Beavers have the aptitude to build dams.A.appetiteB.desireC.competenceD.attitude
Beavers have the aptitude to build dams.
A.appetite
B.desire
C.competence
D.attitude
Beavers have the aptitude to build dams.
A.appetite
B.desire
C.competence
D.attitude
A bond with a call feature______.
A.is attractive because the immediate receipt of principal plus premium produces a high return
B.is more apt to be called when interest rates are high because the interest saving will be greater
C.will usually have a higher yield than a similar noncallable bond
D.all of the above
According to the passage, many scholars and specialists ______.
A.believe that Asian-American students have higher I.Q.s and are relatively faster learners
B.attribute Asian-American students' special academic success to their cultural background influences
C.claim that Asian American students excel in academic performance because of the superior education of their elite parents
D.agree that Asian or Asian American parents are apt to get their children motivated to work hard
This is among the conclusions reached by a recent poll. In total 1,120 employed Americans were asked how they occupy themselves on days they are not at work. According to the poll, older people, the rich, and the well-educated are most apt to spend their spare time doing the things they want to do "rather than those they have to",
Overall, high-salaried people were more active than those with lower incomes. They watched less television and were more likely to engage in social and cultural activities.
On the subject of vacations, the study found that college graduates were more likely than those with only high school degrees to have vocation plans (80% versus 60% ). Of those who did intend to take some time off, 46% planned a sightseeing vacation, 34% expected to visit friends or relatives, 22% headed for the beach or a lake, and 12% intended to relax at home.
Which of the following adjectives best describes the passage?
A.Proud.
B.Neutral.
C.Factual.
D.Logical.
It is true that a few studies have been made. Where all the inhabitants of a particular area enjoy exceptionally good or bad health, scientists have identified contributory factors such as the presence or absence of substances like iodine, fluoride, calcium, or iron in the water supply, or perhaps types of land that provide breeding places for pests like mosquitoes or rats.
Moreover, we can all generalize about types of people we have met. Those living in countries with long dark winters are apt to be less talkative and less lively than inhabitants of countries where the climate is more equable(稳定的). And where olives and oranges grow, the inhabitants are cheerful, talkative, and casual.
But these commonplace generalizations are inadequate—the influence of climate and geography should be studied in depth. Do all mountain dwellers live to a ripe old age? Does the drinking of wine, rather than beer, result in a sunny and open character? Is the strength and height of a Kenyan tribe due to their habitual drinking of the cow blood?
We are not yet sure of the answers to such questions, but let us hope that something beneficial to humankind may eventually result from such studies.
The author's purpose of writing this passage is to ______.
A.alert readers to the scarcity of natural resources
B.call for more research on the influence of geographical environment
C.introduce different elements in character cultivation
D.draw more attention to the health condition of mankind
The result in either case is more primitive behaviour. Hostile feelings are apt to be ex pressed in an aggressive way.
The same man who will step aside for a stranger at a doorway will, when behind the wheel, risk an accident trying to beat another motorist through an intersection. The importance of emotional factors in automobile accidents is gaining recognition. Doctors and other scientists have concluded that the highway death toll resembles a disease epidemic and should be investigated as such.
Dr Ross A. McFarland, associate professor of industrial Hygiene at the Harvard University School of Public Health, aid that accidents "now constitute a greater threat to the safety of large segments of the population than diseases do."
Accidents are the leading cause of death between the ages of 1 and 35. About one third of all accidental deaths and one seventh of all accidental injuries are caused by motor vehicles.
Based on the present rate of vehicle registration, unless the accident rate is cut in half, one of every 10 persons in the country will be killed or injured in a traffic accident in the next 15 years.
Research to find the underlying causes of accidents and to develop ways to detect drivers who are apt to cause them is being conducted at universities and medical centres. Here are some of their findings so far:
A man drives as he lives. If he is often in trouble with collection agencies, the courts, and police, chances are he will have repeated automobile accidents. Accident repeaters usually are egocentric, exhibitionistic, resentful of authority, impulsive, and lacking in social responsibility. As a group, they can be classified as borderline psychopathic personalities, according to Dr. McFarland.
The suspicion, however, that accident repeaters could be detected in advance by screening out persons width more hostile impulses is false. A study at the University of Colorado showed that there were just as many overly hostile persons among those who had no accidents as among those with repeated accidents.
Psychologists currently are studying Denver high school pupils to test the validity of this concept. They are making psychological evaluations of the pupils to see whether subsequent driving records will bear out their thesis.
The author believes that, behind the wheel of an automobile, some people act ______.
A.as though they were uncivilized
B.as they should change their attitudes from hostility to amicability
C.as though their brain fibres needed cutting
D.as though they wanted repress hostile feeling
【C1】
A.attribute
B.distribute
C.contribute
D.conform
【B12】
A.is apt to
B.is subjected to
C.objected to
D.yields to