【正文】 ph? The money that goes for capital consumption is not regarded as ine. can be easily seen from this passage that the government levies tax on corporation profits. to this passage, the money you get as interest from government bonds is the money not earned but received. passage implies that people pay taxes somewhat unwillingly. 第二十二篇 Some Things We Know about Language 我們知道的關(guān)于語言的一切事情 Many things about language are a mystery, and many will always remain so. But some things we do know. the second paragraph the author thinks that any human race, whether backward or not, has a language. 2. According to the author, people of undeveloped cultures can have plicated languages. author has used American Indian languages as an example to show that they are just as sophisticated as some wellknown languages. of the following statements is INCORRECT? Some languages are better than other languages. to the author, language changes are most likely to occur in vocabulary 第二十三篇 The Only Way Is Up 只 好向上 Think of a modern city and the first image that e 1.“…these are cities concerned with the past in the first paragraph refer to cities that want to maintain their traditional image. difficulty in constructing tall buildings in the 19th century lies in the lack of a device to carry people upward. Otis came up with the idea of a lift, most people had doubt about its safety. of the following best describes the experience of going in a lift now? Uninteresting. find the lift a good place where they can study human behaviour because in a lift the bubble of personal space breaks. 第二十四篇 Clone Farm 克隆農(nóng)場 Factory farming could soon enter a new era of mass statement is the best description of the new era of factory farming according to the first paragraph? Cloned chickens are bulkproduced with the same growth rate, weight and taste. institution has offered $ million to fund the research? The US39。re out there makes you feel better . Hearing the names of these famous old friends—Yosemite, are America39。t even have interests。ll find life more rewarding as a result. Optimism， they say， is partly about selfrespect and confidence but it39。 had a wooden frame， made in the shape of a horse， which was mounted on a wheel at either end. To ride it， you sat on a small seat， just like a modem bicycle，and pushed hard against the ground with your legs—there were no pedals. It was impossible to steer a celerifer233。 was the origin of the modem bicycle. *第十篇 Working Mothers 職業(yè)母親 Carefully conducted researches that have followed the children of working mothers have not been able to show any longterm problems， pared with children whose mothers stayed at home. My personal view is that mothers should be allowed to work if they wish. Whether we like it or not ， there are a number of mothers who just have to work.. There are those who have invested such a big part of their lives in establishing a career that they cannot afford see it lost. Then there are many who must work out of pure economic necessity. Many mothers are not cut out to be fulltime parents. After a few months at home with a much loved infant ， they feel trapped and isolated. There are a number of options when it es to choosing childcare. These range from child minders and nannies through to Granny or the kind lady across the street. In reality, however， many parents don39。s the quality that matters. 第六篇 Teaching and learning 教與學(xué) Many teachers believe that the responsibilities for learning lie with the student. If a long reading assignment is given, instructors expect students to be familiar with the information in the reading even if they do not discuss it in class or take an examination. The ideal student is considered to be one who is motivated to learn for the sake of learning, not the one interested only in getting high grades. Sometimes homework is returned with brief written ments but without a grade. Even if a grade is not given, the student is responsible for learning the material assigned. When research is assigned, the professor expects the student to take it actively and to plete it with minimum guidance. It is the student39。 they have to accept anything they can get. Be prepared! No matter how good the childcare may be， some children are going to protest wildly if they are left. This is a perfectly normal stage of child development. Babies separate well in the first six months， but soon after that they start to get a crush on Mum and close family members. Make sure that in the first week you allow plenty of time to help your child settle in. All children are different. Some are independent， while others are more attached to their mothers. Remember that if you want to do the best for your children， it39。 and turn it round while the front wheel was spinning in the air. Celerifer233。. It was basically an enlarged version of a children’s toy which had been in use for many years. Sivrac39。 a puter might want to find out the location of a restaurant， and read a guide in order to do so in the same way as a person might. While such a goal would not arise out of hunger in the case of the puter， it might well arise out of the goal to learn more about restaurants. *第八篇 Look on The Bright Side 看光明的一面 Do you ever wish you were more optimistic, someone who always expected to be successful? Having someone around who always fears the worst isn’t really a lot of fun. We all know someone who sees a single cloud on a sunny day and says， INooks like rain. But if you catch yourself thinking such things， it39。s influence is false according to the report? People were not likely to lose weight when they have skinny friends. 3. According to Dr. Nicholas A. Christakis, what is the explanation