填空题The American idea of respecting human rights came from several sources. First, the colonists had been (36) . of their rights in the Old World. They realized that people's rights must be (37) . Moreover, the Bible and literature from Greece and Rome taught that people are born with basic rights. As a result, the U. S. Constitution included 10 (38) to guarantee citizens’ basic rights. This “Bill of Rights” promised freedom of religion, freedom of speech and of the press, the right to bear arms and the right to a (39) trial.Throughout American history, the belief in (40) human rights has influenced government policies and laws. Slavery (41) argued that even slaves had rights as human beings. Finally, after the Civil War, slavery was (42) . As industries developed, many people protested the poor working conditions. Eventually, laws were passed (43) workers fair wages and working hours and prohibiting child labor. The Civil Rights Movement used human rights arguments in the fight against discrimination.Human rights have become a global concern. (44) . Three years later, the UN adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (45) . Later, groups like Amnesty International were formed to keep an eye out for human rights abuses wherever they occur.Most nations in the world today would agree that human beings have basic rights. Of course, different countries have different perspectives about the issue. (46) .

填空题____________(从早到晚成群的人如潮水一样涌进商店), for soon it will be the Spring Festival.

填空题They were desperate for work, any work, which would help them to__________________(维持一家人的生活).

填空题Alice must have missed the bus, ______ (她一小时前就该到的).

填空题In still air drops of water larger than 0.008 inch in diameter would fall to earth.

填空题At the bakery ,customers purchased______.

填空题The supposed ancestor turned out to ______，the one that helps yeast make alcohol.

填空题It is high time that _____________________ (我们尝试不同的方法解决经济危机).

填空题The country has undertaken a series of environmental initiatives but ________________________(结果如何尚未见分晓)．

填空题The government was faced with the demand that the tax _______________ (尽快废除).

填空题Intellectual property rights can promote creative individuals' willingness to share their talent with society.

填空题Knowledge may be acquired through conversation, watching television or travelling, but the deepest and most consistent way is through reading, ff we consider the 1 population of the world, we may conclude that a few spend their whole lives on academic reading; many read something light for pleasure, a few 2 something more serious now and then; while very many men, women and children never advance beyond the sports page of a newspaper, a fashion article or a 3 . If you have learnt to love books as a child, the reading habit will never desert you. But if this has not been your good fortune, you tend to 4 reading as a bore. The 5 which help to set a child on the path to the literary adventure are: a life even 6 above real poverty, so that there is scope in the family for thoughts and activities not wholly devoted to the struggle for 7 ; the availability of free books either in the home or in a public library; and the possession of a character both curious and 8 . In order to desire to read one must be curious A few children are able to keep this 9 and their mental independence alive despite the educational system of their country. Ideally, a school system should be one in which the love of learning, rather than the 10 of facts, is cultivated. Family and governmental policy should be to see that we have a great number of books—any books. A person with a book is a real person alive on the earth; without a book he is a fool.

填空题 Most of the career choices in today's world are not personal choices at all, but people are held{{U}} (36) {{/U}} by salaries, family and peer{{U}} (37) {{/U}}etc. Most of us take up jobs or careers followed by a {{U}}(38) {{/U}}, even though we are not{{U}} (39) {{/U}}about the work that we are going to do. This is not {{U}}(40) {{/U}}or does not make any sense to me at all. We are rather eager to work almost 9 to 12 hours at a place that does not{{U}} (41) {{/U}}us or the work we are not interested in. It is time for us to pull up our socks and make the correct career choices that will {{U}}(42) {{/U}}a passion to live life to the{{U}} (43) {{/U}} {{U}} (44) {{/U}}, especially in your career. To achieve something in life you must possess the desire and the passion to live it.{{U}} (45) {{/U}}. You have to break down all barriers of paychecks, family and peer pressures, comfort zones, conveniences and start dreaming about the kind of career you want to pursue. This will surely make some people around you unhappy, but{{U}} (46) {{/U}}.

填空题Your father made it very clear that _________________________(你应该自己支付在这儿学习的所有费用)．

填空题Poverty exists because American society is an unequal one, and there are overwhelming political pressures to keep it that way. Any (36) to redistribute wealth and income in the United States will (37) be opposed by powerful middle-and upper-class interests. People can be relatively rich only if others are relatively poor, and since power is (38) in the hands of the rich, public policies will continue to reflect their interests rather than those of the poor. As Herbert Gans (1973) has pointed out, poverty is actually (39) from the point of view of the nonpoor. Poverty (40) that "dirty" work gets done. If there are no poor people to scrub floors and empty bedpans(便盆), these jobs would have to be (41) with high incomes before anyone would touch them. Poverty creates jobs for many of the nonpoor, such as police officers, welfare workers, pawnbrokers (典当商), and government bureaucrats. Poverty makes life easier for the rich by providing them with cooks, gardeners, and other workers to perform basic chores while their employers enjoy more pleasurable activities. Poverty provides a market for (42) goods and services, such as two-day-old bread, run-down automobiles, or the advice of (43) physicians and lawyers. There is no (44) , conscious "conspiracy (阴谋)" of the wealthy to keep the poor in poverty. It is just that poverty is an inevitable (45) of the American economic system, which the poor are politically powerless to influence or change. A．deliberate I．criticism B．ensures J．rewarded C．invaluable K．outcome D．inevitably L') dubiously E．endowed M．functional F．inferior N．concentrated G．justifies O．incompetent H．attempt