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Expressions.in use-|||-6 Fill in the blanks with the expressions given-|||-the form where necessary.-|||-Each expression can be used only once.-|||-as well as at first keep on lie down-|||-lift . out of name ..after-|||-speak for itself talk of-|||-turn one`s attention to work on-|||-1 Last year the city __ the high school-|||-__ the hero who sacrificed his life to-|||-save other people.-|||-2 __ I thought he was joking,-|||-but then I realized that he was very serious.-|||-3 Young people play an essential part in-|||-the worldwide effort to __ people-|||-__ poverty for good.-|||-4 The professor has been __ an-|||-article about how to learn a foreign language-|||-more effectively.-|||-5 We should move away from traditional energy-|||-sources, and begin to __-|||-cleaner forms of energy.-|||-6 It was the first time she __-|||-how she became an architect rather than a-|||-lawyer in front of so many people.-|||-7 John is very talented.He is a famous-|||-musician __ a productive-|||-writer.-|||-8 If you like table tennis and __-|||-practicing it,you will become very good at it.-|||-9 Richard was very tired,so he __-|||-on his bed and fell asleep immediately.-|||-10 I don`t need to say more about how effective-|||-this new method can be.The results
The College Essay:Why Those 500 Words Drive us Crazy Meg is a lawyer-morn in suburban Washington,D.C., where lawyer-morns are thick on the ground. She’s asked us not to use her last name to prevent mortification (难堪) to her son Doug. He is quite mortified enough already. Doug is one of several hundred thousand high-school seniors who had a painful fall. The deadline for applying to his favorite college was Nov.1, and by early October he had yet to fill out the application. More to the point, he had yet to settle on a subject for the personal essay accompanying the application. According to a college legend, a well-turned essay has the power to convince an admissions committee. "He wanted to do one thing at a time," Meg says, explaining her son’s delay. "But really, my son is a huge procrastinator (拖延者). The essay is the hardest thing to do,so he’s put it off the longest." Friends and other veterans of the process have warned Meg that the back and forth between editing parent and writing student can be extremely unpleasant. "But I tell them, you can’t scare me," she says. "I’m already there. I mean, I was an English major, I’m a lawyer, I write for a living! And I’m panicking already." The panic is arriving early this year. Back in the good old days--say, two years ago, when the last of my children suffered the ordeal--a high-school student applying to college could postpone all the way to New Year’s of senior year, assuming he or she could withstand the parental bothering. But things change fast in the upsetting world of college admissions. The recent trend toward early decision and early action among selective colleges and universities has pushed the traditional deadline of January up to Nov. 1 or early December for many students. If the time for heel-dragging has been shortened, the true source of the anxiety and panic remains what it has always been. And it’s not the application itself. A college application is a relatively straightforward questionnaire asking for the basics:name,address,family history, employment history. It would all be innocent enough--20 minutes of busy work-- except it comes attached to an incendiary (纵火的) device: the personal essay. "There are good reasons it causes such anxiety," says Lisa Sohmer, director of college counseling at the Garden School in Jackson Heights, N. Y. "It’s not just the actual writing. By now everything else is already set. Your course load is set, your grades are set, your test scores are set. All that’s done. But the essay is something you can still control, and it’s open-ended. So the temptation is to write and rewrite and rewrite." Or stall (拖延) and stall and stall. The application essay,along with its mythical importance, is a recent invention. In the 1930s, when only one in 10 Americans had a degree from a four-year college, an admissions committee was content to ask for a sample of applicants’ school papers to assess their writing ability. By the 1950s, most schools required a brief personal statement of why the student had chosen to apply to one school over another. Today nearly 70 percent of graduating seniors go off to college, including two-year and four-year institutions. Those schools usually require essays of their own, but the longest essay, 500 words maximum, is generally attached to the Common App. Students choose one of six questions. Applicants are asked to describe an ethical dilemma they’ve faced and its impact on them, or discuss a public issue of special concern to them, or tell of a fictional character or creative work that has profoundly influenced them. Another question invites them to write about the importance (to them, again) of diversity--a word that has assumed magic power in American higher education. The most popular option:write on a topic of your choice. "Boys in particular look at the other questions and say, ’Oh, that’s too much work, ’" says John Boshoven, a counselor in the Ann Arbor,Mich. ,public schools. "They think if they do a topic of their choice, ’ I’ll just go get that history paper I did last year on the Roman Empire and turn it into a first-person application essay! ’ And they end up producing something utterly ridiculous." Talking to admissions professionals like Boshoven, you realize