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You can't get there other than by swimming.( )
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D.simply

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根据短文回答 51~65 题。Something Men Do Not Like to DoEric Brown hates shopping. 'It's just not enjoyable to me,' said the 28-year-oldChicago man who was carrying several shopping bags along the city's main street,Michigan AvenuE.'When I'm out_______(1), I basically know what I want to get. I rush in. I buy it. I_______ (2)'Common wisdom says that guys hate to shop. You can ask generations of men. But people who study shopping say that a number of social, cultural and economic factors are now_______(3) this 'men-hate-to-shop' notion.(4) Social class and age, men say they hate to shop,' says Sharon Zukin, a City University of New York sociology professor. 'Yet when you ask them deeper questions, it turns out that they_______(5) to shop. Men generally like to shop for ________(6), music and hardware (硬件). But if you ask them about the shopping they do for books or music, they'll say, 'Well, that's not shopping. That's ______________(7).''In other words, what men and women call 'buying things' and how they approach that task are _______(8).Women will_______(9) through several 1,000-square-metre stores in search of the perfect party dress. Men will wander through 100 Internet sites in search of the (10) digital camcorder (摄像放像机).Women see shopping as a social event. Men see it as a mission or a_______(11) to be won. 'Men are frequently shopping to win,' says Mary Ann McGrath, a marketing professor at Loyola University of Chicago. 'They want to get the best deal. They want to get the best one, the last one and if they do that it_______(12) them happy.'When women shop, 'they're doing it in a way where they want _______(13) to be very happy,' says McGrath. 'They're kind of shopping for lovE.'In fact, it is in clothing where we see a male-female_______(14) most clearly. Why, complain some men, are all male clothes navy, black or brown? But would they wear light green and pink (粉红色的)?These days, many guys wear a sort of 'uniform', says Paco Underhill, author of 'Why We Buy'. 'It's been hard for them to understand what it means to be fashion-conscious (时常意识) in a business way. It becomes much, much easier _______(15) you narrow your range of choices.'第 51 题 请选择(1)处的最佳答案A.playingB.fishingC.shoppingD.going
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根据短文回答第 36 题 题。up in SmokeI began to smoke when I was in high school In fact, I remember the evening I was at a girlfriend's house, and we were watching a movie--a terribly romantic movie He (the hero of the movie) was in love, she (his lady) was beautiful, and they were both smoking My friend had only two cigarettes from a pack in her mother's purse, and she gave one to me It was my first timeMy parents didn't care much They both smoked, and my older brother did too My mother told me that smokers don't grow tall, bull was already 5'6' (taller than most of the boys in my class), so I was happy to hear that 'fact' In school, the teachers talked against smoking, but the cigarette advertisements were so exciting The men in the ads were so good-looking and so successful, and the women were--well, they were beautiful and sophisticated (老于世故的)I read a book called How to Stop Smoking The writer said that smoking wastes time, and that cigarettes cost a lot of money 'So what?' I thought The book didn't say that smoking can take away years of your life But ten years later, every' one began to hear about the negative effects of cigarette smoke: lung disease, cancer, and heart problems After that, there was a health warning on every pack of cigarettes I didn't pay much attention to the reports and warnings I felt healthy, and thought I was taking good care of myselfThen two events changed my mind First, I started to cough I thought it was just a cold, but it didn't get better Second, my brother got lung cancer He got sicker and sicker My brother and I used to smoke cigarettes together over twenty years ago, and we smoked our last cigarettes together the day before he died I sat with him in his hospital room, and I decided to quit 'NO more cigarettes, ever,' I said to myselfHowever, it was very hard to stop Nicotine (尼古丁) is a drug; as a result, cigarettescause a powerful addiction I tried several times to quit on my own--without success I made excuses I told myself: Smoking helps me keep my figure—i.e I don't gain weight when I smoke Smoking not only relaxes me but it also helps me think clearly I'm a free, liberated woman I can smoke when I want toFinally, I ran out of excuses -I might say my excuses went up in smoke I joined the'Stop Smoking' program at the local hospital, which also ended up in failure第 36 题 How the writer started smoking shows the powerful influence of( )A.educational institutionsB.one's social statusC.the mass mediaD.public opinions
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