Thefollowing phrases exemplify the loss of plosion at the junction of words
EXCEPT_______.

Thefashion industry blatantly pays attention to plus-size women. A good fitis everything,stylists often counsel, but in assessing its market America'sfashion business appears to have mislaid the measuring tape. A frequently-citedstudy done a few years ago by Plunkett Research, a market-research firm, foundthat 67% of American women were “plus-size”, meaning size 14 or larger.
Thatfigure will not have changed much, but in 2016, only 18% of clothing sold wasplus-size,according to NPD Group, another research firm.
Designersand retailers have long thought of the plus-size segment as high-risk.Predicting what these customers will buy can be difficult, as they tend to bemore cautious about styles. Making larger clothes is more expensive; highercosts for fabric cannot always be passed on to consumers.In turn, plus-sizewomen shopped less because the industry was not serving them well. “We have moneybut nowhere to spend it,” says Kristine Thompson, who runs a blog called TrendyCurvy and has nearly 150000 followers on Instagram, a social-media site.
At last,that is changing. Fast-fashion brands, including Forever 21 and a fashion linesold in partnership with Target, a giant retailer, have expanded theirplus-size collections. Lane Bryant, a plus-size retailer, and Prabal Garung, adesigner, have done the same. In March, Nike extended its“X-sized”sportswear range. Revenue in the plus-size category increased by 14%between 2013 and2016, compared with growth of 7% for all apparel.
Socialmedia has played an important role in changing attitudes in the fashionbusiness, says Madeline Jones, editor and co-founder of PLUS Model Magazine.Nonetheless, designer brands still hold back (Walmart sells the most plus-sizeapparel). Some brands, such as Michael Kors, do sell plus-size ranges but donot advertise them or display them on websites. Gwynnie Bee, Stitch Fix and Dia&Co,for example, share information with designers on preferred styles and fits.Tracy Reese,a designer known for creating Michelle Obama's dress for theDemocratic National Convention in2012, is one brand that recently enlistedGwynnie Bee's help to create a new plus-size collection.Gwynnie Bee promptedthe label to create bigger patterns and more appealing designs.
Not allplus-size shoppers are convinced. Laura Fuentes, a hairstylist from Abilene,Texas, says that many upmarket department stores still keep their plus-sizeclothing sections poorly organized,badly stocked and dimly lit, if they stocklarger clothes at all. Yet such complaints should be taken with a pinch ofsalt, says Ms. Thompson. "We're nowhere near where we should be but we'vemade progress," she says.
Inthe sentence “At last, that is changing” in Paragraph 3, what does “that” referto?

Thefashion industry blatantly pays attention to plus-size women. A good fitis everything,stylists often counsel, but in assessing its market America'sfashion business appears to have mislaid the measuring tape. A frequently-citedstudy done a few years ago by Plunkett Research, a market-research firm, foundthat 67% of American women were “plus-size”, meaning size 14 or larger.
Thatfigure will not have changed much, but in 2016, only 18% of clothing sold wasplus-size,according to NPD Group, another research firm.
Designersand retailers have long thought of the plus-size segment as high-risk.Predicting what these customers will buy can be difficult, as they tend to bemore cautious about styles. Making larger clothes is more expensive; highercosts for fabric cannot always be passed on to consumers.In turn, plus-sizewomen shopped less because the industry was not serving them well. “We have moneybut nowhere to spend it,” says Kristine Thompson, who runs a blog called TrendyCurvy and has nearly 150000 followers on Instagram, a social-media site.
At last,that is changing. Fast-fashion brands, including Forever 21 and a fashion linesold in partnership with Target, a giant retailer, have expanded theirplus-size collections. Lane Bryant, a plus-size retailer, and Prabal Garung, adesigner, have done the same. In March, Nike extended its“X-sized”sportswear range. Revenue in the plus-size category increased by 14%between 2013 and2016, compared with growth of 7% for all apparel.
Socialmedia has played an important role in changing attitudes in the fashionbusiness, says Madeline Jones, editor and co-founder of PLUS Model Magazine.Nonetheless, designer brands still hold back (Walmart sells the most plus-sizeapparel). Some brands, such as Michael Kors, do sell plus-size ranges but donot advertise them or display them on websites. Gwynnie Bee, Stitch Fix and Dia&Co,for example, share information with designers on preferred styles and fits.Tracy Reese,a designer known for creating Michelle Obama's dress for theDemocratic National Convention in2012, is one brand that recently enlistedGwynnie Bee's help to create a new plus-size collection.Gwynnie Bee promptedthe label to create bigger patterns and more appealing designs.
Not allplus-size shoppers are convinced. Laura Fuentes, a hairstylist from Abilene,Texas, says that many upmarket department stores still keep their plus-sizeclothing sections poorly organized,badly stocked and dimly lit, if they stocklarger clothes at all. Yet such complaints should be taken with a pinch ofsalt, says Ms. Thompson. "We're nowhere near where we should be but we'vemade progress," she says.
Whatis Ms. Thompson's attitude toward the development of plus-size clothes?

