Someday a stranger will read your e-mail without your permission or scan the Websites you've visited, or perhaps someone will casually glance through your credit card purchases or cell phone bills to find out your shopping preferences or calling habits. In fact, it's likely some of these things have already happened to you. Who would watch you without your permission? It might be a spouse, a girlfriend, a marketing company, a boss, a cop or a criminal. Whoever it is, they will see you in a way you never intended to be seen — the 21st century equivalent of being caught naked. Psychologists tell us boundaries are healthy, that it's important to reveal yourself to friends, family and lovers in stages, at appropriate times. But few boundaries remain. The digital bread crumbs(碎屑)you leave everywhere make it easy for strangers to reconstruct who you are, where you are and what you like. In some cases, a simple Google search can reveal what you think. Like it or not, increasingly we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret. The key question is: Does that matter? For many Americans, the answer apparently is "no". When opinion polls ask Americans about privacy, most say they are concerned about losing it. A survey found an overwhelming pessimism about privacy, with 60 percent of respondents saying they feel their privacy is "slipping away, and that bothers me". But people say one thing and do another. Only a tiny fraction of Americans change any behaviors in an effort to preserve their privacy. Few people turn down a discount at tollbooths(收费站)to avoid using the EZ-Pass system that can track automobile movements. And few turn down supermarket loyalty cards. Privacy economist Alessandro Acquisti has run a series of tests that reveal people will surrender personal information like Social Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50-cents-off coupon(优惠券). But privacy does matter — at least sometimes. It's like health: When you have it you don't notice it. Only when it's gone do you wish you'd done more to protect it.

The job of a student accommodation officer______a great many visits to landladies.

In the USA, 85% of the population over the age of 21 approve of the death penalty. In the many states which still have the death penalty, some use the electric chair, which can take up to 20 minutes to kill, while others use gas or lethal injection. The first of these was the case of Ruth Ellis who was hanged for shooting her lover in what was generally regarded as a crime of passion. The second was hanged for murders which, it was later proved, had been committed by someone else. The pro-hanging lobby(赞成极刑的活动集团)uses four main arguments to support its call for the reintroduction of capital punishment. First there is the deterrence theory, which argues that potential murderers would think twice before committing the act if they knew that they might die if they were caught. The armed bank robber might, likewise, go back to being unarmed. The other two arguments are more suspect. The idea of retribution demands that criminals should get what they deserve: if a murderer intentionally set out to commit a crime, he should accept the consequences. Retribution, which is just another word for revenge, is supported by the religious doctrine of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. The arguments against the death penalty are largely humanitarian(人道主义的). But there are also statistical reasons for opposing it: the deterrence figures do not add up. In Britain, 1903 was the record year for executions and yet in 1904 the number of murders actually rose. There was a similar occurrence in 1946 and 1947. If the deterrence theory were correct, the rate should have fallen. The other reasons to oppose the death penalty are largely a matter of individual conscience and belief. One is that murder is murder and the state has no more right to take a life than the individual. The other is that Christianity advises forgiveness, not revenge.

A. chocolates are my favoriteB. Its production is very smallC. I bring you a little somethingJack: Miss Song, how nice to see you again here. Miss Song: Me too, Jack, how are you?Jack: Pretty good, thank you. This time,【D1】______ .Miss Song: Oh, it's very kind of you. How beautiful it is. Shall I open it now?Jack: Go ahead, please.Miss Song: Chocolates! It's really a surprise.Jack: I chose it myself. They are not ordinary ones but the chocolates of best quality in America.【D2】______ . I hope you like it.Miss Song: Sure I will. You see hey are looking so cute and nice. I'm almost reluctant to eat them. Jack: Don't worry. If you like them, I'll bring you more next time. Miss Song: Thank you so much. You are very thoughtful. You know, 【D3】______ . You are so sweet!

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A. I want to buy some cleansing milk.B. The gentle formula keeps skin soft and healthy.C. I'll take it. Salesclerk: Can I help you?Customer:【D1】______What would you recommend?Salesclerk: Your skin is on the oily side. I suggest you use this kind. Customer: Is it effective?Salesclerk: Yes. It cleans thoroughly without striping your natural protective oil.【D2】______Customer: Is it expensive? Salesclerk: No, it's very cheap. Customer: OK.【D3】______Salesclerk: Thank you.

Not only in obvious situations A such as wars and revolutions B enemies are necessary and very useful as a way C to focus the attention and energy of our friends and followers, but in our every day activities D as well .

Japanese businesses are dvided into two main categories. The first is that of the major corportations that work closely with the Ministery of International Trade and Industry. These large Japanese corportations employ approximately one third of the Japanese work force. Approxinately 30 percent of Japanese frims are in this category. The second category, comprising 70 percent of Japanese firms, is that of smaller businesses employing the other two thirds of the work force. Smaller companies often have ties to the large companies and do subcontracting work. Companies in the second category do not offer lifetime employment. For the major companies, the advantage of subcontracting is that in times of recession they can reduce their orders to subcontractors and avoid having to fire their own employees.

Celebrate. Celebrate. Physicians are delighted with a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel's recommendation earlier this year that Vioxx and its cousins Bextra and Celebrex (all medicines known as Cox-2 inhibitors) should remain on the market, despite evidence they increase heart disease risk in some people. The panelists reached their decision after weighing all the data and concluding the benefits of these pain-relieving drugs outweighed the risks. Specifically, these scientists acknowledged that, for some patients, these prescription drugs were uniquely effective in reducing pain from arthritis and other causes. For others—concerned about ulcers associated with aspirin and other OTC analgesics—the Cox-2 inhibitors offered the advantage of minimizing potentially serious effects of stomach irritation. Now is an appropriate time for everyone to take a fresh look at the benefit-risk equation for Vioxx and the other Cox-2 inhibitors. The risks—increased risk of heart disease in some who use the drugs—have been well publicized. Much less publicity has been given to a spectrum of real and potential benefits that go way beyond reduced risk of stomach irritation. These little-discussed benefits would have been lost, perhaps permanently—had Vioxx, Bextra and Celebrex been driven from shelves in pursuit of perfect safety, an unattainable goal. For example, there is substantial evidence Cox-2 inhibitors can reduce development of colon polyps, which may become colon cancel indeed. Celebrex is FDA-approved for those genetically prone to colon cancer. Ironically, the 2004 study that revealed the elevated heart attack risk of Vioxx was primarily designed to further establish the drug's effectiveness in protecting against colon cancer. And while the results of that interrupted trial have not yet been published, there is good reason to believe they will confirm the protective effects against colon cancer established in research over the last 10 years. At the time of its withdrawal from the market last fall, studies of Vioxx as well as the other Cox-2 drugs suggested they had other anti-cancer properties as well, possibly reducing the risk of malignancies of a number of sites, including the lung and esophagus. Had these drugs been dismissed, their untapped promise for prevention would have evaporated well before it was evaluated and applied to save lives. Fortunately, cooler and wiser heads prevailed.

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A major reason for conflict in the animal world is territory. The male animal establishes an area. The size of the area is sufficient to provide food for him, his mate and their off spring. Migrating birds, for example, used up the best territory in the order of "first come, first【C1】______The late arrivals may acquire【C2】______territories, but less food is available, or they are too close to the【C3】______of the enemies of the species.【C4】______there is really insufficient food or the danger is very great, the animal will not【C5】______. In this way, the members of the species which are less fit will not have offspring. When there is conflict【C6】______territory, animals will commonly use force, or a show of force, to decide which will stay and which will go. It is interesting to note,【C7】______, that animals seem to use only the minimum amount of force【C8】______to drive away the intruder. There is usually no killing. In the case of those animals which are capable of【C9】______each other great harm,【C10】______is a system for the losing animal to show the winning animal that he wishes to submit. When he shows this, the victor normally stops fighting.

The recent findings are also applicable to other areas of design engineering.

