The twins wore ______ suits to the party, making it difficult for guests to tell them apart without close observation.A. distinguishableB. identifiedC. equivalentD. identical

4. The twins wore ___ suits to the party, making it difficult for guests to tell them apart without close observation.A. distinguishableB. identifiedC. equivalentD. identical

Every necessary arrangement, including stage setup, sound checks, and security measures, will soon be ______ place for the concert.A. onB. forC. atD. in

Ways to FightRising Food Prices Food, clothing and shelter generally top the list of basic human needs. While shopping at a discount store instead of the mall generally takes care of the clothing issue, and living in a small apartment instead of a McMansion can address your housing situation, rising world food prices can lead to some significant challenges in the food department. Everything from rising transportation costs to the development of biofuels pushes up the cost of food and put a pinch on consumers’ wallets. While the need to eat isn’t something you can avoid, you can take steps to keep the costs in check.Eat at home Dining out is expensive. Just about any nutritious meal that you buy in a formal restaurant can be made at home for a fraction of tile price. Even good coffee is cheaper to make if you do it yourself. Fast food is excluded from the category, as high-calorie, low-quality food can be a bargain price, but the impact on your long-term health overrides the benefit of short-term savings.Shop with a plan If you stumble around the grocery store and fill your cart with everything that catches your eye, chances are you will spend a lot more money than you need to. To minimize your cash outlay (支出), prepare a shopping list before you leave home. Plan your meals for the week ahead, and make careful note of what you need to buy in order to prepare those meals. Once the list is made, purchase only the items on the list, and avoid impulse buys.Eat before you shop When you are hungry and you walk into a building full of food, you’re likely to fill your cart with unnecessary and expensive purchases that appeal to your taste buds. To keep your costs down, eat first and shop on a full stomach.Put on blinders Grocery stores are designed to make you go through a maze to get to the most basic items in the hope that you will make a few impulse buys along the way. If you keep to your planned list, you won’t be tempted when you get forced down the junk food aisle to get at the milk. Because most necessities and basic cooking items are found along the outside edge of the store, start there and work your way around the perimeter and step into the maze only to grab any leftover items on your list.Avoid prepared foods Our fast-paced society encourages convenience, and grocery stores have capitalized on this trend. Ready-made meals are easy to buy, but they come with a premium price tag. Instead of putting that rotisserie chicken and macaroni salad in your cart, buy the ingredients and prepare the meal yourself. The same concept applies to frozen entrées, baked goods and any other foods that have been prepared in some way for added convenience.Buy in bulk Bulk buying can save you a significant amount of money. Pay attention to the prices and pick up the family-size package if the per-unit cost is lower and you have a place to store it. Shopping at big-box bulk retailers like Sam’s Club and Costco can also save on your bill if you shop there frequently enough to cover the cost of membership, but pay careful attention to your spending habits. The big boxes are often no bargain compared with sale prices and coupon savings at other stores. In addition, they may encourage you to buy more than you need, driving up your grocery bill.Use store reward cards If the store you visit most frequently has a reward card, be sure to sign up. In some cases, stores raise their prices when they offer reward cards, and without the card your bill will certainly be higher. If the reward card offers other benefits, such as a ham for the holidays or a discount on gasoline, be sure to maximize your benefits by paying attention to the cutoffdates on such offers and cashing in your points before they expire.Use coupons Coupons provide an easy way to save money. Clip them and cash them in, paying particular attention to stores that double the value of manufacturers’ coupons. A number of websites also offer coupons exclusively, and they are a great place to search for discounts on the items you have on your list. If you frequent the websites of your favorite brands, they will often offer discounts to their faithful customers. A few minutes of surfing online can make a big difference at the register.Buy locally Locally grown or produced food is often available at a lower price because you don’t pay for long transportation costs. Farmers markets, fairs and the local aisle at your grocery store are all game for deals on tasty and fresh food.Look down Stores often place the most-expensive items at eye level. To find less-expensive items, look down. Also, by searching the area around brand-name foods, you can often find a cheaper generic (没有商标的) alternative. Generic label products are often nearly identical to name-brand goods (in fact, they’re often produced in the same factory), so don’t pay for packaging when what you really want is the food inside.Compare prices and stores Some consumers often have trouble calculating the perunit cost in their heads, but it’s something that gets a lot easier with practice. You can even carry a calculator. Looking at the brands and comparing prices is an easy way to shave a few cents off most purchases. The store that features the lowest average prices in your area is often the best place for routine shopping, but the higher-priced competitor may run sales on specific items that beat the cost at your most frequented venue. Watch for these sales and take advantage of them when possible. Watch ’best before’ and ’sell by’ dates As the sell-by or best-before date approaches, you are virtually guaranteed a discount. For example, grocery stores lower prices as meat ages. Ask the butcher when the meats get marked down. Most stores have a fairly regular schedule that you can learn and follow. When you get a good deal, stock your freezer so you can avoid buying when the price is high. And if you plan on freezing the food, "best before" dates shouldn’t worry you; the product will stay fine until you thaw and cook it.Substitute recipe items If you have a higher-priced item that recurs in your favorite recipes, it may be time to shake up your taste buds. Often a lower-priced alternative can be found. For instance, if you consistently bake with olive oil and you see that the price has skyrocketed, a simple switch to applesauce can make for a cheap and low-fat substitute in many recipes.Check your bill Electronic scanners make checkout faster and more convenient, but scanners aren’t perfect. Get in the habit of taking a look at the receipt to make sure your coupons and discounts were taken into account.Pay in cash When you put groceries on your credit card and don’t pay off the card in full each month, you pay interest on the balance. To avoid this extra cost, pay in cash when you shop and keep necessities off your credit cards.To maximize the benefits of store reward cards, people should ______. A. buy a bit more than they need in the holidaysB. visit the stores as frequently as possibleC. exchange their points when they are still validD. try to pay in cash instead of by credit cards