The word" unkindliness" contains__________morphemes.

--Don't you remember my name?
--I'mreally sorry. Your name_______from my mind.

--Dad, it's a long way from our home to the amusement park!
--Youmean it's_______to take a taxi?

--What a great time the Kings had_______the winter holiday! Where did they go?
--It wasin Hainan_______they spent the winter.

Themorpheme “coast” in the word “coastal” is a_______.

Themythology of a culture can provide some vital insights into the beliefs andvalues of that culture. By using fantastic and sometimes incredible stories tocreate an oral tradition by which to explain the wonders of the natural worldand teach lessons to younger generations, a society exposes those ideas andconcepts held most important. Just as important as the final lesson to be gatheredfrom the stories, however, are the characters and the roles they play inconveying that message.
Perhapsthe epitome of mythology and its use as a tool to pass on cultural values canbe found in Aesop's Fables, told and retold during the era of the Greek Empire.Aesop, a slave who won the favor of the court through his imaginative anddescriptive tales, almost exclusively used animals to fill the roles in hisshort stories. Humans, when at all present, almost always played the part of bumblingfools struggling to learn the lesson being presented. This choice ofcharacterization allows
us tosee that the Greeks placed wisdom on a level slightly beyond humans, implyingthat deep wisdom and understanding is a universal quality sought by, ratherthan stealing from, human beings.
Aesop'sfables illustrated the central themes of humility and self-reliance, reflectingthe importance of those traits in early Greek society. The folly of humans wasused to contrast against the ultimate goal of attaining a higher level ofunderstanding and awareness of truths about nature and humanity. For example,one notable fable features a fox repeatedly trying to reach a bunch of grapeson a very high vine. After failing at several attempts, the fox gives up,making up its mind
that thegrapes were probably sour anyway. The fable's lesson, that we often play downthat which we can't achieve so as to make ourselves feel better, teaches thereader or listener in an entertaining way about one of the weaknesses of thehuman psyche.
Themythology of other cultures and societies reveal the underlying traits of theirrespective cultures just as Aesop's fables did. The stories of Roman gods,Aztec ghosts and European elves all served to train ancient generations thoselessons considered most important to their community,and today they offer apowerful looking glass by which to evaluate and consider the contextual environmentin which those culture existed.
The author appears to view fables as_______.

