填空题Bandscomeandgo.Somebecomefamous.Othersdon't.Someenjoygreatwealth.Othersmakenothing.Butwhy?Sometimestheyjustaren'tpopularenough.Butothertimesit'sbecauseofthecontract.TheBeatleshadlotsofproblemswiththeirfirstcontract.In1963,theband'smanager,BrianEpstein,allowedhislawyertosignawaytheband'smerchandisingrightsinreturnforjust10%oftheprofits.Andthatwasalotofmoneytogiveaway.In1964,whileTheBeatleswereconqueringAmerica,TheWallStreetJournalestimatedthegroup'smerchandisingwouldbeworth$100milliondollarsthatyear.Thismeantthatthebandhadgivenaway$90million!TobefairtoEpstein,hehadnoideahowmuchthemerchandisingcouldbeworth—nobandhadeverbeensopopular.Sincethen,bandshavebeencarefultokeepcontroloftheirmerchandisingrights.Post-punkbandsJoyDivisionandNewOrderalsosignedprettypoorcontracts.Thebands'contractswerewithDJRobGretton,legendaryowneroftheHaciendaClubinManchester.Aspartofthedeal,Grettoncouldusethemoneyfromthebandstofinanciallysupporttheclub.Intheend,theclubsurvivedbutJoyDivisiondidn't(leadsingerIanCurtiscommittedsuicide,reportedlybecauseofmaritalproblems).NewOrderwereextremelysuccessfulasagroup,butthereweren'tmanyprofits.Infact,theirmostsuccessfulhit,"BlueMonday",costsomuchtomakethatthesongmadealoss.Andwhatmoneytherewas,wentstraightbackintotheclub.Singer-songwriterGilberO'Sullivanhadastringofhitsintheearly1970s.ButthingsturnedsourwhenGilberteventuallydiscoveredthattherecordingcontracthehadwithMAM-Recordsgreatlyfavoredthelabel'sowner,GordonMills.Gilbertsuedandwon7million,buthiscareerwasputonholdduringthecourtcase...anditneverrecovered.EvenBruceSpringsteenhassuffered.Hisfirstmanagementcontractwassobadthathehadtogetlegalhelptogetoutofit.Butwhilethiswasgoingon,hecouldn'trecordanynewmaterial.Theresult?NonewSpringsteenalbumsforalmosttwoyearsbetween1976and1978.Sometimesit'sdadwhocausestheproblems.MichaelJacksonandTheBeachBoysaretwoexamplesofthis.MurrayWilson,theBeachBoys'manager(andBrianWilson'sdad),soldtheband'ssongcatalogueforlessthan$1millionattheheightoftheirfame.Brianlaterclaimedthatitwas"likelosinghischildren".PaulWeller'sdadwashismanagerforawhile.Anex-boxerwhohadnorespectforrecordcompanyexecutives,heoncedemandedalargeadvanceforPaul'snewcontract.Therecordcompanycouldn'tbelievetheirluck,andweremorethanhappytopayasitwaslessthanhalfwhattheyhadbeenexpectingtoforkout!Daddoesn'talwaysknowbest,itseems.Butsometimesit'sthemusiciansthemselveswhoaretheirownworstmanagers.TheBeatlesmadeaterriblemessoftheirbusinessaffairswhentheytookcontrolafterthedeathofBrianEpstein.EvenmoredisastrouswasJohnFogerty,leaderofCreedenceClearwaterSurvival.HesignedacontractwitharecordingcompanyandthenrejectedtheiroffertoappearonthealbumandfilmofthemusicfestivalWoodstock.Thesedays,whoremembersthatthemostfamousrockfestivalofalltimewasheadlinedbyCreedenceClearwaterSurvival?Noone!ExceptforJohnFogerty,presumably.Questions:
填空题Rembrandt, a baroque artist, ranks as one of the greatest painters in Western art history. Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was born on July 15, 1606, in Leiden, the Netherlands. Combining a deep understanding of human nature with brilliant technique, he produced nearly 600 paintings.
Rembrandt"s work is famous for its command of light and dark, often using contrast to draw the viewer into the painting. This feature is well-shown from his early work, during the 1620s in Amsterdam.
