填空题 For some people, creating a more balanced life ____changing jobs or location. For others, it means trading two incomes for one, in which case they must____ expenses. So some have sold out their splendid homes and moved into smaller houses. They have given up the extra cars, unnecessary modern conveniences, and expensive hobbies. They now do things by themselves to ______paying for the services of others. They ______the temptation to purchase things on impulse and spend money only on____ necessary and things that do not make wasteful use of the earth's resources.

填空题 Truth is a fact accepted as true, for which proof exists. Truth is a great_____, without which beauty may fade and love may____. Those who _____truth have a strong sense of responsibility. Those who hold firmly to truth are____ to their duty and people they serve. They _____themselves to the well-being of others. With aspirations to make a contribution to society, they are ready to correct their own mistakes, if any. It can be said that they are men of moral integrity who never ask for gratitude in return.

填空题 Generally, one who does not have the habit of reading is____ to contact and conversation with a few friends and_______, and he sees only what happens in his immediate neighborhood. But the moment he takes up a book, he immediately enters a different world. If it ____to be a good book, he is immediately put in ______with one of the best talkers of the world. This talker leads him into a different country or a different age, even discusses with him some ____line or aspect of life that the reader knows nothing about.

填空题 Today, I would like to share some thoughts on an equally important aspect of globalization—namely its ______to be a truly ______and inclusive force and the very real dangers if it fails to live ____to that potential. In other words, just as we worry about the____ between haves and have-nots, we need to be equally concerned about the gulf between insiders and outsiders in a globalized world where no border is impermeable, and where the______—economic as well as political and social—of the few are painfully apparent to those multitudes who still yearn for liberty and opportunity.

填空题 Reading or the_____ of books has always been regarded among the charms of a cultured life and is _______and envied by those who _______give themselves that______. This is easy to understand when we ______the difference between the life of a man who does no reading and that of a man who does.

填空题 The couple’s decision was to ______two full-time careers for two half-time careers, and to____ consumption. They decided to spend their money only on things that ________to their major goal, the ______of a world where family and friendship, work and play, were all of a piece, a world, moreover, which did not make______ use of the earth’s resources.

填空题 Annan believes that nations can act on this _______by opening markets for the products of developing countries; by increasing development_______; by promoting good and _______governance; by tackling diseases and environmental problems; by recognizing obligations to provide asylum; by______ a more orderly process of integrating migrants; and by valuing pluralism as a top______ for every state.

填空题 Truth____ upon us slowly but surely. In the long quest for truth, people have_____ precious knowledge and experience. However, truth also needs ______just as plants need water, because many people are too_________ with petty and sometimes even mean concerns to respond to the great beauty of truth when it flowers or they frequently fail to appreciate truth when it is______.

填空题 I looked to see whether anyone else ____the sun’s golden glow, but everyone was hurrying to and______, most with eyes fixed on the ground. Then I remembered how often I, too, had been ______to the grandeur of each day, too______ with petty and sometimes even____ concerns to respond to the great beauty of it all.