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完形填空There is virtually no limit to how one can serve community interests, from sending a few hours aweek with some charitable organization to practically full-time work for a social agency. Just asthere are opportunities for Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) for young people before they take upfull-time employment,【A1】______ there are opportunities for overseas service for qualified technicians indeveloping countries. Some people, 【A2】______ those who retire early, offer their technical and businessskills in countries【A3】______ there is a special need.So in considering voluntary or paid community service, there are more opportunities than there【A4】______ were when one first began work. Most voluntary organizations have only a small full-time staff, anddepend very much on volunteers and part-timers. This means that working relationships are differentfrom those in commercial organizations, and values may be different. In some ways they may seemmore【A5】______ and less efficient, but one should not judge them by commercial【A6】______ .The people who workwith them do so for different reasons and with different objectives, both personal and organizational.One should not join them【A7】______ to arm them with professional expertise; they must be joined withcommitment to the cause, not business【A8】______ Because salaries are small or non-existent many voluntarybodies offer modest expenses. But many retired people take part in community service for【A9】______ ， simply because they enjoy the work.Many community activities possible in retirement were also possible during ones working life butthey are to be undertaken no less seriously for that. Retired people who are just looking forsomething different or unusual to do should not consider【A10】______ community service.

完形填空It would be very hard to deny that pregnancy is a taxing process for women. The physical effects of pregnancy alone can make for eye-watering reading (literally: eye-watering is one potential side-effect), let alone the psychological ones. Pregnancy can be, and often is, the most stressful and demanding period of a woman's life, at least in the biological sense. As a result, many women find they need as much information, help and support as possible during pregnancy. But depressingly often, a line can be crossed from 'helpful' to 'oppressive'. As soon as a woman becomes pregnant, many seem to think she is now public property. 41 It's an understandable occurrence; countless people have direct experience with pregnancy, so feel well informed on the matter. Combine this with the fact that it blatantly invokes the 'think of the children!' response and you get a lot of people with strong opinions and an assumed moral obligation to share them. 42 Just this month we had the baffling report which claimed smoking during pregnancy causes the child to turn gay, via mechanisms that are no doubt 100% plausible and not at all exaggerated. And just recently there is the research that claims a pregnant woman's fatty diet may alter a baby's brain. This latest report is actually based on a study in mice. It's a bit alarmist to imply a phenomenon only just observed in animal studies definitely occurs in humans, but better safe than sorry. Not that diet affecting pregnancy is a new concept. It already causes diabetes and alters DNA of the foetus. 43 We don't want women thinking they can stop being body conscious, just because there's someone else inside it. But they mustn't overdo it though, being underweight is not ideal either. But then again, neither is being too tall or too short, and what exactly they're expected to do about that is anyone's guess. As for what pregnant women can eat, that's a whole other minefield. And it's not as if it's all consistent, either. 44 Surely carrying a baby is stressful enough without having to shop around for quantum legumes? It's enough to drive you to drink. Except that's not allowed either; drinking while visibly pregnant often elicits the same sort of response as applauding at a funeral. Smoking is arguably worse again. Having so much to deal with while everyone is dictating and judging your behaviour and your hormones are engaged in all-out warfare with each other, without the option of any of the typical unhealthy comforts we allow ourselves, is bound to prove very stressful. 45 At least once the baby is born, it's all over then. Every pregnant woman, like every human, is different, and can experience the process in ways that are poles apart from those of others. And sadly, there are plenty of expectant mothers out there with problems of their own that mean they genuinely do need this level of involvement and observation in order to protect the child. However, assuming that this is the default norm is doing a huge disservice to the majority of capable pregnant women. A. Even if you genuinely believe the foetus's well-being is unquestionably the priority over the mother's, this is bad. Oxygen is a priority over food and water for humans, but excluding them is just as harmful in the long term. B. For example, don't eat peanuts as they increase the risk of a child developing allergies. As well as that, do eat peanuts because they decrease the risk of a child developing allergies. So pregnant women are meant to both increase and decrease their peanut intake. C. This may prove stressful enough for pregnant women, but luckily the mainstream media is always on hand to dispense more warnings and restrictions regarding pregnant women's behaviour, lest they start thinking they can relax for a minute. D. Aside from the odd deeply cynical marketing strategy, it's probably fair to say that it's all a result of good intentions; people are just trying to help. And that's fine; it's nice when people want to help. E. Being overweight in general is also bad if you're pregnant. Luckily, pregnant women never feel the urge to eat a lot of weird food or anything. Of course, if they do, then at least dieting is safe. F. Expectant mothers are regularly bombarded by (usually unsolicited) advice, tips, warnings and a worrying number of horror stories about pregnancies gone wrong. These are all given with a view to being helpful, which is nice but makes complaining seem somewhat churlish. G. Except that's bad too; stress is very harmful to a baby, so if you're an expectant mother you'd better learn to find the whole process wonderfully relaxing ASAP, or you're risking harm to the baby and therefore a terrible human being.

