[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

[单项选择]Are the British people Europeans This may seem a strange question to Africans and Asians, who tend to think of all white men as Europeans. But the British, when they are in Britain, do not regard themselves as Europeans. The Europeans, to them, are those rather excitable foreigners from the other side of the English Channel, who have never learnt how to speak English. Europe is "the Continent"; a place full of interest for Britain tourists, but also the source of almost all the wars in which Britain has ever been involved. Thus, although geographically speaking Britain is a part of Europe, yet the fact that it is a separate island has made its people feel very, very insular. They feel, and in many ways are, different from the rest of Europe, and they sometimes annoy continental nations by failing to support them, or even to understand them, in time of need.
Where did the British people come from This is an extraordinary interesting question, since they are a mixture of many d
A. The British in Britain regard themselves as Europeans.
B. Chinese and Egyptian will think of white men as Europeans.
C. White men are Europeans in the eye of Americans and Asians.
D. Those who speak English are Europeans.

[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