21. Eliminating problems by transferring the blame to others is often called scape-goating.
/ \! k. P3 d" c; B3 u 用怪罪别人的办法来解决问题通常被称为寻找替罪羊。考试用书- A* I- T* ` S/ E
22. The chief foods eaten in any country depend largely on what grows best in its climate and soil.
* D3 p8 T6 N1 r$ C* b ~+ D/ y! H .一个国家的主要食物是什么,大体取决于什么作物在其天气和土壤条件下生长得最好。% ?' A. z. ]$ ~+ P
23. Over a very large number of trials, the probability of an event's occurring is equal to the probability that it will not occur.
; [0 y; K* R* v- f. K/ K$ B7 M 在大量的实验中,某一事件发生的几率等于它不发生的几率。; L& i( q/ ?) k# r# q# n
24. Most substance contract when they freeze so that the density of a substance's solid is higher than the density of its liquid.4 f) \! k; I6 O$ P2 b
大多数物质遇冷收缩,所以他们的密度在固态时高于液态。
/ j8 K; o3 Z+ W" v" F; t4 w 25. The mechanism by which brain cells store memories is not clearly understood.
$ a: M1 v$ R4 q1 G5 }- K 大脑细胞储存记忆的机理并不为人明白。
4 d" K1 M4 ^5 u1 T 26. By the middle of the twentieth century, painters and sculptors in the United States had begun to exert a great worldwide influence over art.0 W) @7 c; E/ d: c
到了二十一世纪中叶,美国画家和雕塑家开始在世界范围内对艺术产生重大影响。
( k. I- @, i: E, c( p$ e4 J% G 27. In the eastern part of New Jersey lies the city of Elizabeth, a major shipping and manufacturing center.( j( H `* _7 e2 k7 A
28. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman medical doctor in the United States, founded the New York Infirmary, an institution that has always had a completely female medical staff.
! M3 a' J _% B, I# c Elizabeth Blackwell,美国第一个女医生,创建了员工一直为女性纽约诊所。" U& b$ x" z1 N+ ]( ^8 }
29. Alexander Graham Bell once told his family that he would rather be remembered as a teacher of the deaf than as the inventor of the telephone.1 S2 N4 K8 \5 A# H5 i( m
Alexander Graham Bell 曾告诉家人,他更愿意让后人记住他是聋子的老师,而非电话的发明者。
: ~5 P4 ]& r% `! k1 ? 30. Because its leaves remain green long after being picked, rosemary became as sociated with the idea of remembrance.
: J8 k+ Y# ^3 ? 采摘下的迷迭香树叶常绿不衰,因此人们把迷迭香树与怀念联系在一起。
p5 p. Y1 ?& E0 o: r I0 U 伊丽莎白市,一个重要的航运和制造业中心,坐落于新泽西州的东部。 |