请用括号单词的恰当形式填空(forget)He looks all right. But he is getting rather_______these days.

请用括号单词的恰当形式填空(friend)Their_______goes back to when they were at school together.

请用括号单词的恰当形式填空(comfort) In warm weather, you should wear clothing that is cool and_______.

When is a language regarded as an endangered one?

What attitudes do Nigerians take towards language shift?

In the late nineteenth century Britain kept out of foreign politics as much as possible. Europe was divided into two camps: France and Russia in one, Germany, Austria and Italy in the other. (63)Britain favored the second group so long as France threatened her interests in Africa and the Russians threatened her Indian border. But Germany was growing too strong. The various German states had been united under the King of Prussia after his conquest of France in 1870. He was now Emperor of all Germany. (64) He was Queen Victoria's son-in-law, but his ambitions took no account of such a tie. Britain watched him with growing mistrust. The Germans already had the best army in Europe. (65)By 1901, when Victoria died, they had begun to build a very large navy, which was not needed to protect their trade. It could only have one purpose, to fight its British rival. Edward VII had never shared his mother's faith in the Emperor's goodwill, and Britain now openly made friends with France. (66)She would not make a defence treaty, but she showed that her sympathy would be with the French if the Germans attacked them. Plans were made for an army of 150,000 men which would be ready to cross the Channel at a moment's notice. (67) When war came in 1914, this force managed to arrive just in time to save Paris. (From The World at War)  请翻译划线句子

She was one of those pretty and charming girls who are sometimes, as if by a mistake of destiny, born into family of clerks. (31) _______, no means of being known, understood, loved, or wedded by any rich and distinguished man; and she let herself be married to a little clerk at the Ministry of Public Instruction. (32) _______because she could not dress well, but her unhappiness seemed to be deeper than one might expect. She seemed to feel that she had fallen from her proper station in life as a woman of wealth, beauty, grace, and charm. She valued these above all else in life, yet(33) _______.She cared nothing for caste or rank but only for a natural fineness,an instinct for what is elegant, and a suppleness of wit. These would have made her(34) _______If only she could attain them... She suffered, feeling born for all the delicacies and all the luxuries. She suffered from the poverty of her dwelling, from the wretched look of the walls, from the worn-out chairs, (35) _______.All those things, of which another woman of her rank would never even have been conscious, tortured her and made her angry. The sight of the little Breton peasant who did her humble housework aroused in her despairing regrets and distracted dreams. She thought of silent antechambers hung (36) _______, lit by tall bronze candelabra, and of two great footmen in knee breaches sleeping in big armchairs, made drowsy by the heavy warmth of the hot-air stove. She thought of long salons(37) _______, of delicate furniture carrying priceless curiosities, and of coquettish perfumed boudoirs made for talks at five o'clock with intimate friends, with men famous and sought after, (38) _______and whose attention they all desire. When she sat down to dinner before the round table (39) _______,opposite her husband, who declared with an enchanted air. "Ah, the good pot-au-feu! I don't know anything better than that,"she thought of best dinners, of shining silverware, of tapestry which peopled the walls with ancient personages and with strange birds flying in the midst of a fairy forest; and(40) _______served on marvelous plates, and of the whispered gallantries which you listened to with a sphinx-like smile while you are eating the pink flesh of a trout or the wings of a quail. (From The Necklace) A. the equal of the greatest ladies of the land B. from the ugliness of the curtains C. who thought of herself as an outstanding woman in the field D. covered with a tablecloth three days old E. whom all women envy F. a woman who was leading a child G. fitted up with ancient silk H. She had no dowry, no expectations I. She dressed plainly J. with Oriental tapestry K. she thought of delicious dishes L. she could not attain them请选择恰当选项填空

