填空题Someday, perhaps, scientists will__________(能够准确地预报地震).

填空题What caused the giant tsunami?

填空题It is difficult to ______ as soon as you are so obsessed with meeting people online.

填空题It is proposed that ______ (经理亲自出差).

填空题No event has had such a decisive effect in shaping the attitude of the Irish people towards the British as the Irish Famine. (26) the famine, the most remarkable fact was that it should ever have reached such (27) . Although the potato crop failed, there was plenty of food left in Ireland, and while thousands died because some of it was being exported. Even if the local organisations for (28) a crisis of such magnitude were completely inadequate, more positive and generous action by the British Government could have (29) some of the worst effects. In the light of the large scale Government relief projects (30) today, the supreme irony of all was that the richest nation in Europe should have allowed one of the poorest to starve on its doorstep. Yet the famine looked very different through nineteen-century eyes. Then, the principles of letting people do things without the government's interference were generally accepted—in fact, (31) almost sacred. It was thought that people should help themselves, and thus the Government should not (32) . In the case of the Irish famine, it was argued, the Government had done all it could to help. This argument may or may not be valid, but a little more (33) shown by the Government could have done no harm, and it seems strange that the reports of suffering could have failed to move the Government towards a greater use of its resources. The violent (34) of the British rule was increasingly advocated, and hatred of Britain grew. Few Irish families had not been (35) hit by the famine, and there were even fewer who did not lay the blame fairly and directly at Britain's door.No event has had such a decisive effect in shaping the attitude of the Irish people towards the British as the Irish Famine. (26) the famine, the most remarkable fact was that it should ever have reached such (27) . Although the potato crop failed, there was plenty of food left in Ireland, and while thousands died because some of it was being exported. Even if the local organisations for (28) a crisis of such magnitude were completely inadequate, more positive and generous action by the British Government could have (29) some of the worst effects. In the light of the large scale Government relief projects (30) today, the supreme irony of all was that the richest nation in Europe should have allowed one of the poorest to starve on its doorstep. Yet the famine looked very different through nineteen-century eyes. Then, the principles of letting people do things without the government's interference were generally accepted—in fact, (31) almost sacred. It was thought that people should help themselves, and thus the Government should not (32) . In the case of the Irish famine, it was argued, the Government had done all it could to help. This argument may or may not be valid, but a little more (33) shown by the Government could have done no harm, and it seems strange that the reports of suffering could have failed to move the Government towards a greater use of its resources. The violent (34) of the British rule was increasingly advocated, and hatred of Britain grew. Few Irish families had not been (35) hit by the famine, and there were even fewer who did not lay the blame fairly and directly at Britain's door.

填空题Undergraduates do not know how to talk to people who have a very different training from them, and how to carry ______ when plans for action of vital importance to them are made.

填空题Professor Lu's devotion to teaching ______ (搏得同事和学生的尊重).

