填空题It is the news that deprive most parents of the hope that there is a safe and socially approved road to a kind of life they themselves have not had ,but their children can. A. that deprive B. of C. approved D. have not had

填空题When we visit another country, differences in music and dance are probably some of the first things that we notice. Every culture has developed its own types of music and dance, and they are often very different from the music and dance of other societies. Each type of music usually has a distinctive rhythm and a special sound, 1 on the kinds of instruments that are used to produce it. The most common type of instruments are string instruments, such as guitars and violins; wind instruments, including horns and flutes; and percussion instruments, such as drums, cymbals and pianos. Many different kinds of musical sounds can be 2 by using different combination of instruments. The human voice is a very special kind of instrument, 3 it can produce a great number of different sounds with different volumes ranging from loud to soft. Singing is very popular in most cultures because it allows us to express words and ideas with music. Societies coordinate body movements with musical rhythms to make 4 Sometimes people dance 5 fun and individual expression. Dances can also be used to communicate 6 to an audience. Hawaiian dancers, for example, use arm and hand movements to express the meaning of a song. In the same way, many societies use dances for religious ceremonies 7 to tell about important events. Music and dance are passed from one 8 to another and thus become a per manent part of the society and its culture. Of course, as cultures come into contact with each other, the music and dance of one society may be 9 by other societies, or the different styles may be combined to form a new kind of music, for example, Latin American music has taken 10 from Indian cultures and mixed them with features from European and African cultures. Similarly, popular music from England and the United States can be heard in countries all over the world, where it has had an influence on musical tastes, especially among young people. A. or I. dances B. some J. accepted C. band K. cord D. since L. for E. generation M. features F. established N. depending G. created O. idea H. almost

填空题He will come tomorrow, but______(我倒宁愿他后天来).

填空题Questions 47 to 51 are based on the following passage. Recently a sociologist from the University of New Hampshire, Murray Straus, presented a paper suggesting that corporal punishment leaves a long-lasting mark—in the form of lower IQ. Straus found that kids who were physically punished had up to a five-point lower IQ score than kids who weren't—the more children were spanked, the lower their IQ—and that the effect could be seen not only in individual children, but across entire nations. Straus found that countries with higher GDP tended to be those where corporal punishment was used less often. In the U. S., the tendency to hit also varies with income, geography and culture. So how might getting spanked on the butt actually affect the workings of the brain? Straus notes that being spanked or hit is associated with fright and stress; kids who experience that kind of trauma (创伤)have a harder time focusing and learning. It's not clear if spanking causes lower cognitive ability or if lower cognitive ability might somehow lead to more spanking. It's quite possible that kids with poor reasoning skills misbehave more often and therefore elicit harsher punishment. "It could be that lower IQ causes parents to get angry and hit more," Straus says, "I believe the relationship is probably bidirectional," "There has to be something the kid is doing that's wrong that leads to corporal punishment. The problem is, when the parent does that, it seems to have counterproductive results to cognitive ability in the long term." says Straus. One problem with Straus'data is that some of the parents who tended to spank may also have been engaging in actual physical abuse of their children. Researchers define corporal punishment as physical force intended to cause pain—but not injury—for the purpose of correcting a child's behavior, not simply hurting him. Studies have shown that very few parents who use corporal punishment also beat their kids, but Straus can't rule out the possibility that his data is confounded by the presence of child abuse, which past research has shown to affect victims' development. The practice has its defenders. In the 1990s, the American Academy of Pediatrics underwent a bitter fight before finally declaring in 1998 that "corporal punishment is of limited effectiveness and has potentially deleterious side effects." Sometimes spanking seems like the only way to get through to an unruly toddler. But the price for fixing his poor short-term conduct might be an even more troublesome outcome in the future.

填空题it's reported that the IMF coordinates ______to help stabilize Thailand's economy.

填空题The passage mainly deals with how foreign teachers should try to get more paid when they intend to work for a school.

填空题That lady told me it took ________________________ (步行不到五分钟就可以到达附近的公共汽车站).

填空题Judges will normally interpret contracts strictly and will use certain principles when it______ (解决意思前后矛盾、模菱两面可的问题时).

填空题Shyness is the cause of much unhappiness for a great many people. Shy people are anxious and{{U}} (36) {{/U}}; that is, they are excessively concerned with their own appearance and actions. {{U}}(37) {{/U}}thoughts are constantly occurring in their minds: What kind of{{U}} (38) {{/U}}am I making? Do they like me? Do I sound stupid? Am I wearing{{U}} (39) {{/U}}clothes ? It is obvious that such uncomfortable feelings must affect people{{U}} (40) {{/U}}, A person's self-concept is{{U}} (41) {{/U}}in the way he or she behaves, and the way u person behaves affects other people's{{U}} (42) {{/U}}. In general, the way people think about themselves has a{{U}} (43) {{/U}}effect on all areas of their lives. Shy people are very sensitive to criticism; they feel it confirms their inferiority. {{U}}(44) {{/U}}A shy person may respond to a compliment with a statement like this One: "You're just saying that to make me feel good. I know it's not tree. " {{U}}(45) {{/U}}Can shyness be completely eliminated, or at least reduced? {{U}}(46) {{/U}}People's expectations of themselves must be realistic. Living on the impossible leads to a sense of inadequacy.

