If I have improved in any way, I owe _____ all to you.
PASSAGE THREEWhat does "The whole economy has grown faster than the education systems" in Para. 3 indicate?
—Will you go fishing with me this weekend? —Sorry, ______. I'm going to see the dentist.
I must leave now. _____, if you want any help, just call me up.
Read carefully the following excerpt on real-name package delivery in China, and then write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should: summarize the main message of the excerpt, and then comment on whether sending package should require real-name registration. You should support yourself with information from the excerpt. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Under New Crackdown, Sending Packages Now Requires an ID Card China's State Post Bureau announced on Monday that it will start a nationwide campaign to crack down on illegal activities by enforcing real-name registration for senders. The nation's new rules require senders to present official ID, especially when sending from a public place, such as hotels or train stations. The rules also stipulate that packages should go through an X-ray machine for a security check. China began to mull a real-name registration policy in the industry after parcels tainted with toxic chemicals killed a man in East China's Shandong Province and poisoned seven others in December 2013. A staff member surnamed Chen working in a post office in Hohhot said that senders must take their original ID cards to the post office. "The couriers will scan and record your ID information. Senders don't need to worry about personal information being in secure. For instance, there will be specially-assigned personnel to keep and manage all this information," Chen added. However, many Net users still expressed concern over the leak of personal information in real-name registration. Zhu Hong, an associate professor told the mass media that whether the real-name registration system would hold back packages containing illegal or hazardous goods is not clear. "We can trace the senders now with phone numbers. Registering ID cards might only speed up the process a bit".
Wearable gadgets like smart watches and Google Glass can seem like a fad that has all the durability of CB radios or Duran Duran, but they're important early signs of a new era of technology that will drive investment and innovation for years. Tech companies are pushing out waves of wearable technology products—all of them clumsy and none of them yet really catching on. Samsung is excitedly hawking its Galaxy Gear smart watch, and Google, Apple, Qualcomm(高通公司), and others are expected to come out with competing versions. Google Glass gets lots of gee-whiz attention, and every other day, someone new introduces a fitness tracker, a GPS kid-monitoring bracelet, or—yeah, seriously—interactive underwear. These are all part of a powerful trend: Over the past 40 years, digital technology has consistently moved from far away to close to us. Go back long enough, and computers the size of Buicks stayed in the back rooms of big companies. Most people never touched them. By the late 1970s, technology started moving to office desks—first as terminals connected to those hidden computers, and then as early personal computers. The next stage: We wanted digital technology in our homes, so we bought desktop PCs. A "portable" computer in the mid-1980s, like the first Compaq, was the size of a carry-on suitcase and about as easy to lug as John Goodman. But by the 1990s, laptops got better and smaller, for the first time liberating digital technology from a place and attaching it more to a person. Now we want our technology with us all the time. This era of the smartphone and tablet began with the iPhone in 2007. The "with us" era is accelerating even now: IBM announced that it's making its powerful Watson computing—the technology that beat humans on Jeopardy! —available in the cloud, so it can be accessed by consumers on a smart device. In technology's inexorable march from far away to close to us, and now with us, there are only three places left for it to go: on us, all around us, and then in us. "Wearable is the next paradigm shift, " says Philippe Kahn, who invented the camera phone and today is developing innards for wearable tech. "We are going to see a lot of innovation in wearable in the next seven years, by 2020. " Hard to know which products will catch on. Glasses are an obvious way to wear a screen, but most people don't want to look like a tech geek(极客). The masses might get interested if Google Glass can be invisibly built into hot-looking frames. A start-up called Telepathy is developing a slim arm that holds a microprojector that shoots images back to your eye. Another concept is to build a device with a tiny projector that suspends text or images out in front of you, like a heads-up display.
