A.It means something or somebody that is sacred.
B.It means a person who can't bear heat.
C.It means a person who does not believe in any of the world's chief religions.
D.It means a person who is superstitious.
The king said he would give a bag of gold to the person who told ______.
A.a story that he couldn't believe
B.a strange story
C.the best story
, we believe that its recommendations can nevertheless be of substantial assistance to those who use this book on the numerous occasions when they will be called upon to present their ideas in person before a small group or a large audience
From the second paragraph we learn that______.
A.a person who fights his or her way to the top will be president
B.Americans believe that everyone can be president if he has ability
C.anyone who has a difficult life in his early years can be successful
D.difficult life makes a successful man
Which of the following statements the author does NOT believe to be true?
A.The person who wears a uniform. has no serf-worth.
B.Wearing a uniform. gives a person a sense of identification with a large concept.
C.Uniforms will hurt one entire information and entertainment industry.
D.Envy and competition arc incentive to improve one's life.
The king said he would give a bag of gold to the person who told ______.
A.a strange story
B.a story that he couldn't believe
C.the best story
Is this truly the best modern education? Perhaps. But every educator would add or subtract a few subjects. And no matter what list of courses would be offered, it would not be approved by all. Not only do the professors have their own ideas on the matter, but the students have theirs' too. “I don't believe, ”protested a Harvard student when his university revised its programs, “I don't believe that colleges have the fight to define what an educated person is. ”But then, who has?
Accountability isn't hard to【C3】______ . It means that every person is responsible 【C4】______ his or her actions and【C5】______ for their consequences. Of the many values that hold civilization 【C6】______ - honesty, kindness, generosity, decency—accountability may be the most important of all. 【C7】______ it, there can be no respect, no trust, no law-and 【C8】______ , no society.
My job 【C9】______ a police officer is to impose accountability 【C10】______ people who refuse, or have never learned. But as every cop knows, external controls on people's 【C11】______ are far less effective than 【C12】______ restrains such as guilt, shame and embarrassment. Yet more and more, especially in our large cities and suburbs, these inner restraints are 【C13】______ .
The main cause of this breakdown is a radical 【C14】______ in attitudes. Thirty years ago, if a crime was 【C15】______ , society was considered the victim. Now, in a stunning reversal, it's the criminal who is considered victimized: by his underprivileged upbringing; by the school that didn't teach him to read, by the church failed to reach him with moral 【C16】______ , by the parents who didn't provide a【C17】______ home.
I don't believe it. Many others in equally disadvantaged circumstances choose not to engage【C18】______ criminal activities. If we exempt the criminal even partly,【C19】______ accountability, we become a society of endless excuses where no one accepts responsibility for anything.
We in America 【C20】______ need more and more people who believe that the person who commits a crime is the one responsible for it.
【C1】
A.criteria
B.quality
C.values
D.standards
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