In the mountain areas, people are still struggling against lots of(difficult)______.

In the American family, the husband and wife usually share important decision-making. When the children are old enough, they take part as well. Foreigners are often 【T1】 1by the permissiveness of American parents. The old rule that "children should be seen and not heard" is 【T2】 2followed, and children are often allowed to do what they wish without strict parental control. The father seldom expects his children to 【T3】 3him without question, and children are encouraged to be 【T4】 4at an early age. Some people believe that American parents carry this 【T5】 5too far. Others think that a strong father image would not suit the American values of equality and independence. Because Americans 【T6】 6the importance of independence, young people are expected to 【T7】 7away from their parental families by the time they have reached their late teens or early twenties. This pattern of independence often results in serious problems for the aging parents of a small family. 【T8】 8. The retirement age is usually 65. The children have left home, 【T9】 9. At least 20 percent of all people over 65 do not have enough retirement incomes. 【T10】 10. They feel useless and lonely with neither an occupation nor a close family group. In the American family, the husband and wife usually share important decision-making. When the children are old enough, they take part as well. Foreigners are often 【T1】 11by the permissiveness of American parents. The old rule that "children should be seen and not heard" is 【T2】 12followed, and children are often allowed to do what they wish without strict parental control. The father seldom expects his children to 【T3】 13him without question, and children are encouraged to be 【T4】 14at an early age. Some people believe that American parents carry this 【T5】 15too far. Others think that a strong father image would not suit the American values of equality and independence. Because Americans 【T6】 16the importance of independence, young people are expected to 【T7】 17away from their parental families by the time they have reached their late teens or early twenties. This pattern of independence often results in serious problems for the aging parents of a small family. 【T8】 18. The retirement age is usually 65. The children have left home, 【T9】 19. At least 20 percent of all people over 65 do not have enough retirement incomes. 【T10】 20. They feel useless and lonely with neither an occupation nor a close family group. 【T1】

There are some steps you can take yourself to avoid catching a cold. Contrary to popular belief, colds are not caused by exposure to severe weather. Colds are caused by viruses(病毒) harbored in the body, and you' re better off out on the ski slopes or even waiting for the bus on a snowy day than you are in a warm room, surrounded by friends, co-workers, or fellow students, who just may be passing the viruses around. If you feel a chill when you're coming down with a cold, you' re already sick. A chill is an early symptom: it's the cold that caused the chill, not the other way around. While the virus can spread through droplets (飞沫) propelled into the air when a cold-sufferer coughs or sneezes. Surprisingly, this is not the most common route of transmission. Numerous studies have now shown that the overwhelming majority of colds are "caught" by hand contact. A cold sufferer rubs her nose, thereby transferring the virus to her hand, Then a friend comes to visit. "Don't kiss me," she cautions, so the friend steps back and presses her hand. The friend then wipes her own nose or eye, and several days later is stricken with a cold. Or parents pick up their child' s discarded(丢弃的)tissues and carefully throw them away, but fail to wash their hands afterward. Cold viruses also can be transferred to objects—telephones, towels, plates and remain infectious for up to three hours. Frequent hand-washing—on the part of the cold sufferer as well as other members of the household—will minimize the spread of viruses in this way.

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With so many companies cutting back on their workforce lately，do you know how an employee can hold onto his current job?

In no circumstances should police use(violent)______against demonstrators.

In many countries in the process of industrialization, overcrowded cities present a major problem. Poor conditions in these cities, such as lack of housing, inadequate sanitation (卫生) and lack of employment, bring about an increase in poverty, disease and crime. The over-population of towns is mainly caused by the drift of large numbers of people from the rural areas. These people have become dissatisfied with the traditional life of farming, and have come to the towns hoping for better work and pay. One possible solution to the problem would be to impose registration on town residents. Only officially registered residents would be allowed to live in the towns and the urban population would thus be limited. In practice, however, registration would be very difficult to enforce (推行); it would cause a great deal of resentment (不满), which would ultimately lead to violence. The only long-term solution is to make life in the rural areas more attractive, which would encourage people to stay there. This could be achieved by providing encouragement for people to go and work in the villages. Facilities in the rural areas, such as transport, health and education services should be improved. Education should include training in improved methods of farming and other rural industries, so as to develop a more positive attitude towards rural life. The improvement of life in the villages is very important, because the towns themselves cannot be developed without the simultaneous or previous development of the rural area.

