题目内容

[音频]My favorite TV show? “The Twilight Zone.” I especially like the episode called “The Printer’s Devil.” It’s about a (1)editor who’s being driven out of business by a big newspaper syndicate – you know, a group of papers owned by the same people. He is about to (2)when he is interrupted by an (3)who says his name is Smith. The editor is not only offered 5,000 dollars to pay off his newspaper’s debts, (4)Smith character also offers his services for free. It (5)the guy operates the printing machine with amazing speed, and soon he is turning out newspapers with shocking headlines. The small paper is successful again. The editor is amazed at how quickly Smith gets his stories – only (6)after they happen – but soon he is presented with a contract to sign. Mr. Smith, it seems, is really the devil! The editor is frightened by this news, but he is more frightened by the idea of losing his newspaper, so he agrees to sign. But soon Smith is reporting the news even before it happens – and it’s all (7) – one disaster after another. Anyway, there is (8)to tell, but I don’t want to ruin the story for you. I really like these old episodes of the Twilight Zone, because the stories are (9). They are not realistic. But then again, in a way they are, because they (10)human nature.

查看答案

搜索结果不匹配？点我反馈

更多问题

[音频]Contrary to the old warning (1)waits for no one, time slows down when you are on the move.It also slows down more as you move faster, which means astronauts some day may survive so long in (2)they would return to an earth of the (3).If you could move (4)light, your time would (5).If you could move faster than light, your time would move backward.Although no form of matter (6)moves as fast as or faster than light, scientific experiments have already (7)accelerated motion causes a traveler's time to be stretched.Albert Einstein (8)in 1905, when he introduced the concept of relative time as part of his Special Theory of Relativity.A search is now under way to confirm the suspected existence of particles of matter that move at a speed greater than light, and therefore, might serve as our passports to the past.An obsession(9)—saving, gaming, wasting, losing and mastering it, seems to have been a part of humanity for as long as humans have existed.Humanity also has been (10)trying to capture the meaning of time.

[音频]Among the kinds of social gestures most significant for (1)teachers are those which are identical in form (2)in meaning in the two cultures.For example, a Colombian who wants someone to (3)often signals with a hand movement in which all the fingers of one hand, cupped, (4)as they move rapidly back and forth.Speakers of English have a similar gesture though the hand may not be cupped and the fingers may be held more loosely, but for them the gesture means (5)or go away, quite the opposite of the Colombian gesture.Again, in Colombia, a speaker of English would (6) know that when he indicates height he must choose between (7)depending on whether he is referring to a human being or an animal.If he keeps the palm of the hand (8)to the floor, as he would in his own culture when making known the height of a child, for example, he will very likely be greeted by laughter; in Colombia this gesture is reserved for the description of animals.In order to describe human beings he (9)the palm of his hand at a right angle to the floor.Substitutions of one gesture for the other often create not only humorous but also embarrassing moments.In both of the examples above, speakers from two (10)have the same gesture, physically, but its meaning differs sharply.

[音频]Our lives are woven together. As much as I enjoy my own company, I no longer imagine I can (1)a single day, much less all my life, completely on my own.Even if I am on vacation in the mountains, I am eating food someone else (2), living in a house someone else has built, wearing clothes someone else (3)from cloth woven by others, using electricity someone else is distributing to my house. Evidence of (4)interdependence is everywhere. We are on (5)together.As I was growing up, I remember being carefully (6) independence not interdependence was everything.“Make your own way”, “Stand on your own two feet”, or my mother's favorite remark when I was face-to-face with (7)of some action: “Now that you've made your bed, lie on it!”Total independence is a (8)in our culture.I imagine that what my parents were trying to teach me was to take responsibility for my actions and my choices.But the teaching was shaped by our cultural images, and instead I grew up believing that I was (9)totally “independent” and consequently became very (10)ask for help.I would do almost anything not to be a burden, and not require any help from anybody.

[音频]In the center of a big city there are usually dozens of large office buildings that house big banks, corporation (1) , and government agencies.Thousands of people work in (2).People who do all the office work are called white-collar workers.Secretaries and (3), (4)and computer operators work for many different kinds of companies.Many office workers dream of working their way up to the top, from clerk to president of a corporation.The way lies through (5).Middle management includes junior (6), who may fill specialized jobs, supervise other workers in the company, recommend action to (7), or see that the company's policies are being carried out.At the very top are the senior executives.They establish the policies for their own companies, especially (8).The Chief Executive Officer, or CEO, of a large corporation has (9)power and influence.It is believed that one can start out at the bottom and go all the way to the top.Because financial matters are so important, some (10)become top executives.In companies where technology is important, people with an engineering background can also rise to the top.Nowadays, however, education plays a central part in the selection of people for management jobs.Universities in many countries offer courses in business administration.The graduates of these courses often start out in middle management jobs.From there, they can easily get promoted if they show the necessary personality and ability.