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Caribbean Islands
What would you see if you took a cruise to the Caribbean Islands? Palm trees and coconuts
(椰子)? white beaches and clear，blue ocean? Colorful corals(珊瑚)and even more colorful fishes and birds?
You bet．There are thousands of islands in the Caribbean Sea．They are famous for their warm，tropical climate and great natural beauty．
The Caribbean Islands form a chain that separates the Caribbean Sea from the rest of the Atlantic Ocean.______ (46)Many of the islands were formed by the eruption(爆发)of ancient volcanoes(火山)．Others are low-lying coral islands that gradually rose from the ocean.
The Caribbean Islands are known by several names.______(47)The explorer Christopher Columbus called the islands the Indies in 1492 because he thought he was near the coast of India．Later, Spain and France called the islands the Antilles．
There are four large islands in the Caribbean Sea．_______(48)These four islands are often called the Greater Antilles．Together, they account for about 90 percent of the land area of the Caribbean Islands．
The rest of the Caribbean Islands are much smaller．______(49)You can see why pirates such as the famous Blackbeard sailed these waters. There are countless small islands to bury treasure or hide on.
The weather of the Caribbean Sea is almost always warm and sunny．Sandy beaches line the coasts of many islands.______(50)Many tourists arrive on cruise ships．
A But life on the Caribbean Islands is not always paradise．
B The earliest name used by Europeans is the Indies，later changed to the West Indies．
C They’re like a long necklace that stretches between North and South America．
D They are Cuba，Puerto Rico，Jamaica，and Hispaniola.
E This is why millions of tourists visit the islands each year
F Some of these islands are no more than tiny slivers(小片)of exposed coral．
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Something Men Do Not Like to Do
Eric Brown hates shopping. “It’s just not enjoyable to me，”said the 28-year-old Chicago man who was carrying several shopping bags along the city’s main street，Michigan Avenue.“When I’m out______(51)，I basically know what 1 want to get. I rush in．I buy it．I______(52)．”
Common wisdom says that guys hate to shop．You can ask generations of men. But people
who study shopping say that a number of social，cultural and economic factors are now______(53) this “men-hate-to-shop” notion.
“______(54)social class and age，men say they hate to shop，”says Sharon Zukin，a City University of New York sociology professor．“Yet when you ask them deeper questions, it turns out that they_____(55)to shop．Men generally like to shop for______(56)，music and hardware(硬件).But if you ask them about the shopping they do for books or music，they’ll say，“Well，that’s not shopping．That’s_____(57)．”
In other words，what men and women call “buying things”and how they approach that task are______(58).
Women will______(59)through several 1,000-square-metre stores in search of the perfect party dress．Men will wander through 100 Internet sites in search of the______(60)digital camcorder(摄像放像机)．
Women see shopping as a social event．Men see it as a mission or a______(61)to be won．
“Men are frequently shopping to win，”says Mary Ann McGrath，a marketing professor at
Loyola University of Chicago．“They want to get the best deal．They want to get the best one，the
Last one and if they do that it_____(62)them happy．”
When women shop，“they’re doing it in a way where they want_____(63)to be very happy,”says McGrath.“They’re kind of shopping for love．”
In fact，it is in clothing where we see a male-female______(64)most clearly．Why, complain some men，are all male clothes navy, black or brown? But would they wear light green and pink(粉红色的)?
These days，many guys wear a sort of“uniform”，says Paco Underhill，author of“Why We
Buy”．“It's been hard for them to understand what it means to be fashion-conscious(时尚意识)in a business way．It becomes much，much easier______(65)you narrow your range of choices．”
51 A playing B fishing C shopping D going
52 A get out B look round C move round D move about
53 A defending B challenging C proving D supporting
54 A Regardless of B Because of C Owing to D Thanks to
55 A want B like C hate D hope
56 A coats B caps C socks D books
57 A Job B movement C exercise D research
58 A similar B close C alike D different
59 A wantler B go C fly D run
60 A small B big C large D perfect
61 A task B play C game D destination
62 A brings B causes C makes D keeps
63 A everybody B nobody C anybody D no one
64 A explanation B intention C division D description
65 A because B although C since D if
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