In spite of the _____ economic forecast, manufacturing output has risen slightly.

Which of the following prepositional phrases is used as attributive?

______, he can now only watch it on TV at home.

The London Marathon is a difficult race. ______, thousands of runners participate every year.

Parents will be able to run an official check on the status of childminders for the first time from today. Ofsted, the education standards watchdog, will shame the worst providers and praise the best by placing details of all childminders' reports on its website. The providers will be ranked on a scale of one to four, with one meaning "outstanding ", two "good", three "satisfactory" and four "inadequate". Of the first 1, 060 inspections to be posted this morning, 45(32 childminders and 13 day-care providers)have been ranked as "inadequate" while only 16(14 childminders and 2 day-care nurseries)warranted the ranking "outstanding". The vast majority were either good(680)or satisfactory(319). However, Ofsted warned that a "satisfactory" rating meant there was "scope for improvement". Maurice Smith, Ofsted's director of early years, said, "Over one million children are placed with childminders and in nurseries every day so it's imperative parents have easy access to good information about the quality of care that their children are getting. " David Bell, the chief schools inspector and Ofsted's chief executive, has acknowledged that parents are almost certain to shun the services of any childminder ranked as inadequate. A childminder could be rated as inadequate if their premises fail to pass health and safety requirements or if a complaint alleging physical abuse of a child is upheld. In extreme circumstances, their registration can be withdrawn immediately but their report would be published if they were served with a notice to improve within a 12-month period. Mr. Smith said of the "outstanding" ratings, "This is a fantastic achievement by those who work in the childcare profession and go all out to provide a top-class service. All providers will have the chance to shine during their inspections under the new framework. I hope that today's 'outstanding' providers will act as an inspiration to others. " The 1, 060 inspections to be placed on the Internet today were all carried out in the first year of inspection of child-minding services. Ofsted only had its brief to inspect services extended from schools and colleges last year. It plans to inspect all childminding and day-care services over a three-year period with a total of 94, 000 reports placed on its website by 2007. Fears that paedophiles could gain access to details of child-minding services have prompted inspectors to agree restrictions on how parents can access information. As of today, parents will be able to type their postcode into Ofsted's website and search for registered childminders in their area. Services within a five-mile radius of the address can be accessed. However, the report will not contain the name or address of the childminder. To obtain that, the parent will have to contact their local Children's Information Service. Ofsted warned that some providers may have chosen to opt out of having their details available on request—and that this is likely to be because they are full and do not have the space to mind more children. Ofsted has also agreed that nurseries will be given no notice of inspections so inspectors get a "warts and all" picture. Childminders will be rung the previous week and asked to indicate which days they will be available to avoid inspectors arriving when they are out with their charges on a trip. One of the days will be selected by the inspectors without giving further notice.

A. height B. compensate C. whereas D. imbibe E. reflectF. degree G. strategy H. replenish I. further J. underK. stronger L. session M. devour N. fatal O. repel Large animals that inhabit the desert have evolved a number of adaptations for reducing the effects of extreme heat. One adaptation is to be light in color, and to【C1】______ rather than absorb the sun's rays. Desert mammals also depart from the normal mammalian practice of maintaining a constant body temperature. Instead of trying to keep down the body temperature deep inside the body, which would involve the expenditure of water and energy, desert mammals allow their temperatures to rise to what would normally be fever【C2】______, and temperatures as high as 46 degrees Celsius have been measured in gazelles (瞪羚羊). Another【C3】______of large desert animals is to tolerate the loss of body water to a point that would be【C4】______for non-adapted animals. The camel can lose up to 30 percent of its body weight as water without harm to itself, 【C5】______human beings die after losing only 12 to 13 percent of their body weight. An equally important adaptation is the ability to【C6】______this water loss at one drink. Desert animals can drink prodigious volumes in a short time, and camels have been known to 【C7】______over 100 liters in a few minutes. A very dehydrated person, on the other hand, cannot drink enough water to rehydrate at one【C8】______, because the human stomach is not sufficiently big and because a too rapid dilution of the body fluids causes death from water intoxication. The tolerance of water loss is of obvious advantage in the desert, as animals do not have to remain near a water hole but can obtain food from grazing sparse and far-flung pastures. Desert-adapted mammals have the【C9】______ability to feed normally when extremely dehydrated; it is a common experience in people that appetite is lost even【C10】______conditions of moderate thirst.

As soon as he opened the door, a______of cold air swept through the house.(2013-78)

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The man is very angry because his friend borrowed his car behind his back. The underlined part means ______.

Due to personality_____, the two colleagues never got on well in work.(2010-66)

Good love makes you see the whole world from one person while bad love makes you ______ the whole world for one person.

