Passage Two Not content with its doubtful claim to produce cheap food for our own population, the factory farming industry also argues that "hungry nations are benefiting from advances made by the poultry industry". In fact, rather than helping the fight against malnutrition(营养不良) in "hungry nations", the spread of factory farming has, inevitably aggravated the problem. Large-scale intensive meat and poultry production is a waste of food resources. This is because more protein has to be fed to animals in the form of vegetable matter than can ever be recovered in the form of meat. Much of the food value is lost in the animal’s process of digestion and cell replacement. Neither, in the case of chicken, can one eat feathers, blood, feet or head. In all, only about 44% of the live animal fits to be eaten as meat. This means one has to feed approximately 9-10 times as much food value to the animal than one can consume from the carcass. As a system for feeding the hungry, the effects can prove disastrous. At times of crisis, grain is the food of life. Nevertheless, the huge increase in poultry production is seen throughout Asia and Africa continues. Normally British or US firms are involved. For instance, an American based multinational company has this year announced its involvement in projects in several African countries. Britain’s largest chicken supplier, Ross Breeders, is also involved in projects all over the world. Because such trade is good for exports, Western governments encourage it. In 1979, a firm in Bangladesh called Phoenix Poultry received a grant to set up a unit of 6,000 chickens and 18,000 laying hens. This almost doubled the number of poultry kept in the country all at once. But Bangladesh lacks capital, energy and food and has a large number of unemployed. Such chicken-raising demands capital for building and machinery, extensive use of energy resources for automation, and involves feeding chickens with potential famine-relief protein food. At present, one of Bangladesh’s main imports is food grains, because the country is unable to grow enough food to feed its population. On what then can they possibly feed the chicken The word "carcass" (Line 2, Par
A. 3) most probably means ______A. vegetables preserved for future useB. the dead body of an animal ready to be cut into meatC. expensive food that consumers can hardly affordD. meat canned for future consumption
Passage Four One of America’s greatest exports to the rest of the world has been entertainment. America, a nation of incredible energy and talent, has flooded the world markets with her films, theaters and songs. In America the two centers where this talent is most brilliantly and successfully essayed are Hollywood and Broadway. Hollywood is a district within the city of Los Angeles. Its name is synonymous with the motion-picture industry. Since the early 1900s, when movie makers found southern California an ideal blend of mild climate and varied geography, it has become the home for cinematic dreams. All the great names of cinema have passed through Hollywood on the road to international careers. Today it still remains the place where dreams are said to come true and fantasies are carefully nurtured. Known as "The Movie Capital of the World", Hollywood is one of the few places where epic films can still be made on such a large scale. Ancient Rome, the Pharaoh’s Egypt or a science fiction film staged somewhere in the Galaxy are all within the imagination of the filmmakers and the industry they control. It is a place where unknowns are discovered and even actors from abroad have come to Hollywood to further establish their fame and recognition. With the coming of television Hollywood began to alter its function. By the early 1960s it had become the source of the majority of U.S. network television entertainment. But, its place as the center of the movie industry in America has remained undiminished and unchallenged. On the east coast of America, however, in New York it is live theater which provides the source of culture and entertainment. Here it is the dramatic stage which dominates the cultural scene. The main avenue which runs through the city is known as Broadway. ①It traverses the length of Manhattan and near the middle clustered the many theaters that have long made it the foremost showcase of commercial stage entertainment in the United States. The term Broadway was at one time virtually synonymous with American theater activity. In the 1980s the street became known as "The Great White Way" because of its brilliant display of lights in the evening. ② As the power and prosperity of New York City grew in the world, so did the number, size and magnificence of the Broadway theaters. Broadway soared into its peak in the mid 1920s. At this time there were over eighty theaters on Broadway but in recent years the number has declined. Yet, it still remain vibrantly active and under constant renewal. The main topic of the passage is______
America’s entertainment
B. C. America’s theaters
C. America’s films
D. Hollywood and Broadway
Passage One When the Earth shook here on March 26th, 2000, it helped geologists to figure out how the Earth around Seattle would shake during the real thing less than a year later. When Seattle’s Kingdome was demolished with explosives, more than 200 seismic recorders caught every rattle and roll. Tom Brocher of the U.S. Geological Survey says, "You can see the red waves traveling away from the Kingdome. " ① The areas that shook the worst then also shook the worst when the six point eight (on the Richter scale) Nisqually earthquake hit. ② "We shouldn’t be surprised to see damage at Boeing field and at the port of Seattle where we did see damage, because in both of those areas the ground shook longer and harder than other parts of Seattle." It’s what’s known as a slab quake (located) 36 miles below the surface where the Juan de Fuca plate slab is diving underneath the North American plate. Geologists believe the plate bent, causing it to crack, and sending shock waves to the surface. Tom Brother says, "As soon as we knew it was a deep earthquake-that it was this type of earthquake-we immediately put out the word that we should expect very few aftershocks. " There were only 4. In San Francisco’s Loma Prieta earthquake here in 1989 which was closer to the surface, there were 120 aftershocks. The fact that "deep-focus" earthquakes have fewer aftershocks still puzzles geologists. Brocher says, "What we can tell people is you’re not going to have these (aftershocks). What we can’t tell them why. And that’s a research issue. " Geologists say the Nisqually quake originated from almost the same spot as the 1949 quake there, and had the same damage patterns. There were fewer landslides this year because of the lack of rain. Over the next year and half, researchers want to set off explosives at the surface near Seattle, aimed at the slab 37 miles below. The waves will then bounce offthe slab and reflect back to the surface giving information about where the plate is and how it’s moving. So, before the Earth moves again, geologists will have an idea which places might be destined to shake the hardest. According to the passage, the researchers set off explosives in order to ______
A. demolish the useless buildings before the earthquake
B. destroy the plates that may cause earthquakes
C. make sure which plates cause earthquakes
D. figure out which places might shake the hardest’during the earthquake
甲企业向乙和丙借款,将自己的房屋分别抵押与乙和丙,并先后办理了抵押权登记,乙的抵押权登记在先,丙的抵押权登记在后。后因乙企业兼并甲企业;下列表述正确的有( )。
A. 丙企业在乙企业兼并甲企业后变成乙企业的债权人,因此其对甲原有的抵押权优先与乙企业原有对甲企业之抵押权
B. 乙企业对甲企业享有的抵押权因混同而消灭
C. 乙企业因混同而使抵押权消灭,故该房屋由丙企业行使抵押权
D. 乙企业不因混同而使抵押权消灭,故其可以以登记在先的抵押权对抗丙企业的抵押权