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When we talk about the danger of romantic love, we don"t mean danger in the obvious heartbreak wag—the cheap betrayals, the broken promises—we mean the dark danger that lurks when sensible, educated women fall for the dogmatic idea that romantic love is the ultimate goal for the modern female.
Every day, thousands of films, books, articles and TV programs hammer home this message—that without romance, life is somehow barren.
However, there are women who entertain the subversive notion, like an intellectual mouse scratching behind the skirting board, that perhaps this higher love is not necessarily the celestial highway to absolute happiness.
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Their empirical side kicks in and they observe that couples who marry in a haze of adoration and sex are, ten years later throwing china and fighting bitterly over who gets the dog.
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But the women who notice these contradictions are often afraid to speak them in case they should be labelled cynics. Surely only the most jaded and damaged would challenge the orthodoxy of romantic love.
The received wisdom that there is not something wrong with the modern idea of sexual love as ultimate panacea, but that if you don"t get it, there is something wrong with you. You freak, go back and read the label.
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We say: the privileging of romantic love over all others, the insistence that it is the one essential incontrovertible element of human happiness, traced all the way back to the caves, is a trap and a snare.
The idea that every human heart, since the invention of the wheel, was yearning for its other half is a myth.
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Love is a human constant; it is the interpretation of it that changes. The way that love has been expressed, its significance in daily life have never been immutable or constant.
The different kind of love and what they signify are not fixed, whatever the traditionalists may like to tell you. So the modern idea that romantic love is a woman"s highest calling, that she is somehow only half a person without it that if she questions it she is going against all human history, does not stand up to scrutiny. It is not an imperative carved in stone; it is a human idea, and human beings are frail and suggestible and sometimes get the wrong end of the stick.
问答题1．这个城市现在存在的主要问题。
2．假如我是市长的话，如何解决这些问题。
3．问题解决后的城市前景。
问答题What does work mean to you? Is it just a means to make ends meet and to cover life expenses?
问答题1. People say we are now in a very competitive society. Do you agree with it or not? Why? 2. What will we do as talented people to make our country powerful and prosperous in the new century? 3. A country's economic prosperity can be reflected in people's daily life. Do you agree or disagree7 Give your reasons in detail.
问答题明朝有一位伟大的地理学家叫徐霞客。徐霞客从小喜欢阅读历史、地理、探险、游记一类书籍，长大以后，他决心毕业从事旅行事业，去探寻祖国美好河山的奥秘。在母亲的支持下，徐霞客22岁那年，踏上了游客的探险生活。 徐霞客一生周游考察了十六个省，足迹几乎遍及全国。他认真考察了各地的气候、地形和植物生长的情况，留下了中国古代最详细的气象观测记录。后来，他的日记手稿后来被整理成了《徐霞客游记》。这不仅是一本自然地理的百科全书和导游指南，还是一部明代末年普通百姓生活的生动的历史实录。
问答题我在这风光奇异的地方待的时间不长，但我的心灵得到了升华。那天晚上，我斗胆来 到宾馆外，去观赏五彩斑斓的极光(northern lights)把夜空照亮。传说如果你对着极光 吹口哨，它们就会落到你的脚下。于是我吹响了口哨，发现它们仍待在原先的地方，在寒 冷贫瘠的土地上空飘舞。一如那些飘舞的极光，这里同样是一片远离尘嚣的净土。
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86. {{U}}Contemporary technological reporting is full of notions of
electronic communities in which people interact across regions or entire
continents.{{/U}} Could such "virtual communities" eventually replace
geographically localized social relations? There are reasons to suspect that, as
the foundation for a democratic society, virtual communities will remain
seriously deficient. 87. {{U}}For example, electronic
communication filters out and alters much of the subtlety, warmth,
contextuality, and so on that seem important to fully human, morally engaged
interaction.{{/U}} That is one reason many Japanese and European executives
persist in considering face-to-face encounter essential to their business
dealings and why many engineers, too, prefer face-to-face encounter and find it
essential to their creativity. 88. {{U}}Even hypothetical new
media (e. g. advanced "virtual realities"), conveying a dimensionally richer
sensory display are unlikely to prove fully satisfactory, substitutes for
face-to-face interaction.{{/U}} Electronic media decompose holistic experience
into analytically distinct sensory dimensions and then transmit the latter. At
the receiving end, people can resynthesize the resulting parts into a coherent
experience, but the new whole is invariably different and, in some fundamental
sense, less than the original. Second, there is evidence that
screen-based technologies (such as TV and computer monitors) are prone to induce
democratically unpromising psychopathologies, ranging from escapism to
passivity, obsession, confusing watching with doing, withdrawal from other forms
of social engagement, or distancing from moral consequences.
