weight. _ 24__ rich food\and had to communicate through gestures. He attended a physical training course. The instructor made him __25__ his arms and shake his head rapidly. He had to lie on the ground and __26__ his right and left legs alternately. After a time his __27__ grew hard and firm. He almost put aside his financial worries and nearly forgot the importance of __28__ more money. He even began to notice individual trees and individual birds. He ate and slept well. __29__ he returned home. But unfortunately his improvement was temporary. Soon he was worried about his __30__, his profits, his savings, his success in a competitive society, and things in general.
21. A. good 22. A. series 23. A. stop 24. A. Eat 26. A. rise 27. A. bones
B. interested B. course
C. satisfied
D. healthy
C. amount
D. few
D. prevent D. open D. extend D. Try D. extend D. taking
D. Pleasantly D. fame
B. hurt B. Prepare B. raise B. figure
C. help C. Avoid C. remove
C. remove
25. A. move B. turn
C. remove
28. A. creating 29. A. Luckily 30. A. property
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B. producing C. making B. Finally B. health
C. Reluctantly C. food
Rumor is the most 21 way of spreading stories-by passing them on from mouth to mouth. But civilized countries in normal times have better 22 of news than rumor. They have radio, television, and newspapers. In times of stress and confusion, 23 , rumor emerges and becomes widespread. At such 24 the different kinds of news are in competition, the press, television, and radio versus the grapevine. Especially 25 ? rumors spread when war requires censorship（审查，检查） on many important matters. The customary news sources no longer give out enough information. Since the people cannot learn 26 legitimate（合法的，正规的） channels all that they are anxious to learn, they pick up \ 27 they can and when this happens, rumor thrives.
Rumors are often repeated 28 by those who do not believe the tales. There is a fascination about them. The reason is that the cleverly designed rumor gives expression to something deep in the hearts of the victims-the fears, suspicions, forbidden hopes, or daydreams which they hesitate to 29 directly. Pessimistic（悲观的） rumors about defeat and disasters show that the people who repeat them are worried and anxious. 30 rumors about record production or peace soon coming point to complacency（满足，自得） or confidence-and often to overconfidence.
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21. A. primitive B. important C. impossible 22. A. means 23. A. and 24. A. time 25. A. do
B. ways
C. sources
C. so
B. however B. did B. by
D. outstanding
D. resource
D. therefore D. were D. across D. much
B. the times C. times
C. in
D. the time
C. are
26. A. through 28. A. ever 29. A. act 30. A. Bad
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27. A. wherever B. where C. whatever D. what
C. forever C. behave
D. do
B. even B. voice
B. Pessimistic C. Optimistic D. Good
The birth rate in Europe has been in a steady decrease since the 1960s. European countries, realizing crisis is at hand, are providing great encouragement for parents to create more babies in the 21st century.
Affairs Ministry concluded last year that, 21 the cash encouragement, some women just don't want to be 22 holding the baby. \ 23 if men and women share the burden of having children,\at the Swedish ministry. 24 Swedish parents can take their paid leave as they wish, men use a mere 12% of it; 60% of fathers do not take even a(n) 25 day off work.
Experts fear that the tendency for women to use most of the parental leave could make employers 26 to give young women the permanent jobs they need to qualify for paid maternity leave（产假）. In January, Sweden decided to allow new fathers two months' paid leave, with a warning: use it or 27 it.
Kindlund admits that men are under 28 to stay at work, even though parental pay comes out of the public purse. \he says. \ 29 a relationship.\In Norway, a(n) 30 policy has worked wonders. 70% of dads in Norway now take parental leave, and the birthrate of 1.8 children per woman is one of the highest in Europe.
21. A. in spite of 22. A. sent
B. at the cost of C. in addition to D. due to B. left
C. caught C. health
D. seen D. spirit D. Now that
23. A. birthrate 24. A. Just as 25. A. one
B. income B. Only if
C. Even though
B. mere C. only
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D. single
26. A. willing B. reluctant B. misuse
C. likely D. unable C. ignore
D. lose D. pressure
27. A. reserve
28. A. discussion B. attack C. control
29. A. make out B. add up C. build up D. set aside 30. A. impersonal
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The British love to think of themselves as polite, and everyone knows how fond they are of their \ 21 seven or eight of these. Another 22 of our good manners is the queue. New-comers to Britain could be forgiven for thinking that queuing rather than football was the 23 national sport. Finally, of course, motorists generally stop at crossings. But does all this mean that the British should consider themselves more polite than their European neighbors? I think not. Take forms of address （称呼）for example . The average English person - 24 he happens to work in a hotel or department store -would rather die than call a stranger \et in some European countries this is the most basic of common address. Our 25 \for everyone may appear more democratic, but it means that we are forced to seek out complicated ways to express 26 . I am all for returning to the use of \old-fashioned poetic words for \\would be 27 for strangers and professional relationships.
