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As suburbs grew, businesses moved into the new areas. Large shopping centres containing a great kind of stores changed con- (54)______ sumer patterns. The number of these centres rose from eight in (55)______ the end of World War II to 3,840 in 1960. With easy parking and convenient evening time, customers could avoid city shopping (56)______ entirely. New highways created a better access to the suburbs and (57)______ its shops. The Highway Act of 1956 provided $ 26,000 million, the largest public work expenditure in US history，to build (58)______ more than 64,000 kilometres of federal roads to link together all parts of the country． Television，consequently，had a powerful impact on social (59)______ and economic patterns．Developing in the 1930s，it was not widely (60)______ marketed until after the war．In 1946 the country had about (61)______ fewer than 17，000 TV sets．Three years later，consumers were buying 250，000 sets a month，and by 1960 three—quarters of all families owned at least one set．In middle of the decade，the (62)______ average family watched television four to five hours a day． Americans of all ages grew exposed to increasingly sophisticated (63)______ advertisements for products said to be necessary for the good life.
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Slang in English Today we’ll discuss a common linguistic phenomenon in English—slang. The features ofslang are listed as follows: Ⅰ. Slang affects the English (1)______ (1)______ A. New words added for social, scientific or artistic reasons B. Slang—the social new words troubling conservative linguists Ⅱ. Slang is young people’s way of say. A. Created by (2)______ (2)______ —Reason: seek social status —Result: looked down upon by adults considered unintelligent and (3)______ (3)______ B. The conservative view: lack of standard English due to an education deficiency C. Possible solution: use kids’ (4)______to help them learn standard English. (4)______ Ⅲ. Slang is usually used by people of (5)______status. (5)______ A. People who do not like slang are usually prejudiced —they do not want to hear other ways of talking. B. Much slang comes from (6)______ (6)______ Ⅳ. Slang equals change of language A. Change of a language is to fit the (7)______of society (7)______ —e.g.: In Shakespeare’s time, many contractions used today were considered poor English. B. People who oppose slang and new dialects of English —do not realize the way people speak (8)______time; (8)______ —prove themselves to be intolerant of change. C. Language will be thought of (9)______in the future: (9)______ 1. people talk via the Internet now; 2. the Internet has its own language-computer slang; e.g.: acronyms, used by the Netizens 3. cyber-slang is not accepted by conservatives; 4. it will probably appear in standard (10)______ (10)______ Ⅴ. Conclusion: slang brings changes to language and prejudice against it is groundless.
In the mid-18th century, a new literary movement called ______ came to Europe and then to England.
Thomas Hardy wrote the following novels EXCEPT
I cry easily. I once burst into tears when the curtain came down on the Kirov Ballet’s "Swan Lake". I still choke up every time I see a film of Roger Bannister breaking the "impossible" four-minute mark for the mile. I figure I am moved by witnessing men and women at their best. But they need not be great men and women, doing great things. Take the night, some years ago, when my wife and I were going to dinner at a friend’s house in New York city. It was sleeting. As we hurried toward the house, with its welcoming light, I noticed a car pulling out from the curb. Just ahead, another car was waiting to back into the parking space -- a rare commodity in crowded Manhattan. But before he could do so another car came up from behind, and sneaked into the spot. "That’s dirty pool." I thought. While my wife went ahead into our friend’s house. I stepped into the street to give the guilty driver a piece of my mind. A man in work clothes rolled down the window. "Hey," I said, "this parking space belongs to that guy," I gestured toward the man ahead, who was looking back angrily. I thought I was being a good Samaritan, I guess -- and I remember that the moment I was feeling pretty manly in my new trench coat. "Mind your own business!" the driver told me. "No," I said. "You don’t understand. That fellow was waiting to back into this space." Things quickly heated up, until finally he leaped out of the car. My God, he was colossal. He grabbed me and bent me back over the hood of his car as if I was a rag doll. The sleet stung my face. I glanced at the other driver, looking for help, but he gunned his engine and hightailed it out of there. The huge man shook his rock of a fist of me, brushing my lip and cutting the inside of my mouth against my teeth. I tasted blood. I was terrified. He snarled and threatened, and then told me to beat it. What does "dirty pool" at the end of the second paragraph mean A. Improper deeds B. Bribery C. Chicanery D. Dirty transaction
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