填空题 The behavior of individuals is influenced by heredity, environment and culture. Culture includes rules of{{U}} (31) {{/U}}an individual is expected to behave in a particular society. Sometimes rules for behavior differ{{U}} (32) {{/U}}one culture to another, and sometimes the rules are{{U}} (33) {{/U}}. The English and Mexican golden rules are very similar, if not in words, in sentiment. The English golden rule, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you," instructs people how to{{U}} (34) {{/U}}with others inside and outside the home. The Mexican golden rule, "Between individuals, as between nations, respect{{U}} (35) {{/U}}other people's rights means peace," likewise instruct people how to behave with others. Perhaps because all cultures are equally concerned{{U}} (36) {{/U}}their children's manners, we find many{{U}} (37) {{/U}}similarities than differences in the way Mexicans and Americans teaching children the golden rule. In the{{U}} (38) {{/U}}of strangers, the golden rule is applied similarly and differently in the two countries. In America, the family emphasizes independence and teaches children how to take{{U}} (39) {{/U}}of themselves. This lesson often includes a warning{{U}} (40) {{/U}}they can't believe everyone and should be waxy of strangers. Children are taught what to do, how to use the phone, and{{U}} (41) {{/U}}to call for help in (42) of emergency or trouble with a stranger. {{U}}(43) {{/U}}Mexicans are not as wary of strangers. They also tell their children to be careful of{{U}} (44) {{/U}}and to tell an adult{{U}} (45) {{/U}}help is needed. Mexicans may not need to warn their children about strangers quite{{U}} (46) {{/U}}much as Americans do simply because, children, {{U}}(47) {{/U}}are more dependent in Mexico, are with their parents most of the time. Possibly{{U}} (48) {{/U}}independence is not as big a cultural value in Mexico{{U}} (49) {{/U}}in the United States. People give and accept help more readily. Children, then, are taught to help elderly people and pregnant women{{U}} (50) {{/U}}helping them to cross the street or to carry a parcel.

填空题Supermarket shoppers have never been more spoilt for choice. But just when we thought traditional systems of selective farming had created the most tempting array of foods money can buy, we are now being presented with the prospect of genetically created strains of cabbages, onion, tomato, potato and apple. It may not tickle the fancy of food purists but it fires the imagination of scientists. Last week they discovered that the classic Parisian mushroom contains just the properties that, when genetically mixed with a wild strain of mushroom from the Sonora desert in California, could help it grow en masse while at the same time providing it with the resilience of the wild strain. (66) "We have found a way of increasing the success rate from one to 90 per cent." This is just one of the many products that, according to skeptics, are creating a generation of "Frankenfoods". The first such food that may be consumed on a wide scale is a tomato which has been genetically manipulated so that it does not soften as it ripens. (67) Critics say that the new tomato—which cost $25 million to research—is designed to stay on supermarket shelves for longer. It has a ten-day life span. Not surprisingly, every-hungry US is leading the search for these forbidden fruit. By changing the genes of a grapefruit, a grower from Texas has created a sweet, red, thin-skinned grapefruit expected to sell at a premium over its California and Florida competitors. For chip fanatics who want to watch their waist-lines, new high-starch, low-moisture potatoes that absorb less fat when fried have been created, thanks to a gene from intestinal bacteria. The scientists behind such new food argue that genetic engineering is simply an extension of animal and plant breeding methods and that by broadening the scope of the genetic changes that can be made, sources of food are increased. Accordingly, they argue, this does not inherently lead to foods that are less safe than those developed by conventional techniques. But if desirable genes are swapped irrespective of species barriers, could things spiral out of control? "Knowledge is not toxic," said Mark Cantley, head of the biotechnology unit at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, "It has given us a far greater understanding of how living systems work at a molecular level and there is no reason for people to think that scientists and farmers should use that knowledge to do risky things." Clearly, financial incentive lies behind the development of these bigger, more productive foods. But we may have only ourselves to blame. In the early period of mass food commerce, food varieties were developed by traditional methods of selective breeding to suit the local palate. But as suppliers started to select and preserve plant variants that had larger fruit, consumer expectations rose, leading to the development of the desirable clones. Still, traditionalists and gourmets in Europe are fighting their development. (68) Even in the pre-packaged US, where the slow-softening tomato will soon be reaching supermarkets, 1,500 American chefs have lent their support to the Pure Food Campaign which calls for the international boycott of genetically engineered foods until more is known about the consequences of the technology and reliable controls have been introduced. In the short term, much of the technology remains untested and in the long term the consequences for human biology are unknown. Questions have arisen over whether new proteins in genetically modified food could cause allergies in some people. (69) Then there are the vegetarians who may be consuming animal non-vegetable proteins in what they think is a common tomato, or the practicing Jew who unknowingly consumes a fruit that has been enhanced with a pig's gene. As yet, producers are under no obligation to label "transgeneic" products. Environmentalists worry that new, genetically engineered plants may damage natural environment. A genetically engineered pest-resistant strain of plant that contacts with a native strain, for example, could turn them into virulent weeds beyond chemical control. Animal welfare groups worry about the quality of life of farm animals manipulated so that they produce more meat, milk, and eggs but which may suffer physical damage in the process. (70) Many of these fears spring from ignorance. And although it is hard to separate the paranoia from the benefits, the fact remains that genetic engineering offers ways of solving serious medical and agricultural problems. A. Western farmers have already bred cattle with more muscle than a skeleton can carry. B. Supporters say the tomato, unsurprisingly called Flavr Savr, will taste better because it will be able to mature on the branch longer. C. Consumer opposition means that there are genetically manipulated foods on the German markets, and the Norwegian government has recently put research into genetically engineered foods on hold. D. For example, if a corn gene is introduced into a wheat gene for pest resistance, will those who are allergic to corn then be allergic to wheat? E. "Mushrooms in the past were almost impossible to cross," says Philippe Callac, one of the three scientists working on the mushroom. F. Genetic engineering will interfere with the balance of nature.