填空题How Girls Can Win in Math and Science A. Math is a cumulative subject, unlike say history, which can be learned in discrete units. College algebra (代数) is basically a course in the language of mathematics. Some might say that algebra is the mechanics of mathematics. The examples included at this level are simple, designed to reinforce that the student has learned the "how". The next layer of courses teaches how to use this language, or this set of tools, to describe and model the real world. Being able to do this should leave no doubt in the student"s mind that they are mathematically competent. B. For years, feminists have lamented (悲叹) the sorry state of girls in math and science, as they lag behind their male peers in test scores and shy away from careers in engineering and technology. Yet perhaps the most frustrating recent development on the topic is that some of the very programs designed to help girls get ahead may be holding them back—or are simply misguided. Take single-sex math and science classes. While they seem like a logical way to give girls a jump-start in these subjects, new research suggests this initiative—championed over the past two decades as a possible solution—may backfire. C. In a study published last year, psychologist Howard Glasser at Bryn Mawr College examined teacher-student interaction in sex-segregated science classes. As it turned out, teachers behaved differently toward boys and girls in a way that gave boys an advantage in scientific thinking. While boys were encouraged to engage in back-and-forth questioning with the teacher and fellow students, girls had many fewer such experiences. Glasser suggests they didn"t learn to argue in the same way as boys, and argument is the key to scientific thinking. Glasser points out that sex-segregated classrooms can construct differences between the sexes by giving them unequal experiences. Unfortunately, such differences can impact kids" choices about future courses and careers. It"s worth noting that the girls and boys in these science classes had similar grades, which masked the uneven dynamic. It was only when researchers reviewed videotapes of the lessons that they got a deeper analysis of what was actually going on, and what the kids were really learning. D. Glasser"s research got a boost last September when the journal Science published a scathing (尖刻的) report on the larger issue of single-sex education, titled "The Pseudoscience of Single-Sex Schooling". In the article, eight leading psychologists and neuroscientists debunked (揭穿真相) research supporting single-sex education, and argued that sex segregation "increases gender stereotyping and legitimizes institutional sexism". E. Another misguided—or, mistimed—effort to improve girls" performance is the "you can do it" messaging directed toward girls in middle school, the period when their scores start lagging. New research shows that even when preteen girls say they believe this message, "stereotype threat"—when negative cultural stereotypes affect a group"s behavior—has a dampening effect on their actual performance. F. In a 2009 study, psychologist Pascal Huguet of France"s Aix-Marseille University found that middle-school girls scored highest on tests measuring visual-spatial abilities—which are key to success in engineering, chemistry, medicine, and architecture, fields that promise high-paying, prestigious jobs down the road—when they were led to believe that there were no gender differences on the tasks. Not surprisingly, when they were told that boys do better on these tasks, they did poorly. But curiously, when they were given no information, allowing cultural stereotypes to operate, they also did poorly. The stereotypes were already firmly established. The authors discovered: By middle school it"s too little, too late. G. To disarm stereotypes, we must actively arm girls against them—starting at a very young age. By first or second grade, both girls and boys have the notion that math is a "boy thing". But a 2011 study by psychologist Anthony Greenwald of the University of Washington found that there"s a window of opportunity during these early years in which, while girls do see math largely as a male preserve, they haven"t yet made the connection that "because I am a girl, math is not for me". During this short period, girls are relatively open to the idea that they can enjoy and do well at math. H. One strategy? Researchers suggest we take gender out of the equation in teaching about occupations. Rather than saying "girls can be scientists", we should talk about what scientists do. For example, kids may be especially interested to know that scientists study how the world around them really works. Psychologists Rebecca Bigler of the University of Texas at Austin and Lynn Liben at Penn State say that when girls are encouraged to think this way, they"re much more likely to retain what they"re taught than they would be if they were just given the generic "girls can do science" message. I. Finally, while women teachers can lead the way for girls in math and science, acting as role models, parents should be on the lookout for teachers" math anxiety. A 2010 study of first- and second-graders led by psychologist Sian L. Beilock at the University of Chicago found that girls may learn to fear math from their earliest instructors—and that female elementary-school teachers who lack confidence in their own math skills could be passing their anxiety along to their students. The more anxious teachers were about their own skills, the more likely their female students were to agree that "boys are good at math and girls are good at reading". And according to Beilock, elementary-education majors at the college level have the highest math anxiety level of any major, and may be unwittingly passing along a virus of underachievement to girls. J. Parents can "vaccinate" girls against their teachers" math anxiety, according to new research. But there may be a silver lining to this story for parents. Even if your daughter has a teacher with high math anxiety, it"s not inevitable that she"s going to experience problems with math—it turns out that parents (or others) can "vaccinate" girls against their teachers" qualms (不安). Beilock found that teachers" anxiety alone didn"t do the damage. If girls already had a belief that "girls aren"t good at math", their achievement suffered. But the girls who didn"t buy into that stereotype, who thought, of course I can be good at math, didn"t tumble into an achievement gulf. K. Now that we have reason to believe that gender stereotyping starts much earlier than previously thought, we also need to accept that countering it requires more sophisticated approaches than those we now use. If girls continue to lag behind in math areas, our future economy and competitiveness could suffer. It"s critical that we start our efforts in the primary grades and look beyond the obvious to succeed. If we look "under the hood" at what"s really going on with girls, instead of just skimming the surface, we can provide more than mere cosmetic solutions.

填空题 The value of childhood is easily blurred in today's world. Consider some recent developments: the child-murderers in the Jonesboro. schoolyard shooting case were convicted and sentenced. Two boys, 7 and 8, were charged in the murder of an Il-year-old girl in Chicago. Children who commit horrible crimes appear to act of their own will. Yet, as legal proceedings in Jonesboro showed, the one boy who was able to address the court couldn't begin to explain his acts, though he tried to apologize. There may have been a motive-youthful jealousy and resentment. But a deeper question remains; why did these boys and others in similar trouble apparently lack any inner, moral restraint? That question echoes for the accused in Chicago, young as they are. They wanted the glrl's bicycle, a selfish impulse common enough among kids. Redemption is a practical necessity. How can value be restored to young lives distorted by acts of violence? The boys in Jonesboro and in Chicago will be confined in institutions for a relatively short time. Despite horror at what was done, children are not--cannot be--dealt with as adults, not if a person wants to consider himself civilized. That's why politicians' cries for adult treatment of youthful criminals ultimately miss the point. But the moral void that invites violence has many sources. Family instability contributes. So does economic stress. That void, however, can be filled. The work starts with parents, who have to ask themselves whether they're doing enough to give their children a firm sense of right and wrong. Are they really monitoring their activities and their developing processes of thought? Schools, too, have a role in building character. So do youth organizations. So do law enforcement agencies, which can do more to inform the young about laws, their meaning, and their observance. The goal, ultimately, is to allow an children a normal passage from childhood to adulthood, so that tragic gaps in moral judgment are less likely to occur. The relative few who fill such gaps with acts of violence hint at many others who don't go that far, but who lack the moral foundations childhood should provide--and which progressive human society relies on.

填空题An expert on literature himself must be a good writer, just as an art historian has to be a good painter.

