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1、Questions 1 to 10 are based on the same passage or dialog.He kept a diary, for his own pleasure. Because the days (1)_ by so quickly, he found it interesting to think of the past. Hed write and then go back and see how he had (2) _his time, and with whom. He was (3) _that his remarks were sometimes
2、far from kind, but the people he wrote about were never going to read his writings, so what difference did it make? The current diary was usually on his desk, the (4) _ones on a shelf in his closet. And they were beginning to (5) _room. He got older. His wife got older. They (6) _deeper into their s
3、eventies without any sense of large changes but only of one day following another. Still, the days were full, pleasant, and worth (7) _. So he went on writing his thoughts. (8) _, along with his feelings about old age, his fear of dying, his declining strength, and his envy of the children that he s
4、aw running down the street. Though his wife had never felt the slightest desire to read his diary, she knew something was wrong (9) _as carelessly as he did his opened mail. Once she saw where he had hidden the current diary, (10) _. She didnt though, and put back the diary, exactly as it was before
5、. Questions 11 to 20 are based on the same passage or dialog.We use all sorts of services without thinking how we get them. But such services cost money. We pay for them through (11) _. What would happen if everyone in a city (12) _paying taxes? The water supply would stop. The streets might not be
6、(13) _. There would be no police force to protect people and (14) _. The chief duty of every government is to protect persons and their property. More than three (15) _of the money spent by our government is used for this purpose. The next (16) _amount of public money goes to teach and train our cit
7、izens. Billions of dollars each year are spent on schools and (17) _. Public money is used to pay teachers and other public officials. Years ago the government (18) _. Most of the best public lands have now been sold. The money raised was used to (19) _. There are still some public lands that contai
8、n oil, coal, gas, and other natural products. They could be sold, but (20) _. So we all must pay our share for the services that make our lives comfortable. Questions 21 to 30 are based on the same passage or dialog.We return to the question Socrates asked almost twenty-five hundred years ago. Can (
9、21) _be taught, and if so, how? All parents face the question of the best way to help their child (22) _a reliable capacity for self-control. What history has taught us is that we cannot rely on the most common methods of trying to teach children self-discipline (23) _, disciplinary measures, and re
10、wards. We will show you another way to think about (24) _your child toward responsible adulthood. Loving control is a means of protecting children from the (25) _of their immaturity while at the same time offering them your love and admiration. When you help your child make constructive choices in a
11、 (26) _of a close relationship, your child will come to recognize the deepest happiness. This is happiness which results from loving and feeling lovable and loved rather than from satisfying (27) _desires or achieving specific goals. That is perhaps the best way to help your child. Your child will l
12、earn to control herself better (28) _from fear of negative consequences. (29) _and how to use loving control to manage her immature behaviors. With the rules we provide, you can help your child (30) _by success, failure, or other ups and downs of daily life. That will enable your child to reach her
13、full potential. Questions 31 to 40 are based on the same passage or dialog.Tai chi has been described as magical, and it certainly feels that way. (31) _, there is some difficulty, the same as when learning any new thing. It takes time, (32) _and effort to learn the ancient Chinese exercise form of
14、Tai chi. Once you have learned it, the (33) _is like music in your soul. Feeling, perception and ability (34) _into a centrally-balanced and flowing consciousness. You are in (35) _, yet one with the flow. Its quite exciting, but also (36) _and relaxing. Tai chi (37) _growth. Sure, other sports do too. But people practicing the exercise enjoy significant improvement in the condition of their hearts and quality-of-life measurements, (38) _. The movements are very slow and careful and involve a great deal of body movement
