【正文】 ven more shocking is the fact that the number and rate of imprisonment have more than doubled over the past twenty years, and recidivismthat is the rate for rearrestis more than 60 percent. ，以及累犯率——即再次拘押的比例——為百分之六十強(qiáng)。 82. Television is more than just an electronics。 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. ，所以種植者必須提供能滿足挑剔眼光的產(chǎn)品。 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. 。 76. The beaver chews down trees to get food and material with which to build its home. ，以便取食物并獲得造窩的材料。 74. When Henry Ford first sought financial backing for making cars, the very notion of farmers and clerks owning automobiles was considered ridiculous. ，農(nóng)民和一般職員也能擁有汽車的想法被認(rèn)為是可笑的。 72. Often very annoying weeds, goldenrods crowd out less hardy plants and act as hosts to many insect pests. 72.***花通常令人生厭，它擠走不那么頑強(qiáng)的植物，并找來(lái)很多害蟲(chóng)。 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. ，但其昭世功力卻是恒古不變的。 68. The science of horticulture, in which the primary concerns are maximum yield and superior quality, utilizes inFORMation derived from other sciences. 。 66. Not only can walking fish live out of water, but they can also travel short distances over land. ，還可以在岸上短距離移動(dòng)。 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. ，溫度和含鹽度的制約。 62. The application of electronic controls made possible by the microprocessor and puter storage have multiplied the uses of the modern typewriter. 。 60. Of all the economically important plants, palms have been the least studied. ，棕櫚樹(shù)得到的研究最少。 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 twentyfour hours. ，有的全長(zhǎng)成還不到一英尺，有的卻能在二十四小時(shí)內(nèi)長(zhǎng)出三英尺。 56. Perfectly matched pearls, strung into a necklace, bring a far higher price than the same pearls told individually. ，串成一條項(xiàng)鏈，就能賣到比單獨(dú)售出好得多的價(jià)錢。 54. The use of wellchosen nonsense words makes possible the testing of many basic hypotheses in the field of language learning. ，可以檢驗(yàn)語(yǔ)言學(xué)科里許多基本的假定。 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. ，它們的主要共同點(diǎn)在于相信政府是有害的，沒(méi)有必要的。 49. Children with parents whose guidance is firm, consistent, and rational are inclined to possess high levels of selfconfidence. ，始終如一和理性，孩子就有可能充滿自信。 47. Not until 1866 was the fully successful transatlantic cable finally laid. 。 45. Quails typically have short rounded wings that enable them to spring into full flight instantly when disturbed in their hiding places. ，憑此他們可以在受驚時(shí)一躍而起，飛離它們的躲藏地。 43. It is the interaction between people, rather than the events that occur in their lives, that is the main focus of social psychology. ，而不是他們各自生活中的事件。 41. The annual worth of Utah’s manufacturing is greater than that of its mining and farming bined. 。 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. ，該線把大西洋流域和太平洋流域區(qū)分開(kāi)來(lái)。 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. 37. Lucretia Mott’s的影響巨大，所以一些權(quán)威部門認(rèn)定她為美國(guó)女權(quán)運(yùn)動(dòng)的創(chuàng)始人。拒絕一切傳統(tǒng)，試圖通過(guò)強(qiáng)調(diào)機(jī)械和動(dòng)態(tài)來(lái)美化生活。 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. 。 32. That xenon could n