Because she spoke Spanish, she got around the country very well ____.A. lonelyB. by herC. independentD. on her own
19. Man's influence is as yet but a passing shadow.A. 时至今日,人的影响只不过是浮光掠影。B. 男人的影响不过是一瞬间的事。
It is natural for young people to be critical of their parents at times and to blame them for most of the misunderstandings between them. They have always complained, more or less justly, that their parents are out of touch with modern ways; that they are possessive and dominant; that they do not trust their children to deal with crises; that they talk too much about certain problems and that they have no sense of humor, at least in parent-child relationships. I think it is true that parents often underestimate their teenage children and also forget how they themselves felt when young. Young people often irritate their parents with their choices in clothes and hairstyles, in entertainers and music. This is not their motive. They feel cut off from the adult world into which they have not yet been accepted. So they create a culture and society of their own. Then, if it turns out that their music or entertainers or vocabulary or clothes or hair styles irritate their parents, this gives them additional enjoyment. They feel they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are superior, at least in a small way, and that they are leaders in style and taste. Sometimes you are resistant and proud because you do not want your parents to approve of what you do. If they did approve, it looks as if you are betraying your own age group. But in that case, you are assuming that you are the underdog: you can’t win but at least you can keep your honor. This is a passive way of looking at things. It is natural enough after long years of childhood, when you were completely under your parents’ control. But it ignores the fact that you are now beginning to be responsible for yourself. If you plan to control your life, co-operation can be part of that plan. You can charm others, especially parents, into doing things the way you want. You can impress others with your sense of responsibility and initiative, so that they will give you the authority to do what you want to do.1. The author is primarily addressing_______.A. parents of teenagers B. newspaper readers.C. those who give advice to teenagers D. teenagers2. The first paragraph is mainly about_______.A. the teenagers’ criticism of their parents.B. misunderstanding between teenagers and their parents.C. the dominance of the parents over their childrenD. the teenagers’ ability to deal with crises.3. Teenagers tend to have strange clothes and hairstyles because they ______.A. want to show their existence by creating a culture of their own.B. have a strong desire to be leaders in style and taste.C. have no other way to enjoy themselves better.D. want to irritate their parents.4. To improve parent-child relationships, teenagers are advised to be _____.A. obedient B. responsible C. co-operative D. independent.
Passage Two Born without sight, 7-year-old Lucas Murray used to be so afraid of walking that he wouldn’t take a step without his parents. He wouldn’t walk on a bumpy surface. But now, Lucas has become more mobile than his parents ever imagined, running with friends, playing basketball and jumping on a (蹦床)―all on his own. The incredible change is owed to a technique called echolocation, similar to the method used by dolphins and bats, that allows Lucas to paint a picture of his surroundings using the sound he creates himself. To "see" the world around him, he dicks his tongue and listens to the echo that bounces back. From the sound, he can make out the location, depth and shape of objects around him, allowing him to (导航) even unfamiliar areas. Though it’s estimated that only about 5% to 10% of the blind population now uses a (声呐系 统)-type approach, the Murrays hope it could someday become as common as the cane. Two years ago, Daniel Kish, a blind psychologist who has practiced the technique since childhood and has been teaching it for more than 15 years, traveled to the Murrays’ hometown and worked with Lucas for four days, teaching him not just echolocation, but also convincing Lucas and his parents that blindness doesfft need to be a limiting condition. "You have to let go, and it’s the hardest thing in the world;’ said Sarah Murray. When Kish suggested the family let Lucas walk along the shore on his own, she said, "It was frightening. And Lucas found it frightening too:" But after the family overcame the initial fear, Lucas made rapid progress. He learned how to detect different-sized bowls and cardboard panels by clicking to navigating grocery stores entirely on his own. In addition to clicking, Lucas also uses a white cane to find his way. "He likes exploring things, and he likes climbing things" his mother said. "He’ll go up the elevator. That wouldn’t have been believable in a million years:’ She said the technique is second nature to him now.To use the echolocation technique, Lucas has to learn how to ______. A. walk on a bumpy roadB. draw pictures of things aroundC. make sounds and respond to themD. copy the sounds of bats or dolphins
