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1. Typical of the grassland dwellers of the continent is the American
antelope, or pronghorn.

2. Of the millions who saw Haley’s comet in 1986, how many people will
live long enough to see it return in the twenty-first century.

3. Anthropologists have discovered that fear, happiness, sadness, and
surprise are universally reflected in facial expressions

4. Because of its irritating effect on humans, the use of phenol as a
general antiseptic has been largely discontinued.

5. In group to remain in existence, a profit-making organization must, in
the long run, produce something consumers consider useful or desirable.

6. The greater the population there is in a locality, the greater the need
there is for water, transportation, and disposal of refuse.

7. It is more difficult to write simply, directly, and effectively than to
employ flowery but vague expressions that only obscure one’s meaning.

8. With modern offices becoming more mechanized, designers are attempting
to personalize them with warmer, less severe interiors.

9. The difference between libel and slander is that libel is printed while
slander is spoken.

10. The knee is the joints where the thigh bone meets the large bone of
the lower leg.

11. Acids are chemical compounds that, in water solution, have a sharp
taste, a corrosive action on metals, and the ability to turn certain blue
vegetable dyes red.

12. Billie Holiday’s reputation as a great jazz-blues singer rests on her
ability to give emotional depth to her songs.

的 13. Essentially, a theory is an abstract, symbolic representation of
what is conceived to be reality.

14. Long before children are able to speak or understand a language, they
communicate through facial expressions and by making noises.

15. Thanks to modern irrigation, crops now grow abundantly in areas where
once nothing but cacti and sagebrush could live.

16. The development of mechanical timepieces spurred the search for more
accurate sundials with which to regulate them.

17. Anthropology is a science in that anthropologists use a rigorous set
of methods and techniques to document observations that can be checked by
others.

18. Fungi are important in the process of decay, which returns ingredients
to the soil, enhances soil fertility, and decomposes animal debris.

19. When it is struck, a tuning fork produces an almost pure tone,
retaining its pitch over a long period of time.

20. Although pecans are most plentiful in the southeastern part of the
United States, they are found as far north as Ohio and Illinois.

21. Eliminating problems by transferring the blame to others is often
called scape-goating.

22. The chief foods eaten in any country depend largely on what grows best
in its climate and soil.

23. Over a very large number of trials, the probability of an event’s
occurring is equal to the probability that it will not occur.

24. Most substance contract when they freeze so that the density of a
substance’s solid is higher than the density of its liquid.

25. The mechanism by which brain cells store memories is not clearly
understood.

26. By the middle of the twentieth century, painters and sculptors in the
United States had begun to exert a great worldwide influence over art.

27. In the eastern part of New Jersey lies the city of Elizabeth, a major
shipping and manufacturing center.

28. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman medical doctor in the United
States, founded the New York Infirmary, an institution that has always had
a completely female medical staff.

29. Alexander Graham Bell once told his family that he would rather be
remembered as a teacher of the deaf than as the inventor of the telephone.

30. Because its leaves remain green long after being picked, rosemary
became associated with the idea of remembrance.

31. Although apparently rigid, bones exhibit a degree of elasticity that
enables the skeleton to withstand considerable impact.

32. That xenon could not form chemical compounds was once believed by
scientists.

33. Research into the dynamics of storms is directed toward improving the
ability to predict these events and thus to minimize damage and avoid loss
of life.

34. The elimination of inflation would ensure that the amount of money
used in repaying a loan would have the same value as the amount of money
borrowed.

35. Futurism, an early twentieth-century movement in art, rejected all
traditions and attempted to glorify contemporary life by emphasizing the
machine and motion.

36. One of the wildest and most inaccessible parts of the United States is
the Everglades where wildlife is abundant and largely protected.

37. Lucretia Mott’s influence was so significant that she has been
credited by some authorities as the originator of feminism in the United
States.

38. The activities of the international marketing researcher are
frequently much broader than those of the domestic marketer.

39. The continental divide refers to an imaginary line in the North
American Rockies that divides the waters flowing into the Atlantic Ocean
from those flowing into the Pacific.

