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In 2004 more travelers paid visit to central Paris than to New York City.
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第1题
What is the view of the 2004 report in the journal Pediatrics ？
A．Parents should be aware of children's health hazards.
B．Attention should be paid to toxic chemical exposure.
C．It is important to quantify various concrete hazards.
D．Daily accidents pose a more serious threat to children.
第2题
What might the FAA do after the recent accident in California？
A.Impose more rigid safety standards.
B.Stop certifying new space-tourist agencies.
C.Amend its 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act.
D.Suspend Virgin Galactic's licence to take passengers into space.
第3题
nd economics for the purpose of helping them prepare to succeed in a world economy.11 The organization is the largest of its kind.
Junior Achievement has gone through different stages in its development. 12 It was started by two business leaders, Horace Moses and Theodore Vail, and Senator Murray Crane in 1919 in Springfield, Massachusetts. The organization started with a small number of children aged ten to twelve. For more than 50 years, Junior Achievement programs met after school as a group of business clubs. But in 1975, Junior Achievement began to offer classes during school hours. Many more young people joined the organization once it began to teach business skills as part of the school day. In 2004, Junior Achievement Worldwide was formed.
The Junior Achievement programs teach about businesses, how they are organized, and how products are made and sold.13 The programs also teach about the American and world economies and business operations. Young people can learn how entrepreneurship works by operating their own companies. For instance, the students develop a product and sell shares in their company. They use the money to buy the materials they need to make their product, which they then sell. Finally, they return the profits to the people who bought shares in the company. It is reported that in the United States alone, there are more than 22,000 places that hold Junior Achievement events currently. According to Junior Achievement, about 287,000 volunteers support its programs around the world.
1.This passage is about Junior Achievement，an international movement to educate young people about businesses and economics.（）
2.Junior Achievement was started by two business leaders in Massachusetts.（）
3.Classes during school hours have been available in Junior Achievement for more than 60 years.（）
4.Junior Achievement has been worldwide since 1919.（）
5.Volunteers of Junior Achievement teach about the American and world economies and business operations.（）
第4题
"There's an old saying in the space world: amateurs talk about technology, professionals talk about insurance." In an interview last year with The Economist, George Whitesides, chief executive of space-tourism firm Virgin Galactic, was placing his company in the latter category. But insurance will be cold comfort following the failure on October 31st of VSS Enterprise, resulting in the death of one pilot and the severe injury to another.
On top of the tragic loss of life, the accident in California will cast a long shadow over the future of space tourism, even before it has properly begun.
The notion of space tourism took hold in 2001 with a $20 million flight aboard a Russian spacecraft by Dennis Tito, a millionaire engineer with an adventurous streak. Just half a dozen holiday-makers have reached orbit since then, for similarly astronomical price tags. But more recently, companies have begun to plan more affordable "suborbital" flights-briefer ventures just to the edge of space's vast darkness. Virgin Galactic had, prior to this week's accident, seemed closest to starting regular flights. The company has already taken deposits from around 800 would be space tourists, including Stephen Hawking.
After being dogged by technical delays for years, Sir Richard Branson, Virgin Galactic's founder, had recently suggested that a SpaceShipTwo craft would carry its first paying customers as soon as February 2015. That now seems an impossible timeline. In July, a sister craft of the crashed spaceplane was reported to be about half-finished. The other half will have to wait, as authorities of America's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Transportation Safety Board work out what went wrong.
In the meantime, the entire space tourism industry will be on tenterhooks(坐立不安). The 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, intended to encourage private space vehicles and services, prohibits the transportation secretary (and thereby the FAA) from regulating the design or operation of private spacecraft, unless they have resulted in a serious or fatal injury to crew or passengers. That means that the FAA could suspend Virgin Galactic's licence to fly. It could also insist on checking private manned spacecraft as thoroughly as it does commercial aircraft. While that may make subotbital travel safer, it would add significant cost and complexity to an emerging industry that has until now operated largely as the playground of billionaires and dreamy engineers.
How Virgin Galactic, regulators and the public respond to this most recent tragedy will determine whether and how soon private space travel can transcend that playground. There is no doubt that spaceflight entails risks, and to pioneer a new mode of travel is to free those risks, and to reduce them with the benefit of hard-won experience.
61.What is said about the failure of VSS Enterprise？
A.It may lead to the bankruptcy of Virgin Galactic.
