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[简答题]Most people complain of fortune, few of nature; and the kinder they think the latter has been to them, the more they murmur at what they call the injustice of the former.
Why have not I the riches, the rank, the power, of such and such, is the common expostulation with fortune; but why have not I the merit, the talents, the wit, or the beauty, of such and such others, is a reproach rarely or never made to nature.
The truth is, that nature, seldom profuse, and seldom niggardly, has distributed her gifts more equally than she is generally supposed to have done. Education and situation make the great difference. Culture improves, and occasions elicit, natural talents. I made no doubt but that there are potentially, if I may use that pedantic word, many Bacons, Lockes, Newtons, Caesars, Cromwells, and Marlboroughs at the ploughtail, behind counters, and, perhaps, even among the nobility; but the soil must be cultivated, and the season favourable, for the fruit to have all its spiri
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The Bedouin people think most highly of people who show loyalty. To them loyalty does not mean that one is devoted to a country, a place, or a leader. Loyalty means being faithful to one’s family and tribe.
The Bedouin take pride in their ancestors. They do not admire a hero from an ordinary or poor family as much as one who comes from an ’honored family. They particularly respect those who have inherited a good name and then have passed it on to their children.
A man’s position among the black-tent people depends upon his ancestors, relatives, and fellow tribesmen. If they are honored, he is also honored. If they are disgraced, he too is disgraced. Therefore one carefully guards the honor of his family, his lineage, and his tribe.
A man can protect his family’s honor by being brave and generous and by giving protection to those who ask for it. He also guards it by carefully watching the women of his family.
A Bedouin woman
A. doesn’t love his country as much as his family
B. does nothing when a family member is insulted
C. doesn’t respect his leaders and superiors
D. doesn’t give protection to those who ask for
[填空题] Am I Making Any Money
0 Most people and most businesses are in business to make a profit. At the CORRECT
00 simplest level, profit means making more money than you spend on. Many ON
34 confuse profit with income. As a result, they can’’t grasp it why all their income
35 isn’’t getting them ahead} why no one wants to invest in their high-sales
36 company; why the bank won’’t extend to their line of credit. Most people are very
37 good at tracking their income. When someone pays for you, that is income.
38 Income is usually related to production levels, but is not tied to it directly. You
39 may produce more or less than you sell. For instance, if you have already 100
40 widgets in the warehouse when you receive an order for 150, you only have to
41 produce out 50 additional widgets. If you make widgets for skis, you may make
42 20 widgets every month during the summer even though you don’’t sell any, just
43 so that you