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简答题 Underline the sentence that provides alogical explanation for the early astronomers’errors．

The dampness implied by thenames is simply an illusion；basalt reflects less light than the surrounding rock，making theseregions appear dark and deep．

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1In a speech before the United Nations in l953，President Dwight Eisenhoweradvocated the creation of an institution that would control and promote thepeaceful use of atomic energy worldwide．The“Atoms forPeace”speech came
　　Lineat a difficult time．Memories of Nagasaki andHiroshima were recent and raw，(5)and the Cold War wasvery much underway．Under Truman，the U．S．militarybudget had increased fourfold；Eisenhower nOW sought tocut it back by one- third．Joseph Stalin had diedearlier in the year，giving some hope that a reconci-liation was possible．In his speech．Eisenhower pledged that the United States
　　wouldcommit itself to finding a way to“solve the fearful atomic dilemma．”After
　　(10)several years of discussion and debate onthe nonmilitary potential of nuclear energy，the UN established the International Atomic Energy Agency,which has worked ever since to inspect and set standards fornonmilitary nuclear facilities and to serve as a center for scientific inquiryinto nonmilitary uses of nuclear energy．
　　Select one answer choice．
　　Which of the following is presented as a logicalreason behind the timing ofPresident Eisenhower’s“Atomsfor Peace”speech?
　　

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The term grand slam，originally used in golf,has been part of the tennis world　since the late l 930s．It refers to the accomplishment of a single player for doubles
teaml who wins the top four tennis contests in a single year．Those contests are the Line Australian Open in January，the French Open in May and June，Wimbledon in June (5)and July,and the U．S．Open in August and September．Rod Laver performed this remarkable feat in l 962 and again in 1969．Stem Graf did it in 1988 and won the Olympic gold medal as well，giving her a so-called golden grand slam．Doubles team Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver did it in l984．Today the grand slam may refer to any four consecutive wins in the four major tournaments，not necessarily within a (10) single year．It’s still remarkable，but does it have the same cachet?
Select one answer choice．
Based on the direction of the rest of the passage，the word cachet in the final sentence is apparently used to mean

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3Eric Rohmer became the newest ofthe French New Wave directors when heleft his career as novelist and editor tofilm the first of his six “moral tales．”
　　A feW earlier projects had failedto achieve the Success of fellow New Wavers LineFrangois TrUffaut and Jean—LucGodard，butRohmer’s short film The Bakery Girl
　　(5)of Manceau was a hit．After that came Suzanne'sCareer, The Collector,My Night at Maud's，Claire's Knee，and Chloe in the Afternoon．All six werebased on short stories or sketches Rohmer had written，andall featured his typical style and themes-long takes focused on facial features，long conversations about moral issues，temptationand its denial．Of tlle six films in this series，the most popular
　　(10)was My Night at Maud's，which was a selection atCannes and an Academy Awardnominee for best foreign language film in 1969． Consider each of the choices separately and select all that apply．
　　According to the passage，which word or words might describe Rohmer’s style?
　　

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