[填空题]Those who avoid competitive sports in favour of noncompetitive physical activities seem to be looking for ______.

[填空题]The traditional idea that competitive sports build character has apparently______in today’s U. S.

[填空题]How Europe fails its young
Those Europeans who are tempted, in the light of the dismal scenes in New Orleans this fortnight, to downgrade the American challenge should meditate on one word: universities. Five years ago in Lisbon European officials proclaimed their intention to become the world’s premier "knowledge economy" by 2010. The thinking behind this grand declaration made sense of a sort: Europe’s only chance of preserving its living standards lies in working smarter than its competitors rather than harder or cheaper. But Europe’s failing higher-education system poses a lethal threat to this ambition.
Europe created the modem university. Scholars were gathering in Paris and Bologna before America was on the map. Oxford and Cambridge invented the residential university: the idea of a community of scholars, living together to pursue higher learning. Germany created the research university. A century ago European universities were a magnet for scholars and a mo

[填空题]What happened to those professors who protested American participation in the Vietnam War

[填空题]Those people who have set up correct goals will always be happy.

[单项选择]Speaker A: Did you hear about those people who got hurt when going mountain climbing I think they shouldn’t allow people to go mountain climbing. It’s too dangerous.
Speaker B: （）。
A. I couldn’t agree more. I can’t understand why anyone wants to get to the top of a mountain.
B. I couldn’t agree less. Mountain climbing is actually more dangerous than surfing.
C. I’m sorry to hear that. Where did you get the news
D. No, I have decided not to go mountain climbing with my friends next month.

[填空题]Are you one of those people who doesn’t trust anyone else to do what needs to be
done Some managers they can’t bear anyone else to help them in any way. They
34. don’t believe that anyone can do such a job as well as they can. It is not surprising
35. that they then get overwhelmed by work and complain that they have far too much
36. to do, but it could be argued that it is by their own fault. If they learnt to delegate,
37. they would have much more time available. Besides the saving time and freeing
38. them to concentrate on tasks that are important, delegating also benefits to the
39. company. If managers delegate effectively, their staff will become more skilled and
40. committed. Asking staff to make the decisions improves their efficiency and morale.
41. This will contribute itself not only to the success of the team, but to the success of
42. the company as a whole. More importantly, it will also show how good a person’s
43. managerial skil