试题库在线考试题库-历年真题模拟试题及答案-考博英语在线试题测试中心-希赛网

外交学院

直到不久前，韩国以外还很少有人知道“江南”这个位于首尔东南部的一个上流社区，这里的居民数量约占首尔人口总数的5%。然后，朴载相横空出世。更具体地说，应该是这位韩国流行歌手的单曲《江南Style》横空出世。这首歌今年夏季在YouTube上红透半边天。整个互联网到处都是模仿它的视频，从澳大利亚到秘鲁都有以《江南Style》为主题的快闪活动；喝着烧酒签下美国唱片合约，占据美国电视黄金时段；甚至还有人深入分析骑马舞。但对于很多人来说，那个老问题仍然存在：“江南”到底是什么样的？江南区不乏知名品牌，但要想找到高端、小众的精品时装店，可以去Cheongdam和Shinsa等街区。在这里你会找到前卫的国际品牌概念商店，还有本土时装大牌。这里的商店都价格不菲，但要像朴载相所说的那样“穿得优雅、舞得奔放”，就得花这个代价。奉恩寺(Bongeunsa)位于首尔江南区修道山上，是韩国历史最悠久的寺庙之一。尽管在李氏王朝初期，儒家思想受到的推崇超过了佛教，但在16世纪中叶，在普雨(Bowoo)大禅师的指导下，奉恩寺作为韩国主要的禅宗佛教中心开始兴旺起来。如果你想获得一些点化，可以参加一个为期两天的住寺活动，主要是一些修身养性的活动，比如斋饭、茶道和冥想等。

Since Alfred Nobel died in 1896 we have entered an age of storm and tragedy. The power of man has grown in every sphere except over himself. Never in the field of action have events seemed so harshly to dwarf personalities. Rarely in history have brutal facts so dominated thought or has such a widespread individual virtue found so dim a collective focus.We in Europe and the western world who have planned for health and social security, who have marveled at the triumphs of medicine and science, and who have aimed at justice and freedom for all, have nevertheless been witnesses of famine, misery, cruelty, and destruction before which pale the deeds of Genghis Khan. And we who, first in the League of Nations and now in the United Nations, have attempted to give an abiding foundation to the peace of which men have dreamed so long have lived to see a world marred by cleavages and threatened by discords ever graver and more violent than those which convulsed Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire.Alfred Nobel has left behind him a bright and enduring beam of culture, of purpose, and of inspiration to a generation which stands in sore need. This world-famous institution points a truepath for us to follow. Let us, therefore, confront the clatter and rigidity we see around us with tolerance, variety, and calm.

Should everyone be getting more folic acid? That’s the question on a lot of doctors’ minds. Though not as famous as vitamin C, folic acid plays a crucial role in the development of just about every cell in the body. Member of the B-vitamin family, it’s found naturally in orange juice, beans and green vegetables. There is some evidence that folic acid may reduce the risk of heart disease, but it is best known for its role in preventing spinal bifida and other birth defects. Indeed ever since 1998, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration mandated that it be added to cereal products, the number of so-called neural-tube defects has dropped nearly 20% across America.Now comes word that the vitamin may, just may, help ward off the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease. In a study of more than 1,000 older adults published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers at Boston University and Tufts University found that subjects who had high levels of a particular amino acid called homocysteine in their blood were twice as likely to develop Alzheimer’s as those who didn’t. The finding is important because one of the easiest ways to lower homocysteine levels is to get plenty of folic acid.The study, although not definitive, is the strongest evidence to date that homocysteine plays a role in Alzheimer’s. Previous research had found that Alzheimer’s patients often have high levels of the amino acid in their blood-though that could be because folks with Alzheimer’s often don’t eat very well.The new study lays that explanation to rest. As part of the famous Framingham study, which has tracked the development of heart disease among residents of Framingham, Massachusetts, for more than 50 years, researchers in the 1970s started measuring the homocysteine levels of men and women who had not yet developed dementia. Those patients whose homocysteine levels measured over 14 micromoles a liter while they were still healthy were twice as likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease later on.That doesn’t mean that if you have high homocysteine levels, you will get Alzheimer’s, or that low homocysteine levels will protect your from dementia. It’s not even certain, warns Dr. Sudha Seshadri, a neurologist at Boston University who led the study, that lowering homocysteine levels will lower the risk of Alzheimer’s. But the case for adding folic acid to your diet is getting better all the time.Of course the best source of any vitamin is a healthy diet. For those of us who still don’t eat our beans and vegetables, most multivitamins contain the recommended daily folic acid dose of 400 micrograms. (Eating four slices of enriched bread gives you the equivalent of roughly 100 micrograms.) There is no risk of overdose, although high levels of folic acid can mask the signs of pernicious anemia in people who have developed the disorder. Folic acid by itself may not keep the doctor away, but there’s no harm trying.1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?2. The word “pernicious” in the last paragraph means（）.3. When did the U.S. Food and Drug Administration mandate that folic acid be added to cereal products?4. The disease of “dementia” (paragraph 4) has something to do with（）.5. Which of the following is NOT true about folic acid?