that the list of "don’ts" in essay writing is much longer than the "dos." "No book reports, no history papers, no character studies," says Sohmer. "It drives you crazy, how easily kids slip into repetitive and boring topics," says Boshoven. "They don’t realize how typical their experiences are. ’I scored the winning goal in soccer against our arch-rival. ’ ’My grandfather served in World War Ⅱ, and I hope to be just like him someday. ’ That may mean a lot to that particular kid. But in the world of the application essay,it’s nothing. You’ll lose the reader in the first paragraph." "The greatest strength you bring to this essay," says the College Board’s how-to book, "is 17 years or so of familiarity with the topic=YOU. The form and style are very familiar, and best of all, you are the world-class expert on the subject of YOU... It has been the subject of your close scrutiny (仔细检查) every morning since you were tall enough to see into the bathroom mirror." The key word in the Common App prompts is "you." "For all the anxiety the essay causes," says Bill McClintick of Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania,"it’s a very small piece of the puzzle. I was in college admissions for 10 years. I saw kids and parents beat themselves up over this. And at the vast majority of places, it is simply not a big variable in the college’s decision-making process." Still, at the most selective schools, where thousands of candidates may submit identically super high grades and test: scores, a marginal item like the essay may serve as a tiebreaker between two equally qualified candidates. The thought is certainly enough to keep the pot boiling under parents like Meg, the lawyer-mom, as she tries to help her son choose an essay topic. For a moment the other day,she thought she might have hit on a good one. "His father’s from France," she says. "I said maybe you could write about that, as something that makes you different. You know. half French, half American. I said, ’You could write about your identity issues. ’He said, ’ I don’t have any identity issues! ’" "And he’s right. He’s a well-adjusted, normal kid. But that doesn’t make for a good essay, does itIn the 1930s,school papers were required______. A. to assess the applicants’ writing ability B. to see why students chose one school over anotherC. to divide students into different classes D. as a very important method to give scholarships
As he left that house, he not only started to feel stronger physically, but also had a stronger faith in the human race.A. 正如他离开那座房子时一样,身体变强壮了,也对人类有了更坚定的信念。B. 由于离开了那户人家,他只感觉更有力气了,但是对人类失去了信心。C. 离开这户人家时,他不仅开始觉得有了力气,而且对人也更有信心了。
Which subject is supposed to have no direct value for job hunting?A. Mathematics.B. English.C. Technical drawing.D. History.
By many measures the world has never been in better health. Since 2000, the number of children who die before they are five has fallen by almost half, to 5.6 million. Life expectancy has reached 71, a gain of five years. More children than ever are vaccinated. Malaria, TB and HIV/AIDS are in retreat (撤退). Yet the gap between this progress and the still greater potential that medicine offers has perhaps never been wider. At least half, the world is without access to what the World Health Organization regards to be essential. Safe, basic surgery is out of reach for 5 billion people. Those who can get to see a doctor often pay a very high price. However, the goal of universal basic health care is sensible affordable and practical, even in poor countries. Without it, the potential of modern medicine will not be realized. Universal basic health care is sensible in the way that universal basic education is sensible -because it yields benefits to society as well as to individuals. In some regions the very idea leads to a dangerous elevation (升高) of the blood pressure. There is no hiding that public health-insurance schemes require the rich to subsidise the poor, the young to subsidise the old and the healthy to subsidise the sick. And universal schemes must have a way of forcing people to pay, through taxes or by commanding that they buy insurance. But good health is something everyone can reasonably be assumed to want in order to realize their full individual potential. Universal care is a way of providing it that is pro-growth. The costs of inaccessible and expensive treatment are enormous. The sick struggle to get an education or to be productive at work. Land cannot be developed if it is full of disease carrying parasites. According to several studies, confidence about health makes people more likely to set up their own businesses. Universal basic health care is also affordable. A country need not wait to be rich before it can have comprehensive treatment. Health care is a labour-intensive industry, and community health workers, paid relatively little compared with doctors and nurses, can make a big difference in poor countries. There is also already a lot of spending on health in poor countries, but it is often inefficient. In India and Nigeria, for example, more than 60% of health spending is through out-of pocket (垫付的) payments. More services could be provided if that money were pooled. And universal health care is practical. It is a way to prevent free-riders from passing on the costs of not being covered to others, for example by making emergency rooms crowded. It does not have to mean big government. Private insurers and providers can still play an important role. Indeed such an approach is just what the low-cost revolution needs. Take, for