Shall we request that the manager ______ our suggestion again?

While he was not dumber than an ox, he was not any smarter; so most of his classmates were lenient and helped him along.

Please do not be ______ by his offensive remarks since he is merely trying to attract attention.

The price of the coal will vary according to how far it has to be transported and how expensive the freight______are.

The problem has ______ simply because you didn't follow my instruction.

New data has______that the damage to the ozone layer is not confined to the southern hemisphere.

Publication of this survey had originally been intended to coincide with the annual meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, scheduled for September 29th—30th in Washington, D. C. Those meetings, and the big anti-globalization protests that had been planned to accompany them, were among the least significant casualties of the terrorist atrocities of September 11th. You might have thought that the anti-capitalist protesters, after contemplating those horrors and their aftermath, would be regretting more than just the loss of a venue for their marches. Many are, no doubt. But judging by the response of some of their leaders and many of the activists (if Internet chat rooms are any guide), grief is not always the prevailing mood. Some anti-globalists have found a kind of consolation even a cause of satisfaction, in these terrible events—that of having been as they see it, proved right. To its fiercest critics, globalization, the march of international capitalism, is a force for oppression, exploitation and injustice. The rage that drove the terrorists to commit their obscene crime was in part, it is argued, a response to that. At the very least, it is suggested, terrorism thrives on poverty and international capitalism, the protesters say, thrives on poverty too. These may be extreme positions, but the minority that holds them is not tiny, by any means. Far more important, the anti-globalists have lately drawn tacit support if nothing else, reluctance to condemn—from a broad range of public opinion. As a result, they have been, and are likely to remain, politically influential. At a time such as this, sorting through issues of political economy may seem very far removed from what matters. In one sense, it is. But when many in the West are contemplating their future with new foreboding, it is important to understand why the skeptics are wrong; why economic integration is a force for good; and why globalization, far from being the greatest cause of poverty, is its only feasible cure. Undeniably, popular support for that view is lacking. In the developed economies, support for further trade liberalization is uncertain; in some countries, voters are downright hostile to it. Starting a new round of global trade talks this year will be struggle, and seeing it through to a useful conclusion will be. The institutions that in most people's eyes represent the global economy—the IMF, the World Bank and the World Trade Organization are reviled far more widely than they are admired; the best they can expect from opinion at large is grudging acceptance. Governments, meanwhile, are accused of bowing down to business: globalization leaves them no choice. Private capital moves across the planet unchecked. Wherever it goes, it bleeds democracy of content and puts "profits before people". In your opinion, what may be the main topic of this passage?

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Peter felt very guilty for not being able to reunite with his family on Christmas Eve, so he decided to ______. He wanted to work till midnight.

Directions: em>You are required to write about 200 words on the following topic: "Harmonious Do

The difference between a liquid and a gas is obvious【C1】______the conditions of temperature and pressure commonly found at the surface of the Earth. A liquid can be kept in an open container and【C2】______it to the level of a free surface. A gas forms no free surface but【C3】______to diffuse throughout the space available; it must【C4】______be kept in a closed container, as【C5】______a planet's atmosphere. The distinction was a prominent feature of early theories【C6】______the phases of matter. In the nineteenth century, for example, one theory maintained that a liquid could be ""dissolved"" in a vapor without losing its identity, and another theory held that the two phases are【C7】______different kinds of molecules(分子). The theories now prevailing【C8】______a quite different approach by emphasizing what liquids and gases have in common. They are both forms of matter that have no permanent structure, and they both flow easily. They are fluids. The【C9】______similarity of liquids and gases becomes clearly apparent when the temperature and pressure are raised somewhat.【C10】______a closed container partially filled with a liquid is heated. The liquid expands, or【C11】______, becomes less dense; some of it evaporates.【C12】______, the vapor above the liquid surface becomes denser as the evaporated molecules are added to it. The combination of temperature and pressure【C13】______the densities become equal is【C14】______the critical point. Above the critical point the liquid and the gas can no longer be【C15】______; there is a single, undifferentiated fluid phase of uniform density."

The jobs of wildlife technicians and biologists seemed______to him, but one day he discovered their difference.

______ happens in the world makes us happy and sad by turns.

Her spirits ______ at the thought of all the work she had to do that morning.

A year has______and there is no sign of the situation getting any better.

He was ______ when he heard the unexpected news

在中美两国政府的共同支持下，美国的学校开始在语言教学大纲中增设汉语——这个世界上使用人数多但同时也是最难学的语言之一。在2400所学校表示有兴趣之后

______ my wife's consistent encouragement I wouldn't have accomplished my graduate study.

He has little trouble ______ the tires of his car.

We must______on our reputation to expand the business.