填空题What does the fact that the snail shells were located far from where they originally were suggest?

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. Old people are always saying that the young are not what they were. The young are better educated. They have a lot more money to spend and enjoy more freedom. They grow up more quickly and are not so dependent on their parents. They think more for themselves and do not blindly accept the {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}of their elders. Events which the older generation remembers {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}are nothing more than past history. This is as it should be. Every new generation is different from the one that {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}it. The old always {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}that they know best for the simple reason that they have been around a bit longer. They don't like to feel that their values are being questioned or {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}. And this is {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}what the young are doing. They are questioning the assumptions of their elders and {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}their complacency (自豪感，满足感). Who said that all the men in the world should wear drab gray suits and convict haircuts? Why have the older generation so often used violence to solve their problems? Why are they so unhappy and guilt-ridden in their personal lives, so obsessed with mean ambitions and the desire to amass more and more material {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}? These are not questions the older generation can shrug off (耸肩表示轻蔑) lightly. Traditionally, the young have turned to their elders for {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Today, the situation might be reversed. The old could learn a thing or two from their children. One of the biggest lessons they could learn is that enjoyment is not "{{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}" Enjoyment is a principle one could apply to all aspects of life. It is surely not wrong to enjoy your work and enjoy your leisure; to shed restricting inhibitions. A. assume B. basically C. brutal D. discouraging E. disturbing F. expect G. guidance H. ideals I. preceded J. precisely K. possessions L. reliance M. sinful N. threatened O. vividly

填空题Have you ever considered what an important part work plays in our general lifestyle? For most of us, our jobs are the main things that (36) and direct us, and around which we organize our lives. Perhaps this (37) on work began with our Puritan forebears, who believed that the best way to serve God was through honest hard work, or perhaps our fundamental belief in work (38) from a time when this country was young and we needed people who believed in hard work to carry out the (39) business of pioneering. Whatever the reason, it is (40) that work is important to us. Think about the situation that (41) when you meet someone and try to learn more about him or her. An early question is very frequently something such as, what do you do? Or where do you work? This kind of question usually follows what's your name? And is now so common with us that we do not stop to wonder why we ask it. But, you know, it is very possible that in the future the question will disappear, and we might very well ask (42) , what do you play? Computers and other technological equipment are making jobs more automated and less personally (43) . Scientists tell us that one day in the (44) future, very few people will have to work. Our society will be run by computers and we will have a great deal more free time, so that our games will become more important than our jobs. At the beginning of this century, almost everybody believed in work. But by the end of this century, we might be thinking quite differently. Today, people are divided into social classes in (45) with the types of work they do; tomorrow, it is more than likely we will be divided according to the types of games we play. A. arises I. arduous B. accordance J. essential C. raises K. demanding D. undeniable L. contribute E. motivate M. stems F. foreseeable N. exertion G. stress O. instead H. unpredictable

填空题New research finds that nearly 5200 kids are treated in an emergency department each year after falling from a window. That"s 14 kids a day, according to a study published Monday. Typical hospital admission 1 for childhood injuries stand at 5%, but 25% of window-related injuries end up requiring care in the hospital, for pretty obvious reasons: a fall from a window can be 2 . New York City landlords are required to 3 the guards, which resemble horizontal jail bars and cover the bottom half of a window to form a barrier that prevents kids from 4 out. Programs like Children Can"t Fly in New York and Kids Can"t Fly in Boston, which have raised public 5 about the need for window guards, especially in high-rise buildings, have helped contribute to dramatic 6 in the number of children falling out of windows in those cities. Parents can also use window stops to 7 children. Stops are screwed into the window frame and block the window from sliding too far upward. Parents should further limit children"s 8 to windows by moving dressers, beds and tables away from the openings; many kids fell through a window they accessed by climbing onto furniture. It"s also important to be 9 watchful when the weather is warm since that"s when windows tend to be open. And don"t make the mistake of thinking that a window screen 10 any protection. It found that screens did not prevent falls. A. access F. deadly K. particularly B. account G. entirely L. protect C. anxiety H. injurious M. rates D. awareness I. install N. reductions E. crawling J. offers O. slipping

填空题Misunderstanding is very common in communication between different cultures, and misinterpretation in this respect may cause ______.

