填空题______ (如果这种动物灭绝了), our future generation won't even have a chance to see it.

填空题Dave, when at his middle age, died of the same disease his friends had suffered.

填空题Substances which are made up of only one kind of atom are called S36 ______ and there are about a hundred of these -- the same S37 ______as there are kinds of atom. These are the substances from which everything else is made. Aristotle taught that there were four elements -- earth, air, fire, and water -- but he was very wrong. None of these is an element in any sense of the word and S38 ______ There is nothing obvious about the appearance of an element which makes it different from other substances, and this explains why man take so long to discover the building blocks from which his world is made, 0nly patient and S39 ______ were able to show that sulfur, copper, and diamond were elements, but air, water, and sand were not. S40 ______ but have to be prepared in the laboratory. For example, the two elements of which water is made are the gases oxygen and hydrogen; oxygen occurs in the air, but it is mixed with a large amount of other gases, and hydrogen is not even present in the air.

填空题______(无论是谁申请这份工作), he/she must take the written exam.

填空题In his composition there were __________________ (除了少许拼写错误以外没有其他错误).

填空题He pretended__________(尽可能的谦逊)when be was with Iris superiors, but in reality, he is very proud.

填空题Those foods labeled simply "organic" must have at least ______ organic ingredients.

填空题It is owing to the reform and opening policy that ______. (我们国家才取得了这样的成就)

填空题The sun, ______ , (那个整天躲着的) now came out in all its splendor.

填空题Chain smokers will follow these suggestions as they are very practical.

填空题Through word parts, you can build you vocabulary up to a thousand words at a time.

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. Women with low literacy suffer disproportionately more than men, encountering more {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}in finding a well-paying job and being twice as likely to end up in the group of lowest wage earners, a study released on Wednesday said. Analysis by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) found women at all levels of {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}tend to earn less than men, but it's at the lowest literacy levels that the wage gap between genders is most striking. Women with low literacy are twice as {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}as men at the same skill level to be among the lowest earners, bringing in $300 a week or less, the report said. "Because women start off so low in terms of wages, having higher literacy and more skills really {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}a big difference," said Kevin Miller, a {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}research associate at IWPR and co-author of the study. Women need to go 41 in their training and education level to earn the same as men, Miller said. The {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}was based on 2009 National Assessment of Adult Literacy surveys, the most recent data {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}, and focused on reading skills, not writing and numeric literacy. That data was {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}from a nationally representative sample of 19,714 people aged 16 and older, living in households or prisons. Data showed about one-third of American adults have low literacy levels, and more than 36 percent of men and 33 percent of women fall into that {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}, the institute said. A. pattern I. conducted B. senior J. independent C. longer K. literacy D. difficulties L. analysis E. category M. likely F. collected N. further G. positions O. makes H. available

填空题Old people tend to have difficulty in __________ (跟上时代的发展).

填空题S2. Many people mistakenly believe when you get old you will inevitably _______.

填空题The rebels were killed ______ the king"s order.

填空题Psychologists have numerous facts to bear out the claim that in order to ______________________ (从低落的情绪中解脱出来)you should cry.

填空题It's not polite to __________(嘲笑) those people in trouble.

