How men first learnt to invent words is unknown; in other words, the origin of language is a mystery. All we really know is that men, unlike animals, somehow invented certain sounds to express thoughts and feelings, actions and things, so that they could communicate with each other; and that later they agreed upon certain signs, called letters, which could be combined to represent those sounds, and which could be written down. Those sounds, whether spoken or written in letters, we call words. The power of words, then, lies in their associations—the things they bring up before our minds. Words become filled with meaning for us by experience; and the longer we live, the more certain words recall to us the glad and sad events of our past; and the more we read and learn, the more the number of words that mean something to us increases. Great writers are those who not only have great thoughts but also express these thoughts in words which appeal powerfully to our minds and emotions. This charming use of words is what we call literary style. Above all, the real poet is a master of words. He can convey his meaning in words which sing like music, and which by their position and association can move men to tears. We should therefore learn to choose our words carefully and use them accurately, or they will make our speech silly and dull.

A. It shows us a vivid picture of a flourishing natureB. I have the disc of itC. I like the style very muchA: Would you please introduce the classical Chinese music to me?B: Certainly. Which piece of music have you heard?A: I have heard the "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai".【D4】______ .B: Oh, it is a violin concerto which tells a tragic love story.A: Tragic? Is Chinese music all tragic?B: Of course not. Have you heard the "Birds Admiring the Phoenix"?A: No. I haven't. What's that?B:【D5】______ .A: Well. I really want to listen to it. Can you show it to me?B: No problem.【D6】______ .

His failure to pay his debts________their opinion that he was not to be trusted.

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He told us that the lease would terminate in May, and he had to find a new house.

A. Xiamen is a rapidly growing modern city with a vigorous economyB. Min cuisine is one of the eight most famous cuisines of ChinaC. Elephant Trunk Peak is so named for its distinctive shapeD. Xiamen is one of the cleanest and most beautiful seaport cities in ChinaA: It's a great honor to have you visit Xiamen.B: Thank you and I find【D7】______ .A: Yes. Xiamen has always been an important trading port since the Opium War.B: It is said that Xiamen is a "window city" for China's opening to the outside world.A: It is also one of the municipalities designated under separate state plan and enjoying provincial level of power in economic management.B: Today,【D8】______ .A: That's true! Over the past 10 years, Xiamen has increasingly focused on the cultivation of international trade, education and tourism.B: I've heard that Xiamen Island is also known as Egret Island.A: That's because it is shaped like a white egret.B: Are there any sightseeing spots on Xiamen Island?A: Of course, there are a lot. Ten Thousand Stone Mountain boasts because of many oddly shaped rocks and stones.【D9】______ . There is a botanical garden on the Ten Thousand Stone Mountain, with three or four thousand tropical and subtropical plants. The small gardens are dotted with pavilions and platforms. At the foot of the Five-Elder Peak stands the Nanputuo Temple, the most famous Buddhist Temple in Fujian Province. Behind the temple stands a screen of five peaks colored by green trees and bamboos. They are called "Five Old Gentlemen Reaching the Clouds" and are the one of the eight grand sights of Xiamen. Coming to the top, you not only have a view of the mountain undulating in the wind, but also the view of the sea surging in the distance.B: Is Xiamen also famous for its delicious food?A: Yes! Xiamen abounds in sea food all the year round. Fruits are available in all four seasons.【D10】______ . One of the most famous and traditional dish of Xiamen food is Wall-Jump Buddha. It is said that the food is so delicious that even Buddha was tempted by it and humped over a wall to taste it.B: It's interesting! Thank you very much for your introduction!A: That's my pleasure. Welcome to Xiamen and enjoy yourself!

What's your earliest childhood memory? Can you remember learning to walk? Or talk? The first time you【C1】______thunder or watched a television program? Adults seldom【C2】______events much earlier than the year or so before entering school, just as children younger than three or four【C3】______retain any specific, personal experiences. A variety of explanations have been【C4】______by psychologists for this "'childhood amnesia"(儿童失忆症). One argues that the hippocampus, the region of the brain which is responsible for forming memories, does not mature【C5】______about the age of two. But the most popular theory【C6】______that, since adults do not think like children, they cannot【C7】______childhood memories. Adults think in words, and their life memories are like stories or【C8】______—one event follows【C9】______as in a novel or film. But when they search through their mental【C10】______for early childhood memories to add to this verbal life story, they don't find any that fits the【C11】______. It's like trying to find a Chinese word in an English dictionary. Now psychologist Annette Simms of the New York State University offers a new【C12】______for childhood amnesia. She argues that there simply【C13】______any-early childhood memories to recall. According to Dr. Simms, children need to learn to use【C14】______spoken description of their personal experiences in order to turn their own short-term, quickly【C15】______impressions of them into long-term memories. In other【C16】______, children have to talk about their experiences and hear others talk about【C17】______. Mother talking about the afternoon【C18】______looking for seashells at the beach or Dad asking them about their day at Ocean park. Without this【C19】______reinforcement, says Dr. Simms, children cannot form【C20】______memories of their personal experiences.

He signed a new contract with the Dublin firm, Maunsel & Company, on more favorable ________than those Grant Richards had given him.