40. Studies of the gravity field of the Earth indicate that its crust and
mantle yield when unusual weight is placed on them.

41. The annual worth of Utah’s manufacturing is greater than that of its
mining and farming combined.

42. The wallflower is so called because its weak stems often grow on walls
and along stony cliffs for support.

43. It is the interaction between people, rather than the events that
occur in their lives, that is the main focus of social psychology.

44. No social crusade aroused Elizabeth Williams’ enthusiasm more than the
expansion of educational facilities for immigrants to the United States.

45. Quails typically have short rounded wings that enable them to spring
into full flight instantly when disturbed in their hiding places.

46. According to anthropologists, the earliest ancestors of humans that
stood upright resembled chimpanzees facially, with sloping foreheads and
protruding brows.

47. Not until 1866 was the fully successful transatlantic cable finally
laid.

48. In his writing, John Crowe Ransom describes what he considers the
spiritual barrenness of society brought about by science and technology.

49. Children with parents whose guidance is firm, consistent, and rational
are inclined to possess high levels of self-confidence.

50. The ancient Hopewell people of North America probably cultivated corn
and other crops, but hunting and gathering were still of critical
importance in their economy.

51. Using many symbols makes it possible to put a large amount of
information on a single map.

52. Anarchism is a term describing a cluster of doctrines and attitudes
whose principal uniting feature is the belief that government is both
harmful and unnecessary.

53. Probably no man had more effect on the daily lives of most people in
the Untied States than did Henry Ford a pioneer in automobile production.

54. The use of well-chosen nonsense words makes possible the testing of
many basic hypotheses in the field of language learning.

55. The history of painting is a fascinating chain of events that probably
began with the very first pictures ever made.

56. Perfectly matched pearls, strung into a necklace, bring a far higher
price than the same pearls told individually.

57. During the eighteenth century, Little Turtle was chief of the Miami
tribe whose territory became what is now Indiana and Ohio.

58. Among almost seven hundred species of bamboo, some are fully grown at
less than a foot high, while others can grow three feet in twenty-four
hours.

59. Before staring on a sea voyage, prudent navigators learn the sea
charts, study the sailing directions, and memorize lighthouse locations to
prepare themselves for any conditions they might encounter.
60. Of all the economically important plants, palms have been the least
studied.

61. Buyers and sellers should be aware of new developments in technology
can and does affect marketing activities.

62. The application of electronic controls made possible by the
microprocessor and computer storage have multiplied the uses of the modern
typewriter.

63. The human skeleton consists of more than two hundred bones bound
together by tough and relatively inelastic connective tissues called
ligaments.

64. The pigmentation of a pearl is influenced by the type of oyster in
which it develops and by the depth, temperature, and the salt content of
the water in which the oyster lives.

65. Although mockingbirds superbly mimic the songs and calls of many
birds, they can nonetheless be quickly identified as mockingbirds by
certain aural clues.

66. Not only can walking fish live out of water, but they can also travel
short distances over land.

67. Scientists do not know why dinosaurs became extinct, but some theories
postulate that changers in geography, climate, and sea levels were
responsible.

68. The science of horticulture, in which the primary concerns are maximum
yield and superior quality, utilizes information derived from other
sciences.

69. Snow aids farmers by keeping heart in the lower ground levels, thereby
saving the seeds from freezing.

70. Even though the precise qualities of hero in literary words may vary
over time, the basic exemplary function of the hero seems to remain
constant.

71. People in prehistoric times created paints by grinding materials such
as plants and clay into power and then adding water.

72. Often very annoying weeds, goldenrods crowd out less hardy plants and
act as hosts to many insect pests.

73. Starting around 7000 B.C., and for the next four thousand years, much
of the Northern Hemisphere experienced temperatures warmer than at
present.

74. When Henry Ford first sought financial backing for making cars, the
very notion of farmers and clerks owning automobiles was considered
ridiculous.

75. Though once quite large, the population of the bald eagle across North
America has drastically declined in the past forty years.

76. The beaver chews down trees to get food and material with which to
build its home.

77. Poodles were once used as retrievers in duck hunting, but the American
Kennel Club does not consider them sporting dogs because they are now
primarily kept as pets.

