The writer argues that in the foreseeable future the insurer of last resort for airlines t
A.insurance companies.
B.airliners themselves.
C.governments' guarantees.
D.mutual fund scheme.
A.insurance companies.
B.airliners themselves.
C.governments' guarantees.
D.mutual fund scheme.
A.insurance companies.
B.governments' guarantees.
C.airlines themselves.
D.mutual fund schemes.
In the last three paragraphs, the writer intends to show ______.
A.the disappointment of the film industry at Revenue's decision
B.the state of worry in the minds of film investors
C.the reactions to the Revenue's move of parties concerned
D.the way out of the present difficult situation
A book to be published in Britain this week, The End of Science, argues persuasively that this is the case. Its author, John Horgan, is a senior writer for Scientific American magazine, who has interviewed many of today's leading scientists and science philosophers. The shock of realizing that science might be over came to him, he says, when he was talking to Oxford mathematician and physicist Sir Roger Penrose.
The End of Science provoked a wave of denunciation in the United States last year. "The reaction has been one of complete shock and disbelief, "Mr. Horgan says.
The real question is whether any remaining unsolved problems, of which there are plenty, lend themselves to universal solutions. If they do not, then the focus of scientific discovery is already narrowing. Since the triumphs of the 1960s—the genetic code, plate tectonics, and the microwave background radiation that went a long way towards proving the Big Bang—genuine scientific revolutions have been scarce. More scientists are now alive, spending more money on research, that ever. Yet most of the great discoveries of the 19th and 20th centuries were made before the appearance of state sponsorship, when the scientific enterprise was a fraction of its present size.
Were the scientists who made these discoveries brighter than today's? That seems unlikely. A far more reasonable explanation is that fundamental science has already entered a period of diminished returns. "Look, don't get me wrong," says Mr Horgan. "There are lots of important things still to study, and applied science and engineering can go on for ever. I hope we get a cure for cancer, and for mental disease, though there are few real signs of progress."
The sentence "most of the best things have already been located" could mean______.
A.most of the best things have already been changed
B.most of the best things remain to be changed
C.there have never been so many best things waiting to be discovered
D.most secrets of the world have already been discovered
The author argues that the main cause of aged societies is
A.the increase in birthrate.
B.the drop in death rate.
C.as much the growth in birthrate as the decline in death rate.
D.not so much the decrease in death rate as the fall in birthrate.
The author argues that our bodies have stopped evolving because
A.life has been improved by technological advance.
B.the number of female babies has been declining.
C.our species has reached the highest stage of evolution.
D.the difference between wealth and poverty is disappearing.
The author argues in the passage that ______.
A.the education of women should be a process of community activity
B.the education of women should be a part of community in which many partners are combined
C.women should like all educational work in the Third World
D.the education of women should be organizations run by government
The author argues that the change to a nationwide banking systems should be _______.
A.gradual, so that regional banks have a chance to compete with larger banks
B.postponed, until the consequences can be evaluated
C.immediate, because we cannot afford any more bank failures
D.accelerated, to overcome legislative fear
Buchanan argues that the government has to hold in high regard ______.
A.the survival of successive battles.
B.the uniformity of its political ideas.
C.the benefits of foreigners at large.
D.the interests of average Americans.