C It doesn’t matter when or how long a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That’s what all doctors’ thought, until they heard about Jercy Page. Jercy Page, it was said, never slept. Could this be true The doctors decided to see this strange man by themselves. Jercy Page was ninety years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised. Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw Jercy Page sleeping. Actually, he did not even own a bed. He never needed one. The only rest that Jercy Page got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him many questions, hoping to find an answer. They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Page remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was alt. Was this the real reason No one could be sure. After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Jercy Page______.
A. needed some kind of sleep
B. was too old to need any sleep
C. needed no sleep at all
D. often slept in chair
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阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项([A]、[B]、[C]和[D])中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。Plugging into Electronic Databases If you are looking (36) information, library shelves are a good place (37) . But if you need up-to-the-minute data or have specialized needs, you may (38) a computerized database more useful, (39) expensive, and less time consuming. A database, a file of (40) on one subject or family of subjects, can be (41) and maintained in a computer’s memory. The speed of the computer then enables you (42) any item in this file almost instantly. The three main types of databases are statistics, bibliographies, and full text. Statistical databases store vast (43) of numerical data, such as wages and price indexes, census information, foreign exchange rates, and bond prices. Bibliographic databases store references to and (44) of articles (45) periodicals and newspapers. Full-text databases offer the complete texts of such materials (46) newspaper, magazine and journal articles. (47) databases exist today, and their numbers are (48) Many companies have their (49) database, (50) is accessible (51) employees through computer terminals or microcomputers. (52) addition, several hundred commercial data bases are now available (53) the public, (54) literally millions of information readily retrievable. These databases cover specific fields, such as law and financial (55) , or general information, such as sports and weather data.
A. little
B. lest
C. less
D. more
D Animation means making things which are lifeless come alive and move. Since earliest times, people have always been astonished by movement. But not until this century have we managed to take control of movement, to record it, and in the case of animation, to retranslate it and recreate it. To do all this, we use a movie camera and a projector (放映机). In the world of cartoon animation, nothing is impossible. You can make the characters do exactly what you want them to do. A famous early cartoon character was Felix the Cat, created by Pat Sullivan in America in the early nineteen twenties. Felix was a wonderful cat. He could do all sorts of things no natural cat could do like taking off his tail, using it as a handle and then putting it back. Most of the great early animators lived and worked in America, the home of the moving picture industry. The famous Walt Disney cartoon characters came to life after 1928. Popeye the Sailor and his girl friend Olive Oyo were born at Max Ficischer in 1933. But to be an animator, you don’t have to be a professional(专业人士). It is possible for anyone to make a simple animated film without using a camera at all. All you have to do is to draw directly onto an empty film and then run the film through a projector. Which of the following statement is true
A. People were unable to cause the movement to last or record it in the 21st century.
B. Pat Sullivan was a famous early cartoon character.
C. It is impossible to make cartoon characters do what they are designed to do.
D. In ancient times people were surprised by movement.
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项([A]、[B]、[C]和[D])中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。Plugging into Electronic Databases If you are looking (36) information, library shelves are a good place (37) . But if you need up-to-the-minute data or have specialized needs, you may (38) a computerized database more useful, (39) expensive, and less time consuming. A database, a file of (40) on one subject or family of subjects, can be (41) and maintained in a computer’s memory. The speed of the computer then enables you (42) any item in this file almost instantly. The three main types of databases are statistics, bibliographies, and full text. Statistical databases store vast (43) of numerical data, such as wages and price indexes, census information, foreign exchange rates, and bond prices. Bibliographic databases store references to and (44) of articles (45) periodicals and newspapers. Full-text databases offer the complete texts of such materials (46) newspaper, magazine and journal articles. (47) databases exist today, and their numbers are (48) Many companies have their (49) database, (50) is accessible (51) employees through computer terminals or microcomputers. (52) addition, several hundred commercial data bases are now available (53) the public, (54) literally millions of information readily retrievable. These databases cover specific fields, such as law and financial (55) , or general information, such as sports and weather data.
A. On
B. In
C. To
D. At
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项([A]、[B]、[C]、[D])中选出最佳选项。A People living on parts of the south coast of England face a serious problem. In 1993, the owners of a large hotel and of several houses discovered, to their horror, that their gardens had disappeared overnight. The sea had eaten into the soft limestone cliffs on which they had been built. While experts were studying the problem, the hotel and several houses disappeared altogether, sliding down the cliff and into the sea. Erosion (侵蚀) of the white cliffs along the south coast of England has always been a problem but it has become more serious in recent years. Dozens of homes have had to be abandoned as the sea has crept farther and farther inland. Experts have studied the areas most affected and have drawn up a map for local people, forecasting the year in which their homes will be swallowed up by the hungry sea. Angry owners have called on the government to erect sea defenses to protect their homes. Government surveyors have pointed out that in most cases, this is impossible. New sea walls would cost hundreds of millions of pounds and would merely make the waves and currents go further along the coast, shifting the problem from one area to another. The danger is likely to continue, they say, until the waves reach an inland area of hard rock which will not be eaten as limestone is. Meanwhile, if you want to buy a cheap house with an uncertain future, apply to a house agent in one of the threatened areas on the south coast of England. You can get a house for a knockdown price but it may turn out to be a knockdown home. The experts’study on the problem of erosion can
A. lead to its eventual solution
B. provide an effective way to slow it down
C. help to prevent it from worsening
D. warn people whose homes are in danger