问题 单项选择题 案例分析题

下图中①、②是两个城市的代码。读图完成小题。

①、②两城市都地处中纬度沿海地区,但气候类型不同,其主要原因是()

A.太阳辐射差异

B.大气环流不同

C.地面状况不同

D.沿岸洋流不同

答案

参考答案:B

解析:

①城市为北半球亚热带季风气候,受季风环流影响,而②城市是南半球的地中海气候,是受气压带和风带交替影响,故其气候不同的成因是大气环流不同。

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     In the fifteenth century in Nuremberg, lived a family with eighteen children. They were so poor that
two children, who wanted to pursue their talent for __1__, knew their father would never be __2__
able to send either of them to Nuremberg to study at the Academy.
     So they tossed (掷) a coin. Albrecht Durer, the younger, __3__ the toss and went off to
Nuremberg. Albert went down into the dangerous __4__ and, for the next four years, financed his
brother, who did so well that his works were even better than those of most of his __5__. By the time
he graduated, he was beginning to earn __6__ fees by drawing for wealthy people.
     When Albrecht returned home, at dinner he drank a __7__ to his beloved brother for the years of
__8__ that had enabled him to fulfill his __9__. He said, "Albert, my blessed brother, now it is your
__10__ to go to Nuremberg to pursue your dream, and I will take care of you."
     With tears in his eyes, Albert held his hands close to his right cheek and said, "No, brother. I
cannot go. Look…look what four years in the mines have done to my __11__! The bones in every
finger have been __12__ at least once. Lately I have been suffering from arthritis (关节炎) so badly
in my right hand that I cannot even hold a __13__ to return your toast, much less make delicate lines
with a pen or a brush. No, brother…, for me it is too __14__."
     Deeply moved, Albrecht painstakingly drew his brother's __15__ hands with palms together and
thin fingers stretched skyward. He called his powerful drawing __16__ "Hands", to which the entire
world immediately opened their hearts and later they __17__ it "The Praying Hands".
     The next time when you see a copy of that __18__ creation, take a second look. Let it be your
__19__, if you still need one, that no one ever makes it __20__!                      
( )1. A. assistance    
( )2. A. fundamentally  
( )3. A. won          
( )4. A. mountains      
( )5. A. classmates    
( )6. A. concrete      
( )7. A. beer          
( )8. A. donation      
( )9. A. attempt        
( )10. A. turn          
( )11. A. health      
( )12. A. injured      
( )13. A. knife        
( )14. A. urgent        
( )15. A. abused        
( )16. A. happily      
( )17. A. sold          
( )18. A. longing      
( )19. A. reminder      
( )20. A. along        
B. art          
B. frequently  
B. lost        
B. oceans      
B. colleagues  
B. considerable
B. drink      
B. education    
B. ambition    
B. dream        
B. body        
B. strengthened
B. spoon        
B. unnecessary  
B. dark        
B. simply      
B. bought      
B. touching    
B. aid          
B. aside        
C. science      
C. financially  
C. ended      
C. deserts      
C. professors  
C. considerate  
C. drop        
C. sacrifice    
C. assignment  
C. kindness    
C. mind        
C. sharpened    
C. glass        
C. messy        
C. wide        
C. carefully    
C. found        
C. challenging  
C. guide        
C. alone        
D. dreaming    
D. flexibly    
D. started      
D. mines        
D. brothers    
D. confidential
D. toast        
D. experience  
D. assessment  
D. hope        
D. hands        
D. used        
D. pen          
D. late        
D. fragile      
D. badly        
D. renamed      
D. disturbing  
D. coach        
D. aware        
单项选择题

"Clean your plate!" and "Be a member of the clean-plate club!" Just about every kid in the US has heard this from a parent or grandparent. Often, it’s accompanied by an appeal. "Just think about those starving orphans (孤儿) in Africa!"
Sure, we should be grateful for every bite of food. Unfortunately, many people in the US take a few too many bites. Instead of saying "clean the plate," perhaps we should save some food for tomorrow.
According to news reports, US restaurants are partly to blame for the growing bellies (肚子). A waiter puts a plate of food in front of each customer, with two to four times the amount recommended by the government, according to a USA Today story.
Americans traditionally associate quantity with value and most restaurants try to give them that. They serve large portions to stand apart from competitors and to give the customers value. They prefer to have customers complain about too much food rather than too little.
Barbara Rolls, a nutrition professor at Pennsylvania State University, told USA Today, that restaurant portion sizes began to grow in the 1970s, the same time that the American waistline began to expand.
Health experts have tried to get many restaurants to serve smaller portions. Now, apparently, some customers are calling for this too. A restaurant industry trade magazine reported last month that 57 percent of more than 4 000 people surveyed believed restaurants serve portions that are too large; 23 percent had no opinion; 20 percent disagreed.
But a closer look at the survey indicates that many Americans who can’t afford fine dining still prefer large portions. Seventy percent of those earning at least $150 000 per year prefer smaller portions, but only 45 percent of those earning less than $ 25 000 want smaller.
It’s not that working class Americans don’t want to eat healthy. It’s just that, after long hours at low-paying jobs, getting less on their plate hardly seems like a good deal. They live from paycheck to paycheck, happy to save a little money for next year’s Christmas presents.

US restaurants provide large portions of food because ______.

A. most customers are calling for that
B. they want to win in severe competition
C. the American waistline is expanding
D. it is the regulation of the restaurant industry