instance, the design of health-insurance schemes. Many countries start by making a small group of people qualified for a large number of benefits, in the expectation that other groups will be added later. This is not only unfair and inefficient, but also results in creating voters opposed to extending insurance to others. The better option is to cover as many people as possible, even if the services available are lacking. Small amounts of spending can go a long way. Research led by Dean Jamison, a health economist, has identified over 200 effective interventions, including immunisations and neglected procedures such as basic surgery. In total, these would cost poor countries about an extra ＄1 per week per person and cut the number of premature deaths there by more than a quarter. Around half that funding would go to primary health centers, not city hospitals, which today receive more than their fair share of the money. Indeed, so long as half the world goes without essential treatment, the fruits of centuries of medical science will be wasted. Universal basic health care can help realize its promise.1. People expected the progress in health care would _______.A: benefit the rich and the young moreB: improve community health workers' working conditionsC: lead to the accessibility of basic health careD: make governments invest more in health care2. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 implies that _______.A: it is more important to develop organic farmingB: it is better to develop the potential of individualsC: keeping fit is of great importance for peopleD: technology can compensate for the disadvantages of land3. The examples of India and Nigeria tell us that in such countries _______.A: improving the efficiency of spending on health care is urgentB: getting basic health care is convenientC: the majority of doctors and nurses are paid littleD: people are dissatisfied with governments' investment in health care4. What can we learn from Paragraph 4?A: Rich countries can make universal basic health care more accessible.B: Health-insurance projects should cover as many people as possible.C: More private companies should participate in the practice of medical care.D: Governments should give more free-riders basic health care.5. What does the research led by Dean Jamison suggest?A: Hospitals in poor countries should be reformed.B: Advances in medical science depend on rich countries.C: The governments of poor countries should be given more help.D: The low spending on primary health centers is significant.
I would love _____ to the party last night but I had to work extra hours to finish a report．（ ）A. to goB. to have goneC. goingD. having gone
Directions: Fill in the blanks using some of the words or phrases given below. Change the form where necessary. paralyze bold facility absorb modestly assume invariably virtue summon haste falter blank strain rid sb./sth. of sth. in the hope that 1) I made a mistake and I will responsibility for it. 2) She is only 4 years old but she can play the piano with . 3) My mind was a(n) and I could not remember her name. 4) Wilson was so in reading that he kept reading without his dinner. 5) The economy is showing signs of during the period of economic crisis. 6) Too heavy a load will the rope to its breaking point. 7) The electricity failure the water supply the day before yesterday. 8) The wine made him enough to approach her and introduce himself. 9) They left in , without even saying goodbye. 10) We will keep searching for survivors of the earthquake a miracle might happen.assume facility blank absorbed faltering strain paralyzed bold haste in the hope that
Task 1 Match the word with its definition These words are chosen from the video. Talk with a partner or consult the dictionary, and match the word with its definition. 1. prominent (著名的) A. a journey undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose 2. expedition (远征) B. to improve the appearance of something 3. willow (柳树) C. a state of disturbance 4. unrest (骚乱) D. important or well known 5. beautify (美化) E. a tree that typically has narrow leaves and grows near water
--- Here ____！ Where is Xiao Liu？ --- There ____.A. comes the bus， is heB. comes the bus， he isC. the bus comes， is heD. the bus comes， he is
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Fill in the blanks with the words given below.Change the form where necessary.Each word can be used only once. budget defy dilemma diverseloyalty manipulate objectivePerspective tackle urge （1）The ____ of the "upright"message is to ask people to save，while the "permissive"message asks people to spend.（2）If you find yourself in a（n） ____ about what is the right decision for your career，speak to a career counselor.（3）It is important for parents to listen to their children's opinion because they may have a very different ____ on the things they've seen.（4）To cater for the different tastes of athletes from all over the world，the organizers of the Beijing Winter Olympics prepared ____ dishes.（5）If you want to save money for a rainy day making a（n） ____ is the first step you may want to take because it gives you a clear plan.（6）The Chinese legend goes that Yue Fei's mother tattooed four Chinese characters on his back to remind him of the importance of ____ to the nation.（7）When children are addicted to online games，they would often ____ their parents and stay online for hours every day.（8）The report goes on to ____ the technicians to take a more active role in developing the standards of artificial intelligence.
