We had decided to sell our house, but after a while we began to have second______.

People who are______to wool shouldn't wear woolen clothing.

Don't forget( )the window before leaving the room.

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I am very disappointed( )the results of the experiment.

Would you mind______me some bread on your way home?

If no one______the phone at home, ring me at work.

I've known John well enough to say "Hello" , but not much more______than that.

The question______at the meeting tomorrow is very important.

If workers had been paid decent wages, profits______so great.

Do you know the girl father died in a car accident last week?

Life as a woman in the colonial (殖民的) America seems quite different from it is today. Women were considered inferior to men, a fact rooted in tradition, law, and religion. Their place was in the home, 【C1】______they were to serve as devoted wives and mothers. They were therefore considered unfit to operate as political beings and unable to【C2】______the benefits of citizenship given to men. Very few women acquired a college education, secured a well-paid job, or pursued a fruitful career. Other than marrying well, they could do【C3】______to improve their economic status. In spite of their secondary status, women【C4】______play a central role in developing, civilizing, and advancing the nation long before the United States gained its independence from Great Britain. During the colonial period, they made great contributions to family and community. They worked alongside their husbands【C5】______family survival demanded that chores (杂事) be shared by all. Women helped to sow, plant, and harvest crops. They raised pigs and chickens, planted gardens and milked cows. This need for shared male and female labor【C6】______a constant theme (主题) as families moved to the frontier, where all family members having to work proved essential. 【C7】______scholars still debate the nature of white women's standing during the colonial period, many of them admit that colonial women achieved some standing in their farnilies and communities【C8】______their contributions were so essential. A woman might perform chores in the home but also assist her husband in 【C9】______a newspaper or a store. But this cooperative (合作的) approach did not translate into equal rights for women: instead, it【C10】______the realities and uncertainties of colonial life.

The president devoted his energies to ______ the curricula, making the education offered at Washington College as meaningful as possible.

Money really can't buy happiness, according to a new survey showing lawyers and other well-paid white-collar? workers are more likely to suffer depression. 【T1】 A national survey of more than 7500 professionals has found that al most one in 10 reported moderate or severe depressive symptoms. The legal profession had the worst result, with almost 16 percent reporting? symptoms? of clinical depression. Next were accountants and insurance underwriters, both on 10 percent. People in IT services? architecture? and engineering also had depression rates above the average. 【T2】 The survey conducted by Beyondblue, an organization devoted to fighting depression, also showed that those under 30 had the highest rates of depression and were the most likely to" self-medicate" with drugs and alcohol. Beyondblue? deputy? chief executive and psychologist, Dr Nicole Highet, said the survey—the largest of its kind — was the first to reveal the extent of the problem. 【T3】 " We often associate depression with the most socially disadvantaged and people under financial pressure, but here's a whole different group, "Dr Highet said. She said while it was difficult to know exactly what made some groups more prone to depression, it was likely to be driven by work pressures. "It seems, with law in particular, there's a problem with employee expectations and their working reality, " Dr Highet said. 【T4】 " People base their whole identities on being successful in their role and when it doesn't live up to expectations, and they fail to keep a work-life balance, that impacts on their mental health. " Among female lawyers, the average age of first pregnancy was 39, " reflecting the all-or-nothing pressure that the sector places on individuals, " she said. Law Institute of Victoria chief executive Michael Brett Young said the survey supported? architecture? evidence that depression was a growing problem. 【T5】 " Our message is no one should feel ashamed about being stressed, " Mr Young said, " Ask for help from your colleagues rather than suffer in silence. "

Traditionally, universities have carried out two main activities: research and teaching. Many experts would argue that both these activities play a critical role in serving the community. The fundamental question, however, is how does the community want or need to be served? In recent years universities have been coming under increasing pressure from both the governments and the public to ensure that they do not remain "ivory towers(象牙塔)" of study separated from the realities of everyday life. University teachers have been encouraged, and in some cases constrained(强逼), to provide more courses which produce graduates with the technical skills required for the commercial use. If Aristotle wanted to work in a university in the UK today, he would have a good chance of teaching computer science but would not be so readily employable asa philosopher. A post-industrial society requires large numbers of computer programmers, engineers, managers and technicians to maintain and develop its economic growth but "man" , as the Bible says, "does not live by bread alone. " Apart from requiring medical and social services, which donot directly contribute to economic growth, the society should also value and enjoy literature, music and the arts. Because they can also promote economic growth. A successful musical play, for instance, can contribute as much to the Gross National Product through tourist dollars as any other things.

But for the storm, we______a great harvest last year.

The audience were so______at the colorful scene of the drama that no one noticed the passage of time.

The person______you were talking to was an American.

______was one regarded as impossible has now become a reality.