Advancing age means losing your hair,
your waistline and your memory, right Dana Denis is just 40 years old, but
(21) she’s worried about what she calls "my rolling mental
blackouts." "I try to remember something and I just blank out," she
says. You may (22) about these lapses,
calling them "senior moments" or blaming "early Alzheimer’s(老年痴呆症)." Is it an
inescapable fact that the older you get, the (23) you
remember Well, sort of. But as time goes by, we tend to blame age (24)
problems that are not necessarily age-related. "When
a teenager can’t find her keys, she thinks it’s because she’s distracted or
disorganized," says Paul Gold "A 70-year-old blames her (25)
." In fact, the 70-year-old may have been (26)
things for decades. In healthy people, memory doesn’t worsen as
(27) as A. almost B. seldom C. already D. never
[单项选择]Applicants should note that all positions are ______ to Australian citizenship requirements. A. subject B. subjective C. objected D. objective
[单项选择]His wife has been ______ a lot of pressure on him to change his job. A. taking B. exerting C. giving D. pushing
[简答题]Powering the great ongoing changes of our time is the rise of human creativity as the defining feature of economic life. Creativity has come to be valued, because new technologies, new industries and new wealth flow from it. And as a result, our lives and society have begun to echo with creative ideas. It is our commitment to creativity in its varied dimensions that forms the underlying spirit of our age.
Creativity is essential to the way we live and work today, and in many senses always has been. The big advances in standard of living—not to mention the big competitive advantages in the marketplace—always have come from "better recipes, not just more cooking." One might argue that’s not strictly true. One might point out, for instance, that during the long period from the early days on the Industrial Revolution to modern times, much of the growth in productivity and material wealth in the industrial nations came not just from creative inventions like the steam engine, but from the
[单项选择]In 1991, while the economies of industrialized countries met an economic ______ , the economies of developing countries were growing very fast. A. revival B. repression C. recession D. recovery
[单项选择]The destruction of the twin towers ______ shock and anger throughout the world. A. summoned B. tempted C. provoked D. stumbled
[单项选择]About 20 of the passengers who were injured in a plane crash are said to be in ______ condition. A. decisive B. urgent C. vital D. critical
[单项选择]The poor countries are extremely ______ to international economic fluctuations. A. inclined B. vulnerable C. attracted D. reduced
[单项选择]The manager is calling on a ______ customer trying to talk him into signing the contract. A. prosperous B. preliminary C. pessimistic D. prospective
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