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Rebecca ______ home, for I saw her just now at the canteen.

One of the first ______ of reduced burning in Amazon rain forests was the chestnut industry: smoke tends to drive out the insect that, by pollinating chestnut tree, allow chestnuts to develop.

Since the early nineties, the trend in most businesses has been toward on-demand, always-available products and services that suit the customer's ______ rather than the company's.

He thumbed through the rose ______ to see if there was anything he fancied for his southfacing wall.

我常想，窗可以算房屋的眼睛。眼睛是灵魂的窗户，我们看见外界，同时也让人看到我们的内心；眼睛往往跟着心在转。我们跟戴黑眼镜的人谈话，总觉得捉摸不住他的用意，仿佛他以假面具相对，就是为此。歌德恨一切戴眼镜的人，说他们看得清楚他脸上的皱纹，但是他给他们的玻璃片耀得眼花缭乱，看不出他们的心境。 窗子许里面人看出去，同时也许外面人看进来，所以在热闹地方住的人要用窗帘子，替他们的私生活做个保障。晚上访人，只要看窗里有无灯光，就约略可以猜到主人在不在家，不必打开了门再问，好比不等人开口，从眼睛里看出他的心思。关窗的作用等于闭眼。天地间有许多景象是要闭了眼才看得见的，比如梦。假使窗外的人声物态太嘈杂了，关了窗好让灵魂自由地去探胜，安静地默想。 有时，关窗和闭眼也有连带关系，你觉得窗外的世界不过尔尔，并不能给予你什么满足，你想回到故乡，你要看见跟你分离的亲友，你只有睡觉，闭了眼向梦里寻去，于是你起来先关了窗。因为只是春天，还残留着残冷，窗子也不能整天整夜不关的。

联合兼并

Those who support violence on television claim that it helps the viewer to ______ steam and to get rid of his feelings in a harmless way.

副教授

Although I tried to concentrate on the lecture, I was ______ by the noise from the next room.

Pocahomta, a seventeenth century Powhatan Indian, went to the Jamestown colony as her father's emissary.

Some historians believe that John Jay could have played ______ in America's history as James Madison.

There are as good fish in the sea ______ ever came out of it.

Passage Two Every market activity is an investment in time, energy and money. Few companies would spend a large sum of money on, say, a purchase of capital equipment without a full investigation into why it is needed, the choices available, and the expected return on what has been spent. Yet every year the vast majority of companies invest a large amount of money in marketing actions without knowing what their financial worth to the company or likely return will be. By introducing the disciplines arising from market planning, a company should be able to ensure that the costs of marketing planning show a reasonable return and are calculated in the same way as all other business investments. Many managers believe that the costs of marketing form an additional expense that has to be accepted in order to sell their goods. Whilst it is true that many companies use certain tools of marketing for this purpose, it is also true that the most successful companies accept marketing as an essential part of the company's total commercial operation, for it is an essential cost in the same way as production or finance. Companies often avoid planning marketing procedures in detail because of the effort needed to express their forward policy in a written form. Managers commonly consider that their time is too valuable to spend on anything other than urgent operational problems. In fact, the manager who spends his time on dealing with current administrative detail is almost certain to have ignored proper planning in the past. For, if properly prepared, the marketing plan will contain sufficient details of the company's policy and operational strategy for the work to be done by an assistant. As the many alternative courses of action are programmed, the assistant takes any actions or decisions which are appropriate. Only unusual situations need be dealt with by the manager. The first step in preparing a marketing plan is that of producing the information necessary for decision making. Usually, a company will have within its own administration and control system the raw material necessary for the plan's foundations. In addition, there is plenty of published information which is made available by government departments, institutions and the press. Marketing research is yet to be fully exploited by the majority of companies. It has so far only been used by companies that have recognized that their existing information sources are inadequate. Because of the scale of operations that now confronts the typical businessman, it is essential that investment decisions are based upon relevant information, so reducing the business risk. For a marketing-oriented activity to produce lasting results the entire operation has to be systematically planned. By producing basic information in written form and establishing aims for the future, the company is creating standards against which actual performance can be measureD. Documentation of detailed policy actions then provides the basis for controlling the company's operation. Future trends may be predicted through the investigation of all factors likely to influence company results.

There has been a great deal of ______ surrounding the closure of the hospital.

Theartist's use of swirls of ______ colors conveys a sense of excitement.

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