Cloze Complete the passage with the appropriate words or expressions in the box. Change the form when necessary. We have spent a great deal of time and money ______ space, but remain ignorant about vast areas of our own _______. For we still know little of the world ___________ the seas. With so much ___________ life in the depths of the ocean it is surprising there is so little______ for deep sea exploration. It amounts to little more than ______________ of what isneeded if we are to make full use of this______ resource. Given our growing population the oceans may even hold the key to the _______ of our _______ . It would be foolish to continue to _______ their importance. Observe overlook planet expertise species funding survival explore vital provide for learn about beneath the surface of a drop in the bucket for the benefit of
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- Complete the passage with the appropriate words or expressions in the box. Change the form when necessary
- The more we come into contact with other civilizations, the more we recognize the ________ to know about our own history. (necessary, necessity)
- The passage suggests that we could have learned much more about our past than we do now if the ancient people had ___________ .
- [音频] Directions: Listen to the following passage and fill in the blanks with the words you hear. We are wrong if we think that the only purpose of advertising is to ___1___ goods. There is another important function of advertising, which is to___2___. A great deal of our knowledge about household goods comes from the___3___ we read. Advertisements introduce us to new ___4___ and remind us of the existence of the ones we know about. If you want to buy a___5___ machine, you would probably get details about its performance,___6___, price and so on from an advertisement. We must not forget the fact that advertising___7___our money. The fact that we ___8___so little for our daily newspapers, or can enjoy so many broadcast programs is ___9___ entirely to the money spent by ___10___./module/audioplay.html?objectid=12ab1d3795f731701108bddd29b9f32d
- The little problems _____ we meet in our daily lives may be inspirations for great inventions.