填空题Few numbers tell a happier story than those that measure life expectancy. An American born in 1900 could expect to live 47 years. Thanks to colossal improvements in sanitation and medicine, that figure is now 75 for men and 80 for women. (71) So it is both alarming and surprising when life expectancy falls, even for a small part of the population. Yet that is what some researchers at Harvard have found. They looked at death rates by county, having corrected for migration and merged sparsely populated ones so that America's 3,141 counties became 2,068 "county units". (72) But between 1983 and 1999, it fell significantly (by about a year) for women in 180 county units, and stagnated in another 783. Men fared less poorly, their life expectancy fell significantly in only 11 county units, and stagnated in another 48. Put differently, life expectancy appears to have either stagnated or fallen slightly for some 4% of American men and 19% of women. The main culprits are diseases linked to smoking or obesity, such as lung cancer and diabetes. (73) Majid Ezzati, one of the study's authors, says it is too soon to say. An optimist would point out that women took up smoking later than men. It was not until after the Second World War that they started puffing at anything like the male rate. The increase of poor women now dying of lung cancer may be a hangover from the end of the taboo on female smoking. (74) A pessimist would reply that the other big killer, obesity, keeps spreading, especially among the poor. "We've been saying for ages that it must have peaked, but it keeps going up," says Dr. Ezzati. Two decades ago, no state had an obesity rate above 15%. Now, 22 have passed the 25% mark. (75) Neither are getting any smaller. A. For most Americans, life expectancy continues merrily to rise. B. And the poorest Americans have gained the most: blacks, for example, live more than twice as long now as they did a century ago. C. Even though smoking takes an average of 14. 5 years off women's lives, almost one in five American women age 18 and older smokes. D. The counties where life expectancy has fallen are nearly all in the South or Appalachia, where huge deep-fried portions are the norm and waistlines are among America's widest. E. But both sexes have quit in droves since the 1970s, so the death toll may fall in the future. F. The crucial question is whether this represents a blip or the start of a trend.

填空题Halliday proposes a theory of metafunctions of language, that is, language has______, interpersonal and textual functions. (中山大学2008研)

填空题"Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections? Fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as a Christian is?" The speaker is______.

填空题He has lost his pen, and a new one at that .

填空题[A] Separation of Hollinger[B] Profits of newspaper[C] The ideal business model[D] Hollinger denies the rumor[E] Difficult to share in the international market[F] Lord Black sells his remaining local newspapers in Canada HE HAS been selling newspaper titles in Canada. backing a new one in New York and trying to quash rumours that he is selling them in Britain. What exactly is Conrad Black, chairman of Hollingar, ex-Canadian, newly ennobled Briton, up to?41._______________. Last month, Lord Black of Crossharbour. as he is now known, sold his remaining local newspapers in Canada. This came shortly after he had offloaded his residual 50% stake in the National Post, the Canadian daily paper he founded only in 1998, to Can West Global Communications. This Canadian media group had already picked up the other half last year, along with most of Lord Black's other local newspapers in the country, for $1.8 billion.42._______________.Shorn of its Canadian operations, and apart from the tiny Jerusalem Post, Hollinger has now been pared down to two chief assets: the Chicago Sun-Times, plus a bagful of local papers in that area, and the Daily Telegraph, Britain's most popular broadsheet paper. After the group recently reported a net loss of $9 million for the nine months to September. excluding exceptional items, rumours swirled that even the Telegraph might be for sale.43._______________.Not so, says Hollinger. Although earnings at the Telegraph and its Sunday sister are well down on last year, and the papers plan to sack up to 40 editorial staff, they still provide most of the group's profits. "There is no substance at all to the story that the Telegraph is for sale," says Daniel Colson, Hollinger's vice-chairman. Indeed, having stemmed the National Post's losses and booked a good price for the sale of most of its Canadian assets last year, the group has cut its heavy debt burden and is wall-placed to look for new projects.44._______________.But what? Economies of scale in the newspaper market are best achieved with the local and regional press. The ideal business model, says Peter Kreisky of Mercer Management Consulting, is a geographical cluster of regional titles. With local monopoly power, this can bring down the cost of paper and ink, of printing and distribution, and of marketing. Hollinger enjoys many of these benefits in the Chicago area, where it has 97 papers.45._______________.But it is far harder to achieve cost-sharing across international borders. Most national papers are still mn from and owned in their home country. Those that belong to an international owner, such as Hollinger, Tony O'Reilly's Independent News and Media and Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp, concentrate on English-speaking markets. Yet owning newspapers is as much to do with kudos and influence as it is about profits. Although he would not rule out opportunities even in non-English-speaking parts of Europe, Lord Black's sights now seem to be set on the United States. He has just made a small bet on a new quality paper, The New York Sun, by putting in $2 million, or about 13% of the total investment. Although Hollinger stresses that it is only loosely involved, the project is nevertheless intriguing. There has long been a view that New York. a city of 8 million people, ought m be able to support more than one all-round quality newspaper; yet the New York Times, with a circulation of 1.1 million, has no direct cross-town rival. Lord Black's experience of launching a new title, The National Post, in Canada may be salutary. He managed to create a franchise from nothing in a competitive market, and in doing so stirred up political controversy in consensus-minded Canada. But it never made him any money, which may be why his bet on The New York Sun is so modest. Buying established but faltering papers would make more sense. "There will be investment opportunities arising from this economic downturn that H. advantage of," says Mr Colson, "not only in New York, but elsewhere in the US."