Third, a strength--but also a drawback--to a virtual community is that any
member can exit instantly. Indeed, an entire virtual community can decline or
perish in the wink of an eye. 89. {{U}}To the extent that
membership in virtual communities proves less stable than that obtaining in
other forms of democratic community, or that social relations prove less thick
(i. e. less embedded in a context filled with shared meaning and history), there
could be adverse consequences for individual psychological and moral
development.{{/U}} 90. {{U}}no matter with whom we communicate or
how far our imaginations fly, our bodies--and hence many material
interdependencies with other people--always remain locally situated.{{/U}} Thus it
seems morally hazardous to commune with far-flung tele-mates, if that means
growing indifferent to physical neighbors. It is not encouraging to observe just
such indifference in California's Silicon Valley, one of the world's most
"highly wired" regions.
问答题For most of human history, the dominant concerns about energy have centered on the benefit side. Inadequacy of energy resources of the technologies for harvesting, converting, and distributing those resources has meant insufficient energy benefits to human beings and hence inconvenience, and constraints on its growth. The 1970"s, then, represented an turning point, Energy was seen to be getting costlier in all respects. It began to be believable that excessive energy costs could pose threats on a par with those of insufficient supply. It also became possible to think that expanding some forms of energy supply could create costs exceeding the benefits.
The crucial question at the beginning of the 1990"s is whether the trend that began in the 1970"s will prove to be temporary or permanent. Is the era of cheap energy really over, or will a combination of new resources, new technology and changing geopolitics bring it back? One key determinant of the answer is the staggering scale of energy demand brought forth by 100years of population growth and industrial demand.
Except for the huge pool of oil underlying the Middle East, the cheapest oil and gas are already gone. Even if a few more giant oil fields are discovered, they will make little difference against consumption on today"s scale. Oil and gas will have to come increasingly, for most countries, from deeper in the earth and from imports whose reliability and affordability cannot be guaranteed.
问答题据英国报纸报道，痴迷于足球的罪犯们纷纷向英国警方投案自首以求在世界杯之前及时结束短暂的刑期。
《旗帜晚报》报道，伦敦北部的赫特福德郡警方开展了“红牌行动”，向未到庭的被告发出了一条简单的信息：要么立即投案，要么在世界杯期间呆在没有电视的警局监房里。“有一名男子甚至打了背包上庭，准备在牢里呆上一阵，”报纸援引赫特福德警官奈杰尔(Nigel)的话。
“毫无疑问他是想赶快结束刑期，以确保在世界杯开赛之时重获自由。”
报纸说，发往罪犯们已知最新地址的296封信已经使17人前往当地警局面对袭击和盗窃之类的指控，另有10人到庭受审。不是球迷的罪犯也并不安全。
奈杰尔说寄信的另一成果是使警方收到了60条关于其他罪犯下落的线报，警方将在今后数周内对他们展开追捕。
问答题新闻与我们的日常生活息息相关。报纸、杂志、广播、电视这些大众传播工具，是我们认识周围事物的耳目。踏人21世纪，我们虽然已经走在高速信息公路上，可以借助因特网获取资讯，然而，就功能和特征，受众的接受程度以及传播信息的方式来说，传统的大众传播工具仍旧发挥着重要的作用。
问答题Directions: "Go West, Young Man" was a popular saying of the 19 century in the United States, referring to opportunities on the frontier. Today in China, there is also a great need for patriotic and energetic young people to go west and make contributions to the western region development. Write on the Answer Sheet an essay of about 150 words to discuss the significance of the development of West China. The suggested title is Go West, Revitalize Our Nation.
问答题Nowadays we can see American films and TV programs pouring in,fast food res taurants popping up in our cities, and many other imported products dominating our markets. Many people are happy to see them whereas others worry about such trends. Give your opinion in an essay of no less than 250 words.
问答题You have got an invitation of an international academic conference in London. Write a letter informing the secretary of the conference office that you will attend the conference, presenting the topic and a brief summary of your speech in the conference, and inquiring about the situation there as regards accommodation, fees and transportation.
