【正文】 than longheads? tlow has it e to this? We have all been bitten by television soun。re asking too much of it now, says Mr. Van Oss. Concrete is also a climatechange villain. It is made by mixing water with an aggregate, such as sand or gravel, and cement. Cement is usually made by heating limestone and clay to over 2,500 degrees F. The resulting chemical reaction, along with fuel burned to heat the kiln, produces between 7 and 10% of global carbondioxide emissions. When we have to repeatedly regenerate these materials because they39。 money (D) mainly lives in New York as he is most wele to American readers 9. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? (A) The campaigning group consists of 15 famous literary people. (B) Foreign institutions regularly charge for access to the papers by British writers. (C) American universities have more funding to purchase the manuscripts from British writers. (D) People have different opinions towards using taxpayers39。re talking pennies, really. The campaigners say American universities are targeting young British writers and offering between ~50,000 and ~300,000 for their of notebooks, manuscripts and letters. Joan Winterkorn, a broker who negotiated the sale the papers of Laurence Olivier and the writers Kenh Tynan and Peter Nichols to the British Library, said the cream of British archive material will continue to be up for grabs unless the tax laws are changed. American universities are increasingly creating a working relationship with younger and younger writers, so this is not something that is going to go away, she said. “ 英語客棧 ” 網(wǎng)址： 友情提供：英語客棧 第 6 頁 共 14 頁 It is understood that an academic from one American institution was flown to London this month with a specific brief to hobble ishiguro at the Booker prize dinner in London. lshiguro, 50, who was nominated for his novel Never Let Me Go and who won the Booker in 1989 tbr The Remains of the Day, has not yet made a decision, according to his spokeswoman. She said he had been approached by a number of US universities. Arnold Wesker, best known for his plays Roots and Chips with Everything, sold three tons of letters, manuscripts and papers to an American university in 2020. 1 was offered a derisory ￡ 60,000 from the British Library and ~100,000 from the University of Texas at Austinthere was no contest, said Wesker, 73. 1 would much sooner have had my work here in London but the gap was too large ... it is a shame. A source close to Rushdie, whose papers stretch back to the publication of his first novel, Grimus, in 1975, said he had received scores of approaches from America. The author, who now lives mainly in New York, said this weekend that he had no immediate plans to sell his archive. Were he to sell abroad, it is likely that there would be a public outcry given the amount of taxpayers39。 daily life (D) most students have achieved average grades in science 5. When the critics cite the example of television chefNigella Lawson in their ment, their purpose is (A) to advise students to get rid of snacking from the fridge (B) to pare that new softer GCSE with the television show of cooking (C) to show that the new course is not more difficult to follow than the chef39?！?英語客棧 ” 網(wǎng)址： 友情提供：英語客棧 第 1 頁 共 14 頁 2020年 3月上海市英語高級(jí)口譯資格證書 第一階段考試 SECTION 1: LISTENING TEST (30 MINUTES) Part A: Spot Dictation Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE. Marks amp。s motives in revising GCSE science courses. (B) He holds that most students entering university have mastered enough science knowledge as needed. (C) He argues that reducing the requirement for hard science in schools will lead to more problems. (D) He thinks that lack of public confidence in science will not affect the progress of science policy. 4. The results at North Chadderton upper school piloting the new softer GCSE have shown that ____ (A) the new softer GCSE has proved quite successful (B) the science examination is much easier than the previous ones (C) the new course is most relevant to students39。t cost the Treasury an arm and a legwe39。re talking pennies, really. (para. 5) he was telling us that _______. (A) the Treasury should be fully responsible for the collection and maintenance of such literary artifacts (B) the function of the Treasury will be like that of an arm and a leg (C) the Treasury should take strict and severe financial policies in dealing with the issue (D) the Treasury will not have any difficulty giving such funding and support 8. Salman Rushdie, the author of the Satanic Verses,_______. (A) is the representative of British literary people (B) sold his papers including the publication of his first novel in 1975 (C) was once protected with the taxpayers39。t work like we want it to. We39。 carbon in our own built environment. Another modification to the built environment is the carbon fiberreinforced concrete of Deborah Chung, a materials scientist at the State University of New York at Buffalo. By running an electrical current through concrete, Dr. Chung says, tiny deformations caused by minute pressures can be detected. You can monitor room occupancy in realtime, controlling lighting, ventilation, and cooling in relation to how many people are there, says Chung. While experts agree that these new concrete will someday be widely used, the timetable is uncertain. Concrete panies are responsive to environmental concerns and are always looking to stretch the util