阅读理解Since January, Lisa, 45, has been walking on eggshells at work
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The concept of environment is certainly difficult and may even be misunderstood; but we have no handy substitute
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When you think of the tremendous technological progress we have made, its amazing how little we have developed in other respects
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Alan Brooker and Loren Teague are authors who have a book due out soon
阅读理解【C1】 Actually, the revolt of the young people was a logical outcome of conditions in the age
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Using the public telephone may well be one of the minor irritations of life, demanding patience, determination and strong possibility of failure, together on occasion with considerable unpopularity
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In todays world, insurance plays a vital role in the economic and social welfare of the entire population
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Throughout this long, tense election, everyone has focused on the presidential candidates and how theyll change America
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There were several reasons why the Industrial Revolution started in the Great Britain rather than in France, the other great power of the day
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There is a popular belief among parents that schools are no longer interested in spelling
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Women are also underrepresented in the administration and this is because there are so few women full professors
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Across the country, university students sit in lectures every day, listening to someone speak for an hour in crowded theatres
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Animal signals, such as the complex songs of birds, tend to be costly
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Efforts to educate people about the risks of substance abuse seem to deter some people from using dangerous substances, if such effects are realistic about what is genuinely dangerous and what is not
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The Planning Commission asserts that the needed reduction in acute hospital beds can best be accomplished by closing the smaller hospitals, mainly voluntary and proprietary
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In some ways the employment interview is like a persuasive speech because the applicant (interviewee) seeks to persuade the employer (interviewer) to employ him or her
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If you smoke and you still dont believe that theres a definite link between smoking and bronchial troubles, heart disease and lung cancer, then you are certainly deceiving yourself
阅读理解Our culture has caused most Americans to assume not only that our language is universal but that the gestures we use are understood by everyone
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For office innovators, the unrealized dream of the paperless office is a classic example of high-tech hubris
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However important we may regard school life be, there is no gainsaying to the feet that children spend more time at home than in the classroom