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In the United States and Canada, a prom, short for promenade, is a formal dance or getting together of high school students. It is always held near the end of junior and/or senior year. It is a major event among high school students. High school juniors taking part in the prom may call it Junior Prom while high school seniors may call it Senior Prom. In fact, it is always a dance for both juniors and seniors. At prom, a Prom Queen and Prom King may be showed. Other students may be honored to take part in a "Prom Court." Prom Queen and Prom King are honorary titles (荣誉称号) given to students who are chosen in a school-wide vote (选举) before the prom. Whether one can be a member in a Prom Court or not is due to their popularity and their level of participation in school activities including sports. This honor is usually given to seniors. In addition to Prom Queen and Prom King, juniors may also be honored, but would be called "Prom Prince" and "Prom Princess." The British would call it Leavers' Ball or Leavers' Dinner formally, or informally, Leavers' Do. This is closer to the Australian description, although in the UK, some schools have called the above events proms. In Canada, Ireland and Australia, the terms Grad or Formal are most commonly used and the event is usually held for those graduating from high school or middle school. In Ireland, the event is also known as the Debs, which is derived (源自) from Debutante.

Friends play an important part in our life，and although we may take the friendship for granted，we often don’t clearly understand how we make friends．

Many a specialist______ looking forward to attending that conference now and they______ plants in the last two years to prepare for it.

It is estimated that ten percent of local children would leave school at 14 to learn a trade．

At what time of day did the fire start? In the early______.

Thus far, there is little evidence to suggest that technology will reduce inequality; indeed it may only intensify inequality. Technology is costly and it is generally impossible to introduce advances to everyone at the same time. So who gets this access first? As we travel further and further along the electronic frontier through advances such as telecommuting (在家办公) and the Internet, the poor may be isolated from mainstream society in an " information ghetto (贫民窟)''.. Drawing on a survey, the Census Bureau(国家调查局) estimated that only 6.8 percent of households earning less than $ 10,000 had home computers, compared to 61.7 percent of those with incomes of $ 75,000 or more. This issue goes beyond individual interest or lack of interest in computers. The technological advances of the present and future may not be equally beneficial to men and women. Many studies have shown that computer games, which serve as an important means of early socialization to computers, typically involve sports or skills associated with the traditional male role. As a result computers camps have become mainly male settings. Like money, food, and other resources, technology is unevenly distributed within societies and throughout the world. The technology gap is widening rather than narrowing. Although nations are exchanging technical data more freely than before, critical technology transfer is often kept back. The technology exported to developing countries may be poorly suited to the conditions of their economies and workplaces.

说明：假设你是Tom，给Kate写一封信。内容：1．为未能归还她的书致歉；2．说明原因：a．表妹对图书很感兴趣，想借阅；b．打算延迟归还。

The reason why he was late for school is______(今天早上他睡过头了) .

But for visitors，the airport is the actual gateway where entry procedures are done．

According to psychologists(心理学家), an emotion is aroused when a man or animal views something as either bad or good. When a person feels like running away from something he thinks will hurt him, we call this emotion fear. If the person wants to remove the danger by attacking it, we call the emotion anger. The emotions of joy and love are aroused when we think something can help us. An emotion does not have to be created by something in the outside world. It can be created by a person's thoughts. Everyone has emotions. Many psychologists believe that infants are born without emotions. They believe children learn emotions just as they learn to read and write. A growing child not only learns his emotions but learns how to act in certain situations because of an emotion. Psychologists think that there are two types of emotion: positive and negative. Positive emotions include love, liking, joy, delight, and hope. They are aroused by something that appeals to a person. Negative emotions make a person unhappy or dissatisfied. They include anger, fear, despair, sadness, and disgust. In growing up, a person learns to cope with the negative emotions in order to be happy. Emotions may be weak or strong. Some strong emotions are so unpleasant that a person will try every means to escape from them. In order to feel happy, the person may choose unusual ways to avoid the emotion. Strong emotions can make it hard to think and to solve problems. They may prevent a person from learning or paying attention to what he is doing. For example, a student taking an examination may be so worried about failing that he cannot think properly. The worry drains valuable mental energy he needs for the examination.

Having a trip around the country is certainly good for the old couple, but it remains______ whether they will enjoy it.