As late as 1800, women’s only place was in the home. The idea of women in the   (1)   world was unthinkable.     (2)  “nice” women would dream of    (3)  what was strictly a “man’s world”. Even if she could, what would she do?

   (4)   was the first professing   (5)   to women soon after 1800. But even that was not an    (6)  profession for women to enter   (7)   most high schools and colleges were open only to    (8)  .Oberlin CollegeinOhiowas the first college in America to   (9)  women.

Hospital nursing became   (10)  work for women only after Florence Nightingale became   (11)   . Because she was a wealthy and educated woman, as well as a    (12)   , people began to believe it was    (13)   for women to care for the    (14)   and still be “ladies”. Miss Nightingale opened England’s first training school    (15)   nurses in 1860.

The invention of the typewriter in 1867    (16)   to ring women out of the   (17)    and into the business world. Because women had quick   (18)   , they learned to operate typewriters quickly and   (19)  ,. Businessmen found that they had to    (20)  women for this new kind of work. The idea that “nice” women could work in the business world had been accepted.

Do you think an individual can make a difference? Ask Rossano Ercolini, the Goldman Prize winner, which is considered the Nobel Prize for “   (1)  ”. Eroclini is a young   (2)  in a small town in Italy. After   (3)  the news of reducing waste on the radio, he decided to teach his students to   (4)  paper and replace plastic water bottles in the school lunchroom with   (5)   glasses.

When his town announced plans to open an incinerator to burn waste, Ercolini knew it would be   (6)   to his students. Incinerators are huge heaters that burn all waste and poisonous materials, leaving behind   (7)  . You might think it is  (8)  than sending waste to landfills. It is true that landfills   (9)  space, smell bad, and that poisonous materials can make underground drinking water   (10)   to use. But incinerators have their own   (11)  . Burning will   (12)   poisonous gases into the air, causing breathing problems. People will have to wear a mask   (13)  they go out. The smoke also causes pollution, and even   (14)  the greenhouse effect.

Ercolini was worried about the   (15)  of his community and felt it was his duty to   (16)  them. He organized town meetings and talked about how to reduce, reuse and recycle.  (17)  , Ercolini has advocated the zero-waste movement, the   (18)  of which is to reduce the waste to the least possible amount. He has already   (19)   plans for more than 50 incinerators in many Italian cities.  (20)    his efforts, there are more than 100 zero-waste towns in Italy now!

 Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! It speaks   (1)   than words. According to specialists, our bodies send out more  (2)  than we realize. In fact, non-verbal communication(非言语交际) takes up about 50% of what we really  (3)  . And body language is particularly   (4)  when we attempt to communicate across cultures(文化). Indeed, what is called body language is so   (5)  a part of us that it’s actually often unnoticed. And misunderstandings occur as a result of it.   (6)  , different societies treat the  (7)   between people differently. Northern Europeans usually do not like having  (8)   contact(接触) even with friends,and certainly not with  (9)  . People from Latin American countries,   (10)  , touch each other quite a lot. Therefore, it’s possible that in   (11)  , it may look like a Latino is   (12)   a Norwegian all over the room. The Latino, trying to express friendship, will keep moving   (13)  . The Norwegian, very probably seeing this as pushiness, will keep   (14)   —which the Latino will in return regard as   (15)  .

    Clearly, a great deal is going on when people   (16)  . And only a part of it is in the words themselves. And when parties are from   (17)   cultures, there’s a strong possibility of   (18)  . But whatever the situation, the best   (19)  is to obey the Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be   (20)  .

Chinese Students are generally fond to studying very, very hard for long hours. This is an excellent ____41___ , but it is often an inefficient way of study. An efficient student must have ___42___ sleep, food, rest and relaxation. Every day you need take a walk or play basketball or do something you find ___43___. And it is necessary ___44___ you to see a film or visit some scenic spots [风景区] every ___45___ and then, when you ___ 46___ to your studies, your mind will be refreshed and you’ll learn the most. Endless hours of nodding over your books are ___ 47___ effective than shorter and more active study session [课时] .

  Finally , be realistic . If you set ___ 48___ objects for yourself, you can only be disappointed in your progress. Psychologists [心理学家] have found ___ 49___ learning tasks ___ 50 ___ this way: first, you make such great progress that you feel very happy. Then your language ability ___ 51___ the same: you believe you are not learning anything ___52___ all and you feel ___53___. This period can last for days ___ 54___ even weeks, but you must not ___ 55___. At some point your language ability will again take ___ 56___ big jump and you’ll see that you really have been learning ___ 57___.

Perhaps we can say that learning English ___ 58___ Chinese medicine which effects come slowly but ___ 59___. Don’t give ___60___ halfway.

 Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! It speaks   (1)   than words. According to specialists, our bodies send out more  (2)  than we realize. In fact, non-verbal communication(非言语交际) takes up about 50% of what we really  (3)  . And body language is particularly   (4)  when we attempt to communicate across cultures(文化). Indeed, what is called body language is so   (5)  a part of us that it’s actually often unnoticed. And misunderstandings occur as a result of it.   (6)  , different societies treat the  (7)   between people differently. Northern Europeans usually do not like having  (8)   contact(接触) even with friends,and certainly not with  (9)  . People from Latin American countries,   (10)  , touch each other quite a lot. Therefore, it’s possible that in   (11)  , it may look like a Latino is   (12)   a Norwegian all over the room. The Latino, trying to express friendship, will keep moving   (13)  . The Norwegian, very probably seeing this as pushiness, will keep   (14)   —which the Latino will in return regard as   (15)  .

    Clearly, a great deal is going on when people   (16)  . And only a part of it is in the words themselves. And when parties are from   (17)   cultures, there’s a strong possibility of   (18)  . But whatever the situation, the best   (19)  is to obey the Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be   (20)  .

Years ago,if a teenager had some problems in his life,he might go home and write in his diary;now, a teenager with __41___ problems might go onto the Internet and write about them in a blog(博客).In many ways, a diary and a blog are very ___42___; But what makes blogging different from writing in an traditional diary?

The biggest difference is that a blog is much more ___43___ than a diary. Usually,a teenager treats his diary like a book full of secrets that he does not want to ___44___ with others.

It’s interesting that someone who writes in a blog instead of a diary will probably write nearly the same information.

The biggest ___45___ with blogging is that anyone can read what you write.If I was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something ___46___ about him in my diary, he would never know. ___47___, if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend might read her blog and get angry.

There are also ___48___ to blogging, of course.If I was feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary, “Nobody cares about me…”, no one would know about it.However, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friend would quickly ___49___ and tell her how much they like her.Blog help people ___40___ in contact with their friends and know what the people around them are doing.

Although he was given little hope of success, he took  (10)  of every opportunity to debate. Hestudied from successful speakers and   sized up  his own weakness and assets. Then he  (11)  many hours learning all the facts on the topics for the debate, and worked at   developing good posture and at speaking clearly. By his junior year, he enter the school debating team

China’s giant panda shows the achievement of the international effort to save animals that are now in danger. In television programs we often see pandas   (1)   funny games. Children have panda toys and beautiful cards with pictures of lovely   (2)   in them. They often visit the giant pandas in the zoo on   (3)  holidays and have a good time there. However, scientists are worried about the   (4)   of giant pandas. They know only about 1,000 giant pandas remain   (5)  today. They think the giant panda will die out in 30 years if the present conditions are not   (6)  . 
    It is reported that the giant pandas have a very   (7)  birthrate. About 115 pandas live in zoos and research centers mainly in China, but during the past 10 years they   (8)   only 34   (9)   pandas that are still alive. Survival rate for giant pandas in the world are probably the same or lower. 
    There are several reasons for the low   (10)  . The main reason is   (11)   male pandas can make love with females(雌性) in a very   (12)   season --- only a few days a year. When they do have babies, females often produce two pandas, but the mother is usually not able to care for   (13)   of them. The newborn pandas   (14)   only a few kilograms each. They are too weak to live without special care. In the zoo, scientists can help the mothers   (15)   the young pandas, but those living in the wild do not get enough   (16)   It is very difficult for mother pandas to bring up their young pandas. 
    Conditions for the giant pandas have been worse in resent years. Pandas in China continue to   (17)   in number. We know pandas live on bamboos. But sometimes all the bamboos in one area die. The pandas there have   (18)  to eat and die of hunger. 
    Giant pandas now live in 13 separate   (19)   areas in China. Several years ago the Chinese government and the International Wild Life Organization agreed   (20)   a project of protecting giant pandas in the wild. We hope it could be helpful. 

   Ready to give up long showers, water parks, and unlimited water gushing(喷涌) out of your taps? A new study says more than 335 million people are faced with water ___（1）___ now. The oceans are full, of course. But the liquid－fresh, clean water for drinking and watering crops is in short ___（2）__ in many parts of the world. Rivers are running low, lakes are shrinking, streams have stopped __（3）_, and groundwater is being pumped(抽) dry. However, the ___（4）__ for Water keeps increasing. So there comes __（5）__ the water crisis!

   What is causing the crisis? Experts say it is a complex ___（6）____ of climate change and rapid population growth. On the one hand, global climate change threatens to reduce water supplies due to ____  (1)  __ rainfall. On the other hand, population growth is driving __（8）___ demand for water, prompting(促使) rivers in thirsty countries to be tapped for nearly every drop and ____  (2)  ___ governments to pump out so-called fossil water.

   Lack of water may result in several ___（10）___. It may increase health problems. Lack of water often means drinking waters are not ___（11）_. Lack of water may also result in more international ___（12）___. Countries may have to compete for water in the future. Some countries now ___（13）__ sixty per cent of their fresh water from other countries. And lack of water would __（14）__ the ability of developing to improve their ____  (3)  ___. This is because new industries often need a large amount of ___（16）___ when they are beginning.

   One partial ___（17）_ to the world water shortage, at least for countries near the sea, is to ____  (4)  ____ more desalination(去盐作用) plants that change __（19）__ into fresh water. Another suggested solution is for water-rich countries, such as Canada, to sell water to countries which are _（20）__ in water.