A.3,0
B.2,1
C.1,2
A.3;0
B.2;1
C.1;2
D.0
A.3和1
B.2和2
C.1和3
D.4和1
After having assured their return journey,
the writer and his companion could concentrate
on collecting and film animals. Deciding to 【M1】______
enlist the help the local Indians, they made
their way to a nearby village, in which proved 【M2】______
to be a few dilapidated huts in a pleasant
valley. The Indians they found there worn 【M3】______
remnants of European clothes and had
obviously abandoned their traditional way
of life. They kept a few disease chickens 【M4】______
and skinny cattle instead of hunting for
their meat. The writer' s companion explained
that they were looking for birds and mammals,
particular armadillos, for which they would 【M5】______
pay well. Anyone who could show them inhabited
nests and holes, they have said, would be 【M6】______
well rewarded. The Indians were apathetic
and uncooperative. Noticing the absence of
biting insects, the writer asked whether
they had ever troubled by them, to which 【M7】______
the Indians replied by slowly shaking their
heads. The writer recognized that he 【M8】______
considered that having to live in such a hot,
humid atmosphere would no doubt have 【M9】______
made him lethargic too. The headman explained
the inconvenience of the villagers had, for
severe weeks previously, been contemplating 【M10】______
cutting down a particular tree and until a
decision on this matter was reached, no other
activity could possibly be considered.
【M1】
Thomas Malthus published his Essay on the Principle of Population
almost 200 years ago. Ever since then, forecasters have being warning 【M1】 ______
that worldwide famine was just around the next comer. The fast-growing
population's demand for food, they warned, would soon exceed their 【M2】 ______
supply, leading to widespread food shortages and starvation.
But in reality, the world's total grain harvest has risen steadily over the
years. Except for relative isolated trouble spots like present-day Somalia, 【M3】 ______
and occasional years of good harvests, the world's food crisis has remained 【M4】 ______
just around the comer. Most experts believe this can continue even as ff 【M5】 ______
the population doubles by the mid-21st century, although feeding l0 billion
people will not be easy for politics, economic and environmental reasons. 【M6】 ______
Optimists point to concrete examples of continued improvements in yield.
In Africa, by instance, improved seeds, more fertilizers and advanced 【M7】 ______
growing practices have more than double com and wheat yields in an 【M8】 ______
experiment. Elsewhere, rice experts in the Philippines are producing
a plant with few stems and more seeds. There is no guarantee that plant 【M9】 ______
breeders can continue to develop new, higher-yielding crop, but most 【M10】______
researchers see their success to date as reason for hope.
【M1】
【M1】
The modern world could not operate without roads. It is a way
of life with almost every family in the western world owning an
automobile. In Australia alone, billions of dollars are spending on 【M1】 ______
road maintenance and enhancements each year, such as new
bridges and the highway development. Highways are the public's 【M2】 ______
main source of transportation to reach other, towns and cities with
the increased speed limits to make traveling slower. In contrast, 【M3】 ______
town roads are designed for short travel with many streets and sharp
turns to negotiate in slower speeds and for the pedestrians to cross at 【M4】 ______
convenient places like traffic lights. Research studies in the United
Kingdom, Australia, the United States have shown that human 【M5】 ______
issues contribute to 95 % of accidents, road factors only to about
one fifth of that percentage and vehicle factors for fewer than 5%. 【M6】 ______
With road improvements speed has been allowed to raise, 【M7】 ______
except for special reasons like school and residential areas which 【M8】 ______
the limit has been lowered. Current speed limits are necessary. The
speeds on normal roads in Australia ranging from 40km/h to 【M9】 ______
110km/h which is due to the series of road situations.
Specialization of motor vehicles is a very common process which
allows the driver to enhance his/her automobile to obtain the
desired appearance or performance ability. It is only when this
process gets out of control when the driver becomes a risk. 【M10】______
【M1】
【M1】
Despite that the wave of industrial development that has 【M1】______
swept much of East Asia in recent decades, the country of 80
million remains extremely poor, mismanaged and still' was 【M2】______
predominant agrarian. But the Philippines docs play a visible 【M3】______
role in the global economy, thanks largely to a single export
commodity—its people. According to the government, I mil
lion Philippines will go abroad as contract workers this year, 【M4】______
the biggest exodus ever. "The Philippines has already sur
passed Mexico as the largest source of migrant labor in the
word," says Manolo I. Abella, a migration specialist at the
International Labour Office in Geneva. In all, about 8 mil
lion Filipinos—an astounded one tenth of the country's 【M5】______
citizens—currently work overseas to support families back home.
They remit more than $ 7 billion annually, according to the
government, and that's only' official transfers. A recent Asian 【M6】______
Development Bank report put the real figure in the $ 14
billion to $ 21 billion range a sum that dwarfs both foreign direct
investment and aid flowing into the country, and amounts
3 2 percent of GNP. In the past, the Philippines 【M7】______
is shamed by its inability to create enough good jobs to keep 【M8】______
its people at home. But hard economic reality—a 14 percent
unemployment rate and one of the highest poverty indexes in
the world (nearly half the population subsists on less than $ 2
a day)—has shifted the sentiment. Today, in a move that
countries like Indonesia and Bangladesh are likely to emulate
itself, the government takes the position that, like it or not, 【M9】______
the overseas workers constitute nation's biggest comparative
advantage in an increasingly borderless world. And so Manila
makes it easy for its citizens to immigrate, and works hard, 【M10】______
through its embassies, to see that their rights as foreign workers
are protected.
【M1】