填空题When you stop and think about your high school or college alma mater, were your experiences more positive or negative? Do your feelings of (1) in that school have anything to do with whether or not your school was single-sex or coed? (2) to send their children to single-sex schools, because they feel both (3) when they study in the company of students of the same sex. They (4) . For years, only parents who could afford to send their children to private schools, or who had (5) , chose single-sex education for their children. Single-sex schooling was (6) for most American families. Today, however, along with (7) , public schools are experimenting with the idea of (8) . Girls may be the ones who benefit most from single-sex schooling. Studies have shown that (9) in coed classrooms because teachers sometimes pay more attention to boys. Girls' (10) toward their studies tends to disappear as they begin to feel less successful. They start to (11) outperform them in math and science. As boys (12) , girls start to lose it. Moreover, adolescence is (13) for girls. As they experience adolescent changes, some girls become depressed, develop an addiction, or suffer from (14) . In the early 1990s, some influential people said that being in single-sex classes could (15) . Schools across the country began creating single-sex classrooms and schools. But many critics claim that (16) may actually be detrimental to a girl's education because they (17) of sex differences. The renewed interest in single-sex schooling (18) among Americans. Those who give it full endorsement believe girls need an all-female environment to take risks and find their own voices. Those who (19) of single-sex schooling wonder whether students' lack of achievement warrants returning to an educational system that divides the sexes. They believe there is no (20) .

填空题Television is the single 1 on American life and the widely recognized lowest common denominator. More homes have televisions than 2 , and the average child spends more time watching television that he or she does in the classroom. Television 3 ; news that isn"t covered on television didn"t happen and television-only events 4 . Daytime shows lean towards 5 with plots that revolve around infidelity and medical crises, and talk shows in which hosts prod 6 no sane person would want to make public. The American passion for 7 reaches a frenzy in evening game shows. Another evening staple is the hard-boiled 8 , which dwells on lurid topics such as body-snatching, 9 , and juvenile prostitution. The latest development in this kind of program is 10 , on which cameramen follow the police around for an evening and 11 . Television reached its highest level, or perhaps more accurately, its lowest, with 12 , which provides more than 50 channels of programs. Specialized programs include The Weather Channel, 13 ; Music Television (MTV) and 14 and soul music imitators; C-span, which shows the 15 and is widely applied as something that makes you sleep, and Courtroom television, which allows viewers to shriek at the television judge the way sports fans might 16 . On American television, few topics are considered 17 . Turn on a television any afternoon and you can see people discussing, 18 , before millions of viewers, topics natives of other nations 19 in the dark. Faced with such unabashed exhibitionism, one is 20 , "Is nothing sacred?" The answer, of course, is "Well, actually, no. Not on television, anyway."

填空题Most people would be impressed by the high quality of medicine available to most Americans. There is{{U}} (1) {{/U}}, a great deal of attention to the individual, a vast amount of{{U}} (2) {{/U}}, and intense effort not to make mistakes because of the{{U}} (3) {{/U}}which doctors and hospitals must face in the courts if they{{U}} (4) {{/U}}. But the Americans are in a mess. The problem is the way in which health care is{{U}} (5) {{/U}}. Contrary to public belief, it is not just a free competition system. The private system has been joined{{U}} (6) {{/U}}, because private care was simply not looking after{{U}} (7) {{/U}}. But even with this huge public part of the system, which this year will eat up{{U}} (8) {{/U}}—more than 10 per cent of the U. S. Budget—{{U}} (9) {{/U}}are left out. These include about half the{{U}} (10) {{/U}}unemployed and those who fail to meet{{U}} (11) {{/U}}on income fixed by a government trying to{{U}} (12) {{/U}}where it can. The basic problem, however, is that there is no{{U}} (13) {{/U}}over the health system. There is no confinement to what doctors and hospitals{{U}} (14) {{/U}}, other than what the public is able to pay. {{U}}(15) {{/U}}has shot up and prices have climbed. When faced with toothache, a sick child, or a{{U}} (16) {{/U}}, all the unfortunate person concerned can do is pay up. Two-thirds of the population are{{U}} (17) {{/U}}. Doctors charge as much as they want, knowing that the insurance company will pay the bill. {{U}}(18) {{/U}}in the U. S. A. is among the most worrying problems. In 2004{{U}} (19) {{/U}}climbed 15.9 per cent—about twice{{U}} (20) {{/U}}.

填空题{{B}}Part A Note-taking And Gap-filling{{/B}} Directions: In this part of the test you will hear a short talk. You will hear the talk ONLY ONCE. While listening to the talk, you may take notes on the important points so that you can have enough information to complete a gap-filling task on a separate ANSWER BOOKLET. You will not get your ANSWER BOOKLET until after you have listened to the talk. Nothing is better than the television when it is good. On the other hand we can also say that nothing is worse when the television is {{U}}(1) {{/U}}. If you sit down in front of your television set when your station goes on the air and keep your {{U}}(2) {{/U}} glued to that set until the station signs off, I'm sure you'll observe vast wasteland, you will see a procession of {{U}}(3) {{/U}} shows, violence, formula comedies, blood and thunder, mayhem, more violence, sadism, {{U}}(4) {{/U}} , Western bad men, Western {{U}}(5) {{/U}} , private eyes, gangster, still more violence, and cartoons, as well as endless {{U}}(6) {{/U}} that scream and cajole and {{U}}(7) {{/U}}. It is true that you will see a few enjoyable things. But they will be very, very {{U}}(8) {{/U}} There are some fine {{U}}(9) {{/U}} shows, but they become nothing compared with the massive doses of cartoons, violence, and more {{U}}(10) {{/U}}. There are many people in this great country, and the television must {{U}}(11) {{/U}} all of them. It is known that people would more often prefer to be {{U}}(12) {{/U}} than stimulated or {{U}}(13) {{/U}}. For example, if given a choice between a western and a {{U}}(14) {{/U}} , more people will watch the western. But it is obviously not in the public {{U}}(15) {{/U}} that all the people in this country are offered only one steady diet. The television must provide a {{U}}(16) {{/U}} range of choices, more diversity and more {{U}}(17) {{/U}}. The television must not only {{U}}(18) {{/U}} to the nation's whims, but also serves the nation's {{U}}(19) {{/U}}. After all, the people of this country {{U}}(20) {{/U}} the air.

填空题News can be something the authorities want you to know, or something they would rather keep secret: an announcement of a 1 , denial of a failure, or a secret scandal that nobody really wants you to 2 . If the authorities want to tell the world some good news, they issue statements, communiques, and call 3 . Or politicians make speeches. Local newspapers, radio and television help to 4 to what is going on. And by making contacts with 5 , journalists can ask for more information or explanations to help them 6 . Unless the correspondent is an 7 , it is rare to trust any single source. Officials have a policy to defend, and 8 want to attack it. Rumor and gossip can also confuse the situation. So, you have to 9 as much as possible, using common sense and experience as final checks to help establish just what"s likely to be the truth, or 10 . Just getting the news is only half the job. A correspondent may be well-informed, but his job is to 11 , the public. So, once the information is available it has to be written 12 which is also easily understood. Particularly for radio, since, while a newspaper reader can turn back and reread a sentence or two, the radio listener has 13 . This also means that only a limited number of facts can be contained in a sentence and that there should be an 14 . And vital information necessary to understand the latest development should be presented 15 in ease the producer of a news program decides to 16 an item, by cutting for example the last sentence or two. Finally, the style of presentation must 17 . A cheerful voice might be perfect for a 18 . But it would be sadly out of place for a report of a 19 . And this would also confuse and distract the listener, probably 20 just what had happened and to whom.

填空题Knowledge is one thing, virtue is another; (1) is not conscience, (2) , nor is largeness and justness of view faith. Philosophy, however enlightened, however profound, gives no (3) , no influential motives, no vivifying principles. (4) makes not the Christian, not the Catholic, but the gentleman. It is well to be a gentleman, it is well to (5) , a delicate taste, a candid, (6) , a noble and courteous bearing in the conduct of life--these are the (7) ; they are the objects of a University. I am advocating, I shall (8) upon them; but still, I repeat, they are (9) or even for conscientiousness, and they may (10) of the world, to the profligate, to (11) , alas, and attractive as he shows (12) . (13) , they do but seem to be what they are not; they look like (14) , but they are detected (15) , and (16) ; and hence it is that they are popularly (17) , not, I repeat, from their own fault, but because their professors and their admirers (18) for what they are not, and are (19) for them a praise to which they (20) .

