首页
登录
职称英语
Polar bears, rhinoceroses and elephants are all on the immediate critical li
Polar bears, rhinoceroses and elephants are all on the immediate critical li
游客
2023-11-09
34
管理
问题
Polar bears, rhinoceroses and elephants are all on the immediate critical list. The rhino is doomed (1)_____ increasingly cash-rich Asia’s belief (2)_____ its horn has some kind of Harry Potter magical power. The beast’s(3)_____ is an object lesson in the dangers of giving idiots money. But it is(4)_____ our friends in the animal kingdom who are being destroyed by economic forces beyond their control. The world’s thinkers are now also a gravely(5)_____ species. And yet,(6)_____ the conceited creatures who share their fate, there is not(7)_____ the most hasty plan in place to protect them.
Once thinkers were(8)______, like butterflies, sparrows and bees, which have also(9)_____ disappeared. No one under 40 can be(10)_____ to remember the prevalent abundance of pure thought that once(11)_____ our culture. It has disappeared gradually, like roadside wildflowers and sticklebacks in streams,(12)_____ it never were.
Today, all our universities are(13)_____ book-balancing business schools or results-driven scientific research centres,(14)_____ students as customers who(15)_____ to see an investment return in the form of increased living(16)_____ and higher salaries in exchange for spending their student loans, and funded by patrons and public bodies wanting to see practical results.(17)_____you joined a university to service the global advancement of ideas. Now you employ it to make you more employable. We are unconvinced as to the actual practical value of rhinos, but we have a(18)_____ that it reflects badly on us(19)_____ these things are allowed to disappear on our watch. The(20)_____ is true of thinkers. [br] (16)
选项
A、standards
B、rules
C、routines
D、criteria
答案
A
解析
living standards意为“生活标准”,是常见搭配,选A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3173324.html
相关试题推荐
Ifnegotiationsforthenewtradeagreementstake______,criticalfoodshortages
Ensuringaccesstoqualitybasiceducationiscriticalforremovingchildren
Ensuringaccesstoqualitybasiceducationiscriticalforremovingchildren
Ensuringaccesstoqualitybasiceducationiscriticalforremovingchildren
Ifnegotiationsforthenewtradeagreementstake______,criticalfoodshortages
Seariseasaresultofglobalwarmingwouldimmediatelythreatenthatlarge
Seariseasaresultofglobalwarmingwouldimmediatelythreatenthatlarge
Seariseasaresultofglobalwarmingwouldimmediatelythreatenthatlarge
Seariseasaresultofglobalwarmingwouldimmediatelythreatenthatlarge
Seariseasaresultofglobalwarmingwouldimmediatelythreatenthatlarge
随机试题
那个房间总是关着的。Thedoorofthatroomwasneveropen.
WhichisNOTcorrectabout"Venus"?[originaltext]Astartingpointforallas
WhenIwastwenty-sevenyearsold,Iwasamining-broker’sclerkinSanFran
依次填人下面横线上的句子,排列顺序正确的一项是() 湖上也好,山上也好,天空
下列关于无形资产会计处理的表述中,正确的是( )。A.无形资产均应确定预计使用年
研究人员对某位教师的课堂教学片段采用第三人称陈述式的方式进行了记录和评析。这种研
对理事会人员构成的表述不正确的是()A.证券交易所理事会由7到13人组成
《国务院关于加强城乡规划监督管理的通知》从端正城市建设指导思想,明确近期城市建设
根据《中共中央国务院关于推进安全生产领域改革发展的意见》,A公司应建立安全预防控
流动式起重机是常用的起重设备,流动式起重机的特点包括()。A.适用范围广
最新回复
(
0
)