When I visited a number of fruit farms in central England.I found broad agreement-|||-among most of the growers that these days it makes sense to move away from their-|||-traditional crops such as apples and into cherries instead.Now.in summertime.they-|||-have orchard after orchard of beautiful trees,heavily laden with bright red fruit.-|||-UK cherry growers tend to choose the varieties which ripen slowly.This fruit may-|||-command a higher price because the harvest is not so early,and there are always reliable-|||-buyers for it.Research is currently being carried out into ways of improving yield.A-|||-major obstacle to cfficient production is the fact that growth may not be the same from-|||-season to season.Sometimes the fruit only grows as big as a pea,and then drops to the-|||-ground.-|||-Quite a few of the smaller trees are covered up against the rain and wind.in a-|||-plastic tunnel.Older.larger trees have to take their chance out in the open,but cherries-|||-are a delicate fruit,and good weather conditions are needed to achieve the potential-|||-yield of five tons per hectare.The surface of the fruit has very little wax on it,so cherries-|||-need to be kept out of the rain as much as possible,because it's easy for the skin to-|||-crack when water gets into it.If this occurs.the crop may be lost,because the fruit-|||-bursts with a pop,rather like a balloon-|||-People often ask,"How long does it take to get a decent crop from a cherry tree?"-|||-Well,there are new varieties.laden with fruit,that are only four years old.but if you-|||-go back and read the old fruit-growing textbooks from the 1960s,they tell you cherries-|||-don't give a worthwhile crop till they're 12 years old.Some varieties go on cropping-|||-till they're 90!-|||-There are three new varieties which have recently been introduced by growers-|||-'Symphony'and Staccato'are both highly successful so far.but Sweetheart is being-|||-planted in larger numbers than either of them and looks to be a real winner.-|||-Just one problem if you go o cherry picking this summer-how do you stop yourself-|||-eating them all?One expert who's been picking all her life told me,"Eat a cherry,suck-|||-the stone and keep it on your tongue-it stops you putting any more in!"That way you-|||-end up with at least a handful of this delicious fruit in your basket!-|||-36.It can be inferred from the passage that many fruit growers in central England-|||-__-|||-A)favor traditional varieties of cherry-|||-B)used to grow apples in their orchards-|||-C)are eager to raise the price of their fruit-|||-D)have lost many buyers in their business-|||-37.What should be done in order to get a big harvest of cherries?-|||-A)Cover up the cherries with paper bags-|||-B)Spray wax onto the surface of cherries-|||-C)Shelter the cherries from rain and wind-|||-D)Water the cherry trees frequently.-|||-38.How are the new varieties of cherry trees different from traditiona ones?-|||-A)They produce a larger crop than traditional ones.-|||-B)They can be harvested for more than one season.-|||-C)They give cherries with better taste.-|||-D)They take less time to yield a crop.
4. (1.0分) She had been at the company for 10 years and knew all the __.A. ins and outsB. up and downC. on and offD. back and forth
What is critical to CALLA?A Improving learning approach.B Learning new words.C Using background information.D Knowing cognitive information.
Why Minority Students Don’t Graduate from College Barry Mills, the president of Bowdoin College, was justifiably proud of Bowdoin’s efforts to recruit minority students. Since 2003 the school has boosted the proportion of so-called under-represented minority students ( (南美洲人), and Native Americans, about 30 percent of the U.S. population) in entering freshman classes from 8 percent to 13 percent. But Bowdoin has not done quite as well when it comes to actually graduating minorities. While nine out of 10 white students routinely get their diplomas within six years, only seven out of 10 black students made it to graduation day in several recent classes. The United States once had the highest graduation rate of any nation. Now it stands 10th. For the first time in American history, there is the risk that the rising generation will be less well educated than the previous one. The graduation rate among 25-to 34-year-olds is no better than the rate for the 55-to 64-year-olds who were going to college more than 30 years ago. Studies show that more and more poor and nonwhite students are eager to graduate from college--but their graduation rates fall far short of their dreams. The graduation rates for blacks, Latinos, and Native Americans lag far behind the graduation rates for whites and Asians. As the minority population grows in the United States, low college-graduation rates become a threat to national prosperity. The problem is noticeable at public universities. In 2007, the University of Wisconsin-Madison--one of the top five or so "public Ivies"--graduated 81 percent of its white students within six years, but only 