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Day76
1.(351)While airline travel can be detrimental to your health, many exercise experts point out that there is a surprising number of airports in the United States –even those in the major cities such as New York and Chicago – that are adjacent to public parks and pedestrian paths and that are easily reachable during long layovers.
(A) is a surprising number of airports in the United States – even those in the major cities such as New York and Chicago – that are adjacent to public parks and pedestrian paths and that are easily reachable during long layovers.
(B) is a surprising number of airports in the United States – even those in the major cities like New York and Chicago – that are adjacent to public parks, pedestrian paths, and easily reachable during long layovers.
(C) are a surprising number of airports in the United States – even those in the major cities such as New York and Chicago – that are adjacent to public parks and pedestrian paths and that are easily reachable during long layovers.
(D) are a surprising number of airports in the United States – even those in the major cities like New York and Chicago – that are adjacent to public parks and pedestrian paths, easily reachable during long layovers.
2.(352)In a recent press release, a group of California meteorologists declared that the unseasonably warm temperatures and dry conditions may be an early signal of the possibility of dangerous fire conditions lasting longer than usual this year.
(A) be an early signal of the possibility of dangerous fire conditions lasting longer than usual
(B) signal the possibility of dangerous fire conditions lasting longer than they usually do
(C) be early signals that dangerous fire conditions could last longer than they usually do指代不清晰
(D) signal that there is the possibility of dangerous fire conditions lasting longer than usual
(E) be early signals that dangerous fire conditions will last longer than usual
3.(353)The massive Himalayan avalanche surprised climate scientists, who saw a collapse that big and that fast – over 250 million cubic feet of snow and ice moving at speeds over 200 miles an hour – only once before.
(A) saw a collapse that big and that fast
(B) having seen a collapse that big and fast
(C) were seeing a collapse that big and fast
(D) will see a collapse that big and that fast
(E) had seen a collapse that big and that fast
4.(354)For Ralph Waldo Emerson, transcendentalism was his professed ideal over a century before the contemporary American environmental movement was launched with Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, and he outlined his beliefs in his essay, “Nature,” arguing that man does not fully accept nature’s beauty and all that it has to offer.
(A) was launched with Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, and he outlined his beliefs in his essay, “Nature,” arguing that man does not fully accept nature’s beauty and all that it has to offer.
(B) launched itself with Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, and outlined his beliefs in his essay, “Nature,” which argued that man does not fully accept nature’s beauty and all that it offers.
(C) launched with Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring; he outlined his beliefs in his essay, “Nature,” which argued that man does not fully accept nature’s beauty and all that it has to offer. movement不是被某人发起的
(D) launched Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring; Emerson outlined his beliefs in his essay, “Nature,” arguing that man does not fully accept nature’s beauty and all that it has to offer.
(E) was launched with Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring; in it he outlined his beliefs in this essay, “Nature,” arguing that man does not fully accept nature’s beauty and all that it offers.
5.(355)The Norwegian government started legal action recently to try and block the so-called Robin Hood tax because it could ensnare countries outside the Eurozone that do not adopt the law.
1) to try and block the so-called Robin Hood tax because it could ensnare countries outside the Euro Zone that do not adopt the law
2) to try and block the so-called Robin Hood tax; the tax could ensnare countries outside the Euro Zone that do not adopt the law
3) to try to block the so-called Robin Hood tax because it will ensnare countries outside the Euro Zone, which do not adopt the law
4) to try to block the so-called Robin Hood tax on the grounds that it could ensnare countries outside the Euro Zone that do not adopt the law
5) to try to block the so-called Robin Hood tax due to the fact that it will ensnare countries outside the Euro Zone that do not adopt the law
6.(356)The message behind the selection of certain Nobel Prize winners is much different than in past years, leading analysts subscribing to theories being promoted by the political right or to any explanation likely prompted by the committee's apparent focus on global climate change.
A. leading analysts subscribing to theories being promoted by the political right or to any explanation likely
B. leading analysts to subscribe to theories promoted by the political right or any explanation likely to have been
C. leading analysts subscribing to theories that are promoted by the political right or to any explanation as was likely
D. resulting in the fact that analysts are subscribing to theories being promoted by the political right or to any explanation likely
E. resulting in the fact of analysts that are subscribing to theories promoted by the political right or to any likely explanation to have been
7.(357)Temperatures in the Arctic, which is warming about twice as fast as in other parts of the planet, soared again during 2016, and the region, particularly parts of Greenland, continued to lose sea ice and permafrost.
比较对象是temperature而不是in the Arctic
A. in other parts of the planet, soared again during parts of 2015, and the region, particularly parts of Greenland, continued to lose
B. in other parts of the planet and soaring again during parts of 2015, and the region, particularly parts of Greenland, continued to lose
C. in other parts of the planet, soared again during parts of 2015, and the region, particularly parts of Greenland, continued losing
D. other parts of the planet, soared again during parts of 2015, and the region, particularly parts of Greenland, continued to lose
E. other parts of the planet, soaring again during parts of 2015, and the region, particularly parts of Greenland, continued losing(缺少谓语）
8.(358)In geology, the term “transform fault potential” denotes the extent to which one tectonic plate could be moved along a major transform fault line, such as California’s San Andreas, by an instantaneous strain release, commonly known as an earthquake.
(A) the extent to which one tectonic plate could be moved
(B) the extent to which one tectonic plate could move注意后面的by an instantaneous strain release..
(C) the extent that one tectonic plate could be moved
(D) the extent of one tectonic plate moving
(E) the extent of the movement of one tectonic plate
9.(359)Methane, which is about 20 times more potent at trapping heat than is carbon dioxide, accounts for 11 percent of all domestic greenhouse gas emissions, about a third of that is estimated to come from oil and gas operations.
A. dioxide, accounts for 11 percent of all domestic greenhouse gas emissions, (comma splice)
B. dioxide, accounts for 11 percent of all domestic greenhouse gas emissions;用分号去连接两个分开但是有关联性的句子。
C. dioxide and accounts for 11 percent of all domestic greenhouse gas emissions;
D. dioxide and accounts for 11 percent of all domestic greenhouse gas emissions, and
E. dioxide and accounts for 11 percent of all domestic greenhouse gas emissions,
10.(360)Three Ivy League schools have pulled out of E-du, an education consortium, offering undergraduate students the opportunity to take online courses for university credit after professors and alumni complained that the program would cheapen the prestige of a degree.
A. of E-du, an education consortium, offering undergraduate students the opportunity to take online courses for university credit after professors and alumni complained that the program would after前面应该连接逗号
B. from E-du, an education consortium, and will offer undergraduate students the opportunity to take online courses for university credit, after professors and alumni have complained that the program would
C. of E-du, an education consortium offering undergraduate students the opportunity to take online courses for university credit, after professors and alumni complained that the program would
D. from E-du, an education consortium offering undergraduate students the opportunity to take online courses for university credit after professors and alumni complained that the program will
E. of E-du, an education consortium that offers undergraduate students the opportunity to take online courses for university credit, after professors and alumni complained that the program will
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