You should write at least 180 words.
Begin your letter as follows:
Dear ______.
问答题所有这一切引发了信任危机。美国人不再把繁荣看成是理所当然的事，他们开始相信自己缺乏经营之道，他们相信他们的收入不久也会下降。80年代中期，对美国工业下滑的原因进行了一次又一次的调查，惊人的发现不时的告诫他们，海外的竞争实力越来越强大，情况变化多快呀! 1995年当日本不断奋力拼搏时，美国却可以回顾这五年稳固发展的历程。
问答题"Parents Are Not Really the Best Teachers in One"s Life."
问答题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} Read the following passage carefully and then translate
each underlined part into Chinese.
21. {{U}}The greatest achievement of humankind in its long
evolution from ancient hominoid ancestors to its present status is the
acquisition and accumulation of a vast body of knowledge about itself, the
world, and the universe. The products of this knowledge are all those things
that, in the aggregate, we call "civilization", including language, science,
literature, art, all the physical mechanisms, instruments, and structures we
use, and the physical infrastructures on which society relies.{{/U}} 22. {{U}}Most
of us assume that in modern society knowledge of all kinds is continually
increasing and the aggregation of new information into the corpus of our social
or collective knowledge is steadily reducing the area of ignorance about
ourselves, the world, and the universe. But continuing reminders of the numerous
areas of our present ignorance invite a critical analysis of this
assumption.{{/U}} In the popular view, intellectual evolution is
similar to, although much more rapid than, somatic evolution. Biological
evolution is often described by the statement that "ontogeny recapitulates
phylogeny"--meaning that the individual embryo, in its development from a
fertilized ovum into a human baby, passes through successive stages in which it
resembles ancestral forms of the human species. The popular view is that
humankind has progressed from a state of innocent ignorance, comparable to that
of an infant, and gradually has acquired more and more knowledge, much as a
child learns in passing through the several grades of the educational system.
23. {{U}}Implicit in this view is an assumption that phylogeny resembles ontogeny,
so that there will ultimately be a stage in which the accumulation of knowledge
is essentially complete, at least in specific fields, as if society had
graduated with all the advanced degrees that signify mastery of important
subjects.{{/U}} Such views have, in fact, been expressed by some
eminent scientists. In 1894 the great American physicist Albert Michelson said
in a talk at the University of Chicago: 24. {{U}}While it is never safe to affirm
that the future of Physical Science has no marvels in store even more
astonishing than those of the past, it seems probable that most of the grand
underlying principles have been firmly established and that further advances are
to be sought chiefly in the rigorous application of these principles to all the
phenomena which come under our notice The future truths of Physical Science are
to be looked for in the sixth place of decimals.{{/U}}
问答题“我的英语有多好?”这个问题对任何学习英语的人来说都是最重要的。知道这个问题的答案不仅有助于增强你的信心，而且如果你想取得更多的进步，知道这个答案是有用的，因为一旦知道已经达到一个水平，你就会开始向下一个水平进军。考试在学习过程中发挥另外一个重要作用一考试证明学习者是否熟练这门语言。通过语言考试远不只是激励了自己在语言方面的自尊。如果你想到英语国家去念大学，或者你想找一份需要英语技能的工作的话，通过语言考试就至关重要了。
问答题One of nature's most destructive forces is the tornado, a violent windstorm that takes the shape of a rotating column of air. Tornadoes almost always occur in conjunction with severe thunderstorms that produce high winds, heavy rainfall and damaging hail. Though their cause is unknown, tornadoes are believed to be the result of the convergence of strong upward wind currents inside a storm with upper level winds above the storm; the greater the air contrast, the more violent the storm will be. The United States has more tornadoes, approximately 750 tornadoes reported each year, than any other country in the world because this is where arctic and tropical air masses most frequently converge.
This unpredictability makes accurate tornado forecasts difficult. Though it is possible to determine when a tornado is apt to occur, actual tornado warnings are issued only when a tornado has been sighted or reported on radar. Radar can be used to guess the storm's' likely path, its speed and the intensity of the storm. But conventional radar has limitations. An advanced form of radar, known as Doppler, has the ability to detect the first steps in the formation of a tornado. Unlike conventional radar, Doppler tracks a thunderstorm's rotating wind system which usually precedes the development of a tornado. As a result, Doppler has provided forecasters with the ability to issue tornado warnings as much as 20 minutes prior to a storm's touchdown, compared to a warning of less than 2 minutes by visual sighting. Though tornadoes remain one of nature's most violent forces, the use of radar and advanced warning systems has substantially narrowed their paths of destruction.
