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填空题A. figures B. prepared C. nowhere D. personal E. economic F. whereas G. outcome H) highlighted I) questioned J) Dutch K) namely L) motorbikes M) plastic N) address O) actually There's no getting away from that excruciating moment on your first date. The bill arrives and you are forced to (47) the question that has been hanging in the air. Who is going to pay? Whatever the (48) , one thing is clear from a new survey—men think they should pay for everything but women want to go. (49) And more than half of those asked said they would use cash rather than (50) to impress on a date. The Royal Bank of Scotland asked people of all ages across Britain who should pay for what on a fictional first date of drinks, dinner, a trip to the cinema and taxis home. Seven out of ten men thought they should pay for drinks (51) more than half of women would be (52) to pay their way. More than twice as many women (55%) as men (24%) would spilt the dinner bill on a first date. Half of all women (53) would split the cost of cinema tickets, too, but 70 percent of men would expect to pay for both tickets. More than twice as many women (54%) as men (24%) would be prepared to split the cost of taxis home. But it's wonder that men have any money to spend on a date. According to latest (54) from American Express Bank, many men are spending up to half their income on status symbols. The bank says one-third of men applying for (55) loans do so for the latest electronic gadgets, cars and (56) .

填空题Children model themselves largely on their parents. They do so (1) through identification. Children identify with a parent when they believe they have the qualities and feelings that are (2) of that parent. The things parents do and say—and the way they do and say to them— (3) strongly influence a child's behavior. However, parents must consistently (4) like the type of person they want their children to become. A parent's actions also affect the self-image that a child forms through identification. Children who see mainly positive qualities in their parents will likely learn to see themselves in a positive way. Children who (5) chiefly negative qualities in their parents will have difficulty seeing positive qualities in themselves. Children may modify their self-image, however, as they become increasingly influenced by peer groups' (6) before they reach 13. Isolated events, even dramatic ones, do not necessarily have a (7) effect on a child's behavior. Children interpret such events according to their (8) attitudes and previous training. Children who know they are loved can, for example, accept the divorce of their parents or a parent's early (9) . But if children feel unloved, they may interpret such events as a sign of (10) or punishment. A. behave B. established C. standards D. decline E. characteristics F. acceptance G. rejection H. observe I. therefore J. definite K. departure L. permanent M. engagement N. mainly O. meanwhile

填空题The differences of showing love indict how love itself is different from culture to culture.

填空题Growing up as an Asian in Britain is much more than a question of facing discrimination and trying to find a decent job — especially for a girl. She has to keep a delicate 1 between two cultures: her own and the British. Seetha Crishna has written a booklet called Girls of Asian Origin in Britain. In it the girls she is most concerned with are those who are 2 different because they have gone through the British educational system and have therefore emerged with an 3 which is distinct from that of their parents. They speak English with regional English accents, they look 4 in Western clothes, and they do not necessarily choose to work in a factory. But they are unmistakably Asian and they are still held by their Asian 5 roots. At home, Asian girl may find herself conforming to the traditions and values of her parents, while at school she tends to 6 the attitudes and appetites of her British contemporaries. As a result, Seetha Crishna found girls existing at two levels — and inclined to 7 both. "But unless they can successfully accept both, they will 8 constantly from one level to the other, feeling trapped between the two — at 9 cost to their own confidence and happiness." For teenage girls, the main 10 is to match the social life which their parents expect them to live with that enjoyed by their schoolmates. A. balance I. issue B. comfortable J. low C. considerable K. question D. cultural L. refuse E. definitely M. scarcely F. develop N. swing G. difficulty O. unfit H. identity

填空题______(他肯定遇到急事了), or he would have been here．

填空题You'll find co-workers that difficult to get on well with everywhere, but you had better ______.

填空题What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?

填空题The majority of diets often have a lasting effect on people as they are sustainable.

填空题The day was just breaking _______________ (当我们将要出发时)。

填空题Sparklers are similar to firecrackers.

填空题Natural gas is mainly made up of methane and other hydrocarbon gases.

填空题It is really a tough job _________________ (要这些十几岁的孩子辨别是非).