[填空题]Some people do not want to admit to having failed, neither will they ______. (从失败中吸取教训)

[填空题]Some people do not want to admit to having failed, neither will they ______. (从失败中吸取教训)

[单项选择]Without ever having made any effort, some people become rich overnight, making bundles and living like fighting cocks.
A. endeavour
B. sweat
C. struggle
D. weight

[单项选择]I often tell people that have failed in some business that what you lose on the ______ you get back on the roundabouts.
A. swings
B. sprays
C. ends
D. logs

[单项选择]Who were the people having a tan according to the passage（）
A. People without exposure to sunlight.
B. Wealthy people in Europe centuries ago.
C. Workers during the Industrial Revolution.
D. Wealthy people during the Industrial Revolution.

[单项选择]Children and old people do not like having their daily （） upset.
A. habit
B. routine
C. practice
D. custom

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Do you want to live another 100 years or more Some experts say that scientific advances will one day enable humans to last tens of years beyond what is now seen as the natural limit of the human life span. "I think we are knocking at the door of immortality (永生), "said Michael Zey, a Montclair State University business professor and author of two books on the future. "I think by 2075 we will see it and that’s a conservative estimate (保守的估计)."
At the conference in San Francisco, Donald Louria, a professor at New Jersey Medical School in Newark said advances in using genes as well as nanotechnology (纳米技术) make it likely that humans will bye in the future beyond what has been possible in the past. "There is a great push so that people can live from 120 to 180 years," he said. "Some have suggested that there is no limit and that people could live to 200 or 300 or 500 years." However, many scientists who specialize in ageing are do
A. they believe that there is no limit of living
B. they are sure to find the truth about long living
C. they have got some ideas about living forever
D. they are able to make people live past the present life span

[单项选择]What do some supermarkets do to motivate employees
A. Offer them chances of promotion.
B. Improve their working conditions.
C. Encourage them to compete with each other.
D. Give them responsibilities as part of a team.