填空题What is meant (51) the word "friend"? The dictionary (52) it as: ."one attached to (53) by affection or esteem". Americans use the word freely——that is , a friend may or may not be a person (54) whom there is a great attachment. A friend might be a casual acquaintance or an intimate companion. Friends may have known each other (55) child- hood or they mayhave recently met. It is difficult to formulate a precise (56) of this word as it is used in the United States, (57) it cover many types of relationships. "My friend and I went to the show last night." "My friends gave me the name of a good doctor." "My friend consoled me when I was depressed." We hear such daily references (58) the word "friend" without knowing the quality of the friendship referred to. It is common for Americans to have different "circles of friends" such (59) church friends, work friends, or sports friends. A person may choose not to involve members of different circles (60) the same activity. (One's friends from the office may never meet one's friends from the sports club. ) (61) such as "office mate" and "tennis partner" (62) the segregation of friends. The office mate is a friend in the office and the tennis partner is a friend (63) the courts. People have different types of friends: one may have many good friends and one best friend. "Best friends" are usually two people of the same sex who have known each other (64) a long period of time. People usually have more casual friends than close or best friends. Americans are geographically mobile and learn to (65) friendships easily and quickly. Approximately one (66) of every five American families moves every year. People relocate (67) they begin new jobs, (68) distant colleges, get married, have chidren or simply want a change in their lives. Perhaps as a consequence of this, people form and (69) friendships quickly. Students attending two or three universities during their undergraduate and graduate years may (70) their circles of friends several times.

填空题A powerful personal growth tool is the 30-day trial. This is a concept I borrowed from the shareware industry, where you can 1 a trial version of a piece of software and try it out risk-free for 30 days before you"re required to buy the 2 version. It"s also a great way to develop new 3 , and best of all, it"s brain-dead simple. Let"s say you want to start a new habit like an exercise program or 4 a bad habit like sucking on cancer sticks. We all know that getting 5 and sticking with the new habit for a few weeks is the hard part. Once you"ve overcome inertia, it"s much easier to keep going. Yet we often psyche ourselves out of getting started by 6 thinking about the change as something 7 before we"ve even begun. It seems too overwhelming to think about making a big change and 8 with it every day for the rest of your life when you"re still habituated to doing the 9 . The more you think about the change as something permanent, the more you 10 where you are. But what if you thought about making the change only 11 say for 30 days—and then you"re free to go back to your old habits? That doesn"t seem so hard anymore. Exercise daily for just 30 days, then quit. Maintain a 12 organized desk for 30 days, then slack off. Read for an hour a day for 30 days, then go back to watching TV. Could you do it? It still 13 a bit of discipline and commitment, but not nearly so much as making a permanent change. Any 14 deprivation is only temporary. You can 15 down the days to freedom. And for at least 30 days, you"ll gain some benefit. It"s not so bad. You can handle it. It"s only one month out of your life.

填空题Many countries will not allow cigarette advertising in their newspapers or on TV especially since the advertisements are usually written with young, people in mind. In (51) of advertising, the tobacco companies have begun to sponsor sports events. They give money to football, motor racing, tennis and a (52) of other sports on condition (53) the name of the cigarette is mentioned. This is now causing concern, because it does exactly (54) many ads tried to do—suggest that (55) has some relation with being strong and athletic. In all this, the point of view of the non-smoking has to be considered, as (56) : "I wish the smokers would stop (57) the air. I wish I could eat in a restaurant (58) having to smell cigarette smoke." It has been calculated that, in a room (59) a large number of people are smoking, a (60) will breathe in the equivalent of two or three cigarettes during an evening. In fact, non-smokers are now a majority in many western countries. More and more people are giving (61) the habit, discouraged by high prices, influenced by anti-smoking advertising—or just aware that smoking is no (62) really a polite thing to do. Faced (63) lower sales, the western tobacco companies have begun to look for markets outside their own countries. They have begun (64) campaigns to persuade young people in developing countries (65) smoking American or British or French cigarettes is a sophisticated western habit, (66) they should copy. As a (67) more and more young people are spending the little money they have (68) a product which the West recognizes as (69) and no longer wants. The high number of young smokers in India, in South America and in South-East Asia will be (70) of tomorrow's problems.

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填空题{{B}}Passage One{{/B}} The London terrorist attacks on July 7 and July 21 changed British Prime Minister Tony Blair. He had long been reluctant to make the fight against Islamo-fascist terror a domestic issue. Last week he outlined security measures to deal with radical clerics who incite violence. Of particular interest is a measure that read in part: "It is now necessary, in order to acquire British citizenship, that people attend a citizenship ceremony (and) swear allegiance to the country." That's not much different from U. S. law. {{U}}(66) {{/U}} This requirement would violate Section 203 of the U. S. Voting Rights Act, which requires that bilingual election materials and assistance be made available when a foreign language reaches critical mass in the general population. For example, California recall ballots in Los Angeles County were printed in English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean and Tagalog. {{U}}(67) {{/U}} U. S. law, in effect, tells new citizens that can be fully engaged in U.S. democracy without understanding the language of its election campaigns. {{U}}(68) {{/U}} Naturalized citizens must demonstrate a fundamental understanding of U. S. history and civics. Isn't it reasonable to expect them also to be able to communicate, at a basic level, in the language of U. S. politics? {{U}}(69) {{/U}}Requiring citizens to understand basic English isn't bias. But supporting a system that encourages American citizens to accept a life without meaningful participation in politics and civic life—that's bias. To end the separatism and disengagement that flourishes in part because significant portions of his country cannot speak English, Blair wants to make basic knowledge of English a requirement for British citizenship. There can be no true national unity when citizens cannot understand each other and participate in the majority culture. {{U}} (70) {{/U}}Let's hope the United States will learn it through observation rather than bitter experience. A. Despite a growing bilingualism in English, for the most part Britain remains a monolingual nation with a long, proud linguistic and cultural tradition. B. But Blair wants to impose an additional requirement: To become a British citizen, one must "have a rudimentary grasp of the English language". C. It further suggests that secondhand knowledge of politics, through translation or others' interpretations, is an adequate substitute for the ability to hear and read about the candidates and the issues. D. A passing knowledge of English shouldn't be too much to ask of those who seek the right to vote that so many American soldiers have died to secure. E. Britain has learned that lesson—the hard way. F. The intent of Section 203 is laudable: A member of a "language minority group" should face no obstacles in exercising the franchise. But its effects are pernicious.