填空题Volcanoes—Earth-shattering News A. Volcanoes are the ultimate earth-moving machinery. A violent eruption can blow the top few kilometres off a mountain, scatter fine ash practically all over the globe and hurt rock fragments into the stratosphere to darken the skies a continent away. B. But the classic eruption—cone-shaped mountain, big bang, mushroom cloud and surges of molten lava—is only a tiny part of a global story. Volcanism, the name given to volcanic processes, really has shaped the world. Eruptions have rifted continents, raised mountain chains, constructed islands and shaped the topography of the earth. The entire ocean floor has a basement of volcanic basalt. C. Volcanoes have not only made the continents, they are also thought to have made the world"s first stable atmosphere and provided all the water for the oceans, rivers and ice-caps. D. There are now about 600 active volcanoes. Every year they add two or three cubic kilometres of rock to the continents. Imagine a similar number of volcanoes smoking away for the last 3,500 million years. That is enough rock to explain the continental crust. E. What comes out of volcanic craters is mostly gas. More than 90% of this gas is water vapour from the deep earth: enough to explain, over 3,500 million years, the water in the oceans. The rest of the gas is nitrogen, carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, methane, ammonia and hydrogen. The quantity of these gases, again multiplied over 3,500 million years, is enough to explain the mass of the world"s atmosphere. We are alive because volcanoes provided the soil, air and water we need. F. Geologists consider the earth as having a molten core, surrounded by a semi-molten mantle and a brittle, outer skin. It helps to think of a soft-boiled egg with a runny yolk, a firm but squishy white and a hard shell. If the shell is even slightly cracked during boiling, the white material bubbles out and sets like a tiny mountain chain over the crack—like an archipelago of volcanic islands such as the Hawaiian Islands. But the earth is so much bigger and the mantle below is so much halter. G. Even though the mantle rocks are kept solid by overlying pressure, they can still slowly "flow" like thick treacle. The flow, thought to be in the form of convection currents, is powerful enough to fracture the "eggshell" of the crust into plates, and keep them bumping and grinding against each other, or even overlapping, at the rate of a few centimetres a year. These fracture zones, where the collisions occur, are where earthquakes happen. And, very often, volcanoes. H. These zones are lines later the lava cools slowly into a huge, hard, stable plug which blocks any further eruption until the pressure below becomes irresistible. In the case of Mount Pinatubo, this took 600 years. O. Then, sometimes, with only a small warning, the mountain blows its top. It did this at Mont Pelée in Martinique at 7.49 a.m. on 8 May, 1902. Of a town of 28,000, only two people survived. In 1815, a sudden blast removed the top 1,280metres of Mount Tambora in Indonesia. The eruption was so fierce that dust thrown into the stratosphere darkened the skies, canceling the following summer in Europe and North America. Thousands starved as the harvest failed, after snow in June and frosts in August. Volcanoes are potentially world news, especially the quiet ones.

填空题Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to read the passages quickly and answer the questions on Answer sheet. For questions 1-4, mark F (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage; N (for NO) if statement contradicts the information given in the passage ; NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage. For questions 5-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Seven Steps to a More Fulfilling Job Many people today find themselves in unfulfilling work situations. In fact, one in four workers is dissatisfied with their current job, according to the recent "Plans for 2004" survey. Their career path may be financially rewarding, but it doesn't meet their emotional, social or creative needs. They're stuck, unhappy, and have no idea what to do about it, except move to another job. Mary Lyn Miller, veteran career consultant and founder of the Life and Career Clinic, says that when most people are unhappy about their work, their first thought is to get a different job. Instead, Miller suggests looking at the possibility of a different life. Through her book, 8 Myths of Making a Living, as well as workshops, seminars and personal coaching and consulting, she has helped thousands of dissatisfied workers reassess life and work. Like the way of Zen, which includes understanding of oneself as one really is, Miller encourages job seekers and those dissatisfied with work or life to examine their beliefs about work and recognize that "in many cases your beliefs are what brought you to where you are today. " You may have been raised to think that women were best at nurturing and caring and, therefore, should be teachers and nurses. So that's what you did. Or, perhaps you were brought up to believe that you should do what your father did, so you have taken over the family business, or become a Step 6. Appropriate risk Some philosophers believe that the way to enlightenment comes through facing obstacles and difficulties. Once people discover their passion, many are too scared to do anything about it. Instead, they do nothing. With this step, job seekers should assess what they are willing to give up, or risk, in pursuit of their dream. For one working morn, that meant taking night classes to learn new computer-aided design skills, while still earning a salary and keeping her day job. For someone else, it may mean quitting his or her job, taking out loan and going back to school full time. You'll move one step closer to your ideal work life if you identify how much risk you are willing to take and the sacrifices you are willing to make. Step 7: Action Some teachers of philosophy describe action in this way, "If one wants to get to the top of a mountain, just sitting at the foot thinking about it will not bring one there. It is by making the effort of climbing up the mountain, step by step, that eventually the summit is reached. " All too often, it is the lack of action that ultimately holds people back from attaining their ideals. Creating a plan and taking it one step at a time can lead to new and different job opportunities. Job-hunting tasks gain added meaning as you sense their importance in your quest for a more meaningful work life. The plan can include researching industries and occupations, talking to people who are in your desired area of work, taking classes, or accepting volunteer work in your targeted field. Each of these steps will lead you on a journey to a happier and more rewarding work life. After all, it is the journey, not the destination, that is most important.

填空题Some European countries are restricting the planting and importation of GM agricultural products because GM crops could pose unique risks to the environment and to health.

填空题Food style originated from ______ is very popular nowadays in American parties.