填空题Difference in the size of the two hemispheres exists in a monkey's brain.

填空题The committee decided that a proposal _________________________ (应立即提交给国会).

填空题Snow and ice can balance Earth's climate by ______, but the never-ending melting of snow and ice, could cause land and oceans to switch from ______to ______ surfaces.

填空题Married men tend to eat in a healthier style because of ______.

填空题Can Digital Textbooks Truly Replace the Print Kind? A．The shortcomings of traditional print edition textbooks are obvious: For starters they're heavy, with the average physics textbook weighing 3.6 pounds. They're also expensive, especially when you factor in the average college student's limited budget, typically costing hundreds of dollars every semester. But the worst part is that print versions of textbooks are constantly undergoing revisions. Many professors require that their students use only the latest versions in the classroom, essentially rendering older texts unusable. For students, it means they're basically stuck with a four pound paperweight that they can't sell back. B．Which is why digital textbooks, if they live up to their promise, could help ease many of these shortcomings. But till now, they've been something like a mirage (幻影) in the distance, more like a hazy (模糊的) dream than an actual reality. Imagine the promise: Carrying all your textbooks in a 1.3 pound iPad? It sounds almost too good to be true. But there are a few pilot schools already making the transition (过渡) over to digital books. Universities like Cornell and Brown have jumped onboard. And one medical program at the University of California, Irvine, gave their entire class iPads with which to download textbooks just last year. C．But not all were eager to jump aboard. "People were tired of using the iPad textbook besides using it for reading," says Kalpit Shah, who will be going into his second year at Irvine's medical program this fall. "They weren't using it as a source of communication because they couldn't read or write in it. So a third of the people in my program were using the iPad in class to take notes, the other third were using laptops and the last third were using paper and pencil." The reason it hasn't caught on yet, he tells me, is that the functionality of e-edition textbooks is incredibly limited, and some students just aren't motivated to learn new study behavior. D．But a new application called Inkling might change all that. The company just released an updated version last week, and it'll be utilized in over 50 undergraduate and graduate classrooms this coming school year. "Digital textbooks are not going to catch on," says Inkling CEO Matt MacInnis as he's giving me a demo (演示) over coffee. "What I mean by that is the current perspective of the digital textbook is it's an exact copy of the print book. There's Course Smart, etc., these guys who take an image of the page and put it on a screen. If that's how we're defining digital textbooks, there's no hope of that becoming a mainstream product." He calls Inkling a platform for publishers to build rich multimedia content from the ground up, with a heavy emphasis on real-world functionality. The traditional textbook merely serves as a skeleton. E．At first glance Inkling is an impressive experience. After swiping (射击) into the iPad app (应用软件) , which you can get for free here, he opens up a few different types of textbooks. Up first is a chemistry book. The boot time is pretty fast, and he navigates through (浏览) a few chapters before swiping into a fully rendered 3D molecule that can be spun around to view its various building blocks. "Publishers give us all of the source media, artwork, videos," he says. "We help them think through how to actually build something for this platform." Next he pulls up a music composition textbook, complete with playable demos. It's a learning experience that attacks you from multiple sensory directions. It's clear why this would be something a music major would love. F．But the most exciting part about Inkling, to me, is its notation (批注) system. Here's how it works: When you purchase a used print book, it comes with its previous owner's highlights and notes in the margins. It uses the experience of someone who already went through the class to help improve your reading (how much you trust each notation is obviously up to you). But with Inkling, you can highlight a piece of content and make notes. Here's where things get interesting, though: If a particularly important passage is highlighted by multiple Inkling users, that information is stored on the cloud and is available for anyone reading the same textbook to come across. That means users have access to notes from not only their classmates and Facebook friends, but anyone who purchased the book across the country. The best comments are then sorted democratically by a voting system, meaning that your social learning experience is shared with the best and brightest thinkers. G．As a bonus, professors can even chime in (插话) on discussions. They'll be able to answer the questions of students who are in their class directly via the interactive book. Of course, Inkling addresses several of the other shortcomings in traditional print as well. Textbook versions are constantly updated, motivating publishers by minimizing production costs (the big ones like McGraw-Hill are already onboard). Furthermore, students will be able to purchase sections of the text instead of buying the whole thing, with individual chapters costing as little as ＄2.99. H．There are, however, challenges. "It takes efforts to build each book," MacInnis tells me. And it's clear why. Each interactive textbook is a media-heavy experience built from the ground up, and you can tell that it takes a respectable amount of manpower to put together each one. For now the app is also iPad-exclusive, and though a few of these educational institutions are giving the hardware away for free, for other students who don't have such a luxury it's an added layer of cost—and an expensive one at that. I．But this much is clear: The traditional textbook model is and has been broken for quite some time. Whether digitally interactive ones like Inkling actually take off or not remains to be seen, and we probably won't have a definite answer for the next few years. However, the solution to any problem begins with a step in a direction. And at least for now, that hazy mirage in the distance? A little more tangible (可触摸的), a little less of a dream.