56 percent of its blacks. At less-selective state schools, the numbers get worse. Community colleges have low graduation rates generally--but rock-bottom rates for minorities. A recent review of California community colleges found that while a third of the Asian students picked up their degrees, only 15 percent of African-Americans did so as well. Private colleges and universities generally do better, partly because they offer smaller classes and more personal attention. But when it comes to a significant graduation gap, Bowdoin has company. Nearby Colby College logged an 18-point difference between white and black graduates in 2007 and 25 points in 2006. "Higher education has been able to get around this issue for years, particularly the more selective schools, by saying the responsibility is on the individual student," says Pennington of the Gates Foundation. "If they fail, it’s their fault." Some critics blame affirmative action--students admitted with lower test scores and grades from shaky high schools often struggle at top schools. But a bigger problem may be that poor high schools often send their students to colleges for which they are "undermatched": they could get into better, richer schools, but instead go to community colleges and low-rated state schools that lack the resources to help them. Some schools out for profit cynically increase tuitions and count on student loans and federal aid to foot the bill--knowing full well that the students won’t make it. "Colleges know that a lot of kids they take will end up in remedial classes, for which they’ll get no college credit and then they’ll be dismissed," says Amy Wilkins of the Education Trust. "The school gets to keep the money, but the kid leaves with loads of debt and no degree and no ability to get a better job. Colleges are not holding up their end." A college education is getting ever more expensive. Since 1982 tuitions have been rising at roughly twice the rate of inflation. University administrators insist that most of those bikes are matched by increased scholarship grants or loans, but the recession has decreased private (捐助) and cut into state spending on higher education. In 2008 the net cost of attending a four-year public university equaled 28 percent of median family income, while a four-year private university cost 76 percent of median family income. More and more scholarships are based on scores, not need. Poorer students are not always the best-informed consumers. Often they end up deeply in debt or simply unable to pay after a year or two and must drop out. There once was a time when universities took an unreasonable pride in their drop-out rates. Professors would begin the year by saying, "Look to the right and look to the left. One of you is not going to be here by the end of the year." But such a Darwinian spirit is beginning to give way as at least a few colleges face up to the graduation gap. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the gap has been roughly halved over the last three years. The university has poured resources into peer counseling to help students from inner-city schools adjust to the faster pace of a university classroom, and also to help minority students overcome the stereotype that they are less qualified. State and federal governments could sharpen that focus everywhere by broadly publishing minority graduation rates. For years private colleges such as Princeton and MIT have had success bringing minorities onto campus in the summer before freshman year to give them a head start on college-level courses. The newer trend is to start recruiting poor and nonwhite students as early as the seventh grade, using new tools like hip-hop competitions to identify kids with sophisticated (语言的) means. Such programs can be expensive, of course, but cheap compared with the millions already invested in scholarships and grants for kids who have little chance to graduate without special support. With effort and money, the graduation gap can be closed. Washington and Lee is a small, selective school in Virginia. Its student body is less than 5 percent black and less than 2 percent Latino. While the school usually graduated about 90 percent of its whites, the graduation rate of its blacks and Latinos had dipped to 63 percent by 2007. "We went through a dramatic shift," says Dawn Watkins, the vice president for student affairs. The school aggressively pushed (师徒制) of minorities by other students and "partnering" with parents at a special pre-enrollment session. The school had its first-ever black homecoming. Last spring the school graduated the same proportion of minorities as it did whites. If the United States wants to keep up in the global economic race, it will have to pay systematic attention to graduating minorities, not just enrolling them.What was Barry Mills, the president of Bowdoin College, proud of A．The College’s high enrollment rate of white students.B．The College’s high enrollment rate of minority students.C．The College’s high graduation rate of white students.D．The College’s high graduation rate of minority students.
