填空题[A]THINGShavenotbeengoingwellforSonylately.LastmonthseniorexecutivesattheJapaneseelectronicsgiantissuedanunprecedentedapologyafterdiscoveringthat9.6mlaptopbatteries,suppliedtoothercomputer-makers,werefaultyandwouldhavetoberecalledatacostof$436m.Sony'sBlue-rayhigh-definitiontechnology,launchedthissummer,hassufferedfromdelaysandcomponentshortages."Theyreallyneedsomegoodnews,"saysPaulJacksonofForrester,aconsultancy.[B]Ingaming,SonyfacesfarstrongercompetitionthanitdidwhenitlaunchedthePlayStation2in2000.ThePS2wentontosellover100munits,givingSony70%ofthemarket.Butgamingisacyclicalbusiness,andsuccessinonerounddoesnotguaranteesuccessinthenext.Microsofthasalreadysoldover6mofitsXbox360consoles,launchedayearago,andexpectstohavesold10mbytheendof2006.ManufacturingproblemsdelayedthePS3'slaunchfromMayandmeantthatonly93000consoleswereavailablefortheJapaneselaunch,Sonyhopestosell2mbytheendoftheyear,butevenifitdoesso,itwillstarttheraceinthirdplace.[C]YetitwillbesometimebeforeitispossibletotellwhetherthePS3canrescueSony.Beneaththeshort-termtroubles,thecompanyisplayingalonggame.SonyisbettingthatthePS3'sadvancedtechnologywillsustainthecompanyforadecadebyextendingthePlayStationfranchisebeyondgaming.[D]Finally,thePS3isalitmustestforSirHoward'sturnaroundeffort,oneoftheaimsofwhichistogetSony'svariousdivisionstoco-operatemorefully.Sonyhasimprovedmarginsinitselectronicsbusinessandreducedheadcountby10000aheadofschedule.SirHowardevensuggestedthisweekthatthebatteryfiascohadhelpedbymakingiteasierforhimtoconvincedoubterswithinSonyoftheneedtochange.[E]SonyneedsthePS3tosucceedforthreereasons:tomaintainitslucrativedominanceofthegamesindustry;toseedthemarketforBlue-rayandestablishSonyintheemergingmarketforinternetvideodownloads;andtodemonstratethattheturnaroundbeingledbyHowardStringer,whotookoveraschiefexecutivein2005,isworkingandthatSony'sgaming,electronicsandcontentdivisionsreallycanworktogether.DespitetheenthusiasmofthePS3'searlybuyers,successineachoftheseareasisfarfromassured.[F]Americanregulatorsbeganinvestigatingthecompanylastmonthaspartofaninquiryintoallegationsofprice-fixinginthememory-chipmarket.Andhavingbragbeentheworld'smostvaluableelectronicsfirmbystockmarketvalue,Sony'smarketcapitalisationhasfallentolessthanhalfthatofSamsung,itsSouthKoreanrival.[G]SoalotisridingonthePlayStation3(PS3),thelatestincarnationofSony'sindustry-leadinggamesconsole,whichwaslaunchedwithmuchfanfareinJapanonNovember11th.AttheYurakuchoflagshipstoreofBicCamera,oneofJapan'slargestelectronicsretailers,hundredsofgarnersqueuedthroughacoldnight.KenKutaragi,whorunsSony'sgamingdivision,wastheretowelcometheminthemorning.[H]ThePS3isalsomeanttoensurethatBlue-raytriumphsoverHD-DVDasthehigh-definitionsuccessortotheDVDvideoformat.TheideaisthatmillionsofPS3sboughtbygarnerswillseedthemarketforBlue-ray,providingitwithcriticalmassandensuringthatHollywoodstudios,whicharereluctanttobacktworivalstandards,plumpforBlue-rayoverHD-DVD.ButinsteadofridingthePS3asaTrojanhorse,Blue-rayhasinsteadhobbleditbyincreasingitspriceanddelayingitsintroduction.[I]Soafewteethingproblemsintheearlydaysarenothingtoworryabout;besides,thePS2wasalsocriticisedforbeingexpensive,over-engineeredandunreliablewhenitfirstappeared.Buthavingachieved70%marketsharelasttimearound,Sonyiscertaintolosegroundthistime.Theonlyquestionishowmuch.

