[填空题]To ask ( an amount) as a price.

[填空题]to ask (an amount) as a price

[填空题]Who determines the amount a product costs

[单项选择]The amount of electricity consumed in Millville on any day in August is directly proportional to peak humidity on that day. Since the average peak humidity this August was three points higher than the average peak humidity last August, it follows that more energy was consumed in Millville this August than last August.
Which one of the following arguments has a pattern of reasoning most similar to the one in the argument above
A. The amount of art supplies used in any of the Aesthetic Institute’s 25 classes is directly proportional to the number of students in that class. Since in these classes the institute enrolled 20 percent more students overall last year than in the previous year, more art supplies were used in the institute’s classes last year than in the previous year.
B. The number of courses in painting offered by the Aesthetic Institute in any term is directly proportional to the number of students enrolled in the institute in that term. But the institute offers the same number of courses in sculpture each term. Hence, the institute usually offers more courses in painting than in sculpture.
C. The number of new students enrolled at the Aesthetic Institute in any given year is directly proportional to the amount of advertising the institute has done in the previous year. Hence, if the institute seeks to increase its student body, it must increase the amount it spends on advertising.
D. The fees paid by a student at the Aesthetic Institute are directly proportional to the number of classes in which that student enrolls. Since the number of students at the Aesthetic Institute is increasing, it follows that the institute is collecting a greater amount in fees paid by students than it used to.
E. (E) The number of instructors employed by the Aesthetic Institute in any term is directly proportional to the number of classes offered in that term and also directly proportional to the number of students enrolled at the institute. Thus, the number of classes offered by the institute in any term is directly proportional to the number of students enrolled in that term.

[单项选择]war involves inflicting the greatest amount of damage in the briefest space of time.
A. causing
B. avoiding
C. compensating
D. fabricating

[填空题]A considerable amount of medical research is aimed at identifying risk factors for disease. The rationale behind this work is that when people are informed of their risk, they will happily change their behavior to lower that risk. (51) this is certainly a reasonable assumption, it turns out that things are not quite that simple and straightforward. First of all, health is not necessarily a top priority in everyone’s life and, for these people, changing behavior in the interests of health may interfere (52) other, more important matters. Second, the benefits to be derived (53) such changes rarely are immediate or obvious. Usually, improvements in health take place over long periods of time and are quite subtle. (54) , we are all so bombarded with information about the thousands of health hazards to which we are exposed (55) most of us "time out" much of this information. This latter issue is compounded by the fact that much of new information

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But no amount of government ______ or paternalism will completely eliminate the problem of old people who have insufficient means to make ends meet.

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All friendships require a certain amount of chemistry. But when two people of the opposite sex become friends, sometimes those friendly feelings can start to resemble something more like sexual tension.
Male-female friendships can be an emotional minefield of hidden desires. Does this mean you secretly want to jump into bed with all of your friends Of course not. But do you ever wonder how many of them might be interested if the opportunity presented itself Maybe you and your platonic (柏拉图式的) friendship are just a bad breakup and a bottle of wine away from crossing that boundary and hooking up(结合).
So can two people of the opposite sex ever really be "just friends" The Hollywood answer to this age-old question is a decisive HELL NO. On screen, male-female friendships always turn into something more. Harry and Sally, Chandler and Monica, Jim and Pam ... do I need to go on Even the characters in Just Friends wind up becoming much more than the film’s
A. are just friends
B. have romance
C. don’t realize their true relationship
D. can never be friends again