Sports and SexesIn sports the sexes are separate. (36) and men do not run or swim in the same races. Women are less strong than men. That (37) is (38) people say. Women are (39) "the weaker sex", or if men want to please them, "the fair sex". But boys and girls are taught (40) schools and universities. There are women (41) are famous prime ministers, scientists and writers. And women live longer than men. (42) European woman can expect (43) until the age of 74; a man only until he is 68. Are women’s bodies really weaker The fastest men can run a mile in (44) 4 minutes. The best women need 5 minutes. Women’s times are always slower than (45) , but some facts are a surprise. Some of the (46) women swimmers today are girls. One of them swam 400 metres (47) 4 minutes and 21.2 seconds when she was only 16. The first "Tartan" in films was (48) Olympic swimmer, Jonny Weissmuller. His fastest 400 metres was 4 minutes and 59.1 seconds, (49) is 37.9 seconds (50) than a girl 50 years later! This does not mean that women are (51) men (52) . Conditions are very different now, and sport is much (53) serious. It is (54) serious that some women are given hormone injections. At the Olympics a doctor has to check (55) the women are really women or not. It seems like that sport has many problems. Life can be very complicated when there are two separate sexes. 54().
A. such
B. so
C. very
D. many
The medical team now was very worried because the needle should not have been hurting their tiny patient.
A) 现在医疗小组非常担忧,因为针不应该使他们的小病人感到疼痛。
B) 医疗小组非常担忧,因为针不应该伤害他们的小病人。
C) 现在医生非常担忧,因为针会一直伤害到他们的小病人。
D) 现在医疗小组非常担忧,因为针不应该使他们的小病人一直感到疼痛。
M: I’d like to congratulate you on your wonderful performance.W: Thank you very much, sir.M: I read about you in the newspaper and decided to come and hear you play. I’ve traveled many miles and I’m glad I made the effort. You played the piano so beautifully, and what are your next plansW: At present, I’m giving a lot of concerts. Fortunately, people want to come and hear me play, but I’m getting very fired of traveling.M: Why do you have to work so hardW: I’m planning to start a school, so I’m trying to save as much money as possible.M: What kind of schoolW: A music school for disabled children. I think they have the right to receive education like healthy children. At the moment there are very few schools in my country. Unfortunately, it will cost a lot of money. Why does the man come to the woman().
A. To congratulate her on her performance
B. To listen to her play the piano
C. To discuss her next plan with her.
1 There are various ways in which individual economic units can interact with one another. Three basic ways may be described as the market system, the administered system, and the traditional system. 2 In a market system individual economic units are free to interact among each other in the marketplace. It is possible to buy commodities from other economic units or sell commodities to them. In a market, transactions may take place via barter or money exchange. In a barter economy, real goods such as automobiles, shorts, and pizzas are traded against each other. Obviously, finding somebody who wants to trade my old car in exchange for a sailboat may not always be an easy task. Hence the introduction of money as a medium of exchange eases transactions considerably. In the modern market economy, goods and services are bought or sold for money. 3 An alternative to the market system is administrative control by some agency over all transactions. This agency will issue edicts or commands as to how much of each good and service should be produced, exchanged, and consumed by each economic unit. Central planning may be one way of administering such an economy. The central plan, drawn up by the government, shows the amounts of each commodity produced by the various firms and allocated to different households for consumption. This is an example of complete planning of production consumption, and exchange for the whole economy. 4 In a traditional society, production and consumption patterns are governed by tradition; every person’s place within the economic system is fixed by parentage, religion, and custom. Transactions take place on the basis of tradition, too. People belonging to a certain group or caste may have an obligation to care for other persons, provide them with food and shelter, care for their health, and provide for their education. Clearly, in a system where every decision is made on the basis of tradition alone, progress may be difficult to achieve. A stagnant society may result. In the second paragraph, the word "real" in "real goods" could best be replaced by ______.
A. high quality
B. concrete
C. utter
D. authentic