Water costs money. In some places water is hard 31. What 32 when a town has these problems? A small town in California found a happy 33.
Very 34 rain ever fell there. The town had no water 35. The water it used was 36 from a river 300 miles away. As more people 37 live in the town, 38 water was needed. Now water 39 to be brought in from 600 miles away. All these cost 40 money.
The town 41 a plan. It found 42 to clean its “dirty” water. Once the cleaned water was reused 43 many ways. Five 44 lakes were built. Here people could swim and fish and go 45. They 46 have picnics in their new parks. Farmers had more water 47 their crops. New factories can be built, now that they have the promise of 48.
In most places, water is used and thrown 49. The town that saved 50 water has saved the town！
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Unemployment will certainly be in double-digits next year--and may remain there for some time. And for every person who __1_ as unemployed in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ household survey, you can bet there’s another either too __2__ to look for work or working part time who’d rather have a full-time job or else taking home less pay than before. And there’s yet another person who’s more fearful that he or she will be the __3__ to lose a job.
__4__, 10 percent unemployment really means 20 percent underemployment or anxious employment, all of which translates __5__ into late payments on mortgages, credit cards, auto and student loans, and loss of health insurance. It also means sleeplessness for tens of millions of Americans, and, of course, __6__ purchases.
Unemployment of this magnitude and duration also translates into ugly __7__, because fear and anxiety are __8__ grounds for the political resentment against immigrants, blacks, the poor, government leaders, business leaders, Jews and other easy _9__. It’s already started. Next year is a mid-term election. Be prepared for worse.
So why is unemployment and underemployment so high? And why is it _10__ to remain high for some time? Because, as noted, people who are worried about their jobs or have no jobs, and who are also trying to _11__ from under a pil
e of debt, are not going to do a lot of shopping. And businesses that don’t have customers aren’t going to do a lot of new _12__. And foreign nations also suffering high __13__ aren’t going to buy a lot of our goods and services. And without customers, companies won’t __14__. They’ll cut payrolls instead.
This brings us to the obvious question: Who’s going to buy the stuff we make or the services we provide, and therefore bring jobs back? There’s only one __15__ left: The government.
A．keeps to B．sticks to C．shows up D．attaches
A．discouraged B．timid C．sure D．upset
A．first B．next C．last D．only
A．On the other hand B．By contrast C．As a whole D．In other words
A．enormously B．definitely C．exactly D．directly
A．fewer B．more C．better D．worse
A．economics B．trades C．politics D．industries
A．necessary B．fertile C．scarce D．heated
A．opponents B．targets C．victims D．potentials
A．due B．able C．equal D．likely
A．get out B．get around C．get into D．get off
A．programming B．planning C．investing D．advertising
A．signature B．unemployment C．crisis D．inefficiency
A．rent B．run C．sell D．hire
A．manufacturer B．applicant C．buyer D．employer
Unemployment will certainly be in double-digits next year--and may remain there for some time. And for every person who __1_ as unemployed in the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ household survey, you can bet there’s another either too __2__ to look for work or working part time who’d rather have a full-time job or else taking home less pay than before. And there’s yet another person who’s more fearful that he or she will be the __3__ to lose a job.
__4__, 10 percent unemployment really means 20 percent underemployment or anxious employment, all of which translates __5__ into late payments on mortgages, credit cards, auto and student loans, and loss of health insurance. It also means sleeplessness for tens of millions of Americans, and, of course, __6__ purchases.
Unemployment of this magnitude and duration also translates into ugly __7__, because fear and anxiety are __8__ grounds for the political resentment against immigrants, blacks, the poor, government leaders, business leaders, Jews and other easy _9__. It’s already started. Next year is a mid-term election. Be prepared for worse.
So why is unemployment and underemployment so high? And why is it _10__ to remain high for some time? Because, as noted, people who are worried about their jobs or have no jobs, and who are also trying to _11__ from under a pil
e of debt, are not going to do a lot of shopping. And businesses that don’t have customers aren’t going to do a lot of new _12__. And foreign nations also suffering high __13__ aren’t going to buy a lot of our goods and services. And without customers, companies won’t __14__. They’ll cut payrolls instead.