填空题What If A College Education Just Isn"t for Everyone? A. Long before the president swore last year that America will "have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world" by 2020, the importance placed on going to college was firmly rooted in the American soul. The case is compelling: As good jobs increasingly require more education, college is widely seen as the ticket to personal economic security and to global competitiveness. And yet, there"s a potential trend of concern about a group of students—sometimes called "the forgotten half,"—who, for whatever reason, do not think college is for them. It"s expressed by soul-searching parents such as Crave, whose son doesn"t thrive in the classroom. It"s also expressed increasingly by educators, economists and policy analysts, who question whether it"s realistic and responsible to push students into college even if the odds of academic success seem low. B. They"re swimming against a powerful tide. A small but growing number of states now require all high-schoolers to take a college entrance exam. Philadelphia"s mayor opened an office in City Hall last month to help residents get information about how to attain a college degree. Bill Gates, perhaps the world"s most famous college dropout, has poured more than $2 billion into programs and scholarships to help more students complete college. But what"s still getting lost, some argue, is that too many students are going to college not because they want to, but because they think they have to. "We"re force-feeding them" the idea that "you must go to college or you"ll be a second-class citizen," says Marty Nemko, a California career counselor. Economic benefits, and more C. The debate over college is not new, but today"s economic climate has raised the stakes. "There"s beginning to be a lot of concern among the American public that... if you don"t get into that upper class, you"re going to struggle your whole life," says Public Agenda"s Jean Johnson. A four-year degree is no guarantee of wealth, of course. About 25% of those with bachelor"s degrees earn less than those with two-year degrees, studies by Georgetown University"s Center on Education and the Workforce have found. But research consistently has shown that, on average, those at the top of higher education"s pecking order reap the most benefits, both economically and beyond. D. "This is a market for social position, which is why we spend so much on going to Harvard and one of the reasons it"s hard to get a student excited" about community college, says Anthony Carnevale, director of the center. "Class is real, and it has consequences. The position you hold, where you work, really determines your status." Falling through the cracks E. Economists continue to debate the slight differences of trend data for jobs and wages. But some argue that college dropout rates alone suggest many students are wasting their time—and money. Federal data show that fewer than 60% of new students graduate from four-year colleges in six years, and just one in three coinmunity college students earn a degree. "It"s fine for most kids to go to college, of course, but it is not obvious to me that that is the best option for the majority," says Mike Gould, founder of New Futures, a Washington, D.C.-based organization that provides scholarships for low-income students pursuing anything from a four-year degree to a massage-therapy certification. "Some education may be a good thing or it may just be a lot of debt." F. The problem, Gould and others say, is that many high schools focus so much on college that low-achieving students fall through the cracks. A Public Agenda report this month raises similar concerns about high school guidance counseling. It follows up on a December survey that concluded most young workers who don"t have a college degree "are in their jobs by chance, not by choice," and that guidance toward a career path "is hardly clear and purposeful." The apprentice (学徒) model G. Apprenticeships have long been popular in Europe, but workforce-oriented high school training is not nearly as common in U.S. schools. One reason is that such programs sound dangerously similar to tracking—sorting students by ability level, a practice repeatedly rejected in U.S. culture, in which the dominant philosophy is that all students should have opportunity to meet their full potential. If high schools were to advise students that some education beyond high school is not necessary for everyone, "there"s a little bit of a concern that... we"re saying a lesser goal is OK for the populations of students who have been historically least well-served by higher education," says Jane Wellman, executive director of Delta Project, which studies higher education spending. H. In recent years, male college-going and completion rates have raised concerns. But those least well-served historically are low-income and underrepresented minority students, who are less likely than their peers to pursue two- and four-year degrees, and most at risk of not completing college if they do enroll. I. Some evidence suggests, though, that students already are being held to different standards. A recent national survey of high school teachers by ACT Inc., the educational testing company, found 71% agreed "completely" or "a great deal" that high school graduates need the same set of skills and knowledge whether they plan to go to college or enter the workforce, yet 42% said teachers reduce academic expectations for students they perceive as not being college-bound. Studies released in November by Deloitte, an international consulting firm, suggest another disconnect: A survey of 400 low-income parents found that 89% say it"s "extremely" or "very important" that their child goes to college, but just 9% of high school teachers viewed preparing students for college as their most important mission. J. Deloitte CEO Barry Salzberg, chairman of the College Summit, which seeks to increase college enrollment rates, says that"s misguided. "I think we should measure high schools on their college entrance rate and figure out a way to track performance of high school graduates in college and see how many go beyond one full year of college." But others say the enthusiasm to increase college-going rates ignores the reality that many students will be in over their heads once they start college. "College preparation for everyone is a very nice ideal, but we have a very high failure rate," says Northwestern University professor James Rosenbaum. "If we don"t start letting counselors be frank, we"re not going to fix this system."