TEXT CMedical consumerism -- like all sorts of consumerism, only more menacingly -- is designed to be unsatisfying. The prolongation of life and the search for perfect health (beauty, youth, happiness...
TEXT BWHY SHOULD anyone buy the latest volume in the ever-expanding Dictionary of National Biography? I do not mean that it is bad, as the reviewers will agree. But it will cost you 65 pounds. And hav...
TEXT AA magazine's design is more than decoration, more than simple packaging. It expresses the magazine's very character. The Atlantic Monthly has long attempted to provide a design environment in wh...
No one knows exactly how many disabled people there are in the world,but estimates suggest the figure is over 450million. The number of disabled people in India alone is probably more than double the ...
Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity.It may be walking, cycling or swimming,or in winter,skating or skiing.It may be game of some kind football,hockey,golf,or tennis.It may be mounta...
Personality is , to large extent,inherent --A-type parents usually bring about A-type offspring.But the environment must also have a profound effect,since if competition is improtant to the parents, i...
TEXT A Despite Denmark’s manifest virtues, Danes never talk about how proud they a re to be Danes. This would sound weird in Danish. When Danes talk to foreigners about Denmark, they always begi...
TEXT KFirst read the following questions.37. When can the drought be expected to end?A. In no time. B. In the summer.C. In the fall. D. Beyond prediction.38. The drought is predicted to cause to Texas...
TEXT JFirst read the following questions.35. The uncultivated part of the arable land in Saudi Arabia is________.A. 9 000 sq. km B. 15 000sq. kmC. 6 000 sq. km D. 242 000 sq. km36. Saudi farmer's succ...
TEXT IFirst read the following question.34. The theme of the book by Marie Winn is presumably .A. child abuse B. family relationshipC. loss of childhood innocence D. teen-age rebellionNow go through T...