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填空题Too many people are haunted by five dismal words: "But it's too late now." An unfaithful husband would like to salvage his marriage. "But it's too late now." An office worker, fired because of her drinking problem, wishes she could conquer her alcoholism and begin again. "But it's too late now." Few families are without some broken personal relationships. At first those involved may be unwilling to hold out an olive branch. Then, when some time has passed, they may feel it's too late to offer an apology or try to make amends. 16. ______ Not long ago I came upon an article about the distinguished musician Robert Shaw, who was retiring as music director and conductor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Years earlier, when I was the new pastor of Marble Church in New York City, Shaw came to me and suggested we have a group of young people sing at our church services. He led such a chorale and was willing to make it available. 17. ______ Unfortunately, some of the members of the congregation, including two of the elders who were strong traditionalists, thought the singing was too much of a departure from the accepted way of doing things at Marble Church. They made their displeasure known to me in unmistakable terms. 18. ______ Almost half a century passed. In all that time I never saw or spoke to Shaw. But then, as I read the article, my conscience reminded me I had made a mistake that still was unrectified. When I got home, I wrote a letter to Robert Shaw telling him that I had been wrong and was sorry. 19. ______ What a lift I got from that! What happy evidence it was that even after many years a word of apology is never too late. 20. ______ Because it never is.A. This struck me as an idea that would appeal to the younger members of our congregation. So I told him to go ahead.The people who sang were spirited and enthusiastic, and I thought they added a new and welcome dimension to our worship services.B. Why not search your mind and see if there is some past episode that calls for a word of reconciliation, some personal problem unsolved, some good deed !eft undone? Even if a long time has elapsed, don't assume it's too late.C. I sayto such people:"Nonsense! It's nevertoo late to make a fresh start."D. Finally, against my better judgement, I told Shaw that I was sorry, but we would have to terminate the arrangement. He was disappointed, but said he understood. This incident would always bother me. I had failed to have the courage of my convictions.E. As we had to make the church hall available for other purposes, one day I came to Shaw and made this clear Without a word, he made his way to me and gave me his hand, leaving me puzzled as to whether this was a gesture of agreement or disappointment.F. Almost at once a reply came from this great man of music, thanking me for the generosity, grace and candidness of my letter and claiming that the fault had been as much his as min

填空题{{B}} A = Li Yulin B = Wang Ying C = Lin Hong D = Wang Baozhan Who said that...{{/B}} {{B}} A Li Yulin{{/B}} The terrible earthquake still lingers in the memory of Li Yulin even after 30 years. Li, 72, at that time Vice Chairman of the trade union of Tangshan Coalmine, returned home at 11 on the night of July 27, 1976. He was awakened when the earth thundered. "The sound was so frightening that it still get me trembling when I recalled it," Li noted. He said he realized it was an earthquake and immediately pulled his wife down, and they laid flat on their faces beside the bed. "We were tossed in the air because of the violent shaking, and our nerves were frazzled," Li recalled. In less than 20 seconds, the house collapsed. A wardrobe supported the fallen roof, however, Li managed to pull his wife and three children out of the house. Finding a safe place for his family, Li ran to the mine, wearing nothing but his underpants. He was worried about the 2, 000 miners who were still working underground. "The night was dead quiet and I could even hear my heartbeat. I felt as if I was alone in the world," Li said, "The railroad tracks were twisted into an S-shape, and some were two meters above the ground." After seeing that the miners were all safe, Li knew the most .urgent thing was to report the disaster to higher authorities. Li, together with three others, drove the only vehicle available, an ambulance, to Beijing and informed the Central Government leaders of the situation, enabling the government to send rescue teams to the spot at once.{{B}} B Wang Ying{{/B}} Wang Ying, 58, a teacher at the No. 9 Middle School in Tangshan, weeps when her terrible experience in the earthquake is brought up again. Wang lost her legs during the tragedy but her husband and daughter escaped unscathed. Her body suffered from the aftereffects, so painful that she would bite her own fingers until they bled. She screamed or sang while crying when she was alone to comfort herself. However, the greater pain came from the hurt of her family. Several years after the quake, her husband had a new lover and wanted a divorce. Wang begged him to put off the split for the sake of their little daughter. But the husband disagreed and vented his anger on the wife and daughter. Several times, Wang thought about taking her own life. The depressed family atmosphere began to affect the five-year-old girl, who also revealed her suicidal thoughts in her dairy. "But what will happen to my mum if I die?" the riffle girl wrote in the dairy. Finally the love between mother and daughter overcame the impetus toward death. After 10 years, Wang let her husband go, and her daughter chose to live with her. Since the divorce, Wang has been working harder to raise her daughter, who now is her only reason to stay alive. "However much my body aches, I insist on cooking for my daughter and never let my daughter feel distressed," Wang said. Wang's wholehearted devotion pays off. Though she could have found a better job after graduation from university, the daughter took a job where Wang worked to take better care of her mother.{{B}} C Liu Hong{{/B}} Lin Hong was nine when his parents died in the earthquake, Liu doesn't recall much about the quake. "It's like a baffle in a dream," he said, adding that he woke up to find himself lying in the ruins. Liu then lived with his grandparents. His grandfather just told him that his parents had gone to a faraway place for a rescue mission and wouldn't come back soon. Liu had a bad feeling about that, but he remained silent. Three months later, Lin went back to school. There was nothing left of the classroom except a piece of blackboard. Several of Liu's friends had died in the quake, and more than 10 classmates became orphans. Lin devoted all his time to studying and barely spoke to others. It was not until he went to high school that he began to open his heart and try to communicate with people. Lin later went to the same college that both of his parents had attended, Hebei Medical University. After graduation, he went to work in Tangshan Workers' Hospital, where his father used to work. {{B}} D Wang Baozhan{{/B}} The earthquake left Wang Baozhan paralyzed. He was only 19. Wang had to be moved to a nursing home for earthquake victims. The disaster left 3,817 victims paralyzed like Wang, spending the rest of their lives in a wheelchair. Survival was not a problem for Wang in the nursing home. He managed to find a job outside the home and went to work in his wheelchair every day. "I don't want to live a pointless life, I want it to be better," he said. Wang's life changed greatly three years later when he met a woman Zhu Deqin, who was five years older than him and had lost her legs in the disaster. Their love story was simple, more about mutual caring and encouragement. They had been in love for nine years and for a time they thought about getting married but did not because they didn't have a hour. In 1991, the local government invested 400,000 yuan, in addition to an additional 800,000-yuan donation, to build a community for housing earthquake victims. The same year, the Tangshan Civil Affairs Bureau held a wedding ceremony for 10 couples, including Wang and Zhu.·hey were thrown into the air because of the violent shaking and they 71. ______.were unable to know what to do? ·the greater pain came from the hurt of the family after the earthquake? 72. ______.·he was still a small boy when both his parents died in the earthquake 73. ______.and he is told that his parents went to rescue the survivals? ·there was no less than 20 seconds when his house collapsed? 74. ______.·he didn't want to live a pointless life, he wanted it to be better? 75. ______.·he went to the same college that both of his parents had attended? 76. ______.·the love has got paid off because the daughter came back to the same 77. ______.school in order to take care of her mother after the graduation?·the local government invested some money to build houses for the 78. ______.earthquake victims?·the most urgent thing was to report the disaster to higher authorities? 79. ______.·the earthquake left 3,817 victims paralyzed, they have to live the 80. ______.rest of their lives in wheelchairs?

