1.George Ashmore Fitch was born in Soochow,China in 1883,the son of Presbyterian missionaries George F.and Mary McLllan Fitch.After receiving his B.A.from Wooster College in 1906,Fitch attended Union Theological Seminary in New York.He was ...

9.An amazingly precise biological clock within us regulates sleep and waking,and also (synchronizes) a vast array of biochemical events in our bodies. A. regulates afterwards B. works off in an efficient way C. causes…to occur...

3.At the 1908 Olympics in London the Marathon race was held on a very hot day.The race started at Windsor Castle,one of the homes of the Royal Family,so that the Royal children could see the runners leave.The race was planned to continue fo...

11.Two basic models of parental influence emerge from all this competition and variety,however.One, loosely based on Freudian ideas,has presented an image of the vulnerable child:children are sensitive beings,easily damaged not only by trau...

5.The 12th lunar month in Chinese is called layue(the month to worship all the deities).The 8th day of the 12the lunar month is the Laba Festival.It is treated as the beginning of the Chinese holiday season.After the Laba Festival,people en...

7.The inventor of spectacles probably lived in the town of Paris, Italy, around 1286, and was almost certainly a craftsman working in glass. But nobody knows his name. We only know this much about him because Friar Giordane preached a sermo...

1.My father was 17 when he left the farm in Cameron,N.C., and set off for Baltimore to apply for a job at the Martin Aircraft Company. When asked what he wanted to do, he said,"Everything." He explained that his goal was to learn every job...

15.Floods cause billions of dollars worth of property damage _______. A. relatively B. actually C. annually D. comparatively ...

9.These goods are _______ for export, though a few of them may be sold on the home market. A. essentially B. completely C. necessarily D. remarkably ...

3.The course normally attracts 20 students per year, _______ up to half will be from overseas. A. in which B. for whom C. with which D. of whom ...