Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage. The current emergency in Mexico City that has taken over our lives is nothing. I could ever have imagined for me or my children. We are living in an environmental crisis, an air-pollution emergency of severity. What it really means is that just to breathe here is to play a dangerous game with your health. As parents, what terrorizes us most are reports that children are at higher risk because they breathe more times per minute. What more can we do to protect them and ourselves Our pediatrician’s(儿科医师的) medical recommendation was simple:abandon the city permanently. We are foreigners and we are among the small minority that can afford to leave. We are here because of my husband’s work. We are fascinated by Mexico—its history and rich culture. We know that for us, this is a temporary danger. However, we cannot stand for much longer the fear we feel for our boys. We cannot stop them from breathing. But for millions, there is no choice. Their lives, their jobs, their futures depend on being here. Thousands of Mexicans arrive each day in this city, desperate for economic opportunities. Thousands more are born here each day. Entire families work in the streets and practically live there. It is a familiar sight:as parents hawk goods at stoplights, their children play in the grassy highway dividers, breathing exhaust fumes. I feel guilty complaining about my personal situation;we won’t be here long enough for our children to form the impression that skies are colored only gray. And yet the government cannot do what it must to clad this problem. For any country, especially a developing Third World economy like Mexico’s, the idea of barring from the capital city enough cars, closing enough factories and spending the necessary billions on public transportation is simply not an option. So when things get bad, as in the current emergency, Mexico takes half measures—prohibiting some more cars from circulating, stopping some factories from producing that even its own officials concede aren’t adequate. The word “emergency”implies the unusual. But when daily life itself is an emergency, the concept loses its meaning. It is human nature to try to adapt to that which we cannot change, or to mislead ourselves into believing we can adapt. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage
A. Kids are in fewer dangers than grown-ups in Mexico City.
B. The author is a native Mexican.
C. The author’s husband is a pediatrician.
D. The Mexican history and culture appeal to the author.
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2012年5月4日20时许,在文昌市某巫山烤全鱼饭馆门口,周某、徐某、熊某、尤某四人群殴。被文昌市公安局海港区分局桥东派出所民警当场抓获。文昌市公安局海港区分局于2012年5月5日作出行政处罚决定,分别给予四人行政拘留12日,并处1000元人民币的罚款。2012年5月5日至2012年5月17日对四人执行行政拘留12日。徐某不服文昌市公安局海港区分局的行政处罚决定,于2012年5月7日向法院提起行政诉讼。法院于2012年5月7日受理后,于2012年5月8日向被告送达了起诉状副本及应诉通知。法院依法组成合议庭,于2012年5月28日公开开庭审理了本案。 根据《行政诉讼法》及有关司法解释规定,若本案有( )的情形,则人民法院可以按撤诉处理。
A. 行政诉讼第三人经合法传唤无正当理由拒不到庭或者未经法庭许可中途退庭的
B. 人民法院裁定不准予原告撤诉,原告经合法传唤无正当理由拒不到庭,或者未经法庭许可中途退庭的
C. 原告经人民法院合法传唤无正当理由拒不到庭或者未经法庭许可中途退庭的
D. 作为一方当事人的行政机关、法人或其他组织终止,尚未确定权利义务承受人的
E. 被告经法院两次合法传唤,无正当理由拒不到庭的
Every living thing has what scientists call a biological clock that controls behavior. It tells plants when to 62 flowers and insects when to leave protective cocoon(茧) and fly away. And it tells animals and human beings when to 63 , sleep and seek food. It controls our body temperatures, the 64 of some hormones and even dreams. Events 65 the plant and animal affect its actions. Scientists recently found that a tiny animal called Siberian hamster changes the color of its 66 because of the number of hours of 67 . In shorter days of winter its fur becomes white. The fur becomes gray-brown in longer 68 of daylight in summer. 69 signals control other biological clocks. German scientists found that some internal one seems to order birds to begin their 70 flights two times each year. Birds prevented from flying become 71 when it is time for the trip. 72 they become can again when the time of the flight has ended. A mix of outside and internal events controls some biological clocks;such things as heartbeat and the daily change from sleep to walking take place because of both external and internal signals. Scientists are beginning to learn 73 parts of the brain contain the biologicaI clocks. A researcher at Harvard University. Dr. Martin Moore Ede, said a small group of cells near the front of the brain seemed to control the 74 of some of our actions. Probably there are other cells to control other body activities. He is studying 75 they affect the way we do our work. Most of us have great difficulty if we 76 often change to different work hours. 77 call take many days for a human body to 78 a major change in work hours. Industrial officials should have a better 79 of biological clocks and how they affect workers. He said such an understanding could 80 sickness and accidents at work, and would help increase 81 .
A. night
B. daylight
C. 1igh
D. day
Every living thing has what scientists call a biological clock that controls behavior. It tells plants when to 62 flowers and insects when to leave protective cocoon(茧) and fly away. And it tells animals and human beings when to 63 , sleep and seek food. It controls our body temperatures, the 64 of some hormones and even dreams. Events 65 the plant and animal affect its actions. Scientists recently found that a tiny animal called Siberian hamster changes the color of its 66 because of the number of hours of 67 . In shorter days of winter its fur becomes white. The fur becomes gray-brown in longer 68 of daylight in summer. 69 signals control other biological clocks. German scientists found that some internal one seems to order birds to begin their 70 flights two times each year. Birds prevented from flying become 71 when it is time for the trip. 72 they become can again when the time of the flight has ended. A mix of outside and internal events controls some biological clocks;such things as heartbeat and the daily change from sleep to walking take place because of both external and internal signals. Scientists are beginning to learn 73 parts of the brain contain the biologicaI clocks. A researcher at Harvard University. Dr. Martin Moore Ede, said a small group of cells near the front of the brain seemed to control the 74 of some of our actions. Probably there are other cells to control other body activities. He is studying 75 they affect the way we do our work. Most of us have great difficulty if we 76 often change to different work hours. 77 call take many days for a human body to 78 a major change in work hours. Industrial officials should have a better 79 of biological clocks and how they affect workers. He said such an understanding could 80 sickness and accidents at work, and would help increase 81 .
A. reaction
B. release
C. relief
D. recovery
Questions 19 to 21 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
A. He’s studying for a test.
B. He lost his notes.
C. He missed the class.
D. He’s doing research on alternative.