78. As a result of what is now know in physics and chemistry, scientists
have been able to make important discoveries in biology and medicine.

79. The practice of making excellent films based on rather obscure novels
has been going on so long in the United States as to constitute a
tradition.

80. Since the consumer considers the best fruit to be that which is the
most attractive, the grower must provide products that satisfy the
discerning eye.

81. Television the most pervasive and persuasive of modern technologies,
marked by rapid change and growth, is moving into a new era, an era of
extraordinary sophistication and versatility, which promises to reshape
our lives and our world.

82. Television is more than just an electronics; it is a means of
expression, as well as a vehicle for communication, and as such becomes a
powerful tool for reaching other human beings.

83. Even more shocking is the fact that the number and rate of
imprisonment have more than doubled over the past twenty years, and
recidivism------that is the rate for re-arrest------is more than 60
percent.

84. His teaching began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but
William Rainey Harper lured him to the new university of Chicago, where he
remained officially for exactly a generation and where his students in
advanced composition found him terrifyingly frigid in the classroom but
sympathetic and understanding in their personal conferences.

85. The sloth pays such little attention to its personal hygiene that
green algae grow on its coarse hair and communities of a parasitic moth
live in the depths of its coat producing caterpillars which graze on its
mouldy hair. Its muscles are such that it is quits incapable of moving at
a speed of over a kilometer an hour even over the shortest distances and
the swiftest movement it can make is a sweep of its hooked arm.

86. Artificial flowers are used for scientific as well as for decorative
purposes. They are made from a variety of materials, such as way and
glass, so skillfully that they can scarcely be distinguished from natural
flowers.

87. Three years of research at an abandoned coal mine in Argonne,
Illinois, have resulted in findings that scientists believe can help
reclaim thousands of mine disposal sites that scar the coal-rich regions
of the United States.

88. When the persuading and the planning for the western railroads had
finally been completed, the really challenging task remained: the
dangerous, sweaty, backbreaking, brawling business of actually building
the lines.

89. Because of the space crunch, the Art Museum has become increasingly
cautious in considering acquisitions and donations of art, in some cases
passing up opportunities to strengthen is collections.

90. The United States Constitution requires that President be a
natural-born citizen, thirty-five years of age or older, who has lived in
the United States for a minimum of fourteen years.

91. Arid regions in the southwestern United States have become
increasingly inviting playgrounds for the growing number of recreation
seekers who own vehicles such as motorcycles or powered trail bikes and
indulge in hill-climbing contests or in caving new trails in the desert.

92. Stone does decay, and so tools of long ago have remained when even the
bones of the man who made them have disappeared without trace.

93. Insects would make it impossible for us to live in the world; they
would devour all our crops and kill our flocks and herds, if it were not
for the protection we get from insect-eating animals.

94. It is true that during their explorations they often faced
difficulties and dangers of the most perilous nature, equipped in a manner
which would make a modern climber shudder at the thought, but they did not
go out of their way to court such excitement.

95. There is only one difference between an old man and a young one: the
young man has a glorious future before him and old one has a splendid
future behind him: and maybe that is where the rub is.

96. I find young people exciting. They have an air of freedom, and they
have not a dreary commitment to mean ambitions or love comfort. They are
not anxious social climbers, and they have no devotion to material things.

97. I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates
goodwill between the nations, and that if only the common peoples of the
world could meet one another at football or cricket, they would have no
inclination to meet on the battlefield.

98. It is impossible to say simply for the fun and exercise: as soon as
the question of prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some
larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative
instincts are around.

99. It has been found that certain bats emit squeaks and by receiving the
echoes, they can locate and steer clear of obstacles------or locate flying
insects on which they feed. This echo-location in bats is often compared
with radar, the principle of which is similar.

100. As the time and cost of making a clip drop to a few days and a few
hundred dollars, engineers may soon be free to let their imaginations soar
without being penalized by expensive failure.

作者：Exam8.com 文章来源：考试吧(Exam8.com) 点击数：855 更新时间：2004-11-5

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