The Night Watch
(1642), his largest painting, is a good example: the background is covered in darkness, while the figures at the fore stand in the brightness. His style followed that of his teacher Pieter Lastman in the choice of dramatic subjects, crowded compositions, and contrasts of light and shadow. Using large canvases and strong tones, Rembrandt painted dramatic scenes and also produced small, detailed work with religious and allegoric themes.
From the late 1630s, Rembrandt began to paint landscapes. These works were tormented by nature, showing mysterious scenes such as huge fallen trees in a storm or dark, threatening skies. Such characteristics can be found in his painting Stormy Landscape (1638). Towards the end of his life, Rembrandt painted some of his finest self portraits, showing a face on which grief and sorrow had left their marks. They reflected his painful family as opposed to his successful public career. The numerous self-portraits he produced give us a remarkable record of the aging process of his own facial features in addition to the changes of his personal character.
Compared to other artists of his time, Rembrandt studied the world surrounding him more clearly and with greater insight. The consistently high standard throughout his work has eared Rembrandt the reputation as one of the central figures in the Golden Age of" Dutch art, along with Hals and Vermeer.
Furthermore, it is known that Rembrandt ran a large workshop and had many pupils. His fame was such that important dignitaries visiting Amsterdam wished to buy pieces, and he was more than willing to comply if he could. The list of Rembrandt"s pupils from his period in Leiden as well as his time in Amsterdam is quite long, mostly because his influence on painters around him was so great that it is difficult to tell whether someone worked for him in his studio or just copied his style for patrons eager to acquire a Rembrandt.
Complete the summary with words from the passage, changing the form where necessary, with only one word for each blank.
Rembrandt was one of the most renowned artists of the Baroque period. He combined a profound understanding of humanity with excellent
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to become one of the greatest artists in Western history. His work is famous for its use of differing tones of darkness and
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to produce dramatic effect. Rembrandt"s landscape work contained
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scenes, while his portrait work charted his aging and
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pain. His insight and consistent brilliance has established him as a true master of art. He owned a workshop in Amsterdam and he always painted for important
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. Also, he had many pupils working in his studio all the time.
填空题Give the missing groups of letters in the sequence. UC OG______EQ AW
填空题Traditionally, the American farmer has always been independent and
hard-working. In the eighteenth century farmers were quite self-sufficient.
The farm family grew and made almost nothing it needed. The surplus crop
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would be sold to buy a few items in the local general store.
In 1860, because some of the farm population had moved to the city,
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yet eighty percent of the American population was still in the country. In
the late nineteen century, farm work and life were not much changed
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from that they had been in the old days. The farmer arose at dawn or
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before and had much work to do, with his own muscles like his chief
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source of power. He used axes, spades and other complicated tools.
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In his house cooking was done in wood-burning stoves, and the
kerosene lamp was the only improvement on the candle. The family"s
recreation and social life chiefly consisted a drive in the wagon to the
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nearby small town or village to transact some business as well as to
chat with neighbors who had also come to town. The children attended
a small elementary school (often of just one room) to that they had to
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walk every day, possibly for a few miles. The school term was short so
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that the children could not help on the farm.
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Although the whole family worked, and life was not easy, farmers as a
class were self-reliant and independent.
填空题ACallHomeCanCost£1.37aMinBRITISHtouristsarestillrippedoffbymobilephonefirmschargingovertheoddsfor"roaming"services,theEuropeanCommissionhasfound.Callsmadeorreceivedonmobileswhileabroadcostupto~1.37aminute-or19timesasmuchasdomesticcalls,astudyrevealed.Usershavetopayroamingchargeswhenusingaforeignnetwork,underanagreementwiththeirownoperator.MobilesautomaticallyswitchtoalocalnetworkwhenoutsidetheUK.CompaniessuchasVodafoneandT-Mobileareaccusedofabusingtheirdominantpositionbycharginghighfeesandpassingthemontocustomers.BritishoperatorVodafoneandT-Mobile"sparentcompanyDeutscheTelekomareguiltyofanticompetitivepracticesinGermany,theECclaims.Iffoundguilty,bothcouldbefinedmillionsofpoundsforabusingtheirmonopoly.VodafoneisappealingagainstearlierECallegationsthatitsBritishroamingratesare"unfairandexcessive".JonathanMorris,ofWhatMobile?magazine,said:"Ifpeopleusetheirphonewhenaway,theycanrackuphundredsofpoundsquickly.Makingquickcallswon"thelpascallsarechargedbytheminute,notthesecond."
