Jane is nice but she has a ______ to talk too much.
A.trend B.tendency C.tension D.threat
I'll call the restaurant and make a _______.
A.preservation B.reversion C.reservation D.reversal
His account of events does not _____ with hers.
A.correspond B.compare C.circulate D.convey
Do you _______ to her pessimistic view of the state of the economy?
A.contribute B.subscribe C.appeal D.subject
In our societies, we used the word “success” a lot. And we think we know just what it means: money, status, fame, and power. But take a look at the _______, and things start to look, thankfully, a lot more_______, because success is, in truth, rather more neutral and _______ subjective than we tend to assume.
It just means doing anything well, expert at something, and that might include a lot of different _______: running 100 meters, for sure, selling your app for a lot of money, but also strangers, like, listening a lot very_______to a child, or being extremely_______to strangers, or filling your mind with_______ideas and associations, or knowing just when to put an arm_______someone when it’s too much for him. People who triumph here are _______big success stories.
______________, if you want to do great work, it’s going to take a lot of hard work to do it. And you’re going to have to______________out of your comfort zone and take some______________that will scare you so much. But, to some degree, what’s the______________of life if not finding yourself and trying to become the best?
As we know,______________can be successful at everything; whatever they tell us, it’s almost______________to succeed with a career and a family, or with popularity and integrity. There are always______________.Just as a business concept called opportunity cost explains, when you choose one course of action, you______________all the other opportunities you might have chosen to______________,but didn’t.
It’s great to be successful. It’s even better to make sure you followed your own______________and not necessarily always obvious path to the success that can truly______________you.
1.A.album B.handbook C.directory D.dictionary
2.A.complicated B.simple C.vague D.evident
3.A.more B.less C.better D.worse
4.A.experiences B.styles C.activities D.versions
5.A.casually B.attentively C.punctually D.desperately
6.A.rigid B.stubborn C.elegant D.kind
7.A.interesting B.odd C.merciful D.vain
8.A.on B.around C.against D.above
9.A.even B.also C.yet D.still
10.A.Of course B.In total C.Above all D.In detail
11.A.put B.take C.break D.abandon
12.A.rewards B.chances C.advantages D.responsibilities
13.A.aim B.sense C.effect D.result
14.A.nobody B.anybody C.somebody D.everybody
15.A.incorrect B.important C.impossible D.compulsory
16.A.achievements B.failures C.agreement D.sacrifices
17.A.cut back on B.miss out on C.take advantage of D.live up to
18.A.preserve B.create C.pursue D.search
19.A.characteristic B.simple C.winding D.smooth
20.A.condemn B.fulfill C.pity D.qualify
If you thought the toilet paper shortage was bad, just wait. Meat may be next in America.
1., John H. Tyson, chairman of the board of Tyson Foods, warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing the company to shut all the stores across the country.
“This means one thing,” he wrote. “2. As pork, beef, and chicken plants are being forced to close, even for short periods of time, millions of pounds of meat will disappear from the supply chain.”
The ripple effect will make its way to consumers, Tyson noted, as “There will be limited supply of our products available in grocery stores until we are able to reopen our facilities that are currently closed.”
The Tyson plant in Waterloo, Iowa, was one that closed, having been linked to 182 cases of the coronavirus, which is nearly half the entire county's total. In addition to that facility, pork processing plants for Smithfield Foods in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and JBS in Worthington, Minnesota, also closed indefinitely earlier this April.3.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported record-high red meat, beef, and pork production in March. However, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, representatives of more than 250,000 industry workers, slaughter(屠宰) capacity is trending down 25% for pork and 10% for beef as 13 plants have closed. 4.
In a report, Julie Niederhoff, an associate professor of supply chain management at Syracuse University, was optimistic. “We’re not going to run out of food. 5.”
Also, Niederhoff claimed that the state of the food chain remains enough, despite shortage of a particular brand or type of food.
A.Demand from consumers is rising as many are sheltering at home.
B.The food supply chain is fragile.
C.The government will take some measures.
D.Because some of its 100,000 workers have fallen ill.
E.The COVID-19 pandemic is very serious.
F.These three plants make up about 15% of pork production in the U.S..
G.We’re going to run out of maybe your one particular favorite food.
