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The old man stood there at a loss, his sunken eyes staring at the man seated behind the table. Raising his hand, he wiped the sweat from his forehead and heavily wrinkled face. He didn’t use the traditional kerchief and headband as usual, though he could feel the sweat running down his temple and neck, and he gave no reply to the man seated behind the table who went on asking him, "Why did you go in opening all the doors of the wards looking for your wife Why didn’t you come directly to Enquires" The old man kept silent. Why, though, was the man seated behind the table continuing to open one drawer after another His eyes busy watching him, he said, "I came here the day before yesterday wanting the hospital and looking for the mother of my children."The man seated behind the table muttered irritably, blaming himself for not having ever learned how to ask the right question, how to get a conversation going, and why it was that his question, full of explanations, and sometimes of annoyance, weren’t effective. He puffed at his cigarette as he enquired in exasperation, "What’ s your wife’ s name" The old man at once replied, "Zeinab Mohamed." The man seated behind the table began flipping through the pages of the thick ledger; each time he turned over a page there was a loud noise that was heard by everyone in the waiting room. He went on flipping through the pages of his ledger, pursing his lips listlessly, then nervously, as he kept bringing the ledger close to his face until finally he said, "Your wife came in here the day before yesterday" The old man in relief at once answered, "Yes, sir, when her heart came to a stop." Once again irritated, the man seated behind the table mumbled to himself, "Had her heart stopped she wouldn’t be here, neither would you." With his eyes still on the ledger, he said, "She’ s in Ward 4, but it’ s not permitted for you to enter her ward because there are other women there." Yawning, he called to the nurse leaning against the wall. She came forward, in her hand a paper cup from which she was drinking. Motioning with his head to the man, he said, "Ward Number 4 -Zeinab Mohamed." The nurse walked ahead, without raising her mouth from the cup. The old man asked himself how it was that this woman worked in a hospital that was crammed with men, even though she spoke Arabic. Having arrived at the ward, the nurse left him outside after telling him to wait; then, after a while, she came out and said to him, "There are two women called Zeinab Mohamed. One of them, though, has only one eye. Which one is your wife so that I can call her"The old man was thrown into confusion. One eye How am I to know He tried to recall what his wife Zeinab looked like, with her long gown and black headdress, the veil, and sometimes the black covering enveloping her face and sometimes removed and lying on her neck. He could picture her as she walked and sat, chewing a morsel and then taking it out of her mouth so as to place it in that of her first-born. Her children. One eye. How am 1 to know tie could picture her stretched out on the bed, her eyes closed. The old man was thrown into confusion and found himself saying, "When I call her, she’ll know my voice." The nurse doubted whether he was in fact visiting his wife; however, giving him another glance; she laughed at her suspicions and asked him, "How long have the two of you been married Again, he was confused as he said, ’ Allah knows best — thirty, forty years ...\ What does the title of the passage "The Unseeing Eye" suggest()。

A. The old man had very poor vision.
B. The old man’ s wife had an eye problem.
C. The old man failed to see what be should have seen.
D. The old man’ s wife was not easy to recognize.

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The Royal College of Nursing has warned that too many UK nurses are being lured to work in Australia. Last year almost 5,000 nurses formally signaled an intention to find work in Australian hospitals. Howard Catton, The RCN’s head of policy conceded nurses were receiving attractive offers, but said the UK still needed the nurses it was training. He said: "The Australians have stepped up their recruitment activity on the basis of what they believe is unemployment and downsizing in the UK." The Australian recruitment agencies that I’ve spoken to since I’ve been here are making very attractive offers. "It’s not just the starting salaries. The packages include air travel for nurses’ families as well--relocation expenses, temporary accommodation and the promise that they’ll support an application for permanent residency." A couple of employers even offer a "meet and greet" service at the airport with chauffeur-driven limousines, so the nurses are made to feel welcome as soon as their feet touch the ground."We still believe there are nursing shortages in the UK both in the NHS and the private sector." What is the main idea of the news item()。

A. UK has trained far more nurses than it needs.
B. UK is facing unemployment and downsizing.
C. UK is losing its nurses to Australia in employment.
D. UK should encourage nurses to work in Australia.

