美国学者杰明•艾尔曼说：（鸦片战争）对中国国内影响不是太大，只限于广东一带，当时的问题是太平天国，大概几百万中国人死去，中国的经济中心江南一带都乱了……把清朝的元气消耗得很厉害，导致国力衰减。此材料说明艾尔曼（    ）

根据短文理解，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案填空。

    Do you think of your parents? "Yes, of course," you may answer, "I buy a present for my mother on 1. And I give my father a present on Father's Day, 2. "Then what about the other days of a year? Always 3 to think of your parents, not just on some important days.

    I have a friend who 4 alone, because her parents live in another city. One day I went to see her. We had a nice chat. Then she wanted to make a 5. She dialed the number, but then she put the phone 6. After about ten seconds, she dialed the number again, "Hi, Mum……"

    Later I asked, "Why did you dial the number 7?" She smiled, "My parents are old. They can't get close to the telephone 8. I always do so when I call them. I just want to give them 9 time to answer the call."

    My friend is a good girl. She is always 10 her parents. You also want to be a good child, right? So why not learn from her?

国务院总理温家宝在主持召开的国务院常务会议决定，节能减排将作为约束性指标纳入国民经济和社会发展中长期规划，并制定相应的国内统计、监测、考核办法。这表明我国政府履行了                                         （   ）
①政治职能             ②经济职能             ③社会公共服务职能  ④文化职能

在下面一段文字的横线处补写出恰当的语句，使整段文字语意完整连贯，内容贴近，逻辑严密。每处不超过15个字。

    随着人类科技的飞速发展，西方一些学者开始对科技进行批判反思，强调科技的负面性。他们认为，____，人类自己创造的科学技术有可能把自己毁灭掉。人类的智慧真的无法驾驭科技吗？西方学术界给人一种错觉，好像人类的科学技术发展有多快似的。实际上，同大自然的力量相比，____，人类连太阳系都走不出去，医学甚至连人的寿命都无法有效延长。因此，____。

下面划线词的意义，和现代汉语相同的一项是 （       ）