50A. Social support cushions stress in a number of ways.B. Social support consists of the

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A. Consequently, lack of sufficient food continues to be a most serious cause of bad health in many underdeveloped regions.B. Florid rickets is now a clinical curiosity in Britain.C. Pathology is the study of disease by scientific methods.D. This is not due to an increase in human fertility but is caused almost entirely by a remarkable reduction in the death rate.E. Consequently, the concept of deficiency diseases, nutritional and endocrine, grew in the present century.F. In addition, food production must be greatly in creased by the use of high-yielding strains.

??A. By carefully studying the present, skilled businessmen scientists, and politicians are supposedly able to figure out in advance what will happen.B. School would be taught "by electrical impulse while we sleep."C. One forecaster knew that predictions about the future would always be subject to significant errors.D. In early 1929, most forecasters saw an excellent future for the stock market.E. Everyone may look to the future for it is always promising.F. Actually, the article was written in 1958 and the question was, "what will life be like in 19787"??

A.On the contrary

B.In a similar way

C.On the other hand

D.Consequently

A.Similarly

B.As a result

C.For example

D.Anyway

A.call in

B.call off

C.call up

D.call on

easing tendency for workers to move from onecountry to another.__________(51) some newly independent countries have understandably restrictedmost jobs to local people, others have attracted and welcomed migrant workers. This is particularlthe case in the Middle East,__________(52) increased oil incomes have enabled many countries to____________(53) outsiders to improve local facilities.__________(54) the Middle East has attracted oil-workers from the U. S. A. and Europe. It has brought in construction workers and technicians frommany countries,__________(55) South Korea and Japan. In view of the difficult living and working conditions in the Middle East, it is not__________(56) that the pay is high to attract suitable workers. Many engineers and technicians can earn at least__________(57) money in the Middle East as they can in their own country, and this is a major attrae~tion. An aliied benefit is the low taxation or complete lack of it. This increases the.net amount of payreceived by visiting workers and is very popular with them. Sometimes a disadvantage has a compensating advantage.__________(58) , the difficult living condi~tions often lead to increased friendship when workers have to depend on each other__________(59) safe-ty and comfort.__________(60), many migrant workers can save large sumsof money partly__________(61)the lack of entertainment facilities. The work is often complex and full of problems but this merelypresents greater challenge to engineers who prefer to find solutions__________(62) problems ratherthan do routine work in their home country. One major problem which__________(63) migrant workers in the Middle East is that their jobs are temporary ones. They are nearly always on contract, so it is not easy for them to plan ahead with greatconfidence. This is to be expected since no country, welcomes a large number of foreign workers as per-manent residents.__________(64), migrant workers accept thin disadvantage, along with others, because of the__________(65) financial benefits which they receive. __________

A.As

B.Since

C.While

D.Although

Both studies on flaxseed and ginseng show__________

A.the motivation offlaxseed study

B.the study on ginseng displays its good promise

C.the tots’responsibilities led them to carry out these two studies

D.ginseng is as good to cancer patients as flaxseed

E.the methods and results of the study on flaxseed

F.a different opinion Oil the use of flaxseed

Paragraph 6__________

A.the motivation offlaxseed study

B.the study on ginseng displays its good promise

C.the tots’responsibilities led them to carry out these two studies

D.ginseng is as good to cancer patients as flaxseed

E.the methods and results of the study on flaxseed

F.a different opinion Oil the use of flaxseed

the death of the richs children.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned

Bill Gates has been dreaming of the popularity of computers for his lifetime.

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned