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With favorable weather conditions, it was a(n)______ moment to set sail.

Its export-led strategy, however, has beached the country, leaving it ______ the mercy of others' appetites.

Real innovation is a dying art. It's true that creativity—the business of thinking up new ideas—is far from dead, but it's getting harder and harder to get new concepts applied in design, manufacturing or business. It costs thousands of pounds to get a new idea into the marketplace, and there is very little support for anything from most companies or government. A lot of people don't want to know. I've always been interested in new ideas. I was trained as an engineer and went to work for an automotive components company, and almost from the first day I was asking why things were done in this way and not that. I thought up my first invention at 19—then I discovered someone else had got there first. I've been inventive all my life. I've got 14 patents to my name. Invention is what happens when you come across a problem, and look for a solution. It could be at work or at home in the garden—like a better way of mowing the lawn, say. But these days creativity is being stifled because there are so many hoops to go through. You have a brilliant idea for a left-handed widget but you still have to ask yourself; Is it new? Has it already been protected? Is there a market for it? Is the investment worth it? Only 4 percent of granted patents reach the market place. Part of the problem is that manufacturing industry and government are obsessed with complex technology like bioengineering. There is no interest in low technology or simple ideas that are equivalent to the invention of the paperclip. Inventors still come up with simple devices, but it's difficult to get anyone interested. But it's also a very British problem. Inventions from Britain are often taken up overseas, because most British companies tend not to look outside their own factory gates. My own personal theory is that it's a legacy of the Empire, when Britain had a captive audience and little competition, so industries didn't need to market their products. Nowadays, companies from other leading economies have to make what the consumer wants in order to ensure their profits, so they are always ready to innovate. And many British manufacturers have never caught up. Plus, British schoolchildren aren't embracing vocational training subjects such as metalwork, woodwork, or design and technology. As a result university engineering departments are closing. Tomorrow's World used to be on the TV, but where is that now? The whole lack of interest in creativity and invention is a symptom of the class system, too—there's a kind of snobbishness in Britain about cleverness and originality. The only inventors you see in the media are people like Sir Clive Sinclair and Trevor Bayliss who come across like mad scientists.

Basics about Spring Break Safety1. Travel safetyValid driving【T1】【T1】______Aware of the【T2】【T2】______Don't【T3】when driving at night【T3】______Travel overseasA【T4】and a visa【T4】______Apply traveling documents【T5】in advance【T5】______2.【T6】【T6】______Use ATM at your hotel or in a well-lit locationCheck your bank account【T7】【T7】______ Travel overseasInform your bank at home of your destination3. Valuables and documents safetyDon't wear or carry many flashy【T8】items【T8】______【T9】valuables in a hotel safe in daytime【T9】______Travel overseasUse a passport holderNever leave your【T10】unattended【T10】______

Which of the following is CORRECT?

Reading Skills and Strategies1. Speed readingAim: to increase reading speed without【T1】______ understandingStrategiesIdentifying【T2】______ without focusing on each letterNot【T3】______ all wordsSpending less time on some phrases than others【T4】______ through small sections2. Active readingAim: to get an【T5】______ understandingKey points【T6】______the most important partsUse one or two【T7】______for headingsPrepare questions before you start readingSummarize finished portion in your own wordsGo through the text again and check3. SQ3R strategyAim: to help a deep understandingStepsSurvey: to get a quick idea of the writingQuestion: to create questions and look for the answersRead: to read【T8】______if looking for specifics【T9】______ :to try and answer the questionsReview: to【T10】______the entire text in your mind

Susan doesn't want to work right away because she thinks that if she ______ a job, she probably wouldn't be able to see her friends very often.

The couple told the decorator that they wanted their bedroom gaily painted. The underlined part means______.(2013-80)

In phrases like steaming hot, shining bright, biting cold, the -ING participle is used

We ______ to refund your money if you are not satisfied with your purchase.

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A hibernating animal needs hardly any food all through the winter, ______?

Just months after entering politics, he finds he has been under ______ by a dogged justice system.

Would you take an offer of, _____, $500 for your car?

Which of the following sentences contains subjunctive mood?

Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?

Tom told his father______ had happened.

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(1)Tens of thousands of 18-year-olds will graduate this year and be handed meaningless diplomas. These diplomas won't look any different from those awarded their luckier classmates. Their validity will be questioned only when their employers discover that these graduates are semiliterate(半文盲). (2)Eventually a fortunate few will find their way into educational-repair shops—adult-literacy programs, such as the one where I teach basic grammar and writing. There, high-school graduates and high-school dropouts pursuing graduate-equivalency certificates will learn the skills they should have learned in school. They will also discover they have been cheated by our educational system. (3)I will never forget a teacher who got the attention of one of my children by revealing the trump card of failure. Our youngest, a world-class charmer, did Utile to develop his intellectual talents but always got by. Until Mrs. Stifter. (4)Our son was a high-school senior when he had her for English. "He sits in the back of the room talking to his friends," she told me. "Why don't you move him to the front row?" I urged, believing the embarrassment would get him to settle down. Mrs. Stifter said, "I don't move seniors. I flunk(使......不及格)them." Our son's academic life flashed before my eyes. No teacher had ever threatened him. By the time I got home I was feeling pretty good about this. It was a radical approach for these times, but, well, why not? "She's going to flunk you," I told my son. I did not discuss it any further. Suddenly English became a priority(头等重要)in his life. He finished out the semester with an A. (5)I know one example doesn't make a case, but at night I see a parade of students who are angry for having been passed along until they could no longer even pretend to keep up. Of average intelligence or better, they eventually quit school, concluding they were too dumb to finish. "I should have been held back," is a comment I hear frequently. Even sadder are those students who are high-school graduates who say to me after a few weeks of class, "I don't know how I ever got a high-school diploma." (6)Passing students who have not mastered the work cheats them and the employers who expect graduates to have basic skills. We excuse this dishonest behavior by saying kids can't learn if they come from terrible environments. No one seems to stop to think that most kids don't put school first on their list unless they perceive something is at risk. They'd rather be sailing. (7)Many students I see at night have decided to make education a priority. They are motivated by the desire for a better job or the need to hang on to the one they've got. They have a healthy fear of failure. (8)People of all ages can rise above their problems, but they need to have a reason to do so. Young people generally don't have the maturity to value education in the same way my adult students value it. But fear of failure can motivate both.