填空题46) Thomas Hardy"s impulses as a writer, all of which he indulged in his novels, were numerous and divergent, and they did not always work together in harmony. Hardy was to some degree interested in exploring his characters" psychologies, though impelled less by curiosity than by sympathy. Occasionally he felt the impulse to comedy (in all its detached coldness) as well as the impulse to farce, but he was more often inclined to see tragedy and record it. He was also inclined to literary realism in the several senses of that phrase. He wanted to describe ordinary human beings; he wanted to speculate on their dilemmas rationally (and, unfortunately, even schematically); and he wanted to record precisely the material universe. Finally, he wanted to be more than a realist. 47) He wanted to transcend what he considered to be the banality of solely recording things exactly and to express as well his awareness of the occult and the strange. In his novels these various impulses were sacrificed to each other inevitably and often. Inevitably, because Hardy did not care in the way that novelists such as Flaubert or James cared, and therefore took paths of least resistance. Thus, one impulse often surrendered to a fresher one and, unfortunately, instead of exacting a compromise, simply disappeared. 48) A desire to throw over reality a light that never was might give way abruptly to the desire on the part of what we might consider a novelist-scientist to record exactly and concretely the structure and texture of a flower. In this instance, the new impulse was at least an energetic one, and thus its indulgence did not result in a relaxed style. 49) But on other occasions Hardy abandoned a perilous, risky, and highly energizing impulse in favor of what was for him the fatally relaxing impulse to classify and schematize abstractly. When a relaxing impulse was indulged, the style—that sure index of an author"s literary worth—was certain to become verbose. Hardy"s weakness derived from his apparent inability to control the comings and goings of these divergent impulses and from his unwillingness to cultivate and sustain the energetic and risky ones. He submitted to first one and then another, and the spirit blew where it listed; hence the unevenness of any one of his novels. 50) His most controlled novel, Under the Greenwood Tree, prominently exhibits two different but reconcilable impulse—a desire to be a realist-historian and a desire to be a psychologist of love—but the slight interlockings of plot are not enough to bind the two completely together. Thus even this book splits into two distinct parts.

填空题The acronym DINK--double income, no kids--originated in the US in the 1960s.41)__________. This choice was not irrational. After all, nowadays retired people can live on their pensions and savings, so they are no longer compelled to depend on their offspring in old age. And a child is undeniably an expensive proposition: so much time and money are required. Why bother having one? It is hard to condemn those who opt out of parenthood. And in China their decisions are perfectly in keeping with the drive to limit population growth. 42)__________. A baby enters the world with a mind like blank paper, and gradually he or she acquires the ability to think, to talk and finally to communicate easily. Isn't there something magical about it? When you see the process happening before your very eyes, you feel a happiness like no other. A Chinese DINK said to me recently, "If you didn' t have three children, you could go to a bar or the cinema with your wife on weekends--how unrestrained and romantic that would be!, But I would say that no matter how wonderful Hollywood films or Broadway performances are, watching them is far less interesting than seeing my extrovert of a daughter sing and dance. If it's true that there are rewards to be gotten from having children, then surely the happiness of seeing them grow up is the greatest.43)__________. But this is a happiness that can be felt only after you become a parent; there's no appreciating it otherwise. However, who begets a child out of curiosity to see him or hex grow up? None of my friends had this in mind when they or their wife got pregnant. For some the pregnancy was unexpected.44)__________. And some said that having a child can bring stability to a troubled marriage—but is that really true? I myself didn't give it much thought. I just assumed it was the natural thing to do, and since my wife enjoyed big, cheerful, lively families, we went ahead end had three kids. No regrets. I know my words won't change any minds.45)__________. No, raising a child is not easy. The happiness of seeing a child grow, in contrast, is largely in the mind of the parents, end other people cannot so readily perceive lt. Little wonder, then, that so many people without children believe parenthood is all work end no fun.A. What DINKs say is obviously true: children really de require lots of parental energy and money. Just watch a mother bring a sick child to a hospital; you can see the tension, the worry, and all the self-control it takes to seem calm and reassuringB. Another Chinese friend of mine complained: "I provided the funds for my child to go to collage and then off to America for a master's degree, but so far I haven't gotten any rewards out of playing parent." To him I would say that the rewards were there all along—for any parent open to the wonder of seeing a child begin to speak, or surprise us with a new word used for the first timeC. Fearing that children might constrain their freedom, married working women began to avoid pregnancy; the result was many busy, prosperous young DINK couplesD. Each individual has his or her own reasons for wanting or not waning children, and his or her own happiness to build. The saddest people are those who have children but come to regret it, [or whatever reason. Regretful parents axe usually closed to family happiness. And without the happiness, all that remain are the burdensE. Yet few couples with children would agree that they were stupid to become parents. Most are very happy that they have had the experience of witnessing a child grow to maturityF. My wife end I have three small children. Chinese friends often ask why three children, not one or none: Doesn't raising three children limit my career in business and in my wife's case, teaching?G. Others had parents eager to have grandchildren. A few said they had children because a person's life would be incomplete without one. Some said that there were millions and millions of children in the world and they just wanted to see what theirs would be like

