All their attempts to ______ the child from the burning building were in vain.A.regainB.re
All their attempts to ______ the child from the burning building were in vain.
A.regain
B.recover
C.rescue
D.reserve
All their attempts to ______ the child from the burning building were in vain.
A.regain
B.recover
C.rescue
D.reserve
We are all addicted to falling in love. But after we' ve "fallen" a few times and broken our emotional bones, we hopefully wise up a bit. We know that the high of falling in love is not going to last. We know that sooner or later we will have to get real with each other. That is the difference between romance and partnership. Romance is an attempt to keep the addiction going. It has a very short half- life. Partnership is the dance of two ordinary people learning to live together day by day. It is a very challenging school that we enroll in. It is sometimes a lot more work than play. And it certainly requires a lot more psychological adjustment than years of therapy! We don' t just graduate from this school in a year or two. It takes many years, perhaps even a lifetime, for us to master the curriculum.
Your partners are imperfect human beings, just like you. They were not the "wrong" partners any more than you were. Probably, they reflected your own level of realism and emotional maturity. That' s usually the way it works. So don't waste your time thinking you simply made some bad choices. The only bad choice you made was forgetting who has the full time job loving you. I know that you know who this is !
We keep remembering that they are not perfect, nor we are. Love is not a game of perfection. It is a game of overwhelming imperfection. The amazing thing is that love survives all of our mistaken attempts to control our partners and our relationships.
We can conclude from the passage that______.
A.we won't forget who has the full time loving us
B.love is addictive
C.love from your partner is not enough
D.love lies in the maturity of emotion which is essential to a partnership or relationship
Professional pickpockets do not see victims, only handbags, jewels and money. Mothers with babies, the elderly, the disabled are all fair game. My preferred target was the lone female, handbag at her side, the right side to be exact. So if I'm next to her I can reach it cautiously with my right hand across my body. Only about one woman in a thousand carries her bag on the left, and I tended to steer clear of them. Women whose bags are hanging in front of them are tricky for the pickpocket, as there isn't a blind side. If you want to make it even harder, use a bag with handles rather than a strap. For men, one of the best places to keep a wallet is in the back pocket of tight trousers. You'll feel any attempts to move it. Another good place is in the buttoned-up inside pocket of a jacket. There's just no way in. Even better, keep wallets attached to a cord or chain that is fasten to a belt.
A pickpocket needs targets who are relaxed and off guard. The perfect setting is a clothing store. When customers wander among the racks, they are completely absorbed in the items they hold up. The presence of a uniformed security guard is even better. A false sense of security makes a pickpocket's job much simpler.
Why does the speaker say that picking somebody's pocket is an honorable job in southeast London?
A.It takes skill,
B.It's a full-time job.
C.It's admired worldwide.
D.It pays well.
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Calvin Coolidge(1 872--1 933)was the thirtieth president of the United States.
He looked down on a Derson as being unworthy of respect who was too fond of talking about the details of other people’S actions and private lives——he had no time for small talk.The following two incidents clearly show how Coolidge treasured silence.
When he was vice-president,Coolidge had plenty of opportunity to participate in Washington,s social life,especially the many dinner parties.Because of his complete disregard for the art of conversation,he couldn’t exactly make himself dear to his hostesses.One lady felt she could SOlVe this problem.She placed him next to Alice Roosevelt Longworth,daughter of the former President Theodore Roosevelt.Mrs.Longworth,brilliant conversationalist,began to talk in her usual charming manner,but all attempts to awake interest on the part of vice-presi-dent were unproductive.Firrally.being shamed into annoyance,she said,“I am sure that going to as many dinners as you d0,you must get terribly bored.”Without lifting his eyes from his plate.Coolidge said not very.clearly,“Well,a man has to eat somewhere.”
Later,when he was president and once again at a dinner party,Coolidge was seated next to an outstanding society woman,one of those people who seem to take delight in trying to change the lives of everyone they meet.“0h,Mr.President,”she spoke with too much enthu-siasm“you are always so quiet,I made a bet today that l could get more than two words out of you.”In anger.the president made a low,rough sound and then said,“You lose.”
President Coolidge considered those people as being unworthy of respect__________ . 查看材料
A.who talked much about himself
B.who never talked about anything serious
C.who told him a lie’
D.who enjoyed talking about the affairs of others
With all this work on hand, she ______ to the dance party last night.
A.oughtn't to go
B.hadn't gone
C.shouldn't have gone
D.mustn't have gone
Given the inclination toward change, it is not surprising that tradition plays a limited role in the American culture. Those who try to uphold traditional pattern of living or thought may be seen as rigid or "old-fashioned". In a society where change is so rapid, it is not uncommon for every generation to experience a "generation gap". Sometimes parents struggle to understand the values of their children, even religious institutions have had to adapt to contemporary need of their followers. Folk singers in church services, women religious leaders, slang versions of the Bible, all reflect attempts made by traditional institutions to "keep up with the times".
High rates of change, particularly in urban areas, have contributed to a focus on the future rather than the past or present. Some Americans believe that the benefits of the future orientation are achievement and progress which enable them to have a high standard of living. Others believe that high blood pressure and stomach ulcers are the results of such a life style.
As individuals in a culture, we all have an intuitive understanding about how time is regulated, usually we do not think about the concept of time until we interact with others who have a different time orientation. Although individuals from any now cultures may view time similarly, we often sense that in another culture, life seems to proceed at either a slower or faster pace. Knowing how time is regulated, divided, and perceived can provide valuable insights into individuals and their culture.
The American orientation toward the future might be demonstrated by ______.
A.the presence of religious institutions
B.the preference for "old-fashioned" parents
C.the limited role of tradition
D.the presence of folk singers in church services
A.doesn’t it
B.won’t it
C.is it
D.isn’t it
In The Open and Closed Mind, Milton Rokeach poses the problem of cultural understanding in its simplest form, but one that can readily demonstrate the complication of communication between cultures. It is called the "Denny Doodlebug Problem. "Readers are given all the rules that govern this culture: Denny is an animal that always faces North, and can move only by jumping; he can jump large distances or small distances, but can change direction only after jumping four times in any direction; he can jump North, South, East or West, but not diagonally. Upon concluding a jump his master places some food three feet directly West of him. Surveying the situation, Denny concludes he must jump four times to reach the food. No more or less. And he is right. All the reader has to do is to explain the circumstances that make his conclusion correct.
The large majority of people who attempt this problem fail to solve it, despite the fact that they are given all the rules that control behavior. in this culture. If there is difficulty in getting inside the simplistic world of Denny Doodlebug—where the cultural code has already been broken and handed to us—imagine the complexity of comprehending behavior. in societies whose codes have not yet been deciphered, and where even those who obey these codes are only vaguely aware and can rarely describe the underlying sources of their own actions.
We acquire the greater part of our cultural codes by ______.
A.creating a universe of discourse
B.imitating the behavior. of others, especially those of the previous generation
C.sharing the same experiences with other people
D.taking in the various information we're given with no discrimination
He doesn't seem at all sorry for ______he has done.
A.that
B.what
C.which
D.how