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1、g on the outside of the tent. I wouldnt have thought much about it【C1】_I hadnt recently seen a ridiculously【C2】_film on television in which a monster tried to get into its【C3】_bedroom by scratching on the door with its claw-like hands. A stupid【C4 】_, but it kept coming back,【C5】_sleep. When a cry rang out across the moor I crawled out to see what it was all about.In a small tent this is less easy than it【C6】_. After【C7】_yourself from a cocoon-like sl。

2、etween the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened【C1】_. As was discussed before, it was not【C2】_the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-elec-tronic【C3】_, following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the【C4】_of the periodical. It was during the same time that the communications revolution【C5】_up, beginning with transport, the railway, and leading【C6 。

3、 began in the late 1960s and early 1970s centered around aerobic exercise. Millions of individuals became【C1 】_in a variety of aerobic activities, and【C2 】_thousands of health spas【C3】_around the country to capitalize on his【C4】 _interest in fitness, particularly aerobic dancing for females. A number of fitness spas existed【C5】_to this aerobic fitness movement, even a national chain with spas in most major cities. However, their【 C6】_was not on aerobics,【C7 】_o。

4、e first day nursery was opened in 1854. Nurseries were established in various areas during the【C1】_hall of the 19th century; most of【C2】_were charitable. Both in Europe and in the US, the day-nursery movement received great【C3】_during the First World War, when【C4 】_of manpower caused the industrial employment of unprecedented numbers of women. In some European countries nurseries were established【C5】_in munitions(军火) plants, under direct government sponsorship. 【C6 】_。

5、ory of the Rate of interest? It is something【C1】_we have all been 【C2】_and which we have accepted without much【C3】_until recently. Yet I find it difficult to state it【C4 】_or to discover an explicit【C5】_it in the leading treatises of the modem classical school.It is fairly clear, however,【C6 】_this tradition has regarded the rate of interest【C7 】 _the factor which brings the demand for investment and the willingness to save【C8 】_equilibrium with one anothe。

6、lations of robots in industry have yet to come true. For a decade or more, manufacturers of big robots have explained how their machines can make industry more competitive and productive. The market for【C1】_robots is now oversupplied, and the driving force of the robotics (机器人技术) revolution is【C2】_to be with makers of machines that handle a few kilos at most.“Heavy-robot manufacturers are in some difficulty【C3】_finding customers. They are offering big【C4 】_just to get in the 。

7、ercial begins【C1】_the announcement, “ Johnny was just beaten up by the biggest kid【C2】_the blockhis father. “ It【C3】_to show photographs of a boy who has bruises and scars all over his head and body. The intent of the commercial is to【C4 】_community awareness of the widespread【C5】_of child abuse. When this issue first surfaced in the early 1960s, it was viewed as pathological behavior; “How could anybody in his right mind【C6 】_hurt a child too small and too weak to。

8、 the causes of juvenile delinquency (crimes committed by young people) focus either on the individual or on society as the major contributing influence. Theories【C1】_on the individual suggest that children engage in criminal behavior【C2】_they were not sufficiently penalized for previous misdeeds or that they have learned criminal behavior through【C3 】_with others. Theories focusing on the role of society suggest that children commit crimes in【C4 】_to their failure to rise abo。

9、ght have been different, but who knows? I have more time to think these days, of course, and its funny what【C1】_to mind. Like the year I left home for the first time. It was a beautiful fall morning. The【C2】_were【C3】_of gold and yellow, and the sun【C4】_my neck as I walked【C5 】_. I came to a point where the road split【C6 】_two, and I stood there, looking down those roads for the longest time, feeling sorry I couldnt take them【C7】_.I remember【C8】_d。

10、ppear most often and most gloriously in the history books are great conquerors and generals and soldiers, whereas the people who really helped civilization forward are often never mentioned at all. We do not know【C1】_first set a broken leg, or launched a seaworthy boat, or calculated the length of the year;【 C2】_we know all about the killers and destroyers. People think【C3 】_them, so much so that on all the highest columns in the great cities of the world you will find the【C4】_。