Themythology of a culture can provide some vital insights into the beliefs andvalues of that culture. By using fantastic and sometimes incredible stories tocreate an oral tradition by which to explain the wonders of the natural worldand teach lessons to younger generations, a society exposes those ideas andconcepts held most important. Just as important as the final lesson to be gatheredfrom the stories, however, are the characters and the roles they play inconveying that message.
Perhapsthe epitome of mythology and its use as a tool to pass on cultural values canbe found in Aesop's Fables, told and retold during the era of the Greek Empire.Aesop, a slave who won the favor of the court through his imaginative anddescriptive tales, almost exclusively used animals to fill the roles in hisshort stories. Humans, when at all present, almost always played the part of bumblingfools struggling to learn the lesson being presented. This choice ofcharacterization allows
us tosee that the Greeks placed wisdom on a level slightly beyond humans, implyingthat deep wisdom and understanding is a universal quality sought by, ratherthan stealing from, human beings.
Aesop'sfables illustrated the central themes of humility and self-reliance, reflectingthe importance of those traits in early Greek society. The folly of humans wasused to contrast against the ultimate goal of attaining a higher level ofunderstanding and awareness of truths about nature and humanity. For example,one notable fable features a fox repeatedly trying to reach a bunch of grapeson a very high vine. After failing at several attempts, the fox gives up,making up its mind
that thegrapes were probably sour anyway. The fable's lesson, that we often play downthat which we can't achieve so as to make ourselves feel better, teaches thereader or listener in an entertaining way about one of the weaknesses of thehuman psyche.
Themythology of other cultures and societies reveal the underlying traits of theirrespective cultures just as Aesop's fables did. The stories of Roman gods,Aztec ghosts and European elves all served to train ancient generations thoselessons considered most important to their community,and today they offer apowerful looking glass by which to evaluate and consider the contextual environmentin which those culture existed.
Themain point of this text is_______.

Somepeople believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nationsand that if countries play games together they will learn to live together.Others say that the opposite is true: the international contests encouragefalse national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probablysome truth in both arguments, but in recent years, the Olympic Games have donelittle to support the view that sports encourage international brotherhood. Notonly was there the tragic incident involving the murder of athletes, but theGames were ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor nationalcontests.
Onecountry received its second-place medals with visible indignation after thehockey final. They were convinced that one of their goals should not have beendisallowed and that their opponents' victory was unfair. Their manager was in arage when he said, “This isn't hockey.Hockey and the International HockeyFederation are finished.” The president of the Federation said later that suchbehavior could result in the suspension of the team for at least .three years.
TheAmerican basketball team announced that they would not yield first place toRussia, after a disputable end to their contest. The game had ended indisturbance. It was thought at first that the United States had won by a singlepoint, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. ARussia player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, andanother player popped it into the basket. It was the first time the USA hadever lost an Olympic basketball match.An appeal jury debated the matter forfour and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. TheAmerican players then voted not to receive the silver medals.
Incidentsof this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather thanfor the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete asindividuals or in non-national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in thepresent organization of the Olympics, there is far too much that encouragesaggressive patriotism.
Thebasketball example implied that_______.

Comeon--Everybody's doing it. That whispered message, half invitation and halfforcing,is what most of us think of when we hear the words peer pressure. Itusually leads to no good--drinking, drugs and casual sex, But in her new bookJoin the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be apositive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizationsand officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve theirlives and possibly the world.
Rosenberg,the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, offers a host of examples of the social curein action: In South Carolina, a state-sponsored antismoking program called RageAgainst the Haze sets out to make cigarettes uncool. In South Africa, an HIV-preventioninitiative known as LoveLife recruits young people to promote safe sex amongtheir peers.
The ideaseems promising, and Rosenberg is a perceptive observer. Her critique of the lamenessof many public-health campaigns is spot-on: they fail to mobilize peer pressurefor healthy habits, and they demonstrate a seriously flawed understanding ofpsychology. "Dare to be different,please don't smoke!" pleads onebillboard campaign aimed at reducing smoking among teenagers--teenagers, whodesire nothing more than fitting in. Rosenberg argues convincingly thatpublic-health advocates ought to take a page from advertisers, so skilled atapplying peer pressure.
But onthe general effectiveness of the social cure, Rosenberg is less persuasive.Join the Club is filled with too much irrelevant details and not enoughexploration of the social and biological factors that make peer pressure sopowerful. The most glaring flaw of the social cure as its presented here isthat it doesn't work very well for very long. Rage Against the Haze failed oncestate funding was cut. Evidence that the LoveLife program produces lastingchanges is limited and mixed.
There'sno doubt that our peer groups exert enormous influence on our behavior. An emergingbody of research shows that positive health habits--as well as negativeones--spread through networks of friends via social communication. This is asubtle form of peer pressure: we unconsciously imitate the behavior we seeevery day.
Far lesscertain, however, is how successfully experts and bureaucrats can select ourpeer groups and steer their activities in virtuous directions. It's like theteacher who breaks up the troublemakers in the back row by pairing them withbetter-behaved classmates. The tactic never really works. And that's theproblem with a social cure engineered from the outside: in the real world, asin school, we insist on choosing our own friends.
Paragraph 5 shows that our imitation of behaviors_______.

