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Kilmarnock Edition of the Poetical Works of Robert Burns brought Burns______.
A．enormous wealth
B．instant and nationwide fame
C．little money
D．everlasting popularity with his readers in Edinburgh
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In the morning he changed his mind, led partly by the dim foreshadowing of the result of his literary adventure for the little book caught all Scotland by storm. Not only scholars, literary men, but even cowboys and maid servants, eagerly spent their hard earned shillings for the new book. Instead of going to America, the young poet hurried to Edinburgh to arrange for another edition of his work. His journey was a constant success, and in the capital he was welcomed and feasted by the best of Scottish society. This unexpected triumph lasted only one winter. Burns' extreme fondness for a fast life shocked his cultured entertainers, and when he returned to Edinburgh next winter, he received scant attention. He left the capital and went back in disappointment to the soil, where he was more at home.
Burns had the first edition of his poems published because______.
A．he could not bear the temptation of being famous
B．he thought that it would bring him a large sum of money
C．he felt like going to travel for pleasure
D．he needed money to go to another country
A.Windows XP Professional
B.Windows XP Home Edition
C.Media Center Edition
D.Tablet PC Editon
A.Server
B.Edition
C.SVN
D.Location
A．A newspaper publisher who adds a special section to the Sunday edition to review the week's political events.
B．A member of the clergy who encourages members of other faiths to meet to discuss solutions to the community's problems.
C．An artist who saves preliminary sketches of an important work even after the work is finally completed.
D．A general who orders his retreating troops to destroy supplies they must leave behind so they cannot be used by the enemy.
On the day of the World Cup football final in London in 1966, we were very excited because England were playing West Germany in the final. When we were having lunch, my mother told us to go to the post office straightaway after the match if England won, but she didn't tell us why. At 2 o'clock my mother went back to work as usual, while the rest of the family were watching the football on TV at home. Although she wasn't watching the match, she was listening to it on the radio.
England won 4:2 and so my brothers and I ran to the post office. As we burst in, my mother was standing behind the counter. She was waiting to sell us a very special limited edition with ENGLAND WINNERS on each stamp. We were over the moon.
We still have it today，and perhaps it is worth a lot of money.
1.This passage mainly tells us ______.
A、the author and her brother used to like stamps very much
B、the author had a very kind mother
C、the author and her brothers had an unforgettable experience in collecting stamps
D、their mother used to support them by working in the post office
2.According to the passage, her mother worked in the post office ______.
A、during the week
B、on Saturdays
C、on Sundays
D、for six days
3.heir mother told them to go to the post office straightaway after the match if England won, but she didn't tell them why. Why do you think she did that________
A、She wanted to give them a surprise.
B、She doubted if she would get the stamps.
C、She forgot to do that.
D、She thought it unnecessary to tell them the reason.
4.What does the sentence "We were over the moon." mean________
A、We jumped high.
B、We were extremely happy about it.
C、We watched the moon for a long time.
D、We couldn't sleep the whole night.
5.What is the best title for this passage_________
A、My Childhood
B、My Mother
C、A Precious Stamp
D、A Memorable Experience in Collecting Stamps
Paras. 5-8
The first category consists of substantial payments made for political purposes or to secure major contracts. For example, one US corporation offered a large sum of money in support of a US presidential candidate at a time when the company was under investigation for possible violations of US business laws. This same company, it was revealed, was ready to finance secret US efforts to throw out the government of Chile.
In this category, we may also include large payments made to ruling families or their close advisers in order to secure arms sales or major petroleum or construction contracts. In a court case involving an arms deal with Iran, a witness claimed that ￡1 million had been paid by a British company to a "negotiator" who helped close a deal for the supply of tanks and other military equipment to that country. Other countries have also been known to put pressure on foreign companies to make donations to party bank accounts.
The second category covers payments made to obtain quicker official approval of some project, to speed up the wheels of government. An interesting example of this kind of payment is provided by the story of a sales manager who had been trying for some months to sell road machinery to the Minister of Works of a Caribbean country. Finally, he hit upon the answer. Discovering that the minister collected rare books, he bought a rare edition of a book, slipped $20,000 within its pages, then presented it to the minister. This man examined its contents, then said, "I understand there is a two-volume edition of this work." The sales manager, who was quick-witted, replied, "My company cannot afford a two- volume edition, sir, but we could offer you a copy with a preface!" A short time later, the deal was approved.
The third category involves payments made in countries where it is traditional to pay people to help with the passage of a business deal. Some Middle East countries would be included on this list, as well as certain Asian countries.
Three broad categories of bribery or questionable payments
The first category consists of substantial payments made for political purposes or to secure major contracts.
Example 1: A US company offered a large sum of money to support a US presidential candidate when it was being investigated for possibly breaking the laws.
Example 2: ____________
Example 3: ____________
Example 4: There are countries putting pressure on foreign companies to make donations to party bank accounts. (Paras. 5-6)
The second category covers ____________.
Example: A sales manager tries to sell road machinery to the Minister of Works of a Caribbean country. ____________
A short time later, the deal was approved. (Para. 7)
The third category involves ____________.
For example, some Middle East countries as well as certain Asian countries would pay such money. (Para. 8)
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Windows XP是Microsoft Windows在Windows 2000和Windows ME之后______。Windows 2000的优点在于______,Windows 98和Windows ME最大的特征在于______、方便的用户界面及______, 而______, 创建了目前最好的Windows操作系统。
Some brains do deteriorate with age. Alzheimer's disease, for example, strikes 13 percent of Americans 65 and older. But for most aging adults, the authors say, much of what occurs is a gradually widening focus of attention that makes it more difficult to latch onto just one fact, like a name or a telephone number. Although that can be frustrating, it is often useful. "It may be that distractibility is not, in fact, a bad thing," said Shelley H. Carson, a psychology researcher at Harvard whose work was cited in the book. "It may increase the amount of information available to the conscious mind. "
For example, in studies where subjects are asked to read passages that are interrupted with unexpected words or phrases, adults 60 and older work much more slowly than college students. Although the students plow through the texts at a consistent speed regardless of what the out-of-place words mean, older people slow down even more when the words are related to the topic at hand. That indicates that they are not just stumbling over the extra information, but are taking it in and processing it. When both groups were later asked questions for which the out-of-place words might be answers, the older adults responded much better than the students.
"For the young people, it's as if the distraction never happened," said an author of the review, Lynn Hasher, a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto and a senior scientist at the Rotman Research Institute. "But for older adults, because they've retained all this extra data, they' re now suddenly the better problem solvers. They can transfer the information they've soaked up from one situation to another. "
Such tendencies can yield big advantages in the real world, where it is not always clear what information is important, or will become important. A seemingly irrelevant point or suggestion in a memo can take on new meaning if the original plan changes. Or extra details that stole your attention, like others'yawning and fidgeting, may help you assess the speaker's real impact.
From the first two paragraphs, we learn that______.
A．aging brains tend to process more information simultaneously
B．one becomes forgetful when he gets old
C．older people don't think their brainpower is declining
D．the aged always stress long-term benefit
