We drink more milk, eat more cream, cheese, butter than ever before. To meet and profit by this (61) demand for milk, dairy farmers have increased the (62) of their herds, they have (63) their grasslands more skillfully and have improved the quality of their stock. The average (64) of a cow in 1938 was 560 gallons at each lactation (哺乳期). Today it is well (65) 800 gallons.
The (66) of food given to a milking cow is (67) according to its weight and its yield. Sufficient energy, protein, minerals and vitamins must be fed to (68) the cow in good health and to replace (69) it loses in milk. A (70) supply of drinking water is essential. A cow will drink at (71) ten gallons a day and a (72) milker in hot weather may need as (73) as twenty-five gallons.
Cows are usually milked twice a day, early in the morning (74) in the late afternoon. Machine (75) is almost adopted
A. increased
B. created
C. raised
D. advanced
College sports in the United States are a huge deal. Almost all major American universities have football, baseball, basketball and hockey programs, and (1) millions of dollars each year to sports. Most of them earn millions (2) as well, in television revenues, sponsorships. They also benefit (3) from the added publicity they get via their teams. Big-name universities (4) each other in the most popular sports. Football games at Michigan regularly (5) crowds of over 20, 000. Basketball’s national collegiate championship game is a TV (6) on a par with any other sporting event in the United States, (7) perhaps the Super Bowl itself. At any given time during fall or winter one can (8) one’s TV set and see the top athletic programs — from schools like Michigan, UCLA, Duke and Stanford — (9) in front of packed houses and national TV audiences.
The athletes themselves are (10) and provi
A. ignored
B. neglected
C. remembered
D. noticed
At work, as in life, attractive women get a lot of good lucks. Studies have shown that they are more likely to be (1) than their plain-Jane colleagues because people tend to project (2) traits (3) them, such as a sensitive heart and a cool head, they may also be at an (4) in job interviews. But research suggests otherwise.
Brad Hanks at Georgia State University looked at what happens when job hunters include photos with their resume, as is the (5) in much of Europe and Asia. The pair sent made-up applications to over 2, 500 real-life (6) . For each job, they sent two very similar resume, one with a photo, one without. Subjects had previously been graded for their attractiveness.
For men, the results were (7) expected. Hunks were more likely to be called for an interview if they included a photo. Ugly men were better off not including one. However, for women this was (8) . Attractive females were
A. admiration
B. jealousy
C. prejudice
D. stereotype
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