填空题{{B}}Part A Spot Dictation{{/B}} Directions: In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage ONLY ONCE. Self-esteem is the combination of {{U}}(1) {{/U}} —the conviction that you {{U}}(2) {{/U}} cope with life's challenges and are worthy of happiness. Self-esteem is the way you talk to yourself about yourself. Self-esteem has two interrelated aspects; it entails a sense of {{U}}(3) {{/U}} and a sense of personal worth. It is the {{U}}(4) {{/U}} self-confidence and self-respect. It is the conviction that one is competent to live and {{U}}(5) {{/U}} Our self-esteem and self-image are developed by {{U}}(6) {{/U}} All of us have conscious and unconscious memories of all the times {{U}}(7) {{/U}}—they are part of the {{U}}(8) {{/U}} of childhood. This is where the critical voice gets started. Everyone has a {{U}}(9) {{/U}}. People with low self-esteem simply have a more vicious and demeaning inner voice. Psychologists say that almost every aspect of our lives—our personal happiness, success, relationships with others, {{U}}(10) {{/U}} are dependent on {{U}}(11) {{/U}}. The more we have, the better we deal with things. {{U}} (12) {{/U}} is important because when people experience it, they feel good and look good, they are {{U}}(13) {{/U}}, and they respond to other people and themselves in healthy, positive, growing ways. People who have positive self-esteem know that they are {{U}}(14) {{/U}} , and they care about themselves and other people. They do not have to {{U}}(15) {{/U}} by tearing other people down or {{U}}(16) {{/U}} competent people. Our background largely determines what we will become in personality and more importantly in self-esteem. Where do {{U}}(17) {{/U}} come from? Many come from our families, since more than 80% of our waking hours up to the age of eighteen are spent {{U}}(18) {{/U}}. We are who we are because of where we've been. We build Our own brands of self-esteem {{U}}(19) {{/U}}: fate, the positive things life offers, the negative things life offers and our own decisions about {{U}}(20) {{/U}}, the positives and the negatives.

填空题 What is distance learning? It means that you study on your own, at home or wherever suits you. Recently, the world famous Open University in the United Kingdom has designed a new style of distance learning, which is called{{U}} (1) {{/U}}. The phrase "Open Learning" means you study{{U}} (2) {{/U}}. You read course material, work on course activities, and write{{U}} (3) {{/U}}. The word "Supported" means you have help{{U}} (4) {{/U}}, the student services staff at regional centres, and centralized areas such as{{U}} (5) {{/U}}. You can also contact other students through tutorials and{{U}} (6) {{/U}}, the University's online conferencing system, and events and clubs organized by{{U}} (7) {{/U}}. Most distance learning courses use printed paper materials. They also include some{{U}} (8) {{/U}}materials such as a CD, DVD or video. Many courses have a web site and an{{U}} (9) {{/U}}. You'll need access to a computer{{U}} (10) {{/U}}to make use of these. The Open University can help its students buy a computer and{{U}} (11) {{/U}}the cost of accessing the Internet. With most distance learning courses, no{{U}} (12) {{/U}}are required to study. of course, you have to be aged 18 when your course starts but there is no{{U}} (13) {{/U}}. Currently the Open University has around{{U}} (14) {{/U}}undergraduate and more than 30,000 postgraduate students, of which 10,000 have{{U}} (15) {{/U}}. Nearly all students are studying{{U}} (16) {{/U}}. About 70 per cent of undergraduate students are in{{U}} (17) {{/U}}. More than 50,000 students{{U}} (18) {{/U}}by their employers for their studies. Most distance learning courses{{U}} (19) {{/U}}. Some of them are even available in other parts of the world. With over 25,000 of its students living outside the UK, the Open University is the{{U}} (20) {{/U}}that offers distance learning throughout the world.

