大学英语BOOK2(完形填空)

U1

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The real challenge to us teachers is combining the best of both worlds into one. Creativity and basic skills need to be considered in terms of being means to an (1), rather than simply as ends

in themselves. Some Chinese students may not (2) well in hypothetical ( 假设的) settings, but when it comes to (3) real life challenges and issues, they are more than (4) in resolving most of them, (5) as they are with their strong skills. The U.S. system may be (6) to aim more at producing top of the cream students, but that (7) may do damage to the big bulk of the (8) of the student body. The Chinese education system is (9) not perfect, but it does produce a (10) workforce. And I truly believe that solid basic knowledge / skill focus is the single biggest force driving the rise of China as a country.

(1) end (2) perform (3) facing (4) competent (5) equipped (6) designed (7) approach

(8) rest (9) definitely (10) quality

U2

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How does spending connect to happiness?

One explanation lies in "conspicuous consumption ( 炫耀式消费)". The idea is that the rich don't accumulate wealth simply in order to (1) it. Rather they accumulate wealth in order to display it, and their happiness is (2) by their neighbors' envy. As a result, the country finds itself in the grips of a "luxury fever" —families with (3) incomes of $50,000 try to emulate ( 仿效) the consumption of those with $70,000, who in turn try to emulate those with $140,000, and so on.

It's just (4) common sense. It's (5) impossible for a piece of paper like money to make you happy. Instead, what makes people happy is the feeling of (6) or power money brings.

A recent survey (7) that those from the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans and the Maasai of East Africa are almost (8) satisfied. The Maasai are a (9) herding people who have no electricity or running water and live in huts made of mud.

It (10) that economic development and personal income cannot account for the happiness that they are so often linked to.

(1) consume (2) fueled (3) annual (4) plain (5) physically (6) security (7) indicates

(8) equally (9) traditional (10) follows

U4

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I live in a small coastal town of 398 people located halfway between San Francisco and the Oregon border. The nearest traffic light is nine miles north in the town of Mendocino; its closest (1) to