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[单项选择]Without an oversized calendar tacked to their kitchen wall, Fern Reiss and her family could never keep track of all the meetings, appointments, home-schooling lessons, and activities that fill their busy days. "I’m not sure they make a calendar large enough for us," says Ms. Reiss of Newton, Mass. , explaining that her life revolves around "two companies, three children, a spouse, a lot of community involvement, a social life, the kids’ social life, and volunteering in a soup kitchen every week." "Everybody we know is leading a frenetic life," she adds. "Ours is frenetic, too, but we’re spending the bulk of our time with our kids. Even though we’re having a crazy life, we’re having it in the right way."
Although extreme busyness is hardly a new phenomenon, the subject is getting renewed attention from researchers. "A good life has to do with life having a direction, life having a narrative with the stories we tel1 ourselves," Chuck Darrah, an anthropologist, says. "Busyness fragme
A. crazy and meaningless.
B. tedious but orderly.
C. hasty and messy.
D. busy but sensible.
[单项选择]What made him move production from his family kitchen into a commercial setting
A. Great demand for his jam.
B. Complaints from his parents.
C. Need for better hygiene conditions.
[单项选择]We regret to inform you that one of the eight kitchen cabinets you delivered on July 4 ______, and we hope you can give us a satisfactory explanation.
A. has damaged
B. had damaged
C. was damaged
D. were damaged
[填空题]To read without reflecting<.u> is like eating without digesting.
[填空题]The difference between the Julian calendar and the Gregorian calendar lies in______________.
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The development of the first calendar was probably based on ______.
[填空题]Living without an aim is like (sail)______ without a compass.
[单项选择]Without reading the operating instruction carefully, workers will find it difficult to handle the machine.（）
A. 如果工人不按要求阅读说明书，他们很难把握这个机器。
B. 如果工人们不认真看手术指南，他们会觉得难以搞定这个机器。
C. 如果工人们不仔细看书，他们会很难解决这个机器。
D. 如果工人们没有仔细阅读操作说明书，他们会觉得难以搞定这个机器。
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Students Without Borders
American students abroad are hardly rare: a report by the American Council on Education found that the number of U.S. institutions offering overseas opportunities rose from 65% in 2001 to 91% in 2006. Most of these programs range from a single week to several-months. But a new internationalism is spreading across American campuses, with an increasing number of colleges now offering their students degrees in conjunction with a partner institution in another country. In some cases, students get two separate degrees; less frequently they get a single shared degree from both schools. But whatever the definition, it is clear that many educators and administrators see these programs as the new shape of higher education.
Students like them, too. Emily Burchfield, a 21 year-old Clemson University senior, will have spent almost half her undergraduate years in Europe and eventually will earn two separate degrees in
A. They all try to be powerful.
B. They learn tolerance and understanding.
C. They are able to speak foreign languages.
D. They have courses on politics.