Thereare people who are especially attracted to the notion of "climbing theladder" so as to increase their status, financial position, and sense ofself-worth. In part, as a result of the work ethic,these people are internally"driven" to work. Not infrequently, foreign visitors have observedthat Americans spend an inordinate (过度的) amount of time working and, as aconsequence, Americans have little time for leisure or personal relationships.In American English, a new word "workaholic"
has beencreated to describe an individual who is as addicted to work as an alcoholic isto liquor.
Thereare conflicting points of view about workaholics. Those concerned with problemsof mental stress believe workaholics abuse themselves physically and mentally.Others hold that workaholics are valuable members of society because they areextremely productive. The American culture values achievement, efficiency, andproduction--a workaholic supports these values.
Despitethe presence of workaholics, there is a growing realization in the UnitedStates that excessive work demands can be physically and mentally harmful. Manypeople have been rebelling against the work ethic, claiming that when a job isso important, personal relationships suffer and relaxation becomes secondary.Consequently, there has been a shift in values, with more emphasis being givento personal relationships and non-work activities.Increased leisure time in theUnited States has not changed the idea that work and play are distinctactivities. There is a belief that it is desirable "to work hard and playhard" and undesirable
tocombine the two. In many offices, stores and factories socializing amongemployees is discouraged. An employee under pressure at work often cannotafford to respond to social calls and visits. However, the amount of personalcontact on the job depends on the nature of the work.
Peopleare ambivalent toward work; it is, at the same time, glorified and belittled.In the words
offormer President Richard Nixon: "The 'work ethic' holds that labor is goodin itself; that a man or woman becomes a better person by virtue of the act ofworking. America's competitive spirit,the 'work ethic' of this people, is aliveand well ..." Another viewpoint is expressed in an Anacin commercial:"I like my job and am good at it, but it sure grinds me down (折磨) sometimes, and the lastthing I need to take home is a headache."
Thereason why some people don't socialize with their co-workers on the job is that_______.

