and I can even do my shopping while I sit here in an armchair. I never need to worry about food going bad in the warm weather and, at the flick of a switch, I can have a hot meal in a couple of minutes. So, it seems, the quality of life has greatly improved since my own childhood. I'm not convinced, however, that people are happier today than they were 50 years ago. We are certainly materially better off than we were but most people still seem to be weighed down by problems. My daughter and her family are a good illustration. They have a spacious, comfortable home with every labor-saving device you can think of. There's a washing machine, a clothes dryer, a food processor, a vacuum cleaner and all sorts of other household items which are designed to save time but it seems to me that my daughter and her husband just spend all that "saved" time working! They never relax and are always complaining of being tired and "stressed". What is the passage mainly about？ A．How life has improved. B．How life has become worse. C．A comparison of life now and that in the past. D．Memory of life in the past.

此题为判断题(对，错)。

B．benefited