Americans experience more food recalls (召回) today than they did five years ago, especially when it comes to meat and poultry (家禽). Meat and poultry recalls increased by two-thirds from 2013 to 2018, while food recalls overall went up 10%, according to the report recently published by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.Meanwhile, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates (估计) 48 million people get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die from food-borne disease each year in the U.S. "We are looking for the farm-to-fork preventative solutions," said Adam Garber, the research group's consumer watchdog. "By doing that, we can protect people's health."Over the five-year period, poultry posted the most recalls (168), followed by beef (137) and pork (128). The report shows the most serious meat recalls are on the rise. Among meat and poultry, the number of Class I recalls has increased by 83%, nearly doubling. Class I, the most serious of the recalls, is issued when there is a reasonable probability that the food will cause health problems or death.53. When would Class I recalls be issued?A. When the food is likely to cause health problems or death.B. When there are too many complaints from customers.C. When the food problem lasts for five years.D. When the product quality is below standard.
We were always encouraged to focus on constructing the most out of the situation ______. A. at hand B. on hand C. in hand D. by hand
Dreams can be a rich source of ___________ for an artist. (inspire)
Never before in my career _ _ of an assignment A have l frightened B had I frightened C had I been frightened D have I been frightened
The increase in international business and in foreign investment has created a need for executives with knowledge of foreign languages and skills in cross-cultural communication. Americans, however, have not been well trained in either area and, consequently, have not enjoyed the same level of success in negotiation in an international arena as have their foreign counterparts. Negotiating is the process of communicating back and forth for the purpose of reaching an agreement. It involves persuasion and compromise, but in order to participate in either one, the negotiators must understand the ways in which people are persuaded and how compromise is reached within the culture of the negotiation. In many international business negotiations abroad, Americans are perceived as wealthy and impersonal. It often appears to the foreign negotiator that the American represents a large multi-million-dollar corporation that can afford to pay the price without bargaining further. The American negotiator’s role becomes that of an impersonal supplier of information and cash. In studies of American negotiators abroad, several traits have been identified that may serve to confirm this stereotypical perception, while undermining the negotiator’s position. Two traits in particular that cause cross-cultural misunderstanding are directness and impatience on the part of the American negotiator. Furthermore, American negotiators often insist on realizing short-term goals. Foreign negotiators, on the other hand, may value the relationship established between negotiators and may be willing to invest time in it for long-term benefits. In order to solidify the relationship, they may opt for indirect interactions without regard for the time involved in getting to know the other negotiator. Clearly, perceptions and differences in values affect the outcomes of negotiations and the success of negotiators. For Americans to play a more effective role in international business negotiations, they must put forth more effort to improve cross-cultural understanding. [共5题](1)What kind of manager is needed in present international business and foreign investment? [本题2分]A. The man who represents a large multi-million-dollar corporation. B. The man with knowledge of foreign languages and skills in cross-cultural communication. C. The man who is wealthy and impersonal. D. The man who can negotiate with his foreign counterparts.
26)Could she picture him ___ politics with her father in the drawing-room at her home ?A. discussingB. to discussC. as to discussD. that discusses
1.A:Here is my business card.-|||-B: __-|||-A.Yes,the heat is killing me. B.Wonderful.Is it between-|||-school teams?-|||-C.Thank you for the nice party D.Thanks.This is mine.-|||-2.Alice:Is there any typical Chinese festival you celebrate every year?-|||-Bob: __-|||-A.Yes,the heat is killing me. B. I bet it will.-|||-C.It`s so stuffy and no wind at all. D.Yes,there are many.The-|||-Dragon Boat Festival is one of them.
