完形填空At the beginning of 1993，Harrison Textile Company，a plant that makes clothes for people，suffered a disaster

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完形填空Man cannot go on __1_ his numbers at the present rate, In the _2_ 30 years man will face a period of crisis. __3_ experts believe that there will be a widespread food_4_. Other experts think this is 5__ pessimistic, and that man can prevent things _6__ worse than they are now. But _7__ that two-thirds of the people in the world are undernourished or starving now. One thing that man can do is to limit _8__ of babies born. The need _9__ this is obvious, but it is _10_ to achieve. People have to _11__ to limit their families. In the countries of the population__12__, many people like big families. The parents think that this __13__ a bigger income for the family and ensures there will be someone in the family who will look __14__ them in old age. Several governments have _15__ birth control policies in recent years. __16__ them are Japan, China, India and Egypt. In some _17___ the results have not been 18__. Japan has been an exception. The Japanese adopted a birth control policy in 1948. People __19__ to limit their families. The birth rate fell from 34.3 per thousand per year to about 17.0 per year _20__. （）

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完形填空 The major task facing adolescents is to create a stable identity. There are some developmental tasks that enable them to create an identity. It's important to accept one's physique. The beginning of puberty and the rate of body changes for adolescent varies tremendously. How easily adolescents deal with those changes will 1 reflect how closely their bodies match the well-defined 2 of the 'perfect' body for young women and young men. Adolescents who do not match it may need 3 support from adults to improve their feelings of comfort and self-worth regarding their physique. Try to achieve emotional independence from parents. Children derive strength from 4 their parents' values and attitudes. Adolescents, 5 , must redefine their 6 of personal strength and move toward self-reliance. This change is 7 if the adolescent and parents can agree on some level of 8 that increases over time. 9 , parents and adolescents should set a time by which children must be back home. That time should be increased 10 the adolescent matures. Prepare for an economic career. In our society, an adolescent 11 adult status when he or she is able to 12 support himself or herself. This task has become more 13 than in the past because the job market demands increased education and skills. Today, this developmental task is generally not achieved 14 late adolescence or early adulthood, after the individual completes her/his education and gains some entry level work experience. Adolescents can think abstractly and about possible situations. With these 15 in thinking, the adolescent is able to develop his or her own 16 of values and beliefs. Thus, it is essential to take an ideology as a guide to behavior. The family is where children define themselves and their world. Adolescents 17 themselves and their world from their new social roles. Status 18 the community, beyond that of family is an important achievement for older adolescents and young adults. Adolescents and young adults become members of the larger community 19 employment (financial independence) and 20 independence from parents.

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完形填空One of the most important social developments that helped to make possible a shift in thinking about the role of public education was the effect of the baby boom of the 1950s and 1960s on the schools

完形填空 The social sciences are flourishing. As of 2005, there were almost half a million professional social scientists from all fields in the world, working both inside and outside academia. According to the World Social Science Report 2010, the number of social-science students worldwide has swollen by about 11%every year since 2000. Yet this enormous resource is not contributing enough to today's global challenges, including climate change, security, sustainable development and health. 41 .Humanity has the necessary agro-technological tools to eradicate hunger, from genetically engineered crops to artificial fertilizers. Here, too, the problems are social: the organization and distribution of food, wealth and prosperity. 42 . This is a shame—the community should be grasping the opportunity to raise its influence in the real world. To paraphrase the great social scientist Joseph Schumpeter: there is no radical innovation without creative destruction. Today, the social sciences are largely focused on disciplinary problems and internal scholarly debates, rather than on topics with external impact. Analyses reveal that the number of papers including the keywords 'environmental change' or'climate change' have increased rapidly since 2004. 43 . When social scientists do tackle practical issues, their scope is often local: Belgium is interested mainly in the effects of poverty on Belgium, for example. And whether the community's work contributes much to an overall accumulation of knowledge is doubtful. The problem is not necessarily the amount of available funding. 44 .This is an adequate amount so long as it is aimed in the right direction. Social scientists who complain about a lack of funding should not expect more in today's economic climate. The trick is to direct these funds better. The European Union Framework funding programs have long had a category specifically targeted at social scientists. This year, it was proposed that system be changed: Horizon 2020, a new program to be enacted in 2014, would not have such a category. This has resulted in protests from social scientists. But the intention is not to neglect social science; rather, the complete opposite. 45 . That should create more collaborative endeavors and help to develop projects aimed directly at solving global problems. A. It could be that we are evolving two communities of social scientists: one that is discipline-oriented and publishing in highly specialized journals, and one that is problem-oriented and publishing elsewhere, such as policy briefs. B. However, the numbers are still small: in 2010, about 1,600 of the 100,000 social-sciences papers published globally included one of these keywords. C. The idea is to force social scientists to integrate their work with other categories, including health and demographic change; food security; marine research and the bio-economy; clear, efficient energy; and inclusive, innovative and secure societies. D. The solution is to change the mindset of the academic community, and what it considers to be its main goal. Global challenges and social innovation ought to receive much more attention from scientists, especially the young ones. E. These issues all have root causes in human behavior: all require behavioral change and social innovations, as well as technological development. Stemming climate change, for example, is as much about changing consumption patterns and promoting tax acceptance as it is about developing clean energy. F. Despite these factors, many social scientists seem reluctant to tackle such problems. And in Europe, some are up in arms over a proposal to drop a specific funding category for social-science research and to integrate it within cross-cutting topics of sustainable development. G. During the late 1990s, national spending on social sciences and the humanities as a percentage of all research and development funds—including government, higher education, non-profit and corporate—varied from around 4% to 25%; in most European nations, it is about 15%.