A) This goal places the emphasis on the learning needs of young people and adults in the context of lifelong learning.It calls for fair access to learning programs that are appropriate，and mentions life skills particularly. 　　B)Education is about giving people the opportunity to develop their potential，their personality and their strengths.This does not merely mean learning new knowledge，but also developing abilities to make the most of life.These are called life skills——including the inner capacities and the practical skills we need. 　　C)Many of the inner capacities——often known as psych0—social skills——cannot be taught as subjects.They are not the same as academic or technical learnin9.They must rather be modeled and promoted as part of learning，and in particular by teachers.These skills have to do with the way we behave—towards other people，towards ourselves，towards the challenges and problems of life. 　　They include skills in communicating，in making decisions and solving problems，in negotiating and expressing ourselves，in thinking critically and understanding our feelings. 　　D)More practical life skills are the kinds of manual skills we need for the physical tasks we face.Some would include vocational skills under the heading of life skills——the ability to lay bricks.sew clothes，catch fish or repair a motorbike.These are skills by which people may earn their livelihood and which are often available to young people leaving school.In fact，very often young people learn psycho-social skills as they learn more practical skills.Learning vocational skills can be a strategy for acquiring both practical and psycho-social skills. 　　E)We need to increase our life skills at every stage of life，so learning them may be part of early child—hood education.of primary and secondary education and of adult learning groups.Life skills can be put into the categories that the Jacques Delors report suggested;it spoke of four pillars of education，which correspond to certain kinds of life skills—Learning to know：Thinking abilities：such as problem—solving，critical thinking，decision making，understanding consequences.Learning to be： Personal abilities：such as managing stress and feelings，self-awareness，self-confidence.Learning to live together：Social abilities：such as communication，negotiation，teamwork.Learning to do： Manual skills：practicing know-how required for work and tasks. 　　F)In today’s world all these skills are necessary, in order to face rapid change in society.This means that it is important to know how to go on learning as we require new skills for life and work.In addition，we need to know how to cope with the flood of information and turn it in to useful knowledge.We also need to learn how to handle change in society and in our own lives. 　　G)Life skills are both concrete and abstract—practical skills can be learned directly, as a subject.For example, a learner can take a course in laying bricks and learn that skill.Other life skills，such as self-confidence，self-esteem，and skills for relating to others or thinking critically cannot be taught in such direct ways.They should be part of any learning process，where teachers or instructors are concerned that learners should not just learn about subjects，but learn how to cope with life and make the most of their potential. 　　H)So these life skills may be learnt when learning other things.For example：Learning literacy may have a big impact on self-esteem，on critical thinking or on communication skills;Learning practical skills s ach as drivin9，healthcare or tailoring may increase self-confidence，teach problem—solving processes or help in understanding consequences. 　　I) Whether this is true depends on the way of teachin9—what kinds of thinkin9，relationship building and communication the teacher or facilitator models themselves and promotes among the learners. 　　It would require measuring the individual and collective progress in making the most of learning and of life，or assessing how far human potential is being realized，or estimating how well people cope with change.It is easier to measure the development of practical skills，for instance by counting the number of students who register for vocational skills courses.However, this still may not tell us how effectively these skills are being used. 　　J)The psych0.social skills cannot easily be measured by tests and scores，but become visible in Chang behavior.Progress in this area has often been noted by teachers on reports which they make to the parents of their pupils.The teacher’s experience of life，of teaching and of what can be expected from education in the broadest sense serve as a standard by which the growth and development of individuals can be assessed to some extent.This kind of assessment is individual and may never appear in international tables and charts. 　　K)The current challenges relate to these difficulties：We need to recognize the importance of life skills　both practical and psycho-social　as part of education which leads to the full development of human potential and to the development of society.The links between psycho—social skills and practical skills must be more clearly spelled out，so that educators can promote both together and find effective ways to do this.Since life skills are taught as part of a wide range of subjects，teachers need to have training in how to put them across and how to monitor learners’growth in these areas. 　　In designing curricula and syllabuses for academic subjects，there must be a balance between content teaching and attention to the accompanying life skills.A more conscious and deliberate effort to promote life skills will enable learners to become more active citizens in the life of society. 　　L) Governments should recognize and actively advocate for the transformational role of education in realizing human potential and in socio—economic development.Ensure that curricula and syllabuses address life skills and give learners the opportunity to make real-life applications of knowledge，skills and attitudes.Show how life skills of all kinds apply in the world of work，for example，negotiating and communication skills，as well practical skills.Through initial and in-service teacher training，increase the use of active and participatory learning/teaching approaches.Examine and adapt the processes and content of education so that there is a balance between academic input and life skills development.Make sure that education inspectors look not only for academic progress through teaching and learning，but also progress in the communication， modeling and application of life skills.Advocate for the links between primary and(early)secondary education because learning life skills needs eight or nine years and recognize that the prospect of effective secondary education is an incentive to children，and their parents，to complete primary education successfully. 　　M)Funding agencies should support research，exchange and debate.nationally and regionally,　on ways of strengthening life skills education.Support innovative(创新的)teacher training in order to combine life skills promotion into subjects across the curriculum and as a fundamental part of what school and education are about.Recognize the links between primary and secondary education in ensuring that children develop strong life skills.Support，therefore，the early years of secondary education as part basic education. 　　N) As support to governments and in cooperation with other international agencies，UNESC0：Works to define life skills better and clarify what it means to teach and learn them.Assists education. policy makers and teachers to develop and use a life skills approach to education.Advocates for the links between a life skills approach to education and broader society and human development.1.[选词填空]The abilities to manage stress and feelings，self-awareness，self-confidence are personal abilities.2.[选词填空]One function of UNESCO is to help educational policy makers and teachers to develop and use a life skills approach to education.3.[选词填空]The progress in psycho—social skills can be measured by changed behavior.4.[选词填空]The abilities to make the most of life consist of the inner capacities and the practical skills.5.[选词填空]The recognition of life skills as part of education will promote the development of human potential and society.6.[选词填空]Learning literacy may exert an influence on self-esteem，critical thinking and communication skills.7.[选词填空]Governments should examine and adapt the processes and content of education so as to balance the academic input and life skills development.8.[选词填空]According to Jacques Delors，four pillars of education include learning to know, learning to be， learning to live together and learning to do.9.[选词填空]Learning vocational skills can be an approach to acquiring both practical and psycho—social skills.10.[选词填空]The funding agencies should link primary education and secondary education to make sure that children develop strong life skills.

