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In pioneer days, being a good neighbor was very important. Neighbors helped one another raise a house, build a barn (谷仓), and clear fields. Families depended on one another for friendship and entertainment. But today in our cities and suburbs, neighboring is not common. A family may not even know the other families that live close by.
We live in an age of machines, and each family may have its own car, TV set, and washing machine. People no longer depend on neighbors as much as they once did.
Machines keep people apart in other ways. In our grandparents’ time, women met while they hung out their washing, and men stopped and talked while they mowed their lawns. Today, women stay in the house with their automatic (自动的) driers. The men can’t hear anything above the roar of their power lawn mowers. And the children are inside watching their favorite TV shows.
Is the idea of being neighborly old-fashioned In 1985, a power failure h
A. The other families might not even know a family that lived close by in the past.
B. We live in an age of machines when machines can do everything.
C. Neighboring is not as common as it used to be.
D. Everyone shared the same problem — power is not enough for daily use.

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In pioneer days, being a good neighbor was very important. Neighbors helped one another raise a house, build a barn(谷仓), and clear fields. Families depended on one another for friendship and entertainment. But today in our cities and suburbs, neighboring is not common. A family may not even know the other families that live dose by.
We live in ma age of machines, and each family may have its own ear, TV set, and washing machine. People no longer depend on neighbors as much as they once did.
Machines keep people apart in other ways. In our grandparents’ time, women met while they hung out their washing, and men stopped and talked while they mowed their lawns. Today, women stay in the house with their automatic(自动的) driers. The men can’t hear anything above the roar of their power lawn mowers. And the children are inside watching their favorite TV shows.
Is the idea of being neighborly old-fashioned In 1985, a power failure hit New York City, and
A. The other families might not even know a family that lived close by in the past.
B. We live in an age of machines when machines can do everything.
C. Neighboring is not as common as it used to be.
D. Everyone shared the same problem -- power is not enough for daily use.

[填空题]Being a good leader in business is very much similar to who being a good
leader in public life—or even in the army. Many of the qualities required
34. are the same—though, of course, a few qualities are not quite special
35. to leaders in the business. First of all, however, a good leader in public
36. life or business mustn’t be frightened to make up firm decisions. You must
37. be able to arrive at quick decisions and act on them. It’s no good thinking
38. too long about what to do nor whether is if much use seeking everything.
39. No a good leader appears hesitant to his or her subordinates. Good leaders
40. know that exactly what to do—they always give the impression of being
41. absolutely convinced about the correctness of their decisions and their
42. subsequent actions. There’s no doubt in their mind about all what they
43. should do—and so, as a result, people find it easy to believe in them and
44. to follow them. They know they are rig