And of course, the English find touching and other shows of friendship truly terrifying. Have you noticed how the British 28 ever touch?
Personally, I find the Latin habit of shaking hands or a friendly kiss quite charming. Try kissing the average English person, and they will either take two steps backwards in horror, or, if their escape is 29 , you will find your lips touching the back of their head. Now what could be 30 than that?
21. A. at least 22. A. signal 23. A. true 24. A. if
B. at most B. scene
C. less than C. sign
D. not more than D. sight
B. similar
C. severe
D. global
B. original C. superior D. advanced B. whether B. gratitude B. mostly
C. when
D. unless D. normal
D. consideration D. nearly
C. regular
25. A. universal B. unique 26. A. politeness 27. A. ordered 28. A. highly
C. democracy
C. hardly
B. reserved C. offered D. stocked
29. A. confirmed B. assured
C. jammed D. blocked
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30. A. better
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B. ruder C. more polite D. more frightening
The main purpose of this greeting is to 21 a good relationship between the people concerned, and each language usually has 22 set phrases which can be used for this purpose. Sometimes, though, there can be 23 differences in the type of phrases which can be used, and cultural misunderstandings can easily 24 . The following is a true example.
A young British woman went to Hong Kong to work, and at the time of her 25 she knew nothing about the Chinese culture or language. When she was at the bank to get some money, the bank clerk asked her if she had had her lunch. She was extremely surprised 26 such a question because in the British culture it would be regarded as an indirect invitation to lunch. After this she proceeded to school and was even more surprised when one of the teachers asked her the same question. By now she realized that it could not be an invitation, but was puzzled 27 why they asked it. In the following days she was asked the same question again and again, and she spent hours trying to 28 why so many people kept asking her this. Eventually she came to a 29 : the people must be concerned her health. She was somewhat underweight at the time, and so she concluded they must be worrying that she was not eating properly! Only much later 30 that the question had no real significances at all-it was merely a greeting.
21. A. build on 22. A. a number of 23. A. considered 24. A. raise 25. A. arrive 26. A. on
B. build up
C. build into
D. build out
B. the number of C. the amount of D. an amount of B. considering
B. arrived B. at
B. as to
C. considerable
C. arrives C. to
D. considerate D. arrival D. with
C. arouse
D. lead
B. result
27. A. with regards 28. A. work at 29. A. reason
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C. as if D. as far as D. work out D. does she discover
B. work on B. target
C. work with
C. finish D. conclusion
30. A. she discovered B. she did discover C. did she discover
There are more than forty universities in Britain-nearly twice as many as in 1960. During the 1960s eight completely new ones more founded, and ten other new ones were created 21 converting old colleges of technology into universities. In the same period the number of students more than doubled, from 70, 000 to 22 than 200,000. By 1973 about 10% of men aged from
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eighteen to twenty-one were in universities and about 5% of women. All the universities are private institutions. Each has its 23 governing councils, including some local businessmen and local politicians as 24 as a few academics（大学教师）. The state began to give grants to them fifty years ago, and by 1970 each university derived nearly all its 25 from state grants. Students have to pay fees and living costs, but every student may receive from the local authority of the place 26 he lives a personal grant which is enough to pay his full costs, including lodging and food unless his parents are 27 . Most students take jobs in the summer 28 about six weeks, but they do not normally do outside work during the academic year. The Department of Education takes 29 for the payments which cover the whole expenditure of the universities, but it does not exercise direct control. It can have an important influence 30 new developments through its power to distribute funds, but it takes the advice of the University Grants Committee, a body which is mainly composed of academics.
21. A. with 22. A. more 23. A. self 24. A. good 26. A. what 27. A. poor 28. A. at
B. by
C. at
D. into D. fewer
B. much
C. less C. own
B. kind B. long B. grades B. which B. since
D. personal
D. well D. funds D. how D. for
C. little C. profits C. where C. with
25. A. suggestions
B. generous C. kindhearted C. duty
D. rich D. pleasure
D. form
29. A. responsibility B. advice 30. A. at
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B. to
C. on
What is it you want to do, but haven't done yet?
Is it because you think it's too late, or too scary, or because maybe you might 21 ? Yesterday, while walking the beach with our dog, Sasha, (who usually manages to draw people into conversation) I met a retired couple from the Midwest. They 22 how much they loved visiting the Oregon coast.
\ 23 the ocean,\buy some property(房产) here 10 years ago.\ \
\ 24 then.\
So－will they stay 25 in an area they dislike, or will they dare to try something that feels exciting and 26 ?
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