[填空题]Time is, for the average American, of utmost importance. To the (36) ________ visitor. Americans seem to be more concerned with getting things(37) ________on time (according to a predetermined schedule) than they are with developing deep (38) ________ relations. Schedules, for the American, are meant to be planned and then followed in the smallest (39) ________. It may seem to you that most Americans are completely (40) ________ by the little machines they wear on their wrists, cutting their discussions off(41) ________ to make it to their next appointment on time. Americans’ language is filled with(42) ________ to time, giving a clear(43) ________of how much it is valued. Time is something to be "on," to be "kept," "filled," "saved," "wasted," "gained,""planned," "given," "made the most of, "even "killed." The international visitor soon learns that (44) _____________________________ . Time is so valued in America because by considering time to be important one can clearly achieve

[填空题]Time is, for the average American, of utmost importance. To the (36) ________ visitor. Americans seem to be more concerned with getting things(37) ________on time (according to a predetermined schedule) than they are with developing deep (38) ________ relations. Schedules, for the American, are meant to be planned and then followed in the smallest (39) ________. It may seem to you that most Americans are completely (40) ________ by the little machines they wear on their wrists, cutting their discussions off(41) ________ to make it to their next appointment on time. Americans’ language is filled with(42) ________ to time, giving a clear(43) ________of how much it is valued. Time is something to be "on," to be "kept," "filled," "saved," "wasted," "gained,""planned," "given," "made the most of, "even "killed." The international visitor soon learns that (44) _____________________________ . Time is so valued in America because by considering time to be important one can clearly achieve

[简答题]To the average person knowledge itself is of importance because of its bearing upon what he needs to do and to make. It helps him in clarifying his wants, in constructing his ends and in finding means for realizing them. There exist, in other words, values as well as known facts and principles, and philosophy is concerned primarily with values--with the ends for the sake of which man acts. Given the most extensive and accurate system of knowledge, man is still eonfionted with the question of what he is going to do about it and what he is going to do with the knowledge in his possession.

[填空题]An average American reader often read the books loudly.

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In 1959 the average American family paid $ 989 for a year’s supply of food. In 1972 the family paid $1, 311. That was a price increase of nearly one-third. Every family has had this sort of experience. Everyone agrees that the cost of feeding a family has risen sharply. But there is less agreement when reasons for the rise are being discussed. Who is really responsible Many blame the farmers who produce the vegetables, fruit, meat, eggs, and cheese that stores offer for sale. According to the U. S. Department of Agriculture, the farmer’s share of the $1,311 spent by the family in 1972 was $ 521. This was 31 per cent more than the farmer had received in 1959.
(41)_______________________. They particularly blame those who process the farm products after the products leave the farm. These include truck drivers, meat packers, manufacturers of packages and other food containers, and the owners of stores where food is sold. (42)________________________________.

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Passage 6
On average, American kids aged 3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in school, eight hours more than they did in 1981. They also did more household work and participated in more of such organized activities as soccer and ballet. Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50% from 1981 to 1997: boys now spend an average of four hours a week playing sports; girls log half that time. All in all, however, children’s leisure time dropped from 40% of the day in 1981 to 25%.
"Children are affected by the same time crunch that affects their parents," says Sandra Hofferth, who headed the recent study of children’s timetable. A chief reason, she says, is that more mothers are working outside the home. (Nevertheless, children in both double-income and "male breadwinner" households spent comparable amounts of time interacting with their parents, 19 hours and 22 hours respectively. In contrast, children spent only 9 ho
A. are engaged in more and more structured activities
B. are increasingly neglected by their working mothers
C. are spending more and more time watching TV
D. are involved less and less in household work