填空题Supermarket shoppers have never been more spoilt for choice. But just when we thought traditional systems of selective farming had created the most tempting array of foods money can buy, we are now being presented with the prospect of genetically created strains of cabbages, onion, tomato, potato and apple. It may not tickle the fancy of food purists but it fires the imagination of scientists, last week they discovered that the classic Parisian mushroom contains just the properties that, when genetically mixed with a wild strain of mushroom from the Sonora desert in California, could help it grow en masse while at the same time providing it with the resilience of the wild strain.66. ______ "We have found a way of increasing the success rate from one to 90 per cent." This is just one of the many products that, according to skeptics, are creating a generation of "Frankenfoods". The first such food that may be consumed on a wide scale is a tomato which bas been genetically manipulated so that it does not soften as it ripens.67. ______ Critics say that the new tomato—which cost $25 million to research—is designed to stay on supermarket shelves for longer. It has a ten-day life span. Not surprisingly, every-hungry US is leading the search for these forbidden fruit. By changing the genes of a grapefruit, a grower from Texas has created a sweet, red, thin-skinned grapefruit expected to sell at a premium over its California and Florida competitors. For chip fanatics who want to watch their waist-lines, new high-starch, low-moisture potatoes that absorb less fat when fried have been created, thanks to a gene from intestinal bacteria. The scientists behind such new food argue that genetic engineering is simply an extension of animal and plant breeding methods and that by broadening the scope of the genetic changes that can be made, sources of food are increased. Accordingly, they argue, this does not inherently lead to foods that are less safe than those developed by conventional techniques. But if desirable genes are swapped irrespective of species barriers, could things spiral out of control? "Knowledge is not toxic," said Mark Cantley, head of the biotechnology unit at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, "It has given us a far greater understanding of how living systems work at a molecular level and there is no reason for people to think that scientists and farmers should use that knowledge to do risky things." Clearly, financial incentive lies behind the development of these bigger, more productive foods. But we may have only ourselves to blame. In the early period of mass food commerce, food varieties were developed by traditional methods of selective breeding to suit the local palate. But as suppliers started to select and preserve plant variants that had larger fruit, consumer expectations rose, leading to the development of the desirable clones. Still, traditionalists and gourmets in Europe are fighting their development.68. ______ Even in the pre-packaged US, where the slow-softening tomato will soon be reaching supermarkets, 1,500 American chefs have lent their support to the Pure Food Campaign which calls for the international boycott of genetically engineered foods until more is known about the consequences of the technology and reliable controls have been introduced. In the short term, much of the technology remains untested and in the long term the consequences for human biology are unknown. Questions have arisen over whether new proteins in genetically modified food could cause allergies in some people.69. ______ Then there are the vegetarians who may be consuming animal non-vegetable proteins in what they think is a common tomato, or the practicing Jew who unknowingly consumes a fruit that has been enhanced with a pig's gene. As yet, producers are under no obligation to label "transgenetic" products. Environmentalists worry that new, genetically engineered plants may damage natural environment. A genetically engineered pest-resistant strain of plant that contacts with a native strain, for example, could turn them into virulent weeds beyond chemical control. Animal welfare groups worry about the quality of life of farm animals manipulated so that they produce more meat, milk, and eggs but which may suffer physical damage in the process.70. ______ Many of these fears spring from ignorance. And although it is hard to separate the paranoia from the benefits, the fact remains that genetic engineering offers ways of solving serious medical and agricultural problems. A. Western farmers have already bred cattle with mare muscle than a skeleton can carry. B. Supporters say the tomato, unsurprisingly called Flaw Saw, will taste better because it will be able to mature on the branch longer. C. Consumer opposition means that there are genetically manipulated foods on the German markets, and the Norwegian government has recently put research into genetically engineered foods on hold. D. For example, if a corn gene is introduced into a wheat gene for pest resistance, will those who are allergic to corn then be allergic to wheat? E. "Mushrooms in the past were almost impossible to cross," says Philippe Callac, one of the three scientists working on the mushroom. F. Genetic engineering will interfere with the balance of nature.

填空题For children with learning disabilities, success at reading and mathematics isn't always as easy as learning their ABCs or that two plus two equals four. That's because some young stem have difficulty automatically retrieving such basic building blocks as letters, words, numbers and mathematical facts. 66. ______ The study also provides new evidence that there are distinct subtypes of learning disabilities and that specialized interventions may be required to help children overcome these different kinds of disabilities. 67. ______ The work is funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD.. The inability to rapidly and automatically retrieve and identify the building blocks of language and math forces children to use more cognitive resources to recall basic material. This, in turn, moans their attention is not focused on higher thinking processes such as comprehension and problem solving, according to Beminger and Busse. They like learning to read and do math to mastering how to drive a car. 68. ______ "This is why we start by learning to drive in an empty parking lot and not on the freeway with all of its complexity, " adds Busse, "to he good at reading, writing and mathematics we also need to coordinate and recall all kinds of basic information automatically. " The UW researchers say children with the dual reading and math calculation disability typically don't complete their written school work on time. This becomes a big problem and children become frustrated. Eventually, they start to avoid math, reading and writing. The UW study looked at first through sixth-graders from 102 families who either had a reading disability or dual disability in reading and writing. The children were given a three to-four-hour battery of 15 tests that measured reading, writing and math skills. Among the tests was one that checked rapid automatic naming by having the children read rows of letters, digits and of letters and digits from cards. 70. ______ "If you have this deficit you have limited access to your memory for remembering the names of the letter F or the numeral 6. Dual deficit kids really have a difficult time identifying letters and numbers quickly and automatically. You can see it in how fast they can read and write a sentence under time. " "We don't know yet, but perhaps these children just need more practice in learning these automatic elements. " says Beminger. "Or it may be that their nervous systems axe wired differently and more practice will aggravate the problem. At this point we don't know if this problem can be fixed or if school curriculums are wrong for these children. Schools may well need new interventions to help these children. " A. A new study by University of Washington researchers, comparing children with a reading disability to those with dual reading and math calculation disabilities, indicates that this inability to rapidly retrieve basic information leads to impaired ability across the three domains of reading, writing and math. B. "There are certain things we need to learn to operate a car, such as shifting gears and when to switch on a turn signal. Many of these become automatic so we can be alert to other drivers and conditions on the road. "says Beminger. C. These findings were presented Sunday at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association in Boston by Julie Busse, a UW educational psychology doctoral student. The results come from a larger study looking at the family genetics of learning disabilities headed by Virginia Beminger, UW professor of educational psychology. D. "With dual disabilities, the big message is if your child is having trouble across subjects, it may be because he or she is having trouble getting things on automatic pilot. " says Beminger. "These children need to be told that they are not 'stupid', even though sometimes they may be labeled that way because so much of what we do is automatic. The children we studied all have IQs above the mean. " E. Other members of the UW research team are Robert Abbott, professor of educational psychology, and Jennifer Thomson, research coordinator. F. The researchers found that the children who have the most difficulty with this skill are more likely to be impaired overall in reading, writing and math calculation. Children who are less hampered by rapid automatic naming are more likely to only be reading impaired.