B.It has a strong negative impact on space tourism.
C.It may discourage rich people from space travel.
D.It has aroused public attention to safety issues.
62.What do we learn about the space-tourism firm Virgin Galactic？
A.It has just built a craft for commercial flights.
B.It has sent half a dozen passengers into space.
C.It was about ready to start regular business.
D.It is the first to launch "suborbital” flights.
63.What is the purpose of the 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Ace？(商业空间的发射修正案)
A.To ensure space travel safety.
B.To limit the FAA's functions.
C.To legalize private space exploration.
D.Tp promote the space tourism industry.
64.What might the FAA do after the recent accident in California？
A.Impose more rigid safety standards.
B.Stop certifying new space-tourist agencies.
C.Amend its 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act.
D.Suspend Virgin Galactic's licence to take passengers into space.
65.What does the author think of private space travel？
A.It is worth promoting despite the risks involved.
B.It should not be confined to the rich only.
C.It should be strictly regulated.
D.It is too risky to carry on.
第5题
(1)Which statement is correct according to paragraph one？
A、Broccoli was first bred by Mendel
B、Broccoli wasn’t considered edible until 500 years ago
C、Mendel's work was considered most important in the history of genetics
D、Mendel’s study found its major application some 100 years ago
(2)What was cited as a result of the green revolution？
A、Sharp rise in worldwide wheat production
B、Extensive use of organic fertilizer
C、Large-scale adoption of genetic modification
D、Commercial success of genetically modified seeds.
(3)Which statement is true of GenBank according to the passage？
A、The number of gene sequences has doubled since its foundation
B、The commercial breeders are its main sponsors
C、It is a genetic sequence database
D、It was founded in 2004
(4)It can be learned from the passage that the significance of genetic modification is ______.
A、questioned by some critics
B、poorly conveyed to the public
C、appreciated by all breeders
D、fully understood only by scientists
(5)The word “novel” in paragraph three is closest in meaning to ______.
A、artificial
B、various
C、hybrid
D、new
第6题
In a study published last year, Stepp, a professor at the University of Florida in Gainesville, looked at the ingredients of common drugs sold at local pharmacies. Of the 101 primarily plant-based health remedies he examined, Stepp estimated that the main ingredient in about a third of the drags was a weed.
"Those are Fairly conservative numbers too," he added. "It is actually more than a third. We cut quite a few off the list, because they weren't quite weedy enough, in my view."
To be "weedy enough" to meet Stepp's criteria, plants had to be fast-growing and soft-tissued—unlike trees, for example, which are slow-growing and have woody tissues. Stepp also limited his definition of weeds to plants that thrive in disturbed areas, like farms or clearings, without being deliberately planted.
Stepp said his tally of common weed-based drags was ten times higher than expected. There are about 8,000 weeds known to science. That figure comprises only about 3 percent of the world's 250,000 described plants.
Phyllis Coley is a biologist at the University of Utah who conducts drug-discovery research in the Panamanian tropical rain forests. She said Stepp's finding is "provocative."
Coley noted that weedy plants have long been a source of traditional medicines. A key question, she said, is, Why？
"Perhaps this is because weeds were shown to work better," she said. "But I would also suggest that weedy plants would be much more readily available, as they grow in association with human disturbance and are therefore more likely to be experimented with and developed into medicines."
Meanwhile Stepp said his 2004 study results suggest that, in addition to exploring the rain forest for medicinal plants, it makes sense to look at the 8,000 or so weeds that grow closer to home.
The anthropologist doesn't think drag companies share that view. "The difference between wanting to find new medicines and wanting to find new medicines to make a profit is a very wide gulf," he said.
Regardless of whether new drugs are developed from weeds, Stepp said weed research could lead governments to respect and promote traditional medicinal practices, especially in parts of the world with limited access to modem health care facilities.
According to Prof. Stepp, weedy plants are ______.
A．fast-growing and woody-tissued
B．slow-growing and soft-tissued
C．growing wild
D．growing where it is not wanted
第7题
Engines of Change
The Holy Grail(圣杯) for Automakers
I am driving through downtown Washington, D.C., in a white GM minivan with friendly blue-bubble paper decorating the sides. It's emitting no toxic chemicals and the engine seems to purr(发出隆隆声) rather than growl. I am driving a hydrogen-powered automobile—so clean, you can drink from the exhaust pipe—and it's a smooth, energetic ride.