11、ety, which for so long had run down the gentle slope of tradition, now found itself powered by an internal combustion engine. Transactions and gain【C1】_a new and startling【C2】_force.What forces could have been【C3】_powerful to smash a comfortable and【C4】_world and institute in its place this new society? There was no single massive【C5】_. It was not great events, single adventures, individual laws, or charming【C6】_which【C7】_about the economic revolution. It was a。

12、 the inventor has three possible【C1】_of action open to him: he can give the invention to the world by publishing it, keep the idea【C2 】_, or patent it.A【C3】_patent is the result of a bargain【C4】_between an inventor and the state, but the inventor gets a limited period of monopoly and publishes full details of his invention to the public after that period【C5】_.Only in the most exceptional circumstances【C6】_the lifespan of a patent【C7 】 _to alter this normal pro。

13、alled an【C1 】_disease of people who have been suddenly【C2】_abroad. Like most ailments, it has its own【C3 】_and cure.Culture shock is【C4】_by the anxiety that results from losing all our familiar signs and symbols of social intercourse. Those signs or cues include the thousand and one【C5】_in which we orient ourselves【C6】_the situation of daily life: when to shake hands and what to say when we meet people , when and how to give tips, how to【C7 】_purchases, when to。

14、 payments to witnesses by newspapers seeking to buy up people involved in prominent eases【C1 】_the trial of Rosemary West.In a significant【C2 】_of legal controls over the press, lord Irvine, the Lord Chancellor, will introduce a【C3 】_bill that will propose making payments to witnesses【C4】_and will strictly control the amount of【C5】_that can be given to a case【C6】_a trial begins.In a letter to Gerald Kaufman, chairman of the House of commons media select committee, L。

15、roblem in Hong Kong. Over the years many suggestions have been【C1】_to ease transport difficulties. These include from constructing wider roads and an underground railway【C2】_to staggering hours for schools to open and close. One official report pressed【C3 】_for working hours to be spaced out to【C4 】_congestion at【C5】_periods. In England and other countries this system is called staggering working hours because many business centers use it. It is【C6】_that greate。

16、 suggested that the primary goal of the psyche (精神) was superiority. Although【C1】_he believed that individuals struggled to【C2 】_superiority over others, Adler eventually developed a more【C3 】_definition of the drive for superiority.Adlers【C4】_of striving for superiority does not refer to the everyday meaning of the word superiority. He did not mean that we【C5】_seek to surpass one another in【C6 】_or position, nor did he mean that we seek to【C7 】_an exagger。

17、economic and business activities and has been the theme of many witty remarks. Benjamin Franklin once wrote, “Money makes money, and the money【C1】_makes, makes more money. “To most of us, money is【C2】_but the currency of a country. But to some people, money is【C3】_the best friend or the worst demon. To【C4】_, however, money is a subject【C5】_study and for something to be money, it must at【C6】_have the following characteristics; portable, divisibility, stability, durab。

18、ver traveled across the Atlantic the voyage is a fantasy. But for the people who cross it frequently one crossing of the Atlantic is very much like another, and they do not make the voyage for the【C1】_of its interest. Most of us are quite happy when we feel【C2】_to go to bed and pleased when the journey【C3 】_. On the first night this time I felt especially lazy and went to bed【C4】_earlier than usual. When I【C5】_my cabin, I was surprised【C6】_that I was to have a compa。

19、S is bad. The death of Rock Hudson【C1 】_public concern about the【C2】_almost to the point of panic. Now general concern is【C3】_not so much on personal risk but on the growing realization【C4】_this disease is having a deep impact【C5】_our society in a number of ways.For one thing, it is【C6】_financial and other resources. AIDS patients require long-term care in hospitals and out patient【C7 】_. The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta estimates that hospital【C8】_。

20、ive history within the history of Egypfian civilization. Grapes were not【C1】_to the landscape of Egypt, rather the vines themselves are【 C2】_to have been imported from the Phoenicians,【C3】_the actual origins remain in【C4】_【C5】_is known, is that by the third millennium BC, Egyptian kings of the first【C6】_had extensive wine cellars, and wine was used extensively in the temple ceremonies. The main【C7】_of wine in Egypt took place between the king, nobles, and the p。