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填空题{{I}} You will hear a dialogue about a lost property. Listen and complete the sentences in questions 1～5 with the information you've heard. Write not more than 5 words in each numbered box. You will hear the recording twice. You now have 25 seconds to read the table below.{{/I}} Information about Sudeley Castle 1. opening hour ______a.m. closing hour 5p.m. 2. cost for adults ￡______ cost for children ￡3 Information about Snowshill Manor 3. collection that children will like ______ 4. payment for visit ￡______ 5. close from (month) ______

填空题It was supposed to have been a routine commercial flight over Peru. Flying at 7,000 feet, the plane had just passed through a minor electrical storm. Suddenly, without warning, a ball of dazzling light appeared off the starboard wing. 16. ______ Inside the plane, the lights grew dim, and the beginning of panic was evident. In the cockpit, the compass was going defective and radio reception went dead. Transmission, however, remained unaffected. 17. ______ The report reached the desk of Edward U. Condon of the University of Colorado. Doctor Condon is under contract to the Air Force and is the official watchdog for such aerial phenomena. He immediately began checking the persons aboard the plane who had seen the mysterious object. Putting together bits of information from each, he quickly dismissed the obvious explanations. It had not been an exceptionally bright planet, such as Venus or Jupiter, nor a plastic weather balloon. It had not acted at all like a meteor or a re-entering satellite. It was obviously not a strangely shaped cloud formation. For nearly 15 years, various groups have expounded the theory that UFOs are actually spacecraft from other worlds. On the surface, this appears to be the simplest explanation. I believe, however, that it is by far the hardest explanation to swallow. 18. ______ And, more importantly, there is the irrefutable fact that space is under constant surveillance. The United States maintains a large number of tracking stations. The Russians and Germans also keep their own tracking equipment in constant use. What then was this fiery ball of light that tracked the Peruvian airliner? I have always suspected that most UFO sightings could be explained by natural phenomena, and 1 personally believe that what the people on that plane saw was an aerial phenomenon as strange and enigmatic as UFOs themselves. Its name is "ball lightning", and as the name suggests, it is spherical in shape. Appearing usually after a thunderstorm, it ranges in size from 10 to 30 inches in diameter and can last for up to one minute. Since it is electrical in nature and is seen for such a short period of time, little is known about it save one thing: its behavior is decidedly weird. One of the first reported appearances of ball lightning came from East Prussia some 40 years ago. According to the owner of ,a restaurant, there had been a heavy thundershower early in the afternoon, and the restaurant was hit by lightning. He investigated but found no damage. Then, from out of nowhere, a glowing, reddish ball appeared. It was over a foot in diameter. Both doors were open, and the thing seemed to move with the air currents. It was rotating all the time and passed a good number of people. Everyone watched as it climbed along the wiring of the electric bell, and, as if caught in a draft, traveled along another electric wire to the back of the room. Then it just disappeared altogether. In 1927, from Bad Godesberg, Germany we heard of "...a ball of light that was perched on the cast-iron post of a wire fence." Or, from Kalispell, Mont., about people who saw "...brilliant balls of light drop to the ground and disappear." 19. ______ During the last year of World War II, however, American fighter pilots began talking about something they called "Foo Fighters". They were balls of fiery light which appeared a few yard beyond the wing tips of their aircraft. Originally believed to be a revolutionary Axis weapon, stories about them were sharply censored. After the war, suspicion grew that the Foo Fighters were lightning balls, somehow produced by the presence of aircraft in an electrically charged atmosphere. The theory was enhanced by other reports of similar sightings. In April, 1952, a British science journal reported that a lightning ball appeared in the cabin of a British commercial airliner flying at 9,200 feet. It most likely had entered the craft through an air-intake vent. The lightning ball slowly drifted along the aisle, probably scaring the passengers silly. It moved to the rear of the plane and simply vanished from sight. Like most lightning balls, it did no harm. People have actually been touched by them without experiencing any sensation. 20. ______ It is my firm contention that many of today's UFOs are no more than appearances of ball lightning, and that also includes the report of Peru.A. In the first place, alien spacecraft would most certainly explore rather khan engage in a futile game of hide-and-seekB. It moved to a point directly above the airliner and, maintaining a constant air speed, the mysterious light stayed there for a while.C. Just as suddenly, the ball of light was gone. Was the unidentified flying object an uninvited visitor from another planet?D. None of these appearances of ball lightning caused a UFO report; people just didn't worry abut UFOs then,E. So what we have here is a well-documented, natural phenomenon. It is mysterious mainly because of its inherent nature, which makes more thorough investigation nearly impossible,F. The resemblance of this report to the Foo Fighters is obvious. But to say definitely that Foo Fighters were ball lightning poses other questions,

填空题 You will hear a talk. As you listen, you must answer questions 21—30 by writing NO MORE THAN THREE words in the space provided on the right. You will hear the talk TWICE.

填空题A=Henry James B=Theodore Dreiser C=Carl Sandburg D=Sinclair Lewis Who... · died at the age of 89? 71. ______ · graduated from Yale after some unhappy years there? 72. ______ · described daily life in America and made his readers laugh at some silliness of their country? 73. ______ · made Europe his permanent home? 74. ______ · wrote his first novel about a prostitute? 75. ______ · was usually too shy to take part in his brothers' activities when he was young? 76. ______ · died in England? 77. ______ · was a journalist and editor before being recognized as a novelist? 78. ______ · was a Swedish-born American? 79. ______ · wrote children's books? 80. ______ A Henry James When he was growing up in New York, Henry was given a great deal of independence, so much in fact, that he felt isolated from other people. As a quiet child among exuberant brothers and cousins, Henry was more often an observer than a participant in their activities. When, as a young man, a back injury prevented his fighting in the Civil War, he felt even more excluded from the events of his time. While the adult Henry James developed many close friendships, he retained his attitude of observer, and devoted much of his life to solitary work on his writing. Henry's family lived for a time in Boston, where he became acquainted with New England authors and friends of his father, began his friendship with William Dean Howells, and attended Harvard Law School. After 1866 ,James lived in Europe much of the time and in 1875 decided to make it his permanent home. He lived in Paris for a year, where he met Turgenev, Flaubert, and Zola. The next year he settled in London and lived there and in the English countryside for the rest of his life. In 1915,a year before his death, to show his support of England in World War I ,James became a British citizen. B Theodore Dreiser Born in small-town Indiana, Dreiser rebelled as a youth against the poverty and narrowness of the life around him. One of his high school teachers recognized his talent and paid his tuition at Indiana University. But Dreiser left college after a year because he felt it "did not concern ordinary life at all". He had various jobs in Chicago: washing dishes, shoveling coal, working in a factory, and collecting bills — experiences which he later used in his writing. He taught himself to be a newspaper reporter and supported himself as a journalist and editor for many years while he was struggling to become recognized as a novelist. In what was almost a convention of naturalism, Dreiser's first novel was about a prostitute, but unlike Stephen Crane's Maggie, Dreiser's heroine prospers and flourishes. The end furnished a worse shock to Dreiser's readers than his choice of subject: Carrie is not only a rather improbable success on the musical comedy stage but one of her prosperous lovers, whom she has found useful in advancing her career, has suffered a reversal of fortune as startling as Carrie's. Readers in 1900 found the "punisthment" of the lover peculiarly distasteful to their notions of justice; according to the prevailing double standard of sexual morality, the woman was supposed to be punished, not the man. C Carl Sandburg The polar opposite of Robinson, Carl Sandburg(1878～1967) played the part of the simple workman, down to the cloth cap which he often wore. Nevertheless, he was an artist with words. His language was more colloquial and his rhythms looser than Robinson's; yet he too knew the value of form and poetic technique. As critic Louis Untermeyer puts it, there are "two Sandburgs: the muscular, heavy-listed, hard-hitting son of the streets, and his almost unrecognizable twin, the shadow-painter, the haunter of mists, the lover of implications and overtones." Sandburg was born in Galesburg, Illinois, of Swedish immigrant parents. He did odd jobs, served in the Spanish-American War, and worked his way through nearly four years of college afterward. From 1910 to 1912 he acted as secretary for the first Socialist mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Not long afterward he attracted public notice with his increasingly powerful poetry, especially the poem, Chicago, and he gradually became able to give most of his time to his writing. He did some literary journalism; he wrote ballads and books for children, and he continued with his serious poetry. And all the while, his interest in Abraham Lincoln as well as models for his characters. His father was a prosperous merchant~ his mother had been a schoolteacher. D Sinclair Lewis Sinclair Lewis (1885～1951) was born in the town of Sauk Center, Minnesota. He was graduated from Yale after several unhappy years there and then became a journalist and editor. His early writing was commercial and undistinguished. But when he published Main Street in 1920, he proved that he had become a very effective novelist. Main Street immediately captured America's attention, as did Scott Fitzgerald's very different This Side of Paradise, published in the same year. In his first important novel, Lewis established the methods and subject matter that would bring him world fame and eventually a Nobel Prize in Literature — the first American author to be so honored. That is, he described daily life in America with such a sharp eye and ear that readers could easily recognize it as part of their own experience. But he did it with such an emphasis on the comic and ridiculous that he made his readers laugh, in spite of themselves, at some of the silliness of their country. Like the noted satirists of the past, he wanted to do more than amuse. He wanted to reform the America he pictured by skilfully arousing his readers' sympathies for the non-conformist in a conformist society. The heroine of Main Street is a rebellious young woman who struggles hard to bring culture to her dead little town, and we feel a wry regret when in the end she decides to conform.