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填空题Read the following passage and fill in each blank with one word. Choose the
correct word in one of the following three ways: according to the context, by
using the correct form of the given word, or by using the given letters of the
word. Remember to write the answers on the answer sheet.The process by {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}of which human
beings arbitrarily make certain things stand for other things may be called the
symbolic process. Everywhere we turn, we see the symbolic
process at work. There are few things men do or want to do, possess or want to
possess, that have not a symbolic value. Almost all fashionable
clothes are {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}(high) symbolic, so is
food. We s{{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}our furniture to serve as
visible symbols of our taste, wealth, and social position. We often choose our
houses on the {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}of a feeling that it
"looks well" to have a "good address." We trade perfectly good cars in for
{{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}(late) models not always to get
better transportation, but to give evidence to the community that we can
{{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}it. Such complicated
and apparently {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}(use) behavior leads
philosophers to ask over and over again, "why can't human beings live simply and
naturally." Often the complexity of human life makes us look enviously at the
relative sim{{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}of such lives as dogs and
cats. Simply, the fact that symbolic process makes complexity possible is no
reason for wanting to {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}to a
cat-and-dog existence. A better solution is to understand the symbolic process
so that instead of being its slaves we become, to some degree at least, its
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填空题The world is full of wonderful places, both natural and man-made.
Easter Island lays in the south-eastern Pacific Ocean, about 3,600
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Kilometers west of mainland Chile. The island is called Easter Island
because of it was discovered on Easter Sunday in 1772 by Dutch
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explorer Jacob Roggeveen. Inhabited by Polynesians since 300 or
400 CE, Easter Island is now a World Heritage Site.
The most amazed sight on it is the giant statues carved out of
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the volcanic rock. These massive stone figures have made Easter
Island a famous site. They were probable made by Polynesians
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Between about 1000 and 1600 CE. One mystery about these statues
is how the primitive Polynesians, using only the simplest stone tools,
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carved and then move these statues. The answer seems to be that they
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were pulled along the rails made from trees by lots of people together.
This could also be the reason why there are few tree on the island
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Over the centuries, Easter Island has suffered from deforestation, disease,
war and climate changes. As result, most of the island"s native Polynesian
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identify has been lost. However, the island"s magnificent stone figures
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will keep people fascinating in Polynesian history and culture for many
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填空题Alaska is disappearing slowly but surely. Since the 1950s, it is estimated that as much as 15 percent of Alaska"s area has disappeared. But how can a whole state be disappearing?
One reason for Alaska"s gradual disappearance is the melting of its glaciers. According to one geologist at the US Geological Survey, about 98% of Alaska"s glaciers are either unmoving or diminishing. This diminishing seems mainly due to the increase in global temperatures. Since the 1960s, the average year--round temperature has increased by 5°F. Additionally, the average winter temperature has increased by 8°F. Presently, an estimated 24 cubic miles of ice is disappearing from Alaskan glaciers every year. It may be even more in the near future, as some scientists predict that the average world temperature could go up 2.5 to 10 °F by the year 2100.
Another problem contributing to Alaska"s gradual disappearance is its melting permafrost. Much of the land in Alaska was permanently frozen, or frozen for most of the year. This maintained its stability. Now, the melting permafrost is causing a number of problems on land. Roads and utility poles are collapsing. Also, the hard permafrost, which originally prevented beaches from eroding during violent storms is now melting. Affected villages are forced to move somewhere else. For villages on small low islands, one terrible storm could wipe out the entire community.
Some scientists believe that human activity is linked to the global increase in weather temperature. Whether the rising temperatures are caused by human activity or natural changes, the fact remains that Alaska is warming. Sadly, this could be a preview of what will happen to the rest of the world in the next century.
