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填空题 Each autumn, teachers spend many hours writing references in support of their pupils' university applications, and university admissions tutors subsequently spend many hours reading them. Indeed, the official advice is that when there are more qualified applicants than can be accommodated, or when applicants' suitability for professions is being assessed, admissions staff should consider "additional information, including references". The pressure to widen access has brought us to the point where references axe hardly worth the paper they are written on. Of come, some applicants' results may not do them justice and will not therefore be an accurate predictor of future achievement. However, the almost total absence of anything but positive comments makes it impossible to distinguish between such applicants and those for whom higher education may be a step too far. It is the same story with access courses, which provide an opportunity for those who left school without qualifications to develop their confidence and study skills. Not all access students will be able to achieve a higher education qualification, but I cannot recall one who was not predicated by his or her access tutor to pass with flying colors and be an ideal candidate for higher education. Taking up referees' invitations to contact them for more information, in the hope that this may indicate that they are wishing to say something they are not prepared to write, rarely proves fruitful. I am repeatedly told that they are "not free to talk", or they express discomfort at being asked for specific information. "I'm sure you see how difficult it is for me", "I don't really know her that well" and "I rather wish you hadn't asked me that" are among the most common responses. Even university tutors are overstating the truth. One stated that an applicant had "gained passed in four modules and then decided to leave the course". Further inquiry revealed that he, and another who "came to the view that teaching was not for her", both left because they had failed. I also suspect that the student who "has many skills and qualities that, unfortunately, are not easily demonstrable through our system of academic assessment" was heading in a similar direction. If a pupil has "faced the challenge of A4evel work", is he or she rising to it or not? This is like trying to communicate in an unfamiliar language. Since in most cases we cannot establish what is meant, let us abandon the whole system of academic references for university entry and save us all the time and effort.

填空题During the 19th century, natural gas was used on a local scale because of the difficult situation in __________________.

填空题Mark Twain became the most outstanding writer of his time because he knew his people and the Mississippi River very well, and he inherited from his mother ______.

填空题Those who avoid competitive sports in favour of noncompetitive physical activities seem to be looking for ______.

填空题Harvard University, breaking with a major trend in college admissions, will eliminate its early admissions program next year, with university officials arguing that such programs put low-income and minority applicants at a distinct disadvantage in the competition to get into selective universities. For three decades Harvard has offered a particular form of early admissions, in which students who are accepted early still have the freedom to go elsewhere. Various forms of early admissions are offered by hundreds of colleges and universities, with many requiring applicants to commit upfront(预先) to attending the university if offered early admission. The popularity of the procedure grew significantly in the 1990s,as colleges tried to increase their competitive advantage by locking in strong candidates early. But at Harvard and many other universities officials have grown concerned about that early admissions present a major obstacle to low-income and working-class students. Such students have also been hurt by steep tuition increases and competition with students from wealthy families who pour thousands of dollars into college consultants and tutoring. Under binding early admission programs, students have to commit to a college long before they know how much aid they will be offered; whereas students who apply for admission in the regular cycle are able to compare financial-aid offerings from various colleges before making up their minds in April. Under Harvard's early admissions program, students do not have to decide until May 1 whether to accept an admission offer. Even so, many potential applicants did not understand the distinction between Harvard's program and those that require an upfront commitment and were discouraged from applying. Under Lawrence H. Summers, the Harvard president who left office in June, the university took a number of steps to make itself more accessible to poor and working-class students. The idea of abandoning early admission was developed after Derek Bok became interim president. Early admission will remain in effect in the current academic year, which is already under way.

填空题{{B}}Section A{{/B}} Men, these days, are embracing fatherhood with the round-the clock involvement their partners have always dreamed of--handling night feedings, packing lunches and bandaging knees. But unlike women, many find they're negotiating their new roles with little support or information. "Men in my generation (aged 25-40) have a fear of becoming dads because we have no role models," says Jan Smith, a writer. They often find themselves excluded from mothers' support networks, and are eyed warily (警觉地)on the playground. The challenge is particularly evident in the work-place. There, men are still expected to be breadwinners climbing the corporate ladder; traditionally-minded bosses are often unsympathetic to family needs. In Denmark most new fathers only take two weeks of paternity leave(父亲的陪产假) even though they are allowed 34 days. As much as if not more so than women, fathers struggle to be taken seriously when they request flexible arrangements. Though Wilfried-Fritz Maring, 54, a data-bank and Internet specialist with German firm FIZ Karlsruhe, feels that the time he spends with his daughter outweighs any disadvantages, he admits, "With my decision to work from home I dismissed any opportunity for promotion." Mind-sets(思维定式)are changing gradually. When Maring had a daughter, the company equipped him with a home office and allowed him to choose a job that could be performed from there. Danish telecom company TDC initiated an internal campaign last year to encourage dads to take paternity leave: 97 percent now do. "When an employee goes on paternity leave and is with his kids, he gets a new kind of training: in how to keep cool under stress," says spokesperson Christine Elberg Holm. For a new generation of dads, kids may come before the company--but it's a shift that benefits both.

填空题______ (你一给某人发送私人信息) than it appeared on that person's screen.

填空题The six-banded armadillos eat vegetable because ______.

填空题The nation's economic focal point was now focused on the importance of ______ .

填空题74 I'd rather ______ (留在原位而不想挪到前排的位置上).