填空题Rupert Brooke Rupert Brooke, one of the leading poets of his generation, was renowned as a romantic, unlike many of his contemporaries who　　　　　　　 1. ______ specialized in writing about the pointless of war.　　　　　　　　　　　　　2. ______ He was born in 1887, the son of a House Master at Rugby, where Rupert attended both the preparatory and main schools. When he went up to Cambridge in 1906 as a classics scholar, he fared badly　　　 3. ______ in his examinations as his interests laid in literature and theater.　　　　4. ______ During his time at Cambridge, his wit and good looks ensured his place as a member of the elite circle of intellectuals study there.　　　　 5. ______ After university he went to study German in Munich, falling in love with a sculptress there and working feverishly to begin his first　　　6. ______ volume of poetry, which produced a profit within a few weeks of its publication in 1911. With his early success, Brooke often felt unsettled as he　　　　　　　　　 7. ______ struggled to come to term with the underlying contradictions in his　　　　 8. ______ character. Many times his free spirits and bohemianism conflicted　　　　　 9. ______ directly with the innate Puritanism he inherited from his mother.　　　　　 10. ______ Because of these he would sometimes distance himself from his fellows and adopt an irrational suspicious attitude towards them.

填空题Mr．Brown is a ______ manager who believes hes always right about everything． 布朗先生是一个认为自己永远是正确的相当自负的经理。

填空题You should review your situation, think about changes, look ______ the past and present before you revise your plans for your future.

填空题{{B}}Directions: Pick out five appropriate expressions from the eight choices below and complete the following dialogue by blackening the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.{{/B}} A. Do you need B. What do you think of C. a little expensive D. Is it expensive E. That’s good F. How much is it G. Do you take H. How about this one Sales Assoc: Hi, are you being helped? Karen: No, I'm not. I'm interested in some scarves. Sales Assoc:{{U}} (56) {{/U}}this one here? It’s made of silk. Karen: Hm, it looks nice, but I’d like to have something warm for the winter. Sales Assoc: Maybe you would like a heavy wool scarf.{{U}} (57) {{/U}}? Karen: I think that’s what I want.{{U}} (58) {{/U}}? Sales Assoc: It’s seventy-five dollars plus tax. Karen: It’s{{U}} (59) {{/U}}. Is it possible to get a discount? Sales Assoc: Hm, since you like it so much, how about a 10 percent discount. That’s the best I can offer. Karen:{{U}} (60) {{/U}}. Could you wrap it up for me? Sales Assoc: Sure. Is there anything else I can get for you? Karen: No, that should be it. Thank you.

填空题阅读下列英文短文，从供选择的中文句子中选出最符合短文意思的句子。 Forty-three years after the birth of ENIAC—the first electronic computer, computers are still in their infancy. We are on the verge of a true revolution when we will see the computer itself“doing science”.In the next decade advances in computer-assisted science should dwarf the past historical accomplishments of scientific computing. Ken Wilson, Cornell Universitys Nobel laureate, points out that computational science is now the third paradigm of science, supplementing theory and experimentation. 供选择的答案： (1)计算机还处于幼年时代。 (2)计算机已步入中年。 (3)计算机还在不断发展中。 (4)现在我们正经历一场真正的革命。 (5)现在我们正处于一场真正革命的边缘。 (6)现在计算机本身正在进行一场真正的革命。 (7)这场革命实现时我们将看到计算机自行“进行科学研究”。 (8)当我们看到计算机自行“进行科学研究”，我们正在一场革命的途中。 (9)当我们看到计算机自行“进行科学研究”，我们开始进行一场真正的革命。 (10)在今后十年中，计算机辅助科学的进展将使以往科学计算取得的历史性成果更加丰富。 (11)在今后十年中，计算机辅助科学的进展将使以往科学计算取得的历史性成果相形见绌。 (12)在今后十年中，计算机辅助科学的进展与以往科学计算取得的历史性成果等量齐观。 (13)计算科学是提供理论和实验研究用的第三种科学示例。 (14)计算科学是补充理论和实验研究用的第三种科学范例。 (15)计算科学是增加理论和实验研究用的第三种学科。

填空题Collecting stamps can be more than a hobby. It can be a______(profit)business.

填空题______ case the seller is liable ______ the discrepancies and a claim is lodged by the buyer ______ the time limit of inspection and quality guarantee period as stipulated in Articles 12 and 13 , the seller shall settle the claims upon the agreement of the buyer in one or combination of the following ways.

填空题You can begin to build character at any age. The key is learning how to look within—to work inside out. With the inside-out approach, private victories precede public victories. These private victories are simply promises you make to yourself and others and then keep. They don"t have to be profound or life altering, like a career change. They can be as mundane as a commitment to exercise every day. A promise like this may sound inconsequential, but it represents the hard choices we face in everyday life. The first step toward building character is to tackle a hard choice, commit to change and stay with it.

填空题{{U}}Honesty comes from social pressure{{/U}}, and it is helpful to the security of society.

填空题The progress of our country in the past few years was {{U}}indeed beyond belief{{/U}}.

填空题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} For each numbered blank in the following passage, fill in a suitable word in each blank on the ANSWER SHEET. The beginnings of the Coca-Cola were humble. In 1886, an Atlanta pharmacist, John Pemberton, made the original mixture,{{U}} (51) {{/U}}it was his accountant, Frank Robinson,{{U}} (52) {{/U}}put a name to{{U}} (53) {{/U}}. The{{U}} (54) {{/U}}of the powerful brew included the coca leaf and the kola nut, but{{U}} (55) {{/U}}the drink wasn't{{U}} (56) {{/U}}Coca Kola is not known. No one knows{{U}} (57) {{/U}}, what became{{U}} (58) {{/U}}Pemberton, because he sold the Coca-Cola Company five years after formulating the drink to Asa Candler, who had managed to get it{{U}} (59) {{/U}}to all US states within four years of buying the{{U}} (60) {{/U}}as well as establishing it as a favorite in drug stores' soda fountains.{{U}} (61) {{/U}}, Candler didn't make much{{U}} (62) {{/U}}from the giant-in-the-making either. He sold almost all bottling rights a year after taking the brand into Canada and Mexico{{U}} (63) {{/U}}Ben Thomas and John Whitehead. This pair established{{U}} (64) {{/U}}was to become a mainstay of the business, in developing a regional network of bottlers so that Coca-Cola could be{{U}} (65) {{/U}}in the home. In 1915, the classic curved bottle was{{U}} (66) {{/U}}by the CJ Root glass company, a shape which was destined to last, with only a few alterations, through the{{U}} (67) {{/U}}85 years and become a true design{{U}} (68) {{/U}}. Coke began to{{U}} (69) {{/U}}its products offering fruit juices and fizzy drinks, but{{U}} (70) {{/U}}to the Coke range was slow. Diet Coke didn't appear until the early 1980s and Cherry Coke came along only in 1986.

填空题______ is more secure than revocable one, hence the ______ is most often used in practice. According to UCP600, if an L/C is not marked as being irrevocable or not, it should be taken as ______.

填空题______ (你去看电影了吗) yesterday?

填空题All disputes in(14)with this Contract or arising in the(15) thereof shall be settled amicably by negotiation． In case no settlement can be reached, the case under dispute may then be submitted for arbitration． The arbitration shall take place in the plaintiffs or defendants country． The fees for arbitration shall be(16)by the losing party unless otherwise(17)．