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Today American parent are finding themselves in a (36)___________ about how to deal with teenage drinking, a serious social problem. A recent survey has (37) ___________that 92% of high school (38)_____________have tried alcohol at least once and two-thirds take a drink once a month. Alcohol has resulted in a lot of teenage car crashes, as well as (39) ____________ and murders. Parents are wondering why they can’t keep their children from drinking. Now many are beginning to (40) ___________ that it is not the kids but the parents who should be held responsible for their (41) _________attitudes. Some parent find that (42)__________ attitudes and methods are impractical and ineffective. They try to teach their children to drink responsibly. Many patents believe that (43) ________ drinking is a safe solution.

(44) _______________________________________________________________. Therefore, hardliners are striving to form a united front to lay down common rules to be strictly enforced. And the most popular method in some communities is what they call “ safe homes”, where unsupervised parties with alcohol are forbidden. (45) __________________________________________, but experts and educators fear that such attitudes might invite outright rebellion from the children. (46)___________________________________________________________.

A cab driver taught me a million dollar lesson in customer satisfaction and expectation.(36)________speaker charge thousands of dollars to impart this kind of training to corporate (37)________and staff. It cost me a $12 taxi ride.

I had flown into Dallas for the (38)__________purpose of calling on a (39)________. Time was of the (40)___________and my plan included a quick turnaround trip from and back to the air port. A (41)_______cab pulled up. The driver rushed to open the passenger door for me and made sure I was comfortably seated before he closed the door. As he got in the driver’s seat, he (42)______________that the neatly folded WALL STREET JOURNAL next to me was for my use. He then showed me several tapes and asked me that type of music I would enjoy. Well! I looked around for a “Candid Camera!” wouldn’t you? I could not believe the service I was receiving! I took the (43)______to say, “(44)____________________________________________________________________.”

“You bet,” he replied, “I used to be in Corporate America. But I got tried of thinking my best would never be good enough. I decided to find my niche in life where I could feel proud of being the best I could be. (45)______________________________________________________________. I evaluate my personal assets and…wham! I became a cab driver. (46)________________________________________________________________________. But, to be great in my business, I have to exceed the customer’s expectations! I like both the sound and the return of being ‘great’ better than just getting by on ‘average’.”

Did I tip him big time? You bet! Corporate America’s loss is the traveling folk’s friend!

Today, it’s my privilege to present an award to a student who we believe has used his or her talent to the fullest. We have named our (36)_____________ the Helen Keller Scholarship to honor (37)_______ accomplishment in the face of  (38)__________handicaps.

(39)_______________becoming blind, deaf and mute before you were two years old. That’s what happened to Helen Keller as the result of a serious illness when she was nineteen months old.

(40)________, Helen’s parents took her to Alexander Graham Bell when she was about six, and he (41) _________ a teacher, Miss Anne Sullivan, who was partially blind and had been totally blind. With the constant instruction and devoted (42)_________ of Miss Sullivan, Helen was able to use her (43) __________to the fullest.

She learned to read, write, and speak and eventually graduated from Radcliffe College with honors. (44) ____________________________________________________________. (45)____________________________________________, and she subsequently devoted her life to their welfare. She wrote many books and articles and lectures about her life. (46)________________________________________________________

【答案】

36. award
37. extraordinary
38. severe
39. Imagine
40. Fortunately
41. recommended
42. companionship
43. talents
44. Her education and training represent an almost impossible achievement for a person so handicapped.

45. Helen Keller, of course, also learned that there were many people like her,

46. Her work gave comfort and encouragement to other handicapped people who otherwise might have led a silent hopeless life.

President Clinton later today joins (36)_________ presidents Ford, Carter and Bush at “ the president’s (37)_________ for America’s future” aimed at (38)_______ one million volunteer tutors to provide after school, weekend and summer reading help for up to three million children. Mr. Clinton will ask Congress this coming week for nearly three (39)_______dollars to fund a five-year program called “America Reads”.

The program would fund the (40)________ efforts of 20 thousand reading (41)__________ and it would also give (42)_________ to help parents help children read by the third grade, or about age eight. During his Saturday radio (43)_________, the president explained why the program is important. “We need America and we need it now. Studies show that if the fourth-graders fail to read well, (44)____________________________________. But, 40 percent of them still can’t read at a basic level.” Volunteer tutors, who provide community service in exchange for college funding, are being used in literacy and tutors, who provide community service in exchange for college funding, are being used in literacy and tutoring programs. (45)_______________________________________. The president says many of the Philadelphia summit’s corporate sponsors will recruit tutors. (46)_____________________________________________________.

【答案】

36. former
37. summit
38. recruiting
39. billion
40. coordination
41. specialists
42. grants
43. address
44. They’re likely to drop off school, and less likely to succeed in life.

45. The program, initiated by President Clinton has come under criticism by congress

46. Cozens of colleges and universities are prepared to send thousands of their students in support of the program

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Nursing, as a typically female profession, must deal constantly with the false impression
that nurses are there to wait on the physician. As nurses, we are (36) ____ to provide nursing
care only. We do not have any legal or moral (37) ________ to any physician. We provide health
teaching, (38) _____ physical as well as emotional problems, (39) _______patient-related services,
and make all of our nursing decisions based upon what is best or suitable for the patient. If, in
any (40) ___, we fell that a physician’s order is (41) _____or unsafe, we have a legal
(42) _______to question that order or refuse to carry it out.



Nursing is not a nine-to-five job with every weekend off. All nurses are aware of that before they
enter the profession. The emotional and physical stress, however, that occurs due to odd working
hours is a (43) ____reason for a lot of the career dissatisfaction. (44)________________________.
That disturbs our personal lives, disrupts our sleeping and eating habits, and isolates us from everything
except job-related friends and activities.



The quality of nursing care is being affected dramatically by these situations. (45)________________________________________________________________.
Consumers of medically related services have evidently not been affected enough yet to
demand changes in our medical system. But if trends continue as predicted,(46)___________________________________________________________________.