Responsibilities ______becoming a father.A. charge forB. go withC. save forD. go through
In some families,new adults and kids seem to slip in effortlessly, ____ they have been there all along.A. whileB. thoughC. becauseD. as though
If you_________in a job for several years, you may be able to accumulate a lot of work experience and skills that would be beneficial to your future career development.A. have workedB. had workedC. have been workingD. had been working
Most children with healthy appetites are ready to eat almost anything that is offered them and a child rarely dislikes food (51) it is badly cooked. The way a meal is cooked and served is most important and an (52) served meal will often improve a child’s appetite. Never ask a child whether he likes or dislikes a food and never (53) likes and dislikes in front of him or allow anybody else to do so. If the father says he hates fat meat or the mother refuses vegetables in the child’s hearing he is (54) to copy this procedure. Take it (55) granted that he likes everything and he probably will. Nothing healthful should be omitted from the meal because of a (56) dislike. At meal times it is a good idea to give a child a small portion and let him (57) back for a second helping rather than give him as much as he is likely to eat all at once. Do not talk too much to the child (58) meal times, but let him get on with his food, and do not allow him to leave the table immediately after a meal or he will soon learn to swallow his food (59) he can hurry back to his toys. Under (60) circumstances must a child be coaxed or forced to eat.55（）。A. withB. asC. overD. for
These drugs are available over-the-counter without a(n)__________. （）A. infectionB. dosageC. prescription
The coming of the railways in the 1830s ________ our society and economic life.A. transferredB. transformedC. transportedD. transmitted
23．有一串钥匙在沙发上。Aset of keys _______on the sofa./ There is _________on the sofa.24．问李老师要你的书吧。________Ms. Li ________yourbook!25．请给老赵打电话。_________Old Zhao ______13096935553..26．这条蓝色的裤子是他的吗？Isthis pair of trousers _________?27．我的父母在第一张照片里。_______________are in the first photo.28．谢谢你帮助我。Thankyou for ________________./ Thank you for _____________.29．那个女孩姓王。Thegirl’s __________is Wang./ The girl’s ______________is Wang.30．那只小狗叫什么名字？What’s__________the dog? / What’s ____________name?31．今天玩得开心点！___________today! / Have a good time today!32．这有两张漂亮的她家的全家福。Here_______two nice photos of her family.
6. The children will now play some pieces of music that they ______ themselves. A.were taught posed C.accomplished D.worked7. While she waited,she tried to ______ her mind with pleasant thoughts of the vacation. A.occupy pose C.think D.intensify8. In the film,the peaceful life of a monk ______ the violent life of a murderer. A.is compared with B.is compared to C.is contrasted to D.is contrasted with9. ______ to pay for an order is simplicity itself. A.Use plastic B.Using plastics C.Using plastic D.Used plastic10. Additional time is required for cooking or ______ homemade dishes. A.chill B.to chill C.chilled D.chilling
Whenever I have trouble ( ) many problems, I ask Jack for help.A. dealing withB. to deal withC. on dealing withD. deal with
The Harry Potter series, written by J.K. Rowling, is perhaps the most popular set of novels of the modern era. With seven books and many successful films to its name, the series has gathered about 15 billion dollars in sales. How did the series become so popular? The reason can be broken down into several areas.The first book in the series was rejected 12 times before it was picked up by Bloomsbury—a small publisher in England. So receiving this contract was Rowling's first step to success. However, getting a book contract does not ensure the success of a book. The story was soon loved by children and adults alike. In light of this, Bloomsbury Publishing published a second version of the books with “adult” (less colorful and more boring) book covers. This made it easier for a full range of ages to enjoy the series.Another factor that worked like a charm was that the publisher and Rowling herself, through the books, conducted midnight releases, promotions, and pre-ordering more readers. Customers who feared that their local bookstore would run out of copies responded by pre-ordering over 700,000 copies before the July 8, 2000 release.What does the underlined word “releases” (Para. 3) mean?A. The activity that frees or expresses energy or emotion.B. The announcement about the book’s publishing information.C. The sales of books that is available only at midnight.
Elder and weaker Mr. Mag paid_visits to his old friends.A. scarceB. rare()C. insufficientD. inadequate