For this part, you are allowed 35 minutes to write a composition on the topic "Studying Over- seas". You should write at least 150 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese ) below: (1)有些人认为出国留学有一定的好处,但困难太多; (2)我则认为…… (You should write 160—200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.)
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It may be the last book you’ll ever buy. And certainly, from a (21) standpoint, it will be the only book you’ll ever need. No, it’s not the Bible or some New Age tome (22) enlightenment--although it would let you carry (23) both texts simultaneously. It’s an electronic book--a (24) volume that could contain a library of information or, if your tastes run (25) what’s current, every title on today’s bestseller (26) And when you’re (27) with those, you could refill it with new (28) Convenience is its main (29) and that means more than simple portability. Because the information is in electronic (30) , it can be easily manipulated. You could, for instance, make the type larger for easier reading. Or you could make notes in the (31) with a stylus your observations being (32) on tiny, removable flash-memory card in the spine. It is likely that electronic books will come pre-loaded with a (33) of titles. New titles could be made (34) through flash-memory cards, for example, internet will be the delivery method of choice. Imagine browsing an online bookstore like www. Amazon. com, corn and downloading a novel (35) your electronic book via the modem in its spine. (36) Moby Dick would take about a minute. You could download a few titles, so you’ll have a few good reads to choose from while you’re relaxing at the beach. If your first choice is not to your (37) , a new title becomes available (38) the push of a button. An electronic book will be (39) --around $ 200 for a basic read-only model to about $ 400 for one that would (40) your margin scribbles. Some hurdles remain, though, before you can take an electric book with you anywhere.
A. against
B. on
C. toward
D. over
Passage 3 A new era is upon us. Call it what you will: the service economy, the information age, the knowledge society. It all translates to a fundamental change in the way we work. Already we’re partly there. The percentage of people who earn their living by making things has fallen dramatically in the Western World. Today the majority of jobs in America, Europe and Japan (two thirds or more in many of these countries) are in the service industry, and the number is on the rise. More women are in the work force than ever before. There are more part-time jobs. More people are self-employed. But the breadth of the economic transformation can’t be measured by numbers alone, because it also gives rise to a radical new way of thinking about the nature of work itself. Long-held notions about jobs and careers, the skills needed to succeed, even the relation between individuals and employers--all these are being challenged. We only have to look behind us to get some sense of what may lie ahead. No one looking ahead 20 years possibly could have foreseen the ways in which a single invention, the chip, would transform our world thanks to its applications in personal computers, digital communications and factory robots. Tomorrow’s achievements in biotechnology, artificial intelligence or even some still unimagined technology could produce a similar wave of dramatic changes. But one thing is certain: information and knowledge will become even more vital, and the people who possess it, whether they work in manufacturing or services, will have the advantage and produce the wealth. Computer knowledge will become as basic a requirement as the ability to read and write. The ability to solve problems by applying information instead of performing routine tasks will be valued above all else. If you cast your mind ahead 10 years, information services will be predominant. It will be the way you do your job. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage
A. Computers and the Knowledge Society
B. Service Industries in Modern Society
C. Features and Implications of the New Era
D. Rapid Advancement of Information Technology
某施工单位通过投标获得了某市一高级公路路面施工工程。由于该项目的各专业人才集中在现场办公,专业技术人员在项目施工中协同工作,所以在劳动力组合管理方面采取J了混合工作队式管理方式。 该路面底基层为填隙碎石,基层为水泥稳定碎石,面层为沥青混凝土。该段高级公路全长80 km,设计时速:120 km/h。 填隙碎石的施工_丁艺包括:①运输和摊铺粗碎石;②撒布填隙料;③初压;④再次撒布填隙料;⑤振动压实。 该施工单位依据有关标准和规范,并结合建设任务、施工管理和质量检验评定,狠抓工程质量,在各分部分项工程完成后,做了质量检验。 根据以上材料,回答下列问题: 场景中的路面水泥稳定碎石基层施工时应注意( )。
A. 水泥稳定碎石基层水泥剂量不宜超过6%
B. 施工时,必须采用顺序作业法
C. 当分层施工时,第二层必须在第一层养生7天后方可铺筑
D. 该施工期宜在春末和气温较高的季节
E. 施工时,应做水泥稳定土的延迟时间对其强度影响的试验,以指导施工
Passage 4 In the 1950s, the pioneers of artificial intelligence (AI) predicted that, by the end of this century, computers would be conversing with us at work and robots would be performing our housework. But as useful as computers are, they’re nowhere close to achieving remotely resembling these early aspirations for humanlike behavior. Never mind something as complex as conversation: the most powerful computers struggle to reliably recognize the shape of an object, the most elementary of a ten-month-old kid. A growing group of AI researchers think they know where the field went wrong. The problem, the scientists say, is that AI has been trying to separate the highest, most abstract levels of thought, like language and mathematics, and to duplicate them with logical, step-by-step programs. A new movement in AI, on the other hand, takes a closer look at the more roundabout way in which nature came up with intelligence. Many of these researchers study evolution and natural adaptation instead of formal logic and conventional computer programs. Rather than digital computers and transistors, some want to work with brain cells and proteins. The results of these early efforts are as promising as they are peculiar, and the new nature-based Al movement is slowly but surely moving to the forefront of the field. Imitating the brain’s neural network is a huge step in the right direction, says computer Scientist and biophysicist Michael Conrad, but it still misses an important aspect of natural intelligence. "People tend to treat the brain as if it were made up of color-coded transistors", he explains." But it’s not simply a clever network of switches. There are lots of important things going on inside the brain cells themselves." Specifically, Conrad believes that many of the brain’s capabilities stem from the pattern-recognition proficiency of the individual molecules that make up each brain cell. The best way to build an artificially intelligent device, he claims, would be to build it around the same sort of molecular skills. Right now, the notion that conventional computers and software are fundamentally incapable of matching the processes that take place in the brain remains controversial. But if it proves true, then the efforts of Conrad and his fellow AI rebels could turn out to be the only game in town. Conrad and his group of AI researchers have been making enormous efforts to ______.
A. find a roundabout way to design powerful computers
B. build a computer using a clever network of switches
C. find out how intelligence developed in nature
D. separate the highest and most abstract levels of thought