阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Everyone has his own attitude 　　1　　 getting old．The night before her eighth birthday, I found my daughter Lizzy sat on her bed 　　2　　(weep)．“I love being seven,” she cried．“I don't want to be eight!” I held her in my arms and explained that　　3　　 was going to be even better to be eight than being seven．I told her how much I loved her and 　　4　　 a wonderful birthday she was going to have．Eventually she was comforted．It's always strange 　　5　　(tell)that you are a year older, even when you aren't very old．Now I'm in my early 60s, and I don't always recognize the face in the mirror, 　　6　　 something has changed the way that I think．The process of aging 　　7　　(increasing)interests and amazes me, annoys and irritates me, and sometimes still makes me 　　8　　(frighten), too, but much, much less than it used to．There is 　　9　　 ongoing sadness at the absence of the friends and family members 　　10　　 have died before me．

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Are supermarkets designed to persuade us to buy more? When you 　　1　　 a supermarket the manager knows better 　　2　　 you do how you will behave-which way you will walk, where you will look, what will make you buy one product 　　3　　　than another．When customers go into a shop, they naturally look to their 　　4　　 but move 　　5　　, towards the right．So supermarket entrances are usually 　　6　　 the left of the building, and the 　　7　　 is designed to take shoppers 　　8　　 the store, aisle after aisle from left 　　9　　 right, Then shoppers will pay 　　10　　 to all the products．

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　　The next time you go into a bank, a store, or a supermarket, stop and listen．What do you hear?　　1　　 It's similar to the music you listen to, but it's not exactly the same．That's because this music was especially designed to relax you, or to give you extra energy．Sometimes you don't even realize the music is playing, but you react to the music anyway．

　　Quiet background music used to be called “elevator music” because we often heard it in elevators．But lately we hear it in more and more places, and it has a new name “Muzak”．About one-third of the people in America listen to “Muzak” every day．The music plays for 15 minutes at a time, with short pauses in between．It is always more lively between ten and eleven in the morning, and between three and four in the afternoon, when people are more tired．　　2　　

　　If you listen to Muzak carefully, you will probably recognize the names of many of the songs．Some musicians or songwriters don't want their songs to be used as Muzak, but others are happy when their songs are chosen, Why?　　3　　

　　Music is often played in public places because it is designed to make people feel less lonely when they are in an airport or a hotel．It has been proven that Muzak does what it is designed to do．Tired office workers suddenly have more energy when they hear the pleasant sound of Muzak in the background．　　4　　 Supermarket shoppers buy 38 percent more groceries．

　　　　5　　 They say it's boring to hear the same songs all the time．But other people enjoy hearing Muzak in public places．They say it helps them relax and feel calm．One way or another, Muzak affects everyone．Some farmers even say their cows give more milk when they hear Muzak!

A．Some people don't like Muzak．

B．The music gives them extra energy．

C．Music is playing in the background．

D．Factory workers produce 13 percent more．

E．Muzak tends to help people understand music better．

F．Because they get as much as 4 million dollars a year if their songs are used．

G．Muzak is played in most of the bit supermarkets in the world．

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1．Short skirts are definitely ________ now and longer ones are in again．

2．Although they were pretending hard to be young, they ________ by the grey hair and wrinkles．

3．To his mother's relief, he quickly ________ the new school and mixed with other students．

4．With the development of globalization, more and more people identify with the culture and customs of western countries．The unique characteristics of theirs ________．

5．At the press conference, the expert explained what it was that ________ the construction of the subway．

6．Bad emotions, if always ________, may cause serious health problems．

7．The essay ________ 1000 words, as a result of which none of her arguments was able to be thoroughly done．

8．Poor communication between parents and children often ________ the generation gap．

9．Staying enraged at other people's mistake is like burning down your own house ________ a rat．

10．He kept cool even when his company was ________ financial ruin．

阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词．

　　If you are asked to chair a meeting, remember the following six golden rules for meeting management．

　　1．Always start the meeting on time．If you begin on time, group members who show up late will realize the value of time．Beginning on time reflects the skill as an effective time manager and sets an example for others to follow．

　　2．Select a note-taker or arrange to have the meeting audio-taped．You may need to refer back to an issue that was discussed during the meeting at a later date．Good record-keeping is a sign of a good meeting manager as well．

　　3．Learn to listen．So many times we think we are going to say and, in the process, block out important points that other group members may be contributing．Additionally, we often hear only what we want to hear, rather than really listen to other people．Meetings that are characterized by effective listening are successful meetings．

