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Passage 1
Most people would agree that, although our age exceeds all previous ages in knowledge, there has been no corresponding increa in wisdom. But agreement (47) as soon as we attempt to define “wisdom” and consider means of promoting it.
There are veral factors that (48) to wisdom. Of the I should put first a n of proportion: the capacity to take (49) of all the important factors in a problem and to (50) to each its due weight. This has become more difficult than it ud to be owing to the extent and (51) of the special knowledge required of various kinds of technicians. Suppo, for example, that you are (52) in rearch in scientific medicine. The work is difficult and is likely to (53) the whole of your mind. You have no time to consider the effect which your discoveries or inventions may have outside the field of medicine. You succeed (let us say) a
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s modern medicine has succeeded, in enormously lowering the infant death-rate, not only in Europe and America, but also in Asia and Africa. This has the entirely unintended result of making the food supply (54) and lowering the standard of life in the parts of the world that have the greatest populations. To take an even more (55) example, which is in everybody's mind at the prent time; you study the makeup of the atom from a disinterested(无利害关系的) desire for knowledge, and by chance place in the hands of a powerful mad man the means of destroying the human race.
Therefore ,with every increa of knowledge and skill, wisdom becomes more necessary, for every such increa augments(增强) our capacity for realizing our purpos, and therefore augments our (56) for evil ,if our purpos are unwi.
A) halts B) discount C) dramatic
D) contribute E) ceas F) account
G) attack H) attach I) inadequate
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帖子英文J) capacity K) engaged L) absorb
M) distribute N) complex O) complexitytom jones
Passage 2
A book like this is never the work of a single author or even a small group of authors; rather there are many people and institutions who (47) need to be acknowledged. In the first place, we wish to thank the many scholars and sales managers who have (48) so diligently over the last 20 years to move the study of sales management out of the dark ages and into the (49) of marketing thought. We would also like to (50) the special contributions of the Marketing Science Institute, which supported much of the recent rearch, and especially Steve Greyr, and Diane Schmalene for their willingness to (51) MSI's energies and resources to the study of sales management before it became a fashionable topic.
Scholars -- even tho in marketing -- are sometimes not very customer-oriented, (52) wh
en it comes to writing textbooks. We have made much effort to avoid such a heresy. (53), we offer special thanks to the more than 60 professors who (54) to our questionnaire about their attitudes toward the precious edition of this book. The information they (55) was very helpful in our effort to make the third edition a more uful book for teaching and learning.
We also thank our many students over the years for their comments and suggestions. The book is better becau of their insights.
We hope we haven't forgotten anyone, and we apologize to tho who suggestions we failed to include. Needless to say, we assume full (56) for any errors or omissions in this book.
A) conquently B) apply C) responded
D) provided E) responsibility F) justified
G) finally H) labored I) mainstream
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J) patience K) acknowledge L) particularly
M) commit N) efforts O) dispo
Passage 3
What does a young child's ability not to eat a marshmallow have to do with success in life? Quite a lot, as it turns out. The 4-year-old child who is able to hold out in order to receive a cond treat is (47) more lf-control that will rve him or her well as an adult.
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linskyThis ability to control one's (48) is just one part of what is called Emotional intelligence. The children who (49) it will grow up to be better (50) and more successful. Tho kids who don't have it are less likely to succeed when it comes to meeting (51) and dealing with life frustrations.
In the past, our concept of intelligence was mainly limited to the kinds of skills that enable one to do well in school. But Emotional Intelligence (52) what it means to be smart by focusing on how the mind (53) feelings
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rather than ideas.
There are many ways in which an understanding of Emotional Intelligence can be very handy. It can help parents (54) their children, help solve many social problems and help corporations (55) employees. The ideas are not very controversial, but some other process of Emotional Intelligence. For example, some scholars are offended at the idea that such a (56) and abstract idea would be reduced to a simple numerical measure in the form of an "EQ".
A) impuls B) popularizing C) demonstrating
D) display E) rectifies F) adjusted
nianticG) challenges H) proceeds I) redefines
J) complex K) manage L) rai
M) aspects N) process O) complaint
Passage 4
Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives(47) in large measure on our interpersonal relationships. One strength of the human condition is our possibility to give and (48) support from one another under stressful conditions. Social support makes up of the exchange of resources among people bad on their interpersonal ties. Tho of us with strong support systems appear better able to (49) with major life changes and daily problems. People with (50) social ties live longer and have better health than tho without such ties. Studies over types of illness, from depression to heart dia, show that the prence of social support helps people (51) themlves against illness. The studies also show the (52) of such support makes poor health more likely. Social support cushions stress in a number of ways. First, friends, relatives and co-workers may let us know that they (53) us. When we feel accepted by others in spite of our faults and difficulties, our lf-respect is (54). Second, other people often (55) us with informational support. They help us to define and understand our problems and find solutions to them. Third, we typically find social companionship supportive. Taking part in free-time activities
with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting us from our worries and troubles. Finally, other people may give us instrumental support -- money aid, material resources, and needed rvices -- that (56) stress by helping us resolve and deal with our problems.