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Traditional dating is a self-
paced, general meeting of two people. The two
usually 1)____
N.
commence
_____
with spending
extra time together, getting to know one another
and seeing how 2)____
B.
tempting
____ they
could be
to each other. A good example is a man meeting a
woman and sensing her 3)____
G.
charm
____. He
then
extends
a
formal
invitation
for
a
date.
With
traditional
dating,
you
get
to
go
at
a
steady
pace,
4)_
I.
allowing
____
yourself and your date to get to know each other
through extensive contact.
There are many 5)______
H.
components_
_______ that can be expected
from traditional dates. Men, who are
supposed to 6)_____
L.
display
______these traditional values,
will open the door for the woman, stand up when
she leaves the table, pay for
everything, and 7)______
E.
proceed_
____ to the next move. In the
1950s, a man
would usually ask a woman
out several days ahead for a specific date and
time. If she accepted, they would 8)__
M. arrange
__________ for a
time to pick her up. He would then take her to a
dinner and a movie.
Today the rules of
traditional dating are less clear. Twenty years
ago, if a young lady asked a young man out
on a date, it was thought to be 9)____
K. weird
______ .Now, women
are being encouraged to take the initiative
and ask men out. A date may consist of
a brief meeting at a café
or a trip to the 10) ___
_C.
local
______ art
museum. Men
often pay on the first date, but the woman may
offer to go Dutch. The traditional dating style
has
been found much less common now.
1. She authorized her
partner to carry out the daily responsibilities
_____
on her behalf
________
when she
was on her business trip.
2. On hearing the latest news about
your mother’s ill health, I _______
took
the liberty of_
________ canceling
your reservation at the Sheraton.
3. There was an obvious
indication that the police who have to enforce the
new law were not __
immune
to__
_ the general
discontent.
4. When she heard of her
failure in the experiment, her eyes
_____
were filled
with
_________ tears; whether it
was of shame, frustration, or grief was
difficult to tell.
5. Rose knows that
continuous letters from John, together with
countless roses, are aimed at making her
____
_fall in love
with_
_______ him.
6. ____
Expelled
from
_________ public school for
drinking and smoking and then failing in show
business as a
singer she joined her
father’s business 10 years ago.
7.
Since
the
great
scandals
in
banking,
many
people
in
the
country
have________
be
pessimistic
about
__________ the
prospects of economic recovery within a few years.
8. The parents were quite happy to
______
go along with_
_______
our suggestion because it had taken their
most important concerns into
consideration.
1.
To American
politicians, the handshake has long been a way of
___
conveying
____intimacy
with the voters, and
the world record
for greeting was probably achieved by Roosevelt at
a New Year’s reception in 1907.
2.
A happy
marriage can only be
______
forged
______ through
years of commitment to caring for and
understanding
each other.
3.
With
the
financial
help
from
his
parents,
his
business
is
____
thriving
____
even
during
this
time
of
economic
recession.
4.
By carrying out a small test, doctors
can detect the
____
abnormal
______ cells
that might cause cancers in time
and
then treat them easily and simply.
5.
After the
little girl lost her parents in the traffic
accident, she kept
___
__frowning__
__ all the
time and never smiled
again.
6.
We’re going to
have a baby! Let’s start off by calling our
families and telling them the
good
news. I believe our
parents are going
to be as ____
_thrilled
___ as
we are.
7.
As the
three of us were sitting together eating cake, I
____
reckoned
____ that it was
quite a luxury to be able to
spend time
with my family.
8.
The governor of this state
has _
_clarified_
_____ the
state government's decision that it is necessary
to stop giving
money away so easily.
9.
Playing
musical
instruments
shapes
the
character
of
self-assurance
and
has
the
added
bonus
of
public
performance, which helps to
___
_conquer
___ the fear of
getting up in front of people.
10.
With
the
downturn
of
economy,
many
people
are
having
a
hard
time
controlling
their
temper
and
___
_concealing_
_____ their anger.
11.
1.
I have met
some interesting people at the golf course, and I
can _____
make contact
with
_____ them by email
when
I don’t have time to see them
personally.
2.
Everyone was standing around in silence
when the owner of the house asked us a question,
so I __
took the
initiative
_____ and tried to
explain why we had come.
3.
In my opinion, students who
_____
are inclined to
_______
cheat are going to cheat regardless of the
technology.
It’s just a question of
honesty. We’re here to learn, so we’ve got to make
the most of it ourselves.
4.
Creative
people, along with their persistence, are usually
very inspirational and determined to
___
thrive on_
____
overcoming obstacles.
5.
Some of us are
too often _____
indifferent
to
_______ losing an hour or a day by
wasting time, forgetting that our
life
is the sum total of the days and of the hours we
live.
6.
We're
all familiar with seeing business people
___
_whip out
______ their
card at every occasion. The name of their
business and their phone number will be
remembered.
7.
She closed her eyes for a moment,
trying to calm down and fight off the fear that
she felt somewhere ____
in the
pit of her stomach
____.
8.
The brothers
have decided to ___
_chip
in__
__ a certain amount of money each
month to hire a housekeeper to
take
care of their mother who is now very sick.
1.
