I realize the library is having budget problems, but many students rely on it for a place to study in the evening. It would be pity if the library hours were cut.

A.is having budget problems B.rely on it for a place to study C.would be pity D.hours were cut. E.没有问题

These days people get their news from many different（1） . Some people still read an old-style printed daily newspaper, while（2） read newspapers on（3）. Many people no （4）read a newspaper at all, instead relying（5） the internet for short news articles, or visiting favorite websites that circulate pieces from other websites. Another group of people get most of their news from TV or radio broadcasts. Many Western intellectuals regard the decline of the greatdaily newspapers as a negative （6）that will lead to a （7）understanding of world affairs. They are alarmed by the growing number of people who largely （8） the outside world, focusing on their own society or small personal sphere.句意:现在人们可以通过多种出处获取新闻。一些人仍然阅读老式的纸质日报，而另一 些人则在网上看报纸。许多人不再在网上看报纸，相反只是依赖网络去关注短消息， 或浏览自己喜欢的网站。还有一群人是通过电视或收音机获取大部分消息。许多西方 知识分子把伟大的日报的衰落视为一种负面的现象，它将导致人们对世界事务了解的 匮乏。他们惊讶地发现，越来越多的人只会把注意力放在自我世界之中，关心自己的 事，而忽视外面的世界。

When I was in primary school, （1）teacher was female (this included（2）the ones who coached our football), but starting in my seventh year of school I had occasional（3）instructors too.

1. In the quest for better health, many people turn to doctors, self-help books or herbal supplements. But they overlook a powerful weapon that could help them fight illness and depression, speed recovery, slow aging and prolong life: their friends. Researchers are only now starting to pay attention to the importance of friendship and social networks in overall health. A 10-year Australian study found that older people with a large circle of friends were 22 percent less likely to die during the study period than those with fewer friends. A large 2007 study showed an increase of nearly 60 percent in the risk for obesity among people whose friends gained weight And last year, Harvard researchers reported that strong social ties could promote brain health as we age. “In general, the role of friendship in our lives isn’t terribly well appreciated,” said Rebecca G Adams, a professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro. “There is just scads of stuff on families and marriage, but very little on friendship. It baffles me. Friendship has a bigger impact on our psychological well一being than family relationships.”2. In a new book, “The Girls From Ames: A Story of Women and a 40—Year Friendship”(Gotham), Jeffrey Zaslow tells the story of 11 childhood friends who scattered from Iowa to eight different States. Despite the distance, their friendships endured through college and marriage, divorce and other crises, including the death of one of the women in her 20s. Using, scrapbooks, photo albums and the women’s own memories, Mr. Zaslow chronicles how their close friendships have shaped their lives and continue to sustain them. The role of friendship in their health and well-being is evident in almost every chapter.3. Two of the friends have recently learned they have breast cancer. Kelly Zwagerman,now a high school teacher who lives in Northfield, Minn, said that when she got her diagnosis in September 2007，her doctor told her to surround herself with loved ones. Instead, she reached out to her childhood friends, even though they lived far away, “The first people I told were the women from Ames，” she said in an interview. J e-mailed them. I immediately had e-mails and phone calls and messages of support. It was instant that the love poured in from all of them.” When she complained that her treatment led to painful sores in her throat, an Ames girl sent a smoothie maker and recipes. Another, who had lost a daughter to leukemia, sent Ms. Zwagerman a hand-knitted hat, knowing her head would be cold without hair, still another sent pajamas made of special fabric to help cope with night sweats. Ms Zwagerman said she was often more comfortable discussing her illness with her girlfriends than with her doctor，“ We go so far back that these women will talk about anything，” she said.4. Ms. Zwagerman says her friends from Ames have been an essential factor in her treatment and recovery, and research her out. In 2006, a study of nearly 3,000 nurses with breast cancer found that women without close friends were four times as likely to die from the disease as women with 10 or more friends. And notably, proximity and the amount of contact with a friend wasn’t associated with survival. Just having friends was protective.5. Bella DePaulo, a visiting psychology professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, whose work focuses on single people and friendships, notes that in many studies, friendship has an even greater effect on health than a spouse or family member. In the study of nurses with breast cancer, having a spouse wasn’t associated with survival. While many friendship studies focus on the intense relationships of women, some research shows that men can benefit, too. In a six-year study of 736 middle-age Swedish men, attachment to a single person didn’t appear to affect the risk of heart attack and fatal coronary heart disease, but having friendships did. Only smoking was as important a risk factor as lack of social support.6. Exactly why friendship has such a big effect isn’t entirely clear. While friends

My parents have been（1） me to （2）married for the last two years, but I still haven’t made up my （3）.句意: 在过去的两年里，我的父母一直让我结婚，但是我仍旧没有做好决定。

Yesterday I gave my mother（1） orange sweater for（2） birthday.句意: 昨天，我送了一件橘色的羊毛衫给我妈妈做生日礼物。