Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word (s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on Answer Sheet 1. Greg Focker, played by Ben Stiller, represents a generation of American kids (1) in the 1980s on the philosophy that any achievement, however slight, (2) a ribbon. (3) replaced punishment; criticism became a dirty word. In Texas, teachers were advised to (4) using red ink, the colour of (5) . In California, a task force was set up to (6) the concept of self worth into the education system. Swathing youngsters in a (7) shield of self-esteem, went the philosophy, would protect them from the nasty things in life, such as bad school grades, underage sex, drug abuse, dead-end jobs and criminality. (8) that the ninth-place ribbons are in danger of strangling the (9) children they were supposed to help. America’s (10) with self-esteem--like all developments in psychology, it gradually (11) its way to Britain--has turned children who were (12) with (13) into adults who (14) at even the mildest brickbats. Many believe that the feel-good culture has risen at the (15) of traditional education, an opinion espoused in a new book, Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good About Themselves But Can’t Read, Write, or Add, by the conservative commentator Charles Sykes. Not only that, but the foundations (16) which the self-esteem industry is built are being (17) as decidedly shaky. Roy Baumeister, professor of psychology at Florida State University and once a self-esteem enthusiast, is now (18) a revision of the populist orthodoxy. "After all these years, I’m sorry to say, my recommendation is this: forget, about self-esteem and (19) more on self-control and self-dlscipline," he wrote recently. "Recent work suggests this would be good for the individual and good for society--and might even be able to (20) some of those promises that self-esteem once made but could not keep."
A. fare
B. expenditure
C. expense
D. risk
案例八:赵大宝准备在北京购买一套200平方米的普通住宅,价格是20000元/平方米。他参加了住房公积金制度,并且每月按时缴纳住房公积金。赵大宝拟在工商银行申请个人住房公积金贷款,且目前名下的住房公积金本息余额为20000元,上个月公积金汇储额为4000元(包括单位及个人)。他本人目前离法定退休年龄还剩32年。同时赵大宝购房除了房款本身之外,还需要缴纳契税、印花税、房屋买卖手续费、公证费、律师费等各种费用。 根据案例八,回答47~50题: 下列不属于赵大宝申请住房公积金贷款应提供的资料的是( )。
A. 借款人夫妻双方身份证及户口簿复印件
B. 住房公积金储蓄卡及借款人名章
C. 借款人夫妻双方稳定的经济收入证明
D. 合法的购房合同、首付款收据
案例七:黄先生在北京购买了一套价值100万元的普通住宅。 根据案例七,回答40~46题: 若黄先生购房两年后,房屋价格上涨,黄先生决定出售该房,在与买方签订的合同中该房屋金额为120万元,则签订产权转让收据时,黄先生应该缴纳的印花税为( )元。
A. 150
B. 450
C. 500
D. 600