Passage TwoModern Japan, despite its ready adoption of Western manners, is in things theatrical still faithful to the ancient feudal day. It is true that within the last few years, the old school drama has to some extent lost ground, and quite recently performances of Shakespeare’s Othello and Hamlet, and Daudet’s Sappho have been received with favor by Tokyo audiences. The explanation of this curious survival of the old form of play, at a time when all Japan is eagerly imitating the foreigner, is undoubtedly to be found in the peculiar customs of the country. The progressive Japanese finds it easier to change his mode of dress than to reform habits bred in the bone. The old plays, lasting, as they formerly did, from early morning until nearly midnight, just suited the Japanese play-goer, who, when he does go to the theatre, makes an all-day affair of it. Indeed, theatre-going in Japan is a very serious matter, and not to be entered upon lightly or without due preparation. Recently Sada Yoko and Oto Kawakami, who learned a good deal in their foreign travels, introduced the comparatively short evening performance of three or four hours, an innovation which was at once welcomed by the better class of people. But the new arrangement found little favor with the general public, and particular indignation was aroused in the bosom of the Japanese Matinee Girl who loves to sit in the theatre as long as possible and weep over the play. For, to the young gentlewoman, the theatre is essentially the place for weeping. Japanese girls are extremely sentimental, and a play without tear-provoking situations would not appeal to them in the least. The Japanese women are passionately devoted to the drama. It is usual for a party to book a box through a tea house connected with the theatre and at the same time make arrangements for what refreshments they wish served. The Japanese maiden makes the most elaborate preparations days beforehand. To be at the theatre on time, playgoers must rise with the sun, and all their meals, including breakfast, are eaten in the tiny box in the playhouse. It is not an easy task to reach one’s seats and once the family has settled down, nothing but a catastrophe would induce it to leave its box. The women chew candy and the men freely drink sake as the play goes on. The Japanese Matinee Girl would most likely favor a play that centers on()
A. the childhood of a naughty boy
B. the honeymoon of a young couple
C. the trial of a serial murderer
D. the misfortunes of a big family
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Passage FourThe "issues" reported were unthinkable. The physician who enrolled the most patients in the study, an Alabama weight-loss doctor, allegedly forged scores of signatures, enrolling "’volunteers" every few minutes. By the time of the FDA review, she was under criminal investigation. (She’s now in federal prison.) Another key researcher had been put on probation by the California medical board for gross negligence. He was arrested shortly after the study ended, when police, called to his home on a domestic violence complaint, found him with a bag of cocaine and waving a loaded gun at imaginary people. The study was so riddled with fraud and error that FDA reviewers decided it was useless. Yet Dr. Ross says he was told to reveal nothing about those problems to the advisory board, which recommended that the drug be approved. Later, he says, he was pressured to soften his report about Ketek’s liver toxicity to gain approval of higher-ups. Six million Americans have now used the drug, including hundreds of infants in a clinical trial designed to test Ketek’s effectiveness against ear infections. "How does one justify balancing the risk of fatal liver failure against one day less of ear pain" one FDA scientist, Rosemary Johann-Liang, protested--to no avail--in a memo to her superiors. Most ear infections clear up in a few days on their own, she says. The agency says the controversy is overblown. "There was enough good, solid scientific data to make that decision." Says FDA spokeswoman Julie Zawisza, pointing to what appeared to be a history of safe use of Ketek in other countries. Ketek has now been linked to 18 deaths and at least 134 cases of liver damage, according to an independent analysis using FDA data. The real toll, some researchers say, may be far greater. Last October the FDA sent a warning letter to Sanofi-Aventis, Ketek’s maker, accusing the company of knowingly presenting compromised data to the agency, a charge the company denies. "We were not aware of the fraud," says spokeswoman Melissa Feltmann. "It was not until the FDA’s criminal investigators uncovered it that we became aware of it." The question remains, What did the FDA and the drugmaker know about the fake safety data, and when Congressmen John Dingell and Bart Stupak, both Michigan Democrats, are investigating that mystery right now in Congressional hearings. "Unfortunately," Stupak says, "the truth comes too late for some victims." The key researcher had probably been put on probation by the California medical board because he had()
A. failed to fulfill his supervising duties
B. threatened to kill some of his neighbors
C. hidden a bag of cocaine in his office
D. abused his wife and children at home
通过发酵罐发酵可大规模生产谷氨酸,生产中常用的菌种是好氧的谷氨酸棒状杆菌,下列有关谷氨酸发酵过程的叙述,正确的是()。
A. 溶氧充足时,发酵液中有乳酸的积累
B. 菌体中谷氨酸的排出,有利于谷氨酸的合成和产量的提高
C. 发酵液中碳源和氮源比例的变化不影响谷氨酸的产量
D. 发酵液pH呈碱性时,有利于谷氨酸棒状杆菌生成乙酰谷氨酰胺
为自己的Windows系统计算机设置案例防范措施,恰当的是()。
A. 定期访问Windows Update网络,下载并安装操作系统补丁程序;安装正版杀毒软件,定时升级病毒库;定期备份重要数据
B. 定期访问Windows Update网站,下载并安装操作系统补丁程序;不上不友好的网站
C. 安装正版杀毒软件,定时升级病毒库;不把电脑借给他人使用
D. 定期访问Windows Update网站,下载并安装操作系统补丁程序;定期备份重要数据