填空题Mr. Parsons had worked very hard and experienced much suffering before he became a respectable insurance salesman.

填空题 Name-calling and teasing are overwhelmingly the main type of classroom bullying, says a study funded by UNESCO. However, the study does {{U}}(47) {{/U}} some good news. The research in the British part of the program has found that the problem of bullying in schools has {{U}}(48) {{/U}}. A decade of anti-bullying initiatives has led to the first recorded drop in the number of victims and a {{U}}(49) {{/U}} fall in the number of young bullies. This is the first {{U}}(50) {{/U}} study to show school bullying on the decrease. The research, being published in the year 2000, was carried out by psychologist Peter Smith, of Goldsmith's College, London. The war on {{U}}(51) {{/U}} and name-calling has been so successful that Britain is no longer the bullying capital of Europe, showing major improvements in {{U}}(52) {{/U}} with other European countries. The international research shows that there has been a {{U}}(53) {{/U}} of at least 72,000 in the number of English teenagers who say they have been bullied, compared with 10 years ago. Meanwhile the number of perpetrators(作恶者) has more than halved, {{U}}(54) {{/U}}from 550,000 to 240,000 over the same period. Back in 1990, Smith {{U}}(55) {{/U}}interviews with 7,000 Yorkshire children aged between 10 and 16. He found that the proportion of pupils suffering {{U}}(56) {{/U}} at the hands of bullies ranged from 15% in West Yorkshire to 13.1% in Sheffield. Last year he repeated the exercise, questioning 2,300 pupils from across England. He discovered that only 12.2% of pupils were bullied.A) combination F) abstract K) delightedB) decreased G) decline L) suddenlyC) dramatic H) involving M) shrinkingD) substantial I) conducted N) revealE) violence J) regularly O) comparison

填空题______(毋庸置疑) he is an outstanding student.

填空题The author believes that other life forms are so far away from our planet that we could never meet them.

填空题In comparison with those rich countries, ______ will continue to predominate in most developing countries.

填空题S4. What did the experts point out in face of car-owership explosion?

填空题The flat tax intends to do away with the complicated tax code and tax form in the United States.

填空题Two of the results of lacking water mentioned in the passage are ______.

填空题Neither reptiles nor birds dream during sleep.

填空题Before making a commitment to a real agent, it is sensible to find out about extra costs and check the housing conditions.

填空题The rhetoric around Sure Start is swathed with waffle about"______" and being "______".

填空题Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.Language barriers present a variety of challenges for children of any age. In Houston alone, bilingual education programs have helped many grade-school students {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}the trials that accompany not being able to speak English. In the past, such vital curriculum was not always readily {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}for children who needed it. One person who experienced the {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}of school life without a bilingual program was UH education professor Yolanda Padrón. As a child, Padrón and her family moved from Cuba to the United States. Settling in Landover, Mass., she was placed into elementary school, but had no working {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}of English. With that, she found herself at a {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}disadvantage. "When I came here, I was in the fifth grade, but because I didn't speak English, they put me back a year," she said. "We lived there for about six months before we moved to Houston. When I came here, I still didn't speak English, so I was placed back another grade. At the time, that was the {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}to how to deal with children who didn't speak the language." Despite the awkwardness of being placed back two grade levels, Padrón {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}some much-needed attention from concerned teachers. After being {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}, it was learned that she was on par with other students of her {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}age despite not knowing English. By the eighth grade, Padrón was {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}able to join students in her peer group. A．little B．major C．impossible D．tested E．finally F．response G．own H．happiness I．lost J．received K．difficulties L．knowledge M．available N．basically O．overcome

填空题Though it has a strong economy, it may be more difficult for Germany to ______.

填空题Astrology is the study of how the sun, the moon, planets, and stars______(与生命及世事联系)