When anyone opens a current account at a bank, he is lending the bank money, repayment of which he may 41 at any time. Primarily, the banker-customer 42 is that of debtor and creditor (债权人). Who is which depends on whether the customer's account is in credit or is overdrawn. But, in addition to that basically simple 43 the bank and its customers 44 a large number of duties to one another. Many of these duties can give rise to problems but a bank customer, unlike, say, a buyer of goods, cannot 45 that the law is loaded against him. The bank must obey its customer's instructions, and not those of anyone else's. When, for example, a customer first opens an account, he instructs the bank to debit (借记) his account only in respect of cheques 46 by himself. He gives the bank sample of his signature, and there is a very 47 rule that the bank has no right to pay out a customer's money on a cheque on which its customer's signature has been forged (伪造) . It makes no difference that the forgery may have been a very skilful one; the bank must 48 its customer's signature. For this reason there is no risk to the customer in the 49 , adopted by banks, of printing the customer's name on his cheques. If this results in forgery, it is the bank which will lose, not the customer. 崇明 A. distasteful B. telephoning C. individual D. fight E. surrounding F. chemicals G evolution H. botanist I. escape J. survival When you watch TV programmes about wild animals. It is amazing to see how an African animal can 41 a lion's attack. In the wilderness, every one has a stunt (绝技). Even plants have their own ways of fighting off enemies. Over millions of years of 42 ,plants have developed a unique defence system. Chemicals are wildly used for 43 . By making their leaves, flowers, stems, roots and fruits 44 or poisonous to animals, plants can fight back. One such plant is the Golden Wattle tree. British 45 David Cameron has found when an animal eats the tree's leaves, the amount of poisonous tannin(单宁) increases in the other leaves. \"It's like the damaged leaves 46 the others telling them to fight together against the enemy,\" he said. The tree also sends defence messages to neighboring plants by giving out a special smell. Golden Wattle tree in the 47 45 meters will get the message and produce more tannin within 10 minutes. Now, if an animal eats too many of the trees' leaves, it will die. Every species of plant or tree specializes in the production of a particular set of 48 . A plant-eating animal that can safely eat the leaves of one tree may be poisoned by its neighbor. In this way, plants have developed not only 49 defence systems, but also shared them with others. This makes it impossible for a single animal to destroy even a small area of forest. 奉贤 People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in ___41____facial expressions –and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why.
Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow reseacher, said that rather than scanning evenly (均匀地) across a face as Westerners do, Easterner__42___ their attention on the eyes.
―We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions,‖ Jack said. ―Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and ___43___ the mouth.‖
According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human __44____ of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to _45_____ convey emotion in a cross-cultural situation.
The reseachers studied cultural differences in the ___46___ of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western people and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of __47____ faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral(中立的). They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.
It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made __48____ more errors than did Weaterners. ―The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions.‖ Jack said. ―Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less.‖
In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on, __49____ how cultural factors have differed in these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.
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A. involved B. summary F. exposure G. split C. panic D. humble E. requirements H. relevant I. offer J. demonstrate A. increasing B. threatened C. direction D. financial E. alternative F. poisoning G. published H. regularly I. originally J. knowledge
Scientists and environmentalists have reached a growing agreement that time is running out for Planet Earth. The polar ice caps are melting. One in eight bird species are extinct. Air, water, and ground pollutants are 41 major population centers…
But according to a recently 42 book, there is ―a secret plan to save the Earth.‖ This plan is being carried out by a group of ―eco barons.‖
Who are ―eco barons‖ then? They are a band of visionaries (有远见的人) — some of the world’s wealthiest businessmen — who are using their wealth, their energy, their fame, and their 43 of law and science to persuade the world to take a new 44 to save the Earth. These people, both men and women, are the modern-day heroic counterparts (同等分量的人) to the evil 19th century robber masters who 45 set the world on the path to environmental destruction.
Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are among the eco businessmen. These two wise investors, who regularly exchange places at the top of Forbes magazine’s annual list of world billionaires, have spent some of their 46 power on different areas. Gates has long sponsored 47 fuels such as oil from algae (藻类), while in Buffet’s case, it’s wind power and electric cars.
Douglas Tompkins, the founder of the North Face and Esprit clothing lines, has also embraced environmentalism. He was always an outdoor adventurer — he would 48 disappear for months-long trips to the forests of South America — so when he burned out in the business world, Tompkins took his fortune, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and began steadily buying acre after acre of 49 virgin forest in Chile. Tompkins and his wife have obtained more than two million acres for conservation in Chile.