A rapid means of long distance transportation became a necessity for the United States settlement spread ever farther westward. The early trains were impractical curiosities, and for a long time the railroad companies met with troublesome mechanical problems. The most serious ones were the construction of rails able to bear the load, and the development of a safer, effective stopping system.Once these were solved, the railroad was established as the best means of land transportation. By 1860s there were thousands of miles or railroads crossing the eastern mountain ranges and reaching westward to the Mississippi. There were also regional southern and western lines.The high point in railroad building came with the construction of the first transcontinental system. In 1862 Congress authorized two western railroad companies to build lines from Nebraska westward and from California eastward to a meeting point, so as to complete a transcontinental crossing linking the Atlantic seaboard with Pacific. The Government helped the railroads generously with money and land. Actual work on this project from California used Chinese labor, while the Union Pacific employed crews of Irish laborers. The two groups worked at remarkable speed, each trying to cover a greater distance than the other. In 1896 they met at place called Promontory in what is now the state of Utah. Many visitors came there for the great occasion. There were joyous celebrations all over the country, with parade and the ringing of church bells to honor the great achievement.The railroad was very important in encouraging westward movement. It also helped build up industry and fanning by moving raw materials and by distributing products rapidly to distant markets. In linking towns and people to one another it helped unify the United States.1. The major problems with America’s railroad system in the mid-19th century lay in（）.2. The building of the first transcontinental system（）.3. The best title for this passage would be（）.4. The construction of the transcontinental railroad took（）.5. What most likely made people think about a transcontinental railroad?

Corporations as a group offer a variety of jobs. Most large companies send people to colleges to colleges to interview graduating students with the required academic training. A large university may have more than 500 companies a year knocking on its doors. Big firms are your best place for a job because their normal growth, employee retirements, and turnover create thousands of jobs nationwide each year.Corporations, however, illustrate the rule that the biggest isn’t always the best. Many small firms with just a few hundred employees have positions that may correspond with your profession goals, too. Such firms may not have the time, money, or need to send people around to your college; you’ll probably have to contact them yourself either directly or through an employment agency. Don’t ignore these little companies. Their salaries are usually competitive and the chances for advancement and recognition even stronger than those of a big firm. You could become a big fish in a small pond, reaching a high-level position more quickly than you would if you had climbed the most competitive ladder of a corporate giant.For example, a small company may need a bright engineering, accounting or management graduate who would report directly to the senior vice-president of engineering, the company controller, or the general manager. In larger firms it may take years to reach level and accumulate similar in-depth experience. In addition, responsibilities may come faster in a small firm with less specialization and fewer lower-level employees to receive delegated authority.1. The purpose of the passage is（）.2. Which of the following is TRUE of large corporations?3. The word “Their” (paragraph 2, line 6) refers to（）.4. Which of the following is NOT true of small firm?5. With whom is the passage most probably concerned?

上一页

1 / 72