[填空题]Directions: In this section of the test, there are ten paragraphs. Each of the paragraph is followed by an incomplete phrase or sentence which summarizes the main idea of the paragraph. Spell out the missing letters of the word on your Answer Sheet.
Paragraph One
The ability and willingness of older workers to continue working depend also on their personal state of health, conditions of work and motivation. Older workers face special difficulties at work, such as greater vulnerability to strain in a working environment, problems in adapting to new working methods and techniques and stresses associated with the transition to retirement. Ensuring appropriate conditions of work for older persons is crucial.
1. Older workers’ need of h ______ to solve difficulties.
Paragraph Two
The vitality of our societies will increasingly depend on active participation by older persons. It is therefore imperative that we foster economic and social conditions that will allow people of all ages to remain integrated into society. An essential challenge is to promote a culture that values the experience and knowledge that come with age.
2. A favorable e ______ to ensure older people’s participation in society.
Paragraph Three
Everybody wastes time. Instead of doing their homework, school boys watch television. Writers neglect their work, and wander in the room making cups of coffee and daydreaming. They all have good intentions, but they keep putting off the moment when they must start work. As a consequence, they feel guilty, and then waste more time.
3. The vicious c ______ of wasting time.
Paragraph Four
This new kind of website is known as a "weblog", or "blog". A weblog is an online journal, typically consisting of a personal diary or social and political commentary, sometimes with replies from readers. Blogs have common elements: updated frequently (usually daily); informal; grouped by date with links to archives of older posts.
4. The passage talks about w ______.
Paragraph Five
Some people feel very nervous when they fly in airplanes. No matter how hard they try, they cannot lower their anxiety. Many notice their anxiety but only a few are conscious of the way they express their tension. Some try to hide their nervousness; some become aggressive, attacking people by making them the butt of cruel jokes.
5. Different r ______ to tension when flying.
Paragraph Six
Today, a variety of safety tests is conducted on a wide range of chemicals and products, including drugs, vaccines, cosmetics, household cleaners, pesticides, industrial chemicals, foodstuffs, and packing materials. The most thorough testing is reserved for drugs and products that will be used in or on foodstuffs.
6. The t ______ of safety testing.
Paragraph Seven
At this juncture, as many as 57 per cent of children in America do not have full-time pa-rental supervision, either living with a single parent who works full time or in a two-parent household with both parents working full time. The lack of parental supervision for young children is nearly as great. As many as 49 per cent of children under age six do not have the benefit of full-time parenting. While some children enjoy suitable substitute supervision provided by friends and relatives or in day-care, far too many do not.
7. The need of p ______ supervision.
Paragraph Eight
A poll was taken recently surveying twelve hundred adults in the United States to find out what they considered important in their lives. Ninety-six percent said that having a good family life was important. Ninety-five percent said that using their mind and abilities was important, which marks a shift in the type of work from physical labor to mental skills.
8. People’s v ______ towards life.
Paragraph Nine
Most five-year-olds can express themselves fluently with a variety of words and can understand an even-larger variety of words used in conversations and stories. If children have been exposed, to books and heard stories read and told, they have begun to develop an-interest in what print says and how it is used to express ideas; a concept of story and story structure: and an understanding of the relationship between oral and written language.
9. Cognitive and language d ______ in children.
Paragraph Ten
A fashionable word in English these days is YAHOO, a word popularized by the Internet search engine carrying the same name. The original "yahoos" were quite different. They were the nasty, brutish, short and subhuman savages described in the Gulliver’s Travels. Today they are die-hard fans of the home team of any sport or sport enthusiasts who can’t help loving the home team.
10. How did the w ______ yahoo come