This brings us to the obvious question: Who’s going to buy the stuff we make or the services we provide, and therefore bring jobs back? There’s only one __15__ left: The government.
A．keeps to B．sticks to C．shows up D．attaches
A．discouraged B．timid C．sure D．upset
A．first B．next C．last D．only
A．On the other hand B．By contrast C．As a whole D．In other words
A．enormously B．definitely C．exactly D．directly
A．fewer B．more C．better D．worse
A．economics B．trades C．politics D．industries
A．necessary B．fertile C．scarce D．heated
A．opponents B．targets C．victims D．potentials
A．due B．able C．equal D．likely
A．get out B．get around C．get into D．get off
A．programming B．planning C．investing D．advertising
A．signature B．unemployment C．crisis D．inefficiency
A．rent B．run C．sell D．hire
A．manufacturer B．applicant C．buyer D．employer
Thanks to a combination of young businessmen, large numbers of university students and revitalization (新生) efforts by the local and national governments, today’s Nanjing has an36 of youthful exuberance (繁茂) that would have been 37 only a few decades ago. 38 , the city, a booming city of 6.5 million on the banks of the Yangtze River some 185 miles west of Shanghai, bears 39 resemblance to the former capital of China that suffered the worst cruelty and violence of World War II.
40 Nanjing has shown a remarkable capacity for reinvention during its 2,500-year history. And in recent years, the city has moved 41 its tragic past to become a vital engine of China’s economic growth, thanks 42 to its position in the middle of China’s prosperous eastern seaboard. Growth has also 43 thanks to improved ground transportation: A new bullet train linking Nanjing and Shanghai started service last year, 44 travel time between the cities from several hours to just 75 minutes, and a Beijing-Shanghai high-speed line is 45 to open later this year, with a stop in Nanjing. Within the city, two metro lines were built in the last few years; 15 more are planned to begin service by 2030.
Signs of Nanjing’s 46 wealth and optimism can be seen everywhere. In the heart of the downtown Xinjiekou district, a bronze statue of Sun Yat-sen, 47 the father of modern China, looks 48 over a busy 49 area.
There is perhaps no more 50 symbol of the city’s transformation than the Zifeng Tower, a 1,480-foot skyscraper that opened its doors last May. 51 offices, restaurants and an InterContinental hotel, the tower is the second-tallest building in China and billed as the seventh-tallest in the world.
Underlying all this development is a large Chinese and 52 student population — there are several major universities, plus a branch of Johns Hopkins’s international studies school. In fact, art and music 53in all sorts of places.
On a larger 54 , local government officials and private investors are pushing the city as a rising center for contemporary art and architecture, hoping to attract 55 from the neon-bathed streets of its neighbor Shanghai.
A．advance B．affection C．air D．ability
A．unforgettable B．unthinkable C．unbearable D．unnecessary
A．Actually B．Regretfully C．Hopefully D．Consequently
A．close B．slight C．much D．little
A．Because B．But C．As D．Since
A．beyond B．on C．off D．out
A．in addition B．in all C．in part D．in fact
A．started B．enlarged C．existed D．accelerated
A．removing B．cutting C．dividing D．lowering
A．scheduled B．invented C．desired D．meant
A．attractive B．well-received C．newfound D．discovered
A．thought B．treated C．considered D．elected
A．out B．at C．about D．for
A．remote B．regional C．rural D．commercial
A．universal B．visible C．traditional D．political
A．Keeping B．Consisting C．Opening D．Housing
A．British B．western C．American D．foreign
A．spring up B．stand up C．set up D．keep up
A．extent B．degree C．scale D．level
A．businessmen B．students C．tourists D．painters
May was born with a cleft palate(腭裂). When she was a little girl, she had to 36 the jikes from naughty chidren who teased her about her misshaped lip. With all the teasing, Mary grew up 37 the fact that she was“diffrernt”. She was 38 that no one, outside her family,could ever love her until she 39 Mrs. Leonard's class.