If you want to know more details about these buildings, you can go to the sales office and ask for a sales ______.

Sally was a bit shy, but the teacher found her quite ______ discussing a recent film with others;. （2008年考试真题）

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As technologies evolve, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. During the process of globalization, some distinct cultures have been vanishing and integrated into other mainstream cultures. Should we preserve these distinct cultures? The following are the supporters' and opponents' opinions. Read carefully the opinions from both sides and write your response in NO LESS THAN 200 words, in which you should first summarize briefly the opinions from both sides and give your view on the issue. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization, language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.YES First, allowing people to preserve their own cultures allows other people to understand different cultural practices and ways of life. This exposure to new experiences enriches the cultural practices of all: we are better able to make choices about the way in which we wish to live our lives, whether that is a matter of what food we eat or what religion we practice. Second, no one has a monopoly on the knowledge of the best way to live life. As such, we each have to seek out this "good life" for ourselves; it varies depending on our individual values and priorities. Multiculturalism allows that there is a greater choice between ways of living, rather than everyone being "integrated" into a way of life that varies very little.NO There are a great many problems in many areas as a result of poor integration. Race riots, racial violence and the scapegoating of minority communities all tear communities apart. France has recently begun to forcibly evict communities of Roma from its cities after clashes between local communities and the travelling community of Roma. Integration allows us to diffuse the "us and them" mentality: to see other people in terms of their similarities, not their differences from us. The resultant greater understanding of others makes community cohesion much more likely and the horrors of racial tension much less likely.

You can't help but hear commercials; every few minutes the program is interrupted to give you one advertising _____.

A. risk B. plausible C. ongoing D. sum E. stronglyF. outset G. as H. meaningful I. causing J. processK. contribute to L. prescribed M. easily N. make O. truly We all know that emotions originate in the brain. But we usually talk about our emotions coming from our hearts. If someone you know doesn't give up【C1】______ , you might say, "He's got a lot of heart." Then what about bad emotions? When you feel so sad that your heart "aches," could it actually be true? A new study shows what goes on in your mind can, literally, break your heart. In the study, just published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers looking at more than 63,000 women who were participants in the【C2】______Nurses' Health Study, found that, those who reported basic symptoms of depression had a higher-than-normal【C3】______of heart attack. And women who were clinically depressed were more than twice as likely【C4】______other women to suffer sudden heart attack. None of the participants had heart problems at the study's 【C5】______, but nearly 8% had symptoms of depression. The researchers theorize that depression might have some direct physiological impact on the heart-like【C6】______it to work harder in the face of stress. Or it may be that the antidepressants (抗抑郁药) 【C7】______ to treat those with mood problems were associated with heart diseases; in the study, sudden heart attack was linked more【C8】______with antidepressant use than with women's symptoms of depression. No one is sure exactly how depression hurts the heart, and one【C9】______explanation is that a damaged heart and its consequent stress on the body might activate, somehow, genes or other physiological changes that【C10】______depression.

Which of the following reflexive pronouns(反身代词)functions as an appositive(同位语)?

A. provide B. never C. whether D. explanation E. embarrassing F. neither G. experiences H. consequently I. care for J. outlook K. challenging L. vital M. helpful N. impatient O. tolerant Empathy—the ability to appreciate that a stranger struggling with a suitcase not only finds his situation【C1】______but also needs help which, assuming you are not incapable yourself, you can and do【C2】______—is key to Simon Baron-Cohen's thesis in "Zero Degrees of Empathy". He reckons that only those who can empathise with their fellow man and who【C3】______ act in a considerate way can hope to be without malice. Cruelty comes from failing to empathise with others,【C4】______ through being inconsiderate or through wilfully ignoring their pain. Some people lack empathy permanently, others switch it off when they are tired, stressed or【C5】______—telling a child not to bother you because you are working, for example—and experience regret for their harsh words when their empathy returns. Those whose minds【C6】______consider their fellow traveller are not bad but disabled, Mr. Baron-Cohen argues. For some, there is a genetic【C7】______ for why crucial parts of their brains seem disengaged while other people suffer. For others, activity in those brain areas has been subdued by some awful【C8】______ in childhood. The author champions his own parents for instilling in him what he calls an "internal pot of gold"—a measure of self-reliance and self-confidence which he thinks is【C9】______ for developing empathy. Children learn to consider the thoughts of other people only when the minds of those who 【C10】______ them are safe places to enter. A child whose mother wishes he did not exist will not want to carefully consider the thought, and will fail to develop empathy as a result.

My sister is always building castles in the air. The underlined part means ______.