A. absorbs B. attempt C. misleading D. rewarding E. dimension F. pervasive G. uni-directional H. at risk I. offended J. pretend K. violated L. borrowing M. vocabulary N. at ease O. stem English has been successfully promoted, and has been eagerly adopted in the global linguistic marketplace. One symptom of the impact of English is linguistic【C1】______. English intrudes on all the languages that it comes into contact with. The technical terms "borrowing" and "loan words," as Calvet has indicated long before, are【C2】______, since speakers of a language who borrow words from another have no intention of returning anything. The transaction is purely【C3】______, and reflects the desirability of the product to the consumer. The only constraint on use is understandabili- ty—though states may【C4】______ to ban certain foreign forms and implement measures to devise new indigenous words and expressions. Borrowing is a phenomenon that has【C5】______ users of other languages for more than a century. It has also generated an extensive literature on linguistic borrowing from English. British English【C6】______ a large number of words of American origin, often without the source being noticed. Many languages borrow gastronomic and haute couture terms from French; in the same way, there is a carry-over from the use of English in many of the domains listed above into the【C7】______ of other languages. The English linguistic invasion has been so 【C8】______ that some governments, representing both small linguistic communities, for instance Slovenia and large ones, for instance France, have adopted measures to【C9】______ the tide and shore up their own languages, particularly in the area of neologisms for technical concepts. Such measures, which are likely to be only partially successful, reflect an anxiety that essential cultural and linguistic values are【C10】______.
Our teacher recommended that we ______ as attentive as possible when we visit the museum.
Although the false banknotes fooled many people, they did not______to close examination. （1996年考试真题）
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______ proposals should be put into practice no matter how hard it will be.
In "What do you think she said just now", what is the ______ of the sentence.
This sweater is made of______ wool and is much warmer than other kinds of sweater.
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This research project requires more money than ______.
The newly built school offers courses in every subject______.
Fool_____Michael is, he could not have done such a thing.(2014)
Many elderly people are now not used to the _____ of modern living, which they consider is away from the old customs.
The clause in the sentence "The news that he will come back is true" is
Once a picture is proved to be a forgery, it becomes quite ______.[2004]
Which of the following sentences is INCORRECT?
Simply walking through an unfamiliar neighborhood can make you feel more paranoid(疑神疑鬼的)and lower your trust in others. In a study published in the journal PeerJ, student volunteers who spent less than an hour in a more dangerous neighborhood showed significant changes in some of their social perceptions. The researchers' goal was to investigate the relationship between lower income neighborhoods and reduced trust and poor mental health. While the association is well known, the scientists, from Newcastle University in the UK, wanted to determine whether the connection was due to people reacting to the environment around them, or because those who are generally less trusting were more likely to live in troubled areas. Prior research showed that kids who grew up in such neighborhoods were less likely to graduate from high school and more likely to develop stress that can lead to depression. The study took 50 students, sent half of them to a low income, high crime neighborhood and the other half to an affluent neighborhood with little crime. Before the students ventured into their respective areas, the researchers interviewed the neighborhood residents and found that residents of the high-crime neighborhood harbored more feelings of paranoia(多疑)and lower levels of social trust compared to the residents of the other neighborhood. The students in the study were not from either neighborhood, and did not know what the study was about. They were dropped off by a taxi and told to deliver envelopes containing a packet of questions to a list of residential addresses. They spent 45 minutes walking around their assigned neighborhood distributing the envelopes. When the students returned, the researchers surveyed them about their experience, their feelings of trust, and their feelings of paranoia. Despite the short amount of time they spent in the neighborhoods, the students picked up the prevailing social attitudes of the residents living in those environments; those who went to the more dangerous neighborhood scored higher on measures of paranoia and lower on measures of trust compared to the other group, just as the residents had. Not only that, but their levels of reported paranoia and trust were indistinguishable from the residents who spent years living there. That came as an intriguing surprise to other experts. Ingrid Gould Ellen, the director of the Urban Planning Program at New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, studies how the make-up of neighborhoods can impact the attitudes and interactions of people who live in them. In her research, she and her colleagues found that kids who live on blocks where violent crimes occurred the week before they took a standardized test performed worse on those tests than students from similar backgrounds who were not exposed to a violent crime in their neighborhood before their exam. But the fact that the paranoia and lack of trust set in after just a short time in the more troubled neighborhood suggested how powerful the influence of these environments can be. "In the case of this UK study, it seems unlikely that study participants were actually exposed to crime during their brief visits. But somehow the physical cr social cues in the neighborhood suggested to them that these were unsafe areas, " says Ellen.
