[填空题]People may hear______700 times during Christmastime.

[填空题]People may hear______700 times during Christmastime.

[单项选择]During uncertain times, people tend to look back and wonder, How did it get to this They feel more keenly their missed opportunities and failures in judgment. Regret-the sense that things could have turned out better if only a different choice had been made--becomes pervasive.
However, regret needn’t be a garment rending, self-whipping emotion. Instead, it can be something to value and use. According to a recent study by Colleen Saffrey at the University of Victoria in Canada and colleagues at the University of Illinois, most people hold regret in high regard. Of all the negative emotions, regret was identified as the most valued in that it helped people make sense of life events and remedy what went wrong.
Regret is hardwired into human biology, underscoring its importance in behavior. Advances in neuro-imaging show that when a person experiences regret, a part of the brain involved in both reasoning and emotion be- comes active. Neuroscience also tells us that learning prob
A. can be avoided if we make a different choice.
B. occurs when we look back and wonder.
C. is the most pervasive negative emotion.
D. can help people learn and improve lif

[填空题]Why People work
We may fully realize the role of work in providing us the
(1)______things of life. But we may ignore its role in 1. ______
contributing to our (2)______well-being. For most people, 2. ______
work is not only a necessity, but also the (3)______of 3. ______
their lives. Many doctors have observed its (4)______ 4. ______
effect. For many people, the absence of job is (5)______to 5. ______
their health.
Why people need work Firstly, people get their
(6) ______rewards from work. Everybody wants to do 6. ______
something that can serve as a (7)______to our ability. 7. ______
Secondly, people need to be (8)______recognized. A good 8. ______
job can provide people with both status and (9)______ 9. ______
We are often misled by people’s complaints about difficult
work. In fact, most of them regard their o

[填空题]Like most people, you may have heard a lot about online banking but probably haven’t tried it yourself. You still pay your bills by mail and deposit (存款) checks at your bank branch, much the way your parents did. Actually, online banking isn’t out to change your money (47) . Instead, it uses today’s computer technology to give you the choice of avoiding the time-consuming, paper-based aspects of (48) banking in order to manage your finances more quickly and (49) .
The arrival of the Internet and the popularity of personal computers presented both an opportunity and a (50) for the banking industry. For years, financial institutions have used powerful computer networks to automate millions of (51) transactions. Now that their customers are (52) to the Internet via personal computers, and banks begin to envision similar economic advantages by adapting those same internal electronic processes to home use.
Banks <