请输入或粘贴题目内容
搜题
拍照、语音搜题，请扫码下载APP
题目内容
（请给出正确答案）
Odd though it sounds, cosmic inflation is a scientifically plausible consequence of some respected ideas in elementary-particle physics, and many astrophysicists have been convinced for the better part of a decade that it is true.
答案
宇宙膨胀说虽然听似奇特，但它是基本粒子物理学中的一些公认的理论在科学上看来可信的推论。许多天体学家七、八年来一直公认这一论说是正确的。
更多“Odd though it sounds, cosmic inflation is a scientifically plausible consequence of so”相关的问题
第1题
W: It sounds as though you've already made up your mind about what you are going to do.
Q: What is the man thinking about？
(13)
A．Whether to employ the woman.
B．Whether to take up the new job.
C．Whether to ask for a raise.
D．Whether to ask for more salary.
第2题
How Babies Learn Language
During the first year of a child's life, parents and careers are concerned with its physical development; during the second year, they watch the baby's language development very carefully. It is interesting just how easily children learn language. Children who are just three or four years old, who cannot yet tie their shoelaces, are able to speak in full sentences without any specific language training.
The current view of child language development is that it is an instinct—something as natural as eating or sleeping. According to experts in this area, this language instinct is innate—something each of us is born with. But this prevailing view has not always enjoyed widespread acceptance.
In the middle of last century, experts of the time, including a renowned (著名的) professor at Harvard University in the United States, regarded child language development as the process of learning through mere repetition. Language "habits" developed as young children were rewarded for repeating language correctly and ignored or punished when they used incorrect forms of language. Over time, a child, according to this theory, would learn language much like a dog might learn to behave properly through training.
Yet even though the modern view holds that language is instinctive, experts like Assistant Professor Lise Eliot are convinced that the interaction a child has with its parents and caregivers is crucial to its developments. The language of the parents and caregivers act as models for the developing child. In fact, a baby's day-to-day experience is so important that the child will learn to speak in a manner very similar to the model speakers it hears.
Given that the models parents provide are so important, it is interesting to consider the role of "baby talk" in the child's language development. Baby talk is the language produced by an adult speaker who is trying to exaggerate certain aspects of the language to capture the attention of a young baby.
Dr Roberta Golinkoff believes that babies benefit from baby talk. Experiments show that immediately after birth babies respond more to infant-directed talk than they do to adult-directed talk. When using baby talk, people exaggerate their facial expressions, which helps the baby to begin to understand what is being communicated. She also notes that the exaggerated nature and repetition of baby talk helps infants to learn the difference between sounds. Since babies have a great deal of information to process, baby talk helps. Although there is concern that baby talk may persist too long, Dr Golinkoff says that it stops being used as the child gets older, that is, when the child is better able to communicate with the parents.
Professor Jusczyk has made a particular study of babies' ability to recognize sounds, and says they recognize the sound of their own names as early as four and a half months. Babies know the meaning of Mummy and Daddy by about six months, which is earlier than was previously believed. By about nine months, babies begin recognizing frequent patterns in language. A baby will listen longer to the sounds that occur frequently, so it is good to frequently call the infant by its name.
An experiment at Johns Hopkins University in USA, in which researchers went to the homes of 16 nine-month-olds, confirms this view. The researchers arranged their visits for ten days out of a two week period. During each visit the researcher played an audio tape that included the same three stories. The stories included odd words such as "python" or "hornbill", words that were unlikely to be encountered in the babies' everyday experience. After a couple of weeks during which nothing was done, the babies were brought to the research lab, where they listened to two recorded lists of words. The first list included words heard in the story. The second included s
A．Y
B．N
C．NG
第3题
Language learning begins with listening. Individual children vary greatly in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and late starters are often long listeners. Most children will “obey” spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word obey is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.
Any attempt to trace the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves out as particularly indicative of delight, distress, sociability, and so on. But since these cannot be said to show the baby’s intention to communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyments, and that by six months they are able to add new sounds to their repertoire (能发出的全部声音). This self-imitation leads on to deliberate (有意识的) imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech.
第61题：By “... challenges explanation” (Line 2, Para. 1) the author means that ________.
A) no explanation is necessary for such an obvious phenomenon
B) no explanation has been made up to now
C) it’s no easy job to provide an adequate explanation
D) it’s high time that an explanation was provided
第4题
听力原文： Music which is original is individual and personal. That is to say, it can be identified as belonging to a particular composer. It has particular qualities, or a style, which are not copied from another. If you can recognize the style. of a composer, you will probably be able to tell that a certain composition belongs to him or her even though you have never heard it before. A basket-maker has the skill of weaving his materials to create colorful patterns, and an expert carpenter has the, skill of joining together different shapes and sizes of wood to make a beautiful piece of furniture. These skills may be referred to as "workmanship". Similarly, in music a composer organizes his melodies and rhythms and combines sounds to create harmony. A composer may be capable of thinking up very good and original tunes, yet if tunes are poorly organized the final result will not be standard. Good music expresses feelings in a way that is suitable to those feelings. There may be joy, sorrow, fear, love, anger, or whatever. Bad music, on the other hand, may confuse unrelated feelings, it may not express any important feelings at all, or it may exaggerate some feelings and make them vulgar. Good music will stand the test of time. It will gain a kind of permanent status while bad music will disappear and be forgotten quickly. In pop music, where the general rule seems to be "the newer the better", the test of time is the hardest test of all to pass.
