Astronaut Jim Voss has enjoyed many memorable moments in his career, including three space flights and one space walk. But he recalls with special fondness a decidedly earthbound(只在地球上的) experience in the summer of 1980 when he participated in the NASA-ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program. Voss, then a science teacher at West Point was assigned to the Marshall Space Flight Center"s propulsion(推进) lab in Alabama to analyze why a hydraulic fuel pump seal on the space shuttle was working so well when previous seals had failed. It was a seemingly tiny problem among the vast complexities of running the space program` Yet it was important to NASA because any crack in the seal could have led to destructive results for the astronauts who relied on them. "I worked a bit with NASA engineers, "says Voss, "but I did it mostly by analysis. I used a handheld calculator, not a computer, to do a thermodynamic(热力学的) analysis. "At the end of the summer, he, like the other NASA-ASEE fellows working at Marshall summarized his findings in a formal presentation and detailed paper. It was a valuable moment for Voss because the ASEE program gave him added understanding of NASA, deepened his desire to fly in space, and intensified his application for astronaut status. It was not an easy process. Voss was actually passed over when he first applied for the astronaut program in 1987. Since then he has participated in three space mission. The 50-year-old Army officer, who lives in Houston, is now in training for a four-month mission as a crew member on the International Space Station starting in July 2000. Voss says the ASEE program is wonderful for all involved. "It brings in people from the academic world and gives NASA a special property for a particular period of time. It brings some fresh eyes and fresh ideas to NASA, and establishes a link with colleges and universities", Voss explains". There is an exchange of information and an exchange of perspectives that is very important". For the academic side, Voss says, the ASEE program also "brings institutions of higher learning more insight into new technology. We give them an opportunity to work on real-world problems and take it back to the classroom".

These days a green building means more than just the color of the paint. Green building can also refer to environmentally friendly houses, factories, and offices. Buildings account for 65 percent of total U.S. electricity use. But green buildings can reduce energy and water use. Also, the buildings are often located near public transportation such as buses and subways, so that people can drive their cars less. That could be good for the environment, because cars use lots of natural resources such as gasoline, and give off pollution. Green buildings are often built on previously developed land, so that the buildings don"t destroy forests or other wild habitats(栖息地). Marty Dettling is a project manager for a building that puts these ideas into action. The Solaire has been called the country"s first green residential high-rise building. According to Dealing, "We"ve reduced our energy consumption by one-third and our water by 50 percent. Not everyone is leaping to move into a green building, however. Some people think that features such as solar panels cost more money than more traditional energy sources. Despite this, Dettling hopes that green buildings will become common in the future. "It"s going to be big", she said.

In November of 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt was on a hunting trip in Mississippi. His hunt was going【B1】that day, and he couldn"t seem to find anything worth of【B2】his rifle. Then, his staff captured a black baby bear for the President to shoot, but he could not. The thought of shooting a bear that was tied to a tree did not seem sporting, so he【B3】the life of the baby bear and set it free Based on this story, a famous political cartoonist for the Washington Star drew a cartoon, which showed Teddy Roosevelt, rifle【B4】, with his back turned on a cute(可爱的) baby bear. Morris Michtom, owner of a Brooklyn toy store, was【B5】by the cartoon to make a stuffed baby bear. Intending it only as a display, he placed the stuffed bear in his toy store【B6】,and next to it placed a copy of the cartoon from the newspaper. To Michtom"s surprise, his store was flooded by customers【B7】to buy. He asked for and received President Roosevelt"s【B8】to use his name for the hand-sewn bears that he and his wife made, and the "Teddy Bear" was born! Michtom was soon manufacturing Teddy bear【B9】the thousands. The money from the sale enabled him, in 1903, to【B10】the Ideal Toy Company.

I cannot______your plan, for I see no money return for the pursuit.

Certainly, the most popular method of traveling used by Americans is the privately-owned automobile. The vast majority of Americans have a car, and many families have two.【31】during your visit to the United States, you may decide to rent a car to travel outside the city or to travel to other parts of the country. Car rental companies are【32】in the telephone book and are located in most cities and towns.【33】, there are usually rental cars at airports and train and bus stations. As is tree everywhere in the world, you can rent a car【34】the day, week, or month. Some companies【35】have special weekend rates that you may find especially interesting if you have only a limited【36】of time to travel around the area you are visiting. Since each company has its own rules and rates, it is a good idea to【37】prices among companies to get the best rates to suit your purposes. For example, most car rental costs【38】how long you plan to keep the car and how far you travel. However, some companies may include gasoline in their rates, but【39】do not. Some companies require that you【40】the car to its starting point; others will permit you to leave the car in another city.

Inn: We"ll have to decide the date of the meeting right now. Linda:______. Inn: That will be OK. Linda, send out ail the invitations as soon as possible.

The______ choice for a consumer, therefore, is the choice among the available ones that will enable him or her to maximize utility.

Woman; I need to buy a wedding gift for Jane and Desler. Man: Should we stop at the shopping center? Woman: ______. The wedding"s not until next week, but I won"t have time later to get them anything.

By the end of this term, the girls______the basic rules of dinner party conversation.

