Greater efforts to increase agricultural production must be made if food shortage ______ a
A.is to be
B.can be
C.will be
D.has been
A.is to be
B.can be
C.will be
D.has been
A) inspect
B) inspire
C) inquire
D) inform
According to the author, another man's succeeds should______.
A.make greater efforts
B.not be taken into consideration
C.make us nervous
D.cause one to stop trying
A) desperate
B) disappointing
C) worshipping
D) bankrupt
E) fancy
F) protects
G) protests
H) similarly
I) wake
J) contest
K) object
L) cruelty
M) dignity
N) originally
O) altitude
Have you ever known anyone famous? If so, you may have found that they are remarkably similar to the rest of us. You may have even heard them______to people saying there is anything different about them. "I'm really just a normal guy,"______an actor who has recently rocketed into the spotlight. There is, of course, usually a brief period when they actually start to believe they are as great as their ______ fans suggest. They start to wear ______ clothes and talk as if everyone should hear what they have to say. This period, however, does not often last long. They fall back to reality as fast as they had ______ risen above it all. What will it feel like to soar to such ______ and look down like an eagle from up high on everyone else? And what will it feel like to have flown so high only to ______ from your dream and realize you are only human? Some only see the ______ in losing something they had gained. They often make ______ attempts to regain what they lost. Often these efforts result in even greater pain. Some become ______ financially and emotionally. The only real winners are those who are happy to be back on the ground with the rest of us.
HIV/AIDS is having a devastating impact on the health and well-being of families, communities and nations worldwide. The epidemic's effects on the structure of societies and the productivity of their members undermine efforts to promote sustainable development around the globe. USAID's approach to slowing the spread of HIV/AIDS relies on strategies tested and refined over the past eight years. At the same time, the Agency is moving forward to address new challenges posed by the evolving epidemic.
One of the important lessons learned during the past decade is that an effective response to HIV/ AIDS requires the full participation of people and communities affected by the virus. Although people living with HIV/AIDS are among the most successful advocates and communicators for prevention, too often their voices are not heard or heeded. Greater involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS is essential to creating the supportive political, legal and social environments needed to control the epidemic.
In December 1994 at the Paris AIDS Summit, representatives of 42 governments adopted a resolution pledging greater support for networks of people living with HIV/AIDS. Before and during the summit, members of these networks worked with government and multilateral organizations, including USAID, to develop a plan for translating the words of the resolution into concrete action. The Agency is committed to ensuring that people living with HIV/AIDS are accepted in full partnership with governments, international organizations and the private sector in developing, implementing and evaluating HIV/AIDS policies and programs.
People living with HIV/AIDS and community-based organizations have been at the forefront of efforts to draw attention to the connection between compassionate AIDS care and effective HIV prevention. In the absence of a vaccine or cure, USAID continues to emphasize HIV/AIDS prevention. But as the number of people suffering from AIDS-related illness begins to increase dramatically, the Agency is also exploring ways to reduce the social impact of AIDS and enhance prevention efforts by integrating prevention and care.
The Agency will also continue to pioneer regional approaches to an epidemic that does not recognize national boundaries. Cross-border interventions throughout the world will target mobile populations, including migrant workers, tourists, traders, transport workers and people displaced by war and social disruption.
Since USAID began its first HIV/AIDS prevention efforts eight years ago, the epidemic has changed dramatically this statement______.
A.proves that the epidemic has been spreading very fast over the past eight years
B.implies that the USAID was not very successful in the past eight years
C.shows that the epidemic has spread too fast to be controlled over the past eight years
D.explains that the epidemic has been controlled
A.show up
B.show out
C.show in
D.show off
Letter A
support, assure, ensure, sure, convey, respect
Dear Mr.Vice President,
I have the distinct pleasure to(1)to you, on the occasion of your birthday, my most sincere wishes of good health, happiness and joy beside your family and friends, as well as of full success in fulfilling the complex responsibilities of your mission.
I greatly(2)and admire your work and leadership in(3)of the efforts President George W.Bush and the whole US Administration are undertaking to defend homeland security, fight terrorism and threat of weapons of mass destruction, especially those in hands of repressive regimes.I would like to(4)you of the readiness of the Romanian Government to support the United States in its actions to make(5)Iraq disarms and complies with all UN requirements.
Please accept, Mr.Vice President, my warmest congratulations on your birthday and the assurance of my sincere friendship and support.
Sincerely yours,
According to the passage, most people said they didn't like instant coffee because ______.
A.it had many disadvantages
B.they didn't want to be lazy housewives and poor planners
C.they didn't like its taste
D.it was spoiled by too much advertising
[A]Graham has become increasingly busy, supplying flat-packed weathervanes to clients worldwide.
[B]Graham decided to concentrate his efforts on a weathervane business. He had served an apprenticeship as a precision engineer and had worked in that trade for 15 years when he and his wife, Liz, agreed to swap roles—she went out to work as an architectural assistant and he stayed at home to look after the children and build up the business.
[C]Last month, a local school was opened with his galleon ship weathervane hoisted above it.
[D]“For centuries, weathervanes have kept communities in touch with the elements, signaling those shifts in wind direction that bring about changes in the weather,” he explains.
[E]Graham has no plans for expansion, as he wants to keep the business as a rural craft.
[F]Graham has now perfected over 100 original designs. He works to very fine detail, always seeking approval for the design of the silhouette from the customer before proceeding with the hand-cutting.
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