填空题[A] Negotiation Is a Two-way Street[B] Correct Common Negotiation Mistakes[C] Do the Right Kind of Homework[D] Don’t Be Afraid to Have Difficult Conversations[E] Tactic Is Dictated by Situation[F] Try to Ask Good Questions[G] Deal with Issues up front “Most people think of negotiation only when they need to get something more”, says Tammy Lenski, a professional mediator who helps universities and businesses nationwide with conflict management. “The reality is that at work, pretty much every conversation is a negotiation. You’re negotiating deadlines, the quality level, what might be taken off your plate to make room for this priority project and what benefit you might get for taking on that project. The minute you walk into the workplace in the morning, you’re negotiating. “ Here are some of Lenski’s tips on becoming a good negotiator — and improving your situation at work: 41．______ People either are too confrontational or cave in because they’re afraid to ask some basic questions. “If people think of a negotiation more as a conversation than something that needs to be won, they’ll do much better, “ says Tammy Lenski. 42．______ Playing hardball in the office can backfire when you need to work with your coworkers every day. “You have an ongoing relationship with these folks, and you’re trying to not leave debris, “ Lenski says. “People need to stop thinking about negotiating as getting more of what I need, which means getting less of what you need. “ Instead, find out the other person’s needs, and try to come to a conclusion that helps both of you. “The best negotiating is using the really good human relation skills in an effective way, “ Lenski says. “It isn’t about pushing or convincing or manipulating the other person. It’s about having them figure out what they want and how you can help them get it. “ 43．_______ In negotiations, you know what you want. But you also need to find out what the other side wants in return. It’s most efficient if you just ask openly. When starting her private practice 10 years ago, Lenski presented her fee to provide conflict-management services to a company in turmoil. The department head asked her to slash her price 20 percent. Lenski said this was her bottom-line number, but the department head said everything is negotiable. Lenski then asked the essential question: “Why do you believe everything is negotiable?” The department head explained the head of finance would ask if she bargained and got a good deal. At that point, Lenski crossed out the original fee and wrote a new one that was about 25 percent higher. “Will this work?” she asked. The department head said, “Well, I’ll have to offer you 20 percent less than that. “ And they had a deal. 44．______ Instead of keeping quiet and thus becoming resentful, “negotiating is figuring out how to raise the things that are bothering you so they can be sorted out, ”Lenski says. Instead of just thinking about what might make it difficult to accomplish your goal, talk with your boss about those issues right away. “It’s much more helpful in general to think about under what conditions you might make it possible, and how can you help me do that, ” Lenski says. 45．______ Lenski says people tend to waste a lot of time worrying about scary negotiation scenarios. “They go into it thinking about all the ways it can go wrong, ” she says, even though the negotiation generally turns out much better than expected. “Instead, they should spend their time thinking of it from the perspective of the other person. What would make them want to join with you to figure things out? Not what will make them change their mind, but what will make them want to sort this out with me. Invite them into joint problem-solving. ”

填空题At Yale University, some ten students live off campus in a cooperative home they call the Green House.41)__________. Late at night, they drive to the store and quietly jump into its car-sized dumpster, picking out unopened packages of still fresh food. They find milk, eggs, bread and cookies, chocolate, soup, vegetables, even frozen pizzas and soymilk. Not only are most Green House residents vegetarian, but they are also moderate freegans, meaning that they eat mainly what they can get for free. These students, of course, are trying to leave as small an "ecological footprint" as possible. 42)__________. Across America other devout environmentalists tire "off the grid", building shacks in the wilderness without running water or electricity. Frustrated with environmental destruction and waste, they have renounced the system that fosters and perpetuates it. Such ascetic anti-consumerism may be the most dramatic side of environmentalism, and it leads to cultural ferment that can set into motion political and economic change. Its practitioners focus on personal sacrifice, hoping that their ideals and asceticism will spread like a religion. 43)__________. Our political and economic systems are deeply immature. Environmentalists need m spend just as much energy organizing political and economic environmentalism. Also, old-fashioned environmentalism often assumes that business is opposed to environmental protection. In fact, thousands of US companies are discovering, often with the help of energy consultants, how much money they have to stand from becoming environmentally efficient: saving energy and recycling within industry. The recent book Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution by Paul Hawkenetal now translated into Chinese, should get some of the credit for bringing about this transformation in attitudes. Paradoxically, the US is both the birthplace of global environmentalism and the world's biggest environmental spender. Romanticism, the European and American literary and artistic movement that found God in the wilderness, had a strong long term impact on American thinking, starting in the middle third of the 19th century. In particular, renewed attention to the essays of Henry David Thoreau (1817-62) helped launch modern environmentalism a century after his death.44)__________Why the discrepancy? Most environmental damage cannot be boiled down to the choices made by individuals. Rather, individuals are locked into a system in which heavy industry commits the majority of ecological crimes, buttressed by an economic system that squanders natural resources. The government gives away mining rights and opens public forests to loggers practically for free——and big business spends millions of dollars to make sure politicians keep on doing so.45)__________.For many environmental problems, the solution is organized political pressure and entrepreneurial innovation.A. At times, the moral conviction and worldview of the Green House appear as all encompassing as a religious faith. Green House inmates live in the most environmentally "pious" way one could conceive of in the city.B. But effective environmentalism requires more than words, more than cultural change. It requires legal and economic reform. It demands historically unprecedented policies incorporating the value of cherished natural resources in market calculations. It calls for new organizations and entrepreneurial commitment. Anyone have any ideas?C. But one drawback of focusing environmentalist energy on abstaining from personal consumption is that such an approach can distract people from the larger muses of environmental destruction, which cannot be affected by individual choices to consume or not to consume.D. Other government subsidies support several filthy industries. While the government pays for new freeways, thus subsidizing automobiles, it ignores trains and bus networks. Polluters don' t pay the real cost of externalities such as toxic waste and air and water pollution.E. They recycle cans, bottles and paper meticulously, sorting them into the bins collected by municipal trucks in American cities. They reuse "grey water", meaning that they plug the drain when they shower and then use buckets to flush the toilet with the old soapy water. To prevent food from going to waste, they even get most of their groceries out of the trash of an upscale grocery store.F. We should recall, however, that environmentalists have often been fobbed off with token gestures, idle talk and unimplemented treaties. Even President Bush, who has the worst environmental record of any American president so far, has mastered the art of (largely empty) environmentalist rhetoric.G. Yet today America, with only 596 of the world's population, produces 2496 of global carbon dioxide emissions. The US, like many other rich countries, has cleaned up its air and water, but it is still the biggest contributor to the greatest environmental threat ever global climate chang

填空题 41) ____________. The synthetic (合成的) polymer (聚合的) device is the first flexible hydrophilie (吸水的) artificial cornea to be produced and inserted into a human. It is the product of 8 years work by researchers at the Lions Eye Institute of the University of WA'S Department of Ophthalmic Biomaterials. 42) ____________. "First, the plastic material used to construct the artificial cornea absorbs water and becomes elastic and soft like human tissue." Prof. Chirial told Australian Science. "A second novel characteristic is that the periphery (外围) is a sponge with pores allowing host tissue to grow into it. Third, the device uses interpenetrating (渗透) polymer networks to link the central transparent area with the non-transparent periphery." 43) ____________. The first recipient (接纳者)of the device, a 79-year-old WA man who was blind in one eye, can now read large print. A further eight patients are awaiting the technically challenging two-step procedure, with the first due to be operated on this month. 44) ____________. Many patients admitted to the trial have experienced rejection of previous human corneal grafts due to an immune reaction or medical syndrome. In others who have had a chemical burn to an eye, the artificial graft offers their only hope of restored vision. A senior opthalmologist with the team, Dr. Geoffrey Crawford, said the artificial cornea was a promising development for people in underdeveloped countries where an absence of eye banks meant that less than 1% of those needing a human corneal graft ever get one. 45) ____________.[A] It is novel in three ways according to its designer, Romanian-trained polymer chemist Professor Trainan Chirial, who set up the department in 1986.[B] The device is designed to replace a diseased or damaged cornea or a failed human graft and can give back sight to some patients.[C] The artificial cornea was made from a transparent matrix of collagen and a synthetic polymer.[D] Before the device can be marketed, an international trial of at least 50 patients in five centers worldwide needs to be completed successfully.[E] However, he conceded that the cost of the device would need to fall dramatically for it to be used in any widespread way.[F] He explained that material in the center and periphery have an identical chemical composition but are produced by different chemical processes, hence their different light-transmitting qualities.[G] Western Australian researchers have patented an artificial cornea with the potential to benefit blind or partially sighted individuals worldwide.

填空题A. Admittedly, the relatively small sample size of this pilot study and the narrow range of respondents" fields makes generalizing the results tricky. But the fact that women are lagging behind in the languages-often considered academia's female-friendly fields-suggests that the fight to get more women established in maledominated math and science might be even more of an uphill battle than we expected. According to the new study, whether women were single, married, divorced, with children or without, they lagged behind their male counterparts in every demographic. B. What are women doing instead? Teaching, mostly. Women spend more time (7.5 hours a week) on grading or commenting on student work than men (6 hours). They also spend 10.9 hours a week on course preparation, compared to 9.1 weekly hours for men. While these "micro-differences" are not significant week to week, the report finds, over time they may add up to a "major inequity." Unfortunately, prioritizing student contact rarely leads to getting promoted. C. So much for the theory that maternity leave and childrearing are responsible for slowing women's climb up the employment ladder. Despite increasing efforts to mint more female professors in recent years, a new report from the Modern Language Association of America shows that women take longer than men to get promoted from associate professor to full professor-regardless of whether they are married or have children. D. The report, based on an earlier survey of 401 English and foreign-language professors, finds that women take between 1 and 3.5 years longer than men to attain the rank of professor, depending on the size and nature of their school, with the largest gap at private colleges and universities. "That's a staggering difference," says lead author Kathleen Woodward, an English professor at the University of Washington. Worse, the lag time is getting longer. Women now earn more doctorates than men and make up a greater proportion of associate professors, but they're rising through the ranks more slowly than they used to. E. Interestingly, among respondents with kids, women reported spending more time (31.6 hours) caring for their children than did men (17.4), but that didn't make those women rise slower than their childless peers-just the opposite. Married moms moved up in 8.2 years, compared to 9.4 for married women without kids. "Women become highly focused when they have so many different things to do," says Woodward. F. Academic rewards, the report notes, are still largely conferred by men, who have had decades more time to become settled in positions of campus authority. And until more women get promoted to full professorships, that's unlikely to change. In the meantime, the report concludes, colleges and universities can start closing the gap by beefing up mentoring programs, establishing clear guidelines and paths for promotion, and making sure that women are aware of those guidelines. And Woodward believes that increasing awareness is key. G. So if childrearing isn't responsible for slowing women down, what is? One answer is that men and women prioritize different aspects of their work. Female associate professors devote less time than their male counterparts do to churning out books and articles, essential fuel for promotion: women reported spending 7.7 hours a week on research and writing compared to 9.7 hours for men. This difference adds up to men spending about two more full work-weeks a year writing than women do. That can make a big difference at a time when schools' increased reliance on associate professors is pushing the bar for promotion higher, requiring tenure hopefuls to publish more than ever.

填空题A. There is nothing more disappointing than arriving at an airport overseas to discover that your baggage has been left behind. At best you will have to put up with wearing the clothes you stand up in for hours or days, until the airline reunites you with your luggage. At worst, you may be in a different climate zone, thousand of miles from home and forced to wear wholly unsuitable clothes. B. Even efficient transfer airports, such as Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Singapore and Zurich have their bad days. The risk of baggage being lost when changing planes is higher than average at certain airports. Even the United States has problems— Miarni airport is well known for luggage going missing when transatlantic passengers make immediate connections for destinations in Latin America. C. In normal circumstances the system works well. But extra security checks at airports and problems with air traffic combine to cause delayed flights. All this can cause the baggage system to fail. Then there is the possibility of human error, or an accident in which the destination label is torn off. D. The system works like this. Airlines insist on exaggerated check-in times (which require passengers to report to the airport as given time before departure) designed to allow sufficient time for baggage to pass through the airport and be loaded on to the plane. Minimum connecting times (MCTs) are the shortest time it takes to transfer between two flights. These, too, are exaggerated to allow for baggage transfers. E. Although airlines rarely reveal how many cases they lose, it is a fact of life that sooner or later regular travelers will be parted from their luggage. Even the best airlines slip up from time to time, and it is impossible for any carrier to guarantee that a passenger's checked luggage will go on the same flight, particularly when a journey calls for one or more changes of aircraft. F. These problems can become severe at large transfer airports, known as "hubs", because of the large number of bags that are processed. Last year, for example, London's Heathrow airport handled more than 41 million passengers, of whom nine million were changing planes. British Airways alone handled two million transfer passengers at Heathrow, with most making the one-mile transfer between Terminal 1 (for Domestic and European flights) and Terminal 4 (for long-distance flights). G. You should choose direct flights whenever possible and check in well before the official time. If a change of plane is unavoidable, or makes your flight less expensive, then try to fly the same airline throughout. Try to allow more connecting time by taking an earlier flight to the transfer airport, and make sure you label your luggage inside and out with your home and holiday addresses. Don't forget to include the flight numbers. If, after all this, your luggage still goes missing, you must contact the appropriate airline official in the baggage hall and complete a property irregularity report (PIR). This must be done before leaving the airport. Order: A→41→42→43→44→45→G

填空题[A]Inourtimewomenhaveanaveragelifespanofalmost80years;doubleofwhatitwasinthelastcentury.Motherhoodcanbepostponedandintheorymarriagecanbepostponed.WomenintheUSAarestudyingmorethanmenandtheymaybecomemainbreadwinnerinthenearfuture.[B]Manywomengothroughlifethinking,consciouslyorunconsciously,thatamanwillsolvealltheirproblems,"Oncewearemarried,everythingwillbeOK."Thisattitudeonlysetusupforfailure.Menarenotprincesreadytotakeanychallengetorescuetheprincesses,theyarehumanbeingswiththeirownneedsandfears.[C]Carriewaswonderinginherbedroomaboutthecommentthatherfriend,NewYorksocialiteCharlotteYork,made"Womenwanttoberescued."Carriewonders,"Isthattrue?Isthattheonlythingwomenwant?Rescuedbywhom?IftheprincedidnotkissSnowWhite,wouldshehavebeenfrozenforeverorwouldshehavewokenupanywayandmovedon?"SnowWhiteprobablyhadnootherchance,butwedo.[D]Nowonderoursocietyhaschanged.Ontheotherhand,ourvalueshavenotchangedfastenoughandmanywomen,moresoHispanicwomen,arejustwaitingtoberescuedbytheprince.Thesewomenhavenotrealized,theynolongerneedtoberescued;theyneedamanforotherreasons,nottotakecareofthem.[E]Womeninoursocietyhavesomanyoptionsthatwedonotneedanybodyelsetorescueus;wearetheonlyonesthatcanrescueourselves.IfyouhaveareasOfyourlifethatyouwanttoimprove,goahead;doitforyouandforyouonly,oracceptyourselfasyouare.Donotbesonaivethatyouthinksomeoneelsecantakecareofallyourproblems.Lifedoesnotworklikethat.Livelifetothefullest,behappywithwhoyouareandyouwillseethatifyouarehappywithyourself,youwillmakeothershappy,includingyourman.[F]Oursocietyhaschangedinaremarkablewayinthelast50yearsorso.Andtherearemanyreasonsforit.Atthebeginningofthe20thcenturywomen'slifespanwasabout40years.There-fore,lifeneededtostartearlierifawomanweregoingtoliveforonly40years;motherhoodwasapriority.Menusedtoworkandwomenstayedathomeandtookcareofthemandtheirkids.Womencouldnotsurvivewithoutaman;womenneededtoberescued.[G]Womenarecaregivers.Wearestrongandsmartandwehavetheabilitytotakecareofourselves;wedonotneedtoberescuedbyanyone.Whenwearegivingourpowertoothersinexchangeforsecurity,wearealsogivingupourfreedom.Areyouwaitingtoberescued?Doyoueverthinklikethat?Order:

填空题{{B}}Directions:{{/B}}Thefollowingparagraphsaregiveninawrongorder.ForQuestions41--45,youarerequiredtoreorganizetheseparagraphsintoacoherentarticlebychoosingfromthelistA--Etofillineachnumberedbox.ThefirstandthelastparagraphshavebeenplacedforyouinBoxes.MarkyouranswersonANSWERSHEET1.[A]Hemphasbeencultivatedbymanyculturesforthousandsofyears.Itproducesfibrewhichcanbemadeintopaper,fuel,oils,textiles,food,andrope.Formanycenturies,itwasessentialtotheeconomiesofmanycountriesbecauseitwasusedtomaketheropesandcablesusedonsailingships;colonialexpansionandtheestablishmentofaworld-widetradingnetworkwouldnothavebeenpossiblewithouthemp.Nowadays,ships'cablesareusuallymadefrom'wireorsyntheticfibres,butscientistsarenowsuggestingthatthecultivationofhempshouldberevivedfortheproductionofpaperandpulp.Accordingtoitsproponents,fourtimesasmuchpapercanbeproducedfromlandusinghempratherthantress,andmanyenvironmentalistsbelievethatthelarge-scalecultivationofhempcouldreducethepressureonCanada'sforests.[B]MuchofCanada'sforestryproductiongoestowardsmakingpulpandpaper.AccordingtotheCanadianPulpandPaperAssociation,Canadasupplies34%oftheworld'swoodpulpand49%ofitsnewsprintpaper.Ifthesepaperproductscouldbeproducedinsomeotherway,Canadianforestscouldbepreserved.Recently,apossiblealternativewayofproducingpaperhasbeensuggestedbyagriculturalistsandenvironmentalists:aplantcalledhemp.[C]Inrecentyears,twomajormovementsforlegalizationhavebeengatheringstrength.OnegroupofactivistsbelievesthatALLcannabisshouldbelegal--boththehempplantandthemarijuanaplant--andthattheuseofthedragmarijuanashouldnotbeanoffense.Theyarguethatmarijuanaisnotdangerousoraddictive,andthatitisusedbylargenumbersofpeoplewhoarenotcriminalsbutproductivemembersofsociety.Theyalsopointoutthatmarijuanaislesstoxicthanalcoholortobacco.[D]However,thereisaproblem:hempisillegalinmanycountriesoftheworld.Thisplant,sousefulforfibre,rope,oil,fuelandtextiles,isaspeciesofcannabis,relatedtotheplantfromwhichmarijuanaisproduced.[E]Theotherlegalizationmovementisconcernedonlywiththehempplantusedtoproducefibre;thisgroupwantstomakeitlegaltocultivatetheplantandsellthefibreforpaperandpulpproduction.Thissecondgrouphashadamajortriumphrecently:in1997,Canadalegalizedthefarmingofhempforfibre.Forthefirsttimesince1938,hundredsoffarmersareplantingthiscrop,andsoonwecanexpecttoseepulpandpaperproducedfromthisnewsource.[F]Inthelate1930s,amovementtobanthedrugmarijuanabegantogatherforce,resultingintheeventualbanningofthecultivationnotonlyoftheplantusedtoproducethedrug,butalsoofthecommercialfibre-producinghempplant.AlthoughbothGeorgeWashingtonandThomasJeffersongrewhempinlargequantitiesontheirownland,anyAmericangrowingtheplanttodaywouldsoonfindhimselfinprison--despitethefactthatmarijuanacannotbeproducedfromthehempplant,sinceitcontainsalmostnoTHC(theactiveingredientinthedrug).[G]Everysecond,1hectareoftheworld'srainforestisdestroyed.That'sequivalenttotwofootballfields.AnareathesizeofNewYorkCityislosteveryday.Inayear,thataddsupto31millionhectares--morethanthelandareaofPoland.Thisalarmingrateofdestructionhasseriousconsequencesfortheenvironment;scientistsestimate,forexample,that137speciesofplant,insectoranimalbecomeextincteverydayduetologging.InBritishColumbia,where,since1990,thirteenrainforestvalleyshavebeenclear-cut,142speciesofsalmonhavealreadybecomeextinct,andthehabitatsofgrizzlybears,wolvesandmanyothercreaturesarethreatened.Logging,however,providesjobs,profits,taxesforthegovernmentandcheapproductsofallkindsforconsumers,sothegovernmentisreluctanttorestrictorcontrolit.