Each nation has its own peculiar
character which distinguishes it from others. But the peoples of the world have
more points in common than points in which they differ. One type of person that
is common in every country is the one who always tries to do as little as
possible and to get as much as possible in return. His opposite, the man who is
in the habit of doing more than is strictly necessary and who is ready to accept
what is offered in return, is rare everywhere. Both these types are usually unconscious of their character. The man who avoids effort is always talking about his "rights": he appears to think that society owes him a pleasant, easy life. The man who is always doing more than his share talks of "duties": he feels that the individual is in debts to society, and not society to individual. As a result, neither of these men thin A. each nation is peculiar enough to enable us to distinguish it from others B. the peoples of the world are as like as they are different C. the peoples of the world have more similarities than differences D. those who do more than is strictly necessary are common in every country [单项选择]Living in the central Australian desert has its problems, ( ) obtaining water is not the least.
A. for which B. to which C. of which D. in which [单项选择]Like almost anything else, television has its good and its bad sides. One should surely thank its (47)______ for the joy and the interest that they have brought in the lives of the old, the sick, and the (48)______. Without it, all those people would have no (49)______ and no window on the world.
In truth, television has opened windows in everybody’’s life. No newspaper has ever reached so many people and shown so (50)______ what was happening right now in their own country and everywhere else. TV has (51)______ information, it not only gives the news (52)______. it also shows it in pictures which are more powerful than words. It can be said that TV has brought reality to the public.
Unfortunately, TV’’s influence has been (53)______ harmful to the young. Children do not have enough experience to realize that TV shows (54)______ an unreal world; that commercials lie in order to sell products that are sometimes bad or (55)______. They believe and want to (56)______ what they s
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