Washington has come to do something about the fighting which killed hundreds of civilians
A.Iraq's deadly civil war
B.Liberia's deadly civil war
C.the internationai pressure
A.Iraq's deadly civil war
B.Liberia's deadly civil war
C.the internationai pressure
A.Iraq's deadly civil war
B.Liberia's deadly civil war
C.the international pressure
What can be learnt on U. S. -Vietnamese relations?
A.Rapid progress had been made towards a trade agreement.
B.The U. S. has decided to establish full diplomatic relations with Vietnam in July.
C.Vietnam’s Foreign Ministers has agreed to pay his first official visit to Washington.
D.Mr. Clinton is confident that the trade agreement will come quickly.
According to the news, France was strongly criticized for______.
A.conducting five nuclear tests on Wednesday.
B.carrying out a series of nuclear tests in the Pacific.
C.getting disappointing results in the nuclear program.
D.refusing to sign a global treaty banning nuclear tests.
According to the news, France was strongly criticized for______
A.conducting five nuclear tests on Wednesday
B.carrying out a series of nuclear tests in the Pacific
C.getting disappointing results in the nuclear program
D.refusing to sign a global treaty banning nuclear tests
When you walk into a National Forest, you really believe you are the first person who has ever been here. Funny thing is, you are not.
These forests have been used for over a hundred years. From this timber stand, settlers used wood to build their homes. And ties were cut for the railroad. Hard to believe, isn't it?
But that's the Miracle of the Forest. With careful management these forests have renewed themselves, year after year, providing us with all kinds of benefits. And that's why we call them "Forever Forests".
Come to see for yourself! And get involved with the new "Forests For Us" program and tell people all about the Miracle of the Forest.
For more information write: Forest for US, P.O. Box 2000, Washington, DC 20013.
Miracle of the Forest
Duration that has been used:【46】.
Usage of the forest: 1.【47】for the building of houses
2.【48】for the railroad
The reason that we call them "Forever Forests":
1.【49】themselves with careful management
2. providing us with lots of【50】year after year
President Bush said US forces will remain in Iraq until ______.
A.It's a free country run by UN
B.It's a colony nm by US
C.It's a free land nm by its own people
But in the months since then that support has come into question—and the damage has become real. Washington's reaction to the incident has created an atmosphere of suspicion, which, coupled with efforts to restrict scientific interchange and reduce funds for key research, threaten the essence of the lab—its ability to provide the kind of science-based security that has made it a national treasure.
Los Alamos burst upon the national consciousness on Aug 6, 1945, the day it was announced that the atomic weapon dropped on Hiroshima had been developed by scientists working at the lab under the direction of Robert Oppenheimer. The secret of their success was an almost magical mix of three key ingredients: the quality and dedication of the researchers, an open scientific environment that promote collaboration and Oppenheimer's brilliant leadership.
That excellence, openness and leadership have largely been maintained in the ensuing 54 years under the enlightened management of the University of California. During the cold war, when national security demanded that we have a competitive edge over the Soviets in nuclear weapons and weapons-related research, Los Alamos led the way. When it became evident that science-based national security depended on world leadership in science, the lab rose to the challenge. It developed an outstanding program to attract the best young researchers and established world-class trans-disciplinary centers for pure and applied scientific research. Indeed, what brought me to Los Alamos was the new Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter, established to work on what promises to be the most exciting science of the new millennium— the search for the higher organizing principles in nature that govern emergent behavior. in matter.
But in the past six months members of Congress and the Washington bureaucracy have put the scientific environment at Los Alamos seriously at risk. With the laudable goal of improving the security of classified research, they have attempted to impose inefficient micromanagement strategies while decreasing funding for vital research. As Sen. Pete Domenici, Republican of New Mexico, wrote recently to a Horse colleague, "The House action is irresponsible." The damage, he said, "would be as serious and more assured than the suspected damage that may have been caused by Wen Ho Lee."
Some of that damage has already been done. By my count there's been a 60 percent drop in the number of top researchers accepting postdoctoral fellowships at the lab. Promising young staffers are leaving for university and industry jobs, while leading university scientists have refused to be considered for key administrative positions at Los Alamos. Then, too, there's the loss of the young scientist from China who wanted to come to the lab to work with me this fall. Despite his outstanding record of scientific publication and glowing letters of recommendation, I felt obligated to discourage him from entering the postdoctoral competition. In the current atmosphere, I felt his every move would be monitored. But I wonder whether we've lost a chance to attract to America a major contributor to science—and a potential Nobel laureate.
Washington must never forget that science is done by scientists, not by computers. It is vital to build security barriers in physical space and cyberspace to protect classified information. But science is not don
A.he appreciated its scientific environment
B.he esteemed its distinguished scientists and treasured their accomplishments
C.it obtained support from Washington
D.its leaders were all able to cope with the potential damage to its programs.
【B5】, this spurt of suburban expansion does not alter the basic fact that the United States【B6】one of the most urban nations on the face of the earth. Census Bureau【B7】show that the【B8】population has been shrinking steadily since 1880. When the United States became a nation it had no large cities at all; today【B9】fifty cities have populations of more than 258,000. Mammoth complexes of cities are developing in the area of the East Coast and the east north central states, on the pacific and Gulf coasts, and near the shores of the Great Lakes. Some sociologists now regard the entire 600-mile stretch between Boston and Washington, D.C.—an area holding a fifth of the country's population—【B10】one vast city or, as they call it, megalopolis.
【B1】
A.past
B.recent
C.future
D.nowadays
听力原文: Reports say Japan and the US have reached an agreement on their dispute over air- cargo transport rights in Asia.
The agreement will mean that Washington and Tokyo will renegotiate a 1952 Aviation Treaty which allowed American airlines to fly on from Tokyo to other places in Asia but didn't allow Japanese airlines the same rights to fly on from America to other destinations. Tokyo has always said that the treaty was unfair and Japan has always wanted it changed.
According to the agreement, Japan will allow the American airline carrier Federal Express to fly on through Tokyo to 7 other destinations in Asia. Now Japan has always said it was happy to allow that, if the treaty was renegotiated. It does seem very clear that Japan has come out of this one on top.
This is certainly not the first dispute and it certainly won't be the last dispute, either. There are several outstanding areas of friction between Japan and the US. At the moment, they are negotiating about photographic film and photographic paper. It could take a year to resolve. But even where the two countries do reach agreement there is still room for argument. They reached this famous car agreement about a month ago. They are already bickering about it.
Japan and the United States are now
A.negotiating about photographic material.
B.negotiating an automobile agreement.
C.facing serious problems in trade.
D.on the verge of a large-scale trade war.
听力原文: In Washington, President Bush said again, Wednesday US forces will remain in Iraq until it's free country run by the Iraqi people. And in Iraq, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said attacks on united forces will not succeed in getting those forces to leave the country before security is established. Bush administration officials say the White House may make a decision shortly on sending US peacekeeping troops as part of a multi-national peacekeeping force to help end Liberia's deadly civil war. Washington has come under intense international presure to do something about the fighting which killed hundreds of civilians in Liberia's capital last week. White House spokesman says there are indications that the Bush administration would like to settle the issue before the President leaves Monday on a 5-day African tour. Mr. Bush expressed concern for the suffering of the Liberian people Wednesday and again called for Librian President Charles Taylor to step down in the interest of peace. In Liberia, President Taylor signaled a willingness to leave, but to leave on terms, on his schedule.
President Bush said US forces will remain in Iraq until ______.
A.It's a free country run by UN
B.It's a colony run by US
C.It's a free land run by its own people
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