英文论文的致谢部分可以感谢个人对作者的情感支持。（）A. 错B. 对

Banked clozeFill in the blanks by selecting suitable words from the word bank. You may not use any of the words more than once.A academic F ethic K perseveringB asserting G innovated L platformC assuming H motivated M releasedD dynamic I obey N remainedE emerged J obsess O retainMs. Wang has been happy with her new job with a software company. "It offers a big 1) L for me to develop, and I can learn much!" she said.Like Ms. Wang, a growing number of young Chinese workers are demanding that their voices be heard and 2) B themselves more in the workplace. Young people have become the main population in China's talent market, according to a report 3) M earlier this year. Therefore, many companies are doubling their efforts to attract and 4) O this vital group.Raised in the time of great social and economic change in China, this generation has 5) E as well-educated, highly resourceful members of the workforce. They are often in search of better learning and career-development opportunities. A study of the generation found that of employees who 6) N with the same company for one to five years, more than 80 percent said that good career development was what 7) H them to stay with the company.This generation doesn't just want to 8) I orders. They want to participate in decision-making. They question authority and are 9) K in what they're pursuing. If companies want to keep on these talented employees, they have to make the workplace more 10) D. Many companies have taken significant steps to create more flexible working environments, in an attempt to encourage employees to stay longer with the company.

As with many other natural resources, concern is growing that ground-water supplies are being _ by rapidly increasing demands. (depletion)

Those who have made significant contributions to the company are ____ to the rewards that are commensurate with their efforts.A. deservedB. empoweredC. entitledD. promoted