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Broken: Dreams of Rural Peace It was dusk in Tubney Woods, deep in rural Oxfordshire. The birds were singing at the end of another perfect day. The woman living at the edge of the forest could stand it no longer. She phoned the local noise pollution officer. "It’s the rooks (秃鼻乌鸦)," she said. "1 can’t bear that awful cawing (呱呱地叫) noise. Can you do something about it" The call was no surprise to officials at the Vale of White Horse District Council. (46) The countryside, as every country-dweller knows, can be a hellishly (可怕地) noisy place. Last week David Stead, a West Yorkshire farmer, appeared in court in Wakefield accused of allowing his cocks to break noise regulations by crowing (打鸣) at dawn, waking a neighbour. (47) Six months ago Corky, a four-year-old cock, was banned from crowing after complaints in the Devon village of Stoke. Complaints about noise reasonable or not - are at record levels in country areas. Environmental health officers say this is partly because of an increase in noisy activity. However, a significant number of complaints come from newcomers to the countryside. There are many sources of rural noise. (48) Mechanised grain driers, usually switched on for three weeks in September, can produce a maddening low-frequency hum. Mike Roberts, chief environmental health officer at Vale of White Horse, said noise often sounded worse in the countryside than in cities. With less background sound, unwelcome noises can seem louder and travel further. The oddest complaints, however, are the ones council officials can do nothing about. Vale of White Horse officials have been asked to silence not only nesting rooks. Pigeons and pheasants (雉鸡) have also caused concern. In Kent, council officials have been asked to silence baby lambs. (49) Another insisted he could hear an alien spaceship landing over the garden fence. "We get regular complaints. They usually come from retired people who have just moved into the country. We send them a polite letter." And the lady who complained about the rooks She was politely told she would have to put up with it." (50) " said Mr Roberts. "in the end, she accepted there was nothing much she could do - except move out." It is not recorded who won, the lady or the rooks. A Mr Stead said they were only doing what comes naturally. B We asked her what we were supposed to do, shoot the birds, or chop the trees down C They have heard every kind of complaint. D One man rang to say he was kept awake by the splashing of a fountain in the garden next door. E The council will ask the farmer to move it. F Farm machinery is a common cause.

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Migrant (移民的) WorkersIn the past twenty years, there has been an increasing tendency for workers to move from one country to another. While some countries have restricted most (51) to local people, others have attracted and welcomed migrant workers. This is particularly the case in the Middle East, (52) increased oil incomes have enabled many countries to call in outsiders to improve local facilities. Thus the Middle East has attracted oil-workers (53) the .U.S.A. and Europe. It has brought in workers from many countries, (54) South Korea and Japan.In view of the difficult living and working (55) in the Middle East, it is not surprising that the pay is high to attract suitable workers. Many engineers and technicians can (56) at least twice as much money in the Middle East as they can in their own country, and this is a major (57) .Sometimes a disadvantage has a compensating (补偿) advantage. For example, the (58) living conditions often lead to increased friendship when workers have to (59) on each other for safety and comfort. In a similar way, many migrant workers can save large sums of money partly because of the (60) of entertainment facilities. The work is often complex and full of problems but this merely (61) greater challenge to engineers who prefer to find solutions to problems rather than do routine work in their home country.One major problem which (62) migrant workers in the Middle East is that their jobs are temporary ones. They are nearly always on (63) , so it is not easy for them to plan ahead with great confidence. This is to be (64) since no country welcomes a large number of foreign workers as permanent residents. In any (65) , migrant workers accept this disadvantage, along with others, because of the considerable financial benefits which they receive. 63().

A. investment
B. strike
C. contract
D. duty

估计基础代谢率时下列哪种方法正确

A. 基础代谢率=脉率+脉压-111
B. 基础代谢率=脉率-脉压+111
C. 基础代谢率=脉率+脉压+111
D. 基础代谢率=脉率+收缩压-111
E. 基础代谢率=脉率+舒张压-111

逊尼派是伊斯兰教中人数最多的一派,中国穆斯林大多属于逊尼派。( )

A. 对
B. 错

首饰、长袍、腰带和靴子是蒙古族服饰的四个主要组成部分。( )

A. 对
B. 错

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