填空题The information costs concern ______.

填空题The teacher asked them who had completed their tests to leave the room as quietly as possible. A. them B. had completed C. to leave D. quietly

填空题Often associated with crude oil, natural gas is principally made up of_______ and other hydrocarbon gases.

填空题Most people who travel long distances complain of jet lag (时差). Jet lag makes business travelers less productive and more (36) to make mistakes. It is actually caused by (37) of your "body clock". The body clock is designed for a regular rhythm of daylight and darkness, so that it is thrown out of balance when it (38) daylight and darkness at the "wrong" times in a new time zone. The (39) of jet lag often persist for days while the internal body clock slowly adjusts to the new time zone. Now a new anti-jet lag system is (40) that is based on proven extensive pioneering scientific research. Dr Martin Moore Ede has devised a practical strategy to adjust the body clock much sooner to the new time zone through (41) exposure to bright light. The time zone shift is easy to accomplish and (42) most of the discomfort of jet lag. A successful time zone shift depends on knowing the exact time to either seek or avoid bright light. Exposure to light at the wrong time can (43) make jet lag worse. The proper schedule for light exposure depends a great deal on specific travel plans. Data on a specific flight itinerary (旅行路线) and the individual's sleep pattern are used to produce a Trip Guide with (44) on exactly when to be exposed to bright light. When the Trip Guide calls for bright light you should spend time outdoors if possible. If it is dark outside, or the weather is bad, or you are on an aeroplane, you can use a special light device to provide the necessary light (45) for a range of activities such as reading, watching TV or working. A．controlled B．eliminates C．disruption D．excitement E．symptoms F．excludes G．actually H．prone I．instructions J．experiences K．rupture L．bound M．stimulus N．available O．scarcely

填空题{{B}}Section A{{/B}}Directions: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully～ Then answer the questions or complete the statements in, the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2. To fully understand the concept of the "Paperless Office", one must understand what it conceptually was supposed to mean, as well as what it has evolved into as its current form. Early forms of the paperless office would have concentrated around word processing documents and the ability to create, store and manage their existence electronically. However, you were limited in scope as to what you could do to "manage" these documents. Most of the management revolved around viewing and perhaps sharing it with other users in the organization. There were no automated programs that handled workflow, scanning, tagging and management of these documents effectively. Scanners were (at a cost-effective price) too expensive for the average office to acquire based on the return on investment. At the corporate level, there was no direction as to handle workflow and to analyze where paper came from and where it had to go internally and if there was a process in place, the tools were not mature enough or existing to handle it. In the last few years, technology, has finally been catching up to the needs and requirements of the office environment. Scanners that previously cost tens of thousands of dollars now can be acquired for hundreds～ Digital copiers/printers now incorporate high speed scanning and OCR capability, even at the lowest levels. The technology initiative has now been transferred to the IT and MIS departments of corporations as well as law firms. Clearly, the tools necessary to transform paper-full to a paperless office are now widely available. What then, is stopping the Widespread adoption of the concept of the paperless office? Cultural issues are probably one of the largest obstructions to the implementation of the concept of the paperless office. Plainly, people feel comfortable doing what they know how to do best (shuffle paper around) and modifying their habits requires a focus that makes them feel that they are, in fact, doing things better and more efficiently. Implementing a paperless office environment that introduces processes that are more difficult and technologically challenging than the previous environment is doomed to fail from the start. Keep all processes simple, introduce technology that is easy to learn and use, and document the workflow.

填空题题源: Healthland 题材:社会生活 Medicine today focuses primarily on drugs and surgery, genes and germs. Yet love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well. If a new medication had the same impact, failure to 11 it would be malpractice. Connections with other people affect not only the quality of our lives but also our survival. Study after study finds that people who feel lonely are many times more likely to get cardiovascular (心血管的) disease than those who have a strong sense of connection and 12 . In one study at Yale, men and women who felt the most loved and supported had 13 less blockage in their coronary arteries (冠状动脉). Similarly, researchers from Case Western Reserve University studied almost 10000 married men and found that those who answered "yes" to this simple question—"Does your wife show you her love?" had significantly less chest pain. And when researchers at Duke surveyed men and women with heart disease, those who were single and lacked close friends were three times as likely to have died after five years. In all three studies, the 14 effects of love were independent of other risk factors. Awareness is the first step in healing. When we understand the connection between how we live and how long we live, it"s easier to make different choices. Instead of 15 the time we spend with friends and family as luxuries, we can see that these relationships are among the most powerful determinants of our well-being and survival. Science is 16 the healing values of love, intimacy, etc.—values that are part of almost all 17 traditions as well as many secular ones. Being unselfish may be the most self-serving approach to life, for it helps free both the giver and 18 from suffering, disease and premature death. Rediscovering the wisdom of love and 19 may help us survive at a time when an 20 isolated world so badly needs it. A. community F. drastic K. rebellion B. compassion G. immediate L. recipient C. describe H. increasingly M. spiritual D. distractedly I. prescribe N. substantially E. documenting J. protective O. viewing