(1)As unpleasant emotions go, anxiety is the sketchiest. It's a vague, pit-of-the-stomach dread that sneaks up to you—that unease you get when your boss says that she needs to talk to you right away, when the phone rings at 4:00 a.m., or when your dentist looks into your mouth and says "Hmmmm" for the third time. (2)Lingering anxiety can keep you up at night, make you irritable, undermine your ability to concentrate, and either ruin your appetite or cause Olympian eating binges. And the constant state of readiness generated by anxiety—adrenaline pumping, heart racing, palms sweating—may contribute to high blood pressure and heart disease. How to prevent anxiety then? (3)Meditate. Maybe you're just high-strung. If so, meditation is worth a try. It cultivates a calmness that eases anxious feelings and offers a sense of control. A study at the University of Massachusetts found that volunteers who took an 8-week meditation course were considerably less anxious afterward. People who are high-strung find that they are dramatically calmer with 20 minutes of meditation in the morning and another 20 minutes after dinner. (4)If you've never done meditation, try this technique: Sit quietly in a comfortable position and take a few deep, cleansing breaths to relax your muscles. Then choose a calming word or phrase.(Experts suggest either a word or short phrase with religious significance, or the word one.)Silently repeat the word or phrase for 20 minutes. As you find your thoughts straying, gently return your focus to your repeated word and continue to breathe deeply. (5)Jog, walk, swim, or cycle. If you can't make time for meditation, be sure to make time for regular exercise. Exercise can have the same calming effect as meditation, particularly if it's something repetitive like running or swimming laps. Treatment? (6)Odds are that you can learn to handle anxiety better. Here's how. (7)Remember to breathe. When you're anxious, you tend to hold your breath or breathe too shallowly. That makes you feel more anxious. Breathing slowly and deeply can have a calming effect. To make sure that you're breathing correctly, place your hand on your diaphragm(横膈膜), just below your rib cage. Feel it rise with each inhalation and fall with each exhalation. (8)Analyze and act. The antidote(矫正方法)to anxiety is analysis and action. To rid yourself of that vague sense of dread, you have to figure out exactly what it is that you dread. Then you can map a plan of action to do something about it. Usually the first step in this action plan is to find out more about the problem. (9)Let's say you are anxious about your competence on the job. Ask yourself, "What, in particular, am I afraid that I'll muff?" Maybe you're afraid that you'll get further behind and miss your deadlines. Or maybe you're worried that you're blowing it whenever you present your ideas in meetings. Are your worries founded? Have you had several near misses with deadlines? Are your suggestions routinely vetoed? If not, the anxiety is needless. If there is a real problem, work on a solution: Pace yourself to better meet deadlines, or join a public speaking class.
Famous Christmas PlacesThere are many【T1】______ traditions in Christmas. 【T1】______The two famous Christmas places are:1. MiddleburgChristmas: a time of gift-giving and【T2】______【T2】______Performances, trees with lights and a big man in【T3】______【T3】______Middleburg: a yearly Christmas 【T4】______【T4】______People from【T5】______come to visit【T5】______2. Xitan, ChinaKnown as a【T6】______【T6】______It shipped around $100 million in colorful【T7】______. 【T7】______Main customers: 【T8】______【T8】______Factories are【T9】______to make products. 【T9】______40 larger factories and【T10】______smaller workshops. 【T10】______
Which of the following sentences expresses a passive meaning?