1、In Britain, people tend to make jokes about some jobs or professions, or to S1. ( hold) stereotyped views of them. For example, sailors are S2. (supposed) to have a \"wife\" in every port, university professors are often seen as S3. (absent-minded) or forgetful. there are a lot of dirty jokes about sales representatives and they are generally regarded as not particularly S4.. (dependable)other jobs may be well-paid or very S5. (responsible), but the general public think they are funny or rather S6.. (boring) For instance, in most other European countries S7.. (to be an engineer is to be somebody) Funnily enough, in Britain engineers are thought of as gloomy rather than cheerful S8. (as result of people's ignorance of the importance of engineers in society) .
2、The man and the woman in the play were 1. (tourists) Their names were 2. (Sidney and Ethel) Shakespeare wrote a lot of 3. (plays) The woman thought that he wrote them on a 4. (typewriter),The man said that Shakespeare used a tape-recorder, and imagined him with a 5. (microphone), in his hand. The man said that Shakespeare was too busy to watch television, because he went to the 6. (theatre) every night. They thought the other man was Shakespeare’s 7. (grandchild) They told him he was lucky to live in a 8. (famous) house.
3、 Copyright is the 1. (exclusive) legal right, given to the originator or their assignee for a 2. (fixed) number of years, to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, musical, or artistic material, and to 3. (authorize) others to do the same.
A federal judge’s ruling in New York Wednesday that Internet music 4. (distributor) must pay up to $250 million to Universal Music Group for copyright
infringements has 5. (raised) questions not just about the future of MP3.com, but also generally the future for 6. (downloading)music, movies and other 7. (products)from the Internet.
U.S. District Judge Jed said MP3.com \"willfully” violated copyrights and 8. (ordered it to pay $25000) per Universal CD. 9. (An exact number of CDs and total damages will be determined at a November hearing).\"
MP3.com vowed to appeal.\"10. (We believe that everyone should have the right to listen to the music they purchase) , even if it’s on the Internet.\" said MP3.com CEO Michael Robertson.
4、English is becoming the world's language of the 21st Century and this is no time to 1. (discourage) U.S. residents or immigrants 2. (from) learning English. English is now the second most widely spoken language in the world, with only Chinese 3. (dialects) spoken by more people. English is 4. (overwhelmingly),the second language of 5. (choice), for non-English-speaking people. English is the official language of the European Central Bank and the working language of the Asian trade group ASEAN.
In multilingual continental Europe, a 6. (fierce) battle over language popularity appears to be ending with English emerging as the 7. (standard) for the 21st century. The Germans have given up trying to persuade more British people to learn their language and, instead, 8. (are now promoting English as the language of the 21st century)Germany's leading newspaper produces an eight-page English
edition and declares that \"9. (English is going to be the lingua franca of the new century).\"
Switzerland has three official languages, German, French, and Italian, plus a fourth language spoken in one canton, Romansh. But Switzerland recently 10. (adopted English to be taught as the second language of choice) rather than one of its official languages.
5、Are you feeling really sad, tired, and worried most of the time? Are these feelings lasting more than a few days? If yes, you may have depression. Depression is a (S1) (serious) medical illness that (S2) (involves) the brain.
You may want to know why you feel \"depressed.” There may be (S3) (several) causes. Depression may happen because of (S4) (changes) in your brain. Depression runs in some (S5) (families) . This (S6) (means) that someone in your family such as a grandparent, parent, aunt, uncle, cousin, sister or brother may have depression. Sometimes (S7) (painful)events or losses such as deaths can lead to depression. Sometimes the cause of depression is not clear.Don’t wait. Talk to your doctor about how you're feeling (S8) (Get a medical checkup to rule out any other illnesses that might be causing signs of depression.) . If you don’t have a doctor, check your local phone book. (S9) (Go to the government services pages and look for \"health clinics” or \"community health centers) . Call one near you and ask for help. (S10) (There are two common types of treatment for depression: medicine and \"talk” therapy.) . Ask your doctor which type is best for you. Some people need both treatments to feel better.
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