Some years ago, on the windswept Atlantic coast of Ireland, a couple of elder farmers came up to my familys cottage. There was 【M1】______ tea and whiskey and turf was blazing in the grate. Late in evening, 【M2】______ one of them suddenly started to sing. Just his voice in the silence, high and reedy. At moments like that, song becomes the soundtrack of our lives. Man all starts with our first music — our mothers voice. 【M3】______ Around the world, every Saturday in the stands and every Sunday in the pews, people join together in song. Birthdays, marriages and deaths are solemnized until people open their mouths and sing. 【M4】______ When music involves a voice, if you love Callas or Adele or 【M5】______ Queen, all instruments are always the second fiddle. The voice is a 【M6】______ fingerprint, a personal stamp capable of endless variety. Borrowing the plosives and fricatives of speaking language, it imparts a feeling, 【M7】______ a mood or a story. Nearly all music bears the mark of the voice. When you hear the sinuous melody of a Chopin prelude, you are hearing the piano agitate the voice. 【M8】______ Singing is good for us. Exertion and concentration fortifies the mind and invigorates the body. If only you cannot muster the 【M9】______ confidence to join the local choral society, wait until the coast is clear, shut yourself safely behind the bathroom door and get under the shower. Then open your mouth, fill up your lung, and launch into【M10】______ a stonking good tune. The music is there inside you. You just need to find your voice.
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Paradise Lost is a masterpiece by
A. William Shakespeare.
Ben Jonson.
Christopher Marlow.
D. John Milton.
Who was the best president? That we can even ask the question is thanks to George Washington who shaped the role on his own 【M1】______ battle-hewn hands. Elected unanimously, he assured the job 【M2】______ reluctantly and batted away efforts to make him a king. His humility ensured the institution was built to the last. 【M3】______ It would have been easy for the first boss of a new government to have grown tipsy with power. So after years of fighting against 【M4】______ hunger and defeated as a revolutionary hero on the battlefield, 【M5】______ Washington was not seduced by pomp. He rejected an array of flowery titles, preferring the simplicity of Mr. President. Not only did he drone on at the lectern, but he swiftly appointed an 【M6】______ ideologically balanced cabinet of advisers, including Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Mindful of precedent, he personally ensured his executive power is checked by the legislative and judicial 【M7】______ branches of government. After decades of public service, Washington pined for a quiet life at home in Virginia, and hoped to retire after one four-year term in office. He succumbed to take a second term in the interests of 【M8】______ national unity, but was then glad to hand over the reins to his electing successor, John Adams. 【M9】______ Few American children are spared some malarkey about a young George Washington who cannot tell a lie. These tales are 【M10】______ largely invented to explain Washingtons integrity as an adult. Americas first president was not a witty intellectual or a scintillating orator, but he was uniquely honorable at a vulnerable time for the nascent republic.
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可以区别螺甾皂苷和呋甾皂苷的反应为()
A. 醋酐-浓硫酸反应
B. KEDDE反应
C. MOLISH反应
D. MG-HCL反应
EHRLISH反应
Many typically "American" characteristics are a result of value. 【M1】______ There is a remarkable ethic diversity in the US. Among its population 【M2】______ of 300 million, 73% is White, 12% African American, 8% Hispanic. Many Americans dont like generalizations being made about them because they see themselves as very unique. Individualism is probably the most highly esteemed value in the American culture, and Americans may feel comfortable when given more help than they need, because 【M3】______ they see dependency as weakness. The focus on the individual has led to a more informal society. For example, phrases like "drop by any time" are other ways of saying goodbye. Honesty and frankness is more【M4】______ important to Americans than "saving face", and they may bring up impolite conversation topics which you may find embarrassed, 【M5】______ controversial or even offensive. This encourages them to dissolve misunderstandings themselves. Some behaviours have culturally associated to straightforwardness. For example, a firm handshake is 【M6】______ often interpreted as sign of sincerity, so is direct eye contact. To most【M7】______ Americans, honesty is always preferred for politeness. Punctuality is 【M8】______ considered an important attribution, and you will need to offer an 【M9】______ apology and explanation if you are more than 15 minutes late. Americans also value achievement and competition, but sports awards【M10】______ are often displayed in their homes.
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