填空题It streaked across the sky in a warm March evening last year, then 1 a street in the small town of Monahans, Texas. When seven boys quit their basketball game to 2 the damage, they found a shiny, black grapefruit-size rock nestled in the asphalt. 3 traveled quickly in newspapers and on TV. The next day, NASA scientist Everett Gibson arrived and took the meteorite, later named Monahans 1998, back to a lab in Houston. There researchers 4 the extraterrestrial rock with a hammer and chisel. To their surprise, they smack water. A team led by Michael Zolensky of the Johnson Space Center reports 5 in the current issue of the journal Science. It"s the first time anyone has found liquid water 6 from space-and a tantalizing suggestion that 7 . Meteorites containing water are probably not 8 , Zolensky says. But by the time researchers get their hands on the rocks, minerals that trap the water 9 away, and the water has evaporated. "Worse, some researchers destroy the aqueous evidence by cutting meteorites open with rock saws and water. I"m betting this isn"t 10 ; it"s just that people have been 11 their meteorites," Zolensky says. Of course, Zolensky"s team did get a bit lucky. Monahans 1998 was safe in their lab less than two days after it hit Earth, so they examined 12 . The scientists were intrigued to find vivid purple crystals of halite inside the meteorite, since halite is a salt 13 usually formed from liquid water. Even more curious were the hundreds of tiny bubbles 14 in the halite crystals. Zolensky"s team analyzed the bubbles by shining 15 through them and confirmed they were made of salty brine. By dating the halite, Zolensky"s team found the water trapped inside it formed at least 4.5 billion years ago, back when most scientists believe 16 was born. That means the briny relic may help researchers learn about the gaseous-nebula that 17 our sun and planets. But how did the meteorite get wet? One possibility is that a passing comet 18 the rock, dropping off a load of liquid water. Or the rock might have chipped off an asteroid that holds pools of fluid. Zolensky"s team still needs to study whether the water comes from our own solar system. One thing is certain, however: the Monahans meteorite will fuel 19 extraterrestrial life. "Water is a life-giver, so if you want to study where life came from in the solar system, you have to 20 ," Zolensky says. A wet rock from space doesn"t mean little green men are coming soon to a planet near you, but it does raise hopes that we"re not alone in the universe.

填空题It is suggested that the English language will provide the key to ]Britain"s economic prosperity in the future. But my argument is that in future Britain"s 1 may not be the most advantageous strategy and will eventually 2 our native-speaker economic advantage. There are several reasons. First, the world is becoming increasingly bilingual and 3 , and trade is significant among them. Second, in some regions, languages other than 4 may become important in business and a person who can speak two or three 5 fluently is certainly more welcome. So in future, the first likelihood is that English may become so 6 that Britain gets no 7 benefits. The business advantage may 8 more clearly towards bilingualism. As a result, Britain"s linguistic advantage in attracting 9 from Asia may decrease. In terms of the 10 and marketing of 11 property, English will no doubt remain an important asset to Britain. But other countries may also produce and 12 intellectual property in English language teaching and learning. International language schools will 13 Competitors to Britain will arise not only in 14 , but also in other parts of the world. These trends may make it less easy to identify British language teaching and learning 15 The second likelihood is that new English language 16 in Europe and Asian second-language areas may prove to be more attractive than 17 ones, since the former can best 18 the needs of second-language users of English. These trends and developments show that Britain does not naturally have an 19 advantage based on 20

填空题Oxford University once famously claimed to have been founded by Alfred the Great in the 9th Century, 1 , the University as we know it today began to take shape in the 12th Century when English Scholars were exiled from 2 and began to congregate at Oxford"s Abbeys and Priories, which were 3 already established centers of learning. Today, 39 independent, 4 colleges are related to the University in a type of federal system. Each is 5 by a Head of House and a number of Fellows, who are academics specializing 6 disciplines. Across both the Arts and the Sciences, Oxford research consistently ranks top both 7 . As well as being in the forefront of scientific, medical and technological achievement, the University 8 research institutions and industrial concerns both in the United Kingdom and overseas. The University"s great age also allows its 9 and research students to draw on a heritage of magnificent library and 10 . Students working for higher degrees are an important and valued part of Oxford University. They currently make up over 11 the total student body of 15,641, therefore the proportion of 12 is increasing. In all these fields, Oxford attracts scholars from 13 to join its teaching and research staff, and also values important role of 14 in providing intellectual stimulation and 15 academic links with colleges abroad. To gain entry into the University, students must first 16 by competitive examination at one of the colleges, which have their own 17 . The procedure for applications 18 according to the subject you propose to study. There are no final deadlines for most applications, unless specified in a particular subject section, but there are many more applications than 19 by both faculty board and college can take some time; early application is therefore 20 .