黄浦嘉定
A. personal B. further C. aspects D. tuition E. degrees F. launch simply H. created I. traditional J. revolutionized G.
Back in the last century self-study used to mean trying to learn from books. Then as technology moved on, electric products 41 the way people learn a language. Audio cassettes enabled people to practice listening, video provided a vivid cultural environment of the language, computers made interactivity possible, and the 42 of the Windows 95 operating system opened the door to full multimedia programs that could offer more than what the traditional materials could do.
Today technology has moved on 43 . The Internet has served as a communication centre. The general use of email has 44 new opportunities for teachers to assist learning at a distance, which has an impact on 45 learning structures. As you can make more and more progress on your own, the role of the teacher is changing. Basic information and drill can be provided by computer; the teacher is then free to concentrate on the more important 46 : motivation and production of language in speech or writing.
The latest development is a direct email link from self-study CD-ROMs to an online teacher. Now you can get 47 one-to-one tuition from any multimedia PC with an internet connection.
When you need more help you 48 email the tutor. The tutor will know which course you are following and your results to date so he is able to provide good, relevant advice. All you do is buy the CD-ROM at normal price and then get additional 49 as you feel the need. So the self-study becomes distance learning with all its advantages of flexibility and low cost.
卢湾 A. avoid B. access C. social D. civilized E. services F. concentrate G. reflect H. safely I. reach J. bitterly
Shanghai’s Civil Affairs Bureau is to set up temporary refuges for winter and next spring, so the homeless can survive the cold 41 . These shelters will provide food, shower 42 and accommodation. They will be open to receive new arrivals around the clock.
To help the homeless through winter safe and sound is the bottom line for a 43 city. The life of a homeless person is not something that can be done away within several days. Almost every year, vagrants somewhere freeze to death, so to make special arrangements for them during winter as Shanghai does is a good way to 44 tragedy. Apart from government resources, 45 resources have been assembled to join in the aid in the city. In bus and railway station, subway lanes, ports and bridge caves where the homeless tend to 46 , inspecting will be more frequent and widespread. For those who refuse to be helped, cold-proof necessities and information on aid 47 will be offered. Communities will offer aid consultation while police stations and urban management teams are also prepared to help Community volunteers, especially the elderly, will go out to the streets on inspection and help.
In Shanghai, the most populous city in China, can 48 this level, so can other cities, especially cities in north China, where the winter is much colder than in Shanghai. The government should pay greater attention to the poor and sick. Skyscrapers show a city’s economic level but care for the weak can 49 a city’s civilization level.
浦东 A. dislike B. satisfy C. center D. familiar F. role G. honoring H. frighteded I. improved J. strict E. understanding Art museums are places where people can learn about various cultures. The increasingly popular \"design museums\" that are opening today, however, perform quite a different 41 . Unlike most art museums, the design museum shows objects that are easily found by the general public. These museums sometimes even place things like fridges and washing machines in the 42 of the hall. People have argued that design museums are often made use of as advertisements for new industrial technology. But their role is not simply a matter of sales--It is the 43 of excellently invented products. The difference between the window of a department store and the showcase in a design museum is that the first tries to sell you something, while the second tells you the success of a sale.
One advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel 44 , with the exhibits. Unlike the average art museum visitors, design museum visitors seldom feel 45 or puzzled. This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-produced products work, and how design has 46 the quality of our lives. Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something beyond their 47 . In recent years, several new design museums have opened their doors. Each of these museums has tried to 48 the public's growing interest in the field with new ideas. London's Design Museum, for example, shows a collection of mass-produced objects from Zippo lighters to electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins. The choices open to design museums seem far less 49 than those to art museums. 41. F 42. C 43. G 44. D 45. H 46. I 47. E 48. B 49. J 改错
Bill worked in big office,and he usually went to the barber’s during
working hours to have his hair cut. This against the rules: office workers had to have his hair cut in their own time. While Bill was at the barber’s on one day, the manager of the office entered in to have his own hair cut. Bill saw him and managed to hide his face. But the manager sat besides him, and soon recognized him.“Hello, Bill,” said the manager,“I know you are having your haircut.”“Yes, sir, I do,” said Bill.“You see, sir, it grows in office time.“Not all of it,”said the manager at once.“Some grows in your own time.”“Yes, sir, that’s quite true,” answered Bill polite,“but I’m not having it all cut off.”
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