　　4．Keep the discussion on track．Many times important issues can get sidetracked in a meeting, especially when everyone has a different opinion about the topic．If an unexpected conflict develops once the meeting is in progress, either appoint a subcommittee to look into the problem, or ask the participants involved in the conflict to meet with you after the meeting．Doing so will help keep the discussion on track and minimize(减少)the chances of wasting participants' time of great value．

　　5．Give everyone an opportunity to be heard．Some people tend to control meetings, whereas others wait to be asked their opinions．As the leader of the meeting, you need to keep an open mind and make sure everyone feels welcome to contribute and express ideas without criticism．

　　6．End on time．If you said the meeting would last no longer than one hour, make sure the meeting lasts for only one hour．Running late with a meeting makes members late for other appointments, increases the chances that the members will mentally leave the meeting and reduces your reliability as an effective meeting manager．

　　One day a lady saw a mouse running across her kitchen floor．She was very afraid of mouse, ________ she ran out of the house, got into a bus and went to the shops．There she bought a mousetrap(捕鼠器)．The shopkeeper said to her, "Put some cheese in it ________ you will soon catch that mouse．"

　　The lady went home ________ her mousetrap, but when she looked in her cupboard, she could not find any cheese in ________．She did not want to go back to the shop,________ it was very late, so she cut a picture of some cheese out of ________ magazine and put that in the trap．

　　Surprisingly, the picture of the cheese was quite successful! When the lady came down to the kitchen the ________ morning she found a picture of a mouse in the trap beside the picture of the ________!

下面文章有5处需要添加小标题。请从以下选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中选出符合各段意思的小标题。选项中有一项是多余选项。

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　　A study of art history might be a good way to learn more about a culture than is possible to learn in general history classes．Most typical history courses concentrate on politics, economics and war．But art history focuses on much more than this because art reflects not only the political values of a people, but also religious beliefs, emotions, and psychology．

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　　In addition, information about the daily acivities of our ancestors-or of people very different from our own-can be provided by art．In short, art expresses the essential qualities of a thme and a place, and a study of it clearly offers us a deeper understanding than can be found in most history books．

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　　In history books, objective information about the political life of a country is presented; that is, facts about politics are given, but opinions are not expressed．Art, on the other hand, is subjective： it reflects emotions and opinions．The great Spanish painter Francisco Goya was perhaps the first truly “political” artist．In his well-known painting The Third of May 1808, he criticized the Spanish government for its misuse of power over people．Over a hundred years later, symbolic images were used in Pablo Picasso's Guernica to express the horror of war．Meanwhile, on another continent, the powerful paintings of Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros-as well as the works of Alfredo Ramos Martins-depicted these Mexican artists’ deep anger and sadness about social problems．

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　　In the same way, art can reflect a culture's religious beliefs．For hundreds of years in Europe, religious art was almost the only type of art that existed．Churches and other religious buildings were filled with paintings that depicted people and stories from the Bible．Although most people couldn't read, they could still understand biblical stories in the pictures on church walls．

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　　By contrast, one of the main characteristics of art in the Middle East was(and still is)its absence of human and animal images．This reflects the Islamic belief that statues are unholy．That's why no figures can be found in or around places of interest in these regions．

虎妈，美国耶鲁大学的华裔教授蔡美儿Amy Lynn Chua，出版了一本名叫《虎妈战歌》Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother的书，在美国引起轰动。在接受采访时，回答了记者的5个问题。请从下列提问(A、B、C、D、E和F)中选出与她的回答相匹配的问题。选项中有一项是多余选项。

Questions

A．What do you think of the competition between China and the US?

B．What do you think of the image of “tiger mom? ”

C．How do your daughters take the criticism about you after your book was published?

D．You said you would not get her Christmas gifts or anything when your daughter refused to repeatedly practice the music．How did your husband respond?

E．What do you think makes a good mother?

F．What does your husband think of your method of bringing up kids?

　　Chua's answer：Well, actually I think there are many ways of being a good mother．In my book my focus is just a memory about my own family story, me trying to raise my own children in a kind of traditional Chinese way．I make mistakes and I make fun of myself．It's amazing the way the book has been received internationally, because．I didn't intend my book to be telling other people of view and I am a proud strict “tiger mom”．But I'm not trying to tell other people what are the best ways to teach or raise their children．

　　Chua's answer：Well, the title may sound a little frightening．Let me tell you why I chose the title．I was born in the year of the tiger．And “battle Hymn” in the United States comes from “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”．The book is really about finding some sort of balance：how can we find the balance between the eastern way of parenting and the western way of parenting．In mays the book as been misunderstood maybe because of the title．

