Years before the advent of plate tectonics―the widely accepted theory, developed in the mid-1960's, the holds that the major features of Earth's surface are created by the horizontal motions of Earth's outer shell, or lithosphere―a similar theory was rejected by the geological community. In 1912, Alfred Wegener proposed, in a widely debated theory that came to be called continental drift, that Earth's continents were mobile. To most geologists today, Wegener's The origin of Continents and Oceans appears an impressive and prescient document, containing several of the essential presumptions underlying plate tectonics theory: the horizontal mobility of pieces of Earth's crust; the essential difference between oceanic and continental crust; and a causal connection between horizontal displacements and the formation of mountain chains. Yet despite the considerable overlap between Wegener's concepts and the later widely embraced plate tectonics theory, and despite the fact that continental drift theory presented a possible solution to the problem of the origin of mountains at a time when existing explanations were seriously in doubt, in its day Wegener's theory was rejected by the vast majority of geologists. Most geologists and many historians today believe that Wegener's theory was rejected because of its lack of an adequate mechanical basis. Stephen Jay Gould, for example, argues that continental drift theory was rejected because it did not explain how continents could move through an apparently solid oceanic floor. However, as Anthony Hallam has pointed out, many scientific phenomena, such as the ice ages, have been accepted before they could be fully explained. The most likely cause for the rejection of continental drift―a cause that has been largely ignored because we consider Wegener's theory to have been validated by the theory of plate tectonics―is the nature of the evidence that was put forward to support it. Most of Wegener's evidence consisted of homologies―similarities of patterns and forms based on direct observations of rocks in the field, supported by the use of hammers, hand lenses, and field notebooks. In contrast, the data supporting plate tectonics were impressively geophysical―instrumental determinations of the physical properties of Earth garnered through the use of seismographs, magnetometers, and computers. 我选了E considerable overlap前面是despite XXX说明这个是个成就，他和后面的反对W的观点的事情是相反的。所以感觉D说用这个词的目的是解释为啥W理论。请老师辨析DE！谢谢！

有24个brand，对每个brand的四个方面进行评估，这四个方面是ABCD，评估结果有四种，excellent，good，not good，bad，至少有几个brand的两个方面either excellent or good？ （1）至少有10个brand的两个方面是excellent （2）至少有12个brand的三个方面是good

a/c是否小于1？ （1） a/（c-1）小于1 （2） （a-1）/c小于1

切线与圆

PS：总共66个学生，有18个是business major，24个是新生，还有36个什么也不是，我忘了最后是问，仅仅是新生不是business major 的还是仅仅是business major不是新生的？ 构筑答案：好像答案不是12 就是16.。。 解析： 18和24代表的韦恩图圈圈有重合，36代表的是自己单独的圈圈。 Total =66； 36个学生不在Business和Fresh 范畴里面，所以F+B=30; F 和B的共有学生=12， 是B不是F=6； 是F不是B=12。

PS：挺简单的，就是一个数轴吧-5到15都涂黑了，然后问哪个式子能代表？ |x-5|<10 这个不等式怎么解来着？忘了。。。变号问题

PS：讲一个租赁汽车的公司每一次购买会购买5辆新车，每次卖掉会卖掉3辆旧车，今年新增了14辆车，把每次买和每次卖都算做一次交易，问今年最少做了几次交易？

If it took Carol 1/2 hour to cycle from his house to the library yesterday, was the distance that he cycled greater then 6 miles? ( 1mile=5,280feet) (1) The average speed at which Carlos cycled from his house to the library yesterday was greater than 16 feet per second. (2) The average speed at which Carlos cycled from his house to the library yesterday was less than 18 feet per second

Of the 12 temporary employees in a certain company, 4 will be hired as permanent employees. If 5 of the 12 temporary employees are women, how many of the possible groups of 4 employees consist of 3 women and one man? A. 22 B. 35 C. 56 D. 70 E. 105

if x is positive, is x >3 1. (x-1)^2 >4 2. (x-2)^2 >9

if the average of the consecutive even integers a,b, and c is less than 13a, which of the following best describes the value of a? 答案： a is positive 为什么呢？