Passage 42 Some countries have large numbers of earthquakes. Japan is one of them. Others do not have many; for example, there are few earthquakes in Britain. There is often a great noise during an earthquake. The earth shakes. Houses fall down. Railway lines are broken. Sometimes many people are killed in an earthquake. Earthquakes often happen near volcanoes, but this is not always true. The centers of some are under the sea. The bottom of the sea suddenly moves. The powerful forces inside the earth break the rocks. The coast is shaken and great waves appear. These waves travel long distances and rush over the land when they reach it. (42) They are strong enough to break down houses and other buildings; sometimes they break more buildings than the earthquake itself. What kind of buildings stands up best in an earthquake A building with concrete walls is perhaps the best. A steel frame will make it even stronger. The frame holds the different parts together, and the walls do not easily fall. There is less chance of fire because concrete and steel do not burn. This kind of building is the safest. Which of the following shows that an earthquake happens
A. The earth and the buildings shake badly.
B. There is a great noise in the sky.
C. The sky is covered with thick clouds.
D. The tigers and lions in the zoo run about nervously.
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某监理公司承担了一幢办公楼施工阶段的监理任务,该工程由建设单位招标进场的某三建公司总承包,施工合同中已明确有600 m2的塑钢窗安装任务,塑钢窗由甲方采购。建设单位在采购时,供货厂家表示可以负责安装,费用稍增,建设单位就与供货厂家签订了供货与安装合同。建设单位代表通知了施工总承包方和项目监理部门,由供货厂家负责塑钢窗的安装。 塑钢窗运达施工单位工地仓库进行了入库验收,在安装过程中,供货厂家按国家标准进行了安装,在窗框与墙体缝隙间进行了填嵌,并采用密封胶密封,报验后监理工程师签署的验收结论为合格,接下来总承包单位进行了抹灰、贴面砖的施工。 工程竣工交付使用后的第一个雨季期间就发现有60%的塑钢窗与墙体间有严重的渗水,该质量事故发生后,建设单位找到监理单位要求对此事故进行分析和处理,经追查发现,安装时使用的密封胶是厂家从市场上采购的无证产品,该事故的发生是由于其质量不合格造成的。【问题】
Passage 44 For more than thirty years scientists have been searching for signs of life on other planets. Most of these searches have been done over the radio. The hope is that someone in outer space may be trying to get in touch with us. Scientists also have sent radio and television messages, as well as messages on spaceships traveling through space, on the chance that someone may be receptive to such messages. Scientists are using powerful radio telescopes to "listen" to signals from about 1,000 stars, all within 100 light years of the earth. In addition, they will scan the entire sky to listen for radio messages from more distant stars. Using a computer, they will be able to monitor more than eight million channels at a time. Scientists are looking for any signal that stands out from the background noise. Of the 200 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy, scientists find that five percent of the stars are like our sun. Perhaps half of them have a planet like the earth. Such a planet would be a reasonable distance from the star for the temperatures to be right for the evolution of life. Believing that there are the inhabitable (that can be lived in) planets in our galaxy, most scientists agree that chances are that one or more of these planets support some life. However, many scientists wonder whether intelligent life exists on other planets. Some believe that thirty years of searching without any intelligent messages show that no one is out there. They say that the evolution of intelligence comparable to ours is unlikely. (44) Other scientists believe that our search hasn’t been long enough to rule out the possibility that intelligent life exists in our galaxy. Although our sun family is only about five billion years old, our galaxy is about 20 billion years old. In that time some scientists think it is likely that civilizations are much more advanced than ours. Perhaps these civilizations send us no signals; perhaps we have not recognized the signals they have sent us. If we hope to find intelligent life, these scientists believe that we have to keep looking. To look for signals from distant stars, scientists______.
A. have sent up spaceships to other planets
B. have sent radio and television messages to outer space
C. are listening to the radio message all the year round
D. will use computers to pick up background noise
Passage 39 Many people have difficulty in studying mathematics. Sometimes their difficulty stems from the psychological idea that they are "not good at math". (39) It has been demonstrated that many times that it is often this idea that is causing their problems rather than any lack of skill in mathematics. The best way to deal with this problem is to tell yourself that math involves using the same numbers you have been using all your life and that you know them as well as anyone else. Then set your mind to learning how they are used in the particular part of mathematics you are studying. Many schools offer "math anxiety" courses which are designed to help people overcome their fear of math. Another problem many people encounter is that in mathematics, unlike some other subjects you may have studied, the material has a very important sequence or order. If you do not understand a section of mathematics text, it is no use going on to the next section. Many sections of math books are based on information presented earlier, so it is essential that you understand a section before going on to the next. Sometimes students in mathematics courses do not read the written material in the text but assume that the instructor will tell them what they need to know. This can cause them serious problems, since many instructors assume that students have read the text before coming to class. The written sections of mathematics textbooks contain much valuable information. The best way to solve this problem is______.
A. to see that math only involves the numbers
B. to see you can learn the numbers no worse than others
C. to tell you that you will know them soon
D. to tell yourself that math involves using the same numbers
Passage 50 Young men often give flowers to young women when they are in love. This tradition may have come from Turkey. In the 1700s in Turkey, it was quite popular for people in love to send each other baskets full of strange things. The baskets were delivered secretly to the person who was receiving it. Usually, an old woman who sold flowers or fruit on the street left the basket beside the person’s door. These baskets included a variety of "gifts": flowers, stones, feathers, wax, and even charcoal. Each thing in the basket had a special meaning. By figuring out the secret message contained in each item, the person who received the basket began to understand little by little the true feelings of the person who sent it. (50) This idea of sending gifts of love with secret meanings quickly spread to Germany, France and England. However, as time passed, only sending flowers remained popular. An innocent bunch of flowers told young ladies about the feelings in the hearts of young men. Each different flower held a different meaning. For example, the flowers from an orange tree meant, "You are beautiful and pure." Pink carnations meant, "My love for you is strong and great." Yellow roses, on the other hand, meant, "I saw you with someone else. " Many flower dictionaries were made to help young people in love understand the meaning of the flowers they received. Not all of the dictionaries agreed, however, on the meaning of each flower, so a person had to be careful about the flowers they chose to send. By the 1880s, using flowers to send messages had fallen out of fashion, and the more direct way of sending love letters began. Today, flowers are still considered a lovely gift, but the meaning for each kind of flower has been lost. To which place did the idea of sending gifts of love spread
A. To Asia.
B. To Australia.
C. To Europe.
D. To North America.