完形填空Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C andD. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage.Then write down your answer on the Answer Sheet.The United States has been working hard to 【A1】_____ Japan to make a momentous decision. 【A2】_____ Japanagrees, generations to come will curse 【A3】_____ day.【A4】_____ the United States wants is for Japan to free its 【A5】_____ forces for service overseas. 【A6】_____ recently,the Japanese government was being 【A7】_____ by Washington to send their troops to Persian Gulf. 【A8】_____ Tokyosaid no, never. Then it said no, never, 【A9】_____.If Japanese soldiers go overseas to 【A10】_____ the Persian Gulf forces or perhaps 【A11】_____ some future U.N. peace-keeping mission, then we will have 【A12】_____: the nightmare of the Japanese and hundreds of other Asians come【A13】_____. In violation of its 【A14】_____, Japan’s armed forces 【A15】_____ no longer be 【A16】_____up in a militarycloset 【A17】_____ the key in civilian hands.Count 【A18】_____ this: the Japanese army will again become a political force at home, a 【A19】_____ threat to thedelicate civilian equilibrium 【A20】_____ now protects Japan’s democratic society.

完形填空An important factor of leadership is attraction. This does not mean attractiveness in the ordinary sense, for that is a born quality 【A1】 _____ our control. The leader has, nevertheless, to be a magnet; a central figure towards whom people are 【A2】_____. Magnetism in that sense depends, first of all, 【A3】 _____ being seen.There is a type of authority which can be【A4】_____ from behind closed doors, but that is not leadership. 【A5】_____ there is movement and action, the true leaders is in the forefront and may seem, indeed, to be everywhere at once. He has to become a legend; the 【A6】_____ for anecdotes, whether true or【A7】_____, character. One of the simplest devices is to be absent 【A8】 _____ the occasion when the leader might be【A9】_____ to be there, enough in itself to start a rumor about the vital business【A10】_____ has detained him. To 【A11】_____ up for this, he can appear when least expected, giving rise to another story about the interest he can display【A12】_____ things which other folks might【A13】_____ as trivial.With this gift for【A14】_____ curiosity the leader always combines a reluctance to talk about himself. His interest is【A15】_____ in other people he questions them and encourages them to talk and then remembers all 【A16】_____ is relevant. He never leaves a party 【A17】_____ he has mentally filed a minimum dossier（档案） on 【A18】_____ present, ensuring that he knows 【A19】_____ to say when he meets them again. He is not artificially extrovert but he would usually rather listen 【A20】_____ talk. Others realize gradually that his importance needs no proof.

完形填空Every businessman knows a story about a highly 21______, highly skilled executive who was promoted into a leadership position only to fail at the job

