//The other is in a globular cluster of stars/ found just outside NGC 4636, /another elliptical galaxy located 47 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo.
Comprehension [?k?mpr??hen?n] n. 理解；包含 Dullness [?d?ln?s] n. 迟钝，钝度 72. Naming English
In the past,/ Naming English as a separate subject seemed relatively easy. //The textbook selected /and graded items of language /which were put into content/ and then practiced intensively. ///New items were carefully controlled /so that the student could cope quite easily.//
74. Coastal Wetlands
The coastal wetlands have environmental /and economic importance.// Wetlands provide natural wealth.// They have important filtering capabilities.// As the runoff water passes, /they retain excess nutrients /and some pollutants.// They maintain water flow during dry periods.// Thousands of people depend on groundwater for drinking. //They act as natural sponges of flood waters /and contain soil erosion. //They control floods /and save the buildings from collapsing
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Now that English is used as a medium of
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76. Philippe de Motebello
Using more than fifty interviews, /award-winning writer Danny Danziger creates a fascinating mosaic of the people /behind New York’s magnificent
knowledge /and
Caffeine [?k?fi?n] n. [有化][药] 咖啡因；茶精（兴奋剂）注意重音
Newlywed ['nju?l?wed] adj. 新婚的
答 库 雅 the museum, /Philippe de Motebello, /to the curators who have a deep
思Metropolitan Museum of Art /from the aristocratic, /acerbic director of
84. Stress
This study tracked about 1,000 adults in the United States, /and they ranged in age from 34 to 93, /and they started the study by asking, /'How much stress have you experienced in the last year?' //They also asked, 'How much time have you spent helping out friends, neighbors, and people in your community?' //And then
Temperamental [?tempr??mentl] adj. 喜怒无常的；性情的；易兴奋
86. Carbon Dioxide Emission
When countries assess their annual carbon dioxide emissions,/ they count up their cars and power stations, /but bush fires are not included presumably/ because they are deemed to be events/ beyond human control. //In Australia,/ Victoria alone sees several hundred thousand hectares burn each year/ in both 2004 and
答 Cultivation [?k?lt??ve??n] n. 培养；耕作；耕种；教化；文雅
库Propagation [?pr?p??ɡe??n] n. 传播；繁殖；增殖
的 注意重音
雅 思Sophisticated [s??f?st?ke?t?d] adj. 复杂的；精致的；
Geologic [,d????'l?d??k] adj. 地质的；地质学上的
The Office of Personnel Management was the target of the attack,// but
96. Instrument
Some people object that/ in order for the eye to modify /and still remain a useful instrument to its owner,// many changes would have had to take place simultaneously. However, //it is not necessary to suppose this /if the modifications were extremely slight and gradual.
Ampicillin [?? mp??s?l?n] n. [药] 氨苄青霉素，氨比西林 注意重音
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库investigators say they believe Chinese hackers were behind the breach.
data from nearly every government agency was stolen. //U.S.
雅 思Chloramphenicol [,kl??r?m'fen?k?l] n. [药] 氯霉素 注意重音 98. Clouds
Howard believed that// all clouds belonged to three distinct groups:/ cumulus, /stratus /and cirrus. //He added a fourth category, /nimbus, / to describe a cloud
‘in the act of condensation into rain, /hail or snow’.// It is by observing //how clouds change colour /and shape that /weather can be predicted,/
/ and is also being used to control the wing /and the flaps,// effectively the engine, //of what we have.
Hydraulic [ha??dr?l?k] adj. 液压的；水力的；水力学的 Hydrofoil [?ha?dr?f??l] n. 水翼；水翼船 注意重音
Orientalists, like many other nineteenth-century thinkers, conceive of humanity either in large collective terms or in abstract generalities. Orientalists are neither interested in nor capable of discussing
individuals; instead, artificial entities predominate. Similarly, the age-old distinction between “Europe” and “Asia” or of their purchases. // They just grab their tray off the counter, /find a table, /take a seat, /unwrap
答100. Orientalists
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