(33)
A．It has a personal style.
B．It sounds very familiar to our ears.
C．It is one whose style. you cannot recognize.
D．It does not belong to any composer.
第5题
听力原文：W: Why don't you begin by telling something about yourself？
M: What would you like to know？
W: The usual, you know, something about your background, experience and anything personal that you feel is important.
M: Well, I was born in a city in the southwest and went to school there, right up through college. My father is a lawyer, and my mother is a doctor.
W: Sounds as if you come from a very professional family.
M: That's right. One of my uncles teaches computers in a university and has influenced me a lot.
W: What made you decide to come to the east coast and get into the computer business here？
M: Well, after I finished my engineering degree, I began to specialize in computer software technology and I even had my own company for a while. But I think the cities on the east coast are developing more rapidly and offer a more promising future. So I finally decided to leave my hometown, even though it meant tuming down some job offers there.
W: Sounds impressive. Why don't you have your credentials and references sent to me.'？ I'll show them to the manager. We'll get back to you in a week.
M: Thank you very much.
(20)
A．After he moved to a city in the southwest.
B．Before he finished high school.
C．After he graduated from college.
D．Before he had his own company.
第6题
M: Me too. Just a second, I need to put all this stuff in my schoolbag. Where shall we go？
W: The school cafeteria.
M: No, the food served there is not as good as one expects. Besides, workers there often pull long faces. Let's go to the food-studs outside the campus. Food there is cheap and tasty and the venders always greet customers with open arms.
W: Are you kidding？ Haven't you heard that some students got very sick after their taste of the snacks they sold. I'd rather go to the dining hall even though the food served is tasteless as I think.
M: Why not go to the supermarket, and get some cookies and milk？ By the way, you often suitor from stomach-ach.
Physicians say it does lots of good to one's stomach if he has some milk right before his bedtime.
W: That sounds like a good idea Let's go.
(19)
A．To go to the school cafeteria.
B．To go to the food stands outside the school
C．To go to the supermarket.
D．To go to the venders
第7题
听力原文：M: Why？ Mary, you are sweating heavily. Where have you been？
W: I've just been to Fitness Center to learn Hip-Hop dance.
M: What is Hip-Hop dance？
W: It is a newly emerged way of keeping fit. It was introduced into China in 1999.
M: As I know, there are different kinds of aerobics, Latin dance, yoga and so on. Why do you choose Hip-hop？
W: Of all the kinds of body-shaping exercises I tried, I found that this class is the most interesting. I've enjoyed it a lot in gym room.
M: Would you please tell me more about it？
W: Sure, Hip-Hop dance is using its music, its basic movements, and also its freedom for self-expression.
M: It sounds like an aerobics class.
W: Not exactly. The participants and the instructor are dressed in their ordinary casual wear. Moreover, the music they use is not the dancing music that an aerobics class usually uses.
M: Is that the main difference from normal aerobics？
W: No, Hip-Hop dance is a lot more tiring. Even though I'm exhausted, I enjoy it.
M: Does it mean you feel like being tired out？
W: Ha, no. I think it is a good way to relax. And it is too challenging for me to follow the instructor through the motions, but I will continue to learn it.
M: Is there any age or skill level limit for entering？
W: No. In our class, the youngest student is 15 and the oldest is 50. And everyone can choose whatever difficulty level he or she wants to.
M: Sounds interesting. I'll go there with you next time.
W: OK. But one thing you should remember is to dress comfortably. For the physical parts, drink as much water as you can.
M: I'll do.
(23)
A．Hip-Hop dance appeared in China in 1999.
B．Hip-Hop dance is the most popular exercise in China since 1999.
C．Hip-Hop dance is completely different from aerobics.
D．The music Hip-Hop uses is what an aerobics class uses.
第8题
(33)
A．Eliminating the original vegetation from the building site.
B．Marking the houses in an area similar to one another.
C．Deciding where a house will be built.
D．Surrounding a building with wild flowers and plants.
第9题
听力原文：W: Hello, Mark. Have you ever played cricket？
M: No, never. Have you, Joe？
W: No, but I once watched a game at the Cricket Club.
M: Did you enjoy it？
W: No, not much, though everybody else seemed to. I found it very slow. Nothing much seemed to happen. Perhaps that was because I didn't really understand what was going on.
M: It's a bit like baseball, isn't it？
W: Well, not really, In baseball there is only one man with a hat but in cricket there are two.
M: Both at the same time？
W: No. They take turns. They each stand at one end of the pitch in front of some sticks called "stumps" or the "wicket''. A member of the other team, the "bowler", threws the ball at the stumps. The batsman tries to protect the wicket and hit the ball as far as he can.
M: What happens when he hits the ball？
W: The batsmen run to change positions. That's called a "run". They do it as many times as they can. M: What does the other team do？
W: One of them runs after the ball and throws it at the wicket. If he hits it while the bats-men are still running, one of them is out.
