The effect of the baby boom on the schools helped to make possible a shift in thinking about the role of public education in the 1920's. In the 1920's, but especially in the Depression of the 1930's, the United States experienced a【C1】______ birth rate. Then with the prosperity brought on by the Second World War and the economic boom that followed it, young people married and【C2】______ households earlier and began to【C3】______ larger families than had their【C4】______ during the Depression. Birth rates rose to 102 per thousand in 1946, 106. 2 in 1950, and 118 in 1955.【C5】______ economics was probably the most important determinant, it is not the only explanation for the baby boom. The increased value placed【C6】______ the idea of the family also helps to explain this rise in birth rates. The baby boomers began streaming -【C7】________ the first grade by the mid-1940's and became a flood by 1950. The public school system suddenly found itself 【C8】______ . The wartime economy meant that few new schools were built between 1940 and 1945.【C9】______ , large numbers of teachers left their profession during that period for better-paying jobs elsewhere. 【C10】______ , in the 1950's, the baby boom hit an antiquated and inadequate school system. Consequently, the custodial rhetoric of the 1930's no longer made sense; keeping youths ages sixteen and older out of the labor market by keeping them in school could no longer be a high priority for an institution unable to find space and staff to teach younger children.

A. we can be the lucky winner.B. Don't be silly.C. Maybe today is my lucky day.A: Hey, did you hear that? The lottery is up to 1 million yuan this time. It will be so cool to win it.B: Come on. 【D1】______You are really daydreaming.A: I know the chances of winning the lottery are remote. But【D2】______B: But you know many people buy the tickets every week and still haven't won a cent. Don't waste your money.A: I still would like to try my fortune and buy a lottery ticket. 【D3】______

Although the police A are given considerable authority by society to enforce B its laws, they get a relatively low salary as compared with C that of other occupational groups which have much D fewer authority.

It is understood that the filming of Legends is almost complete and the film is not ______to be delayed.

A. I really don't want to take any chancesB. We can reinforce the cartons with strapsC. cartons are light and easy to handleA: Do you have anything to say about the outer packaging?B: You mean cartons, don't you? I'm afraid cartons are not strong enough.A: But we're only talking about shirts. They're not fragile goods. Besides,【D4】______ .B: Well, I mean they're easily breakable.A; There's no need to worry.【D5】______ .B: But, these goods will have to go a long way before they arrive at our port. What if dampness gets into the packages? A: All the cartons are lined with plastic sheets, so they're absolutely waterproof, I can assure you.B: As I just said, it's a long-distance transportation;【D6】______ .A: You need have no fears about that. Our way of packing has been widely accepted by other clients, and we have received no complaints whatsoever up to now. B: Well, I suppose there is no other choice.

Working where there is no running water causes a lot of suffering. Fortunately we have a cold spring a short distance from our house.

Before Moko the dolphin turned up, the beached whales were in clear distress. But when Moko arrived at Mahia beach on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, their mood changed and they followed him to safety. The ability of some animals to communicate is well known. What's less well documented, however, is the communication between species. Justin Gregg, vice president of the Dolphin Communication Project, said it is possible that a dolphin and a whale could communicate in some way. "But it wouldn't be instructions like 'Hey, buddy, the open ocean is over here. Follow me,'" he says. Dolphins use three forms of signaling to other dolphins—whistles, clicking and postures. A whale might have signals in common with a dolphin, just as different species of dolphins are known to share signals which might theoretically allow a form of basic inter-species communication. But just as it's possible that Moko the dolphin and the stranded whales shared a signal, it is also possible that the whales just saw a vaguely similar creature and followed it. There are many reasons why different species communicate, says Vincent Janik, lecturer at the Sea Mammal Research Unit at St Andrew's University. "The animals exploit the systems of others for their own benefits. Sometimes the benefits are the same for each, therefore they share information. Sometimes they are trying to take advantage of the other. Getting food may not be to the advantage of the one giving up the food. "

Ralph would not concede that the work of the detectives was likely to be in vain given the price offered.

Herman's success is due to his hard work and his ability to formulate plans which will get work done efficiently.

All the staff members of the department made zealous efforts to clean up the hall for the Christmas party.

It's never a question of whether you enjoy your job and your life, but only how much you can endure. With economic growth has come centralization; fully 76 percent of Japan's 119 million citizens live in cities where community and the extended family have been abandoned in favor of isolated, two generation households. Urban Japanese have long endured lengthy commutes (travels to and from work) and crowded living conditions, but as the old group and family values weaken, the discomfort is beginning to tell. In the past decade, the Japanese divorce rate, while still well below that of the United States, has increased by more than 50 percent, and suicides have increased by nearly one-quarter.

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On 9 December, James Joyce experienced one of those coincidences which affected him ________at the time and which later became material for his books.

Childhood exposure to a group of chemicals, which are used widely in a variety of products, including water-resistant clothing and microwave popcorn, could reduce the effectiveness of common vaccines, a new study has found. Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston looked at over 580 children and found that those who had higher concentrations of these perfluorinated(全氟化的)compounds(PFCs)in their blood had lower immune responses to diphtheria(白喉)and tetanus(破伤风)vaccinations. An insufficient immune response to a vaccine can mean a child is actually vulnerable to catching a disease even though they have been vaccinated against it, the researchers said. " When we take our kids to the doctor's office to get their shots, we expect that the vaccines are going to work. What we found was that there was an increasing risk that they didn't work if the kids had been exposed to the PFCs," study author Philippe Grand-jean was quoted as saying by Live Science.

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In this part，you are to write an essay of about 150 words on the topic “On Unrestrained Consumption”．You should base your essay on the following outline： 1．人们在节假日无节制消费 2．大量消费对个人和社会的影响 3．我的看法……

A Thirteen hundred medical professionals, B all of which have been trained to treat drug dependency, C attended the annual convention D sponsored by a society.

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