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填空题 Some Problems Facing Learners of EnglishAlthough many English learners have got high scores in an English test such as IELTS or TOEFL, they still face some problems concerning its learning. Here we'd like to talk about some of the problems and try to come up with suggestions on how to overcome them. I. Psychological Problems 1. the 1st reason: fear of (1) (1) ______the solution: —not to look too far ahead —concentrate on increasing knowledge and developing ability 2. the 2nd reason: separation from the family and (2) (2) ______the solution: —enjoy (3) —time heals nostalgia (3) ______ II. Cultural Problems 1. practical problems — (4) (4) ______ —money —food —weather 2. problems difficult to define —the reason: the British way of life (5) , habits and traditions) (5) ______ —the solution: be open-minded and (6) (6) ______ III. Linguistic Problems 1. problems regarding (7) 1) difficulties in understanding English-speaking people (7) ______ 3 reasons: —fast speed of speech —a variety of accents —different styles of speech 2) ways of overcoming the difficulties —attend (8) (8) _____ —use a language laboratory —listen to English programs —meet and speak with native speakers of English 2. problems regarding speaking 1) difficulties: knowing what to say but not knowing how to say it in English 2) solutions — (9) the language (9)______ —think in English instead of translating —practice speaking as much as possible —imitate the educated people's (10) (10) ______

填空题{{B}}Part A{{/B}}{{I}} You will hear an interview about campus life. As you listen, answer Questions 2 to 10 by circling True or False. You will hear the conversation ONLY ONCE. You now have 1 minute to read Questions 1 to 10.{{/I}}