A: Haven"t we met somewhere? B: No, I don"t think so. A: Aren"t you Kevin Grant? B: No, my name"s Greg. Greg Brown. A: ______

ON DEMAND BUSINESS. IN DEMAND PEOPLE. CAREERS IN IBM ARE ALL ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES World leading multinational IT company. One of the world"s largest consulting services organizations. IBM Business Consulting Services (BCS) sincerely invites the top talents to join us!SAP APPLICATION CONSULTANTLocation: BJ/SH/GZJob Description The candidates are expected to work effectively with major Chinese enterprises and multinational companies in SAP project implementation and engagement. Major responsibilities include: Implementation of SAP module at the client sites under the direction of the project manager, including process design, system configuration, enhancement requirement specification development, testing, training, cut over and post implementation support, etc. Assistance in the development of proposals and the other SAP presales activitiesKey Requirements A university degree or MBA from a top China or international university with fluent English and Chinese communication skills Minimum of 3 years of successful project experience, at least one full cycle of SAP project implementation Minimum of 2 years SAP consulting experience Strong knowledge of one of the SAP modules (MM/PP/SD/FI/CO/PM/QM/ PS/HR/BW) and their integration across SAP Extensive IT knowledge and experience is a plus Excellent client facing communication and presentation skills A self-driven achiever with high integrity who values teamwork, collaboration,. decisiveness, and passion for the consulting profession

To paraphrase 18th century statesman Edmund Burke, all that is needed for the triumph of a misguided cause is that good people do nothing. One such cause now seeks to end biomedical research because of the theory that animals have rights ruling out their use in research. Scientists need to respond forcefully to animal rights advocates, whose arguments are confusing the public and thereby threatening advances in health knowledge and care. Leaders of the animal rights movement target biomedical research because it depends on public funding, and few people understand the process of health care research. Hearing allegations of cruelly to animals in research settings, many are perplexed that anyone would deliberately harm an animal. For example, a grandmotherly woman staffing an animal rights booth at a recent street fair was distributing a brochure that encouraged readers not to use anything that opposed immunizations, she wanted to know if vaccines come from animal research. When assured that they do, she replied, "Then I would have to say yes". Asked what will happen when epidemics return, she said, "Don"t worry, scientists will find some way of using computers". Such well-meaning people just don"s understand. Scientists must communicate their message to the public in a compassionate, understandable way in human terms, not in the language of molecular biology. We need to make clear the connection between animal research and a grandmother"s hip replacement, a father"s bypass operation a baby"s vaccinations, and even a pet"s shots. To those who are unaware that animal research was needed to produce these treatments, as well as new treatments and vaccines, animal research seems wasteful at best and cruel at worst. Much can be done. Scientists could "adopt" middle school classes and present their own research. They should be quick to respond to letters to the editor, lest animal rights misinformation go unchallenged and ac quire a deceptive appearance of truth. Research institutions could be opened to tours, to show that laboratory animals receive humane care Finally, because the ultimate stakeholders are patients, the health research community should actively recruit to its cause not only well-known personalities such as Stephen Cooper, who has made courageous statements about the value of animal research, but all who receive medical treatment. If good people do nothing there is a real possibility that an uninformed citizenry will extinguish the precious embers of medical progress.

Man: What"s the noise upstairs? Woman: It seems they"re wrestling. Man: ______

Student A: Well it is time for boarding. Student B: _______

Pressed by competition and its own success, the popular search engine Google has created an automated way to search for new employees who are fully appropriate as well as high-achieving. In a project, the 100, 000 people who fill in online job applications for Google each month will be asked to complete a complicated questionnaire(问卷)exploring their attitudes, behaviour, personality and backgrounds going back to their school days. The questions range from whether applicants have ever set a world record, to whether their workspace is messy or tidy or what magazines they read. Answers are studied by Google"s mathematicians to calculate a score meant to predict how well a person will fit into the organization"s diversified and competitive culture. Psychometric tests(心理测试)are already used by more traditional companies to select workers, but they are unheard of in a company like Google, which is built on a belief in individual talent. The online questionnaire is based on the answers to 300 questions sent out last summer to every employee at the head office in California"s Silicon Valley. Some questions were factual: What programming languages are you familiar with? What Internet mailing lists are you on? Other questions, however, tried to establish personality and behavioural characteristics: have you ever tutored another person? "We wanted to cast a very wide net, " said Laszlo Bock, Google"s Vice-President for People Operations. " It is not unusual to walk into our office and bump into dogs. Maybe people who own dogs have some personality feature that is useful. "

A: could you go to the store nearby right away? I need a few things for painting. B: ______

A: I got another D for my coursework. The teacher must hate me. B: Mr. Pierre is really nice. ______.

But let no one think that pleasure is immoral. Pleasure in itself is a great good, all pleasure, but its consequences may be such【B1】the sensible person eschews certain varieties of【B2】. Nor need pleasure be gross and sensual. They are wise in their generation【B3】have discovered that intellectual pleasure is the most satisfying and the most enduring. It is well to【B4】the habit of reading. There are【B5】sports in which you can engage to your own satisfaction after you have passed the prime of life; there are no games except patience, chess problems and crossword puzzles that you can play without someone to play them with you. Reading suffers【B6】no such disadvantages; there is no occupation—except perhaps needle-work, but that leaves the restless spirit【B7】liberty—which you can more easily【B8】up at any moment, for any period, and more easily put【B9】when other calls press upon you; there is no other amusement that can be obtained in these happy days of public liberties and cheap editions at so small a【B10】. To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.

Man: Excuse me, Miss. Do you know where I can find file holders? Saleswoman: You see the kitchenware there? _____.

I don"t think Mr. Matson will come here again today. Please give the ticket to ______ comes here first.