The Royal College of Nursing has warned that too many UK nurses are being lured to work in Australia. Last year almost 5,000 nurses formally signaled an intention to find work in Australian hospitals. Howard Catton, The RCN’s head of policy conceded nurses were receiving attractive offers, but said the UK still needed the nurses it was training. He said: "The Australians have stepped up their recruitment activity on the basis of what they believe is unemployment and downsizing in the UK." The Australian recruitment agencies that I’ve spoken to since I’ve been here are making very attractive offers. "It’s not just the starting salaries. The packages include air travel for nurses’ families as well--relocation expenses, temporary accommodation and the promise that they’ll support an application for permanent residency." A couple of employers even offer a "meet and greet" service at the airport with chauffeur-driven limousines, so the nurses are made to feel welcome as soon as their feet touch the ground. "We still believe there are nursing shortages in the UK both in the NHS and the private sector." According to Howard Catton, why do more nurses tend to work in Australia()。

A. Because of attractive salaries and a series of incentives.
Because of starting salaries and recruitment activity.
C. Because of the convenient air travel between two countries.
D. Because of the permanent residency and accommodation.

The tradition of christening and commissioning a ship dates back to ancient times when the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians and Vikings called upon the gods to protect their ships and crew from the perilous sea. Religion played an important role in these ceremonies. In fact, christenings originated as a way to appease the gods of the elements. Christening gave a ship its identity, and over the years, different cultures and people changed and shaped the way ceremonies were performed.Some of these traditions have been carried over into modem times. A ship is traditionally christened or given its name at the time it is launched into the water. When a ship is christened, it is a tradition to break a bottle across the ship’s bowl. This practice began in Britain in the late seventeenth century. Previously, an official would sip wine from a "standing cup," a large loving cup made of precious metal, then pour out the remaining wine onto the deck or over the ship’s bow. The cup was then tossed overboard. This practice soon became too costly and a net was used to catch the cup so it could be re-used at other launchings. Wine was the traditional liquid used to christen a ship, although other liquids were used such as whiskey, brandy and water. At the close of the nineteenth century champagne became the popular liquid with which to christen a ship. However, during prohibition in America, ships were christened with water.Ships’ sponsors were generally royalty or senior naval officers. In the nineteenth century, women became ship sponsors for the first time. Women sponsored ships more and more frequently, although it was not the rule. The actual physical process of launching a new ship from a building site to the water involved one of three principal methods. Oldest, most familiar and most widely used, was the "end-on" launch in which the vessel slid, usually stern first, down an inclined slipway. The "side launch," whereby the ship entered the water broadside, came into nineteenth-century use on inland waters, rivers and lakes. It was given major impetus in America by the World War II building program. Another method involved ships built in basins or graving docks, which were floated by admitting water into the dock. The commissioning ceremony then completed the cycle from christening and launching, to full status for active service. According to the passage, one practice became too costly because()。

A. it was found that champagne was cheaper than other wine
B. the cup was thrown away
C. prohibition ended and the tradition of using champagne returned
D. whiskey and brandy were used without water

RS-232是DTE和DCE之间的接口标准,当作为DCE的MODEM和作为DTE的计算机相连时,按此标准需要连接的最少线数是 (37) 。MODEM收到呼叫信号后向计算机发送的信号是 (38) 。当数据发送完毕,计算机向MODEM发送的信号是清除 (39) ,MODEM随后向计算机发送清除 (40) 信号作为应答。当使用RS-232通信时,通常需要使用速率匹配功能,完成该功能的协议是 (41) 。

A. 接收数据
B. 载波检测
C. MODEM就绪
D. 呼叫(振铃)指示

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