In Mrs. Leonards' school at that time, it was 40 for teachers to give their children an annual 41 test. However, in Mary's case, 42 her cleft palate, she was hardly able to hear out of one ear. 43 not to let the other children have another“ 44 "to point out, she would 45 when her bad ear was tested each year. The “hearing test”was 46 by having a child walk to the classroom door,turn sideways, 47 one ear with a fingre, and then 48 what the teacher whispered. When Mary had to turn her bad ear towards her teacher she would 49 to cover her good ear. She knew that teachers 50 often say things like,“The sky is blue,”or“What color are your shoes?”But not on that day. Surely, God 51 seven words in
Mrs. Leonard's mouth that 52 Mary's life forever. When the test came, Mary heard:“ I wish you were my little girl.”You can imagine how deeply these words 53 Mary.
Yes, affirming (肯定）words are 54 to say to the people around you. While words from
a godly teacher can soften a heart, words form you can powerfully set the 55 of another
One's life.
A．play B．make C．bear D．tell
A．hating B．changing C．forgeting D．accepting
A．expected B．requested C．convinced D．informed
A．left B．entered C．admitted D．taught
A．unusual B．common C．admittde D．strange
A．speaking B．reading C．terrible D．hearing
A．instead of B．in addition to C．writing D．in spite of
A．determined B．Supposed C．Delighted D．Satisfied
A．belidf B．mistake C．proof D．difference
A．cheat B．escape C．suffer D．negotiate
A．given B．cancelled C．taken D．passed
A．pull B．close C．touch D．point
A．realize B．recite C．repeat D．create
A．pretend B．refuse C．manage D．decide
A．must B．will C．would D．shall
A．wasted B．put C．take D．write
A．wasted B．cost C．changed D．harmed
A．hurt B．moved C．upset D．scared
A．seldom B．reasonable C．easy D．never
A．purpose B．routine C．result D．course
A U.S man found 300 letters to God floating in the Atlantic Ocean last week. He said on Friday he would 1 them to a church instead of selling them on eBay following protests from religious people.
The letters , sent to a late Baptist clergyman (牧师), were 2put in a sealed plastic shopping bag near a 3in Atlantic, New Jersey.
Bill Lacovara, an insurance adjuster from Ventnor, New Jersey, said he got the bag while on a fishing trip last week.
The letters were 4 to the clergyman, who died in 2004. Someone cleaning his house may have 5 the bag, which Lacovara found about 100 miles (160km) from Cooper’s house.
They include one from a teenage girl asking God to 6 her for her wrongdoing, one from a prisoner who said he was 7 and someone had set a trap for him, and 8 from a man who wanted God’s help winning the lottery, according to media reports.
Lavovara said he could have 9 them on eBay for up to $15,000(7,889 pounds) according to his prediction of the compete price and would have given the money to charity. But he has changed his mind because he said the move caused 10 to some religious people.
“They said they were 11 in me, and I didn’t want to do something that’s going to create 12 results.” he told Reuters.
Some 13 him to burn the letters, throw them back in the ocean or give them to a church, Lacovara said.
Lacovara said about a dozen clergymen have offered to take the letters, and he is evaluating the 14 to make sure the letters don’t fall into the 15 hands.
1. A. donate B. show C. sell D. owe
2. A. hurriedly B. privately C. mysteriously D. occasionally
3. A. river B. lake C. hill D. beach
4. A. taken B. offered C. addressed D. given
5. A. collected B. thrown C. opened D. destroyed
6. A. forgive B. punish C. adjust D. charge
7. A. friendly B. correct C. innocent D. energetic
8. A. others B. another C. the other D. one
9. A. auctioned B. bought C. donated D. discounted
10. A. damage B. offence C. injury D. worry
11. A. absorbed B. involved C. interested D. disappointed
12. A. final B. direct C. same D. bad
13. A. forced B. urged C. questioned D. pleased
14. A. requests B. orders C. commands D. invitations
15. A. wrong B. poor C. tight D. firm