The Fields Medal is the highest scientific award for mathematicians. In fact it is only the unofficial name for the "International medal for outstanding discoveries in mathematics. " The Fields Medals are presented every four years at the International Congress of Mathematicians(ICM)to two to four deserving mathematicians under the age of 40. The age limit is intended to guarantee that not only past work is rewarded. The Fields Medal is also intended to encourage the winners to make further contributions. The prize is named in honor of Professor John Charles Fields(1863—1932), a Canadian mathematician. He was the first significant mathematician at the University of Toronto, and was also internationally known at the time. He was active in such prestigious scientific societies as the Royal Society of London. In 1924 he was elected as the president of the 6th International Congress of Mathematicians held in Toronto. Fields did original research in the theory of algebraic functions. However he is best remembered for conceiving the idea of, and for providing funds for, an international medal for mathematical distinction. The 9th International Congress of Mathematicians at Zurich in 1932 adopted his proposal after his death. The Fields Medal was first awarded at the 10th Congress, held at Oslo in 1936. The fund for the founding of the medals is constituted by Fields' donation and balance left over after financing the Toronto Congress held in 1924. Fields wished that the awards should recognize both existing mathematical work and also the promise of future achievement. The medalists are presented with a golden medal together with a prize of 15, 000 Canadian dollars. Each medal contains at least 200 dollars worth of gold and is probably 7. 5 centimeters in diameter. The obverse of the medal is the head of Archimedes facing right, and together with a quotation(in Latin)attributed to him, "To transcend one's spirit and to take hold of the world. " The reverse side bears the inscription(in Latin), "The mathematicians assembled here from all over the world to pay tribute for outstanding work. " Compared with the $100, 000 of the Nobel Prize, it is only a golden medal. However, the prize winners are selected by the Fields Medal Committee which consists of eight mathematicians appointed by the Executive Committee of the International Mathematical Union. It is usually regarded as the top prize in mathematics and will only be awarded to researchers who have made pioneering contribution in mathematics, so is often referred to as the "Nobel Prize for Mathematics", since there is no Nobel Prize for mathematics.
You can ______ your muscles more powerfully by linking up your breathing to the exercise.
The rising crime rate is _______major concern of_______society.
Comparing the TOEFL, IELTS, and TOEIC Tests Three popular standardized tests of Englisha) TOEICtests【T1】______in international workplace【T1】______started in the 1970srequires no special business terms and questions have to do with【T2】______【T2】______【T3】______organizations in 150 countries use it【T3】______b) TOEFL【T4】______: for international student admissions【T4】______TOEFL ITP: used in【T5】______【T5】______not accepted for entrance to universitiesTOEFL Junior/Primary Test: for young English learnersc) IELTShas two formstopics and materials IELTS covered:The Academic IELTS: in undergraduate, graduate, or【T6】______【T6】______The【T7】______IELTS: from everyday books, newspapers, magazines【T7】______A student's view of the Speaking section in TOEFL and the IELTSIELTS:【T8】______interview【T8】______TOEFL IBT: record【T9】______ using a compute【T9】______TOEFL IBT was more【T10】______ than IELTS【T10】______
His manner was______ offend everyone who he met.
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Which is a better choice, to buy a house on mortgage or to rent a house? This has been an intensely discussed question for years. The following are the supporters' and opponents' opinions. Read carefully the opinions from both sides and write your response in about 200 words, in which you should first summarize briefly the opinions from both sides and give your view on the issue. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization, language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. YES Housing prices keep rising, especially in many parts of the country. Hesitating to buy a house means that you will never afford to buy your own house in the future. Nowadays me interest rates are pretty much lower. Nobody knows whether this favorable financial policy will be changed or not. Most people have a strong desire to settle down. For those people who have strong career stability and can afford to pay the monthly mortgage, buying a house on mortgage is a feasible option. NO Don't be a mortgage slave. The housing price is so high mat life is hard for most people who earn just enough to pay their mortgage. People will take a very heavy financial burden, as they have to pay their mortgage monthly. The costs for buying a house could add up to about 6% of the sale price, or roughly two or three years' worth of rents Renting a house makes it possible to lead a comfortable life.
Fred and Betty finally decided to tie the knot. The underlined part means ______.
He studied the map carefully, trying to ______ the nearest route to the beach.
I went there in 1984, and that was the only occasion when I ______ the journey in exactly two days.
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The indoor swimming pool seems to be a great deal more luxurious than ______.
A hibernating animal needs hardly any food all through the winter, ______?