The
“
discipline
”
message
asks
people
to
save,
while
the
“
enjoy
yourself
”
message
asks
people
to
spend;
therefore, they
____
contradict
______ each
other.
2.
It is
a(n) ___
_paradox
______ that
in some odd way world peace appears to depend on
our spending millions
of pounds on
weapons that can kill us all.
3.
It is far more
effective for parents to allow for the
child
’
s
_______
_perspective__
_____
and let him make his own
choice rather
than make a decision for him.
4.
When
you
are
writing
any
directions
for
people,
you
’
ve
got
to
be
direct
and
_____<
/p>
_explicit
____
to
make
everything rightly
understood.
5.
The new teaching program was
___
_suspended_
___ last
semester because the teachers in the department
protested its demand for more intense
work.
6.
He is a very considerate and generous
person, and he is also one of those who can often
___
derive
____
pleasure from helping others.
7.
Many children
are addicted to computers, so they often
__
defy
__ their parents and
play the computer games
for hours every
day.
8.
My
roommate is always very optimistic, and
that
’
s why he still
____
retains_
__ his good
humor after all the
setbacks.
9.
There
is
a
widely
held
suspicion
that
the
politician,
though
retired,
still
has
great
power
and
is
___
_manipulating__
_____ events behind
the scenes.
10.
The organization has been working with
local authorities as well as regional government
and officials to
___
tackle_
____
the problem of climate change.
To spend or save is a question which
many people have. There is always a(n) 1)
______
B. dilemma_
____
whether one
should
spend
the
money
that
he
has
earned
or
save
that
money
for
the
future.
Well,
there
is
no
2)
____
D.
explicit
_______ answer to
the question as different people have different
3) _
O.
perspectives_
______ on their life,
and that is the reason why some people
tend to spend all the money earned while others 4)
__
_E. retain
_______
control over their money.
People who spend all the money do not
think much about the future. The only thing about
they enjoy doing most is
to 5)
___
F. derive
______ pleasure
form spending money. For example, if they like a
particular car, mobile phone or
laptop,
they will buy it without giving it a thought. For
them, the more important thing is to satisfy their
material 6)
______
_C.
appetite__
____. People who have their
first job or who haven
’
t
married often fall in this the long
run,
saving
is
a
good
7)___
_K.
option_
_____
for
one
’
s
life
as saving
helps
an
individual
to
plan
for future
8)___
H.
urgen
t______ needs. That is
also the reason why many people save money for a
rainy day. Individuals who can 9)___
_N.
suspend
_______their spending
save money successfully. Instead of buying on
impulse, they delay their purchasing
decision and
won
’
t be easily
10)______
_I.
manipulated___
___ by commercial ads.
Individuals who have responsibility
for
their family belong to this category.
1.
People who work in offices are ______
referred
to
________ as
“
white-collar
workers
”
for the
simple reason
that they traditionally
wear a white shirt with a collar and a tie to go
to work.
2.
When
the police arrived, he had already destroyed the
evidence that was ____
_at odds
with_
______ his earlier
statement made a few hours ago.
3.
In order to
persuade his daughter to _
_put
off__
____ the marriage, the father
quoted statistics showing mixed-
race
couples had higher divorce rates than same-race
couples.
4.
The
mother made the decision to give cough medicine
and Aspirin to her sick child without
_____
consulting
with__
_______ the
child
’
s doctor.
5.
Both
professional experts and school teachers say that
children tend to _____
_do their
utmost
__________ when
they
see their parents making similar efforts.
6.
As she entered
the most dynamic period of her career, Kylie
______
took stock of__
___ her
success and tried to
analyze the strong
impact of her college education .
7.
The chief
executive George Grey is confident that current
growth levels can be maintained since all the
group
’
s development projects
stay ______
on track_
_____ .
8.
It
is very important for students to understand
and _____
take in_
___ new information.
Besides, they should
examine and judge
information carefully and then make the right
decision.
1.
Leaders in
Europe,
where most
nations
already
_
_prohibited__
_____
human cloning,
began
examining
the
moral implications of cloning other
species.
2.
There
are
websites
where
students
can
____
submit___
__
math
homework
problems
to
a
math
expert
and
message boards where students with very
specific needs can help each other.
3.
It appears
that enough sleep is of crucial importance to
health; with a few extra hours of uninterrupted
sleep,
your health situation could have
been ___
__remedied_____.
4.
Since the country
didn
’
t get along with the
US, Washington
____
imposed
____ economic
sanctions on this
country, so its
economy has gone into a steep decline.
5.
People
’
s Daily
offers more news both at home and abroad, and its
special emphasis on international events
is a prominent
____
feature
_____ that can
never escape our attention.
6.
The government is to launch a new
building program in an attempt to solve the
housing __
crisis
____, but
they still face enormous other
problems.
7.
According to the news media, the fifth
generation computers, with
____
artificial
______
intelligence, are being
developed and
perfected right now.
8.
Although there might be some other
reasons, the
__
principal
_______ reason
for my recent job change was
that I
found it difficult to get along with my boss.
9.
A study
___
issued
____ by the
University of Washington shows that a lack of
academic achievement is closely
linked
to improper behavior in the
students
’
social
environment.
10.
Emily Dickinson, the great American
poet, _____
isolated
____
herself from society and was living a normal New
England village life only with her
family.
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