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are melting. Scientists
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that 15 percent of Alaska has already melted. They say this change is the result of
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several problems in Alaska. The ground that was
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before is now beginning to defrost. This could be a(n)
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of what will happen to the rest of the world in the next century.
填空题Which vowel comes midway between J and T?
填空题Thehandsontheseclocksmoveinastrangebutlogicalway.Whattimeshouldreplacethequestionmark?
填空题Proofread the passage as required, each indicated line contains a maximum of
one error. Correct the passage in the following way: for a correct line, put the
sign "√" in the corresponding blank; for a wrong word, underline the wrong word
and write the correct one in the blank; for a missing word, mark the position of
the missing word with the sign "∧" and write the word you believe to be missing
in the blank; for an unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with the sign
"" and put the word with the sign "" in the blank. Not too many decades ago it seemed "obvious" both to
thegeneral public and to sociologists that modem society haschanged
people's natural relations, loosed their responsibilities {{U}}
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hasrevealed that the "obvious" is not true. It seems that if you area
city resident, you typically know a smaller proportion of yourneighbors than
you if you are a resident of a smaller community. {{U}}
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you know fewof your neighbors you will know no one else.
Even in very large cities, people maintain close social ties withinsmall,
private social worlds. Indeed, the number and quality ofmeaningful
relationships do not differ from more and less
{{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}urban people. Small-town
residents are more involved with kinthan do big-city residents. Yet city
dwellers compensate by {{U}} {{U}}
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interestsand activities. Urbanism may produce a different style of
life,but the quality of life does not differ between town and city.
Nor {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}are residents of
large communities any likely to display
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stress or alienation than areresidents of smaller communities. However, city
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填空题How to Learn Language Successfully
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They can pick up new vocabulary, master rules or grammar, and learn to write in the new language more quickly than others. They do not seem to be any more intelligent than others, so what makes language learning so much easier for them? Perhaps if we take a close look at these successful language learners, we may discover a few of the techniques which make language learning easier for them.
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They do not depend on the book or the teacher; they discover their own way to learn the language. Instead of waiting for the teacher to explain, they try to find the patterns and the rules for themselves. They are good guessers who look for clues and form their own conclusions. When they guess wrong, they guess again. They try to learn from mistakes.
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Therefore, successful learners do not wait for a chance to use the language; they look for such a chance. They find people who speak the language and they ask these people to correct them when they make a mistake. They will try anything to communicate. They are not afraid to repeat what they hear or to say strange things; they are willing to make mistakes and try again. When communication is difficult, they can accept information that is inexact or incomplete. It is more important for them to learn to think in the language than to know the meaning of every world.
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They want to learn the language because they are interested in the language and the people who speak it. It is necessary for them to learn the language in order to communicate with these people and to learn from them. They find it easy to practice using the language regularly because they want to learn with it.
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If you are a successful language learner, you have probably been learning independently, actively, and purposefully. On the other hand, if your language learning has been less than successful, you might as well try some of the techniques outlined above.
Complete the passage with the following sentences. There are two extra sentences that you do not need to use.
A. First of all, successful language learners are independent learners.
B. Finally, successful language learners are learners with a purpose.
C. Successful language learning is active learning.
D. Some people seem to have a knack for learning languages.
E. Active language learners seize every opportunity to use the target language.
F. What kind of language learner are you?
G. Successful language learners derive conclusions from clues.
填空题What occurs once in every month, twice in every moment, but not once in a thousand years?