填空题News can be something the authorities want you to know, or something they would rather keep secret: an announcement of a 1 , denial of a failure, or a secret scandal that nobody really wants you to 2 . If the authorities want to tell the world some good news, they issue statements, communiques, and call 3 . Or politicians make speeches. Local newspapers, radio and television help to 4 to what is going on. And by making contacts with 5 , journalists can ask for more information or explanations to help them 6 . Unless the correspondent is an 7 , it is rare to trust any single source. Officials have a policy to defend, and 8 want to attack it. Rumor and gossip can also confuse the situation. So, you have to 9 as much as possible, using common sense and experience as final checks to help establish just what"s likely to be the truth, or 10 . Just getting the news is only half the job. A correspondent may be well-informed, but his job is to 11 , the public. So, once the information is available it has to be written 12 which is also easily understood. Particularly for radio, since, while a newspaper reader can turn back and reread a sentence or two, the radio listener has 13 . This also means that only a limited number of facts can be contained in a sentence and that there should be an 14 . And vital information necessary to understand the latest development should be presented 15 in ease the producer of a news program decides to 16 an item, by cutting for example the last sentence or two. Finally, the style of presentation must 17 . A cheerful voice might be perfect for a 18 . But it would be sadly out of place for a report of a 19 . And this would also confuse and distract the listener, probably 20 just what had happened and to whom.

填空题In size, Canada is the second largest country on earth. In terms of 1 , it is a member of Big Seven, the world"s leading industrial nations, 2 the United States, France, the United Kingdom, 3 Canada plays an active role 4 , often taking part in peacekeeping and humanitarian missions and spearheading 5 . Its scenery of mountains, oceans, forests and prairies is 6 . It has a lively and rich culture, with many world famous actors, pop stars and writers. In annual "quality of life", Canada regularly is rated as having 7 of living in the world because of its health care, education, 8 , social welfare, and so on. 9 its physical size, economic power and international prestige, Canada"s population is very small. The current population is 10 . This paradox of having a small number of people in a very large, resource-rich area gives rise to some of 11 people have about Canada. Most people do not know very much about Canada. Mention the country and usually 12 will spring to mind. On the one hand, you might picture 13 , frozen country where people live in igloos, eat fish, hunt bears and 14 snow and cold. On the other, you might think Canada is a country that is "just like America." Even Americans 15 Canada as the 51st state, a part of America that through some quirk of history is not one of the United States. It is easy to understand how such 16 of Canada have become engrained. It is true that most of Canada lies very far north. Large areas of the country are wild, virtually unpopulated 17 , full of dangerous animals and freezing temperatures. But most Canadians live in the south of the country: about 18 of the population is estimated to live within 19 of the Canadian-American border, in a climate that is much 20 .

填空题According to the recent forecasts from The Futuristic magazine for 1997 and beyond, the{{U}} (1) {{/U}}since mid-century, while the population has doubled. As a result, the pressure on natural resources has{{U}} (2) {{/U}}: Demand for grain has nearly tripled, and{{U}} (3) {{/U}}has increased nearly fourfold, with carbon emissions rising accordingly. City skylines may{{U}} (4) {{/U}}in the future. Information technologies are allowing workers to{{U}} (5) {{/U}}rather than trek to downtown skyscrapers. Consequently, many prestigious office towers{{U}} (6) {{/U}}, and U. S. builders have stopped putting up structures taller than 30 stories. Education in the Information Age will be{{U}} (7) {{/U}}and less labor-intensive. Teaching may become more centralized, with a few "star teachers" giving courses via{{U}} (8) {{/U}}to a national student body. Infotech is producing interactive educational toys and other devices that{{U}} (9) {{/U}}of mental faculties. Some youngsters may even teach themselves to read before age 3. Future education will not end with{{U}} (10) {{/U}}in high school or college, but become{{U}} (11) {{/U}}. More students will be learning at home, using computers and advanced educational software. The number of home schoolers has grown from{{U}} (12) {{/U}}in the last two decades. Electronic networking will give more power to workers at the bottom of the{{U}} (13) {{/U}}. Computer networks allow employees to skip over{{U}} (14) {{/U}}and communicate directly with senior managers or even the CEO. The{{U}} (15) {{/U}}of electronic communications will make low-status individuals{{U}} (16) {{/U}}their points of view and offering valuable new ideas. The earth's economy is expected to benefit hugely from{{U}} (17) {{/U}}. Earth is a colossal system, and we will need to{{U}} (18) {{/U}}. The space race will see many new competitors, as the United States and Russia{{U}} (19) {{/U}}due to budget cuts. China, India, and Japan are moving ahead quickly in such fields as remote sensing satellites and{{U}} (20) {{/U}}.

