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[简答题]Changing fashions are nothing more than the intentional creation of waste. ( Passage Four)
[简答题]American mythology loves nothing more than the reluctant hero: the man -- it is usually a man -- whose natural talents have destined him for more than obliging obscurity. George Washington, we are told, was a leader who would have preferred to have been a farmer. Thomas Jefferson, a writer. Martin Luther King, Jr., a preacher. These men were roused from lives of perfunctory achievement, our legends have it, not because they chose their own exceptionalism, but because we, the people, chose it for them. We -- seeing greatness in them that they were too humble to observe themselves -- conferred on them uncommon paths. Historical circumstance became its own call of duty, and the logic of democracy proved itself through the answer.
Neil Armstrong was a hero of this stripe: constitutionally humble, circumstantially noble. Nearly every obituary written for him has made a point of emphasizing his sense of privacy, his sense of humility, his sense of the ironic ordinary. And yet every aspect
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Most gift giving shows nothing more than the spirit of love and friendship. But it is possible to form some differences (36) the kinds of things bought and the people who buy (37) .
Expensive gifts. Naturally, some gifts will be (38) than others. But some people give higher priced gifts than (39) for the situation. Someone (40) gives an expensive gift often feels that (41) should receive more praise than if he had given a less expensive (42) . Therefore he is giving (43) a gift: status.
Homemade gifts. (44) something (45) has become the exception in many countries today. If you receive a home-made (46) ., you are lucky. It may not be made (47) , but it will show a certain quality of love.
Books. Most people who give books (48) gifts either like reading or would like everyone to think they (49) . A good way to know this is to (50) out whether or not the
A. need
B. necessary
C. want
D. think