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单选题 Alchemists were people who tried to find ways to turn inexpensive metals into gold and thereby become rich. The alchemist did not know that some metals change into other metals all by themselves. Radium, for example, changes into lead — an inexpensive metal. Even if the alchemists had known about this change, they probably would not have been concerned, for they were interested in ______
学科：2022-2023-2 工程学科英语
时间：2023-06-12 14:56:06
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Years ago, before the invention of railway, the telegraph, the telephone, planes, and other means of carrying messages, from one place to another, fire signals and drum signals were used for fast transmission of messages. It is said that African drummers could send rather detailed information as far as 2000 kilometers in a day by relaying the drum messages from ______A. any directionB. rulers to subjectsC. runner to runnerD. village to village
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A manikin made of plastic and metal has been placed in a mechanical seat and subjected to a simulated car collision. The manikin is wired electronically to report the results of the crash. This equipment has aided in the production of better protective devices to minimize the bad effects of accidents. You may some day owe your life to ______A. a signalB. an automobileC. an accidentD. a dummy
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A simple compass can be made by floating a magnetized needle on a splinter of wood in water. The needle will turn and come to rest in a north–south direction nearly on the line from the North to the South Pole. The earliest record of the use of this device for guiding navigators is from the Mediterranean area in the twelfth century, although the magnetic phenomenon had been known for more than a thousand years. The mariner's compass was developed rapidly, and Christopher Columbus was able to use a compass very similar to our ______A. celestial navigationB. modern compassC. modern navigationD. crude compass
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Acetylene, an invisible gas, produces a flame whose light penetrates fog and darkness remarkable well. This property, along with the capacity of the acetylene generator to operate without attention for long periods of time, makes the gas valuable for use in ______A. blowtorchesB. industrial heatingC. weldingD. lighthouses
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The first underground railway was built in London in 1863 and was powered by steam locomotives. Underground railways are now powered by electricity, and many cities in all parts of the world have some kind of underground transport. The most extensive systems are in London, Paris, Moscow, and New York City. Because of the speed and low fare on these system, many city workers ______A. drive themB. build themC. avoid themD. use them
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Zinc can be melted down to form a coating substance. This metallic element also has the valuable characteristic of resisting rust. These two qualities make zinc a good substance to use for ______A. medicinal purposesB. cleansing metalsC. protecting other metalsD. treating dead wood
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Calcination is a process of heating certain solid materials to temperature high enough to remove volatile substances, or substances that evaporate readily. For example, the calcination of limestone involves heating the stone to a point high enough to expel unwanted carbon dioxide and to leave commercially desirable lime. Calcination, therefore, is sometimes referred to as process of ______A. deteriorationB. oxidationC. purificationD. replacement
题目8单选题
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