填空题You'd better vary your diet ______ (不要总吃同样的东西).

填空题 Man lives in communities. His social existence restricts his {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}in certain directions and extends it in others. Society {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}on him some limitations. People do not all engage in the same activities. They can be {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}from each other by the functions they perform. This process of differentiation is called specialization. Specialization prevents many members of an industrial society from developing intelligence and {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}. But some aspects of human society extend them beyond a point which can be {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}by animals or animal communities lacking the features which human society {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}possesses. Western-type {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}often claim that they provide "equality of opportunity" for all their citizens. At first sight it might seem that this implies the same chance for everyone of succeeding in his {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}occupation provided he is conscious of his goal and is willing to work hard. What the phrase actually implies is something rather different--namely a competitive situation in which the number of competitors exceeds the number of rewards, {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}. However, it is only in theory that they all start equal. Even if the state offers them free education and protects them from hunger or extreme poverty, {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}. A process of invisible or hidden selection goes on which has very little to do with "equality of opportunity" in any sense. It is not the individual who selects his job; {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}.

填空题In the 1950s some people of Savannah became angry when more old houses were being threatened by ______.

填空题Investment in environment ______ present-day economic development.

填空题American culture and media, in some Ways, have helped to enrich German culture.

填空题People all over North America they dimmed (使……变暗淡) lights and reduced heat in an effort to conserve energy. A. all over B. they dimmed C. in an effort D. to conserve

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 with the exact words you have just heard. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.National parks are naturally beautiful. Most parks were declared parks to preserve the wild beauty that makes them so amazing. While nearly all these protected areas are pretty, a number are simply {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}in their beauty. Snowdonia National Park is one of them. {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}by the name, Snowdonia National Park is set on Snowdon Mountain. The mountain is 3,560 feet tall and as {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}as it is peaceful. Lakes and rivers are set amid trees and rocky outcroppings, making it the perfect place to practice {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Visitors will also find old buildings, including several castles within park {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}. The history of the area is full of folk tales and legends and makes it an even more exciting place to visit. In 1951, the Park was {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}the 3rd National Park in Great Britain, after the Peak District and the Lake District. The Park covers 2,140km2 (827 square miles), and has 60km (37 miles) of {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}. The natural forests of the Park are of the mixed deciduous type. The Welsh Oak, ash, birch, hazel and mountain-ash are the most common trees. Over 26,000 people live within the Snowdonia National Park, of whom {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}62% can speak some Welsh. Every year Snowdonia National Park attracts more than 6 million visitors, making it the 3rd most {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}National Park in Wales and England. If you are a {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}, Snowdonia National Park is the perfect place to visit.

填空题Only when he is seriously ill, ______ (他向老板请假).

填空题The last sentence "when a disability is present, no other personal characteristics can matter" implies that people only pay attention to ______ of the disabled but ignore their other personal characteristics.

填空题Mild weather has brought Japan' s much-loved cherry trees into{{U}} (36) {{/U}}two weeks early this year, but not every- one is{{U}} (37) {{/U}}to see the blossoms ahead of time. Some in the {{U}} (38) {{/U}}and retail industries are watching care- fully laid plans fall apart. The{{U}} (39) {{/U}}of the pale pink flowers is a national obsession, with TV networks{{U}} (40) {{/U}}airing blossom updates on their news programs. Families, companies and friends{{U}} (41) {{/U}}Tokyo's parks during the season to{{U}} (42) {{/U}}under the flowering trees. These parties can be{{U}} (43) {{/U}}at the last minute, but for businesses that arrange flower-viewing tours, timing is everything. "If{{U}} (44) {{/U}}, we d have to cancel the tours, a spokeswoman for travel agent Nihon Ryoko said. "Actually, some of our tours have no bookings anyway, because{{U}} (45) {{/U}}" A group of retailers in Chiyoda ward in central Tokyo has also called off a cherry-blossom festival scheduled for next month, when the flowers will be gone. One office worker, however,{{U}} (46) {{/U}} "For the past 10 years Japan' s economy has been a late bloomer. Now it will finally blossom," he told Fuji Television.

填空题They____________(靠微薄的养老金度日).