[填空题]To most, common sense means the ability to present sound, practical judgments on everyday affairs. To do this, one has to sweep aside extra ideas and get right to the core of what matters. ______ In conduction of meeting and dealing with industry reducing a complex problem to the simplest term is highly important.

• A. And 61 percent say that common sense was very important in contributing to their success.
• B. Besides common sense, there are many other factors that influence success: knowing your field, self-reliance, intelligence, the ability to get things done, leadership, creativity, relationships with others, and of course, luck.
• C. At the Gallop Organization we recently focused in depth on success, probing the attitudes of 1,500 prominent people selected at random from who’s who in America.
• D. A Texas oil and gas businessman puts it this way: " The key ability for success is simplifying. "
• E. If you develop these qualities, you’ll succeed.

[单项选择] Common sense tells us that there are obvious differences between females and males: after all, biology, not culture, determines whether or not you’’re able to bear children. But culture and cultural myths do shape the roles men and women play in our public and private relationships: we are born female and male, but we are made women and men. Sociologist distinguishes between sex and gender — between one’’s biological identity and the conventional patterns of behavior we learn to associate with each sex. While biological sex remains a constant, the definition of "appropriate" gender behavior varies dramatically from one cultural group or historical period to the next. The variations show up markedly in the way we dress. For example, among many American Indian tribes, men who lived and dressed as women were respected as people who possessed special powers, whereas in contemporary Anglo-American culture, cross-dressers are usually seen as deviant or ridiculous. Male clothing in late s
A. one between one’’s biological identity and one’’s behavior associated with cultural patterns
B. one between man and woman
C. one between biology and sociology
D. one invented by sociologist to study the relationship between man and woman

[单项选择]It is plain common sense--the more happiness you feel, the less unhappiness you experience. (62) ,recent research reveals that happiness and unhappiness are not really flip sides of the same emotion. They are two (63) coexisting feelings that rise and fall (64) .
The recognition that happiness and unhappiness can coexist much (65) love and hate in a close re-lationship may offer valuable (66) on how to lead a happier life. It suggests, for example, (67) changing or avoiding things that make you miserable (68) well make you less miserable but probably won’t make you any happier. That advice is (69) up by an extraordinary series of studies which (70) that a genetic predisposition for unhappiness may nm in certain families. (71) , researchers have found, happiness doesn’t appear to be anyone’s heritage. The (72) for joy is a talent that you de-velop (73)
A. must
B. can
C. need
D. may