It's also the Holy Grail for automakers, environmentalists, political leaders—and, most important, drivers everywhere, whether or not we realize it yet. What's not to like about a vehicle that combats global warming, offers hope of weaning(使戒掉) the world off Mideast oil, and could save on fuel costs？ More than anything, though, the development of the hydrogen car, along with other alternatives, is a response to one unsettling fact: The world will one day run out of oil. And that day may arrive sooner than most of us would think.
Industry experts at the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO) predict that by 2008, we may have extracted half the available global supply of oil. While it took us the better part of the last century to reach this halfway point, it will take significantly less time to consume the rest. With more industrialized countries, more cars, trucks and buses, and more demand than ever for home heating and appliances—just think China—oil could reach depletion more quickly than we once assumed. So the race is underway to find affordable fuel alternatives, as well as new ways to conserve our remaining oil.
For car manufacturers and a growing number of consumers, the future is now-in the form. of the latest generation of hybrid vehicles. Toyota, Honda and Ford have led the charge with technology that pairs a small gasoline engine with an electric motor that actually powers the car without high levels of pollution. The electric motor and gasoline engine is more efficient than a combustion(燃烧) engine. According to the Alliance to Save Energy, in 2004, SUV drivers spent about $1,225 on fuel, while passenger cars cost $976 to run. Hybrid drivers only spent between $350 and $450.
Also, hybrids have solved a big drawback of energy-efficient electric cars, which need to be recharged regularly literally plugged into a power source. Hybrids like Honda's Insight, Civic and Accord, and Toyota's Prius, charge the battery as you drive. Plus, some can travel more than 600 miles on a tank of gas.
To lure people to buy these cleaner, more efficient cars—hybrids, the federal government is offering owners a one-time tax deduction. Local governments are offering incentives too. Hybrid owners in Los Angeles receive parking exemptions; in Connecticut, residents whose energy-efficient cars get at least 40 miles per gallon are exempt from the sales tax on the car; Pennsylvania owners are eligible for a $500 discount at purchase; and in Virginia, hybrid drivers can take advantage of the HOV (high-occupancy vehicle) lane—no matter how many passengers are on board.
According to Bradley Berman, editor of HybridCars.com, 88,000 of these automobiles were sold in the United States last year—that's nearly double the previous year and about ten times as many sold in 2000. This year alone, the chic(时尚的) Prius is on track to sell some 45,000, despite six-month waiting lists.
Reducing U.S. Oil Consumption
Even as more hybrid cars hit the road, the technology is a key element in an exciting new project, one that could hasten our transition to a hydrogen-fuel economy. The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), a nonprofit organization dedicated to energy policy, has launched a research center with the sole purpose of creating the "Hypercar." This vehicle's design is what sets it apart. Hypercars are formulated to make the most of an ultra-light construction, low-drag aero-dynamics and hybrid-electric drive trains to achieve much greate
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第8题
听力原文： Online education is booming. But it's new, and no one is really tracking online education yet, so there aren't numbers on how many seniors are logging on. What we do know is that over one million students enrolled in college-level distance learning classes this year. And the number is expected to grow to over two million by 2002 and that increase will come from the Internet. Among the 4,000 American colleges and universities, 1,500 of them offer online learning, and that number is expected to go up to 87 percent by 2004. We also know that 45 to 65-year-olds go online more frequently—and stay there longer—than 18 to 24 year-olds generation.
The majority of distance-teaching courses are business classes. The second largest is computer technology classes. Most classes are at the undergraduate level; graduate business programs account for 34 percent of distance learning courses.
WHERE TO FIND CLASSES？
If you already have a degree and want to expand your knowledge—or need some credits to graduate, two sites can help you find classes for degree credits or certificates that can apply coward a diploma from another school or organization.
CAN YOU GET A COLLEGE DEGREE ONLINE？
Last year, it was estimated 50,000 adults sought accredited degrees online. Only 13 schools offer degree programs online. And, as we said before, by 2004, 87 percent of American colleges and universities are expected to offer on-line programs for credit.
An online-only university that offers mostly masters and doctorate degrees in fields of business, education, human service, psychology, and technology. Also offers certificate programs for business professionals.
(33)
A．about one million students.
B．nearly one million students.
C．more than one million students.
D．over one billion students.
