Homosexuals
Many homosexuals prefer to be called gay or, for women, lesbian. Most of them live quiet lives just___1___anyone else. Some gay people have always raised children,___2___or with partners, and the use of artificial insemination is increasing among lesbians.
Gay persons are in every kind of job. Some are very open about their homosexuality, and some are more private. Some___3___their sexual orientation as a biological given and others as a choice. For those women who see it as a choice, one reason often given is the inequality in most heterosexual relationships.
Homosexuality has been common in most cultures throughout history and generally___4___. As a result, homosexual activity became a crime,___5___which the penalty in early courts was death. Homosexual behavior is still___6___in many countries and U.S. states.
Homosexuality later came to be viewed widely as less a sin than a sickness, but now no mental-health profession any longer___7___homosexuality an illness. More recent theories to___8___for homosexuality have included those based on biological and sociological factors. To date,___9___, there is no conclusive general theory that can explain the cause of homosexuality.
Attitudes___10___homosexuality began to change in the second half of the 20th century. Gays attribute this, in part, to their own struggle for their rights and pride in their orientation. Some large companies now___11___health-care benefits to the life partners of their gay employees. Many cities also have officially appointed lesbian and gay advisory committees. ___12___some attitudes have changed, however, prejudice still exists, and in the late 1980s and early 1990s there were considerable shouts against homosexuals, with attempts to___13___laws forbidding the granting of basic civil rights to gays.
The AIDS epidemic, which started in the 1980s, has devastated the gay community and brought it together as never before. The organized gay response to the lack of government financial support for fighting AIDS and to the needs of the thousands of AIDS victims,___14___they be gays or not, has been a model of community action. AIDS, however, has also___15___ people with another reason for their prejudice.
1. A) alike B) like C) likely D) liking
2. A) lone B) lonely C) along D) alone
3. A) glare B) observe C) glance D) view
4. A) condemned B) condemning C) to condemn D) being condemned
5. A) against B) from C) for D) of
6. A) legal B) illegal C) resistible D) irresistible
7. A) takes B) considers C) regards D) thinks of
8. A) account B) look C) fight D) plead
9. A) in addition B) therefore C) however D) consequently
10. A) in B) at C) for D) toward
11. A) exclude B) include C) extend D) intend
12. A) Because B) While C) If D) In order that
13. A) pass B) ban C) discontinue D) cancel
14. A) whatever B) however C) whenever D) whether
15. A) associated B) shared C) provided D) charged
High-tech Warfare www.kaozi.com
Today, high-tech warfare is no longer an abstract concept, but a real___1___. Technology determines tactics, sociology, and the development of weaponry. It also___2___the changes in battles. Then what are the new characteristics of modern battles brought by the___3___of high technologies?
High-tech warfare naturally includes high technology. In modern battles, a single kind of weapon can hardly be___4___. Various weaponry,___5___intelligence detection and information processing, should work well with each other. Aerial weaponry becomes the main force in battles in the sky. Precision homing weaponry 1 like cruise missiles and missiles___6___satellite homing systems become the main attack weapons.
Battle control systems play a dominant role. Various weapons and logistics systems are integrated into a comprehensive framework,___7___embodying the modem high-tech weaponry. Depending on various___8___equipment and means in electronic warfare, ourarmy will not be passively beaten. In terms of the battlefield, high-tech warfare has created a type of non-linear chaos.___9___the use of long-range precision weaponry, the opposite parties in warfare can't "touch" or "see" each other, and distance is no longer the decisive factor affecting the course of battles. It is hard to clearly define the lines between the frontier and the rear, as well as attack and defense. The traditional three-dimensional air-sea battlefield will be___10___by the multi-dimensional battlefield composed of air, sea, magnetic, electrical and information battlefields. No large-scale movements can be conducted___11___.
Because modem weaponry systems are closely related to chains of demand and communication and electronic technology, the parties___12___have to pay attention to the usufruct and control of electromagnetic frequency spectrum. So electronic warfare becomes___13___ important and the necessary guarantee of victory.___14___stage warfare goes to and whatever cloak it wears, it always violates peace and brings the world bloodshed. Most people think of high technology as a way to enhance___15___lives, and they don't wish it be used to destroy lives.
1. A) proposal B) improvement C) change D) issue
2. A) eliminates B) destroys C) causes D) reduces
3. A) appreciation B) application C) evaluation D) modification
4. A) effective B) active C) descriptive D) protective
5. A) as for B) such as C) as such D) as to
6. A) with B) on C) in D) under
7. A) unexpectedly B) accidentally C) luckily D) centrally
8. A) experimental B) controllable C) advanced D) dangerous
9. A) In terms of B) Regardless of C) Because of D) In spite of
10. A) repeated B) rejected C) recovered D) replaced
11. A) secretly B) physically C) usefully D) linearly
12. A) informed B) involved C) integrated D) intended
13. A) equally B) increasingly C) mentally D) seemingly
14. A) Whatever B) Whoever C) Whenever D) However
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