完形填空Asmanypeoplehitmiddleage,theyoftenstarttonoticethattheirmemoryandmentalclarityarenotwhattheyusedtobe.Wesuddenlycantremember1weputthekeysjustamomentago,oranoldacquaintancesname,orthenameofanoldbandweusedtolove.Asthebrain2,werefertotheseoccurrencesasseniormoments.3seeminglyinnocent,thislossofmentalfocuscanpotentiallyhavea(an)4impactonourprofessional,social,andpersonal5.Neuroscientists,expertswhostudythenervoussystem,areincreasinglyshowingthattheresactuallyalotthatcanbedone.It6outthatthebrainneedsexerciseinmuchthesamewayourmusclesdo,andtherightmental7cansignificantlyimproveourbasiccognitive8.Thinkingisessentiallya9ofmakingconnectionsinthebrain.Toacertainextent,ourabilityto10inmakingtheconnectionsthatdriveintelligenceisinherited.11,becausetheseconnectionsaremadethrougheffortandpractice,scientistsbelievethatintelligencecanexpandandfluctuate12mentaleffort.Now,anewWeb-basedcompanyhastakenitastep13anddevelopedthefirstbraintrainingprogramdesignedtoactuallyhelppeopleimproveandregaintheirmental14.TheWeb-basedprogram15youtosystematicallyimproveyourmemoryandattentionskills.Theprogramkeeps16ofyourprogressandprovidesdetailedfeedback17yourperformanceandimprovement.Mostimportantly,it18modifiesandenhancesthegamesyouplayto19onthestrengthsyouaredeveloping--muchlikea(n)20exerciseroutinerequiresyoutoincreaseresistanceandvaryyourmuscleuse.

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完形填空 41 But traffic experts say building more roads is a quick-fix solution that will not alleviate the traffic problem in the long run. Soaring land costs, increasing concern over social and environmental disruptions caused by road building, and the likelihood that more roads can only lead to more cars and traffic are powerful factors bearing down on a 1950s-style construction program. 42 Proponents of this advanced technology say electronic detection systems, closed-circuit television, radio communication, ramp metering, variable message singing, and other smart-highway technology can now be used at a reasonable cost to improve communication between drivers and the people who monitor traffic. Pathfinder, a Santa Monica, California-based smart-highway project in which a 14-mile stretch of the Santa Monica Freeway, making up what is called a 'smart corridor', is being instrumented with buried loops in the pavement. Closed circuit television cameras survey the flow of traffic, while communications linked to properly equipped automobiles advise motorists of the least congested routes or detours. 43 'Electronics on the highway addresses just one aspect of the Problem: how to regulate traffic more efficiently', explains Michael Rennet, senior researcher at the World watch Institute. 'It doesn't deal with the central problem of too many cars for roads that can't be built fast enough. It sends people the wrong message: They start thinking 'Yes, there used to be a traffic congestion problem, but that's been solved now because we have an advanced high-tech system in place. '' Larson agrees and adds, 44 Other traffic problem-solving options being studied and experimented with include car pooling, rapid mass-transit systems, staggered or flexible work hours, and road pricing, a system whereby motorists pay a certain amount for the time they use a highway. 45 A. Smart highways are just one of the tools that we will use to deal with our traffic problems. It's not the solution itself, just part of the package. There are different strategies. B. It seems that we need a new, major thrust to deal with the traffic problems of the next 20 years. There has to be a big change. C. It's taking advantage of the technology you use in your everyday lives and putting it to work on highways. D. Traffic statistics paint a gloomy picture. To help solve their traffic woes, some rapidly growing U.S. cities have simply built more roads. E. The goal of smart-highway technology is to make traffic systems work at optimum efficiency by treating the road and the vehicles traveling on them as an integral transportation system. F. Smart highways that will allow a driver to program a destination on a dashboard computer, then sit back and enjoy the ride. G. Not all traffic experts, however, look to smart-highway technology as the ultimate solution to traffic gridlock. Some say the high-tech approach is limited and can only offer temporary solutions to a serious problem.