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完形填空　　Solar energy is called a renewable resource because on a human time scale it is essentially inexhaustible, it is expected to last at least 6.5 billion years while the sun completes its life cycle. 46) A potentially renewable resource can be renewed fairly rapidly (hours to several decades) through natural processes, examples of which include forest trees, grassland grasses, wild animals, fresh lake and stream water, groundwater, fresh air, and fertile soil. 　　47) One important potentially renewable resource for us and other species is biological diversity or biodiversity, which consists of the life forms that can best survive variety of conditions currently found on Earth. Kinds of biodiversity include (1) genetic diversity( variety in the genetic makeup among individuals within a single species), (2) species diversity (variety among the species or unique forms of life found in different habitats of the planet), and ( 3 ) ecological diversity (variety of forests, deserts, grasslands, streams, lakes, oceans, wetlands, and other biological communities). 48)This rich variety of genes, species, and biological communities gives us food, wood, fibers, energy, raw materials, industrial chemicals, and medicines―all of which pour hundreds of billions of dollars into the world economy each year. Earth''s vast list ''of life forms and biological communities also provides free recycling and purification services and natural pest control. 　　Potentially renewable resources, however, can be exhausted. 49)The highest rate at which a potentially renewable resource can be used indefinitely without reducing its available supply is called its sustainable yield. If a resource''s natural replacement rate is exceeded, the available supply begins to shrink―a process known as environmental degradation. 　　Several types of environmental degradation can change potentially renewable resources into nonrenewable or unusable resources. In the United States, one-fourth of the groundwater withdrawn each year is not replenished (filled up again). Between 25% and 50% of the world''s wetlands (55% in the U. S. ) have been drained, built upon, or seriously polluted. Almost half of the world''s tropical forests have been cleared. Thousands of wildlife species become extinct each year, mostly because of human activities. If habitat destruction continues at present rates, as many as 1.5 million species could disappear over the next 25 years―a drastic loss in vital Earth capital. 50)These examples help explain why most environmental scientists believe that over the next few decades, the danger of degradation and exhaustion is greatest for potentially renewable resources, not nonrenewable resources ( except for petroleum and perhaps a few scarce minerals for which we can''t find economically and environmentally acceptable substitutes).

完形填空Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans

完形填空Where do cars get their energy from? For most cars,the answer is petrol

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完形填空Directions: Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on ANSWER SHEET. In the United States, the first day nursery was opened in 1854. Nurseries were established in various areas during the 【A1】______ half of the 19 th century; most of 【A2】______ were charitable. Both in Europe and in the U.S., the day-nursery movement received great 【A3】______ during the First World War, when 【A4】______ of manpower caused the industrial employment of unprecedented（前所未有） numbers of women. In some European countries nurseries were established 【A5】______in munitions（军火） plants, under direct government sponsorship. 【A6】______ the number of nurseries in the U.S. also rose 【A7】______, this rise was accomplished without government aid of any kind. During the years following the First World War, 【A8】______, federal, State, and local governments gradually began to exercise a measure of control 【A9】______ the day nurseries, chiefly by 【A10】______ them and by inspecting and regulating the conditions within the nurseries.

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完形填空 So what is depression? Depression is often more about anger turned 1 than it is about sadness. But it's usually 2 as sadness. Depression can 3 at all ages, from childhood to old age, and it's the United States' No. 1 4 problem. When someone is depressed, her behavior 5 change and she loses interest in activities she 6 enjoyed (like sports, music, friendships). The sadness usually lasts every day for most of the day and for two weeks or more. What 7 depression? A 8 event can certainly bring 9 depression, but some will say it happens 10 a specific cause. So how do you know if you're just having a bad day 11 are really depressed? Depression affects your 12 , moods, behavior and even your physical health. These changes often go 13 or are labeled 14 simply a bad case of the blues. Someone who's truly 15 depression will have 16 periods of crying spells, feelings of 17 (like not being able to change your situation) and 18 (tike you'll feel this way forever), irritation or agitation. A depressed person often 19 from others, Depression seldom goes away by itself, and the greatest 20 of depression is suicide. The risk of suicide increases if the depression isn't treated.

