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填空题The government has increased spending on financial support to child by ______ since 1997.
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填空题Most of the group members ______ (把比赛的失败归咎于) George.
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填空题 {{B}} How to Get a Great Idea{{/B}} The guests had arrived, and the wine was warm. Once again, I'd forgotten to refrigerate it. "Don't worry," a friend said, "I can chill it for you fight away." Five minutes later she emerged from the kitchen with the wine perfectly cooled. Asked to reveal her secret, she said, "Easy. I poured the wine in a plastic bag and then dipped it in ice water. After a few minutes the wine was cold. The hard part was getting it back into bottle. I couldn't find a funnel (漏斗), so I made a cone with wax paper." My guests applauded. "How wonderful if we could all be that clever," one remarked. A decade of research has convinced me we can. What separates the average person from Edison, Picasso or even Shakespeare isn't creative capacity--it's the ability to use that capacity by encouraging creative impulses and then acting upon them. Most of us seldom achieve our creative potential. I think I know why, and I can help unlock the reservoir of ideas hiding within every one of us. One puzzle I've watched students deal with is retrieving a Ping-Pong ball that has fallen to the bottom of a sealed, vertical drainpipe. The tools that they can use are either too short to reach the ball or too wide to fit into the pipe, which is also too narrow to reach into by hand. At last some students make the connection: drainpipe= water=floating. They pour water down the hole, and the ball floats to the top. This and many other experiments suggest concrete ways of increasing creativity in all of us. Here are the best techniques. Capture the fleeting. A good idea is like a rabbit. It runs by so fast that sometimes you see only its ears or tail. To capture it, you must be ready. Creative people are always ready to act, and that may ha the only difference between us and them. Poet Amy Lowell wrote of the urgency with which she captured new ideas, "Whatever 1 am doing, I lay it aside and attend to the arriving poem," she wrote. Like many other writers, Lowell sought paper and pencil when she saw a good idea coming. I enter new ideas into a pocket computer. Anything--even a napkin--win do. In a letter to a friend in 1821, Ludwig van Beethoven talked about how he thought of a beautiful tune while dozing in carriage. "But scarcely did I awake when away flew the tune," he wrote, "and I could not recall any part of it.' Fortunately--for Beethoven and for us--the next day in the same carriage, the tune came back to him, and this time he captured it in writing. When a good idea comes your way, write it down--on your arm if necessary. Not every idea will have value, of course. The point is to capture first and evaluate them later. Daydream. Surrealist Dali used to lie on a sofa, holding a spoon. Just as he began to fall asleep. Dali would drop the spoon onto a plate on the floor. The sound shocked him awake, and he would immediately sketch the images he had seen in his mind in that fertile world of semi-sleep. Everyone experiences this strange state, and everyone can take advantage of it. Try Dali's trick, or just allow yourself to daydream. For many, the "three b's"--bed, bath and bus--are productive. There, and anywhere else you can be with your thoughts undisturbed, you'll find that ideas emerging freely. Seek challenges. When you're stuck behind a locked door, every behavior that's ever gotten you free turns up quickly: you may push or pull on the knob, bang the door--even shout for help. Scientists call the rehappening of old behaviors in a challenging situation resurgence. The more behaviors that reappear, the greater the number of possible interconnections, and the more likely that new ideas will occur. Try inviting friends and business associations from different areas of your life to a party. Bring people of two or three generations together. This will get you thinking in new ways. Edwin Land, one of America's most prolific inventors, said that the idea that led to his invention of the Polaroid camera came from his three-year-old daughter. On a visit to Santa Fe in 1943, she asked why she couldn't see the picture he had just taken. During the next hour, as Land walked around Santa Fe, all he had learned about chemistry came together, with amazing results. Said Land, "The camera and the film became clear to me. In my mind they were so real that I spent several hours describing them." Put new and crazy items--like kid's toys--on your desk. Turn pictures upside down or sideways. The more detersive the stimulations we receive, the more rapidly the mind produces new ideas. Expand your world. Many discoveries in sciences, engineering and the arts mix ideas from different fields. Consider "The Two-String Problem". Two widely separated strings hang from a ceiling. Even though you can't reach both at once, is it possible to tie their ends together, using only a pair of pliers? One college student found the solution almost immediately. He tied the pliers to one string and set it in motion like a pendulum (钟摆). As it swung back and forth, he walked quickly to the other string and drew it as far forward as it would reach. Then he caught the swinging string when it passed near him and tied the two ends. Asked how he had solved the problem, the student explained he had just come from a physics class on pendulum motion. What he had learned in one context transferred to a completely different one. This principle works outside the lab as well. To enhance your creativity, learn something new. If you're a banker, take up tap dancing. If you're a nurse, try a course in mythology. Read a book on a subject you know little about. Change your daily newspaper. The new will interconnect with the old in novel and potentially fascinating ways. Becoming more creative is really just a matter of paying attention to that endless flow of ideas you produce, and learning to capture and act upon the new that's within you.