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填空题The American work force is changing. The most important change is from a 1 economy to a 2 economy. Generally, service jobs are divided into 3 types. One, transportation and 4 companies, like the phone company. Two, 5 companies. Three, 6 companies. Four, finance, 7 and real estate companies. And finally, five, 8 services, such as hotels, car repair, 9 , and medicine. Economists predict that by the year 2000 10 % of the work force will be part of the service economy. Then what are the causes for such a change? First, American manufacturing industries are not 11 because they are faced with 12 from other parts of the world. Secondly, because of technological advances, 13 accounting and other business have become important. Thirdly, more 14 are now having jobs and this has increased the need for 15 and day-care centers. And finally, the number of 16 people has gown, so have 17 services. But, according to some economists, the service job explosion may create problems. The standard of living might 18 because half of the service jobs pay 19 wages. The other problem is that some service jobs give a worker very little 20 .

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

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填空题When 1 have spots, someone will tell them to eat less chocolate. Is there any 2 in his advice? First, is there any 3 that people who eat chocolate are more likely to have acne? Second, is there a 4 by which 5 chocolate could cause spots? Spots occur when skin 6 become blocked with sebum. Millions of 7 living on our skin can cause a spot. Is there a process by which chocolate could 8 ache? One theory is that since chocolate is fatty it could lead to more sebum and more blocked pores. Another is that large quantities of chocolate could 9 the levels of some 10 , leading to an increase in sebum production. One of the two studies looking at chocolate found the quantity of chocolate and 11 nuts made no difference to acne. The other study also found chocolate made no difference to acne. A study on more than 2,000 British soldiers suggested a possible link with 12 . But 13 studies meant that any 14 between food and acne was at best 15 . Then came the finding that no one in 16 populations in New Guinea and Paraguay had acne. Diet was back on the 17 . If diet makes a difference, then which kinds of foods have the biggest 18 on acne? Are they fat and sugar? The fact is that regardless of what people 19 , their acne gets better when they leave their 20 .

填空题The history of the park can be traced back to the 1 century. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries people wouldn"t really have understood what a park was. The idea of a park simply didn"t exist. People at that time knew about 2 because most of the population was involved in it. But 3 was seen as something dangerous. People wanted 4 and 5 landscapes that showed how the wilderness of nature could be made safe and beautiful. This was how parks began. Only rich people had parks, and socially, parkland quickly became significant as a status symbol, first appearing near large country houses like because it was where the big 6 lived. Also very 7 socially was tree-planting because trees involve long-term 8 . They express a 9 in the future, and so they were carefully planted in 10 positions. In the eighteenth century, the park became even more important as a 11 for a large house. The immediate 12 of the house were grassland, not fields of 13 . This was because if the park was to clearly distinguish its owner as a wealthy person, it needed to be beautiful but not very 14 . Rich people often involved themselves in something more like a 15 , for example, breeding animals. In the nineteenth century, 16 parks appeared, taking up some of the ideas of rural park design, and those coming from 17 traditions. Parks gradually came to be used for the 18 of growing urban populations. This was quite a different purpose from that of the 19 park, which could be seen as representing a kind of 20 around the rich who were increasingly wanting to distance themselves from local farming communities, as well as from the growing urban areas.

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填空题{{B}}A: Spot Dictation{{/B}} Direction: 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 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. Stocks, bonds, land people invest in different things and {{U}}(1) {{/U}}. But all investors {{U}}(2) {{/U}} They want to get more money out of their investment than they put into it. The money they invest today {{U}}(3) {{/U}} for future growth in the economy. But people can watch their own {{U}}(4) {{/U}} take a wild ride as markets rise and fall. So investors have to decide {{U}}(5) {{/U}} they are willing to take and for how long. One choice for people who want a {{U}}(6) {{/U}} is the money market. Usually individuals do this through money market mutual funds. Mutual funds are investment pools. They {{U}}(7) {{/U}} many investors. Money market mutual funds earn interest from {{U}}(8) {{/U}} loans to government and businesses. But the return to investors is low because little risk is involved. {{U}} (9) {{/U}} are loans, too. They have terms from {{U}}(10) {{/U}}. The longer the term of a loan, the greater the risk that the investment will not be {{U}}(11) {{/U}}. So notes and bonds usually pay higher interest rates than short-term bills or {{U}}(12) {{/U}}. Millions of people invest in bonds and other debt-based products. This is true especially as people {{U}}(13) {{/U}} and want to reduce the level of risk in their investments. But over time, debt-based investments have {{U}}(14) {{/U}} provided lower returns than stocks. Stock is a share of {{U}}(15) {{/U}} in a business. Common stock gives investors a vote on company {{U}}(16) {{/U}}. It might also pay a small percentage of {{U}}(17) {{/U}}, a dividend, one or more times a year. Not all stocks pay dividends. Some are valued more {{U}}(18) {{/U}}. Investing in stocks of individual companies can be very risky. Bad news can quickly {{U}}(19) {{/U}} Instead, many people invest in stock mutual funds so their money goes into many different stocks. {{U}}(20) {{/U}} mix stocks and bonds to spread risk--and capital--even more.