填空题 I've spent the past twenty years working in some of the poorest places on earth, and, over that time, I've written a lot about {{U}} {{U}} 1 {{/U}} {{/U}}. How has that connection affected my work? I think in a way {{U}} {{U}} 2 {{/U}} {{/U}}like a squatter settlement in central Haiti has been very helpful to our work because {{U}} {{U}} 3 {{/U}} {{/U}}hid there in terms of the health status of people and what's available to them that you just have to confront early on. There isn't {{U}} {{U}} 4 {{/U}} {{/U}}. There aren't people there to deliver health services, {{U}} {{U}} 5 {{/U}} {{/U}}. And, yet, that's precisely where {{U}} {{U}} 6 {{/U}} {{/U}}are. I think looking back to {{U}} {{U}} 7 {{/U}} {{/U}}, it was because we started in that setting that we had to {{U}} {{U}} 8 {{/U}} {{/U}}that would work in places with very scant health infrastructure, knowing that we would {{U}} {{U}} 9 {{/U}} {{/U}}. But that there was a lot that you could do—immediately. Train local people to be {{U}} {{U}} 10 {{/U}} {{/U}}. Erect modest facilities and try to {{U}} {{U}} 11 {{/U}} {{/U}}. That's how it started for us in Haiti. And really, that's the model we've taken to {{U}} {{U}} 12 {{/U}} {{/U}}in which we work. Actually we needed to deal with issues that many people {{U}} {{U}} 13 {{/U}} {{/U}}, like housing and water and things like that. There are two ways to look at this, I think, {{U}} {{U}} 14 {{/U}} {{/U}}or a provider of services. If I'm in a Harvard training hospital and {{U}} {{U}} 15 {{/U}} {{/U}}, then no one's going to expect me to diagnose and {{U}} {{U}} 16 {{/U}} {{/U}}, but also build the operating room and find electricity and supplies. But that's very much {{U}} {{U}} 17 {{/U}} {{/U}}. So, there is that side of the model. And that leads to listening hard to what patients say about their other problems. If you have someone who has typhoid, they got that because they don't {{U}} {{U}} 18 {{/U}} {{/U}}. So, you could keep spending your whole life treating typhoid, which {{U}} {{U}} 19 {{/U}} {{/U}}, as you probably know. Or you can treat typhoid and {{U}} {{U}} 20 {{/U}} {{/U}}.

填空题In the ruins of the Palm Beach Hotel you get a powerful sense that an era is drawing to a close that Israel"s attempt to settle its people on the Gaza Strip is in its last days. 1 the fine sand in front of the beach hotel. But since the Palestinians launched their uprising against Israel the intifada— 2 , Gaza has become a violent, dangerous place. People don"t come on holiday anymore. The Palm Beach resort complex was abandoned 3 The reception area and the dining room have been stripped of their fixtures and fittings. The wind off the sea blows in across floors 4 . A similar fate awaits everything that Israel has built here—if 5 in August, as planned. Some young settlers have been squatting in the hotel as it"s decayed around them. For Elazaar Elchiam, life is good. He lives for nothing in 6 The Mediterranean waves are just meters away, and Elazaar has a passion for surfing. 7 in one of the nearby settlements— where red-roofed bungalows surrounded by lawns bake in the summer sun. Elazaar dreads the thought that this may well be his 8 The settlers say Israel is making a mistake. That it"s handing victory to the Palestinian militants who have been attacking Gush Katif for years. 9 the possibility that the settler"s homes will be treated as the spoils of victory by groups 10 To prevent that, it"s possible that the army will demolish everything in the days before the Israelis leave. Debbie Rosen, a mother 11 in Gush Katif, said she hates the thought of her home being destroyed. But at the same time she couldn"t bear the idea of what she called " 12 " taking over the house as they celebrate Israel"s retreat. Since the Israeli army captured Gaza 13 —in the Six Day War—it"s been occupied territory. When it moved civilian settlers into the Strip it was breaching the Geneva Conventions— 14 . This means nothing to settlers like Debbie Rosen. She said she never thought of her home as being 15 . For her, Gaza is part of the land that God promised the Jews. The occupation may mean nothing to the settlers of Gush Katif—but it means everything 16 , in the Palestinian town of Khan Younis. For decades, for Palestinian families, the occupation 17 and limits and humiliations in many areas of life—and it"s hated. Along the western side of Khan Younis Israeli troops man watchtowers that are part of 18 And the area has seen many clashes between the army and Palestinian militants. They frequently 19 on the settler communities that they see as being so symbolic of the Israeli presence. The beach used to be an escape from the heat and 20 of Khan Younis. But to keep the militants out of the settlement zone, the army has blocked the Palestinian road to the sea. Khan Younis has lost its beach.