填空题{{B}}A{{/B}} George Clooney: George Clooney has had a bumpy ride up the Hollywood ladder. He started acting seriously at age 2l, and after appearing in about 15 failed TV shows, he got his big break and made it big on ER. He has played everything from the caring, "break the roles" doctor to "do what it takes" billionaire superhero. If there is one character trait from these parts that reflects George Clooney, it is the calculated recklessness that seems to govern his actions. Any way you slice it, George Clooney has made his mark on Hollywood and is well on his way to superstardom. His films generally make for good entertainment and he gives off a "one of the boys" feel that makes even guys warm up to him. He's the kind of guy you would invite over to watch football on Sunday afternoons. George is somewhat of a Hollywood anomaly in that he doesn't buy into the whole "I'm a big star so I should get special treatment" notion. He's a regular guy that happens to be a star and he likes it that way. The man has been at the top of People magazine's "Most Beautiful People" list for what seems like forever, with no signs of him dropping off anytime soon. He's cool and that's no lie. Here's a guy that would look good dressed in a garbage bag. It doesn't seem to matter what he wears because he always pulls it off with flying colors. Part of the reason he's known for being such a snazzy dresser is that he doesn't deviate too far from the norm, but at the same time he isn't afraid to add his own personal touch. {{B}}B{{/B}} Johnny Depp: Johnny Depp is an actor who takes his job seriously. He knows the ins and outs of life in Hollywood and doesn't let himself get caught up in the hype machine. He does whatever he likes and has so far enjoyed a successful career on the big screen. His films do well with audiences and critics alike. Furthermore, he constantly tries to mix it up and try his hand at different roles to broaden his repertoire. Johnny Depp is the mysterious type. He isn't a big talker and when he does have something to say, it's usually short and sweet. Depp comes across as the brooding type, but he is much more congenial than he looks. He's a movie star yet doesn't look like one. Low-key may be the best way to describe him. However, he has had his wild times. He once trashed a swanky hotel room in New York and has thrown the occasional punch at the paparazzi. He once played guitar in a band (quite well, apparently), and he owned the infamous Viper Room, a club in Los Angeles. Is it a wonder that women flock to him? The fact that he's attached and has two children does not seem to deter the legions of adoring females that want to get deep with Depp. Johnny Depp simply exudes coolness. He's not a rebel but does march to his own beat. Perhaps it is his quirks and laid-back style that set him apart from the Hollywood rabble; whatever it is, there is definitely something about Johnny that says cool. Johnny prefers to dress casually, some would even say sloppily. He wears jeans and leather pants with open shirts. He is also big on leather jackets and tends to wear his hair long. {{B}}C{{/B}} Will Smith: Will Smith has triumphed in just about every venue in entertainment: from music to television to the big screen. His success is attributed to his incredible charisma and his instantly recognizable smile that helped him win over fans of all ages from around the world. He writes his own songs, produces and acts. Well, if he was a weak actor he would be labeled as a singer trying to act, and if he couldn't rap he would be deemed an actor trying to sing. The thing is that we can't accuse him of either, because Smith has been consistently excellent on every level. Despite being constantly criticized by other rap artists who deem Will Smith as soft, Smith lives the life that everyone desires. He is the ever-faithful husband despite the daily temptations thrust upon him by groupies. He was a self-proclaimed womanizer but family life has domesticated him considerably. His image as a positive role model sets him apart in so many different ways that we don't know who to compare him to. He has Grammy Awards and Billboard album sales plaques, but where is the Oscar? Will is a perfectionist and he won't rest until an Oscar is sitting on his mantel. Smith loves to dress sharp in smooth threads. He ii one of those men that take pride in grooming himself and looking good. Knowing the importance of style, he has become fast friends with some heavy-hitting fashion designers and has even taken part in several fashion shows. {{B}}D{{/B}} Matt Damon: A few years ago, Matt Damon seemed to be everywhere and anywhere. He was Hollywood's new "Golden Boy", and who could blame the media for its fascination with the talented Mr. Damon? He is virtually a rags to riches story, a young turk who became one of Hollywood's most influential stars seemingly overnight. Still, despite his vast popularity and fame, he continues to be generally under-appreciated and unrecognized for his talent as an actor. He is more than a pretty boy; he is a great all-round actor. Thanks to his charm, talent, matinee-idol looks, and dedication to his craft, Matt Damon is set to remain a fixture in Hollywood for some time to come. With the humility he has and plenty of gray matter upstairs, it seems only a matter of time before his Oscar has a buddy. It's very easy for a person in Damon's situation to fall into the trappings of celebrity. But we never worry about Damon falling into such a trap. In fact, we can't even imagine him being anything but courteous and genial. Matt's killer wardrobe of choice consists of jeans and a T-shirt. His look is all about comfort, not appearance. When necessary, he'll dress for success, but the rest of the time he's as simple as his Boston roots. 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填空题A=Section A B=Section B C=Section C ● It is urgent to take action against greenhouse gas emission rather than 1 wait for decades. ● Greater emphasis is being given to the scientific uncertainties in relating global climate change to future emissions of greenhouse gases. 2 ● Some people believe that economic impact of climate change is small. 3 ● Inaction could prove catastrophic to the future generation. 4 ● It is difficult to predict future worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases. 5 ● Higher gasoline taxes would encourage energy efficiency. 6 ● The author is against the use of emission target as justification for asking the rich nations to finance new thermal power plants. 7 ● The question of the consequences of global climate changes on human society is important. 8 ● The developed countries are encouraged to adopt CO 2 emission targets. 9 ● The author thinks that taxes on carbon emissions are too costly for the American government to take any measures. 10 Section A Two important changes have occurred in the global climate debate. The first is that greater emphasis is being given to the scientific uncertainties in relating global climate change to future emissions of so-called greenhouse gases, primarily chlorofluorocarbons, carbon dioxide, and methane. The second is that new studies are showing the economic costs of adapting to climate change to be smaller than initially expected. Both changes suggest that while the United States should be prepared to move aggressively as new information becomes available, we should not rush to adopt costly new initiatives such as carbon emission quotas or taxes. Any analysis of global warming is hampered by questions at every step. To begin with, no one is able to reliably predict future worldwide emissions of greenhouse gases, and there are significant uncertainties about the quantity of CO 2 emanating from the biosphere. Even if such predictions existed, deducing the resulting atmospheric concentrations of these gases is not an easy matter, and questions remain about the exact climatic effect of any atmospheric changes. The 1991 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reflects greater uncertainty about the panel"s earlier (and widely cited) prediction of 0.3℃ temperature rise per decade in a "business as usual" scenario. Aside from the difficulty of forecasting global climatic change is the equally important question of the consequences of such alterations both on human society and on natural ecosystems. The time scale of climate change is critical: adaptation is less difficult if changes occur over centuries than if they occur over decades. Section B It will be decades before we have a thorough scientific understanding of the effect of green-house-gas emissions on global climate. But public policy decisions will not wait that long. At least one segment of the public—the environmental groups in Europe and the United States—believes inaction could prove catastrophic to future generations. The heart of the global warming policy debate is that different people have different attitudes about how much resources we should be willing to invest now to lessen the possibility of future catastrophe. Our ultimate concern is the ecological, social, and economic effects of climate change. Recently, William Nordhaus of Yale and other economists have come to some surprising conclusions. They estimate that the economic impact of climate change will be relatively small and the costs of some mitigative actions, dikes for example, seem manageable. Nordhaus estimates, for instance, that potential environmental costs of global warming might justify cutting carbon-dioxide emissions by 12 percent, a goal that he says could be achieved by a manageable tax of $ 5 per ton of carbon-equivalent emitted. Conventional wisdom holds that environmental costs might justify a 50 percent reduction in emissions, which would probably require a tax of $100 per ton—significantly hampering economic growth. Nations that did not adopt the tax would enjoy significant economic advantage. The best policies, I believe, concentrate on actions—such as those encouraging energy efficiency-that cost little and that have other benefits besides helping prevent global warming. Higher gasoline taxes as well as a modest tax on coal, for example, would encourage energy efficiency and yield immediate economic and national-security benefits. I also urge greater use of nuclear power by the United States and other developed us-lions that can afford the cost and have the technical expertise to deal with the safety, waste disposal, and nonproliferation problems. These policies have a favorable effect on global warming while contributing to a reasonable national energy policy. Section C This June in Brazil, at the UN Conference on Environment and Development, India, China, Brazil, and others will call upon the developed nations to adopt CO 2 emission targets. These targets will then be used as justification for asking the developed nations to finance new thermal power plants and modernize inefficient older units. I caution against use of emission targets as justification for such costly initiatives, however, because they would divert funds from projects that contribute in a more cost-effective way to a county"s overall energy development. This latter approach will of course include projects that stress energy efficiency and thus indirectly reduce CO 2 emissions. In the long term, domestic and international policies must adapt to new scientific information. Fortunately, such rationality is not unprecedented; in the case of chlomfluofbcintons, the United States demonstrated an ability to act decisively once the scientific evidence was in. Policymakers should do as well as they respond to the vexing challenge posed by possible global warming.

