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　　Boogie-woogie was another jazz form that became popular during the 1930's. Chiefly a piano style, it used eight beats to the bar instead of four. Boogie-woogie featured the tr

2020-08-03 所属栏目:托福阅读

　　PASSAGE 9　　Prehistoric mammoths have been preserved in the famous tar pits of Rancho La Brea (Brea is the Spanish word for tar) in what is now the heart of Los Angeles, Calif

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　　Fully developed jazz music probably originated in New Orleans at the beginning of the 1900's. New Orleans style jazz emerged from the city's own musical traditions of band mu

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　　PASSAGE 8　　The canopy, the upper level of the trees in the rain forest, holds a plethora of climbing mammals of moderately large size, which may include monkeys, cats, civets

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　　The roots of jazz　　The folk songs and plantation dance music of black Americans contributed much to early jazz. These forms of music occurred throughout the Southern United S

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　　PASSAGE 7　　As Philadelphia grew from a small town into a city in the first half of the eighteenth century, it became an increasingly important marketing center for a vast and

2020-07-31 所属栏目:托福阅读

　　anthill　　蚁丘不只是蚂蚁在建构大型地底居室的过程裡，所挖掘堆积的一堆泥土那麼间单而已。蚁丘的结构异常复杂，它们的形状对称、富含有机物质、通道与巢室密布相连，同时还夹杂了草、叶、

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　　什么是流星?外空间的尘埃颗粒闯入地球大气，与大气摩擦，产生大量热，从而使尘埃颗粒气化。在该过程中发光形成流星。尘埃颗粒叫做流星体。　　大小　在狮子座流星雨中，一颗5等流星通常仅由

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　　Plant adaptation to the desert(背景材料)　　Cactus adaptations.　　The secret to the superior endurance of cacti lies in their adaptations. Over millions of years, through natu

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　　The code of Hammurabi　　Hammurabi was the ruler who chiefly established the greatness of Babylon, the world's first metropolis. Many relics of Hammurabi's reign ([1795-1750

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　　1953年，美国芝加哥大学，柯立行曼教授和他的研究生阿赛斯基(Reitman’s & Asterisk)正在用脑电波测量的方法研究睡眠，阿赛斯基负责观察被试----是一些婴儿----睡眠时的脑电图。阿赛斯基也许

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　　世界各地睡眠研究报告均显示：寿命、智能与快波睡眠有关，资优儿童及长寿人仕的快波睡眠较多，但快波睡眠是由先天遗传决定的。从图二我们可看到在快波睡眠时产生α波使潜意识和意识之间闸门

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　　吉他简史(英文版)　　A Brief History of the Guitar　　There is evidence that a four string, guitar-like instrument was played by the Hittites (who occupied a region now known as

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　　梦是一种正常的生理、心理现象，正如入经过白天活动後需要睡眠让身心获得充份休息来消除疲劳。梦对心理方面具有调和与舒解的作用。假使没有梦，许多人可能早就会得神经病了。佛洛伊德认为：

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　　吉他的history　　根据格罗夫(Grove)音乐辞典记载，古典吉他为鲁特琴族(Lute family)中具有琴格的拨弦乐器。关于吉他起源及其形成之研究，可说是众说纷纭﹔这些理论包括了：　　1.从古希腊齐

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　　对梦的解释不论古今中外都引起广泛兴趣及争论，大致可分脑神经生理学及精神分析学两学派：　　1.脑神经生理学者克里克“F.Crick”是近代代表者。　　他认为做事是为了整理记忆，梦并不是提醒

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　　Lava　　Lava is magma that breaks the surface and erupts from a volcano. If the magma is very fluid, it flows rapidly down the volcano’s slopes. Lava that is stickier and less

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　　世界上地质年代最年青的内陆海。位于亚洲阿拉伯半岛和非洲大陆之间﹐为印度洋的地中海。南以曼德海峡与阿拉伯海的亚丁湾相接﹐北经苏伊士湾和苏伊士运河﹐与大西洋的地中海相连。全长2253公

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　　从脑电波“EEG“对睡眠的研究得知，我们每天从入睡到起床的睡眠皆会做梦。睡眠过程中有慢波及快波两种睡眠“参考图一”，入睡开始时先会很快进入慢波睡眠，大约九十分钟後会进入第一次快波睡

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　　睡与梦( dream and sleep)　　梦是生活中难解之谜，自古以来引起各种各样的解释和猜想。释梦几乎是精神分析医生及占卜者所独有。笔者就近期对脑电波、香味、音乐与气功的研究科学观点出发，

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　　Gas Hydrate　　Gas Hydrate又称甲烷水合物(Methane Hydrate)系水分子与甲烷于低温高压(0℃，26大气压或10℃，76大气压下)形成类似冰状物质，在常温常压下即分解成水与甲烷，Gas Hydrate在水

2020-07-30 所属栏目:托福阅读

　　polymer gels一种聚合凝胶　　The following information was part of our display for the SET96 and SET98 Scientific Power to the People Exhibition, The Galleries, Bristol, 20th an

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　　超现实主义(Surrealism)　　第一次世界大战完毕后的几年, 人们开始怀疑理性主义, 虽理性主义然使欧洲的文化, 政治达到顶峰但还是发生了恐怖一次大战. 虽然达达派(Dada)的艺术风靡了当时的欧

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　　PASSAGE 100　　Of all modern instruments, the violin is apparently one of the simplest. It consists in essence of a hollow, varnished wooden sound box, or resonator, and a long

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　　PASSAGE 99　　Scientists have discovered that for the last 160,000 years, at least, there has been a consistent relationship between the amount of carbon dioxide in the air and