　　Chua's answer：I didn't write this book to have any foreign policy implications．But it's been taken into the foreign policy realm．It is of course true that there is a connection between child-raising and the future of nations．We are raising, as parents, the next generation．So I think Henry is right．We tapped into this thing of insecurity, American's fear about the rising power of china．A friend of mine told me that if the book hasd been called The Battle Hymn of an Italian Mother or The Battle Hymn of a Mexican Mother, nobody would have cared．It's really “China”．you know．

　　Chua's answer：I don't think he opposes my idea of raising children．I'd like to think we have a combination, which is the right solution．You need a balance．From my perspective, what I give my kids is something that I thought was lacking in the US educational system．You know, they hate memorization, while in China you have too much of it．In the US, learning should be fun, a lot of games,．So I b rought hard work and disciplines．My husband and I think this is a great thing always teaching them to question the authority and to ask why．Don't accept everything just because somebody tells you．Figure it out yourself．I really think you need to combine both these qualities if you want creativity and dynamism．

　　Chua's answer：They both are stronger than I am．I am really proud of them．Their friends and communities supported them．At a time, I couldn't even look at the Internet because there are so many negative comments．And they would find the good ones and text them to me, saying “here's a good one mommy, hang in there．” This experience has actually brought my family together．Believe it or not, not just my kids, also my parents and my three younger sisters have supported me．

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　　Being healthy means taking care of yourself physically and mentally．Here are some of my best tips on how to do both：

　　Break a bad habit．

　　You don't really “break” habits．　　1　　．So if your problem is that you eat too much when you get home from work, find something new to do that is incompatible(不能共存的)with what you usually do．You can't walk around the track at the school and pig out in your kitchen at the same time．

　　Grow your marriage．

　　　　2　　．It's always a give-and-take, always requires work．It's as if you planted a garden and came back six months later-you wouldn't even be able to find it．　　3　　．

　　Beat stress．

　　My dog, Maggie, is the best anti-stress tool I have．A few minutes petting, scratching or playing with her, and 　　4　　．Exercise also helps．Just about every day, I'm on the tennis court．It's a great workout, and if I don't have that, I don't cope as well, sleep as well or think as well．

　　Refocus your anger．

　　Expressing your anger is just not that good an idea．You say things you don't mean．　　5　　．When you do that, you’re a problem solver．

　　Don't medicate(掺入药)with food．

　　It never, ever works．You’re denying your issue by eating your way through it, instead of saying, “Hey, I’ve got a problem．”

A．You replace the unwanted behavior with something that prevents you from doing it and that doesn't have unhealthy side effects．

B．I'll feel easy．

C．If there is a problem, you needn't deal with it immediately．

D．You have to tend it, feed it, weed it, and deal with the problems．

E．Instead, recognize that anger is usually a symptom of hurt, fear or frustration, and deal with the causes rather than blow up．

F．Relationships are negotiated(协商), and the negotiation never stops．

G．You do something without any good effect on your health during the time when you usually do something harmful to your body．

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　　In a fast changing world, people seldom see a device or equipment that lasts for a long time these days．There are always new inventions, different models, or upgrades cropping up one after the other and as consumers people highly anticipate the faster and better kind than what they already have．Therefore it is quite a surprise that a mini projector(投影仪)is still in use today not only in small scale businesses, schools, or homes but in big corporations and institutions as well．Sure it has a few additional features here and there but the main function is the same．

　　A mini projector today has been fitted with top of the line parts and high quality materials to ensure its efficiency and performance can meet the demands of whoever it is for．It is so designed that it can be used indoors or outdoors with the same functions．The mini projector, as the name suggests, is handy and compact and can easily be brought anywhere by just one person．It can support a broader scope of signals now; USB and card readers are now installed to cope with the pieces of equipments that people use today to store data．

　　It can be used at home where it can provide as a form of entertainment or start a conversation during family bonding times．The owner can easily use the mini projector to share with other members the photos and videos of one particular vacation, or just to play a series of beautiful landscapes．

　　Offices also benefit from a mini projector especially during an important meeting or presentation．With at par resolution(标准的分辨率), employees can easily decipher(辨认)the text or data with the use of a mini projector, its bright LED light is sufficient enough to provide a bright and clear image without distortion(变形)．Users can now bring this anywhere with them and can be especially useful on a location where the voltage(电压)is unknown．

　　Perhaps one of the more common places where a mini projector is used constantly is in schools．Teachers or professors use this as an aid to a lesson or discussion to provide better visual aids than usual and to even deliver their lecture with the use of a mini projector and minimize the use of a board and writing pen．It is often said that children have a very short attention span but they remember things more when things are presented to them visually．This is the perfect use of a mini projector in classrooms where kids easily forget their lesson for the day．Teachers use this to show the class pictures or illustrations that tie with the topics for students to remember．