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填空题 One of the problems in our daily lives is that many of us rush through the day, with no time for anything...and when we have time to get a bite to eat, we gobble (狼吞虎咽) it down. That leads to {{U}}(47) {{/U}}, unhealthy living. And with the simple but powerful act of eating slower, we can {{U}}(48) {{/U}} reverse that lifestyle. How hard is it? You take smaller bites, you chew each bite slower, and you enjoy your meal longer. It takes a few minutes extra each meal, and yet it can have {{U}}(49) {{/U}} effects. You may have already heard of the Slow Food Movement started in Italy and almost two decades ago to {{U}}(50) {{/U}} the fast food movement. Everything that fast food is, Slow Food isn't. If you read the Slow Food Manifesto (宣言), you'll see that it's not just about health--it's about a lifestyle. And whether you want to {{U}}(51) {{/U}} that lifestyle or not, there are some reasons you should {{U}}(52) {{/U}} the simple act of eating slower. Firstly, it helps you to lose weight. A growing number of studies {{U}}(53) {{/U}} that just by eating slower, you'll {{U}}(54) {{/U}} fewer calories--in fact, enough to lose 20 pounds a year without doing anything different or eating anything different. The reason is that it takes about 20 minutes for our brains to {{U}}(55) {{/U}} that we're full. Secondly, if you eat slower, you'll chew your food better, which leads to better {{U}}(56) {{/U}}.A) digestion F) adopt K) confirmB) profound G) contaminate L) dimensionC) consume H) deliberate M) approximatelyD) dizzy I) stressful N) resistE) consider J) recognize O) consequently
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填空题A visa official usually does not bother much about the description of an immigration application.
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填空题S2. The author says American young people are hardworking because ____________.
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填空题The UN Secretary-General, elected by the UN Security Council, serves a term of five years.
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填空题Stephen Bona was on holiday when he saw a huge and gray shark leap out of the water at the sea.
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填空题Both of the two energy crises were caused by the cutback of oil from Arab oil-producing countries.
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填空题The small town is___________________(和…一样并不拥挤) any other popular towns in the province.
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填空题_____________________(我突然意识到) that parents differ in their approach to parenting.
