2013职称英语综合B完形填空

A Life with Birds For nearly 17 years David Cope has worked as one of the Tower of London's yeoman warders, (1 better) known to tourists as beefeaters. David, 64, lives in a three-bedroomed flat right at the (2top) of the Byward Tower, one of the gatehouses. "(3From) our bedroom we have a marvellous view of Tower Bridge and the Thames, " says David. The Tower of London is famous (4for) its ravens, the large black birds which have lived there for over three centuries. David was immediately fascinated by the birds and when he was (offered) the post of Raven Master eight years ago he had no (6hesitation) in accepting it. "The birds have now become my life and I'm always (7aware) of the fact that I am(8maintaining) a tradition. The legend says that if the ravens leave the Tower, England will fall to enemies, and it's my job to (9make) sure this doesn't happen!" David (10devotes) about four hours a day to the care of the ravens. He has grown to love them and the (11fact) that he lives right next to them is ideal. "I can (12keep) a close eye on them all the time, and not just when I'm working." (13At first), David's wife Mo was not (14keen) on the idea of life in the Tower, but she too will be sad to leave when he retires next year. "When we look out of our windows, we see history(15all) around us, and we are taking it in and storing it up for our future memories." A Lucky Break Actor Antonio Banderas is used to breaking bones, and it always seems to happen when he's (1 doing) sport. In the film Play It to the Bone he (2plays) the part of a middleweight boxer alongside Woody Harrelson.(3During) the making of the film Harrelson (4kept) complaining that the fight ( 5scenes) weren't very convincing, so one day he suggested that he and Banderas should have a fight for real. The Spanish actor wasn't (6keen) on the idea at first, but he was (7eventually) persuaded by his co-star to put on his gloves and climb into the boxing ring. However, when he realized how seriously his (8opponent) was taking it all, he began to regret his decision to fight. And then in the third round, Harrelson hit Banderas (9so) hard in the face that he actually broke his nose. His wife, actress Melanie Griffith, was furious that he had been playing "silly macho games". "She was right," confesses Banderas, "and I was a fool to ( 10take) a risk like that in the middle of a movie." He was (11reminded) of the time he broke his leg during a football match in his native Malaga. He had always (12dreamed) of becoming a soccer star, of performing in front of a big crowd, but doctors told him his playing days were probably over. "That's when I decided to take(13up) acting; I saw it as (14another) way of performing, and achieving recognition. What happened to me on that football (15pitch) was, you might say, my first lucky break." Global Warming Few people now question the reality of global warming and its effects on the world's climate. Many scientists (1put) the blame for recent natural disasters on the increase (2in) the world's temperatures and are convinced that, more than (3ever) before, the Earth is at (4risk) from the forces of the wind, rain and sun. (5According) to them, global warming is making extreme weather events, (6such) as hurricanes and droughts, even more (7severe) and causing sea levels all around the world to (8rise) . Environmental groups are putting (9pressure) on governments to take action to reduce the (10amount) of carbon dioxide which is given (11off) by factories and power plants, thus attacking the problem at its source. They are in (12favour) of more money being spent on research into solar, wind and wave energy devices, which could then replace existing power (13stations).Some scientists, (14however) believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait (15several) hundred years to notice the results. Global warming, it seems, is here to stay. A Success Story At 19, Ben Way is already a millionaire, and one of a growing number of teenagers who have (1 made) their fortune through the Internet. (2What) makes Ben's story all the more remarkable is that he is dyslexic, and was (3told) by teachers at his junior school that he would never be able to read or write (4properly)."I wanted to prove them (5wrong) ", says Ben, creator and director of Waysearch, a net search engine which can be used to find goods in online shopping malls. When he was eight, his local authorities (6provided) him with a PC to help with school work. Although he was (7unable) to read the manuals, he had a natural ability with the computer, and (8encouraged) by his father, he soon began (9charging) people $l0 an hour for his knowledge and skills. At the age of 15 he (10set) up his own computer consultancy, Quad Computer, which he ran from his bedroom, and two years later he left school to (11devote) all his time to business. "By this time the company had grown and I needed to take on a (12couple) of employees to help me", says Ben. "That enabled me to start (13) business with bigger companies.” It was. his ability to consistently (14overcome) difficult challenges that led him to win the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in the same year that he formed Waysearch, and he has recently signed a deal (15worth) $25 million with a private investment company, which will finance his search engine. Teaching and learning Many teachers believe that the responsibilities for learning lie with the student. If a long reading assignment is given, instructors expect students to be familiar with the (1 information) in the reading even if they do not discuss it in class or take an examination. The (2ideal) student is considered to be one who is motivated to learn for the sake of(3learning), not the one interested only in getting high grades. Sometimes homework is returned(4with) brief written comments but without a grade. Even if a grade is not given, the student is(5responsible) for learning the material assigned. When research is(6assigned), the professor expects the student to take it actively and to complete it with(7minimum) guidance. It is the student's responsibility to find books, magazines, and articles in the library. Professors do not have the time to explain(8how) a university library works; they expect students(9particularly) graduate students to exhaust the reference(10sources) in the library. Professors will help students who need it, but(11prefer) that their students should not be (12too) dependent on them. In the United Stats professors have many other duties (13besides) teaching， such as administrative or research work. Therefore, the time that a professor can spend with a student outside of class is (14limited) . If a student has problems with classroom work , the student should either (15approach) a professor during office hours or make an appointment. The Difference between Man and Computer What makes people different from computer programs? What is the missing element that our theories don’t yet (1 account) for? The answer is simple: People read newspaper stories for a reason: to learn more about (2what) they are interested in. Computers, on the other hand， don't. In fact，computers don't (3even) have interests; there is nothing in particular that they are trying to find out when they read. If a computer (4program) is to be a model of story understanding ，it should also read for a "purpose".Of course ，people have several goals that do not make (5sense) to attribute to computers. One might read a restaurant guide (6in) order to satisfy hunger or entertainment goals, or to (7find)