填空题Does the publisher of Douglas Starr's excellent Blood—An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce actually expect to sell many copies? Whoever chose the title is certain to scare off the squeamish, and the subtitle, which makes the effort sound like a dry, dense survey text, has really done this book a disservice. In fact, the brave and curious will enjoy a brightly written, intriguing, and disquieting book, with some important lessons for public health. (66) The book begins with a historical view on centuries of lore about blood—in particular, the belief that blood carried the evil humors of disease and required occasional draining. As recently as the Revolutionary War, Bloodletting was widely applied to treat fevers. The idea of using one person's blood to heal another is only about 75 years old—although rogue scientists had experimented with transfusing animal blood at least as early as the 1600s. The first transfusion experiments involved stitching a donor's vein (in early cases the physician's) to a patient's vein. (67) Sabotaged by notions about the "purity" of their groups' blood, Japan and Germany lagged well behind the Allies in transfusion science. Once they realized they were losing injured troops the Allies had learned to save, they tried to catch up, conducting horrible and unproductive experiments such as draining blood from POWs and injecting them with horse blood or polymers. (68) During the early to mid-1980s, Start says, 10,000 American hemophiliacs and 12,000 others contracted HIV from transfusions and receipt of blood products. Blood banks both here and abroad moved slowly to acknowledge the threat of the virus and in some cases even acted with criminal negligence, allowing the distribution of blood they knew was tainted. This is not new material. But Starr's insights add a dimension to a story first explored in the late Randy Shilts's And the Bond Played On. (69) Is the blood supply safe now? Screening procedures and technology have gotten much more advanced. Yet it's disturbing to read Starr's contention that a person receiving multiple transfusions today has about a 1 in 90,000 chance of contracting HIV—far higher than the "one in a million" figure that blood bankers once blithely and falsely quoted. Moreover, new pathogens threaten to emerge and spread through the increasingly high-speed, global blood-product network faster than science can stop them. This prompts Starr to argue that today's blood stores are "simultaneously safer and more threatening" than when distribution was less sophisticated. (70) A. The massive wartime blood drives laid the groundwork for modern blood-banking, which has saved countless lives. Unfortunately, these developments also set the stage for a great modern tragedy—the spread of AIDS through the international blood supply. B. There is so much drama, power, resonance, and important information in this book that it would be a shame if the squeamish were scared off. Perhaps the key lesson is this: The public health must always be guarded against the pressures and pitfalls of competitive markets and human fallibility. C. In his chronicle of a resource, Start covers an enormous amount of ground. He gives us an account of mankind's attitudes over a 400-year period towards this "precious, mysterious, and hazardous material"; of medicine's efforts to understand, control, and develop blood's life-saving properties; and of the multibillion-dollar industry that benefits from it. He describes disparate institutions that use blood, from the military and the pharmaceutical industry to blood banks. The culmination is a rich examination of how something as horrifying as distributing blood tainted with the HIV virus could have occurred. D. The book's most interesting section considers the huge strides transfusion science took during World War Ⅱ. Medicine benefited significantly from the initiative to collect and supply blood to the Allied troops and from new trauma procedures developed to administer it. It was then that scientists learned to separate blood into useful elements, such as freeze-dried plasma and clotting factors, paving the way for both battlefield miracles and dramatic improvement in the lives of hemophiliacs. E. Starr's tale ends with a warning about the safety of today's blood supply. F. Starr obtained memos and other evidence used in Japanese, French, and Canadian criminal trials over the tainted-blood distribution. (American blood banks enjoyed legal protections that made U. S. trials more complex and provided less closure for those harmed.) His account of the French situation is particularly poignant. Start explains that in postwar France, donating blood was viewed as a sacred and patriotic act. Prison populations were urged to give blood as a way to connect more with society. Unfortunately, the French came to believe that such benevolence somehow offered a magical protection to the blood itself and that it would be unseemly to question volunteer donors about their medical history or sexual or drug practices. Combined with other factors, including greed and hubris, this led to tragedy. Some blood banks were collecting blood from high-risk groups as late as 1990, well into the crisis. And France, along with Canada, Japan, and even Britain, stalled approval and distribution of safer, American heat-treated plasma products when they became available, in part because they were giving their domestic companies time to catch up with scientific advances.

填空题Which game... · is sold well? (71) · allows garners to select games with equal-caliber opponents? (72) · is probably frightening? (73) · offers some more ways to destroy what the players have built? (74) · seems difficult to save the game? (75) · has no easy track for the game? (76) · enables players to construct buildings in different styles? (77) · has detailed and spectacular racing environments? (78) · enables players to make up their own stories? (79) · allows garners to challenge other players in team-based multiplayer games on Xbox Live and System Link? (80) A Like your motorcycle games big, Bold, and beautiful? All those superlatives and more apply to Motocross Madness 2, the sequel to one of the most funny (if not the most realistic) motocross simulations ever created. This sequel improves on the original by offering larger racing environments, more modes of play, and much more detailed graphics. The environments now have a full complement of trees, cacti, Bushes, and other solid objects to smack into, and some game modes even introduce highway traffic into the mix. There's nothing like jumping over a moving semi on your way to the finish line. The new Pro Circuit career mode adds a lot of replay-ability (and long-term strategy) to the game, and fun multiplayer modes like tag offer a refreshing break to standard racing when playing online. On the downside, all the new graphical goodness requires some advanced computer hardwares. While a 3-D accelerator isn't required, that's a little like saying your car doesn't need an engine because you can still push it. With a decent 3-D card, at least a 350 MHz processor, and plenty of RAM, however, the game really comes to fife. Those of you with 3-D audio cards are also in for a treat, as it becomes possible to tell where other riders are just by listening. It took time to get used to Motocross Madness 2's complete over-the-topphysics. Hitting even a minor jump launches the bike straight up into the air, and bigger hills can leave you staring down at the treetops for over five seconds. It's a little ridiculous, But once we gained some familiarity with the tracks it virtually made the game a lot of fun. More air time means more chances to perform outrageous aerial stunts, from the Tail Grab to the back-bending Cordova. Unfortunately, it also means unfortunate encounters with trees which are much harder to avoid. If you buy sports games based only on their ability to realistically portray the sports they are simulating, Motocross Madness 2 will disappoint. For those of you who like big air, Big stunts, enormous open environments, and lots of challenging arcade action, this game is better than its predecessor in every way. B SimCity 3,000 is back, and it's bigger than ever! Maxis pulled out all the stops for this new version of the bestselling game, adding enough new customized graphics to recreate cities from all over the world. The new European and Asian building sets serve up hundreds of new buildings that match the architecture of these diverse environments. From the Great Wall to the Berlin Wall, it's in there. Of course, you can still mix and match—freedom to manage a city as you choose has always been the name of this game. No addition to the SimCity family would be complete without some new methods for destroying your creations, and SimCity 3,000 Unlimited has four more devastating disasters than the old version. You can recreate the movie Armageddon by unleashing large chunks of flaming space debris, smite your populace with a buzzing swarm of locusts, destroy seaports and coastal developments with a whirlpool, or uncork some toxic clouds. The Building Architect, formerly available as a free download, i now packed on the CD-ROM. This 3-D architectural program lets users set up the buildings of their dreams, from dilapidated outhouses to towering skyscrapers to works of modern art that are intended for pure decoration. Don't worry if you don't feel like using this powerful tool to create things yourself—the game comes with dozens of new ways to make your cities unique, and you can always head to the SimCity Exchange to download imaginative add-ons created by other users. The infinite expand-ability and infinite replay-ability of this game should keep would-be mayors completely occupied until they move to the suburbs of the Sims. C Want to live forever? Get a taste for what it's like with Vampire: The Masquerade Redemption, the first computer role-playing game based on the tremendously popular dice-and-paper and live-action RPG from White Wolf Game Studio. Die-hard fans will grumble a bit at some of the translation concessions from book to hard drive. The vampiric disciplines in particular are less flexible and occasionally more hassle than they're worth—sure, you can turn into a wolf, But you can't return to your natural form until the time limit expires. Still, these limitations don't interfere with the gameplay, which is fast moving, challenging, and genuinely creepy. Graphics and sounds are well designed, and along with the plot they evoke the mood of gothic horror that has made Vampire so popular. The single-player mode locks you into the story line of Christof, a medieval crusader who blunders into immortality at the fangs of an ancient Brujah vampire. Christof's damnation and search for redemption lead him from the Prague of the Dark Ages to modem New York City. Multiplayer options include local area network and Internet play as well as the ability to make and run your own stories for other players. The manual is beautiful and helpful, a rare combination. Clearly, the designers took their cue from White Wolf, as evidenced by the clarity of text and carefully chosen illustrations. Though Redemption is really worth playing, gamers should be warned that the save-game feature is irritating and often beyond the player's control and that the installation requires at least 720 MB (and up to 1.3 GB!). Despite these flaws, the game is still wicked fun and merits plenty of praise. D Counter-Strike, the world's most popular online action game and first-person shooter for the PC, makes its console debut exclusively on Xbox and Xbox Live. Counter-Strike for Xbox features single-player missions, taking place over a gritty realistic counterterrorist world. It allows garners to challenge other players in team-based multiplayer games on Xbox Live and System Link. Counter-Strike for Xbox will be the most graphically advanced version of the game to date, showcasing the technical prowess of Xbox, including immersive and intense multiplayer action on Xbox Live. In addition, players will benefit by strategizing and communicating with their teammates via the Xbox Live Communicator headset. Features: · Intense Xbox Live multiplayer action: Gamers can battle real players throughout the world with Xbox Live, strategizing and communicating with up to 15 other players. A unique player-ranking system will allow gamers to select games with equal-caliber opponents, while Xbox Live helps ensure cheat-free playing fields. · Xbox enhancements and exclusives: Players will be treated to new graphically enhanced missions from Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, as well as new, exclusive content designed only for Xbox. · Realistic counterterrorist experience: Players will experience a deep and involving counterterrorism world, where danger abounds. Lead an elite team through the jungles of Asia, the cold regions of Eastern Europe, and the unbearable humidity of Colombia. · Real-life weapons and gadgets: Players can choose from more than 25 real-life weapons, including shotguns, sniper rifles, pistols, and other military artillery. · Downloadable content: New downloadable content will be available via Xbox Live.