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完形填空 Do we learn more from people whose views we share in common than from those whose ideas contradictors? The speaker claims so, for the reason that disagreement can cause stress and inhabit learning. I concede that undue discord can impede learning. Otherwise, in my view we learn far from discourse and debate with those whose ideas we oppose than from people whose ideas are in accord with our own. 41 Admittedly, under some circumstances disagreement with others can be counterproductive to learning. For supporting examples, one need look no further than a television set. On today's typical television or radio talk show, disagreement usually manifests itself in meaningless rhetorical bouts and shouting matches, during which opponents vie to have their own message heard, but have little interest either in finding any common ground with or in acknowledging the merits of the opponent's viewpoint. Understandably, neither the combatants nor the viewers learn anything meaningful. In fact, these battles only serve to reinforce the predispositions and biases of all concerned. The end result is that learning is impeded. 42 Disagreement can also inhibit learning when two opponents disagree on fundamental assumptions needed for meaningful discourse and debate. For example, a student of paleontology learns little about the evolution of an animal species under current study by debating with an individual whose religious belief system precludes the possibility of evolution to begin with. And, economics and finance students learn little about the dynamics of a laissez-faire system by debating with a socialist whose view is that a centralized power should control all economic activity. 43 Aside from the foregoing two provisions, however, I fundamentally disagree with the speaker's claim. Assuming common ground between two rational and reasonable opponents willing to debate on intellectual merits, both opponents stand to gain much from that debate. Indeed it is primarily through such debate that human knowledge advances, whether at the personal, community, or global level. 44 At the personal level, by listening to their parents' rationale for their seemingly oppressive rules and policies, teenagers can learn how certain behaviors naturally carry certain undesirable consequences. At the same time, by listening to their teenagers concerns about autonomy and about peer pressures parents can learn the valuable lesson that effective parenting and control are two different things. At the community level, through dispassionate dialogue an environmental activist can come to understand the legitimate economic concerns of those whose jobs depend on the continued profitable operation of a factory. Conversely, the latter might stand to learn much about the potential public-health price to be paid by ensuring job growth and a low unemployment rate. Finally, at the global level, two nations with opposing political or economic interests can reach mutually beneficial agreements by striving to understand the other's legitimate concerns for its national security, its political sovereignty, the stability of its economy and currency, and so forth. 45 In sum, unless two opponents in a debate are each willing to play on the same field and by the same rules, I concede that disagreement can impede learning. Otherwise, reasoned discourse and debate between people with opposing viewpoints is the very foundation upon which human knowledge advances. Accordingly, on balance the speaker is fundamentally correct. A. Communication makes both parties know more about each other which make an agreement. B. The argument itself cannot expand knowledge. C. Reasonable debate plays a positive role in knowledge advances. D. A basic common knowledge made contribution to the argument from which people learn something. E. Generally, knowledge is gained by argument. F. Learning can be interrupted by the argument. G. Communication is closely associated with argument.

完形填空Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle viewed laughter as “a bodily exercise precious to health.” But 【B1】 _____ some claims to the contrary, laughing probably has little influence on physical fitness. Laughter does 【B2】_____ short-term changes in the function of the heart and its blood vessels, 【B3】_____ heart rate and oxygen consumption. But because hard laughter is difficult to 【B4】_____, a good laugh is unlikely to have 【B5】_____ benefits the way, say, walking or jogging does.【B6】_____, instead of straining muscles to build them, as exercise does, laughter apparently accomplishes the 【B7】_____. Studies dating back to the 1930’s indicate that laughter 【B8】_____ muscles, decreasing muscle tone for up to 45 minutes after the laugh dies down. Such bodily reaction might conceivably help 【B9】_____ the effects of psychological stress. Anyway, the act of laughing probably does produce other types of 【B10】_____ feedback, that improve an individual’s emotional state.【B11】 _____ one classical theory of emotion, our feelings are partially rooted 【B12】_____ physical reactions. It was argued at the end of the 19 th century that humans do not cry 【B13】_____ they are sad but they become sad when the tears begin to flow. Although sadness also【B14】_____ tears, evidence suggests that emotions can flow 【B15】_____ muscular responses. In an experiment published in 1988, social psychologist Fritz Strack of the University of würzburg in Germany asked volunteers to 【B16】_____ a pen either with their teeth-thereby creating an artificial smile—or with their lips, which would produce a(n) 【B17】_____ expression. Those forced to exercise their smiling muscles 【B18】_____ more exuberantly to funny cartons than did those whose mouths were contracted in a frown,【B19】_____ that expressions may influence emotions rather than just the other way around. 【B20】_____, the physical act of laughter could improve mood.

完形填空Adam Lanza, 20-year-old, shot and killed his mother on Friday, and broke into Sandy Hook Elementary where he killed 20 children and 6 adults, before 【B1】 ________suicide