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When he first started in university, he really felt at______with his major — economics.

Mr. Dane went through his daughter's essay carefully, to eliminate slang words from it

Scientists say they have found key clues into how long we will live. One of them is a【C1】______handshake. British researchers believe a strong grip is not just a sign of confidence but also an【C2】______of longevity. Lead author Dr. Rachel Cooper, of University College London, said her study looked into 33 different reports on the strength of handshakes. The research【C3】______more than 50, 000 men and women and spanned 40 years. Dr. Cooper concluded that those with weaker handshakes were 70 per cent more likely to die earlier than those with the strongest handshakes. She concludes that people with strong grips may have benefited【C4】______a happy childhood that included a healthy diet and plenty of exercise. The new study,【C5】______in the British Medical Journal, also found other signs of living a longer life. These "measures of physical capability" include walking at a faster【C6】______, getting out of a chair quickly, and being able to balance on one leg. The study showed that slow walkers were almost three times【C7】______to die earlier than those who【C8】______out of their chairs. Dr. Cooper believes there needs to be more【C9】______into the link between physical capability and longevity. " Research that helps people to enjoy a long and healthy life is ever more important to help【C10】______an ageing population," she said.

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Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened 【C1】______ . As was discussed before, it was not until the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic【C2】______ , following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the 【C3】______ of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution speeded up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading【C4】______ through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures into the 20th-century world of the motor car and the air plane. Not everyone sees that process in【C5】______ . It is important to do so. It is generally recognized,【C6】______ , that the introduction of the computer in the early 20th century, followed by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process,【C7】______ its impact on the media was not immediately【C8】______ . As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became "personal" too, as well as【C9】______ , with display becoming sharper and storage capacity increasing. They were thought of, like people,【C10】______ generations, with the distance between generations much smaller. It was within the computer age that the term "information society" began to be widely used to describe the context within which we now live.

The multi-billion-dollar Western pop music industry is under fire. It is being blamed by the United Nations for the dramatic rise in drug abuse worldwide. "The most worrisome development is a culture of drug-friendliness that seems to be gaining prominence (显著) ," said the UN's 13-member International Narcotics Control Board in a report released in late February 1998. The 74-page study says that pop music, as a global industry, is by far the most influential trend-setter for young people of most cultures. "Some lyrics advocate the smoking of marijuana (大麻) or taking other drugs, and certain pop stars make statements and set examples as if the use of drugs for non-medicinal purposes were a normal and acceptable part of a person's lifestyle," the study says. Surprisingly, says the Board, the effect of drug-friendly pop music seems to survive despite the occasional shock of death by overdose (过量用药). "Such incidents tend to be seen as an occasion to mourn the loss of a role model, and not an opportunity to confront the deadly effect of 'recreational' drug use," it notes. Since the 1970s, several internationally famous singers and movie stars—including Elvis Presley, Janice Joplin, John Belushi, Jimi Hendrix, Jonathan Melvin and Andy Gibbs—have died of either drug abuse or drug related illnesses. With the globalization of popular music, messages tolerating or promoting drug abuse are now reaching beyond their countries of origin. "In most countries, the names of certain pop stars have become familiar to the members of every household," the study says. The UN study also blames the media for its description of certain drug issues—especially the use of marijuana and issues of liberalization and legalization—which encourages, rather than prevents, drug abuse. "Over the last years, we have seen how drug abuse is increasingly regarded as being acceptable or even attractive," says Hamid Ghodse, president of the Board. "Powerful pressure groups run political campaigns aimed at legalizing controlled drugs," he says. Ghodse also points out that all these developments have created an environment which is tolerant of or even favorable to drug abuse and spoils international drug prevention efforts currently under way. The present study, he says, focuses on the issue of demand reduction and prevention within an environment that has become tolerant of drug abuse. The Board calls on governments to do their legal and moral duties, and to act against the pro-drug messages of the youth culture to which young people increasingly are being exposed.

Since the dawn of human ingenuity, people have devised ever more cunning tools to cope with work that is dangerous, boring, burdensome, or just plain nasty. That compulsion has resulted in robotics—the science of conferring various human capabilities on machines. And if scientists have yet to create the mechanical version of science fiction, they have begun to come close. As a result, the modern world is increasingly populated by intelligent gizmos whose presence we barely notice but whose universal existence has removed much human labor. Our factories hum to the rhythm of robot assembly arms. Our banking is done at automated teller terminals that thank us with mechanical politeness for the transaction.

If English is not our first language you can often be puzzled by ways of expression that the native speaker of English does not even have to______.

She was tired of his constant complaining and didn't want to tolerate him anymore.

This is an explosive situation for any industry, particularly a declining one. Here is a troubled business that keeps hiring employees whose attitudes vastly annoy the customers. Then it sponsors lots of symposiums and a credibility project dedicated to wondering why customers are annoyed and fleeing in large numbers. But it never seems to get around to noticing the cultural and class biases that so many former buyers are complaining about. If it did, it would open up its diversity program, now focused narrowly on race and gender, and look for reporters who differ broadly by outlook, values, education, and class.

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