One small mistake changed Sonia's life.Now she is（1） ____ and tries not to miss any opportunities that come to her way. One day，Sonia walked（2） ____ a little boy，who wanted to buy crayons（彩色蜡笔），but he couldn't（3） ____ them.He looked sad when he saw the money in Sonia's hand.（4） ____ she didn't realize he was in（5） ____ of help at all.Sonia ignored him and（6） ____ on her way home. After reaching home，she told everything to her brother Gur.Gur told Sonia，"God had given you a（n）（7） ____ to help a boy，but you（8） ____ it.There's a possibility that God was（9） ____ you；maybe today would have become your big day of your life." Hearing Gur's words，Sonia（10） ____ back to the shop to find the boy but time never（11） ____ for anyone.Sonia got disappointed and returned home，continuously（12） ____ at herself.Why didn't it come into her mind what Gur had（13） ____ ？ "Chances are everywhere，and all you need to do is（14） ____ them because they don't always show up，" said Gur.Now what Sonia has missed is a chance that she can only（15） ____ . On that day Sonia learnt the biggest（16） ____ in her life.Actually not only Sonia，but many of us ignore the chance of helping in（17） ____ ways because we always run after bigger ones.However，big opportunities do come but not every day.Therefore，（18） ____ small ones so that you can't miss big ones.Sonia also（19） ____ to wait for big opportunities，but now she knows that with small that with small opportunities she can make big （20） ____ in her life. （1）A．optimistic B．attentive C．enthusiastic D．fortunate （2）A．by B．through C．over D．up （3）A．arrange B．offer C．afford D．gain （4）A．Thus B．Besides C．But D．And （5）A．need B．honor C．favor D．search （6）A．remained B．hurried C．hesitated D．continued （7）A．direction B．opportunity C．urge D．duty （8）A．missed B．doubted C．passed D．mistook （9）A．punishing B．saving C．refusing D．testing （10）A．rushed B．moved C．jumped D．stepped （11）A．longs B．answers C．waits D．allows （12）A．crazy B．hard C．surprised D．angry （13）A．considered B．realized C．ordered D．learnt （14）A．strike B．grab C．enjoy D．find （15）A．experience B．upset C．regret D．forget （16）A．lesson B．chance C．wisdom D．problem （17）A．precious B．small C．easy D．efficient （18）A．add B．supply C．practice D．observe （19）A．wanted B．wished C．accustomed D．used （20）A．sense B．deals C．fortune D．changes
Don’t count your _____ before they are hatched.(prov.)A. eggsB. chickensC. hensD. birds
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The increase in international business and in foreign investment has created a need for executives with knowledge of foreign languages and skills in cross-cultural communication. Americans, however, have not been well trained in either area and, consequently, have not enjoyed the same level of success in negotiation in an international arena as have their foreign counterparts. Negotiating is the process of communicating back and forth for the purpose of reaching an agreement. It involves persuasion and compromise, but in order to participate in either one, the negotiators must understand the ways in which people are persuaded and how compromise is reached within the culture of the negotiation. In many international business negotiations abroad, Americans are perceived as wealthy and impersonal. It often appears to the foreign negotiator that the American represents a large multi-million-dollar corporation that can afford to pay the price without bargaining further. The American negotiator’s role becomes that of an impersonal supplier of information and cash. In studies of American negotiators abroad, several traits have been identified that may serve to confirm this stereotypical perception, while undermining the negotiator’s position. Two traits in particular that cause cross-cultural misunderstanding are directness and impatience on the part of the American negotiator. Furthermore, American negotiators often insist on realizing short-term goals. Foreign negotiators, on the other hand, may value the relationship established between negotiators and may be willing to invest time in it for long-term benefits. In order to solidify the relationship, they may opt for indirect interactions without regard for the time involved in getting to know the other negotiator. Clearly, perceptions and differences in values affect the outcomes of negotiations and the success of negotiators. For Americans to play a more effective role in international business negotiations, they must put forth more effort to improve cross-cultural understanding. [共5题](1)What kind of manager is needed in present international business and foreign investment? [本题2分]A. The man who represents a large multi-million-dollar corporation. B. The man with knowledge of foreign languages and skills in cross-cultural communication. C. The man who is wealthy and impersonal. D. The man who can negotiate with his foreign counterparts.
6. The children will now play some pieces of music that they ______ themselves. A.were taught posed C.accomplished D.worked7. While she waited,she tried to ______ her mind with pleasant thoughts of the vacation. A.occupy pose C.think D.intensify8. In the film,the peaceful life of a monk ______ the violent life of a murderer. A.is compared with B.is compared to C.is contrasted to D.is contrasted with9. ______ to pay for an order is simplicity itself. A.Use plastic B.Using plastics C.Using plastic D.Used plastic10. Additional time is required for cooking or ______ homemade dishes. A.chill B.to chill C.chilled D.chilling
ⅢComplete the following sentences with the given sentence structures-|||-get ready for.sa为························备-|||-e.g.Susan has to buy a lot of things to get ready for her trip.(苏珊不得不买很多东西为旅行做准备。)-|||-1 The boy got up early to __ (为上学做准备).-|||-2 I have a lot of work to do to __ (为明天做准备).
