[简答题] (Any) state, by (its) own constitutional or legislative action, may eliminate, consolidate, or otherwise (modification) countries and (their) government.

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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 thinks that he behaves at all strangely.
Then man who tries to do as little as he can is always full of excu
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

[简答题] Possession for its own sake or in competition with the rest of the neighborhood would have been Thoreau’’s idea of the low levels. The active discipline of heightening one’’s perception of what is enduring in nature would have been his idea of the high. What he saved from the low was time and effort he could spend on the high. Thoreau certainly disapproved of starvation, but he would put into feeding himself only as much effort as would keep him functioning for more important efforts. Effort is the gist of it. There is no happiness except as we take on life-engaging difficulties. Short of the impossible, as Yeats put it, the satisfaction we get from a lifetime depends on how high we choose our difficulties. Robert Frost was thinking in something like the same terms when he spoke of "the pleasure of taking pains". The mortal flaw in the advertised version of happiness is in the fact that it purports to be effortless.We demand difficulty even in our games. We demand it because w

[简答题]Every country has its own peculiar dining customs. Americans feel that the first rule of being a polite guest is to be on time. if a person is invited to dinner at six-thirty, the hostess expects him to be there at six-thirty or not more than a few moments later.

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Every people uses its own special words to describe things and express ideas. Some of these expressions are commonly used for many years. Others are popular for just a short time.
One such American expression is "Where’s the beef" It is used when something is not as good as it is said to be. In the early 1980s, "Where’s the beef" was one of the most popular expressions in the United States. It seemed as if everyone was using it all the time. Beef, of course, is the meat from a cow, and probably no food is more popular in America than the hamburger made from beef. In the 1960s a businessman named Ray Kroc began building small restaurants that sold hamburgers at a low price. Kroc called his restaurant "McDonald’s". Kroc cooked hamburgers quickly so people in a hurry could buy and eat them without waiting. By the end of the 1960s the McDonald’s Company was selling hamburgers in hundreds of restaurants from California to M
A. The beef is lost.
B. Something is not as good as described.
C. The beef is not as good as it is said to be.
D. The food has turned bad.

[单项选择]With its own parliament and currency and a common ______ for peace, the European Union declared itself —in 11 official languages--open for business.
A. inspiration
B. assimilation
C. intuition
D. aspiration

[单项选择]Each culture has its own form of acceptable greeting behavior, usually based on the level of formality found within the society. The rules of social distance etiquette(礼节) vary by culture. Africans, for ex- ample, are far less (47)______ in their greetings than Europeans. Expect a warm physical greeting, an ex- tended handshake or a hand on the shoulder in most African cultures. Also expect to be asked how your trip was and how your family is doing. The tradition of long greetings stems (48)______ the time when Africans once walked miles to visit neighboring villages on social calls. The arrival and a gushing(说话滔滔不绝的) greeting was considered the (49)______ a villager could do for a traveler. Don’’t be impatient with such a long drawn-out(冗长乏味的) (50)______ and don’’t burry things along. Rather, get into the spirit and appreciate that the person you came to see is prepared to take the time to sincerely (51)______ about your welfare. In Argentina, greetings are usually effusive(过分热情的