The problem had become ______in his mind, and he could not decide what to do about it.

I'm afraid there are people in the world who literally do not know how to boil water.

A. untilB. learningC. whenPhrases:A. does not mature 【T7】______ about the age of twoB. remember【T8】______to walkC.【T9】______they search through their mental files What's your earliest childhood memory? Can you 【T10】______ ? Or talk? The first time you heard thunder or watched a television program? Adults seldom recall events much earlier than the year or so before entering school, just as children younger than three or four rarely retain any specific, personal experiences. A variety of explanations have been proposed by psychologists for this "childhood amnesia" (儿童 失忆症). 0ne argues that the hippocampus, the region of the brain which is responsible for forming memories, 【T11】______. But the most popular theory maintains that, since adults do not think like children, they cannot reflect childhood memories. Adults think in words, and their life memories are like stories or narratives—one event follows another as in a novel or film. But 【T12】______for early childhood memories to add to this verbal life story, they don't find any that fits the pattern. It's like trying to find a Chinese word in an English dictionary.

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The A police finally B caught up with the man C whom they thought was the D escaped prisoner.

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A. Don't leave the audience out.B. Make it simple to understand.C. Be prepared and practice.D. Complement your speech with visual aids.E. Pick a topic that interests you. Giving speeches and presentations is an inevitable part of life. Whether it be at school or at a conference, speeches and orals dominate most fields of study. What is worse is that over three quarters of the population fear presentations in front of people even though, eight times out of ten there is nothing to fear or be anxious about. For the remaining 20 percent, the following tips will help you better prepare for a public speech and to better deliver, starting today. 【R1】______ Part of being nervous during an oral or presentation is due to the fact that you feel like you will forget critical pieces of information or that you will get up front of everyone and forget everything. Practice, over and over, until you are able to do your presentation with the minimal amount of cue cards. Practice in different settings, in front of different people. 【R2】______ It is hard to speak passionately and with conviction when you are talking about something that you couldn't care about to save your life. Pick a topic that you know about so that you will be able to inject a little charisma into your speech. When questions come around at the end, you will be more equipped to answer them if you love what you talked about. Also, picking a topic that interests you, but that you don't necessarily know a lot about, makes information found regarding that topic easier to encode into long term memory and then to retrieve it! Easier to remember makes for an easier performance. 【R3】______ When the audience is pulled into your speech, or is forced to interact with you while you are giving your speech, their curiosity and attention will be on you. When you do not interact with the audience, you are giving them a huge opportunity to daydream, doze off and not listen. Why spend all that time on a speech to have your audience fall asleep? 【R4】______ Not everyone will understand what you are saying and not everyone is interested in what you are saying, especially when the topic is difficult to start with. Even when you define difficult terms they may not keep up. No one cares about how smart you sound. Losing your audience is not ideal either, which is inevitable if they don't understand. If you have to use complicated terms, complement them with an easy to understand example of what you mean. 【R5】______ Use power point slides or projectors. Illustrate your examples and put definitions of difficult concepts on simple slides. Some people learn better visually. Dress properly. Do not dress like you are staying in for the day, i. e. sweat pants? Dress like you mean it and are interested in what you are doing. Dress like you are taking this seriously. What you wear says something about you and people take those who dress seriously, more seriously and think they are more competent. Keep your audience hanging and thinking. Close your speech by leaving your audience thinking. This will perpetuate your speech and cultivate curiosity in others. It will also leave you and your speech more memorable. Everything from dressing to the way you deliver your speech is important. It is through practice that you will be able to relieve a bit of the anxiety and fear that accompanies public speaking. Speaking slow and with conviction will captivate the audience and leave them wanting more. Remember, anxiety is normal, but if you work through it you will find that it is not as bad as you make it out to be.

{{B}}Section BDirections: In this section there is one incomplete interview which has four blanks and four choices A,B,C and D,taken from the interview.Fill in each of the blanks with one of the choices to complete the interview and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET.{{/B}}