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拼写合适的单词补全句子（答案不区分大小写；单词提示中一根小短线代表一个字母） Someone or something that is so---- is very serious rather than cheerful or humorous.
选择合适的单词补全句子。-|||-I __ in the city.-|||-live lives
拼写合适的单词补全句子 ( 答案不区分大小写 ; 单词提示中一根小短线代表一个 字母 ) To aut _ _ _ _ _ a factory , office , or industrial process means to put in machines which can do the work instead of people.
拼写合适的单词补全句子(答案不区分大小写;单词提提示中一根小短线代表一个字母)Something that is inf- - - - - has no limit,end,or edge.
question or statement.Hot pot is a traditional dish in China. It is believed to date back more than 1,000 years to the time of the Jin Dynasty. Hot pot's origins can be found in the dining practices of Mongolian horsemen who rode across the steppe and into northern China. Legend has it that the Mongols used their helmets as pots to simmer (炖) broth (汤底) over open fires, and cooked chunks of meat in the broth.Hot pot cooking seems to have spread to northern China during the Tang Dynasty. In the regional variations developed with different ingredients such as seafood. In the centuries that witnessed the growth of the Song Dynasty, hot pot moved — and changed — further south, with each successive region adapting it to their local ingredients and tastes.The ingredients in a hot pot vary a lot from region to region. Perhaps the most famous hot pot is the Chongqing or Sichuan hot pot. It features a dark red broth chock-full (塞满了的) of spices, chili peppers, and the uniquely mouth-numbing Sichuan peppers. In Beijing and elsewhere in the north, hot pot broth tends to be mild and, compared to its racy southern "cousins", a little light. In the northeast of China, a kind of local sauerkraut (酸菜) is used to add some tang (强烈的味道), making the broth a bit sour. People can choose a version of hot pot according to their taste.1 Hot pot is believed to date back more than 1,000 years to the time of _______.A. the Jin Dynasty B. the Tang DynastyC. the Song Dynasty D. the Yuan Dynasty
These drugs are available over-the-counter without a(n)__________. （）A. infectionB. dosageC. prescription
拼写合适的单词补全句子 ( 答案不区分大小写 ; 单词提示中一根小短线代表一个字母 ) A seq----- of events or things is a number of events or things that come one after another in a particular order.
拼写合适的单词补全句子 ( 答案不区分大小写 ; 单词提示中根小短线代表一个 字母 ) A va---- is a space that contains no air or other gas.
拼写合适的单词补全句子 ( 答案不区分大小写 ; 单词提示中一根小短线代表一个 字母 ) If there is a bo-- in the economy, there is an increase in economic activity.
一、拼写合适的单词补全句子（答案不区分大小写；单词提示中一根小短线代表一个字母） If someone is __ob---__ , they are extremely fat.
Elder and weaker Mr. Mag paid_visits to his old friends.A. scarceB. rare()C. insufficientD. inadequate
If you_________in a job for several years, you may be able to accumulate a lot of work experience and skills that would be beneficial to your future career development.A. have workedB. had workedC. have been workingD. had been working
The Harry Potter series, written by J.K. Rowling, is perhaps the most popular set of novels of the modern era. With seven books and many successful films to its name, the series has gathered about 15 billion dollars in sales. How did the series become so popular? The reason can be broken down into several areas.The first book in the series was rejected 12 times before it was picked up by Bloomsbury—a small publisher in England. So receiving this contract was Rowling's first step to success. However, getting a book contract does not ensure the success of a book. The story was soon loved by children and adults alike. In light of this, Bloomsbury Publishing published a second version of the books with “adult” (less colorful and more boring) book covers. This made it easier for a full range of ages to enjoy the series.Another factor that worked like a charm was that the publisher and Rowling herself, through the books, conducted midnight releases, promotions, and pre-ordering more readers. Customers who feared that their local bookstore would run out of copies responded by pre-ordering over 700,000 copies before the July 8, 2000 release.What does the underlined word “releases” (Para. 3) mean?A. The activity that frees or expresses energy or emotion.B. The announcement about the book’s publishing information.C. The sales of books that is available only at midnight.
拼写合适的单词补全句子 ( 答案不区分大小写 ; 单词提示中一根小短线代表一个 字母 ) To enh ---- something means to improve its value, quality, or attractiveness.
The coming of the railways in the 1830s ________ our society and economic life.A. transferredB. transformedC. transportedD. transmitted