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The English language contains a(n)______of words which are comparative seldom used in ordinary conversation.

The flashing red light served as a ______ of danger ahead.

Our culture has caused most Americans to assume not only that our language is universal but that the gestures we use are understood by everyone. We do not realize that waving good-bye is the way to summon a person from the Philippines to one's side or that in Italy and some Latin-American countries curling the finger to oneself is a sign of farewell. Those private citizens who sent packages to our troops occupying Germany after World War Ⅱ and marked them GIFT to escape duty payments did not bother to find out that "Gift" means poison in German. Moreover, we like to think of ourselves as friendly, yet we prefer to be at least, 3 feet or an arm's length away from others. Latins and Middle Easterners like to come closer and touch' which makes Americans uncomfortable. Our linguistic and cultural blindness and the casualness with which we take notice of the developed tastes, gestures, customs and languages of other countries are losing us friends, business and respect in the world. Even here in the United States, we make few concessions to the needs of foreign visitors. There are no information signs in four languages on our public buildings or monuments; we do not have multilingual (多语言的) guided tours. Very few restaurant menus have translations, and multilingual waiters, bank clerks and policemen are rare. Our transportation systems have maps in English only and often we ourselves have difficulty understanding them. When we go abroad, we tend to cluster in hotels and restaurants where English is spoken. The attitudes and information we pick up are conditioned by those natives—usually the richer—who speak English. Our business dealings, as well as the nation's diplomacy are conducted through interpreters. For many years, America and Americans could get by with cultural blindness and linguistic ignorance. After all, America was the most powerful country of the free world, the distributor of needed funds and goods. But all that is past. American dollars no longer buy all good things, and we are slowly beginning to realize that our proper role in the world is changing. A 1979 Harris poll reported that 55 percent of Americans want this country to play a more significant role in world affairs; we want to have a hand in the important decisions of the next century, even though it may not always be the upper hand. It can be inferred that Americans being approached too closely by Middle Easterners would most probably ______.

It's a serious crime that people______goods out of China to avoid paying customs duty.

You must let me have the annual report without ______ by ten o'clock tomorrow morning.

Directions: em>Write a short composition of about 250 to 300 words on the topic given below

The job-seeker asks the general manager if there is any ______ position in his company.

The professor spoke clearly and ______ and we could understand every word he said.

It was no______that his car was seen near the bank at the time of the robbery.

Henry's news report covering the conference was so ______ that nothing had been omitted.

It seems a reasonable rule of thumb that any genuine offer of help and support from people or organizations will he accompanied by a name and address, and a willingness to be ______ as to their motive in making contact.

The most interesting new cars may owe ______ the simple wisdom of hiring a few talented people and allowing them to work.

The appearance of the used car is______, it's much newer than it really is.

"Dimpy," as her friends call her

During the summer vacation

The skipper was not willing to risk ______ his ship through the straits until he could see where he was going.

The new technological revolution in American newspapers has brought increased______, a wider range of publications and an expansion of newspaper jobs.

Just how much does the Constitution protect your digital data? The Supreme Court will now consider whether police can search the contents of a mobile phone without a warrant if the phone is on or around a person during an arrest. California has asked the justices to refrain from a sweeping ruling particularly one that upsets the old assumption that authorities may search through the possessions of suspects at the time of their arrest. It is hard, the state argues, for judges to assess the implications of new and rapidly changing technologies. The court would be recklessly modest if it followed California's advice. Enough of the implications are discernable, even obvious, so that the justices can and should provide updated guidelines to police, lawyers and defendants. They should start by discarding California's lame argument that exploring the contents of a smart phone—a vast storehouse of digital information—is similar to, say, rifling through a suspect's purse. The court has ruled that police don't violate the Fourth Amendment when they sift through the wallet or pocketbook of an arrestee without a warrant. But expl9ring one's smart phone is more like entering his or her home. A smart phone may contain an arrestee's reading history, financial history, medical history and comprehensive records of recent correspondence. The development of "cloud computing," meanwhile, has made that exploration so much the easier. Americans should take steps to protect their digital privacy. But keeping sensitive information on these devices is increasingly a requirement of normal life. Citizens still have a right to expect private documents to remain private and protected by the Constitution's prohibition on unreasonable searches. As so often is the case, stating that principle doesn't ease the challenge of line-drawing. In many cases, it would not be overly onerous for authorities to obtain a warrant to search through phone contents. They could still invalidate Fourth Amendment protections when facing severe, urgent circumstances, and they could take reasonable measures to ensure that phone data are not erased or altered while a warrant is pending. The court, though, may want to allow room for police to cite situations where they are entitled to more freedom. But the justices should not swallow California's argument whole. New, disruptive technology sometimes demands novel applications of the Constitution's protections. Orin Kerr, a law professor, compares the explosion and accessibility of digital information in the 21st century with the establishment of automobile use as a virtual necessity of life in the 20th. The justices had to specify novel rules for the new personal domain of the passenger car them; they must sort out how the Fourth Amendment applies to digital information now. The Supreme Court will work out whether, during an arrest, it is legitimate to ______.

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