填空题In most countries the selection of a landfill site is governed by rules and regulations.

填空题A. published B. embarrassed C. punished D. imaginary E. enhance F. Therefore G. decorate H) forgiveness I) yelled J) Nevertheless K) efficiently L) touched M) whenever N) sustained O) precious The story went that some time ago. A man (47) his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriate when the child tried to (48) a box to put under the Christmas tree. (49) , the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy. " The man was (50) by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty. He (51) to her, stating, "Don't you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside?" the little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, "Oh, daddy, it's not empty at all. I blew kisses into the boxes. They're all for you, Daddy. " The father was (52) . He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her (53) . Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and, (54) he was discouraged, he would take out an (55) kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there. In a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings, have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no possession, anyone could hold, more (56) than this.

填空题She failed in the math exam again , which has made her__________(失去了在数学方面的信心).

填空题 Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally,when the passage is read for the third time ,you should check what you have written. Friendships develop over time in stages. At one end of the friendship {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}are strangers,or two persons who have just met, and at the other end are intimate friends. What happens between these two {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}? As you progress from the {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}contact stage to intimate friendship, the depth and breadth of communications increase, so does the satisfaction you {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}from the friendship. It was pointed out that friendships are defined by {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}tension--the desire to be an individual hut also to be connected to another person. One tension is between the impulse to be open with persona! thoughts and feelings, and the impulse to protect oneself by not {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}personal information. Also,there is the tension between being {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}with your friend and being open and truthful. These ({{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}impulses make it clear that friendships don't follow a straight path of always increasing openness, or truthfulness. This is not to say that {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}};they do. But the pattern does not follow a straight line; throughout the friendship development process, there are tensions that periodically restrict openness and truthfulness. Similarly, {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}Friendships stabilize at a level, that is,ideally at least, comfortable to both persons; some friendships will remain casual and others will remain close. Keep in mind that {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}

填空题 Questions 47 to 56 are based on the following passage. The way in which people use social space reflects their social relationships and their ethnic identity. Early immigrants to America from Europe brought with them a (47) style of living, which they retained until late in the 18th century. Historical records document a group-Oriented (48) , in which one room was used for eating, entertaining guests, and sleeping. People ate soups from a communal pot, (49) drinking cups, and used a common pit toilet. With the development of ideas about individualism, people soon began to shift to the use of (50) cups and plates; the eating of meals that included meat, bread, and vegetables (51) on separate plates; and the use of private toilets. They began to build their houses with separate rooms to (52) guests — living rooms, separate bedrooms for sleeping, separate work areas — kitchen, laundry room, and separate bathrooms. In Mexico, the meaning and organization of domestic space is (53) different. Houses are organized around a patio, or courtyard. Rooms open onto the patio, where all kinds of (54) activities take place. Individuals do not have (55) bedrooms. Children often sleep with parents, and brothers or sisters share a bed emphasizing familial interdependence. Rooms in Mexican houses are locations for multiple activities that, in (56) , are rigidly separated in the United States.A) outdoorB) sharedC) slightlyD) contrastE) strikinglyF) containedG) collectiveH) entertainI) domesticJ) contrary K) served L) existence M) invite N) separate O) individual

填空题The share prices of the 20 quoted football clubs in Britain are much lower than those two years ago.

填空题I didn't say anything to him about you, __________________(我发誓).

填空题S2. The study of meteorology can not be proceeded from S2 (1) , but from 　S2 (2)　.

填空题constant, distant, instant

填空题A man has to make provision ______ his old age by putting aside enough money to live on when old.

填空题It is our consistent policy____________(增进与第三世界国家的友谊).