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填空题______ refers to the change of the form of a word or phrase, resulting from an incorrect popular notion of the origin or meaning of the term, or from the influence of more familiar terms mistakenly taken to be analogous.
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填空题We should ______ dirty banknotes from circulation. (revoke, cancel, withdraw, annul, rescind)
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填空题Venuti"s main thesis is that translation tends to be an invisible practice in the United States. What is Venuti"s strategy to change such a tendency?
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填空题Too many of us just sit back and say "I'll let the experts deal with it."
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填空题[A]MoretroublingthandetermininghowtopatentthegenomeisthelargerquestionofwhetheranyoneoughttobelayingclaimtohumanDNAatall.Thisispartlyaneconomicissue.Iftheentiregeneticschematicispre-emptivelyownedbytheresearchteamsstudyingitnow,whereistheincentiveforindependentscientists—oftensourcesofgreatinnovation—toworkonitlater?Licensingcosts,warnsJeffreyKahn,directoroftheUniversityofMinnesota'sCenterforBioethics,couldholdmedicalprogresshostage.Patentingproponentsinsistthatanequallypersuasiveargumentcouldbemadethatthelargegenome-mappinggroupsneedpatentprotectiontomaketheirworkworthwhiletothem.[B]It'snotfornothingthatscientistsareinsuchafootracetogetthehumangenomemapped.There'smorethanjustknowledgeatstake,afterall—there'smoney.Whowalksawaywithmostofthebootywon'tbedecidedinlabsoruniversities,however,butincourtsandpatentoffices.[C]Notonlycansuchfilingsbesloppygenetics,theycanalsobebadbusiness.ESTapplicationsmayleadtoso-calledsubmarinepatents,claimsthataremadetodayandthenvanish,onlytoreappearwhensomeunsuspectingscientistfindssomethingusefultodowithgeneshiddeninthepatent.Topreventthis,LehmanrequiresthatESTapplicationsincludenomorethan10geneticsequences.Each10afterthatrequiresaseparateapplication—andaseparatefilingfee."Companieswillnowhaveanincentivetofilemoreselectiveapplications,"saysLehman.[D]Thebiggestproblemwithpatentinggenesisthatwhilescientistshaveatleastageneralideaofwhatspecificstrandsofgeneticcodingdo,oftenit'sjustthat—general.Investigatorsdosometimessucceedinisolatingasingle,crispgenewithasingleknownfunction.Often,however,researcherstryingtomapgenesgetnofurtherthanmarkingofffragmentarystretchesofDNAthatmaybethousandsofbasesinlength.Theseso-calledexpressedsequencetagsmayhaverealgeneticinformationembeddedinthem,butdeterminingwherethosenuggetsareandwhattheirstructureistakesmoredigging.[E]Stickierthantheeconomicquestionistheethicalone.Mostofusreflexivelyshrinkfromtheideaofanyone'sowningtherightstoanypartofthehumanform.Besides,ifthefirstanatomisttospot,say,thepancreaswasnotgrantedtitletoit,whyshouldmodemgenome-mappingscientistsbeabletoclaimevenasinglegene?AsKahnpointsout,"Youcouldpatentasystemformininggoldfromore.Wedon'tletpeoplepatentthegold."Thatkindofargumentisgroundednotinlawbutintheveryideaofwhatitmeanstobehuman—anissuethateventhehighestfederalcourtisnotlikelytosettle.[F]GeneticistshavelatelybeenfilingpatentapplicationsfortheseESTsanyway,figuringthatit'sbesttoprotecttheirturfnowandgospelunkingaroundinitlater.Inasciencethatprizesprecisionaboveallelse,thiscanbeanoddwaytodobusiness."Iwouldguessthatinmanycasesthescientistsdidn'tevenexamineallthematerial,"saysBruceLehman,commissionerofthePatentandTrademarkOffice.[G]Thoughdecipheringtheentirehumangeneticblueprintisstillafewyearsaway,scientistshavebegunlayingclaimtothestretchesofDNAwhosecodestheyhavesucceededincracking.InrecentyearsresearchershavefloodedtheU.S.PatentandTrademarkOfficewithapplicationsforthousandsofgenesandgenefragments—andtheyhavestirredalotofcontroversyintheprocess.
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填空题Do you think it necessary {{U}}夫妻两人都出去工作{{/U}}?
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填空题A. I really can"t wait that long. B. The bus stop is not far from here. C. It can take you right there. A: Excuse me. Could you tell me which bus I should take to go to the railway station? B: I think you"d better take the No. 16 bus. 1 . A: How often dose this bus go there? B: Every fifteen minutes. A: 2 . Are there any other buses that can take me there? B: The No. 2 bus also goes to the railway station. You may take it. A: Where can I find the bus? B: 3 . Go straight on and you can easily find it. A: Thanks a lot. B: You are welcome.
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填空题John"s father always tells you his opinion; he"s an armchair quarterback .
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填空题Except EXW and DDP, all the other trade terms require that the seller shall clear the goods for ______, and the buyer shall obtain the ______ at his own expenses.
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填空题Fred: Did you fail the test again? Nancy: ______
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填空题不用说, the second list can be remembered more easily than the first one.
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填空题______(confident)is the key factor in communicating with the opposite sex.
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填空题In Austin's How to Do Things with word, he first distinguishes performatives and______, later on Austin made a flesh start to distinguish ______,______and perlocutionary act.
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填空题Developing countries regard a merchant navy as something of a status symbol—the next thing to go for after a national airline.
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填空题A. shrank B. but C. cut back Phrases: A. Today it exceeds any country 7 Japan B. they want to 8 on working hours even if it means earning less money C. Specifically, paid time off, holidays, vacations, sick leave 9 by 50% Americans suffer from an overdose of work. Regardless of who they are or what they do, Americans spend more time at work than at any time since World War Ⅱ. In 1950, the US had fewer working hours than any other industrialized country. 10 . Between 1969 and 1989 employed Americans added an average of 138 hours to their yearly work schedules. The work week has remained at about 40 hours, but people are working more weeks each year. 11 in the 1980"s. As co-operations have experienced stiff competition and slower growth productivity, they have pressed employees to work longer. Cost cutting lay-offs in the 1980"s reduced the professional and managerial ranks leaving fewer people to get the job done. In lower paid occupations, when wages have been reduced, workers have added hours in overtime or extra jobs to preserve their living standards. The government estimates that more than 7 million people hold a second job. For the first time, large numbers of people say 12 . But most employers are unwilling to let them to do so. The government, which has stepped back from its traditional role as a regulator of work time should take steps to make shorter hours possible.
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