When the author says that "an oracle suffered from dyspepsia which he ascribed to some fr
A.grateful
B.factual
C.sarcastic
D.humorous
A.grateful
B.factual
C.sarcastic
D.humorous
第1题
When the author says wit keeps the season's fashions, he means that it______.
A.doesn't vary according to fashion
B.uses the language of the day
C.often makes fun of current fashion
D.both B and C
第2题
When talking about“one terawatt”,the author says that__________.
A.it is a small measuring unit of electricity
B.it is a great amount of electricity
C.it is the amount of C02 released when 7 billion people use electricity at the same time
D.it is equivalent to the number of bulbs that 7 billion people use
第3题
What does the author mean when he says, "we can't turn the clock back"(Line 1, Para. 3)?
A.It's impossible to slow down the pace of change.
B.The social reality children are facing cannot be changed.
C.Lessons learned from the past should not be forgotten.
D.It's impossible to forget the past.
第4题
The author says that civilized people should___________
A.not have any quarrels to settle
B.settle their quarrels without fighting
C.not fight when there are no quarrels to Settle
D.settle their quarrels by seeing which side can kill off the greater number of the other side
第5题
A.It’s impossible to slow down the pace of change.
B.The social reality children are facing cannot be changed.
C.Lessons learned from the past should not be forgotten.
D.It’s impossible to forget the past.
第6题
A.Driving can show his real self.
B.Driving can show the best part of his personality.
C.Driving can bring out his characters.
D.His car only displays the dark side of his temper.
第7题
The author says that cooked rattlesnake is______.
A.tasty
B.bitter
C.healthful
D.unappetizing
第8题
In my fridgeless Fifties childhood, 1 was fed well and healthy.The milkman came every day, the grocer, the butcher (肉商), the baker, and the ice-cream man delivered two or three times each week.The Sunday meat would last until Wednesday and surplus(剩余的) bread and milk became all kinds of cakes.Nothing was wasted, and we were never troubled by rotten food.Thirty years on food deliveries have ceased, fresh vegetables are almost unobtainable in the country.
The invention of the fridge contributed comparatively little to the art of food preservation.Many well-tried techniques already existed -- natural cooling, drying, smoking, salting, sugaring, bottling...
What refrigeration did promote was marketing --- marketing hardware and electricity, marketing soft drinks, marketing dead bodies of animals around the world in search of a good price.
Consequently, most of the world's fridges are to be found, not in the tropics where they might prove useful, but in the rich countries with mild temperatures where they are climatically almost unnecessary.Every winter, millions of fridges hum away continuously, and at vast expense, busily maintaining an artificially-cooled space inside an artificially-heated house -- while outside, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge.
The fridge's effect upon the environment has been evident, while its contribution to human happiness has been not important.
1.The statement "In my fridgeless fifties childhood, I was fed well and healthily." suggests that the author was well-fed and healthy even without a fridge in his fifties.()
2.The author says that nothing was wasted before the invention of fridges because people had effective ways to preserve food.()
3.Consumers benefited the most from fridges according to the author?()
4.What refrigeration did promote was food-preserving.()
5.The author is critical to fridges.()
第9题
A.Y
B.N
C.NG
第10题
Although the author says, "I am here to teach", his purpose is really ______.
A.to deceive
B.to joke
C.to persuade
D.to smoke