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[不定项选择题]Early in the age of affluence that followed World War II,an American retailing analyst named Victor Lebow proclaimed,
“Our enormously productive economy...demands that we make consumption our way of life,that we convert the buying and
use of Eoods into rituals,that we seek our spiritual satisfaction,our ego satisfaction,in consumption...We need things
consumed,burned up,worn out,replaced and discarded at an ever increasing rate.”
Americans have responded to Lebow’s call,and much of the world has followed.Consumption has become a central pillar of life in industrial lands and is even embedded in social values.
Opinion surveys in the world’s two largest economies-Japan and the United States-show consumerist definitions of
success becoming ever more prevalent.
Overconsumption by the world’s fortunate is an environmental problem unmatched in severity by anything but perhaps
population growth.Their surging exploitation of resources threatens to exhaust or unalterably spoil forests,soils,water,air and climate.
Ironically,high consumption may be a mixed blessing in human terms,too.The time-honored values of integrity of
character,good work,friendship,family and community have often been sacrificed in the rush to riches.Thus many in the
industrial lands have a sense that their world,of plenty is somehow hollow-that,misled by a consumerist culture,they have
been fruitlessly attempting to satisfy what are essentially social,psychological and spiritual needs with material things.
Of course,the opposite of overconsumption-poverty-is no solution to either environmental or human problems.It is infinitely worse for people and bad for the natural world too.Dispossessed peasants slash-and-burn their way into the rain forests of
Latin American,and hungry nomads turn their herds out onto fragile African grassland,reducing it to desert.If environmental
destruction results when people have either too little or too much,we are left to wonder how much is enough.What level of
consumption can the earth support When does having more cease to add noticeably to human satisfaction
According to the passage,consumerist culture________.《》（）
A.cannot thrive on a fragile economy
B.will not aggravate environmental problems
C.cannot satisfy human spiritual needs
D.will not alleviate poverty in wealthy countries
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Garlic
From early times man has used garlic（大蒜）.The Bible speaks of it. The Israelites（古以色列人）were once far from home. They cried out to Moses , their leader , for the foods they loved : leeks （韭菜）,onions,and garlic. The Romans,like the Israelites,loved to eat garlic. And they hung bags of garlic around their necks.________(46)They also thought it would keep them from getting sick.
A similar idea is still held.Many people take garlic thinking it will prevent or cure disease. Most doctors say it does no such thing.________(47)Its smell may force people to stay far apart. At least then they can't pass germs on to each other.________(48)What if you're in a play,for instance?Actors have been known to forget their lines because they couldn't stand the garlic smell on a fellow actor's breath.Some have even made up new lines and actions that kept them far away from the one who had eaten garlic.
Through the years man has tried to cope with the smell of garlic.________(49)We now know why.It's been found that the oils of the garlic do not stick to the teeth,tongue,or gums（齿跟）. They go into the lungs instead.From there they are breathed out.They pass out through the skin too.
Strange as it seems,food may have a great deal of garlic in it without smelling or tasting strong. It all depends on how it is cooked.French cooks make a good soup with whole cloves（瓣）of garlic. They use more than thirty cloves in one bowl of soup.But they take care not to crush them.And they cook them whole.________(50)And as the cloves cook they change in some strange way.The soup turns out to be delicious.It's not strong at all.
_________（50）
A.But no medicine,mouthwash,chewing gum,or toothpaste seems to help much.
B.As a result,the strong oils stay in the cloves.
C.They say it may help in one way,though.
D.Many people eat garlic.
E.But keeping your distance can be hard at times.
F.They hoped it would keep away the evil eye.
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Family History
In an age when technology is developing faster than ever before,many people are being ______(1)to the idea of looking back into the past.One way they can do this is by investigating their own family history.They can try to______(2) out more about where their families came from and what they did.This is now a fastgrowing hobby,especially in countries with a______(3) short history,like Australia and the United States.
It is______(4)thing to spend some time______(5) through a book on family history and to take the______(6)to investigate your own family's past.It is______(7) another to carry out the research work successfully.It is easy to set about it in a disorganized way and______(8) yourself many problems which could have been______(9)with a little forward planning.
If your own family stories tell you that you are______(10) with a famous character,whether hero or criminal,do not let this idea take over your research.Just______(11) it as an interesting possibility.A simple system______(12)collecting and storing your information will be adequate to start with;a more complex one may only get in your______(13).The most important thing, though,is to______(14)started.Who knows what you ______(15) find?
8._________
A.produce
B.cause
C.build
D.create