填空题The author mentions that she has had to develop time management skills. 71. ______ Parent-students cherish their chance to study in school again. 72. ______ Parent-students seem to stay loyal to one another and support one another. 73. ______ There are some unexpected items in the author's book bag. 74. ______ The author is pursuing an advanced degree. 75. ______ Once in a special occasion, the author was embarrassed when her daughter said she wanted to go to the bathroom. 76. ______ The children participate in the parent's studying. 77. ______ Old parent-students are good listeners, midway between roommates and parents. 78. ______ Most teachers praise parent-students for their assiduity. 79. ______ Parent-students are different from other students in class in that they participate more in class discussion. 80. ______ Section A I am a 27-year-old single mother. I am also travelling the road to my Ph.D. in psychology. I do not believe I am so different from the rest of the student population. I do know, however, that we parent-students have a few characteristics that set us apart on campus. For instance, we parent-students carry book bags with the requisite textbooks, spirals and pens. Ours, though, have added dimensions. At this moments, mine also contains a HeMan sword, a picture of a "big thing that grinds wood " drawn by my son Michael, a copy of "Are You My Mother ?" and a Girl Scout cookie-order form. Parent-students have developed strong back muscles to lug this gear around. We parent-students are extra-friendly creatures. Some combination of an air of maturity and our relaxed outlook makes us natural confidants. We don't have time to listen to confession but we do anyway, for we realize we are a sort of haven midway between loudmouthed roommates and parents. A student's interests may be narrow; ours must expand to include consumer information, local school-bond issues and the names of all the Smurfs. Our knowledge spans generations-- our own, our classmates', our children's. Multigenerational wisdom makes beginning Spanish easy when we use the espanol we've learned from Bert, Ernie and Big Bird. If other students need to know what time it is, they ask us. We always wear a watch. We may lack a spark of spontaneity, but we still enjoy going out for movies, concerts and hot-chocolate breaks. We just need some warning to juggle our schedule. After our efforts, we do not appreciate no-shows. Section B We are tired beings. We put our kids to bed by 9:30 (if we're lucky) and then we open the books. This schedule usually catches up to me after lunch the next day. I have several pages of notes from afternoon classes that are downward-sloping lines, my last efforts before I succumbed to slumber. We may appear exhausted, too, because of our daily sprints across campus when we have five minutes to meet a daughter's school bus. One full-load semester I thought I was going blind. No, said the ophthalmologist, those dark shadowy objects are not detached retinas, they are your eyelids. You need more rest. We may raise our hands more in class discussion. Stating an opinion aloud is no longer an intimidating event when compared with having a Caesarean section. We may also have more applied examples for what the professor is saying. Or maybe we're just loudmouths because we've learned to speak above the roar of children's voices. Sometimes we bring a child with us to class, when there are no babysitters available on the planet. Some may marvel at how well-behaved the child is. They do not see the trepidation behind such visits, the bribes, the threats and the bushel of M ＆ M's purchased as silencers. We don't want our child interfering with the education of others. If there is a club meeting after school hours, the probability increases that Junior will be there with us. This has usually gone smoothly, except for the time I was being initiated into an honor society, and my daughter announced nature's call to the solemn group. It may seem that we stick together, we parent-students, there being a magnet that attracts crazies to one another. The other day one such 23-year old with a two-year-old daughter motioned for me to come over to her study area. She produced a cassette player. "I really should be studying Spanish, but listen to this, "she said. A second passed and then a tiny voice sang, "A-B-C-D-E-E-G. ""It's Rachel saying her ABCs, " she explained. "God, isn't it wonderful?" Another time two men and two women stood in the mainstream of between class traffic at the humanities building discussing the joys of natural childbirth. Section C We are seldom lonely. We do not go home to an empty--or chokingly crowded-- dorm but to a house full of welcoming Munchkins eager to be the first to hug us and to tattle on the other sibling. The children permeate our school projects, if we need to measure the moon's orbit, the kids are outside in the chilly night air calculating with us, coming up with impressive figures only a few billion degrees off. They agree to be our subjects for behavior modification projects in Child Development classes, with mixed results: my daughter stopped sucking her thumb for good; Michael stopped sleeping in Mommy's room only for the 30 days necessary to collect his positive reinforcement. A parent's research trips become magical outings for the kids, who learn in the library that one dollar's worth of nickels can produce 20 Xeroxed copies of their hands. We have a lot of confidence. How could we miss when we have our own cheering section? My children have fully convinced me I am the smartest student on campus. I picked up a term paper once after school with my son in tow, and he boomed out down the hall, "Gee, Morn, you get as in everything. " Most professors compliment us on our diligence in doing homework. We are usually good students. Many of us were in school once before and played when we should have worked. This is our second chance, probably our last chance. We are 20;we are 50. We are single parents; we are married; we are grandparents. We have all sacrificed for the privilege of sitting at a cramped desk, and we don't take our education lightly. Our greatest common bond? We parent-students all love school.