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of an automobile often has the same curious effect as cutting certain fibres in
the brain. The result in either case is more primitive behaviour. Hostile feelings are apt to be expressed in an aggressive way. The same man who will step aside for a stranger at a doorway will, when behind the wheel, risks an accident trying to beat another motorist through an intersection. The importance of emotional factors in automobile accidents is gaining recognition. Doctors and other scientists have concluded that the highway death toll resembles an epidemic and should be investigated as such. Dr Ross A. McFarland, Associate Professor of Industrial Hygiene at the Harvard University School of Public Health, said that accidents "now constitute a greater threat to the safety of large segments of the p A. as though they were uncivilized B. as though they should change their attitudes from hostility to amicability C. as though their brain fibres needed cutting D. as though they wanted repress hostile feelings [单项选择]
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Nowadays, our society is being reshaped by information technologies—computers, telecommunications networks, and other digital systems. Of course, our Society has gone through other periods of dramatic change before, driven by such innovations as the steam engine, railroad, telephone, and automobile. But never before have we experienced technologies that are evolving so rapidly, altering the constraints of time and space, and reshaping the way we communicate, learn, and think. [填空题]Text
As a human being you have the choice of three basic attitudes toward life. You may approach life with the philosophy of the vegetable, in which case your life will consist in being born. eating, drinking, sleeping, mating, growing old, and dying. The second basic attitude is to look at life as if it were a business. A great many so-called successful men and women believe that life is a business, and they arrange their conduct and behavior accordingly. If you believe that life is a business, your first question of life. naturally, is "What do I get out of it " and your first reaction to any new experience is. "How much is this worth to me " In a world based on this attitude. happiness becomes a matter of successful competition. The great majority of human beings today look at life as if it were a business. Their basic philosophy is one of competition and efficiency. The third attitude toward life is the approach of the artist. Here the basic philosoph [填空题]Fowling was a popular pastime. The marshes and the banks of the
Nile abounded with waterfowl which was hunted with spears and sticks. (1)______ Smaller birds were netted. Large amounts of migrating quail were (2)______ caught when landing exhausted after cross the Mediterranean. Hunters (3)______ spread nets and frightened the birds into rising. When their feet caught in (4)______ the nets, they were easily picked of. Interestingly, the hunters in this (5)______ hunting scene are wearing sandals while ordinary Egyptians walked on (6)______ barefoot most of the time. Netting exhausting quail was easy. Well-rested ducks were more (7)______ difficult to catch. Two nets. big enough to cover the whole pool were spread along a small watering place. Two corners of each net were fastened to pegs on either side of the pool. The free corners of the nets on one side were tied to a sturdy pole ramme 我来回答: 提交
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