完形填空 The majority of people, about nine out of ten, are right-handed. 1 until recently, people who were left-handed were considered 2 , and once children showed this tendency they were forced to use their right hands. Today left-handedness is generally 3 , but it is still a disadvantage in a world 4 most people are right-handed. For example, most tools and implements are still 5 for right-handed people. In sports 6 contrast, doing things with the left hand or foot, is often an advantage. Throwing, kicking, punching or batting from the ' 7 ' side may result in throwing 8 many opponents who are more accustomed to dealing with the 9 of players who are right-handed. This is why, in many 10 at a professional level, a 11 proportion of players are left-handed than in the population as a whole. The word 'right' in many languages means 'correct' or is 12 with law- fulness, whereas the words associated 13 'left', such as 'sinister', generally have 14 associations. Moreover, among a number of primitive peoples, there is 15 close association between death and the left hand. In the past, in 16 Western societies, children were often forced to use their right hands, especially to write with. In some cases the left hand was 17 behind the child's back so that it could not be used. If, in the future, they are allowed to choose, 18 will certainly be more left-handers, and probably 19 people with minor psychological disturbances as a result of being forced to use their 20 hand.

完形填空Cloze 2 When Spanish football club Barcelona paid US$35 million for Ronaldinho last summer, they werent buying a pretty face

完形填空Our society seems to be gripped with an idea that the media plays a substantial role in the attitudes, behavior and fitness of youth today

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完形填空ShoppinghabitsintheUnitedStateshavechangedgreatlyinthelastquarterofthe20thcentury.【A1】______ inthe1900smostAmericantownsandcitieshadaMainStreet.MainStreetwasalwaysintheheartofatown.Thisstreetwas【A2】______ onbothsideswithmany【A3】______ businesses.Here,shopperswalkedintostorestolookatallsortsofmerchandise:clothing,furniture,hardware,andgroceries.【A4】______ ,someshopsoffer【A5】______ .Theseshopsincludeddrugstores,restaurants,shoerepairstores,andbarberorhairdressingshops.【A6】______ inthe1950s,achangebeganto【A7】______ .ToomanyautomobileshadcrowdedintoMainStreet【A8】______ toofewparkingplaceswere【A9】______ shoppers.Becausethestreetswerecrowded,merchantsbegantolookwithinterestattheopenspaces【A10】______ thecitylimits.Openspaceiswhattheircardrivingcustomersneeded.Andopenspaceiswhattheygot【A11】______ thefirstshoppingcenterwasbuilt.Shoppingcenters,orrathermalls,【A12】______ asacollectionofsmallnewstores【A13】______ crowdedcitycentres.【A14】______ byhundredsoffreeparkingspace,customersweredrawnawayfrom【A15】______ areastooutlyingmalls.Andthegrowing【A16】______ ofshoppingcentresled【A17】______ tothebuildingofbiggerandbetterstockedstores.【A18】______ thelate1970s,manyshoppingmallshadalmostdevelopedintosmallcitiesthemselves.Inadditiontoprovidingthe【A19】______ ofonestopshopping,mallsweretransformedintolandscapedparks,【A20】______ benches,fountains,andoutdoorentertainment.