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考研英语阅读材料及译文:footballing Armageddon THE only previous time that Brazil hosted the World Cup, in 1950, it famously lost the final 2-1 to Uruguay, after shipping two goals in 13 minute ...
考研英语阅读材料及译文:Iran's universities “AT LEAST one thing hasn't changed”, remarked a Tehran University professor who had recently returned to work after several years. “The faculty st ...
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考研英语阅读材料及译文:Palestine and Western aid FEW Arab towns collect rubbish as smoothly as Bethlehem. No sooner have the merchants lowered their shutters at the end of the day than the dus ...
考研英语阅读材料及译文:Opposition research One of the houses the Clintons bought when they were “dead broke”WHEN Bruce Braley, a little-known Iowa Democrat, dismissed Senator Charles Grassle ...
考研英语阅读材料及译文:Google and the EU MAX MOSLEY enjoyed sexual practices which many might find odd. But that was his business, so when in 2008 a now-defunct British tabloid wrongly dubbed ...
考研英语阅读材料及译文:Thailand Long in crisis, Thailand is close to the brink. Without compromises on both sides, it may well collapse LOOK on and despair. A decade ago Thailand was a shi ...
考研英语阅读材料及译文:Turkey's election THE Justice and Development (AK) party has won three general elections in a row, most recently in 2011. Yet although it seems certain to win over 40% o ...
考研英语阅读材料及译文:Argentina defaults ARGENTINA'S first bond, issued in 1824, was supposed to have a lifespan of 46 years. Less than four years later, the government defaulted. Resolving t ...
2016考研英语完型填空模拟题及答案:insect-eating animals Why, you may wonder, should spiders be our friends? Because they destroy so many insects, and insects 1 some of the greatest enemies of t ...
2016考研英语完型填空模拟题及答案:worstobstacle Having passed what I considered the worstobstacle, our spirits rose. We 1 towards the left ofthe cliff, where the going was better, 2 rathersteep ...
2016考研英语完型填空模拟题及答案:effectof smoking Smoking may be a pleasure for some people. 1 ,it is a serious source of 2 for their fellows. Nowmedical authorities express their 3 about the ...
2016考研英语完型填空模拟题及答案:Geography Geography is the study of the relationshipbetween people and the land. Geographers compareand contrast 1 places on earth. But they also 2beyond the i ...
2016考研英语完型填空模拟题及答案:new medium When television first began to expand, very few of the people who had become famous as radio commentators were equally effective on television. Some ...
2016考研英语完型填空模拟题及答案:skin on fingers Every human being has unique arrangement ofskin on his fingers and this arrangement isunchangeable. Scientists and experts have provedthe 1 of ...
2016考研英语完型填空模拟题及答案:theantioxidants A potful of evidence suggests that theantioxidants and polyphenols in tea help protect youfrom stroke and heart attack, Alzheimer's disease,art ...
2016考研英语完型填空模拟题及答案:defeatistmentality Responsibilities. We all have them; most of ushave more than we’d like. That doesn’t change thereality that, sooner or later, we all have ...
2016考研英语完型填空模拟题及答案:organic tomatoinstead You probably know that it’s better for both youand the environment if you buy an organic tomatoinstead of one that’s been doused in pes ...
