The Chinese, who began systematic astronomical and weather　observations shortly after the ancient Egyptians, were　assiduous record-keepers, and because of this, can claim　humanitys longest continuous -------- of natural events.

 
　　defiance

　　documentation

　　maintenance

　　theory

　　domination

　　答案：(B)

　　astronomical: a.1.天文(学)的,天体的 2.巨大的

　　assiduous: a.刻苦勤奋的 2.经常的,坚持不懈的

　　claim: v.1.对(名声,财产)提出要求,认领,索取 2.声称有,拥有

　　defiance: n.违抗,蔑(藐)视,挑战

　　documentation: n.1.文件证据的记述编制 2.文献资料 3.详尽引证

　　maintenance: n.1.维持,保持 2.维修,养护,保养 3.坚持,主张 4.生计,生活资料　5.扶养

　　domination: n.1.支配,统治,主宰,优势 2.宗主权,宗主地位

　　中国人继古埃及人之后旋即展开了有系统的天文与气候观察,可谓是勤勉不辍的文献记录者.基于这一原因,中国人可声称拥有人类历史上对自然事件最漫长悠久,持之以恒的文献记载.

　　Because many of the minerals found on the ocean floor are　still ------- on land, where mining is relatively inexpensive,　mining the ocean floor has yet to become a ------- enterprise.

　　scarce. . common

　　accessible.. marginal

　　unidentified.. subsidized

　　conserved . . public

　　plentiful.. profitable

　　答案：(E)

　　mine: v.1.开采,从...提取天然成分 2.在地下挖坑道,暗中破坏

　　have yet to: v.尚有待于

　　enterprise: n.艰巨复杂(或带冒险性)的计划,雄心勃勃的事业

　　accessible: a.1.易于接近的,可进入的 2.可使用的,易获得的　3.(人)易相处的 4.易懂的

　　marginal: a.1.边比的,边沿地区的 2.边际的,勉强够格的,最低限度的　3.微量的,不重要的

　　subsidize: v.1.补贴,资助 2.用贿赂换得...的资助

　　conserve: v.1.保护,保存 2.使永恒不灭

　　由于海底发现的许多矿物在陆地上仍然大量存在,且陆地上开采又相对廉价,因此,对海底开采还有待于变成一种有利可图的事业.

　　The valedictory address, as it has developed in American　colleges and universities over the years, has become a very　strict form, a literary ------- that permits very little-------.

　　text.. clarity

　　work.. tradition

　　genre.. deviation

　　oration.. grandiloquence

　　achievement.. rigidity

　　答案：(C)

　　valedictory address: n.告别演说,知别辞

　　literary: a.1.文学的 2.精通文学的,文人学士的 3.书面的

　　clarity: n.1.清澈,明净 2.清晰,明晰

　　genre: n.1.类型,体裁,样式 2.风俗画

　　deviation: n.背离,偏离,偏差

　　oration: n.演说,演讲

　　grandiloquence: n.大言不惭,夸张,做作

　　rigidity: n.1.坚硬刚性 2.严格,刻析,僵死

　　告别演说,正如它在过去的几年中在美国的诸大学和学院发展起来的那样,已变成一种极为严格的形式,一种绝少允许偏差的文学性体裁

　　A human being is quite ------- creature, for the gloss of　rationality that covers his or her fears and ------- is thin　and often easily breached.

　　a logical.. problems

　　a frail.. insecurity

　　a valiant.. phobias

　　an ambitious.. morality

　　a ludicrous.. laughter

　　答案：(B)

　　gloss: n.1.光泽,光亮平滑的表面 2.虚假的外表,假象

　　rationality: n.理性,合理性

　　breach: v.1.破坏,违反 2.撕裂

　　logical: a.1.逻辑(上)的,逻辑学的 2.符合逻辑的,有逻辑头脑的 3.按照逻辑发展的

　　frail: a.脆弱的,易损坏的,身体虚弱的

　　valiant: a.勇敢的,英勇的

　　phobia: n.1.恐惧症 2.恐惧,憎恶

　　ludicrous: a.滑稽有趣的,荒唐可笑的

　　人类是一殊为脆弱的生物体,因为掩盖着其恐惧心和不安全感的那层理性的外表是那么的薄弱,且常常易于破裂.

　　Although the passage of years has softened the initially　hostile reaction to his poetry, even now only a few　independent observers ------- his works.