It was absurd that women ______ be paid less than men for doing the same work.

It is curious that our own offenses should seem so much less heinous than the offenses of others. I suppose the reason is that we know all the circumstances that have occasioned them and so manage to excuse in ourselves what we cannot excuse in others. We turn our attention away from our own defects, and when we are forced by untoward events to consider them, find it easy to condone them. For all I know we are right to do this; they are part of us and we must accept the good and bad in ourselves together. But when we come to judge others, it is not by ourselves as we really are that we judge them, but by an image that we have formed of ourselves from which we have left out everything that offends our vanity or would discredit us in the eyes of the world. To take a trivial instance: how scornful we are when we catch someone out telling a lie; but who can say that he has never told not one, but a hundred? There is not much to choose between men. They are all a hotchpotch of greatness and littleness, of virtue and vice, of nobility and baseness. Some have more strength of character, or more opportunity, and so in one direction or another give their instincts freer play, but potentially they are the same. For my part, I do not think I am any better or any worse than most people, but I know that if I set down every action in my life and every thought that has crossed my mind, the world would consider me a monster of depravity. The knowledge that these reveries are common to all men should inspire one with tolerance to oneself as well as to others. It is well also if they enable us to look upon our fellows, even the most eminent and respectable, with humor, and if they lead us to take ourselves not too seriously.

Diet of Japan

Are we going to see an end to the Arab-Israeli ______?

You are supposed to write a composition of about 400 words on this issue. In the first part of your composition, you should present your thesis statement; in the second part, you should support the thesis statement with details; and in the last part, you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion. Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and diction. Please write you response on the answer sheet.

I'm afraid the result of the coming election is a ______ conclusion.

实况转播

功能对等

When ______, many racists cannot give a logical reason for their attitudes towards other racial groups.

自主创业

Do you know Tim's brother? He is ______ than Tim.

电脑病毒

Because it takes an interest in anything that ______ on the health of travelers, this emerging medical speculums invariably cuts across the traditional disciplines.

生物圈

佣金

False conflict, also known as illusory conflict, occurs when people believe that their interests are incompatible with the other party's interests ______, in fact, they are not.

cyber terrorism

The ______ of social security benefits often feel that they are contributing more than they in fact receive in terms of medical care, pensions, etC.

《国富论》

patronage