填空题Theideaofafishbeingabletogenerateelectricitystrongenoughtolightlampbulbs-oreventorunasmallelectricmotor-isalmostunbelievable,butseveralkindsoffishareabletodothis.Evenmorestrangely,thiscuriouspowerhasbeenacquiredindifferentwaysbyfishbelongingtoverydifferentfamilies.Perhapsthebestknownaretheelectricrays,ortorpedoes,ofwhichseveralkindsliveinwarmseas.Theypossessoneachsideofthehead,behindtheeyes,alargeorganconsistingofanumberofhexagonalshapedcellsratherlikeahoneycomb.Thecellsarefilledwithajelly-likesubstance,andcontainaseriesofflatelectricplates.Oneside,thenegativeside,ofeachplate,issuppliedwithveryfinenerves,connectedwithamamnervecomingfromaspecialpartofthebrain.Currentpassesfromtheupper,positivesideoftheorgandownwardstothenegative,lowerside.Generallyitisnecessarytotouchthefishintwoplaces,completingthecircuit,inordertoreceiveashock.Thestrengthofthisshockdependsonthesizeofthefish,butnewlybornonesonlyabout5centimetresacrosscanbemadetolightthebulbofapocketflashlightforafewmoments,whileafullygrowntorpedogivesashockcapableofknockingamandown,and,ifsuitablewiresareconnected,willoperateasmallelectricmotorforseveralminutes.Anotherfamousexampleistheelectriceel.Thisfishgivesanevenmorepowerfulshock.Thesystemisdifferentfromthatofthetorpedointhattheelectricplatesrunlongitudinallyandaresuppliedwithnervesfromthespinalcord.Consequently,thecurrentpassesalongthefishfromheadtotail.Theelectricorgansofthesefisharereallyalteredmusclesandlikeallmusclesareapttotire,sotheyarenotabletoproduceelectricityforverylong.TheelectriccatfishoftheNileandofotherAfricanfreshwatershasadifferentsystemagain,bywhichcurrentpassesoverthewholebodyfromthetailtothehead.Theshockgivenbythisarrangementisnotsostrongastheothertwo,butisnonethelessunpleasant.Theelectriccatfishisaslow,lazyfish,fondofgloomyplacesandgrowstoabout1metrelong;itiseatenbytheArabsinsomeareas.Thepowerofproducingelectricitymayservethesefishbothfordefenceandattack.Ifalargeenemyattacks,theshockwilldriveitaway;butitappearsthatthecatfishandtheelectriceelusetheircurrentmostoftenagainstsmallerfish,stunningthemsothattheycaneasilybeoverpowered.Y(forYES)ifthestatementagreeswiththeinformationgiveninthepassage;N(forNO)ifthestatementcontradictstheinformationgiveninthepassage;NG(forNOTGIVEN)iftheinformationisnotgiveninthepassage.
填空题Read the passage and fill in each blank with one word. Choose the word in
one of the following three ways: according to the context, by using the correct
form of the given word, or by using some given letters of the word. Remember to
write the answers on the answer sheet.For the last fifty
years, the globe has been warming up. It is true that the
average temperature r{{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}is only about
two degrees, but that has been e{{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}to
start the glaciers {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}(recede) in many
parts of the world. A rise of one degree per generation is a
large in{{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Nature seldom moves as
swiftly as this. We may have been helping her. To a very large {{U}}
{{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}, the temperature of the Earth is determined
{{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}the amount of solar heat which the
atmosphere can keep. The air above us sets like the glass in a
greenhouse, trapping many of the heat waves which would other{{U}}
{{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}bounce back into space. Carbon dioxide in the
air is mostly responsible {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}the
"greenhouse effect"; it is a gas produced by all our countless fires, furnaces
(熔炉) and internal combustion engines (内燃机). The end of the age
of fossil fuels is already in sight; soon in one or two centuries at the roost
we will have wasted all the world's re{{U}} {{U}} 9
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civilization from dying through lack of power.
填空题Chemistry is the study of the behavior and composition of matter. All foods aremade up of chemical substance which undergoes chemical changes when cooking 【M1】______in an oven or digested within the body. The cooking of meat and vegetables induce 【M2】______chemical changes, making it more delicious: similarly the leavening action of 【M3】______baking powder is a straightforward chemical change, as is the conversion of starch into sweet sugars by digestion. Cookery is a science requiring a knowledge of chemistry. 【M4】______This is evident from the variety of cooking products and food additives available as cooking oils, fats, colorings, sweeteners, tenderizers, flavorings, screamingagents, preservatives, etc. Each is carefully prepared before painstaking 【M5】______research. It is therefore essential for trained cookers to understand 【M6】______chemical science in order to appreciate the chemistry nature of foods 【M7】______and the changes achieving on cooking. Homeworkers should also 【M8】______know cleansing agents and textiles used in the home and how the latter 【M9】______responds to the effects of heat, light, water, and chemical cleansing agents. 【M10】______