Thelights go out--another power failure. "Get the candles," Mom says,and I do. My younger brother and I search every room to collect the tallcandles and holders (烛台) spaced around the house. I hurry from shelf to shelf gathering wax蜡) sticks in my arms and place them in the living room,a few candles in each comer except for a small red votive. That one I keep. Itis the one I will take to the coffee table to use to read. I slide my book,Things Fall Apart, beside the candle holder,
determinedto finish the last three chapters, but lacking determination. So the bookremains closed.A sigh escapes my brother's lips.
"Thisis boring," he says. A drop of wax falls on my book. "I know," Isay, but really, I am enjoying the stillness. I like to watch the candle bumand feel that life is simple. I like to look out of the window into animmediate darkness unspoiled by unpleasant light. I love these silent moments
when Ifeel as if I can live the way they lived, the people of the past--theEgyptians, the Pilgrims (朝圣者), the Greeks--anyone who ever lived to see the black color I'mseeing, anyone who lived to see a yellow flame and depended on it. I feel atonce with a secret, ancient age. I'm convinced that night, in this disturbedstate, is the closest a person can get to experience the past.
So, whatwas night really like for them? Night, as we know it now, is a pleasant, lovingthing compared to the incomprehensible darkness that covered Earth's firstpeople. Even its beauty seemed unmatched.
What dida farmer's family do at night? Of course, the darkness must have brought them together,forced them into each other's company as it has done to us tonight--developed aclose relationship in a time of fear and uncertainty. A fire probably burntbrightly in a central room where the family gathered to talk and relax. Nightwas a time when men and women were liberated from work and socialized. They hadno computers or TVs, and had to make do with books, religion, and conversation.At their bedside, they prayed to God, and felt a sense of security that theywere out of the darkness and harm's reach.
Nevertheless,to run a risk of going outside was sometimes necessary, and the threat ofrobbers,wolves, even the ethereal (太空精灵), was present. What emotions did thesepeople feel? Did they witness a deep bright blue cloud across heaven? Whatwould it have been like to feel the night,heavy and damp against my back? Wouldit have taken me, choked me with its powerful hands,separated me from otherpeople? Or would those have been awful dreams, and dreams only?
Iimagine a young girl, stepping outside her home and into a desert for some air.A cool,earthy smell would greet her. There's a sky with millions of stars--farmore than a person could see today--and there's the moon. It's the largestobject in the sky, the midnight sun that shines in the world, the traveler'storch. It inspires stories of uncertainty, stories of power. I imagine thisgirl amazed at the moon and stars. If she wanders too far, she needn't worry,for the stars will lead her
backhome.
Bzzz!The lights return. Everyone cheers and abandons the room, happy that theirperiod of being lonely is over, everyone except me. I pull my candle closer,and stare into the night. The glory is gone; it has been made less bright bystreet lamps, electric signs, TVs, and all other manners of artificial light.But in those moments, when every light in every house was off, people may havehad a taste of the old world. They may finally have touched upon the slightfear, the admiration, and there spect that our ancestors felt for the night.
Bysaying “This is boring” (Paragraph 2), the writer's brother most probably meansthat_______.

Themedical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment inhospitals may play a significant role in the process of recovery from illness.
As partof a nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the galleries and intopublic places,some of the country's most talented artists have been called into transform older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings.Of the 2500 National Health Service hospitals in Britain,almost 100 now havesignificant collections of contemporary art in corridors, waiting areas and treatmentrooms.
Theserecent initiatives owe a great deal to one artist, Peter Senior, who set up hisstudio at a Manchester hospital in northeastern England during the early 1970s.He felt the artist had lost his place in modern society, and that art should beenjoyed by a wider audience.
Atypical hospital waiting room might have as many as 500 visitors each week.What better place to hold regular exhibitions of art? Senior held the firstexhibition of his own paintings in the out-patients waiting area of theManchester Royal Hospital in 1975. Believed to be Britain's first hospitalartist, Senior was so much in demand that he was soon joined by a team of sixyoung art school graduates.
Theeffect is striking. Now in the corridors and waiting rooms the visitorexperiences a full view of fresh colors, playful images and restful courtyards.
Thequality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when apatient is recovering from an illness. A study has shown that patients who hada view onto a garden needed half the number of strong pain killers comparedwith patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at.
Whatcan we say of Peter Senior?

Inoral English class, the teacher uses phrases such as “WowMy goodnessPardon” to communicatewith students. Which principle does this teacher focus on?

Which of the following is a referential question used by a teacher in class?

which of the following might not be the reason why a teacher organizes groupwork in class?

Which of the following questions can cultivate students' divergent thinkingability?

Which of the following statements about teachers' instructions is NOT true?

What is the teacher doing in terms of errorcorrection?
S: 1go to the theater last night.
T: You GO to the theater last night?

