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By the middle of the 21st century, the vast majority of the world’s population
A. other than
B. more than
C. better than
D. rather than
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A、ironical
B、parallelism
C、metonymy
D、oxymoron
•Choose the best word to fill in each gap.
•For each question 21-30, mark one letter A, B, C or D.
According to certain beer commercials, the contemporary version of success consists in moving up to a premium brand that costs a dime or so more per bottle. Credit-card companies would have you (21) success inheres in owning their particular piece of plastic.
Under the flag of success, modern-style, liberal arts colleges are withering (22) business schools are burgeoning... and yet even business schools are having an increasingly hard time finding faculty members, because teaching isn't (23) "successful" enough. Amid a broad consensus that there is a glut of lawyers and an epidemic of strangling litigation, record numbers of young people continue to flock to law school (24) , for the individual practitioner, a law degree is still considered a safe ticket.
Many, by external standards, will be "successes". Yet there is a deadening and dangerous flaw in their philosophy: It has little room, little sympathy and less respect for the noble failure, for the person who (25) past the limits, who aims gloriously high and falls unashamedly (26) .
That sort of ambition doesn't have much place in a world where success is proved by worldly reward (27) by accomplishment itself. That sort of ambition is increasingly thought of as the domain of irredeemable eccentrics, of people who haven't quite caught on—and there is great social pressure not to be one of them.
The irony is that today's success-chasers seem obsessed with the idea of not settling. Yet in doggedly (28) the rather brittle species of success now in fashion, they are restricting themselves to a chokingly narrow swath of turf along the entire (29) of human possibilities. Does it ever (30) to them that, frequently, success is what people settle for when they can't think of something noble enough to be worth tailing at？
(21)
A．believe
B．believed
C．believing
D．to believe
A smile is one of the most common examples in different countries. While Americans smile freely atstrangers,in Russia this is considered strange and even impolite. In Asian countries a smile isn&39; tnecessarily an expression of joy but it can be used to express pain.
The acceptable physical distance is another major difference. In Latin America and the MiddleEast the acceptable distance is much shorter than what most Europeans and Americans feet comforta-ble with. Hand and arm movements as a form. of body language are also very different amongcountries. Handshakes are usually acceptable almost everywhere, even between strangers;however,kissing on the cheek and touching on the shoulder or other body parts aren&39; t. For many people inAsia and other parts of the world, such actions are seen as a violation (侵犯) of one&39; s personalspace. This is why you should not touch others easily.
Eye contact(目光接触)is one of the forms of body language where the differences are most strikingInAmerica and Latin America looking the other person in the eye is a sign of respect. But in Asian countries,prolonged(过长的)eye contact is especially rude,so you should try your best not to do that.
47. To humans, body language is__________.
A.important
B.funny
C.uncommon
D.Strange
What does striking in the fourth paragraph most probably mean？A.Interesting to read.
B.Easy to notice.
C.Impossible to remember.
D.Difficult to accept.
In which place is smiling at strangers considered impolite？A.The U.S.
B.Asia.
C.Latin America.
D.Russia.
Which form of body language is acceptable almost everywhere？A.Kissing on the cheek.
B.Shaking hands.
C.Touching on the shoulder.
D.Keeping a short distance.
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