填空题Paul Krugman, the 1 Noble Prize Winner in 2 , delivered a speech with the theme of "the Future of Sino-US 3 under the New Pattern" in Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He said. I think it is very bad with excessive investment in real estate, because the bubble brought about by real 4 investment is the bubble that can result in no 5 . Krugman disfavored excessive debt, especially the excessive debt of government and family to 6 the house. He said. As early as 2005, I have written that American economy has made a society in which people make their living by selling houses and this is not a 7 development 8 . Developing countries are in great need of 9 for development. When China got foreign direct investments, it produced products to gain foreign 10 which, however, were not 11 left to its own use. I find it difficult to understand why China invests so much money 12 , and now it seems these investments have low 13 . I think China should 14 domestic public investment and 15 domestic demand. Krugman also said. The recovery of China"s economy will bring a method or a development mode out of 16 to other countries, but China cannot 17 the recovery of 18 economy due to its 19 of world GDP being too 20 .

填空题There are two ways of thinking of history. There is, first, history regarded as 1 , really the 2 , from the universe to this nib with which I am writing. 3 There is the history of the universe, 4 --and we know something of it, if we do not. know much. Nor is 5 , when you come to think of it, between 6 . A mere pen-nib has quite 7 There is, to begin with, 8 with it, and that might be 9 After all it was probably only 10 that wrote Hamlet. Whatever has been written with the pen-nib is part of its history. 11 there is the history 12 : this particular nib is a "Relief" nib, No. 314, made by R. Esterbrook ＆ Co. in England, who supply the Midland Bank with pen-nibs, 13 —a gift, I may say, but behind this nib there is 14 In fact a pen nib 15 , and the history of it implies its history. We may regard this way of looking at it—history—as 16 of all things: a pen-nib, 17 before me as I write, as a 18 There is, secondly, what we may call 19 , what we usually mean by it, history proper as 20 .

填空题Being obese is more than being (1) . To determine if someone is obese, doctors and other (2) professionals need to measure a person's (3) and weight. People gain weight when the body takes in more (4) than it burns off. Some of your (5) tell your body how to metabolize food. Sometimes (6) can fuel obesity as well. One important factor in weight gain is a (7) lifestyle, as people are much less active today than they used to be in their spare time. According the World Health Organization, about (8) billion people in the world are overweight and at least 300 million of them are (9) , even though obesity is one of the 10 most (10) health risks. In the United States, women are slightly more at risk for becoming obese than men. Race and (11) also can be factors. Obesity makes a person feel tired and (12) , and is also associated with (13) problems such as (14) and sleep apnea. People who are obese are more likely to be (15) , which can start a vicious cycle. The keys to healthy weight are regular (16) and good (17) habits. You may also want to keep a food and activity (18) You might also want to consider attending a (19) group. Above all, surround yourself with (20) and family who can help you tackle these important changes in your life.