Whena teacher makes evaluations by asking students to conclude what they haveleamed through concept maps after learning a unit or several units, he/she isconducting a_______.

Which of the following best describes the phenomenon that learners apply the skills acquired in one field to another?

Theword “UNESCO” is called a(n)_______.

Thebook is so well received that it sells_______the million.

——Will you be able to go swimming with us?
——_______.

The similarity between the English consonants/p/,/b/,and/m/is that they are all_________.

I would have told him the answer, but I _________so busy then.

Which of the following should a teacher avoid when his/her focus is on developing students' ability to use words appropriately?

Theritual of English tea time is believed to have originated in the late 1700'swhen Anna,Duchess of Bedford, ordered that a plate of cakes be sent up to herwith her afternoon cup of tea.
TheDuchess chronically experienced a “sinking feeling” (what we would term “lowblood sugar”) in the late afternoon. To tide her over the long hours betweenmeals she turned to carbohydrates.
Other royals immediately copied theDuchess, and afternoon tea parties became quite
fashionable.Low tables were set up in front of sofas and chairs, and the ladies found a newopportunity to show off pretty clothes, fine china, embroidered linentablecloths and napkins, and silver tableware.
Tea timewas also the time to exchange juicy gossip and serve refreshments. Soon darlinglittle sandwiches and sweet pastries as well as scones were being arranged ondecorative stands and plates for the ladies' pleasure.
The teaparty mania quickly spread across the Atlantic where tea was already enjoyed asa beverage. This fondness for tea was later suppressed by the patrioticAmericans during the era immediately preceding the American Revolution becauseof the unreasonable British tax on tea.
However,by April 27,1776, Congress announced in the Philadelphia Packet that “thedrinking of tea can now be indulged.” The custom of afternoon tea parties wasnot really revived in this country, though, until the mid-1800's, whenVictorian ways were in vogue here. Leisure-class American ladies began having“kettledrums” at 4 p.m.. “Kettledrums”wascalled that in connection with the term “teakettle” . Petits fours and otherdainty delights were served amid Victorian opulence.
A Victorian diarist, Maud Berkeley (Maud:The Illustrated Diary of a Victorian Woman,Chronicle Books,1987) gave ananecdote concerning tea time: "Mrs. Barnes had out a lovely tea-cloth forher tea-party, worked all over with cyclamens and honeysuckle. Shoggie Boucher,unused to such dainty, contrived to slop his tea all over it. Thankful it wasnot I. As it was, my new feather boa, which I wore for the first time, got intomy teacup, causing much alarm and merriment to all assembled. LilianBlack-Barnes was, as ever, strong in adversity and wrung out the offendingobject in the kitchen sink. Fear it may never be the same again, none theless."
Myfamily, mother, and I were able to relieve some of that sophisticated elegance(minus the drippy boa) when we had tea at the Ritz in London. The Palm Court,an open area on the ground floor of the hotel, is a study inturn-of-the-century decor. Gilt statuary, palms, and other plants, and stylishly-setlittle tables beckon welcomingly under high-up, rose-tinted skylights.
Ourwaiter brought us a selection of finger sandwiches of smoked salmon, ham,cucumber,Cheddar cheese, cream cheese, and chives, or egg salad. Scones(similar to American biscuits) were offered with butter, and various preservesand jellies.
Alongwith this we were served Indian or China tea, and hot chocolate for my youngdaughter.
Then thedapper waiter presented a vast tray holding many French pastries and cakes fromwhich we could choose. After several teeny sandwiches and a couple ofmarmalade-coated scones, a chocolate eclair seemed to add carbohydrate overloadto carbo-loading, but “when in England, do as the English do”.
This teafeast was served between 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. Around 10:00 p.m., we had regainedjust enough appetite to sample some fish and chips (French fries), and then weput our weary stomachs and ourselves to bed.
Which of the following is not employed in the passage?