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填空题Is It Cheaper to Be a Woman—or a Man? A.To celebrate the launch of gender equality in financial services, the Guardian explored other areas of spending to find out if there's discrimination—and after crunching the numbers found the cost of being a woman is (mildly unscientifically) 6% more than a man. Clothes B.Some retailers charge different prices for near identical items, depending on whether you are in the men s or the women s sections. You might think that men s clothes should cost more as they are likely to involve more material, and this is the case at some shops—at Uniqlo, for instance, skinny jeans are £5 more, a cashmere sweater £10 more. However, other retailers charge women more: at Next, for example, you will pay £24 for a "supersoft robe" dressing gown, while a man's is £22. Women's Levi's jeans are £20 more than the £70 for men's 501s. Overall, where there was a difference, if you bought the same number of identical garments, you would pay more as a man. This seems to be borne out by transaction data from Barclaycard which shows that amongst its customers, women spend an average of £59 a time on clothes, while for men it is £65. C.But across the course of a year, women do have a much bigger outlay (花费). The latest ONS (Office for National Statistics) survey on household spending shows that in 2011 it was an average £244 a year on men's clothes, against an average of £458 on women's clothes. Women's shoes accounted for £109 a year, while men's cost £68. Men's accessories cost £10 a year, while women's £21. Add this all up and on average women are spending £588 a year on their wardrobes, while men are shelling out (花大笔钱) £322. Single-sex spending D.The ONS also has data for the cost of underwear—and it may not be a surprise that household spending on women's underwear is higher, at an average of £57.20 a year versus £26 for men. A trip to Marks & Spencer established that men's pants cost more than knickers, but women face additional costs for tights and bras. A survey earlier this year suggested the average woman has nine bras in her underwear drawer—even if you go for Marks & Spencer's basic two-pack of white bras, that means an outlay of almost £70, and you will need to replace them at some point. E.Another item women will have to buy purely because of their gender is sanitary products. The average woman has periods for at least 30 years of her life and the average cycle is 28 days, so she has 13 a year. Assuming her period lasts five days and she uses four sanitary towels a day, that's 260 a year. A packet of 26 Always Ultra costs £3.85 in Boots, so that adds up to £38.50 a year, or at least £1155 over a lifetime. For tampons (assuming 20 cost £1.99) the outlay is likely to be around £776 over 30 years. F.For many women, the cost of make-up adds a considerable amount each month. The ONS says £2.70 a week, or £140 a year, is spent on cosmetics. Men might argue that they need to buy razors (剃须刀), but so do many women—and they tend to cost more. At Boots, a pack of 10 Wilkinson Sword razors aimed at the female market cost £4.39-£1.30 more than a similar product aimed at men. The cost of living G.There are other costs that are dictated by nature. Women, for example, are advised to have an average calorie intake of 2000 a day, while a man needs 2500 to maintain his weight, so men need 25% more calories every day. This will not necessarily cost 25% more—you can bulk up a meal by throwing in more of the cheaper staples such as pasta and rice etc., but it will add to the cost. A survey of US office workers found that men who bought takeaway sandwiches were spending almost double on lunch each week than their female counterparts. H.Women are also advised to drink less—two to three units a day against the three or four guideline for men. A bottle of wine at 13.5% alcohol contains 10.13 units. If it costs £4.99, assuming you have the maximum each day, as a woman you will spend £1.47 and as a man £1.96. That's a big assumption—many people drink less, some more. I.One big thing to remember is that although alcohol may be a preservative, women are likely to live longer, and will therefore have to meet their living costs for more years. In 2010 the average life expectancy at birth was 82 for women and 78 for men: that means forking out for food, heating, travel, entertainment, for four extra years. The change to annuity rates brought in by the gender directive means that women will get the same income as a man, regardless of the fact that they are expected to live longer, but they will need to factor these years of extra spending into their other savings. Haircuts J.Ask most men how much they pay for a haircut and they'll probably say around a tenner at their local barber. Unless they are friends with a hairdresser, women will usually spend at least double that. This will be in part because they go to different places for their cuts, but even if a man and a woman walked in to the same salon the woman would probably end up paying more. K.Many salons have stopped pricing according to sex, but some quote different costs according to the length of hair, which means women are likely to end up spending more. In Supercuts, for example, prices are advertised as starting from £13.95 for a cut and £16.95 for a cut and wash. At my local salon the hairdresser said a man would pay £16.95 or £18.95, while a cut and shampoo of my shoulder-length hair would cost £23.90. L.By this point you may well be shouting "I need to buy razors far more often than my girlfriend" or "I have to spend on my hair, you're a baldie (光头)", and of course your individual circumstances will affect your spending habits and needs—or you may have other examples of instances where pricing is different for each sex.
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