填空题The typical job in the new millennium is best viewed as 1 . If you work for someone else, then how long your job lasts is up to the people you work for, and not just you. Your job can 2 , so you must be prepared to 3 at the drop of a hat. No one 4 . You have to go out and hunt for it. And to be successful you have to be willing to change tactics. If you try something and it doesn"t 5 , move on to another strategy. Employment expert Carol Christen 6 as "when something doesn"t work, you respond by doing more of it." The cure for this kind of insanity is obvious: if you answer ads in the newspapers, if you 7 and send your resume everywhere, and nothing works, don"t just do more of it. 8 . Here are some effective strategies for finding a job. First, talk to successful job-hunters. Identify 9 who have found a job they love. After all, if you want to improve your tennis game, you train with good tennis players. It"s the same with job-hunting. Second, persistence is the name of the game. You must be 10 for your job hunt to last longer than you think. 11 two weeks, or even two months. 12 say that typically, the higher the salary you are seeking, the longer the job search can take. Third, go after the job you really want the most. Forget "what"s available out there." The most 13 is not found on the Internet or at the library. It"s found by talking to people who are actually 14 and doing the work you"re interested in. The name for this process is" 15 ." Fourth, find a support group. Encouragement from others keeps you going. Join 16 in your town or city. If there is no group, 17 of a relative or friend to be a loving "taskmaker". This is someone you 18 who will check up on what you"re doing—and be 19 if you"ve done nothing since you last met. You want 20 .

填空题The automobile, along with a house and a garden, is 1 of the American Dream. The 2 had 1.8 vehicles; each vehicle is driven an average of 10,000 miles per year at an average highway speed of 3 . Most cars are used for 4 ; less than 6% of the American workforce uses 5 to get to work. Some of the country"s wonderful high-speed highways now carry three or more times the 6 and twice a day mm into parking lots. San Francisco and Washington D.C win the prize for the two cities with 7 . Even if 8 could walk to anything other than the house next door, they wouldn"t. Walking is un-American. Whenever possible, Americans drive and, if necessary, wait to get a parking place 9 . Congestion occurs as drivers 10 , looking for a parking place that"s closer to where they want to go. American cars are all 11 . A stick shift (manual) is harder to drive and therefore considered sportier, 12 . And continually pressing on the clutch can get tiresome if one drives 30 miles each day to work in heavy traffic, as many Americans do. An American man might 13 so his wife won"t be able to drive it—and vice versa. A car is not just an American"s 14 , it"s a suit of clothes, a haircut, 15 to the world. Car owners not only select vehicles that reflect this, they also customize them in different ways. They paint the cars 16 or woodland scenes; they add mirrors and chrome and 17 ; they put shingle all over old school buses and mm them into 18 . More conventional drivers .satisfy themselves with bumper stickers that reveal their 19 , political opinions, or 20 , form "Yale School of Law" to "If you are rich, I am single".

填空题There are two basic ways to see growth: one as a product, the other 1 . People have generally viewed personal growth as 2 that can easily be 3 . The worker who gets a promotion, the student 4 , the foreigner who learns a new language-all these are examples of people who have 5 for their efforts. By contrast, the process of personal growth is 6 , since by definition it is a journey and not the 7 along the way. The process is not the road itself, but rather the attitudes and feelings people have, 8 , as they encounter new experiences and 9 . In this process, the journey never really ends; there are always new ways to experience the world, 10 , new challenges to accept. In order to grow, to travel new roads, people need to have 11 , to confront the unknown, and to accept the possibility 12 . How we see ourselves as we try a new way of being is essential to our ability to grow. Do we 13 ? If so, then we tend to take more chances and to be more 14 . Do we think we"re 15 ? Then our 16 can cause us to hesitate, to move slowly, and not to take a step until we know 17 . Do we think we"re slow to adapt to change or that we"re not smart enough to cope with a new challenge? Then we are likely to 18 or not try at all. These feelings of 19 are both unavoidable and necessary if we are to change and grow. If we do not confront and overcome these internal fears and doubts, if we protect ourselves too much, then we cease to grow. We become 20 of our own making.

填空题Perhaps all parents, at some point, look back wistfully at earlier generations and assume that childrearing was easier for them than it is now. Any supposed 1 seems elusive today, when "balancing" and "juggling" are the operative words describing many parents" lives and when 2 and attention is often intense. But now there"s a modest bit of encouraging news: American parents are more involved in their children"s lives than 3 , the U.S. Census Bureau reports. They are reading to their children more often, eating more meals together, and 4 . At the same time, census takers are not the only ones 5 . New studies and surveys abound on both sides of the Atlantic, trying to 6 of 21st-century families. Individually, each represents a tiny piece of 7 . Collectively, they offer varied perspectives that attest to the 8 . As if to challenge the trend toward family togetherness reported by the Census Bureau, a study from the government-backed Booktime 9 finds that children spend very little spare time with adults. Working parents have little time 10 , the group reports, and they 11 to read with children. Even so, the more money a father makes, the more likely he is to read with his children. For mothers, 12 . The higher a woman"s earnings, the less likely she is to read with her children. Perhaps these findings represent cultural differences 13 , or maybe it"s just a case of British parents being 14 their limited time. American parents are also monitoring their children more closely than in the past, the census reports. For some families, 15 and in unusual ways. A year-old website, HowsMyNanny.com, provides a mini-license plate that parents can 16 . Passersby who observe a nanny"s conduct, good or bad, can 17 to the parent"s personal account. In other families, 18 involves everything from nanny cams in the home to GPS monitoring, 19 . What parents and grandparents in previous generations could have imagined such high-tech ways of 20 ?

填空题Today, we'll talk about what other effects watching TV might produce on children. Children should be (1) a lot of television, many experts and parents agree, but there is at least one circumstance when it might be beneficial: (2) . A recent study conducted by Italian researchers found that children (3) immediately preceding and during blood tests experienced less pain than children whose mothers (4) during the procedure, or children whose mothers were present but (5) . The research, led by Carlo Brown, MD, at the University of Siena, is published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood. (6) the study. None received any type of anesthesia; the children and their mothers (7) . Both the group whose mothers attempted to distract them from the blood tests and those whose mothers simply observed reported (8) than the group who watched cartoons. For that group, the levels of pain were less and the children were better able to (9) . One of the possible explanations is that children might have (10) during the procedures, exacerbating their perception of pain. "The higher pain level reported by children during (11) shows the difficulty mothers have in interacting positively (12) in their children's life," the authors write. However, they stressed that (13) still provided benefits, noting that the children would (14) during the procedures. "Indeed, children state that having their parent present (15) when in pain," say the authors. Another possibility offered for consideration is the notion that the (16) might release pain-quelling endorphins. Endorphins, (17) produced by the pituitary gland, resemble opiates in their ability to produce analgesia and a sense of well-being. In other words, they might (18) . In any case, the study results suggest that health workers should (19) to watch television during painful procedures (20) .

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填空题Jeju Island, also known as the " 1 ," is a popular vacation spot for 2 . It remains one of the top honeymoon destinations for Korean 3 . The island"s mixture of volcanic rock, frequent rains, and temperate climate, make it 4 the Hawaiian Islands in the U.S.. The island offers visitors a wide range of 5 : hiking on Halla-san (South Korea"s highest peak), catching 6 over the ocean, viewing majestic waterfalls, riding horses, or just 7 on the sandy beaches. Although tourism is one of 8 on the island, many of the hotels and other tourist areas are 9 by mainland companies, so much of the income never gets put back into 10 . Also, since the attractions are geared towards tourists, many of the entrance fees 11 (although the locally owned and operated ones tend to be cheaper). 12 to Gyeongju and some other areas, local residents can enter most places 13 or for a steeply discounted price. Besides tourism, Cheju"s main industries are 14 . Fresh fish, squid, octopus, and 15 can be easily bought in markets, 16 , and even right 17 . Cheju"s tropical weather and high are perfect for growing 18 and tangerines. The island is also famous for its Shitake mushrooms and cactus plants. 19 local flowers has 20 .

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填空题In America there are no nobles or men of letters, and the common folk mistrust the wealthy; consequently, 1 form the highest political class and the most cultivated circle of society. They have therefore 2 by innovation, which adds a conservative interest to their natural taste for 3 . If I were asked where I place the American aristocracy, I should reply 4 that it is not composed of the rich, who are united together by 5 , but that it occupies the judicial bench and the bar. When I started researching this topic, I found an interesting 6 "Legal Reform Now". As the name suggests, this website is devoted to 7 and it is definitely concerned about the dominance of lawyers in 8 . There I read an article by a 9 from the university of Wisconsin. One observation the UW article 10 is that the legal profession is the dominant profession of the people 11 to public office. For example, about half our representatives and 12 of our senators are lawyers. No other profession 13 having the same the number of people in political office. Effectively, lawyers form our nation"s 14 organized political constituency in America. Lawyers 15 and lawyers interpret our laws. When judges are appointed, the American bar association is the only 16 that is consulted to rate the fitness of potential judicial appointees. Our nation has been in existence for 17 and lawyers have been this nation"s aristocracy since its 18 . Our system works, but do we really want to have a single profession 19 our nation? Specifically, do we want to have the legal profession in charge? 20 , that"s something to think about.