Why do plastics antiques bring a shock to most people'?
A. Because they are very fragile and hard to maintain.
Because they might cause certain pollution to environment.
C. Because plastics is so common and easy to find around people.
D. Because people don't take plastics seriously.
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听力原文:M: How do you like Professor Ben's course on the History of Philosophy? He is a distinguished scholar on that subject.
W: He is a really great teacher. But I'm having a hard time with the reading list. I feel I can't ever finish it.
Q: What problem does the woman have with the course?
(15)
A. She doesn't like the way the professor lectures.
B. She's having a hard time following the professor's lectures.
C. She is not interested in course.
D. She's having difficulty with the heavy reading assignments.
What's the responsibility of the Court of Auditors?
A. Reviews the legality of acts of the Commission and the Council.
B. Oversees long-term investment.
C. Monitors the revenues and expenditures of the EU.
D. Advises the Commission and the Council on general economic policy.
听力原文:M: I' m sorry I missed the football game, but I had a terrible cold.
W: You didn't miss anything. We couldn' t have played worse.
Q: What does the woman mean?
(19)
A. She's never watched a letter game.
B. Football is her favorite pastime.
C. The game has been canceled.
D. Their team played very. badly.
Why does one person's mouth water at the mere mention of oysters .【C1】______ someone else's curls in disgust? Puzzling【C2】______ the many reasons has left scientists feeling at times like blind men trying to【C3】______ an elephant. We are turned【C4】______ or off by the flavor, smell, texture and appearance of some food. Here, cultural biases come into【C5】______ .
We are born liking sweet tastes and disliking bitter ones.【C6】______ we learn other fondnesses and aversions. Psychologist Paul of the University of Pennsylvania assumed that we【C7】______ these things from our parents. But when he 【C8】______ the first survey on food preferences within families, he was【C9】______ to find he was wrong. Parents were proved to have no【C10】______ effect on their children's likes and dislikes or desire to try new foods.【C11】______ he concluded that cultural background is the single most powerful influence on our tastes because it 【C12】______ us to certain combinations of foods and flavors. Americans are familiar with salmon poached or broiled and【C13】______ with lemon, while the Japanese eat it raw and garnished with ginger.
But in a recent interview, Paul was quick to point to the 【C14】______ in his theory: "There's a lot of【C15】______ in tastes within nationalities." To be sure, not all Japanese like【C16】______ salmon, and many Americans have 【C17】______ their cultural bias against raw fish and now enjoy it. Individual food【C18】______ , Paul believes, "are【C19】______ .If you get sick on something once, you're not【C20】______ to eat it again."
【C1】
A. while
B. and
C. or
D. when