第9题
The Embarrassing Pharmaceutical Industry
The image of drug industry
The drug industry's image problems are beginning to hurt pharmaceutical companies where it matters most-- at the bottom line.
A year after Merck's withdrawal of its arthritis medicine Vioxx led to an industry wide credibility crisis, the Food and Drug Administration is blocking new medicines that might previously have passed muster. Doctors are writing fewer prescriptions for antidepressants and other drugs whose safety has been challenged, like hormone replacement therapies for women in menopause.
Meanwhile, insurers and some states are taking advantage of the backlash against the industry to try shifting patients to older, generic drugs, arguing that they work as well as newer and more expensive branded medicines. Overall, prescriptions continue to rise slightly, but an increasing share of prescriptions are going to generic drugs. Also, consumers seem to be less responsive to aggressive drug marketing.
The industry lost trust
"A lot of the demand that the industry has created over the years has been through promotion, and for that promotion to be effective, there has to be trust," said Richard Evans, an analyst covering drug stocks at Sanford C. Bernstein and Company. "That trust has been lost."
In the background, new competitors are forcing the old-line drug giants to struggle to keep pace. Biotechnology companies like Genentech are taking the lead in finding new treatments for cancer, a promising and lucrative field.
Executives of the major drug companies say they expect public scrutiny in the wake of problems with Vioxx and other drugs. But they say they are concerned that consumer mistrust has led to unrealistic expectations about drug safety and risks, stunting the development of new medicines.
"I think there is an overall unreasonable expectation right now that there is such a thing as a risk free drug," said Sidney Taurel, chief executive of Eli Lilly & Company.
The major drug makers remain highly profitable. But at some, including Pfizer and Merck, the largest and third-largest American companies in terms of revenue, sales are stagnant and profits are failing, leading to layoffs and-- for the first time in years-- cuts in research budgets. The drug industry, which is dominated by companies based in this country, is hardly in a full-blown crisis, and layoffs are occurring mainly on the margins of its work force. Pfizer alone will make about ＄ 8 billion in profit this year, on sales of about ＄ 51 billion, and invest more than ＄ 7 billion in research and development although the company's research spending fell 6 percent in the third quarter of 2005 compared with the same period in 2004, and Pfizer expects it to stay flat or decline in the coming years. Overall, the industry spends more than ＄ 30 billion annually on research and development.
But for the companies, and for patients who are counting on industry research to produce new treatments for diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes, these are trying times. Wall Street has also taken notice of the industry's woes. Shares of Pfizer are near their lowest levels since 1997, closing Friday at ＄ 22.43, and a broad index of drug stocks has fallen 25 percent in five years. In contrast, shares of biotechnology companies are soaring.
Without new drugs to promote as patents expire, and with the bar set so high by the blockbusters of the last decade, the old-line companies have depended on stopgap measures to protect sales, like reformulating existing drugs so they can be taken once a week instead of once daily. At the same time, they have used consumer advertising to drive patient demand. But those strategies appear to be losing their effectiveness, as consumers become more skeptical and insurers rebel against high prices for drugs that are not
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第10题
Some of the expenses 【C4】______ during the startup phase will be one-time costs, such as the fee for printing 【C5】______ your brochures, creating your LLC or acquiring a permit, while others will be 【C6】______ , such as rent, insurance or employees' salaries. In 【C7】______ , it's best to use a two-step process. First, 【C8】______ an estimate of one-time costs needed to get your doors open, and then develop an operating 【C9】______ for the first six months or even the first year of the business.
【C10】______ you're still having trouble figuring out how much money you need, do 【C11】______ on other companies in your industry and region of the country. Talk to their owners about 【C12】______ they figured out start-up costs and ask 【C13】______ about expenses they forgot. The SBA offers free 【C14】______ through its Small Business Development Centers and its 【C15】______ , SCORE. You can also seek advice from an accountant or attorney 【C16】______ dealing with small businesses.
When in doubt about your projections, you should always 【C17】______ on the side of overestimating your up-front investment cost and 【C18】______ sales. Eric van Merkensteijn, a University of Pennsylvania business professor who left 【C19】______ in the late 1990s to open a restaurant in Philadelphia, offers this advice: Figure out your start-up costs, then double that number. Then double it again. Only then will you have a(n) 【C20】______ number, says the professor, who closed the business in 2004 and returned to campus.
【C1】
A．brainwash
B．brainstorm
C．brainwave
D．brain-drain