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71.{{U}}One of the major pleasures in life is appetite, and one of our major
duties should be to preserve it. Appetite is the keenness of living; it is one
of the senses that tells you that you are still curious to exist, that you still
have an edge on your longings and want to bite into the world and taste its
multitudinous flavors and juices.{{/U}} By appetite, of course, I
don't mean just the lust for food, but any condition of unsatisfied desire, any
burning in the blood that proves you want more than you've got, and that you
haven't yet used up your life. Wilde said he felt Sony for those who never got
their heart's desire, but it nearly killed me, and I've always preferred wanting
to having since. For appetite, to me, is this state of wanting,
which keeps one's expectation alive. I remember learning this lesson long
ago as a child, when treats and orgies were few, and when I discovered that the
greatest pitch of happiness was not in actually eating a toffee but in gazing at
it beforehand. True, the first bite was delicious, but once toffee was gone one
was left with nothing, neither toffee nor lust. Besides, the whole toffeeness of
toffees was imperceptibly diminished by the gross act of having eaten it. No,
the best wasin wanting it, in sitting and looking at it, when one tasted an
inexhaustible treasure-house of flavors. 72. {{U}}For that matter,
I don't really want three square meals a day—I want one huge, delicious,
orgiastic, table-groaning blow-out say every four days, and then not be too sure
where the next one is coming from. A day of fasting is not for me just a
puritanical device for denying oneself a pleasure, but rather a way of
anticipating a rarer moment of supreme indulgence.{{/U}} So, for
me, one of the keenest pleasures of appetite remains in the wanting, not
the satisfaction, in wanting a peach, or a whisky, or a particular texture or
sound, or to be with a particular friend. For in this condition, of course, I
know that the object of desire is always at its most flawlessly perfect. Which
is why I would carry the preservation of appetite to the extent of deliberate
fasting, simply because I think that appetite is too good to lose, too precious
to be bludgeoned into insensibility by satiation and over-doing it.
Fasting is an act of homage to the majesty of appetite. So I think we
should arrange to give up our pleasures regularly—our food, our friends,
our lovers—in order to preserve their intensity, and the moment of coming back
to them. For this is the moment that renews and refreshes both oneself and
the thing one loves. Sailors and travelers enjoyed this once, and so did
hunters, I suppose. Part of the weariness modern life may be that we live too
much on tip of each other, and are entertained and fed too regularly. Once we
were separated by hunger both from our food and families, and then we learned to
value both. The men went off hunting, and the dogs went with them; the women and
children waved goodbye. The cave was empty of men for days on end; nobody ate,
or knew what to do. The women crouched by the fire, the wet smoke in their eyes;
the children wailed; everybody was hungry. Then one night there were shouts and
the barking of dogs from the hills, and the men came back loaded with meat. 73.
{{U}}This was the great reunion, and everybody gorged himself and appetite came
into its own; the long-awaited meal became a feast to remember and an almost
sacred celebration of life. Now we go off to the office and come home in the
evenings to cheap chicken and frozen peas. Very nice, but too much of it, too
easy and regular. We eat, we are lucky, our faces are shining with fat, but we
don't know the pleasure of being hungry anymore.{{/U}} Too much of
anything—too much music, entertainment, happy time spent with one's
friends—creates a kind of impotence of living because of which one can no longer
hear, or taste, or see, or love. Life is short and precious, and appetite is one
of its guardians, and loss of appetite is a sort of death. So if we are to enjoy
this short life we should respect the divinity of appetite, and keep it eager
and not too much blunted. It is a long time now since I knew
that acute moment of bliss that comes from putting parched lips to a cup of cold
water. The springs are still there to be enjoyed—all one needs is the original
thirst.
问答题It is frequently assumed that the mechanization of work has a revolutionary effect on the lives of the people who operate the new machines and on the society into which the machines have been introduced, For example, it has been suggested that the employment of women in industry took them out of the household, their traditional sphere, and fundamentally altered their position in society. Friedrich Engels predicted that women would be liberated from the "social, legal, and economic subordination" of the family by technological developments that made possible the recruitment of "the whole female sex... into public industry.\