填空题 Overprotective parents inhibit more than their kids' freedom: they may also slow brain growth in an area linked to mental illness. Children whose parents are overprotective or neglectful are believed to be more susceptible to psychiatric disorders—which in turn are associated with defects in part of the prefrontal cortex. To investigate the link, Kosuke Narita of Gunma University, Japan, scanned the brains of 50 people in their 20s and asked them to fill out a survey about their relationship with their parents during their first 16 years. The researchers used a survey called the Parental Bonding Instrument, an internationally recognized way of measuring children's relationships with their parents. It asks participants to rate their parents on statements like "Did not want me to grow up", "tried to control everything I did" and "tried to make me feel dependent on her/him". Narita's team found that those with overprotective parents had less grey matter in a particular area of the prefrontal cortex than those who had had healthy relationships. Neglect from fathers, though not mothers, also correlated with less grey matter. This part of the prefrontal cortex develops during childhood, and abnormalities there are common in people with schizophrenia and other mental illnesses. Narita and his team propose that the excessive release of the stress hormone cortisol (皮质醇)—due either to neglect, or to too much attention and reduced production of dopamine as a result of poor parenting leads to stunted grey matter growth. Anthony Harris, director of the Clinical Disorders Unit at Westmead Hospital in Sydney, Australia, says the study is important for highlighting to the wider community that parenting styles can have long-term effects on children. But he adds that such brain differences are not always permanent. "Many individuals show great resilience (恢复力，弹性)," he says. Stephen Wood, who studies adolescent development at the Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre in Australia, says the brain abnormalities cannot necessarily be blamed on children's relationship with their parents. He points out that the subjects studied may have been born with the abnormalities and as a result didn't bond well with their parents, rather than vice versa. Wood also takes issue with the study team's decision to exclude individuals with low socioeconomic status and uneducated parents two factors known to contribute to poor performance in cognitive tests. "The effect they found may be real, but why worry about parenting if there are other factors that are so much larger?" he says.

填空题Hypertension can be caused by the noise lower than 65 db.

填空题I'm convinced that the only thing that ______(使我一直走下去的是我热爱我所做的事).

填空题 Kimiyuki Suda shoed be a perfect customer for Japan's carmakers. He's a young, successful executive at an Internet-service company in Tokyo and has plenty of disposable income. He used to own Toyota's Hilux Surf,a sport utility vehicle. But now he uses mostly subways and trains. "It's not inconvenient at all," he says. Besides," having a car is so 20th-century." Suda reflects a worrisome trend in Japan; the automobile is losing its emotional appeal, particularly among the young, who prefer to spend their money on the latest electronic gadgets. Alarmed by the decay of car sales and a tendency of "demotorization", the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) launched a comprehensive study of the market in 2006 and found that Japanese demographics (人口统计数据) have something to do with the problem. The country's urban population has grown by nearly 20 percent since 1990, and most city dwellers use mass transit on a daily basis, making it less essential to own a car. Experts say Europe, where the car market is also quite mature, may be in for a similar shift. But in Japan, the "demotorization" process is also driven by cost factors. Owning and driving a car can cost up to $ 500 per month in Japan, including parking fees, car insurance, toll roads and various taxes. Taxes on a $17 000 car in Japan are 4.1 times higher than in the United States,1.7 times higher than in Germany and 1.25 times higher than in the U. K. , according to JAMA. "Automobiles used to represent a symbol of our status, a Western, modem lifestyle that we aspired for," says Kitamura. For today's young people, he argues," such thinking is completely gone." Cars are increasingly just a mobile utility; the real consumer time and effort goes into picking the coolest mobile phones and personal computers, not the hippest hatchback. The rental-car industry has grown by more than 30 percent in the past eight years, as city dwellers book weekend wheels over the Internet. Meanwhile, government surveys show that spending on cars per household per year fell by 14 percent, to $ 600, between 2000 and 2005, while spending on Net and mobile-phone subscriptions rose by 39 percent, to $1 500, during the same period.

填空题Researchers have found that people's mental abilities peak at 22 before beginning to deteriorate just five years later. The results suggested that (36) designed to prevent or (37) age-related conditions may need to start earlier, long before people become pensioners. Almost half of over 50s are "unaware of leading cause of blindness". Results focus on a conclusion that some (38) of age-related cognitive decline begin in healthy, educated adults when the yare in their 20s and 30s. The study of 2,000 men and women lasted for over seven years. The respondents, aged between18-60, were asked to solve (39) puzzles, recall words and story details and spot (40) in letters and symbols. Similar tests are often used to (41) mental disabilities and declines, including dementia. The research by the University of Virginia found that in 9 out of 12 tests the (42) age at which the top performance was achieved was 22. The first age at which performance was (43) lower than the peak scores was 27--for three tests of reasoning, speed of thought and spatial visualisation. (44) However, another report found that (45) increased until at the age of 60. (46) , including Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain.Researchers have found that people's mental abilities peak at 22 before beginning to deteriorate just five years later. The results suggested that (36) designed to prevent or (37) age-related conditions may need to start earlier, long before people become pensioners. Almost half of over 50s are "unaware of leading cause of blindness". Results focus on a conclusion that some (38) of age-related cognitive decline begin in healthy, educated adults when the yare in their 20s and 30s. The study of 2,000 men and women lasted for over seven years. The respondents, aged between18-60, were asked to solve (39) puzzles, recall words and story details and spot (40) in letters and symbols. Similar tests are often used to (41) mental disabilities and declines, including dementia. The research by the University of Virginia found that in 9 out of 12 tests the (42) age at which the top performance was achieved was 22. The first age at which performance was (43) lower than the peak scores was 27--for three tests of reasoning, speed of thought and spatial visualisation. (44) However, another report found that (45) increased until at the age of 60. (46) , including Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain.