About 20 of the passengers who were injured in a plane crash are said to be in ______ condition.

The International Olympic Committee(IOC)has launched an investigation into allegations that its officials in more than 50 countries have been selling London Olympics tickets on the black market for profit. The IOC met at an emergency session on Saturday to look into a pile of evidence uncovered by Britain"s Sunday Times newspaper. The paper claims that high-ranking Olympic officials have been selling tickets for the games at hugely inflated prices. The highest priced tickets on the black market were for the men"s 100-meter final. The IOC has issued a statement saying it takes these allegations very seriously and has immediately taken the first steps to investigate. IOC rules forbid national Olympics committees from selling tickets overseas, increasing ticket prices or selling tickets to unauthorized, third-party resellers. Despite this, Sunday Times undercover reporters posing as illegal ticket sellers say they have recorded evidence of 27 officials selling tickets distributed to 54 countries. One of the most serious allegations was against the Greek Olympic Committee president Spyros Capralos. He denies saying he had "pulled strings" with the head of the London Olympics Sebastian Coe even though the paper posted videos of its reporters" negotiations with Capralos on its website. Mr Capralos has so far refused to comment.

When I worked as a bank clerk, I had the opportunity to meet a rich ______ of people: students, soldiers and factory workers.

One thing almost everyone is agreed on, including Americans, is that they place a very high valuation up on success. Success does not necessarily mean material rewards, but recognition of some sort-preferably measurable. If a boy turn out to be a preacher(传真者) instead of a businessman, that"s all right. But the bigger his church is, the more successful he is judged to be. A good many things contributed to this accent on success. There was the Puritan(清教徒) belief in the virtue of work, both for its own sake and because the rewards it brought were regarded as signs of God"s love. There was the richness of opportunity in a land waiting to be settled. There was the lack of a settled society with fixed ranks and classes, so that a man was certain to rise through achievement. Here was the determination of an immigrant to gain in the new world what bad been denied to him in the old, and on the part of his children an urge to throw off the immigrant(负担) by still more success and still more rise in a fluid and classless society. Brothers did not compete within the family for the favor of the parents as in Europe, but worked hard for success in the outer world, along paths of their own choosing.

A: A button came off my shirt and was lost. B: Many shirts come with an extra button. A: You"re right. ______

Crossing Wesleyan University"s campus usually requires walking over colorful messages chalked on the ground. They can be as innocent as meeting announcements, but in a growing number of cases the language is meant to shock. It"s not uncommon, for instance, to see lewd references to professors" sexual preferences scrawled across a path or the mention of the word "Nig" that African-American students say make them feel uncomfortable. In response, officials and students at schools are now debating ways to lead their communities away from forms of expression that offend or harass(侵扰). In the process, they"re putting up against the difficulties of regulating speech at institutions that pride themselves on fostering open debate. Mr. Bennet of Wesleyan says he had gotten used to seeing occasional chalkings filled with four-letter words. Campus tradition made any horizontal surface not attached to a building a potential billboard. But when chalkings began taking on a more threatening and lewd tone, Bennet decided to act. "This is not acceptable in a workplace and not acceptable in an institution of higher learning", Bennet says. For now, Bennet is seeking input about what kind of message-posting policy the school should adopt. The student assembly recently passed a resolution saying the "right to speech comes with implicit responsibilities to respect community standards". Other public universities have confronted problems this year while considering various ways of regulating where students can express themselves. At Harvard Law School, the recent controversy was more linked to the academic setting. Minority students there are seeking to curb what they consider harassing speech in the wake of a series of incidents last spring. At a meeting held by the "Committee on Healthy Diversity" last week, the school"s Black Law Students Association endorsed a policy targeting discriminatory harassment. It would trigger a review by school officials if there were charges of "severe or pervasive conduct" by students or faculty. The policy would cover harassment based on, but not limited to, factors such as race, religion, creed, sexual orientation, national origin, and ethnicity(种族划分). Boston attorney Harvey Silverglate, says other schools have adopted similar harassment policies that are actually speech codes, punishing students for raising certain ideas. "Restricting students from saying anything that would be perceived as very unpleasant by another student continues uninterrupted", says Silverglate, who attended the Harvard Law town meeting last week.

The returns in the short ______ may be small, but over a number of years the investment will be well repaid.

For the past several years, the Sunday newspaper supplement Parade has featured a column called "Ask Marilyn". People are invited query Marilyn vos Savant, who at age 10 had tested at a mental level of someone about 23 years old; that gave her an IQ of 228—the highest score ever recorded. IQ tests ask you to complete verbal and visual analogies, to envision paper after it has been folded and cut, and to deduce numerical sequences, among other similar tasks, so it is a hit confusing when vos Savant fields such queries from the aver age Joe (whose IQ is 100) as. What"s the difference between love and fondness? Or what is the nature of luck and coincidence? It"s not obvious how the capacity to visualize objects and to figure out numerical patterns suits one to answer questions that have eluded some of the best poets and philosophers. Clearly, intelligence encompasses more than a score on a test, Just what does it mean to be smart? How much of intelligence can be specified, and how much can we earn about it from neurology, genetics, computer and other fields? The defining term of intelligence in humans still seems to be the IQ score, even though IQ tests are not given as often as alley used to be. The test comes primrily in two forms: the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale and the Wechsler Intelligence Scales (both come in adult and children"s version). Generally costing several hundred dollars, they are usually given only by psychologists, although variations of them populate book stores and the World Wide Web. Superhigh scores like vos Savant"s are no longer possible, because scoring is now based on a statistical population distribution among age peers, Rather than simply dividing the mental age by the chronological age and multiplying by 100. Other standardized tests, such as the Scholastic Assessmen: Test (SAT)and the Graduate Record Exam (GRE),capture the main aspects of IQ tests. Such standardized tests may not assess all the important elements necessary to succeed in school and in life, argues Robert J. Sternberg. In his article "How Intelligent Is Intelligence Testing?", Sternberg notes that traditional tests best assess analytica and verbal skills but fail to measure creativity and practical knowl- edge, components also critical to problem solving and life success. Moreover IQ tests do not necessarily predict so well once populations or situations change. Research has found that IQ predicted leadership skills when the tests were given under low-stress conditions, but under high-stress conditions, IQ was negatively correlated with leadership—that is, it predicted the opposite. Anyone who has toiled through SAT will testify that test-taking skill also matters, whether it"s knowing when to guess or what questions to skip.

But let no one think that pleasure is immoral. Pleasure in itself is a great good, all pleasure, but its consequences may be such【31】the sensible person eschews, certain varieties of【32】. Nor need pleasure be gross and sensual. They are wise in their generation【33】have discovered that intellectual pleasure is the most satisfying and the most enduring. It is well to【34】the habit of reading. There are【35】sports in which you can engage to your own satisfaction after you have passed the prime of life; there are no games except patience, chess problems and crossword puzzles that you can play without someone to play them with you. Reading suffers【36】no such disadvantages; there is no occupation--except perhaps needle-work, but that leaves the restless spirit【37】liberty-- which you can more easily【38】up at any moment, for any period, and more easily put【39】when other calls press upon you; there is no other amusement that can be obtained in these happy days of public liberties and cheap editions at so small a【40】. To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

As soon as it was revealed that a reporter for progressive magazine had discovered bow to make a hydrogen bomb, a group of firearm(火器) fans formed the National Hydrogen Bomb Association, and they are now lobbying against any legislation to stop Americans from owning one. "The Constitution", said the associationes spokesman, "gives everyone the right to own arms. It doesn"t spell out what kind of arms. But since anyone can now make a hydmgen bomb, the public should be able to buy it to protect theraselves". "Don"t you think it"s dangerous to have one in the house, particularly where there are children around?" "The National Hydrogen Bomb Association hopes to educate people in the safe handling of this type of weapon. We are instrueting owners to keep the bomb in a locked cabinet and the fuse(导火索) separately in a drawer". "Some people consider the hydrogen bomb a very fatal weapon which could kill somebody". The spokesman said, "Hydrogen bombs don"t kill people—people kill people. The bomb is for selfprotection and it also has a deterrent effect. If somebody knows you have a nuelear weapon in your house, they"re going to think twice about breaking in". "But those who want to ban the bomb for American citizens claim that if you have one locked in the cabinet, with the fuse in a drawer, you would never be able to assemble it in time to stop an intruder(侵入者)". "Another argument against allowing people to own a bomb is that at the moment it is very expensive to build one. So what your association is backing is a program which would allow the middle and upper classes to acquire a bomb while poor people will be left defenseless with just handguns".

Most children with healthy appetites are ready to eat almost anything that is offered them and a child rarely dislikes food【B1】it is badly cooked. The way a meal is cooked and served is most important and an attractively served meal will often improve a child"s appetite. Never ask a child【B2】he likes or dislikes a food and never discuss likes and dislikes in front of him or allow【B3】else to do so. If the father says he hates fat meat or the mother refuses vegetables, in the child"s hearing he is【B4】to copy this procedure. Take it【B5】granted that he likes everything and he probably will. Nothing healthful should be omitted from the meal because of a supposed dislike. At meal times it is a good【B6】to give a child a small portion and let him come back for a second helping rather than give him as【B7】as he is likely to eat all at once. Do not talk too much to the child【B8】meal times, but let him get on with his food; and do not【B9】him to leave the table immediately after a meal or he will soon learn to swallow his food so he can hurry back to his toys. Under【B10】circumstances must a child be coaxed(哄骗) or forced to eat.

Music comes in many forms; most countries have a style of their own. At the turn of the century when jazz was born, America had no prominent【B1】of its own. No one knows exactly when jazz was invented, or by whom. But it began to be【B2】in the early 1900s. Jazz is America"s contribution to popular music. In contrast to classical music, which【B3】formal European traditions, jazz is spontaneous and free form. It bubbles with energy, expressing the moods, interests, and emotions of the people. In the 1920s jazz【B4】like America, and as it does today. The【B5】of this music are as interesting as the music itself. American Negroes, or blacks, as they are called today, were the jazz pioneers. They were brought to Southern States【B6】slaves. They were sold to plantation owners and forced to work long【B7】. When a Negro died, his friend and relatives【B8】a procession to carry the body to the cemetery. In New Orleans, a baud often accompanied the procession. On the way to the cemetery(墓地) the band played slow, solemn music suited to the occasion.【B9】on the way home the mood changed. Spirits lifted. Death had removed one of their【B10】, but the livings were glad to be alive. The band played happy music, improvising (即兴表演) on both the harmony and the melody of the tunes presented at the funeral. This music made everyone want to dance. It was an early form of jazz.

Watercolor is the oldest painting medium known. It dates back to the early cave dwellers who discovered they could add lifelike qualities to drawings of animals and other figures on the walls of caves by mixing the natural colors found in the earth with water. Fresco, one of the greatest of all art forms, is done with watercolor. It is created by mixing pigments and water and applying these to wet plaster. Of the thousands of people who stand under Michlangelo"s heroic ceiling in the Sistine Chapel, very few are aware that they are looking at perhaps the greatest watercolor painting in the world. The invention of oil painting by the Flemish masters in the fifteenth century led to a decline in fresco painting, and for the next several centuries watercolor was used mainly as a medium for doing preliminary sketches or as a tool for study. It was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that English painters reinstated watercolor as a serious art form. The English have a notorious love for the outdoors and also a great fondness for small, intimate pictures. The subdued tones of watercolor had a remarkably strong appeal for them.

How does water scarcity affect people? First of all, it【B1】their health. It is not that they will die of thirst; rather, the poor quality of the water【B2】for cooking and drinking may make them ill. 【B3】our bodies require water to treat waste products, plentiful water is required for proper sanitation(卫生)—water that for much of mankind is simply not available.【B4】people without adequate sanitation rose from 2.6 billion in 1990 to 2.9 billion in 1999. And sanitation is literally a matter of life and death. In a【B5】statement, United Nations officials warned: "When children lack water that is fit for drinking and sanitation, virtually every aspect of their health and development is【B6】". Food production is dependent on water. Many crops, of course, are watered by rain, but in recent times irrigation has become the key【B7】the world"s booming population. Today percent of the world"s harvest depends on irrigation. If plentiful water flows out of every tap in our home and if we have a clean toilet(抽水马桶) that conveniently washes out waste, it may be【B8】to believe that the world is running out of an adequate supply of water. We should remember, however, that only 20 percent of mankind enjoy such【B9】.In Africa many women spend as much as six hours a day【B10】water.

A: Would you mind if I had some time off? B: ______ A: Monday and Tuesday of next week. B: I"d like to say yes, but it"s just not possible.

Clerk: Good morning. Can I help you? Mr. Smith: Yes, I"d like a ticket to New York 9:15 tomorrow morning. Clerk:______? Mr. Smith: Single, please.

Too much love that parents give their children may make them ______.

Shop-assistant： Do you want to try them on?Customer： Erm, yes, all right... No, I"m afraid they"re too big. Shop-assistant ： Would you like to try anything else?Customer：______. Thanks anyway.

Elizabeth (Treading on someone"s foot): ______. I hope I haven"t hurt you. Jordan: It"s all fight.

我在《中国日报》四年的工作经历使我有信心申请这个有吸引力的工作。