He constantly ______ his proposal that ______ of the budget

Recreational shoppers go shopping for fun.

It was ______ she was sick ______ she didn’t come to attend the farewell party.

Femi，Martin and James catch trains to go to the same destination.　　Femi catches the 8∶15 a.m. train.　　Martin’s train journey takes twice as long as James’.　　Martin leaves 15 minutes before Femi and arrives at noon.　　James catches the 11∶30 a.m. trains.　　What time does James arrive at the destination?

他承诺帮助我们买下那栋房子，但有些勉强。 （with reluctance）

Turn in your collection of industry-supplied freebies and Goodman will send back a few replacement pens bearing the No Free Lunch insignia. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, the pharmaceutical (1) ind____ spends $8,000 to $13,000 per physician each year to promote its wares, which are hawked by a sales force of roughly 80,000 representatives. He decided to keep the clinic off-limits to drug sales (2) re____ but found it hard to practice. He created a (3)____ to sell the pens and mugs to raise money for the patients, which is called it NoFreeLunch.org. Drug companies send extravagant gifts to doctors, which do (4) in____ what they prescribe. The more expensive drugs, which are heavily (5)____(market) to doctors, are far more frequently prescribed by doctors. Goodman has done many things to alert physicians to such (6)____(trouble) data; he also plans to convince med-schools to educate their students about the (7)____(ethic) hazard of accepting corporate gifts. I find [No Free Lunch] to be one of the few hopeful things in this area, she says. So many doctors are now bought and paid for.　Though bad press has forced drug companies to scale back some of their more extravagant gifts, like the Caribbean getaways of yore, Goodman says expensive dinners, and tickets to Broadway (8)____ and big-league games remain commonplace. One popular sales technique involves (9)____(trail) a doctor to a gas station, then offering to pay for a lube job—during the (10) w____ at the shop, the sales representative has ample time to talk up his product.

If remote-controlled cars are more expensive than mechanical cars, and radio-controlled cars are more expensive than remote-controlled cars, which of the following statements must be true?

______The murder stories often lead us in a round-about way.

Many people feel that the perfect family is one which is always harmonious;however, psychologists tells us that the ability to make up after having an　　　　1．____argument is far more important to the health of a family than the ability toavoid arguments entirely. Some families even have frequent loud argumentsin that members of the family mutually offend each other. Such situations　　　  　2．____are very common among siblings who are of approximately the same ages.　　But the important thing is not that one family member is offended the conduct　3．____of another and gets angry. As long the two family members do not neglect to　　  　4．____solve their problem and apologize for their offenses, the family relationshipmay be strengthened by the incident. Therefore, parent who are bringing　　　　  　5．____up children should not be too upset when they fight and should just begrateful when they make up. They should remembered that it is easy　　　　　　   　6．____for people .who are only acquaintances and live apart to avoid problems　　　  　　7．____in their relationships. However, the present of love and affection within　　　　　8．____a family often leading to emotional arguments. Therefore, parents should　　　　 　9．____not feel obligated to stop each the fight between their children before it starts.10．____

Recreational shoppers go shopping when they are sad.

The extract below comes from an article which appeared in a magazine called Society Today. You read the extract and have strong feelings about its contents, and decide to write an article, in which you respond to the points made and express your own views.　　You should write the article in no fewer than 120 words. Now write your letter on the answer sheet.