  expect    mistake    rest     mixture    between    inferior demand    politics   custom   vigorous   with       polite     American society is much more informal than that of many other countries and, in some ways, is characterized by less social distinction. The American(51) _______of pride in achievement and sense of“I'm just as good as anybody else.” along with lack of importance placed on personal dignity, is difficult for a foreigner to understand. Americans in general do not like to be considered (52) _______,and they grumble loudly about inconveniences ornnot getting a "fair deal." Yet they do not make a point of their personal honor. As an illustration of the difference(53) _______ European and American reflection in this respect, John Whyte in American Words and Ways gives the following account. A...[European] professor [visiting in America] was once sent a bill for hospital services which he had never enjoyed. The bill was accompanied by a strong letter(54) _______payment. It was obvious that a mistake in names had been made, but the professor, thoroughly aroused by this reflection on his character and financial integrity, wrote(55) _______ letter of reply (which an American might also have done). But in this letter of reply he demanded that the creditor write him a formal letter of apology ...for this reflection on his honor. Since no publicity could possibly have been given to the mistake, for(56) _______it was, most Americans in that situation, after getting the matter off their chest (or without doing that) would have let the matter(57) _______. An example of the same thing may be that although Americans like to talk about their accomplishments, it is their(58) _______to show certain modesty in reply to compliments. When someone praises an American upon his achievement or upon his personal appearance, which, incidentally, is a very(59) _______thing to do in America, the American turns it aside. If someone should say, "Congratulations upon being elected president of the club,"an American is(60) _______to reply, "Well, I hope I can do a good job" or something of the sort. (From American Social Relations)请选择恰当单词填空

Passage 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage. Much of the fiction written by American women in the twenty-first century can be termed "popular,"owing to its sustained engagement with an expansive but clearly defined readership. Since the 1990s, popular women's fiction has been dominated by "chick lit,"a term that has come to signify a particular brand of commercial fiction. In her article "Who's Laughing Now? A Short History of Chick Lit and the Perversion of a Genre,"novelist Cris Mazza credits herself with inventing the taxonomy in her capacity as co-editor of an anthology of new women's writing. The stories in Chick Lit sought "not to embrace an old silly or coquettish image of women but to take responsibility for our part in the damaging,lingering stereotype." Mazza coined the term hoping that critics would recognize its "ironic intention"; as she observes, the ironic inflection of the term evaporated with the inception of the "second incarnation”of Chick Lit. It is this second incarnation that became publishing phenomenon in the 1990s and continues to thrive in the twenty-first century. Arguably, tone is the defining characteristic of the genre. The signature tone of chick lit is humorous, irreverent, and journalistic. Many writers of chick lit novels began their careers as columnists and use their social commentaries as source material for their fictional worlds. Bridget Jones's Diary(1996)evolved from British writer Helen Fielding's newspaper columns for the Independent and later the Daily Telegraph. Candace Bushnell's column "Sex and the City" provided the material for her first novel and the hugely influential HBO television series(1998-2004). From its inception, chick lit secured the readership of the younger demographic through its engagement with contemporary issues and popular culture. Over the past decade, chick lit has sprouted a variety of subgenres.Although commentators on the genre regularly announce its decline, it continues to expand and attract a wider range of women readers.  The term'chick lit' is coined by____

Passage 1 Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage. Much of the fiction written by American women in the twenty-first century can be termed "popular,"owing to its sustained engagement with an expansive but clearly defined readership. Since the 1990s, popular women's fiction has been dominated by "chick lit,"a term that has come to signify a particular brand of commercial fiction. In her article "Who's Laughing Now? A Short History of Chick Lit and the Perversion of a Genre,"novelist Cris Mazza credits herself with inventing the taxonomy in her capacity as co-editor of an anthology of new women's writing. The stories in Chick Lit sought "not to embrace an old silly or coquettish image of women but to take responsibility for our part in the damaging,lingering stereotype." Mazza coined the term hoping that critics would recognize its "ironic intention"; as she observes, the ironic inflection of the term evaporated with the inception of the "second incarnation”of Chick Lit. It is this second incarnation that became publishing phenomenon in the 1990s and continues to thrive in the twenty-first century. Arguably, tone is the defining characteristic of the genre. The signature tone of chick lit is humorous, irreverent, and journalistic. Many writers of chick lit novels began their careers as columnists and use their social commentaries as source material for their fictional worlds. Bridget Jones's Diary(1996)evolved from British writer Helen Fielding's newspaper columns for the Independent and later the Daily Telegraph. Candace Bushnell's column "Sex and the City" provided the material for her first novel and the hugely influential HBO television series(1998-2004). From its inception, chick lit secured the readership of the younger demographic through its engagement with contemporary issues and popular culture. Over the past decade, chick lit has sprouted a variety of subgenres.Although commentators on the genre regularly announce its decline, it continues to expand and attract a wider range of women readers.  The description of women in literature used to be____