填空题{{B}}A: Spot Dictation{{/B}}{{B}}Directions:{{/B}} In this part of the test, you will hear a passage and read the same passage with blanks in it. Fill in each of the blanks with the word or words you have heard on the tape. Write your answer in the corresponding space in your ANSWER BOOKLET. Remember you will hear the passage {{B}}ONLY ONCE.{{/B}} The World Trade Organization (WTO) is{{U}} (1) {{/U}}dealing with the global rules of trade between nations. It has more than{{U}} (2) {{/U}}, accounting for over 90% of world trade. Over 30 others are negotiating membership. Decisions are made by the entire membership. This is typically by consensus.{{U}} (3) {{/U}}is also possible but it has never been used in the WTO, and{{U}} (4) {{/U}}under the WTO’ s predecessor, GATT. The WTO’ s agreements have been ratified in all{{U}} (5) {{/U}}. The WTO’s{{U}} (6) {{/U}}is the Ministerial Conference which meets at least once every two years. Below this is the{{U}} (7) {{/U}}which meets several times a year in the Geneva headquarters. The General Council also meets as the Trade Policy Review Body and the{{U}} (8) {{/U}}. At the next level, the Goods Council, Services Council and Intellectual Property Council report to{{U}} (9) {{/U}}. Numerous specialized committees,{{U}} (10) {{/U}}deal with the individual agreements and other areas such as the environment,{{U}} (11) {{/U}}applications and regional trade agreements. The WTO Secretariat,{{U}} (12) {{/U}}, has around 500 staff and is headed by a director- general. It does not have{{U}} (13) {{/U}}outside Geneva. Since decisions{{U}} (14) {{/U}}the members themselves, the Secretariat does not have the{{U}} (15) {{/U}}that other international bureaucracies are given. The Secretariat's{{U}} (16) {{/U}}are to supply technical support for the various councils and committees and the ministerial conferences, to{{U}} (17) {{/U}}for developing countries, to analyze world trade, and to explain WTO affairs to{{U}} (18) {{/U}}. The Secretariat also provides some forms of{{U}} (19) {{/U}}in the dispute settlement process and advises governments wishing to become members of the WTO. The annual budget is{{U}} (20) {{/U}}Swiss francs.

填空题What is best way to learn a language? We should 75.______remember that we all learned our own language well 76. ______when we are children. If we could learn a second lan- 77. ______guage in the same way, it would not seem such difficult. 78. ______Think of what little children do. They listen what people 79. ______say and try to imitate (模仿) what they hear. That is 80. ______important to remember that we learn our own language 81. ______with hearing people speak it. In school though you learn 82. ______to read and write as good as to hear andspeak, it is best 83. ______to learn all new word through the ears. 84. ______

填空题If someone asks you how you can make you always73. ______happy you will perhaps find rather difficult to give him 74. ______a proper answer. Did you remember the old saying "No 75. ______human being can really happy who is not giving or trying 76. ______to give happiness to others"? If you will always think of 77. ______taking more from others and give them less, you won't be 78. ______able to have happiness in your life even you are very rich. 79. ______Here's an article for you. If each of you follow it, there 80. ______will be an end of many unhappy days of yours. So you should 81. ______learn to give up your own interests when necessarily to do so. 82. ______

填空题Can we save the world"s 1 languages? The Hadza community lives in Tanzania. Their language—Hadza—is unique. However the language may not be 2 for long. There are now fewer than 1,000 Hadza 3 . The number will continue to 4 and their sing-song tongue, 5 with clicks and glottal stops, is no longer being learned by all Hadza children. The language is in danger of being 6 . The Hadza are not alone in facing the loss of their 7 tongue. Every 8 days a language dies. Over half of the approximately 7,000 languages spoken on the planet may 9 by the end of the 20th century. Eighty percent of the 10 languages have no 11 form. 12 the last speaker dies, so does the language. But eighty percent of the world"s population now speak just 13 of its languages. So, will the languages on the 14 be reduced to a 15 of tongues? Not if some people have their way, who are fighting back to 16 rarer tongues successfully. Perhaps the most successful example is 17 , which was dead two centuries ago but is a living language now. Other languages have also been brought back from the brink of 18 through the sheer will and determination of their communities. Language preservation works best when the language, culture and 19 of minority-speaker communities are 20 by national governments.