大学英语课后练习clozeB(十五选十).doc

Cloze1In the 21st century, clouds and stormy weather no longer automatically bring operations to a halt or force a change in targets（目标）. Technologies such as the Global Positioning System now allow cruise missiles（巡航导弹） and other smart weapons to home in on（瞄准并飞速接近） their targets. But the weather still is a factor that must be reckoned with, especially with precision-guided weapons that must be highly accurate （高度精确）to be effective.Fortunately, the ability to obtain weather forecasts will get better. In the next few years, remote weather sensors（传感器） will grow rapidly on unmanned （无人的）vehicles. This will create a network of observing platforms that will give commanders an instant overview of weather in the battle zone（战场）. In some areas youll have direct delivery of weather information straight from the computes to black boxes in aircraft and other vehicles. That will be especially important for target-bound aircraft（瞄准目标的飞行器）.Such technology will give whoever possess it a tremendous edge（优势） over their enemy and enable them to use developing weather conditions to their advantage. As we get superior satellites into space, well gain huge advantages in observing meteorological conditions in denied areas（盲区）, where we dont have people on the ground. And our modeling ability will continue to improve as our computers get more powerful. The past 10 years have witnessed a revolution in our communications（通讯） and computer abilities. Its exciting to think of what the next 10 years will bring.Cloze2The automobile industry(汽车产业) is one of the most important industries in the world, affecting not only the economy but also the cultures of the world. It provides jobs for millions of people, generates billions of dollars in worldwide revenues（税收）, and provides the basis for a large number of related service and support industries. Automobiles revolutionized transportation in the 20th century, changing forever the way people live, travel , and do business.The automobile has enabled （使能够）people to travel and transport goods farther and faster, and has opened up new market opportunities for business and commerce（商业）. The auto industry has also decreased the overall （全部的）costs of transportation by using methods such as mass production, mass marketing, and globalization of production. Today, auto making is the worlds largest manufacturing activity（制造业）, with more than 53 million new vehicles（车辆） built each year worldwide.As a result easier and faster transportation, the United States and world economies have become dependent on the mobility（机动性） that automobiles, trucks and buses provide. This mobility has allowed remote populations to interact with（互相影响） one another, which, in turn, has increased commerce. The transportation of goods to consumers and consumers to goods has become an industry in itself. However, the automobile has also caused some problems, such as air pollution, congested（堵塞的）traffic, and increased highway facilities. Nevertheless, the automobile industry continues to be an important source of employment for millions of people worldwide. Cloze3When you get an invitation(邀请) to a job interview, you are halfway（中途的） toward your goal- a job offer. No matter how many encouraging responses you have gotten to your job inquiry letters, with rare exceptions you will not get a job offer without an interview.Go to the library to find all relevant information about the company and, if you can, on the person who will interview you. Have material with you that the employer might ask for -samples of your work, names and addresses of references（推荐信）， extra copies of your resume（个人简历）.An employment manager for a major construction company offers this advice. “If its obvious you havent spent any time preparing for the interview-that is, you dont know what the company does, where it does it, what kinds of jobs it has- then dont expect the company to take you very seriously.” Prior（优先的） to an interview the employer has probably seen your resume and perhaps talked with you on the phone. What employers look for in interviews is what you might call personal chemistry-how you look and act, whether you exhibit （显示）self-confidence, how you would fit in with other members of the organization.Cloze3Globalization is a process of interaction(相互作用) and integration（综合） among the people, companies, and governments of different nations, a process driven by international trade（国际贸易） and investment and aided by information technology. This process has effects on economic development, on political systems（政治制度）, and on human physical（身体的） well-being in societies around the world. Globalization is not new, though, For thousands of years, people-and, letter, corporations-have been buying from and selling to each other in lands at great distances, such as through the famed（著名的） Silk Road across Central Asia that connected China and Europe during the Middle Ages. Likewise, for centuries, people and corporations have invested in（投资于） enterprises（企业） in other countries. In fact, many of the features (特征)of the current wave of globalization are similar to those prevailing（流行）before the outbreak（爆发） of the First World War in 1914.But policy and technological development（技术发展） of the past few decades have spurred（激励） increases in cross-border（跨越边界的） trade, investment, and migration（移民） so large that many observers（观察者） believe the world has entered a qualitatively（定性的）new phase（阶段）. Since 1950, for example, the volume of（大量的） world trade has increased by 20 times, and