Everyone of us lives and works on a small part of the earth’s surface, moves in a small circle, and of these acquaintances knows only a few intimately. Of any public event that has wide effects we see at best only a phase and an aspect. This is true that the eminent insiders, who draft treaties, make laws, and issue orders, are like those who have treaties framed on them, laws promulgated to them, orders given at them. Inevitably our opinions cover a bigger space, a longer reach of time, many things, that we can directly observe. So they have to be pieced together out of what others have reported and what we can imagine. Yet even the eyewitness does not bring back a naive picture of the scene. For experience seems to show that he himself brings something to the scene which later he takes away from it, that oftener than not what he imagines to be the account of an event is really a transfiguration of it. Few facts in consciousness seem to be merely given. Most facts in consc
A. is always fallacious.
B. is always reliable.
C. expresses a fusion of the subjective and the objective realities.
D. shows a perfect reflection of what the world is.
Liu Xiang sets the World 110m Hurdles record in Lausanne
Lausanne, Switzerland — China’s Olympic champion Liu Xiang (21) the men’s 110m Hurdles World record with (22) 12.88 seconds (wind +1.1 m/s) at tonight’s Athletissima, a Super Grand Prix meeting, which is part of the IAAF World Athletics Tour.
"I (23) thought I could break the World record. I’m feeling very tired, very happy and very excited," said Liu Xiang. "Switzerland is my (24) place. I love Switzerland and Lausanne and the fans here," the 22-year-old added. "I had (25) broken the World junior record in 2002 in Lausanne (13.12). Liu Xiang celebrates (26) sitting on his World record clock in Lausanne
"Tonight I started well running. But it was (27) the fifth hurdle when I speeded up," confirmed the 2005 World Championship silver medallist who will (28) his 23rd birthday on Thurs
A. good
B. unpromising
C. happy
D. lucky
Charlie Bucket was a small boy in a very poor family. (61) once a year, on his birthday, did Charlie ever get to (62) a bit of chocolate. The whole family saved (63) their money for that special (64) , and when the great day arrived, Charlie was always presented (65) one small chocolate bar to eat all (66) himself.
And each time he received it (67) those marvelous birthday mornings, he would place it (68) in a small wooden box that he owned, and (69) it as thought it were a bar of (70) gold; and for the next few days, he would (71) himself only to look at it, (72) never to touch it. Then at last, (73) he could stand it no longer, he would strip a (74) bit of the paper wrapping(包装材料) at one corner to (75) a tiny bit of chocolate, and (76) he would take at tiny amount of it-just (77) to allow the lovely sweet taste to spread out slowly over his (78)
A. event
B. chance
C. occasion
D. affair
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