M: That sounds a little like baseball.
W: Not really. I think baseball is more exciting.
M: Yes, so do I.
(23)
A．It is exciting.
B．There is a lot of fan.
C．It is a hard game.
D．It is a slow game.
第10题
Seven Steps to a More Fulfilling Job
Many people today find themselves in unfulfilling work situations. In fact, one in four workers is dissatisfied with their current job, according to the recent "Plans for 2004" survey. Their career path may be financially rewarding, but it doesn't meet their emotional, social or creative needs. They’re stuck, unhappy, and have no idea what to do about it, except move to another job.
Mary Lyn Miller, veteran career consultant and founder of the Life and Career Clinic, says that when most people are unhappy about their work, their first thought is to get a different job. Instead, Miller suggests looking at the possibility of a different life. Through her book, 8 Myths of Making a Living, as well as workshops, seminars and personal coaching and consulting, she has helped thousands of dissatisfied warkers reassess life and work.
Like the way of Zen, which includes understanding of oneself as one really is, Miller encourages job seekers and those dissatisfied with work or life to examine their beliefs about work and recognize that "in many cases your beliefs are what brought you to where you are today." You may have been raised to think that women were best at nurturing and caring and, therefore, should be teachers and nurses. So that's what you did. Or, perhaps you were brought up to believe that you should do what your father did, so you have taken over the family business, or become a dentist "just like dad. If this, sounds familiar, it's probably time to look at the new possibilities for your future.
Miller developed a 7 step process to help potential job seekers assess their current situation and beliefs, identify their real passion, and start on a journey that allows them to pursue their passion through work.
Step 1: Willingness to do something different.
Breaking the cycle of doing what you have 'always done is one of the most difficult tasks for job seekers. Many find it difficult to steer away from a career path or make a change, even if it doesn't feel right. Miller urges job seekers to open their minds to other possibilities beyond what they me currently doing.
Step 2: Commitment to being who you are, not who or what someone wants you to be.
Look at the gifts and talents you have and make a commitment to pursue those things that you love, most. If you 10ve the social aspects of your job, but are stuck inside an office or "chained to your desk" most of the time, vow to follow your instinct and investigate altema6ve careers and work that allow you more time to interact with others. Dawn worked as a manager for a large retail clothing store for several years. Though she had advanced within the company, she felt frustrated and longed to be involved with uature and the outdoors. She decided to go to school nights and weekends to pursue her true passion by earning her master's degree in forestry. She now works in the biotech forestry division of a major paper company.
Step 3: Self-definition.
Miller suggests that once job seekers know who they are, they need to know how to sell themselves. "In the job market, you are a product. And just like a product, you must know the ligatures and benefits that you have to offer a potential client, or employer." Examine the skills and knowledge that you have and identify how they can apply to your desired occupation. Your qualities will exhibit to employers why they should hire you over other candidates.
Step 4: Attain a level of self-honoring.
Self-honoring or self-love may seem like an odd step for job hunters, but being able to accept your self, without judgment, helps eliminate insecurities and will make you more self-assured. By accepting who you are—all your emotions, hopes and dreams, your personality, and your unique way of being— you' 11 project more confidence when networking and talking with potential employers. T
A．Y
B．N
C．NG
第11题
Back then, the Cherokee had no way to write down words in their ownlanguage.Sequoyah believed it was important for the Cherokee to have a systemof writing.So, in 1809, he set out to create an alphabet that the Cherokeecould use to do just that.
Sequoyah started by drawing pictures, with each one representing adifferent word or idea.He soon realized that writing sentences using pictureswould be much too difficult.There were too many words.No one would ever beable to remember that many pictures.
Sequoyah decided to try a different approach.He began to developsymbols to stand for the sounds, or syllables (音节), that made upwords.Twelve years later, he completed a system of writing with 86 differentsymbols.Each one stood for a different syllable in the Cherokee language.Thesymbols could easily be put together to form. words.Soon thousands of Cherokeewere able to read and write in their own language.
Sequoyah's work did not end there, however.He helped to establish aprint shop and began publishing a bilingual newspaper in both Cherokee andEnglish.The shop also printed books translated from English into Cherokee.Inlater years, Sequoyah also became a political leader among the Cherokee.
21.As can be learned from the firstparagraph, a Cherokee was a().
A.Native Americans
B.writer
C.White man
D.genius
22.“Talking leaves” in the final paragraphrefers to().
A.English spellings
B.pieces of paper with words
C.English sentences
D.tree leaves that make sounds
23.To create an alphabet, Sequoyah beganwith pictures that stand for().
A.sounds
B.symbols
C.words
D.syllables
24.Sequoyah's invention was important tothe Cherokee, because().
A.the Cherokee are now able to read and write
B.the Cherokee now make a living with thewriting system
C.one of their parks was named afterSequoyah
D.the Cherokee are proud of hisachievement
25.Sequoyah is best remembered for().
A.being able to read and write
B.being raised as a Cherokee
C.drawing pictures to represent words orideas
D.inventing a written language for the Cherokee
