When two of the world’s richest and
mightiest men pledge to destroy an enemy, it is time to pay attention. Bill
Gates, the former boss of Microsoft who now devotes all his time to his
charitable foundation, travelled this week to New York, the city run by Michael
Bloomberg, to join his fellow billionaire’s campaign to stamp out smoking.
Have the two potentates met their match Despite decades of work by health campaigners, more than one billion people still smoke today. Smoking kills up to half of those who fail to quit puffing, reducing their lives by an average of 10 to 15 years. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says more than 5 million people a year die early from the effects (direct or indirect) of tobacco. That exceeds the combined toll of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Despite that dismal situation, there are three A. Crush severely. B. Mark significantly. C. Destroy completely. D. Wipe heavily. [填空题] When two hands meet, we pass on something of ourselves. After 【26】 to Mark Twain, Helen — who was both deaf and blind — commented, "I can feel the twinkle of his eye 【27】 his handshake. " In some indefinable way, Twain had 【28】 his charm to Keller.
And that’ s probably been true of the handshake all the 【29】 back to its earliest days, —【30】 no one can tell its actual 【31】. A common explanation is that 【32】 early man encountered a stranger, he 【33】 out his hand to show he had no weapon. From this, supposedly, 【34】 the handshake.
Not so, says historian Brian Burke. He believes, the handshake 【35】 "putting your blood behind your breath. " He explains that ancient people 【36】 the spoken word alone, and they used the handclasp to signify that their 【37】 was backed up by the 【38】 of their heart — i. e. , their blood. 【39】, the handshake suggested trust.
That 【40】 of trust has survived to this day. People in business often 【41】 agreements simply by declaring, "Let’s shake 【
A. A.attempt B.cause C.meaning D.reason 我来回答: 提交
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